Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Jan Schilt papers
Schilt, Jan, 1894-1982
4079816
MS#1127
English
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23.5 linear feet
27 boxes
1931-1963
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 5 series.
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Summary
Collection consists of Schilt's correspondence as chairperson of Columbia's department of astronomy and director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station as well as the Rutherford Observatory at Columbia. The majority of arranged office files are comprised of memoranda, documents, some departmental correspondence, committee reports, course material including material for student laboratory exercises. Thers is also a small sampling of Schilt's early notes as a student and reports of oo-site testing done under the auspices of the National Science Foundation.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Jan Schilt papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--astronomy department. Method of acquisition--gift; Date of acquisition--02/23/89. Accession number--M-89-2-23.
Biographical / Historical
Astronomer and administrator. Schilt was Rutherford Professor Emeritus at Columbia, invented the Schilt photometer, and helped clarify the motions of stars in the Milky Way. He was director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station in Johannesburg and Canberra, Australia. He served as chairperson of Columbia's department of astronomy from 1936 until 1962.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transfer from department of Physics, 1989.
Processing Information
processed JSM 10/23/92.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Astrometry
Astronomical observatories
Astronomical observatories -- Administration
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Photometry
Documents
Exercises
Memorandums
Notes (documents)
Office files
Reports
Astronomers
College administrators
Columbia University. Rutherfurd Observatory
Columbia University. Department of Astronomy
Series I: Arranged CorrespondenceSubseries I.1: Chronological1930s011-4Secretarial Miscellaneousbefore 19631011930s021Subseries I.2: SubjectUniversity Executive Council1942-1945031University Office of Admissions1941-1955032University-Public Ceremonies1943-1957033Watson Laboratory, IBM Machine1940-1955034Yale-Columbia Southern Station1951-1956035George Pegram1940-1949056Yale University Observatory1953-1962037Yale-Columbia Southern Station1945-1951038Stromgren1957-1958041N.Y. Academy of Science1940-1945042Office of Naval Research (ONR)043Oort, J.H.1941-1960044Neighbor's Society1937-1956045Netherlands Book Committee1946046Netherlands Information Bureau1941-1947047Netherlands Study Group1945048Netherlands University League1942-19500411National Science Foundation (N.S.F.)1953-1959049A Punched Card Catalogue of Data for the Stars in the Boss General Catalogue0410Mailing list1961-19620412Netherlands Information Bureau1941-19470410Struve, Yerkes Observatory1934-1958051Observatory Uccle1931-1946052Schlesinger1940-1941053Sydney Observatory1953054U.S. Naval Observatory1933-1959055University of Brussels1946056Osterhoff, P. - Holland1934-1951057Polowe, David1942-1946058Radcliffe Observatory1958059Reuyl, D.1942-19430510Rosseland1945-19470511Royal Observatory1946-19530512Royal Observatory, South Africa1939-19570513D.H. Sadler - Royal Greenwich Observatory1957-19590514Schauer, Charles - Research Corporation1946-19490515Prendergast, Kevin1953-19560516Schwarzschild, M.1941-19550517Science Journal19400518Shapley, Harlow1940-19570519Sky and Telescope (Federer)1942-19470520Sproul Observatory - Swarthmore College1944-19560521Dearborn Observatory - Northwestern University1940-1954061de Vaucouleurs, G.1953-1957062Dunham, Theo1953-1954063Eastman Kodak Co.1941-1955064Eckert, W.1940-1957065Eichner, L.C.1946-1960066Fulbright, J. - Australia1950-1959067Geology Dept. - Columbia College1950-1953068Guggenheim Foundation1959-1962069Harvard College Observatory1939-19560610Higgins Fund1954-19570611Hill, Sarah