HISTORY SESSIONS
Presented by the ASP History Committee
INVITED LECTURES
9:00 DEARBORN: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOS FIRST OBSERVATORY
Thomas R. Williams, Rice University
9:45 YERKES OBSERVATORY 1892-1950: THE BIRTH, NEAR DEATH,
AND RESURRECTION OF A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTION
Donald E. Osterbrock, Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz
10:30 Break
11:00 THE MAGNIFICENT HISTORIC INSTRUMENTS OF YERKES OBSERVATORY
John W. Briggs, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago
11:45 "IT IS COLD AND DISAGREEABLE HERE":
E.E. BARNARDS WORK AT YERKES OBSERVATORY
William Sheehan
12:30 Break
2:00 THE EDUCATION OF EDWIN HUBBLE: CHICAGO, OXFORD AND YERKES
Gale E. Christianson, Indiana State University
2:45 W.W. MORGAN: PATTERNS IN THE UNIVERSE
Robert F. Garrison, David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto
3:30 S. CHANDRASEKHAR AND THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS AT YERKES OBSERVATORY
Roy H. Garstang, JILA, University of Colorado, and National Institute of Standards and Technology
9:00 THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY COLLECTIONS AT THE ADLER
Bruce Stephenson, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
9:45 ECLIPSE EXPEDITIONS TO REMOTE PLACES
Katherine Bracher, Whitman College
10:30 Break
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
11:00 THE DOMELESS TELESCOPE PROJECT AT THE PIC DU MIDI OBSERVATORY
Emmanuel Davoust, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
11:15 THE FRUSTRATIONS OF A VETERAN ASTRONOMICAL OPTICIAN: ROBERT LUNDIN, 1882-1962
John W. Briggs, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, and
Donald E. Osterbrock, Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz
11:30SHERBURNE W. BURNHAM: THE CHICAGO COURT REPORTER
AND OUTSTANDING DOUBLE-STAR ASTRONOMER
Donald E. Osterbrock, Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz
11:45 ROSE OHALLORAN: FIRST LADY OF THE ASP
Rudi Paul Lindner, University of Michigan
12:00 Break
1:30 SHOOTING STARS: WOMEN DIRECTORS OF THE METEOR SECTION OF THE BAA.
Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University
1:45 THE ASTRONOMICAL ORIGIN OF THE ALPHABET
Sallie Teames, Fort Worth Independent School District
archaeoastronomy, astrophotography, and student investigative research.
2:00 AN EXAMINATION OF THE WORK OF GUSTAVE SCHLEGEL AND JULIUS STAAL ON ANCIENT CHINESE CONSTELLATIONS
Jeanne E. Bishop, Westlake Schools Planetarium
INVITED LECTURES
4:35 ASTROPHYSICS IN THE UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC PROGRAM
John T. Lynch, National Science Foundation
5:05 A HUNDRED YEARS OF SCIENCE AT THE PIC DU MIDI OBSERVATORY
Emmanuel Davoust, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées