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Correspondence on staff, 1935 - 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/2

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and memoranda concerning wages, apprenticeships, promotions and the retirement of industrial and non-industrial staff, as well as the applications of watch-makers, repairers and chronometer department staff. The papers include a reference from the Lee Estate Office testifying to D. Weston's reliability with regard to the payment of his rent; correspondence on the recruitment of a Senior Assistant and a Senior Principal Scientific Officer; a report on the Royal Danish Hydrographer's Office; correspondence between the Royal Observatory and the National Physical Laboratory regarding approval for punch-card computing; correspondence on the gift of the 98-inch disk by the Michigan Observatory for use in the Isaac Newton Telescope; correspondence regarding the bomb damage sustained by the Royal Observatory up to October 1940; correspondence on the total solar eclipse in South Africa, 1 October 1940; correspondence concerning the establishment of P.S. Laurie; correspondence regarding the appointment of R. Atkinson as Chief Assistant; and correspondence on the resignation of R. Woolley as Chief Assistant.

Dates

  • 1935 - 1963

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

7 bundle(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

A5

Finding aid date

2006-04-24 14:53:46+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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