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Finding Aid to the Papers of Olin J. Eggen, 1943–1998

Location of collection:

Accession 2009/238

University ArchivesRoom 425 Steenbock Memorial Library550 Babcock Dr.Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 262-5629Email: [email protected] site: http://archives.library.wisc.edu/

Title and dates of collection:

Papers of Olin J. Eggen, 1943–1998.

Size of collection:

approximately 6 linear feet (9 boxes)

Papers/records created by:

Eggen, Olin J. (Olin Jeuck), 1919–1998

Finding aid written in English.

Short description of collection:

The Papers of Olin J. Eggen shed considerable light, not only upon the professional career of a native Wisconsin astronomer and double-alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but more importantly, upon large-scale developments which have characterized post-war astronomy and astrophysics, including the creation of large (4-meter-class) optical telescopes in the southern hemisphere. Over a career of fifty years, Eggen became an extremely productive and heavily-cited researcher as well as a noted administrator. Among the significant documents preserved in this collection are the extensive letters exchanged between Eggen and Caltech astronomer Allan R. Sandage, along with the draft of Eggen’s most notable scientific paper, referred to by the initials of its authors as, “ELS.”

Biography of Olin J. Eggen

Olin J. Eggen was the second astronomer to receive his Ph.D. (after C. M. Huffer in 1926) from the Department of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Born

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on a farm in Orfordville, Rock County, Wisconsin on 9 July 1919 [son of Olin and Bertha (Jeuck) Eggen], he received his B.A. degree in 1940 and, after the Second World War, a Ph.D. under the direction of Washburn Observatory director Joel Stebbins. Eggen’s (1948) dissertation involved six-color photometric study of the stars Algol and 44 Bootis. His enormously productive career, which spanned five decades in length, must be traced across the surfaces of five continents. These career progressions included stints at the University of California’s Lick Observatory (from research associate to assistant astronomer, 1948–1955); visiting fellow, Mount Stromlo Observatory (1955–1956); chief assistant astronomer, Royal Greenwich Observatory (1956–1961) and later deputy chief scientific officer (1965–1966); professor of astronomy at the California Institute of Technology and staff member, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories (1961–1964); professor of astronomy (Australian National University) and director of the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (1966–1977); and finally senior astronomer [and on occasion, acting director], Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (1977–1998). Eggen was also a visiting observer at the Cape Observatory, South Africa (late 1950s).

The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) http://adswww.harvard.edu/ records a total of 397 publications under Eggen’s name! Chiefly involving photometric and astrometric work on nearby clusters, Eggen moved on to researching Cepheids, white dwarfs (with Jesse L. Greenstein), subdwarfs (with Allan R. Sandage), and the kinematics of moving groups (with Astronomer-Royal Richard v.d. R. Wooley and others). Eggen’s move to Caltech in the early 1960s proved fortuitous, leading to the collaboration with theorist Donald Lynden-Bell and Sandage that produced the famous “ELS” paper (1962). These authors argued, from the motions of high-velocity, metal-poor halo stars, that a near free-fall collapse of the protogalaxy had preceded the establishment of its principal disk motions. Though called “one of the most influential astrophysics papers ever written” (Editors of the PASP, 2001, p. 133), the ELS interpretation has not gone unchallenged.

Eggen received a number of professional honors during his lifetime. The most notable was the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society (1985). In that same year, he was awarded the gold Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Eggen was elected to the Royal Astronomical Society and served as its vice-president (1961–1962). He delivered the Pawsey Memorial Lectureship of the Australian Institute of Physics (1967) and was elected president of the Australian Society of Astronomers (1971–1972). Although nominated on several occasions to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, his election to that body was reportedly “black balled” by certain prominent east-coast astronomers.

Eggen served on the joint planning committee during negotiations for construction of the 4-meter Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and Observatory, but was later passed over for the directorship of that facility. It is well-known that he was strongly opposed to the procedure of blind refereeing of manuscripts submitted for publication. Whenever Eggen himself was chosen as a referee, he communicated his concerns about a paper directly with its author. In cases involving his own papers, where he felt himself unfairly treated, he became defensive; these instances seem to have resulted in some injury to Eggen’s

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career (from referees with long memories). His mature research style was characterized by multi-part papers devoted to intensive studies of selected populations of stars. Though he applied the label “Baconian” to this approach, Eggen argued that “overall progress in our science depends entirely on such long-range detailed projects. . . . We do not solve problems; we discover them.”

While employed at the Lick Observatory, Eggen published five short papers on the history of astronomy in the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflet series. Upon his relocation to the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceux Castle, he commenced studies that resulted in publications on Edmond Halley’s correspondence with John Flamsteed; a biographical sketch of George Biddell Airy for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography; plus entries on Halley and Tycho Brahe for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eggen apparently intended to write a major work on the discovery of Neptune (having borrowed an important file from the Royal Greenwich Observatory) but that objective was never fulfilled.

Eggen was briefly married (1952–1956) to the widow of one of his war-time buddies and he adopted her two children, but the relationship ended in divorce –– a factor which contributed to his departure from the Lick Observatory. Roughly ten years before his death, Eggen was diagnosed with “congestive cardiac [heart] failure,” although the condition apparently did not prompt him to modify his preferred diet of roast beef and French fries. Upon Eggen’s arrival in Australia for a month-long visit, he suffered a heart attack and died at Camberra Hospital on 2 October 1998. Afterwards, the bulk of his papers were collected by CTIO astronomer Nick Suntzeff and transferred to the Department of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Selected References

Editors of the PASP. “Olin J. Eggen (1919–1998).” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 113 (January 2001): 131-135.

Eggen, Olin J. “Notes from a Life in the Dark.” Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics 31 (1993): 1-11.

