Papers, etc.

The AIP Center for History of Physics has an oral history interview with Blaauw, and he is mentioned in several other interviews. The IAU archives for the period 1919-1970 were compiled and organized by Blaauw and deposited at the Archives of the Académie des Sciences in Paris. Papers relating to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are in the ESO Archives.

Other References: Historical

“A. Blaauw is named Director of the ESO,” Astr. Nachr. 92, 48 (1970).

Fricke, W., “Blaauw and the Cosmic Distance Scale,” in Birth and Evolution of Massive Stars and Stellar Groups. Proc. Symp., Dwingeloo, Netherlands, 24-26 September 1984; W. Boland, H. van Woerden, eds., Astrophys. Space Sci. Libr. 120, Reidel, Dordrecht, p. 305-308.

Katgert-Merkelijn, J.K., “The Kenya Expeditions of Leiden Observatory,” J. Hist. Astron. 22, 267-96 (1991).

van der Kruit, P.C., History of the Kapteyn Institute
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van Woerden, Hugo, “Adriaan Blaauw and the Revival of Groningen Astronomy (I),” in W. Boland & H. van Woerden, eds., Birth and Evolution of Massive Stars and Stellar Groups, Proceedings of the Symposium, Dwingeloo, Netherlands, September 24-26, 1984 (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1985), p. 321.

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Other References:Scientific

“Bibliography of Adriaan Blaauw, 1939-1985,” Birth and Evolution of Massive Stars and Stellar Groups, Proceedings of the Symposium, Dwingeloo, Netherlands, September 24-26, 1984, W. Boland & H. van Woerden, eds. (D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 1985), p. 349.

Struve, O. & A. Blaauw, “The Radial Velocity of RR Lyrae,” Ap.J. 108, 60-77 (1948).

Blaauw, A., “The Age and Evolution of the ζ Persei Group of O- and B-type Stars,” Bull. Astr. Inst. Neth. 11, 405-13 (1952).

Blaauw, A., “The Evolution of Expanding Stellar Associations; the Age and Origin of the Scorpio-Centaurus Group,” Bull. Astr. Inst. Neth. 11, 414-19 (1952).

Blaauw, A., “The Velocity Distribution of the Interstellar Calcium Clouds,” Bull. Astr. Inst. Neth. 11, 459-73 (1952).

Blaauw, A. & W.W. Morgan, “Expanding Motions in the Lacerta Aggregate, ” Ap.J. 117, 256-63 (1953).

Delhaye, J. & A. Blaauw, “New Proper Motions in the ζ Persei association,” Bull. Astr. Inst. Neth. 12, 72-75 (1953).

Blaauw, A. & H.R. Morgan, “On the Luminosities of the Nearest Cepheids, ” Bull. Astr. Soc. Netherlands 12, 95-98 (1954).

Blaauw, A. & W.W. Morgan, “The Space Motions of AE Aurigae and m Columbae with Respect to the Orion Nebula,” Ap.J. 119, 625-30 (1954).

Blaauw, A., “On the Luminosities, Motions, and Space Distribution of the Nearer Northern O-B5 Stars,” Ap.J. 123, 408 (1956).

Blaauw, Adriaan, “On the Origin of the O- and B-Type Stars with High Velocities (The ‘Run-Awary Stars’) and Some Related Problems,” Bull. Astron. Inst. Netherlands 15, 265-90 (1961). [reprinted, with commentary, in Lang, Kenneth R. & Owen Gingerich, eds., A Source Book in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 1900-1975 (Harvard Univ. Press, 1979), 685-86, 690-95.]

Blaauw, A. & T.S. van Albada, “Blaauw, A.; van Albada, T. S. Radial Velocities of B-Type Stars in the Nearest Associations,” Ap.J. 137, 791 (1963).

Blaauw, Adriaan, “The O Associations in the Solar Neighborhood,” Ann. Revs. of Astronomy & Astrophysics 2, 213 (1964).

Blaauw, Adriaan & Maarten Schmidt, eds., Galactic Structure (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1965).

Blaauw, A., “The Concept of Stellar Populations,” in A. Blaauw & M. Schmidt, eds., Galactic Structure (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1965), p. 435.

Blaauw, A., “The Calibration of Luminosity Criteria,” in B. Hauck and Bengt E. Westerlund, eds., Problems of Calibration of Absolute Magnitudes and Temperature of Stars. Proceedings of IAU Symposium no. 54 Held in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 12-15, 1972 (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1973), pp. 47-56.

