Jan Schilt papers, 1931-1963

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Series I: Arranged Correspondence


Subseries I.1: Chronological



Box 01 Folder 1-4 1930s



Box 10 Folder 1 Secretarial Miscellaneous, before 1963



Box 02 Folder 1 1930s


Subseries I.2: Subject



Box 03 Folder 1 University Executive Council, 1942-1945


Box 03 Folder 2 University Office of Admissions, 1941-1955


Box 03 Folder 3 University-Public Ceremonies, 1943-1957


Box 03 Folder 4 Watson Laboratory, IBM Machine, 1940-1955


Box 03 Folder 5 Yale-Columbia Southern Station, 1951-1956



Box 05 Folder 6 George Pegram, 1940-1949



Box 03 Folder 7 Yale University Observatory, 1953-1962


Box 03 Folder 8 Yale-Columbia Southern Station, 1945-1951



Box 04 Folder 1 Stromgren, 1957-1958


Box 04 Folder 2 N.Y. Academy of Science, 1940-1945


Box 04 Folder 3 Office of Naval Research (ONR)


Box 04 Folder 4 Oort, J.H., 1941-1960


Box 04 Folder 5 Neighbor's Society, 1937-1956


Box 04 Folder 6 Netherlands Book Committee, 1946


Box 04 Folder 7 Netherlands Information Bureau, 1941-1947


Box 04 Folder 8 Netherlands Study Group, 1945


Box 04 Folder 11 Netherlands University League, 1942-1950


Box 04 Folder 9 National Science Foundation (N.S.F.), 1953-1959


Box 04 Folder 10 A Punched Card Catalogue of Data for the Stars in the Boss General Catalogue


Box 04 Folder 12 Mailing list, 1961-1962


Box 04 Folder 10 Netherlands Information Bureau, 1941-1947



Box 05 Folder 1 Struve, Yerkes Observatory, 1934-1958


Box 05 Folder 2 Observatory Uccle, 1931-1946


Box 05 Folder 3 Schlesinger, 1940-1941


Box 05 Folder 4 Sydney Observatory, 1953


Box 05 Folder 5 U.S. Naval Observatory, 1933-1959


Box 05 Folder 6 University of Brussels, 1946


Box 05 Folder 7 Osterhoff, P. - Holland, 1934-1951


Box 05 Folder 8 Polowe, David, 1942-1946


Box 05 Folder 9 Radcliffe Observatory, 1958


Box 05 Folder 10 Reuyl, D., 1942-1943


Box 05 Folder 11 Rosseland, 1945-1947


Box 05 Folder 12 Royal Observatory, 1946-1953


Box 05 Folder 13 Royal Observatory, South Africa, 1939-1957


Box 05 Folder 14 D.H. Sadler - Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1957-1959


Box 05 Folder 15 Schauer, Charles - Research Corporation, 1946-1949


Box 05 Folder 16 Prendergast, Kevin, 1953-1956


Box 05 Folder 17 Schwarzschild, M., 1941-1955


Box 05 Folder 18 Science Journal, 1940


Box 05 Folder 19 Shapley, Harlow, 1940-1957


Box 05 Folder 20 Sky and Telescope (Federer), 1942-1947


Box 05 Folder 21 Sproul Observatory - Swarthmore College, 1944-1956



Box 06 Folder 1 Dearborn Observatory - Northwestern University, 1940-1954


Box 06 Folder 2 de Vaucouleurs, G., 1953-1957


Box 06 Folder 3 Dunham, Theo, 1953-1954


Box 06 Folder 4 Eastman Kodak Co., 1941-1955


Box 06 Folder 5 Eckert, W., 1940-1957


Box 06 Folder 6 Eichner, L.C., 1946-1960


Box 06 Folder 7 Fulbright, J. - Australia, 1950-1959


Box 06 Folder 8 Geology Dept. - Columbia College, 1950-1953


Box 06 Folder 9 Guggenheim Foundation, 1959-1962


Box 06 Folder 10 Harvard College Observatory, 1939-1956


Box 06 Folder 11 Higgins Fund, 1954-1957


Box 06 Folder 12 Hill, Sarah J., 1947-1958


Box 06 Folder 13 Hill, Sarah - Makemson, Maud, 1934-1952


Box 06 Folder 14 International Astronomical Union (I.A.U.), 1950-1959



Box 07 Folder 1 Bok, Bart J., 1940-1957


Box 07 Folder 2 Brouwer, Dirk, 1955-1962


Box 07 Folder 3 Brouwer, Dirk, 1948-1955


Box 07 Folder 4 Astrophysical Journal, 1932-1949


Box 07 Folder 5 Barnard, 1942-1949


Box 07 Folder 6 Blaauw, Adrian, 1940-1958


Box 07 Folder 7 Bosscha Observatory, Hins, C.H., 1934-1946


Box 07 Folder 8 Bullen, K.E., 1953-1956


Box 07 Folder 9 Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C., 1934-1960