Frame, Tom, and Don Faulkner. Stromlo: An Australian Observatory. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen and Unwin, 2003, esp. Ch. 8, “The rise and rise of astrophysics: The Eggen years, 1966–1977,” pp. 159-184.

Freeman, Ken C., et al. “Olin Jeuck Eggen, 1919–1998.” Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 32, no. 4 (2000): 1661-1662.

Gascoigne, S. C. B., K. M. Proust, and M. O. Robins. The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Scope and Contents of Collection:



The collection consists largely of correspondence (Section I, Boxes 1–6) between Eggen and a worldwide contingent of astronomers; over 400 catalogued correspondents span the period from 1948 to 1998. Among the most important of these assemblages are letters to/from Jesse L. Greenstein, Allan R. Sandage, Albert E. Whitford, and Richard van der Riet Woolley. This section also contains letters exchanged between other astronomers, copies of which were often sent to Eggen. During his first employment at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Eggen answered much of the routine correspondence of Astronomer-Royal Woolley.

Section II (Box 7), Personal Papers, contains Eggen’s surviving military records (1943); also found here are the bulk of his unpublished manuscripts, including notebooks and catalogues of stellar data; his draft of the ELS paper; along with numerous referee and proposal evaluations.

Section III (Box 8) contains many primary-source manuscripts relative to Mount Stromlo Observatory and the founding of the Anglo-Australian Telescope and Observatory. These papers were largely exchanged between leading astronomers and Australian/British administrators; many were copied for Eggen’s information. Likewise found here are those reviews commissioned by the Research School of the Physical Sciences (Australian National University) that played a role in Eggen’s resignation from the Mount Stromlo directorship.

Section IV (Box 8) contains drafts or offprints of Eggen’s principal works in the history of science.

Section V (Box 9) consists of (partially arranged) photographs of Eggen, various astronomers, and institutions with which he was associated.

Access to Collection:

No restrictions.

Restrictions on use of Collection:

No restrictions.

Provenance and Acquisition Information:

Both Eggen’s remaining family/heirs, and the scientific staff of CTIO, felt that the institution where Eggen had received his Ph.D. would be the most natural destination for his scientific papers and correspondence. During 1999, communications between the UW Department of Astronomy (Professor-Emeritus Robert C. Bless), the UW archivist, and CTIO staff determined the feasibility of this scheme, whereupon, the collection was assembled and shipped to this department.

Processing Information:



This collection was processed by historian of astronomy Jordan D. Marché II in June 2005. The Finding Aid was completed in March 2009.



Container List

Section I: Personal Correspondence (& letters to/from others)

Box 1 Folder 1 Finding Aid to the Olin J. Eggen Papers (this document)Box 1 Folder 2 Abel, M. 1957.Box 1 Folder 3 Abhyankar, K. D. 1960.Box 1 Folder 4 Abt, Helmut A. 1960, 1971, 1978, 1980-1982, 1985-1988, 1991,

1998.Box 1 Folder 5 Airy, A. [Miss]. 1958.Box 1 Folder 6 Aizenman, Morris. 1981.Box 1 Folder 7 Alderfer, Jane. 1984.Box 1 Folder 8 Alexander, John. 1959-1960.Box 1 Folder 9 Allen, G. W. 1960.Box 1 Folder 10 Ammar, Ray. 1993.Box 1 Folder 11 Aplin, Fiona. 1995.Box 1 Folder 12 _____, Arlo. 1984.Box 1 Folder 13 Armitage, John. 1957.Box 1 Folder 14 Arp, Halton Chip. 1958-1960.Box 1 Folder 15 _____, Arthur. 1956, 1959.Box 1 Folder 16 Askania-Werke. 1960.Box 1 Folder 17 _____, Audrey. 1965.

Box 1 Folder 18 Baade, Walter. 1957.Box 1 Folder 19 Babcock, Horace W. 1956, 1967.Box 1 Folder 20 Bahcall, John. 1983.Box 1 Folder 21 Bahner, Klaus. 1957.Box 1 Folder 22 Baily, M. N. O. [Mrs.] 1957.Box 1 Folder 23 Baily, Walter Francis. 1957. Contains pamphlet, “Francis Baily,

The Astronomer, 1774–1844.”Box 1 Folder 24 Bain, Gail. 1990.Box 1 Folder 25 Baize, Paul. 1957.Box 1 Folder 26 Baker, James G. 1952.Box 1 Folder 27 Baker, Norman H. 1982-1984.Box 1 Folder 28 Balick, Bruce. 1985.Box 1 Folder 29 Barker, H. G. 1957, 1960.Box 1 Folder 30 Bazzani, Craig S. 1998.Box 1 Folder 31 Beattie, J. J. 1968.Box 1 Folder 32 Beaumont, C. J. 1967.Box 1 Folder 33 Becker, W. 1966-1967.Box 1 Folder 34 Bell, Roger A. 1983-1984.Box 1 Folder 35 Bellingham, L. 1968.Box 1 Folder 36 Bessell, Michael. n.d., 1978-1979.Box 1 Folder 37 Bidelman, William P. 1947-1948, 1957-1958, 1982.Box 1 Folder 38 Bingham, R. G. 1969.Box 1 Folder 39 Blaauw, Adriaan. 1957.