J.1947-19580612Hill, Sarah - Makemson, Maud1934-19520613International Astronomical Union (I.A.U.)1950-19590614Bok, Bart J.1940-1957071Brouwer, Dirk1955-1962072Brouwer, Dirk1948-1955073Astrophysical Journal1932-1949074Barnard1942-1949075Blaauw, Adrian1940-1958076Bosscha Observatory, Hins, C.H.1934-1946077Bullen, K.E.1953-1956078Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C.1934-1960079Cincinnati Observatory (Herget, P.)1935-19590710Curtiss-Wright Corporation1942-19430711Miscellaneous1950-1958081Miscellaneous1950-1951082Menzel, Harvard Observatory1946-1954083Johannesburg, South Africa1947-1957084Johannesburg, South Africa - Photographic plates1947-1949085Johannesburg, South African Embassy1949086Mt. Stromlo, Canberra, Australia1949-1955087Mt. Wilson and Palomar Observatories1931-1959088Miscellaneous1934-1947089Princeton1940-19510810Miscellaneousvarious dates0811Star Tables1942-1950102University Noticesbefore 1963103Teaching Assistant Records1963-1965104Van de Kamp1940-1943105Wachmann, A. - Visiting professor1959-1961106Warner and Swasey Observatory1940-1956107Washburn Observatory1947-1948108Wood, Ben1933-1946109Yale-Columbia Southern Observatory - Jackson, Cyril1959-19621010Yale University Observatory1932-19501011Yerkes Observatory1939-19501012Miscellaneous (173)111Yowell, E.C.1942-1955112Science Committee1937-1945113Secretarial Miscellaneous, Replies to Lay Inquiries1942-1956114ArgentinaOct. 15, 1961115Brouwer, Dirk1935-1945116Brouwer, Dirk1945-1947117Miscellaneous1950-1959091Miscellaneous[v.d.]092Series II: Committees and Course MaterialsBudget1950-1958121Personnel (Inactive)1953-1956141Series III: Lab MaterialsResearch calculationsundated211Series IV: Early Notes of SchiltEarly School Notes of Schilt25Chilean Report #21959261Budget1942-1949122Columbia College1949-1961123Columbia College1940-1949124Faculty of Pure Science1940-1950125E.K.A. Fund1950-1954131Committee on Instruction Minutes1947-1950132Committee on Instruction - Faculty of Pure Science1940-1952133Fellowships - Committee on Instruction - Faculty of Pure Science1954-1958134General Studies (G.S.)1941-1957135Graduate Students (Applicants)1960-1962136Graduate Students1947-1963137Graduate Students1939-1961138Graduate Students Records1943-1957139Graduate Faculties1952-19611310Hett, John19421311Jacoby, Harold19321312Library1940-19561313Motz, L.19601314Phi Beta Kappa1933-1955142Photometry - (Glass Filter)1946-1954143Rejected Manuscripts1946144Salary statements1947-1961145Old Clark Telescopes1950-195114669 - Writings by Schilt194714769-Writings by Schilt1939-194114856-Writings by Schilt1950149Notes; Research Materials1950s & 1960s14Photometer Paper1947151Distribution of Stars According to Apparent Magnitudes & Galatic Latitude and the Scale of the Polar Sequence by Jan Schiltcirca 1946152Sodium Line Intensities as Criterion for Stellar Distances by Jan Schilt1947153Virginia Conference Remarks - Ms. & Correspondence1957154The Astronomical Journal1940-1958155Sub-Committee for Inter-American Astronomy1959-1962156American Astronomical Society (AAS)1941-1962157American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)1928-1949158The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)1954159Allegheny Observatory1941-19551510American Astronomical Society1950-19601511Askania-Werks1950-19511512Kapetyn Astronomical Lab1947-1957161Leander McCormick Observatory - University of Virginia1940-1958162Scope and Contents[Schilt's correspondence]
Lick Observatory1940-1941163Linblad, Bertil1934-1951164Scope and Contents[Correspondence]
Luyten, W.J.1931-1948165Scope and Contents[Correspondence]