Box 07 Folder 10 Cincinnati Observatory (Herget, P.), 1935-1959


Box 07 Folder 11 Curtiss-Wright Corporation, 1942-1943



Box 08 Folder 1 Miscellaneous, 1950-1958


Box 08 Folder 2 Miscellaneous, 1950-1951


Box 08 Folder 3 Menzel, Harvard Observatory, 1946-1954


Box 08 Folder 4 Johannesburg, South Africa, 1947-1957


Box 08 Folder 5 Johannesburg, South Africa - Photographic plates, 1947-1949


Box 08 Folder 6 Johannesburg, South African Embassy, 1949


Box 08 Folder 7 Mt. Stromlo, Canberra, Australia, 1949-1955


Box 08 Folder 8 Mt. Wilson and Palomar Observatories, 1931-1959


Box 08 Folder 9 Miscellaneous, 1934-1947


Box 08 Folder 10 Princeton, 1940-1951


Box 08 Folder 11 Miscellaneous, various dates



Box 10 Folder 2 Star Tables, 1942-1950


Box 10 Folder 3 University Notices, before 1963


Box 10 Folder 4 Teaching Assistant Records, 1963-1965


Box 10 Folder 5 Van de Kamp, 1940-1943


Box 10 Folder 6 Wachmann, A. - Visiting professor, 1959-1961


Box 10 Folder 7 Warner and Swasey Observatory, 1940-1956


Box 10 Folder 8 Washburn Observatory, 1947-1948


Box 10 Folder 9 Wood, Ben, 1933-1946


Box 10 Folder 10 Yale-Columbia Southern Observatory - Jackson, Cyril, 1959-1962


Box 10 Folder 11 Yale University Observatory, 1932-1950


Box 10 Folder 12 Yerkes Observatory, 1939-1950



Box 11 Folder 1 Miscellaneous (173)


Box 11 Folder 2 Yowell, E.C., 1942-1955


Box 11 Folder 3 Science Committee, 1937-1945


Box 11 Folder 4 Secretarial Miscellaneous, Replies to Lay Inquiries, 1942-1956


Box 11 Folder 5 Argentina, Oct. 15, 1961


Box 11 Folder 6 Brouwer, Dirk, 1935-1945


Box 11 Folder 7 Brouwer, Dirk, 1945-1947



Box 09 Folder 1 Miscellaneous, 1950-1959


Box 09 Folder 2 Miscellaneous, [v.d.]

Series II: Committees and Course Materials



Box 12 Folder 1 Budget, 1950-1958



Box 14 Folder 1 Personnel (Inactive), 1953-1956

Series III: Lab Materials



Box 21 Folder 1 Research calculations, undated

Series IV: Early Notes of Schilt



Box 25 Early School Notes of Schilt



Box 26 Folder 1 Chilean Report #2, 1959



Box 12 Folder 2 Budget, 1942-1949


Box 12 Folder 3 Columbia College, 1949-1961


Box 12 Folder 4 Columbia College, 1940-1949


Box 12 Folder 5 Faculty of Pure Science, 1940-1950



Box 13 Folder 1 E.K.A. Fund, 1950-1954


Box 13 Folder 2 Committee on Instruction Minutes, 1947-1950


Box 13 Folder 3 Committee on Instruction - Faculty of Pure Science, 1940-1952


Box 13 Folder 4 Fellowships - Committee on Instruction - Faculty of Pure Science, 1954-1958