Box 1 Folder 40 Black, Peter. 1976.Box 1 Folder 41 Blanco, Victor M. 1956, 1976-1977, 1978, 1980, 1986.Box 1 Folder 42 Bohm, Karl-Heinz. 1986, 1990, 1992.Box 1 Folder 43 Bok, Bart J. 1952, 1957-1958, n.d.Box 1 Folder 44 Bolton, J. G. 1974.Box 1 Folder 45 Bond, H. 1992.Box 1 Folder 46 Bondi, Hermann. 1956, 1958.Box 1 Folder 47 Borkowski, K. 1982.Box 1 Folder 48 Bowen, E. G. 1967-1968, 1972.Box 1 Folder 49 Brasch, Frederick E. 1957.Box 1 Folder 50 Breger, M. 1982.Box 1 Folder 51 British Broadcasting Corporation. 1965.Box 1 Folder 52 Brown, Wm. S. 1960.Box 1 Folder 53 Brück, H. A. 1957.Box 1 Folder 54 Burnett, A. A. 1977.Box 1 Folder 55 Buscombe, Bill. 1956, 1959.Box 1 Folder 56 [Butcher], Harvey. 1977.Box 1 Folder 57 Butts, Lee B. 1967.

Box 1 Folder 58 Cahn, Julius H. 1983.Box 1 Folder 59 Campusano, Luis. 1984.Box 1 Folder 60 Carlson, Claudia J. 1981.Box 1 Folder 61 Carmody, Francis. 1958.Box 1 Folder 62 Carney, Bruce W. 1983.Box 1 Folder 63 Carpenter, M. 1967.Box 1 Folder 64 Casertano, Stefano. 1984, 1992.Box 1 Folder 65 _____, Celia. 1966.Box 1 Folder 66 Celis, Leopoldo. 1985.Box 1 Folder 67 Cesarky, C. 1984.Box 1 Folder 68 “Chairperson.” 1980.Box 1 Folder 69 Chalonge, D. 1957.Box 1 Folder 70 Churms, J. 1969.Box 1 Folder 71 Clariá, Juan J. 1978.Box 1 Folder 72 Clark, George W. n.d.Box 1 Folder 73 Clemence, Gerald M. 1962.Box 1 Folder 74 Code, Arthur D. 1956.Box 1 Folder 75 Corben, P. M. 1962.Box 1 Folder 76 Cousins, A. W. J. 1957-1960.Box 1 Folder 77 Cowley, Anne. 1985.Box 1 Folder 78 Crawford, David L. 1967.Box 1 Folder 79 Crawford, John G. 1968, 1970, 1972-1973.Box 1 Folder 80 Cruise, A. M. 1997.Box 1 Folder 81 Cunliffe, D. W. 1968.

Box 2 Folder 1 Dalgarno, A. 1985.Box 2 Folder 2 Davidson, J. P. 1982, 1987.



Box 2 Folder 3 Dawson, Peter C. 1986.Box 2 Folder 4 de Beer, Gavin. 1957.Box 2 Folder 5 de la Puenta, Francisco F. 1960-1961.Box 2 Folder 6 de Vaucouleurs, Gerard. 1956, n.d.Box 2 Folder 7 Desmond, Thomas C. 1956.Box 2 Folder 8 Deutsch, Armin J. 1956, 1958.Box 2 Folder 9 Devereux, R. A. 1959.Box 2 Folder 10 DeVorkin, David H. 1977, 1982.Box 2 Folder 11 Dewhirst, David W. 1956-1957.Box 2 Folder 12 Dewitt, Hill. 1981. [a spoof]Box 2 Folder 13 Dexter, D. 1968.Box 2 Folder 14 Dicker, G. E. 1974-1977, 1981-1982.Box 2 Folder 15 Dieckvoss, W. 1959.Box 2 Folder 16 Dingle, Herbert. 1957.Box 2 Folder 17 Dommanget, J. 1986-1987.Box 2 Folder 18 Donley, L. M. 1967.Box 2 Folder 19 Doyle, M. P. n.d.Box 2 Folder 20 Dressler, Alan. 1982.Box 2 Folder 21 Dubs, R. V. 1986, 1991.Box 2 Folder 22 Dunbar, D. N. F. 1972.Box 2 Folder 23 Duncan, James W. 1967.

Box 2 Folder 24 Eaton, Joel A. 1988.Box 2 Folder 25 Ebbighausen, E. G. 1957-1958.Box 2 Folder 26 _____, Edie. 1956.Box 2 Folder 27 Edmondson, Frank K. 1990 (includes transcription of OHI w/

Eggen, 10 May 1987).Box 2 Folder 28 Eichendorf, Walter. 1983.Box 2 Folder 29 Eichhorn, H. K. 1961.Box 2 Folder 30 Elias, J. 1981.Box 2 Folder 31 Elmegreen, Bruce G. 1986, 1994.Box 2 Folder 32 Ennor, A. Hugh. 1967, n.d.Box 2 Folder 33 Evans, David S. 1958, 1960.Box 2 Folder 34 Evans, Tom Floyd. 1985.Box 2 Folder 35 Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd. 1958.

Box 2 Folder 36 Fairbanks, W. C. 1975.Box 2 Folder 37 Faltin, Julia. 1993.Box 2 Folder 38 Faulkner, Donald Jack. 1985, 1992.Box 2 Folder 39 Feast, Michael. 1961, 1980, 1985.Box 2 Folder 40 Federer, Charles A., Jr. 1955.Box 2 Folder 41 Fenkart, Rolf P. 1967.Box 2 Folder 42 Fernie, Donald. 1984.Box 2 Folder 43 Finsen, W. S. 1959, 1964-1965.Box 2 Folder 44 Flaherty, Kevin. 1993.Box 2 Folder 45 Fleming, Messrs. R. B., & Co. 1956.



Box 2 Folder 46 Ford, R. Les. 1968.Box 2 Folder 47 Fracassini, M. 1981.Box 2 Folder 48 Frail, D. A. 1982.Box 2 Folder 49 Francis, William L. 1967.Box 2 Folder 50 Frey, Wilfred S. 1967.Box 2 Folder 51 Friedgé, K, and Baumann, H. 1967.Box 2 Folder 52 F Miscellaneous. 1979.