Blaauw, A., “Some Remarks on the OB Associations in Our Neighbourhood” Irish Astronomical Journal 16, 141-47 (1983).

Blaauw, A., “Star Formation in the Orion Arm,” in H. van Woerden, Ronald J. Allen, & W.B. Burton, eds., The Milky Way Galaxy; Proceedings of the 106th Symposium, Groningen, Netherlands, May 30-June 3, 1983 (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1985), pp. 335-42.

Blaauw, Adriaan, “OB Associations and the Fossil Record of Star Formation,” in The Physics of Star Formation and Early Stellar Evolution, NATO Advanced Science Institutes (ASI) Series C, Vol. 342, held in Agia Pelagia, Crete, Greece, May 27th - June 8th, C.J. Lada & N.D. Kylafis, eds. (Kluwer, Dordercht, 1991), p. 125 [abstract].

Blaauw, A., “Stellar Evolution and the Population Concept after 1950: The Vatican Conference,” Stellar Populations, proceedings of the 164th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 15 -19, 1994. Editors Pieter C. van der Kruit, Gerry Gilmore. (International Astronomical Union. Symposium no. 164, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht), p.39.

de Zeeuw, P.T., R. Hoogerwerf, R., J.H.J. de Bruijne, A.G.A. Brown, & A. Blaauw, “a Hipparcos Census of the Nearby OB Associations.” Astronomical Journal 117, 354-99 (1999).

Brown, A.G A., A. Blaauw, R. Hoogerwerf, R., J.H.J. de Bruijne, & P.T. de Zeeuw, “OB Associations, ” in Charles J. Lada & Nikolaos D. Kylafis, eds., The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems (Kluwer, 1999), p. 411 (1999) [abstract].

Hoogerwerf, R. & A. Blaauw, “The Hipparcos, Tycho, TRC, and ACT catalogues — A Whole Sky Comparison of the Proper Motions,” Astr. & Astophys. 360, 391-98 (2000).

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Other Works: Popularizations, History, etc.

Blaauw, Adrian, “Jan H. Oort’s work,” in Hugo van Woerden, Willem N. Brouw, & Henk C. van de Hulst, eds., Oort and the Universe: A Sketch of Oort’s Research and Person. Liber Amicorum Presented to Jan Hendrik Oort on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, 28 April, 1980 (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1980), pp. 1-20

Blaauw, Adrian, ESO’s Early History (ESO, Garching bei München, 1991).

Blaauw, Adrian, “The Early Years of the European Southern Observatory: An Effort in Europeanization,” J. Hist. Astron. 22, 67 Part 1, 87-99 (1991).

Blaauw, Adrian, “International Cooperation and Coordination in Astronomical Research,” in John R. Percy, et al, eds., Variable Star Research, an International Perspective. Proceedings of the first European Meeting of the AAVSO, (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992), p. 3-7.

Blaauw, Adriaan & Maarten Schmidt, “Jan Hendrik Oort (1900-1992),” PASP 105, 681-85 (1993).

Blaauw, Adriaan, History of the IAU: The Birth and First Half-Century of the International Astronomical Union (Kluwer, Boston,1994).

Blaauw, Adriaan, “Essay Review: Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950, by Donald Osterbrock,” Journal for the History of Astronomy 29, 80-82 (1998).

Blaauw, Adriaan, “FK3 or GC — A Difficult Choice Half a Century Ago,” Acta Historica Astronomiae 3, 114-22 (1998).

Blaauw, Adriaan, Archives of the International Astronomical Union : Union Astronomique Internationale: Inventory for the Years 1919-1970 (IAU, Paris, 1999).

Blaauw, A., “Stellar Evolution and the Population Concept after 1950; The Vatican Conference,” Astrophysics and Space Science , 267, 45-54 (1999).

Blaauw, A., “Meeting Kapteyn in the Kapteyn Room, ” in P. C. van der Kruit & K. van Berkel, eds., The legacy of J. C. Kapteyn: Studies on Kapteyn and the Development of Modern Astronomy (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2001), pp. 1-30.

Blaauw, A., Doopsgezinde Bijdragen; Nieuwe Reeks 27, 119–75 (2001). Erratum: Doopsgezinde Bijdragen; Nieuwe Reeks 28, 261 (2002).

Blaauw, Adriaan, “Reflections on ESO, 1957 - 2002. Perspectives from the Directors General past and present: Adriaan Blaauw, ESO Director General, 1970 - 1974,” ESO Messenger No. 109, p. 7 - 8 (2002).