Yerkes Observatory Events
| Title | Yerkes Observatory Events |
| View | Dedication and Conference, October 1897 49:1067a (2008-003) |
| Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
| Description | Attendees of the Yerkes Observatory dedication and 1st conference of Astronomers and Astrophysicists. Held the week of October 18-22, 1897, the program was organized by George Ellery Hale, Yerkes director. The conference ended immediately before the dedication ceremony, which began at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, October 21. Those who attended include: Edward Emerson Barnard, A. C. Behr, N. E. Bennett, John A. Brashear, William R. Brooks, Sherburne W. Burnham, Hugh L. Callendar, Henry S. Carhart, E. Colbert, William H. Collins, George C. Comstock, Henry Crew, Susan Jane Cunningham, Charles L. Doolittle, Ferdinand Ellerman, Edmund A. Engler, Albert S. Flint, Edwin Brant Frost, Caroline E. Furness, Father John G. Hagen, S.J., Evelina Conklin Hale, George Ellery Hale, Asaph Hall Jr., William Harkness, Father John T. Hedrick, S.J., George W. Hough, Margaret L. M. Huggins, William Huggins, George F. Hull, William J. Humphreys, Leslie H. Ingham, George Kathan, James E. Keeler, Kurt Laves, Francis P. Leavenworth, E. E. Lockridge, Henry C. Lord, Carl A. R Lundin, Alva A. Lyon, C. H. McLeod, Malcolm McNeil, Albert A. Michelson, Ephraim Miller, Thomas F. Moran, George C. Mors, Forest R. Moulton, George W. Myers, Simon Newcomb, Ernest F. Nichols, John A. Parkhurst, Henry M. Paul, W. W. Payne, Edward C. Pickering, L. S. Pickering, Mrs. Pickering, Charles Lane Poor, Henry S. Pritchett, Alden W. Quimby, J. K. Rees, George W. Ritchey, C. H. Rockwell, Abbott L. Rotch, Carl Runge, Frederic H. Seares, Mabel Urmy Seares, J. C. Shedd, T. S. Smith, M. B. Snyder, A. G. Stillhamer, Goodwin D. Swezey, Charles B. Thwing, David P. Todd, Milton Updegraff, Winslow Upton, John M. Van Vleck, Frank W. Very, Frank L. O. Wadsworth, Mary W. Whitney, E. J. Wilczynski, Emily Newcomb Wilson. |
| Subject Terms | Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938 | Yerkes Observatory | American Astronomical Society | Dedications (Ceremonies) | Conferences | Scientific societies |
| Photograph Date | 1897-10-20 |
| Physical Format | Glass plate negatives; 17.2 x 24.9 cm |
| Location | 373 West Geneva Street | Williams Bay, Wisconsin |
| Campus Grid | Y01 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf6-00092 |
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