Box 2 Folder 53 Gaposchkin, Sergei. 1957.Box 2 Folder 54 Garrison, R. F. 1982.Box 2 Folder 55 Garstang, Roy H. n.d., 1957, 1959.Box 2 Folder 56 Gascoigne, S. C. Ben. 1956-1958, n.d., 1967.Box 2 Folder 57 Gibb, J. R. 1959.Box 2 Folder 58 Gillispie, Charles C. 1976.Box 2 Folder 59 Gilmore, Gerard. 1982, 1986 (w/ Robert Carswell).Box 2 Folder 60 Giovanelli, R. G. 1968.Box 2 Folder 61 Giuse. 1978.Box 2 Folder 62 Gold, T. 1959.Box 2 Folder 63 Goldberg, Leo. 1977.Box 2 Folder 64 Goodwin, W. P. 1956.Box 2 Folder 65 Gorton, J. G. 1967.Box 2 Folder 66 Green, Richard F. 1985.Box 2 Folder 67 Greenstein, Jesse L. 1950, 1956, 1959, 1966-1969, 1972, 1974,

1977, 1983.Box 2 Folder 68 Gregory, Carol. n.d.Box 2 Folder 69 Griersmith, David. 1979.Box 2 Folder 70 Griffin, Roger E. M. 1978, 1982.Box 2 Folder 71 Guseinov, O. 1983.Box 2 Folder 72 Guy, [?]. J. 1957.Box 2 Folder 73 G Miscellaneous. 1957.

Box 3 Folder 1 Haffner, H. 1960.Box 3 Folder 2 Hamilton, Donald. 1984.Box 3 Folder 3 Hamilton, Jack. 1955.Box 3 Folder 4 Hamilton, W. S. 1968, 1974-1975, 1977.Box 3 Folder 5 Hargreaves, F. J. 1956.Box 3 Folder 6 Harris, R. J. 1967.Box 3 Folder 7 Hartkopf, William I. 1994-1995.Box 3 Folder 8 Hast, Adele. 1986.Box 3 Folder 9 Hayes, Juliette. 1997.Box 3 Folder 10 Hearnshaw, John. 1983, 1993, 1997, n.d.Box 3 Folder 11 Heath, Richard. 1987.Box 3 Folder 12 Heckman, O. 1957-1958, n.d.Box 3 Folder 13 Herbig, George H. 1960, n.d., 1981, 1984-1985.Box 3 Folder 14 Hertzsprung, Ejnar. 1963, 1965.Box 3 Folder 15 Hesser, James E. 1971, 1974, 1976-1977.



Box 3 Folder 16 Hewerdine, Anita R. 1962.Box 3 Folder 17 Hodge, Paul. 1984-1987, 1990-1993, 1996, 1998, n.d.Box 3 Folder 18 Hodgkin, David K. R. 1955, 1966-1969, 1971-1972, 1974.Box 3 Folder 19 Hogg, Helen Sawyer. 1960, 1977.Box 3 Folder 20 Hohnen, Ross A. 1968-1969, 1972-1974, 1986, 1997.Box 3 Folder 21 Holloman, Elizabeth S. 1985, 1989.Box 3 Folder 22 Hosie, James F. 1967-1968.Box 3 Folder 23 Hoskin, Michael. 1984.Box 3 Folder 24 Houk, Nancy. 1982, 1990.Box 3 Folder 25 Hoyle, Barbara. 1957.Box 3 Folder 26 Hoyle, Fred. 1968.Box 3 Folder 27 Hube, D. P. 1970.Box 3 Folder 28 Huxley, Leonard G. H. 1967.Box 3 Folder 29 H Miscellaneous. 1960, 1982.

Box 3 Folder 30 Ianna, Philip A. n.d.Box 3 Folder 31 Iben, Icko, Jr. 1986-1987, 1990.Box 3 Folder 32 Innanen, K. A. 1969.Box 3 Folder 33 Innis, John L. 1986.Box 3 Folder 34 Irwin, John B. 1956.

Box 3 Folder 35 Janes, Kenneth. 1981.Box 3 Folder 36 Jarrett, Clifford G. 1961.Box 3 Folder 37 Jefferies, John T. 1983, 1985, 1987.Box 3 Folder 38 Jeffery, Mike H. 1968-1969.Box 3 Folder 39 _____, John. n.d.Box 3 Folder 40 Johnson, Harold. 1959.Box 3 Folder 41 Jones, Derek. 1960 (w/ Candy, M. P.), 1982-1983. Box 3 Folder 42 Jones, Glynne. 1971-1972.Box 3 Folder 43 Jones, Ken N. 1967-1968, 1973, n.d.Box 3 Folder 44 Jones, T. W. 1981.Box 3 Folder 45 Joy, Alfred H. 1960.

Box 4 Folder 1 Kazs, G. J. 1975-1976.Box 4 Folder 2 Kellie, Betty. 1956.Box 4 Folder 3 Khouri, Su G. 1971, 1978.Box 4 Folder 4 Kim, Chulhee. 1991.Box 4 Folder 5 Kinman, Tom D. 1958-1960, 1977, 1985, 1998.Box 4 Folder 6 Kodak, Messrs., Ltd. 1958.Box 4 Folder 7 Kopal, Zdenek. 1946, 1957, 1959.Box 4 Folder 8 Kron, Gerald. 1956-1959, n.d.Box 4 Folder 9 Kron, Katherine. n.d., 1957-1958.Box 4 Folder 10 Kukarkin, B. V. 1956-1957.Box 4 Folder 11 Kukarkina, Natalia P., and Kholopov, P. N. 1977.

