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A letter to S.C.B. Gascoigne, 9 August 1971, suggesting subjects for discussion at the meeting of the Rodgers Committee on 27 August, and also recommending that J.D. Pope and representatives from P.I.L.O.T. (Panel on Instrumentation for Large Optical Telescopes) be invited. The letter was written following the receipt of an enclosed telegram from the Science Research Council, 4 August 1971, relaying the contents of a cable from D.W. Cunliffe.

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Two handwritten letters from Alan Hunter enclosing J.D. Pope's handwritten comments on Redman's diagrams about sky baffles for the 150-inch telescopes.

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Copies of two letters from H.V. Skan Ltd to J.D. Pope, 8 and 27 September 1974, concerning the supply of a 2.5m Zerodur Blank.

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Copies of letters from C.G. Wynne, 29 January 1974, and Dr Hans Elsässer, Max Planck Institute, undated, to J.D. Pope concerning the spectroscopy of various telescope systems.

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Copies of letters from Redman to J.D. Pope giving detailed comments on the draft of cost study papers relating to the Northern Hemisphere Observatory.

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Copies of letters from Redman to J.D. Pope of 24 September 1974, regarding a Zerodur blank and the demands made on Owens-Illinois with regard to the use of Cervit for the Anglo-Australian Telescope, and of 25 September, including an abstract on the dimensional stability of low expansion mirror materials. There is also a handwritten note regarding a phone call received from J.D. Pope on 23 September.

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A copy of a memorandum from J.D. Pope to the Anglo-Australian Telescope Project Manager on 'AAT Horseshoe Dimensions', 24 September 1969.

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A copy of a memorandum to the Anglo-Australian Telescope Project Manager from J.D. Pope and Hermann Wehner, 17 September 1969, regarding the need to recruit a resident maintenance engineer.

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A copy of memorandum by J.D. Pope on the Coudé focus field diameter discussing the Coudé convex secondary mirror for the Anglo-Australian Telescope, 1 September 1969.

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A copy of a memorandum from J.D. Pope and Hermann Wehner to the Anglo-Australian Telescope Project Manager, 19 September 1969, regarding the need for a craftsman at the A.A.T. Project Group.

Scope and Contents A miscellaneous set of black and white photographs:Pope, Gascoigne and others during a visit, 18 July 1967, 3 photographs.Mann, Gascoigne, Wehner, Pope and Redman at Corning Plant, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 20 July 1967.'Helwan mirror. No. 2', undated.CER-VIT Reflective Mirror Blank, 4 undated photographs.'C101 Electron Micrograph', 2 undated photographs.Russian 6-metre Alt-Azimuth Telescope, undated.'NGC 2004 (LMC) 5 min. D Plate 45º...

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A copy of a note from J.D. Pope to Dr Burbidge, 18 December 1972, regarding the 'Title for the Proposed New National Observatory'.

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A note from J.D. Pope to Sir Richard Woolley, 30 April 1965, regarding problems with the right ascension drive of the 74-inch telescope, with notes and graphs analysing the fault.

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Handwritten notes on a visit by J.D. Pope to Cambridge on 18 July 1968.

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Handwritten notes on a visit made by J.D. Pope to Redman, 12 April 1972, to discuss a questionnaire on the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Telescopes.

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A copy of paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'NHO Feasibility Studies', dated June 1972.

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A copy of a 'Brief Description of Optical Alignment Procedure' for the Anglo-Australian Telescope by J.D. Pope, 23 July 1970.

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Copies of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Cervit Rod Focus Stabilization', 30 July 1968, and of notes on the revised mirror figuring specification for the Anglo-Australian Telescope.

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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Proposal for Optical Method of Squaring-on AAT Primary Mirror', 22 April 1970.

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The agenda and papers of the second meeting of the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Planning Committee Technical Panel on 27 February 1974; the minutes of the previous meeting of 30 January 1974; and a letter from J.D. Pope to Redman, 22 February 1974, regarding the Northern Hemisphere Observatory 2.5-metre telescope.

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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope on 'Altazimuth Mounting for 150 Inch Telescope', June 1969, in which he makes a comparison with the horseshoe type equatorial mounting, and a paper by J. Rothwell on 'The Role of the Computer in Polar and Altazimuth Mounts'.

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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Proposal for Pneumatic Support of Secondary Mirrors', 17 June 1969, with comments by R.V. Willstrop, and a copy of notes by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd on the A.A.T. optics programme, 22 April 1969.

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A copy of a letter from Carl Zeiss to J.D. Pope, 3 April 1974, enclosing quotations for a 1.2m and 2.2m telescope and a preliminary description of the Cassegrain Coudé Telescope.

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A copy of a paper by J.D. Pope entitled 'Alternative Offset Altazimuth Mounting', 11 July 1974, with a diagram, and a copy of a letter from F.W. Jackson, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, to Pope, 8 July 1974, regarding Pope's design suggestion.

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A letter from J.D. Pope, 4 September 1969, regarding the recommendation that the Anglo-Australian Telescope adopt the arrangements of the Kitt Peak National Observatory for the Cassegrain instrument rotator and guiding heads, with an enclosed memorandum on this subject and a copy of the latest K.P.N.O. Design Precepts (No. III) for the Cassegrain guider and instrumentation unit.