69 - Writings by Schilt1940s - 1950s166Note on the Colors of the AoP Stars - Writing by Schilt1952167Photoelectric Color 2036 Stars - Writing by Schilt & others195116869-Writings by Schilt and othersundated16969-Research Materials and Notesundated1610Minor Cloud "B". Plate 59312 (Blue)undated171Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Research Calculationsundated172Plate 61626 (Center-Red)undated173Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Center Plate 61834 (Red)undated174Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Minor Cloud "B". Summaryundated175Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Research Calculationsundated176Research Calculationsundated177Research Calculationsundated181Experiment 2undated182Experiment 0-4undated183GS Astronomy 1undated184Stennbs Experiments Iundated185Experiments Oundated186Experiment 0-5undated187Stencils; Assignments, Observing Lists, Stars & Constellationsundated188Experiment I-10undated189Experiment I-1undated1810Experiment I-8undated1811Experiment O-2undated1812Experiment O-3undated1813Experiment I-8undated1814Experiment I-7undated1815Experiment O-10undated1816Research Calculations1949-19501817Miscellaneous Research Notesundated18Table 1 - The Equation of Timeundated191Reading List of G.S. Ast. Iundated192Problem Listsundated193Mechanics Notesundated194E.C.X. - Research Calculationsundated195Astronomy 1 - Notesundated196Astronomy 115 & R55undated197Bibliography - Astronomy 116undated+19889-Research Notesundated199School of Mines - Spherical Astronomy Notesundated1910Experiment I-13undated201Experiment O-91946202Experiment O-8undated203Experiment O-71948204Experiment I-111949-1950205Laboratory Assignments - Astronomy 11949-1950206Observing List - Astronomy 11949-1950207G.S. Astronomy 2undated208Astronomy Class Lab Experimentsundated209Blue Centerundated212Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Minor Cloud "B" - PL 59 v 91 - Center Blueundated213Scope and Contents[Research Calculations]
Field Correctionsundated214Scope and Contents[Research Calculations]
Calculations and an article from "Astronomical Journal"1947215C61505 (2 hr. exposure), 1st Measureundated216Scope and Contents[Research Calculations]
Research calculationsundated217-18Comparison with Other Cataloguesundated2119Zone +20 to +25undated2120Scope and Contents[Research Calculations]
Zone +25 to +30undated2121Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Zone +50 - +55undated221Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Zone +55 - +60undated222Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Miscellaneous - All Zonesundated223Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Notes and memos1950s224Stencil-blank forms for researchundated225Atomic Bomb CommitteeNovember 1945226Scope and Contents[Memos and drafts of letters]
Budget1961-1962231Minor Cloud B - Offsets-New Lists & Measurementsundated232Comparison of Readings with Different Backgrounds & Different D-2 Openingsundated233Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Comparisonundated234Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Comparison of Iris Readings Made By Turning Wheel Clockwise & Counterclockwiseundated235Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Measurments of...undated236Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Minor Cloud B - Offset Plates - Work Done with Preliminary Listsundated237Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Title of Chart Sent to Zurichundated238Scope and Contents[Research calculations]
Research Calculationsundated239-18Research Calculationsundated241-3Budget Correspondence1940s244Appointments (Forms, etc. Prior to 1962)245Accounts - Old Correspondence1941-1955246Research Calculationsundated247-8Series V: Testing MaterialsVarious Locations262Site Report, Australia1959263Chilean Site Testing1959264National Science Foundation (NSF) Balance Sheets1960264Observation, El Leoncito1962266Argentina: Finance Administration1962267El Leoncito Final Copy & Correspondence1962268Leoncito - Data1959271Chilean Correspondence1959272Astrograph Construction1962273Sites-Chile1958-1961274Site Photographs275Tucson Report - Chile Report1960276NSF G-8165 - Financial1960277NSF - G-81651957-1963278Trip to Australia1958-1959277NSF - G-8165 on Budget, Grants1959-19622710Site Reports, to J. Oort1962-19632711Site-testing, Australia, South Africa1956-19582712Trips to South America1959-19612713Ford Foundation1959-19602714Astro - Plans and Correspondence - New Telescope19602715Scope and Contents[Photographs included]