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Benjamin A. Gould Collection, 1874-1918.

Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896.
1 linear foot (1 box)
University of Puget Sound - Collins Memorial Library
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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.
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 College of Puget Sound Professor Raymond Seward and others, plus twelve photographs of the moon taken in October and November of 1918.
The collection contains Gould's correspondence with M. Thome, reports, meteorological and astronomical information, and lunar photographs taken in 1918.
This collection is available for research.
Materials in English and Spanish.
An index to this collection is available.
Electronic finding aid available via the Internet in the Northwest Digital Archives. http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/.
Benjamin A. Gould Collection. Mss-010. Archives, University of Puget Sound.
This collection covers:
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896 Archives.
Thome, John Macon, 1843-1908 Archives.
Astronomers United States.
Observatories Argentina Córdoba.
Moon Photographs.
Editors, Translators, and other contributors:
Argentina. Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.
University of Puget Sound. Archives.
Related Materials:
University of Puget Sound finding aid
View this collection description in WorldCat.org:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746574368