Box 4 Folder 12 Ladborough, R. W. 1957.



Box 4 Folder 13 Lallemand, A. 1957.Box 4 Folder 14 Lance, Kate. 1984-1985.Box 4 Folder 15 Larson, Richard B. 1997.Box 4 Folder 16 Lattanzio, J. 1983.Box 4 Folder 17 Laurie, Phil S. 1973.Box 4 Folder 18 Ledeux, J. 1981.Box 4 Folder 19 Leung, Kam-Ching. 1983.Box 4 Folder 20 Lewin, R. 1956.Box 4 Folder 21 Lightman, Alan P. 1983.Box 4 Folder 22 Liller, William. 1982.Box 4 Folder 23 Lindblad, Bertil. 1957.Box 4 Folder 24 Lindblad, Per Olof. 1983.Box 4 Folder 25 Lindroos, K. Peter. 1984.Box 4 Folder 26 Lippincott, Sarah Lee. 1959.Box 4 Folder 27 Low, D. A. 1975-1977.Box 4 Folder 28 Lü, Phillip K. 1981.Box 4 Folder 29 Lukes. 1961.Box 4 Folder 30 Luyten, Willem J. n.d., 1960, 1965-1970.Box 4 Folder 31 Lydster, W. R. 1967.Box 4 Folder 32 Lynden-Bell, D. 1971.Box 4 Folder 33 Lynds, Beverly T. 1959.Box 4 Folder 34 Lynds, C. Roger. 1960, n.d.Box 4 Folder 35 L Miscellaneous. 1950; 1960.

Box 4 Folder 36 Maddox, John. 1983.Box 4 Folder 37 Madore, Barry F. 1984-1985.Box 4 Folder 38 Majewski, Steven. n.d.Box 4 Folder 39 Mantegazza, Luciano. 1984.Box 4 Folder 40 Marshall, R. A. 1968.Box 4 Folder 41 Mathieu, Robert D. 1984.Box 4 Folder 42 Mayall, Nicholas U. 1967.Box 4 Folder 43 Mayo, G. [Miss] 1957.Box 4 Folder 44 McAlister, Harold A. 1986.Box 4 Folder 45 McCrea, William H. 1957, 1989.Box 4 Folder 46 McGlynn, Thomas A. 1985.Box 4 Folder 47 McNamara, D. Harold. 1976, 1978, 1982-1983, 1985-1986.Box 4 Folder 48 Meagher, George V. 1968.Box 4 Folder 49 Mermilliod, J. C. 1982.Box 4 Folder 50 Mescher, Susan. 1984.Box 4 Folder 51 Middleton, Pete. n.d.Box 4 Folder 52 Miller, Walter J. 1962-1963.Box 4 Folder 53 Minnett, H. C. 1967.Box 4 Folder 54 Morgan, W. W. 1962.Box 4 Folder 55 Morris, M. O. [Miss] 1968.Box 4 Folder 56 Morrison, Leslie. 1993.Box 4 Folder 57 Mould, Jeremy R. 1978, 1997.



Box 4 Folder 58 Muñoz, Juanita. 1977, n.d.Box 4 Folder 59 Murray, C. Andrew. 1962-1963, 1977.Box 4 Folder 60 Muzzio, Juan C. 1980.

Box 4 Folder 61 Nemec, James M. 1991.Box 4 Folder 62 Nicholson, Dwight. 1982.Box 4 Folder 63 Nicklin, M. S. 1968.Box 4 Folder 64 Niemela, Virpi. 1984.Box 4 Folder 65 Noakes, M. 1978.Box 4 Folder 66 Norris, John. 1985-1987.Box 4 Folder 67 Nugent, B. A. 1998.

Box 4 Folder 68 Observatory Magazine. n.d.Box 4 Folder 69 O’Connell, Daniel. 1960.Box 4 Folder 70 Oort, Jan K. 1959.Box 4 Folder 71 Oosterhoff, P. Th. 1957.Box 4 Folder 72 Osmer, Patrick S. 1981-1982, 1984-1985, 1987, n.d.Box 4 Folder 73 Osterbrock, Donald E. 1987.Box 4 Folder 74 Osvalds, V. 1961.Box 4 Folder 75 Ovenden, Michael W. 1957-1958.

Box 5 Folder 1 Pagel, Bernard E. J. 1958, 1960, 1985.Box 5 Folder 2 Palmer, D. R. 1958.Box 5 Folder 3 Palous, Jan. 1984, 1986.Box 5 Folder 4 Pankonin, Vernon L. 1987.Box 5 Folder 5 _____, Pat. 1959.Box 5 Folder 6 Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia. 1948.Box 5 Folder 7 Peñaloza, Marcos A. 1982.Box 5 Folder 8 Perry, Charles L. 1982.Box 5 Folder 9 Perry, Joan E. 1969, 1972.Box 5 Folder 10 Pesch, Peter. 1985.Box 5 Folder 11 Peterson, Deane M. 1986.Box 5 Folder 12 Petrie, R. M. 1956, 1958.Box 5 Folder 13 Philcox, J. 1970.Box 5 Folder 14 Philip, A. G. Davis, and Perry, Charles L. 1977.Box 5 Folder 15 Pilditch, Edgar L. 1958-1959.Box 5 Folder 16 Plaskett, H. H. 1958-1959.Box 5 Folder 17 Plowman, C. G. 1968, 1970-1973.Box 5 Folder 18 Popper, Daniel M. 1958, 1960, 1971, 1978.Box 5 Folder 19 Proust, Dominique. 1984-1985.

