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Correspondence with J.D. Pope regarding possible arrangements for the upper end of the telescope tube, including copies of Pope's letters to S.C.B. Gascoigne and Hermann Wehner, his notes on the choice of primary mirror hole size and form of sky baffles and on upper end alternatives, and comments on the bids for the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Scope and Contents Correspondence between members of the Working Party formed by R. Woolley to consider the design study for a 150-inch telescope. The correspondents include Woolley; Redman; S.C.B. Gascoigne, Royal Greenwich Observatory; B.J. Bok, Director, Mount Stromlo Observatory; and A. Hunter, Royal Greenwich Observatory. Bok sends copies of his reports on visits to the Lick, Mount Palomar and Kitt Peak Observatories, and to Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd. There is also a copy of a letter from...

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A copy of a letter from I.S. Bowen, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, to Dr Robert R. McMath, McMath-Hulbert Observatory, Michigan, 4 April 1961, on large telescope design problems in relation to Kitt Peak. There is also correspondence between Redman and Richard Woolley in California, 26 September - 2 October 1961, including E.H. Linfoot's notes on S. Rosin's proposals for Cassegrain and prime foci systems, 5 October 1961.

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Copies of a letter from G.W. Bothwell to Hermann Wehner, 29 June 1970, and of Wehner's reply to Bothwell, c/o GEC-Elliott Process Automation Ltd, 13 July 1970, regarding the proposed new layout for the control room in the Anglo-Australian Telescope building and making a comparison with the Kitt Peak National Observatory set-up.

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Correspondence with J.D. Pope and R.L. Ford regarding the design of the Anglo-Australian Telescope, including the tube, coma tolerance for mirror alignments, focus control and cervit rods, including reference to Ford's visit to the Kitt Peak National Observatory. There is also a copy of a letter from K.A. Strand, United States Naval Observatory, to J.D. Pope on their air bag system and how an astigmatism problem was resolved.

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Drawing No. 05-001-01 of the general elevation and section of the building and dome at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, copied from KPNO A-E-10.

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A letter from M. Carpenter, Science Research Council, 3 May 1967, confirming travel and currency arrangements for Redman's visit to Kitt Peak National Observatory, with a handwritten note of Redman's expenses.

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Copies of letters sent to Hermann Wehner by C.C. Wheeler, Boller and Chivens, 23 October 1969, enclosing a brief description of each of the Kitt Peak National Observatory instruments, and by A.A. Hoag, 15 October 1969, on the environmental data logging system, the small field off-set guider and the probes for photography only, and the dissector guider controller.

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A copy of notes by M.H. Jeffery of 28 January 1969 on discussions he held at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, 9-10 January 1969.

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Notes on the Kitt Peak National Observatory and visits to Owens-Illinois and Zeiss regarding mirrors for the Anglo-Australian Telescope.

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Notes on various meetings held between Redman and J.F. Hosie to discuss the Anglo-Australian Telescope, with a photocopy of a report by H.K. Bourne on his visit to the Kitt Peak National Observatory on 10 October 1967.

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Correspondence with Dr Bennet McInnes, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, regarding site tests at Izaña and La Palma and the difficulty over negotiations with the Spanish authorities. There is also a copy of a letter from M.F. Walker, University of California, to H.A. Brück, referring to Walker's recent visit to the Canaries and site testing.

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Five black and white photographs and one picture of the Kitt Peak National Observatory and its telescope. Some of the photographs are dated 1967; the remaining items are undated.

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Report of a visit made by Redman and others to the Kitt Peak National Observatory, 8-13 May 1967, regarding the Anglo-Australian Telescope. There are also minutes of the 150-inch Telescope Advisory Committee meeting on 8 May 1967, and also of a meeting of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Committee, held on the same day, regarding the Kitt Peak 150-inch telescope.

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A copy of a report by J.D. Pope and Hermann Wehner on a visit made by them to the Kitt Peak National Observatory, 3-5 September 1968.