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54 results for "Staff"

54 results for "Staff"

Former Staff of the Harvard Plate Stacks

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The Harvard Plate Stacks and the DASCH digitization project employed many different people over twenty years. Use the link below to view a list of everyone who worked on this endeavor. Since 2025, we have created individual staff profiles and preserved...

Staff Directory

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General Inquiries Harvard Plate Stacks Email HarvardPlateStacks@CfA.Harvard.edu with any inquiries, research requests, or questions. We are eager to support researchers from all backgrounds and disciplines. Not that do to current staffing levels, our...

Collection Access

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The Harvard Plate Stacks are open to researchers by appointment. Research Appointments Appointments can be scheduled Monday through Friday between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and are subject to staff availability. The reading room closes at 4:30pm. Please...

Louisa Winlock

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Louisa Winlock (1860-1916) worked at Harvard College Observatory for 29 years from 1886-1915. She was the seventh female computer hired by the Harvard Observatory. 1 Winlock assisted Williamina "Mina" Fleming with numerical computations and clerical work...

Louisa Winlock

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Louisa Winlock (1860-1916) worked at Harvard College Observatory for 29 years from 1886-1915. She was the seventh female computer hired by the Harvard Observatory. 1 Winlock assisted Williamina "Mina" Fleming with numerical computations and clerical work...

Guardians of the sky
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After a flood threatened to destroy the Harvard College Observatory s trove of glass plate negatives, staff members and students from around the University showed up to help move the plates to safety.

For Teachers

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The Smithsonian Learning Lab aims to support deep, meaningful learning with an online universe of authentic resources and tools for making them your own. Project PHaEDRA staff have compiled collections of content on the SI Learning Lab to help you...

PHaEDRA Office Hour - Women Astronomical Computers

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Our September Office Hour will feature staff from the Plate Stacks here at the CfA, Samantha Notick and Elizabeth Coquillette, who will speak about the research they have been compiling on all of the women astronomical computers that have worked at the...

Administrative Work

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Written by Peggy Wargelin, Wolbach Library, 2018. Curator of Astronomical Photographs Appointed at Curator of Astronomical Photographs in 1899, Williamina Fleming became one of the first women granted a formal position at Harvard College. She served with...

Mentorship and Legacy

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Written by Peggy Wargelin, Wolbach Library, 2018. Mentoring the Observatory Staff Annie Cannon mentored the observatory staff in both style and substance. Set in relief to her astronomical work ethic, her joyous outlook uplifted her colleagues; whether by...

Helen Spence Federer

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Helen Spence Federer (1911-1983) was an astronomer who worked at the Harvard College Observatory in various capacities from approximately 1941-1962. 1 During her time at the HCO, she worked in administrative roles and as the co-founder and managing editor...