Jan Schilt papers, 1931-1963

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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