Box 5 Folder 20 Quennell, Peter. 1957.Box 5 Folder 21 Quill, Humphrey. 1957-1958.

Box 5 Folder 22 Ramsey, Hal H. 1981-1982.Box 5 Folder 23 Ratnatunga, K. 1987.



Box 5 Folder 24 Ready, Ralph. 1988.Box 5 Folder 25 Reda, Fatma Mohamed [Miss]. n.d.Box 5 Folder 26 Redman, R. O. 1956-1957, 1959, 1961, 1967-1968.Box 5 Folder 27 Reid, Neill. 1983, 1997.Box 5 Folder 28 Reiz, A. 1972.Box 5 Folder 29 _____, Rete. 1963.Box 5 Folder 30 Rodgers, Alex. 1985, 1987, 1992, 1995.Box 5 Folder 31 Rodriguez, Eloy. 1987.Box 5 Folder 32 Ross, Ian G. 1975-1977.Box 5 Folder 33 Rubin, Vera. ca. 1992.Box 5 Folder 34 Rule, Bruce H. 1967-1968.Box 5 Folder 35 Russell, Henry Norris. 1946.Box 5 Folder 36 Ryan, T. 1976. Box 5 Folder 37 R Miscellaneous. 1960.

Box 5 Folder 38 Sadler, D. H. 1958.Box 5 Folder 39 Sahada, Jorge. 1956-1958.Box 5 Folder 40 Sandage, Allan R. 1955-1961, 1965-1974, 1976, 1981, 1989-1990,

1992, 1994-1997, n.d.Box 5 Folder 41 Sargent, W. L. W. 1961, 1985, 1991.Box 5 Folder 42 Savage, D. G. 1982-1983.Box 5 Folder 43 Scalo, John M. 1983.Box 5 Folder 44 Schaefer, Brad. 1987.Box 5 Folder 45 Schmidt, Th. 1957.Box 5 Folder 46 Schmitz, Marion. 1979.Box 5 Folder 47 Schofield, A. Norman. 1958.Box 5 Folder 48 Schwan, H. 1991.Box 5 Folder 49 Seitzer, Pat. 1987.Box 5 Folder 50 Severny, A. B. 1958.Box 5 Folder 51 Shane, C. Donald. 1955-1959, 1962.Box 5 Folder 52 Shane, Mary Lea. 1958-1959.Box 5 Folder 53 [Shapley, Harlow]. ca. 1952; see James G. Baker.Box 5 Folder 54 _____, Sid. [?] n.d.Box 5 Folder 55 Skelton, R. A. 1957.Box 5 Folder 56 Skumanich, Andrew. 1957.Box 5 Folder 57 Smart, William M. 1958. [and to Walter S. Adams, 1936]Box 5 Folder 58 Smith, C. H. 1969, 1971.Box 5 Folder 59 Smith, Harlan J. 1956.Box 5 Folder 60 Smith, Robert. 1981-1982.Box 5 Folder 61 Soderblom, David. 1982.Box 5 Folder 62 “Staff Officer.” 1977.Box 5 Folder 63 _____, Stan. 1957, 1961.Box 5 Folder 64 Stansen, R. 1967.Box 5 Folder 65 Stebbins, Joel. 1956-1959, n.d.Box 5 Folder 66 Stibbs, Walter N. 1957.Box 5 Folder 67 Stoy, Richard H. 1956-1962, 1964-1965.



Box 5 Folder 68 Stratton, F. J. M. 1957-1958, 1960.Box 5 Folder 69 Street, R. 1973, 1975, 1977.Box 5 Folder 70 Strittmatter, Peter. 1968.Box 5 Folder 71 Strom, Stephen E. 1988.Box 5 Folder 72 Struve, Otto. 1955-1956.Box 5 Folder 73 Sullivan, Woodruff T., III. 1983.Box 5 Folder 74 Szabados, László. 1987.Box 5 Folder 75 Szeidl, Béla. 1980, 1982-1983.

Box 6 Folder 1 Tate, Norah. 1986.Box 6 Folder 2 Taylor, B. 1987.Box 6 Folder 3 Taylor, Fritz G. 1977.Box 6 Folder 4 Teske, Richard G. 1986.Box 6 Folder 5 Thackeray, Andrew David. 1957-1960, n.d.Box 6 Folder 6 Thackeray, R. S. 1957.Box 6 Folder 7 Thomas, E. P. 1968.Box 6 Folder 8 Timings, E. K. 1957.Box 6 Folder 9 Titterton, Ernest W. 1967-1968, 1970-1971.Box 6 Folder 10 Toomre, Alar. 1978.Box 6 Folder 11 Torres, Guillermo. 1984.Box 6 Folder 12 Treenor, P. J. 1957.Box 6 Folder 13 Trumpler, R. J. n.d.Box 6 Folder 14 Truran, James W. 1982.Box 6 Folder 15 Twarog, Barbara. 1981, n.d.Box 6 Folder 16 Twarog, Bruce. 1982, 1985, n.d.Box 6 Folder 17 Tyndall, D. Gordon. 1956.Box 6 Folder 18 Tyson, Jack J. 1968.

Box 6 Folder 19 Underhill, Anne B. 1956.Box 6 Folder 20 Union-Castle Line. 1958.Box 6 Folder 21 Upgren, Arthur R. 1981-1982.Box 6 Folder 22 Urasin, L. 1964.

Box 6 Folder 23 van Albada, G. B. 1957.Box 6 Folder 24 van de Kamp, Peter. 1959, 1962.Box 6 Folder 25 van den Berg, Sidney. 1982.Box 6 Folder 26 van den Boss, W. H. 1956, 1959, 1964.Box 6 Folder 27 Vanden Bout, P. A. 1983.Box 6 Folder 28 van der Hucht, K. A. 1983.Box 6 Folder 29 van Herk, G. 1959.Box 6 Folder 30 Vass, Gh. 1992.Box 6 Folder 31 Vaughn, Art. 1968.