Box 13 Folder 5 General Studies (G.S.), 1941-1957


Box 13 Folder 6 Graduate Students (Applicants), 1960-1962


Box 13 Folder 7 Graduate Students, 1947-1963


Box 13 Folder 8 Graduate Students, 1939-1961


Box 13 Folder 9 Graduate Students Records, 1943-1957


Box 13 Folder 10 Graduate Faculties, 1952-1961


Box 13 Folder 11 Hett, John, 1942


Box 13 Folder 12 Jacoby, Harold, 1932


Box 13 Folder 13 Library, 1940-1956


Box 13 Folder 14 Motz, L., 1960



Box 14 Folder 2 Phi Beta Kappa, 1933-1955


Box 14 Folder 3 Photometry - (Glass Filter), 1946-1954


Box 14 Folder 4 Rejected Manuscripts, 1946


Box 14 Folder 5 Salary statements, 1947-1961


Box 14 Folder 6 Old Clark Telescopes, 1950-1951


Box 14 Folder 7 69 - Writings by Schilt, 1947


Box 14 Folder 8 69-Writings by Schilt, 1939-1941


Box 14 Folder 9 56-Writings by Schilt, 1950


Box 14 Notes; Research Materials, 1950s & 1960s



Box 15 Folder 1 Photometer Paper, 1947


Box 15 Folder 2 Distribution of Stars According to Apparent Magnitudes & Galatic Latitude and the Scale of the Polar Sequence by Jan Schilt, circa 1946


Box 15 Folder 3 Sodium Line Intensities as Criterion for Stellar Distances by Jan Schilt, 1947


Box 15 Folder 4 Virginia Conference Remarks - Ms. & Correspondence, 1957


Box 15 Folder 5 The Astronomical Journal, 1940-1958


Box 15 Folder 6 Sub-Committee for Inter-American Astronomy, 1959-1962


Box 15 Folder 7 American Astronomical Society (AAS), 1941-1962


Box 15 Folder 8 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1928-1949


Box 15 Folder 9 The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), 1954


Box 15 Folder 10 Allegheny Observatory, 1941-1955


Box 15 Folder 11 American Astronomical Society, 1950-1960


Box 15 Folder 12 Askania-Werks, 1950-1951



Box 16 Folder 1 Kapetyn Astronomical Lab, 1947-1957


Box 16 Folder 2 Leander McCormick Observatory - University of Virginia, 1940-1958

[Schilt's correspondence]


Box 16 Folder 3 Lick Observatory, 1940-1941


Box 16 Folder 4 Linblad, Bertil, 1934-1951

[Correspondence]


Box 16 Folder 5 Luyten, W.J., 1931-1948

[Correspondence]


Box 16 Folder 6 69 - Writings by Schilt, 1940s - 1950s


Box 16 Folder 7 Note on the Colors of the AoP Stars - Writing by Schilt, 1952


Box 16 Folder 8 Photoelectric Color 2036 Stars - Writing by Schilt & others, 1951


Box 16 Folder 9 69-Writings by Schilt and others, undated


Box 16 Folder 10 69-Research Materials and Notes, undated



Box 17 Folder 1 Minor Cloud "B". Plate 59312 (Blue), undated

[Research calculations]


Box 17 Folder 2 Research Calculations, undated


Box 17 Folder 3 Plate 61626 (Center-Red), undated

[Research calculations]


Box 17 Folder 4 Center Plate 61834 (Red), undated

[Research calculations]


Box 17 Folder 5 Minor Cloud "B". Summary, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 17 Folder 6 Research Calculations, undated


Box 17 Folder 7 Research Calculations, undated



Box 18 Folder 1 Research Calculations, undated


Box 18 Folder 2 Experiment 2, undated


Box 18 Folder 3 Experiment 0-4, undated


Box 18 Folder 4 GS Astronomy 1, undated


Box 18 Folder 5 Stennbs Experiments I, undated


Box 18 Folder 6 Experiments O, undated


Box 18 Folder 7 Experiment 0-5, undated


Box 18 Folder 8 Stencils; Assignments, Observing Lists, Stars & Constellations, undated


