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Charles Hayden Planetarium Records
Collection
Identifier: A2018-02-01
Content Description
These records document the planning, funding, construction, and operation of the Charles Hayden Planetarium and related projects overseen by the Planetarium Department. Topics with significant coverage in these records include: the construction and renovation of the Planetarium building; the construction, installation, and maintenance of the Korkosz projector; and the planning, scripting, implementation, and marketing of Planetarium shows. Types of materials include: show scripts,...
Dates:
1934 - 2019
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Frederick B. McKechnie Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2022-13-01
Content Description
This collection consists of field notes regarding bird observations in diary format, handwritten in ink on unlined paper and grouped by year from 1896 to 1910. Most volumes are originally bound with string, though the 1899 volume is bound into a notebook with an embossed suede cover. The volumes include newspaper clippers pertaining to ornithology and climate.
Dates:
1896 - 1911
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
H. Bradford Washburn, Jr. Albums Collection
Collection
Identifier: A2020-01-01
Content Description
This collection contains photographic albums, diaries, and other material created primarily by Bradford Washburn during his mountaineering expeditions and aerial photography surveys spanning the years 1927-1999. The 127 photographic albums contain approximately 15,000 silver gelatin prints, in addition to the 11 diary volumes, flight logs, and binders of material related to Washburn’s talks, publications, and areas of interest. The albums were compiled by Washburn and the aerial and...
Dates:
1927 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1979
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
H. Bradford Washburn, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2018-01-01
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the professional life of Bradford Washburn: his work at the Museum of Science and his mountaineering work, including climbing, cartography, and photography. It includes correspondence, meeting records, manuscript material, published works, maps, photographs, and audiovisual material. More detailed Scope and Content information can be found within the series and subseries listings.
Dates:
1900 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Thomas Pym Cope Collection
Collection
Identifier: A2024-01-01
Content Description
This collection consists of three document boxes containing black and white photographic prints and picture postcards, and four negative/print boxes containing photographic negatives, occasionally housed with corresponding photographic prints. The photographic prints are primarily silver gelatin and the negatives are likely nitrate film, and a number of glass plate negatives are also included. Negatives are housed in individual paper sleeves labeled with date, location, and development...
Dates:
1930 - 1931
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
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