Call Number:

C0551

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 6 boxes
• 2.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Raymond S. Dugan Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1921-1940 (inclusive)

Creator:

Dugan, Raymond Smith, 1878-1940

Form:

Correspondence., Faculty papers., and Typescripts.

Abstract:

Raymond Smith Dugan (1878-1940) was an American astronomer and educator. His collection consists of articles, correspondence, lecture notes, material for his astronomy classes at Princeton. The collection also contains reports by Dugan to members of Commission 27 (Commission des Etoiles Variables) of the International Astronomical Union.

Raymond Smith Dugan (1878-1940) was an American astronomer and educator. Dugan taught astronomy classes at Princeton.

The collection consists of Dugan's articles, correspondence, lecture notes, material for his astronomy classes at Princeton, and printed matter. The collection contains typescripts of articles, course outlines and final examinations, and copies of biographies of astronomers written for reference books, such as the Dictionary of American Biography. There is correspondence with publishers, academic colleagues, scholarly journals, astronomical societies, and directors of observatories, including ones at Harvard (Harlow Shapley) and the University of Arizona, as well as some personal correspondence. The collection also contains reports by Dugan to members of Commission 27 (Commission des Etoiles Variables) of the International Astronomical Union.

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.