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Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria [textual record, graphic material]

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Date:

1903-1954

Reference:

R214-253-2-E, RG48-B

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

190696

Context of this record:

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Natural Resources Canada fonds

Observatories Branch

Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria
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Sub-series includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1903-1954

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.5 m of textual records
[an additional ca. 25.5 m of unprocessed textual records at the accession level]
15 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records from various Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Directors (volumes 44-50) and central registry files (volume 18). Sub-series also consists of a wide range of unprocessed operational records from the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, including but not limited to staff research data, observations, journals, publications, and reports.

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Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (Canada)

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Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (Canada) : The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, B.C. was officially opened on 11 June 1918. Fairly autonomous from the main Observatory in Ottawa, the Observatory's role was primarily to study the nature of stars and other bodies and the numbers, distances and motions of these objects. Directors of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory were Dr J.S. Plaskett (1917-1935), Dr W.E. Harper (1935-1940) and Dr J.A. Pearce (after 1940). With the dissolution of the Department of the Interior and the merger of the departments of Mines, Indian Affairs, Immigration, and Colonization in 1936, a new Department of Mines and Resources was created. The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria (W.E. Harper, Head Astronomer) became part of the Dominion Observatories, which reported through the Surveys and Engineering Branch to the Minister of Mines and Resources.

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Related material:

Related materials may be found in the series for the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (MIKAN 134925) in the National Research Council of Canada fonds (RG77), as the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory became part of the Institute upon its creation in 1974.

Source:

Government

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RG48-B
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