Benjamin A. Gould collection
Scope and Contents
Contains Gould's letters from May 1878 to August 1881 and certain subject related letters of 1876 by M. Thome, the Annual Report of the Argentine Meteorological Office for 1874 and related observation documents in Spanish. In addition, there are various other letters concerning the Gould materials by University of Puget Sound (then College of Puget Sound) Professor Raymond Seward (and others) plus twelve photographs of the moon taken in October and November of 1918.
Dates
- Creation: 1874-1918
Creator
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection contains some materials in Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research.
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824–November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer. He is notable for creating the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896) was the founder and first editor of the Astronomical Journal. Gould was involved in the establishment and operation of the National Observatory at Córdoba, Argentina. The collection contains Gould's correspondence with M. Thome, reports, meteorological and astronomical information, and lunar photographs taken in 1918.
Processing Information
An index to this collection is available.
Subject
- Thome, John M. (Person)
- Observatorio Nacional Argentino (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Benjamin A. Gould Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Knight and Patt Leonard
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections Repository
Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner Street #1021
Tacoma 98416-1021 United States us
archives@pugetsound.edu