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	Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:29:22 PST
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:29:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Tim Crawford <tcarchcape
	to AAVSO members

Just about finished reading the reminiscences of
Harlow Shapley, “Through Rugged Ways To The Stars,”
1969,Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.

Harlow was the Director of the Harvard College
Observatory for many years, starting in 1921.

Writing of individuals working at the Observatory at
the time he was hired he had this to say of interest
to AAVSO members:

“Then there was Leon Campbell, who was one of the
important men at the Observatory [circa 1921] … He was
variable star observers and a devoted manager of their
affairs for the next thirty years.  The American
Association for Variable Star Observers was founded at
Harvard Observatory in 1911, and at the present time
[circa 1969] is still a thriving amateur scientific
society.  The AAVSO does really good work besides
absorbing the energies of amateurs.  We got special
gifts of money.  We had annual meetings at the
Observatory, and many a person remembers Mrs. Shapley
entertaining the amateurs and their friends on the
observatory lawns.  
Building up the AAVSO was really a serious
contribution that the Harvard Observatory made to
astronomy. “

For those that have an interest in the history of the
AAVSO, HQ has a good series of articles starting here:

http://www.aavso.org/aavso/history/

To the Stars

Tim Crawford  CTX
Arch Cape Observatory

http://homepage.ma.com/windwalker1/ACObserv.htm



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