UPPMss010.xml Guide to the Benjamin A. Gould Collection 1874-1918 Gould (Benjamin A.) Collection Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Knight and Patt Leonard Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. University of Puget Sound Archives ©2011
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2011 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-08-18 English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Benjamin A. Gould Collection Mss.010 University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections
Collins Memorial Library 1500 N. Warner Street Tacoma, WA 98416-1021 (253) 879-3243 archives@pugetsound.edu http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/explore-the-library/university-archives/
Collection materials are in English. 1.0 linear feet 1 box 1874-1918 This collection contains some materials in Spanish. Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896) was the founder and first editor of the Astronomical Journal. Gould was involved in the establishment and operation of the National Observatory at Córdoba, Argentina. The collection contains Gould's correspondence with M. Thome, reports, meteorological and astronomical information, and lunar photographs taken in 1918. Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896 Biographical note

Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824–November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer. He is notable for creating the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service.

An index to this collection is available.

Contains Gould's letters from May 1878 to August 1881 and certain subject related letters of 1876 by M. Thome, the Annual Report of the Argentine Meteorological Office for 1874 and related observation documents in Spanish. In addition, there are various other letters concerning the Gould materials by College of Puget Sound Professor Raymond Seward (and others) plus twelve photographs of the moon taken in October and November of 1918.

This collection is available for research.

 Thome, John M. Observatorio Nacional Argentino. Astronomers Moon--Photographs Observatories--Argentina--Córdoba Science