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History of Science

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  1. Tycho Brahe collection

    1 bound volume entilted "Topographia Insulae Hvennea" handwritten by J. L. E. Dreyer regarding Tycho Brahe and the observatory built on the island of Hven in the late 16th century. It includes 7 maps, two of which are folding. 1 pamphlet titled ...

    Molly Stothert-... - 2019-07-05 11:02

  2. Southern Arizona Biomedical Librarians Records

    Southern Arizona Biomedical Librarians (SABL) is an organization open to all persons interested in biomedical information or health science libraries. Its beginnings date back to an informal organizational meeting held on September 30, 1981. The ...

    Molly Stothert-... - 2019-08-14 09:40

  3. Paul Bigelow Sears Collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, grant proposals, reports, photographs, subject files, field notes, pollen samples and data relating to desert ecology which document Paul Sear's career as a botanist, ecologist and educator. The ...

    castanoe - 2019-10-01 11:14

  4. Library Faculty Assembly Records of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library

    On January 31, 1978 members of the Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) Library's faculty formed the AHSC Library Faculty Assembly. In August 2013, Karen Williams became dean of the University of Arizona Libraries (UAL) and the Health Sciences ...

    Molly Stothert-... - 2020-12-14 10:13

  5. Save the Scenic Santa Ritas records

    Save the Scenic Santa Ritas (SSSR) is a non-profit organization whose volunteers aim to "protect the scenic, aesthetic, recreational, environmental and wildlife values of the Santa Rita Mountains, Patagonia Mountains, Canelo Hills and San Rafael ...

    mnboyer - 2020-12-18 11:33

  6. Steve McLaughlin field notebooks

    This collection contains 32 field notebooks handwritten by botanist Steven McLaughlin, spanning the years 1973 to 2016. The notebooks vary in size and completeness, and a majority are related to the thousands of plant specimens he collected over his ...

    mnboyer - 2021-05-05 09:27

  7. University of Arizona audiotapes

    This is an artificial collection containing 182 audio recordings collected by the University of Arizona Radio and TV Bureau, the University of Arizona Audiovisual Services, and other individuals associated with the University of Arizona. Materials ...

    mnboyer - 2021-07-12 11:29

  8. Peter Hollingsworth Smith Papers

    Professional papers of Peter Hollingsworth Smith, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. The collection predominantly documents the development of scientific instruments and the project management of missions to the ...

    Molly Stothert-... - 2019-04-02 16:42

  9. Louis J. Battan papers

    Well-known for research on radar meteorology and cloud physics, Dr. Battan was a scientist who worked for the U.S. Air Force in World War Two, the Weather Bureau at the University of Chicago, and finally as a professor and head of the Department of ...

    mnboyer - 2019-12-10 13:28

  10. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory collection

    The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) was founded in 1960 by astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The collection contains correspondence, documents, photographs, maps and reports related to the Laboratory's founding ...

    Molly Stothert-... - 2021-11-02 09:34

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