Box 18 Folder 9 Experiment I-10, undated


Box 18 Folder 10 Experiment I-1, undated


Box 18 Folder 11 Experiment I-8, undated


Box 18 Folder 12 Experiment O-2, undated


Box 18 Folder 13 Experiment O-3, undated


Box 18 Folder 14 Experiment I-8, undated


Box 18 Folder 15 Experiment I-7, undated


Box 18 Folder 16 Experiment O-10, undated


Box 18 Folder 17 Research Calculations, 1949-1950


Box 18 Miscellaneous Research Notes, undated



Box 19 Folder 1 Table 1 - The Equation of Time, undated


Box 19 Folder 2 Reading List of G.S. Ast. I, undated


Box 19 Folder 3 Problem Lists, undated


Box 19 Folder 4 Mechanics Notes, undated


Box 19 Folder 5 E.C.X. - Research Calculations, undated


Box 19 Folder 6 Astronomy 1 - Notes, undated


Box 19 Folder 7 Astronomy 115 & R55, undated


Box 19 Folder 8 Bibliography - Astronomy 116, undated+


Box 19 Folder 9 89-Research Notes, undated


Box 19 Folder 10 School of Mines - Spherical Astronomy Notes, undated



Box 20 Folder 1 Experiment I-13, undated


Box 20 Folder 2 Experiment O-9, 1946


Box 20 Folder 3 Experiment O-8, undated


Box 20 Folder 4 Experiment O-7, 1948


Box 20 Folder 5 Experiment I-11, 1949-1950


Box 20 Folder 6 Laboratory Assignments - Astronomy 1, 1949-1950


Box 20 Folder 7 Observing List - Astronomy 1, 1949-1950


Box 20 Folder 8 G.S. Astronomy 2, undated


Box 20 Folder 9 Astronomy Class Lab Experiments, undated



Box 21 Folder 2 Blue Center, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 21 Folder 3 Minor Cloud "B" - PL 59 v 91 - Center Blue, undated

[Research Calculations]


Box 21 Folder 4 Field Corrections, undated

[Research Calculations]


Box 21 Folder 5 Calculations and an article from "Astronomical Journal", 1947


Box 21 Folder 6 C61505 (2 hr. exposure), 1st Measure, undated

[Research Calculations]


Box 21 Folder 7-18 Research calculations, undated


Box 21 Folder 19 Comparison with Other Catalogues, undated


Box 21 Folder 20 Zone +20 to +25, undated

[Research Calculations]


Box 21 Folder 21 Zone +25 to +30, undated

[Research calculations]



Box 22 Folder 1 Zone +50 - +55, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 22 Folder 2 Zone +55 - +60, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 22 Folder 3 Miscellaneous - All Zones, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 22 Folder 4 Notes and memos, 1950s


Box 22 Folder 5 Stencil-blank forms for research, undated


Box 22 Folder 6 Atomic Bomb Committee, November 1945

[Memos and drafts of letters]



Box 23 Folder 1 Budget, 1961-1962


Box 23 Folder 2 Minor Cloud B - Offsets-New Lists & Measurements, undated


Box 23 Folder 3 Comparison of Readings with Different Backgrounds & Different D-2 Openings, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 23 Folder 4 Comparison, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 23 Folder 5 Comparison of Iris Readings Made By Turning Wheel Clockwise & Counterclockwise, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 23 Folder 6 Measurments of..., undated

[Research calculations]


Box 23 Folder 7 Minor Cloud B - Offset Plates - Work Done with Preliminary Lists, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 23 Folder 8 Title of Chart Sent to Zurich, undated

[Research calculations]


Box 23 Folder 9-18 Research Calculations, undated



Box 24 Folder 1-3 Research Calculations, undated


Box 24 Folder 4 Budget Correspondence, 1940s


Box 24 Folder 5 Appointments (Forms, etc. Prior to 1962)


Box 24 Folder 6 Accounts - Old Correspondence, 1941-1955


Box 24 Folder 7-8 Research Calculations, undated

Series V: Testing Materials



Box 26 Folder 2 Various Locations


Box 26 Folder 3 Site Report, Australia, 1959


Box 26 Folder 4 Chilean Site Testing, 1959


Box 26 Folder 4 National Science Foundation (NSF) Balance Sheets, 1960


Box 26 Folder 6 Observation, El Leoncito, 1962


Box 26 Folder 7 Argentina: Finance Administration, 1962


Box 26 Folder 8 El Leoncito Final Copy & Correspondence, 1962



Box 27 Folder 1 Leoncito - Data, 1959


Box 27 Folder 2 Chilean Correspondence, 1959


Box 27 Folder 3 Astrograph Construction, 1962


Box 27 Folder 4 Sites-Chile, 1958-1961


Box 27 Folder 5 Site Photographs


Box 27 Folder 6 Tucson Report - Chile Report, 1960


Box 27 Folder 7 NSF G-8165 - Financial, 1960


Box 27 Folder 8 NSF - G-8165, 1957-1963


Box 27 Folder 7 Trip to Australia, 1958-1959


Box 27 Folder 10 NSF - G-8165 on Budget, Grants, 1959-1962


Box 27 Folder 11 Site Reports, to J. Oort, 1962-1963


Box 27 Folder 12 Site-testing, Australia, South Africa, 1956-1958


Box 27 Folder 13 Trips to South America, 1959-1961


Box 27 Folder 14 Ford Foundation, 1959-1960


Box 27 Folder 15 Astro - Plans and Correspondence - New Telescope, 1960

[Photographs included]