Box 6 Folder 32 Wagman, Nicholas E. 1959-1960.Box 6 Folder 33 Walker, _____. 1967.Box 6 Folder 34 Walker, Merle F. 1952.



Box 6 Folder 35 Wallerstein, George. 1958, 1966-1967, 1969-1972, 1974, 1982, 1984.

Box 6 Folder 36 Wayman, Patrick A. 1957-1959, 1981-1982.Box 6 Folder 37 Webster, J. J. 1977.Box 6 Folder 38 Wehner, Herman. 1967.Box 6 Folder 39 Weideman, Volker. 1992.Box 6 Folder 40 Weinberg, Martin D. 1987.Box 6 Folder 41 Welch, Douglas L. 1983.Box 6 Folder 42 Welin, Gunnar. 1983.Box 6 Folder 43 Wellgate, G. B. 1957, 1960.Box 6 Folder 44 Westerlund, Bengt. 1966.Box 6 Folder 45 White, P. M. 1984.Box 6 Folder 46 Whitford, Albert E. 1957, 1959-1962, 1966-1968, 1973-1975,

1987.Box 6 Folder 47 Whitmire, Daniel P. 1991.Box 6 Folder 48 Whitney, Balfour S. 1962.Box 6 Folder 49 Whitrow, G. J. 1958.Box 6 Folder 50 Wieth-Knudsen, Niels P. 1958.Box 6 Folder 51 Wilson, Olin C. 1958-1959, 1965, n.d.Box 6 Folder 52 Wilson, Ralph E. 1949.Box 6 Folder 53 Wilson, Raymond H., Jr. 1957.Box 6 Folder 54 Williams, R. M. 1973-1974.Box 6 Folder 55 Williams, Robert E. 1985, 1987, 1989-1991.Box 6 Folder 56 Williams, Warwick. 1993.Box 6 Folder 57 Williamson, Vic. n.d.Box 6 Folder 58 Wolff, Sidney. 1984, 1988, 1997.Box 6 Folder 59 Woltjer, L. 1970.Box 6 Folder 60 Wood, Fergus J. 1957.Box 6 Folder 61 Wood, Peter. 1985.Box 6 Folder 62 Wood, Roger. 1973.Box 6 Folder 63 Woods, E. M. 1957.Box 6 Folder 64 Woolley, Richard van der Riet. 1956, 1959-1960, 1966-1974,

1975, 1977, n.d.Box 6 Folder 65 Wyatt, Stanley P. 1979.

Box 6 Folder 66 Yahil, Amos. 1982.Box 6 Folder 67 Young, Arthur. 1980.

Box 6 Folder 68 Zelwanowa, Elia. 1983.

Box 6 Folder 69 Miscellaneous correspondence (not arranged).Box 6 Folder 70 Private/family correspondence (not arranged).Box 6 Folder 71 Correspondence (UW, CTIO) re Eggen papers.

Section II: Personal Papers



Box 7 Folder 1 “The Eggen Coat of Arms.”Box 7 Folder 2 Military Posts, 1943.Box 7 Folder 3 Draft by Joel Stebbins of 50th anniversary address, delivered before

AAS, 6 September 1947.Box 7 Folder 4 Notebook, “Intrinsic Variables,” begun at Lick Observatory,

Mount Hamilton, California, ca. 1948.Box 7 Folder 5 Untitled notebook, with calculations on radial velocities and proper

motions of stars, and data on clusters (e.g., Pleiades, Hyades, Coma Bernices).

Box 7 Folder 6 One-page manuscript catalogue of the space motions of selected Cepheid variable stars, and a much larger manuscript catalogue of variable stars (arranged by GC number) with photometric, positional, and other data.

Box 7 Folder 7 “SMC – Centre A and Centre B” – finder charts and “preliminary list of clusters.”

Box 7 Folder 8 Miscellaneous scientific papers, including stellar data, finder charts, calculations, and drafts of several papers (likelypublished).

Box 7 Folder 9 Miscellaneous graphs (e.g., Algol’s light curve) and plots.Box 7 Folder 10 Proposal Evaluations conducted by Eggen (largely for NSF; not

arranged).Box 7 Folder 11 Referee’s reports on Eggen’s submitted papers (not arranged).Box 7 Folder 12 Two manuscripts re proposed research program at Radcliffe

Observatory (1950s)Box 7 Folder 13 Manual – “ECKO Electronics Equipment – Technical Instructions

– Power Unit Type 1033A.”Box 7 Folder 14 “Memorandum for the Hydrographer” – draft and typescript, ca.

1959.Box 7 Folder 15 “Poles of orbits of double stars in the Hyades Cluster and Group as

determined by B. L. Welther, July–August 1961 for Dr. Olin J. Eggen.”

Box 7 Folder 16 Draft of Eggen, Lynden-Bell, and Sandage (ELS) paper, originally titled, “Evidence for the Formation of the Oldest Stars in a Collapsing Galaxy.”

Box 7 Folder 17 Undated “suggestion” from Eggen for a centralized clearinghouse of astronomical data.

Box 7 Folder 18 Controversy (1966) over first paper by Eggen and Sandage regarding the existence of “pygmy stars.” Includes

referee’s comments by F. Zwicky and subsequent correspondence between A. Sandage and S. Chandrasekhar.

Box 7 Folder 19 Two one-page analyses, ca. 1970 and ca. 1975, from the Science Citation Index, indicating Eggen’s enormous productivity.

Box 7 Folder 20 Bibliography (part typescript; part hand-written) through ca. 1975 of Eggen’s 190 scientific publications, plus two one-page vitae.



Box 7 Folder 21 Memo (1979) by Eggen re proposed changes to CTIO schedulingprocedures.

Box 7 Folder 22 Search Committee for Director, CTIO, 1980 (applicants’ vitae removed).

Box 7 Folder 23 Draft, abstract to Eggen’s Russell Prize Lecture (1985).Box 7 Folder 24 Draft, “Notes from a Life in the Dark” (1993); originally titled,

“Notes From a Night Life,” and offprint.Box 7 Folder 25 RAS Dining Club statistics to 1995.Box 7 Folder 26 Itinerary, Eggen’s final trip to Australia (1998).

Section III: Papers relative to Mount Stromlo Observatory and founding of the Anglo-Australian Telescope/Observatory.

Box 8 Folder 1 “Commonwealth Observatory, Canberra: Supplement to the Report of the Commonwealth Astronomer for the Year 1950.” Mimeographed, with architectural plans, photos.

Box 8 Folder 2 “Basic Information Regarding 120-inch Telescope.” Lick Observatory, ca. 1966, and two-page document, est. cost of 150-inch reflector.

Box 8 Folder 3 Drafts, “Justification for a Large Telescope.”Box 8 Folder 4 Drafts, “The Need for a 150-inch Optical Telescope in Australia.”

Attachment A; Appendices I-IV. “Conditions to a Joint Venture with the British.”

Box 8 Folder 5 “Discussions in London about 150-inch Optical Telescope in Australia – April 1967.” “Aide-Memoire: A 150-inch Optical Telescope in Australia.” “British-Australian 150-inch Reflector.” “UK Redraft of Australian Draft.” “UK Redraft of Australian Draft Press Release: Southern Hemisphere Telescope.”

Box 8 Folder 6 “Press Statement,” by Senator J. G. Gorton, 30 April 1967.Box 8 Folder 7 “Specification for Primary Mirror Blank, 150-inch Anglo-

Australian Telescope.” Two drafts.Box 8 Folder 8 “Interim Report on a Visit of the 150-inch Technical Committee to

the USA,” May 1967.Box 8 Folder 9 “Anglo-Australian Telescope, Technical Report No. 1,” June 1967.Box 8 Folder 10 Responsibilities Chart, “Joint British-Australian Southern

Telescope,” 8 August 1967. Draft, “Anglo-Australian Telescope, Immediate Tasks,” 12 August 1967.

Box 8 Folder 11 “Southern Hemisphere Telescope, Financial Arrangements.” Draft, 17 August 1967.

Box 8 Folder 12 “Report on Visit to Mr. W. R. Lydster.” 5 September 1967.Box 8 Folder 13 “Anglo-Australian 150-inch Telescope,” 5 October 1967.Box 8 Folder 14 “Press Statement,” by Senator J. G. Gorton, 9 November 1967.Box 8 Folder 15 “Australian Conference on Instrumentation for a 150-inch

Telescope, July 8-9, 1968.” “Architects Report on Proposal



for Additional Accommodation to Lodge: Anglo-Australian Telescope Project.” “Estimate of Drawings.” “Siding Spring Observatory Telephone Facilities.” “Power Supply for Siding Spring Observatory,” 8 November 1968.

Box 8 Folder 16 “Optical Performance Criteria for Tube Component Design,” 4 December 1968. “Evaluation of the Design Studies (Phase A) for the Drive System,” 28 January 1969 and 12 February 1969.

Box 8 Folder 17 “An Australian British Telescope 1869-1969.”Box 8 Folder 18 “Views of the Telescope Board about Control, Operation, and

Maintenance,” 10 July 1972.Box 8 Folder 19 Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National

University. Review of the School, Confidential Report to Faculty Board, July 1976, R. Street, Chairman. Undated draft (by Eggen) of response to Review (and/or the following).

Box 8 Folder 20 Observatories Review Sub-Committee, Paper 2, Policies for the Planning, Organisation and Funding of Astronomical Research in Some Overseas Countries.

Box 8 Folder 21 “R. v.d. R. Woolley in Australia,” by Susan Davies. August 1982.Box 8 Folder 22 “Stromlo Graduates and Students,” 8 October 1997.

Section IV: Papers relative to the History of Science Box 8 Folder 23 Offprint of article by Eggen, “Flamsteed and Halley” (1958).Box 8 Folder 24 Draft of 1970 Dictionary of Scientific Biography article by Eggen

on George Biddell Airy. Box 8 Folder 25 Draft and offprint of 1974 Encyclopaedia Britannica sketch by

Eggen on Edmond Halley.Box 8 Folder 26 Draft and offprint of 1974 Encyclopaedia Britannica sketch by

Eggen on Tycho Brahe.

Section V: Photographs (partially arranged)

Box 9 Folder 1 University of Wisconsin, Washburn Observatory staff (ca.1935; ca. late 1940s [the latter w/ Eggen]).

Box 9 Folder 2 Photographs of Eggen, alone or in groups.Box 9 Folder 3 Eggen’s relatives/friends, including the Sandage family.Box 9 Folder 4 Other group photos.Box 9 Folder 5 Sir Richard Woolley.Box 9 Folder 6 Herstmonceaux; Royal Greenwich Observatory.Box 9 Folder 7 Australia: Great Melbourne Telescope; Mount Stromlo, including

first fire; Anglo-Australian Telescope/Observatory.Box 9 Folder 8 Unidentified institutions.Box 9 Folder 9 Pastel sketch of Margaret Burbidge, 1949. Labeled “SG, 67.”


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