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Title:
Jesse L. Greenstein papers, 1923-1992

Collection number:
Consult repository

Creator:
Greenstein, Jesse Leonard, 1909-2002

Extent:
50 linear feet

Repository:
California Institute of Technology. Archives.
Pasadena, California 91125

Abstract:
These papers document the career of Jesse L. Greenstein, a Harvard educated astronomer who came to the California Institute of Technology in 1948 to run the astronomy program. While at Caltech he did research on stellar composition and high resolution spectra using the Palomar telescope. The papers consist of correspondence, technical material, professional organizational material, class and lecture notes, and subject files. They emphasize Greenstein's research on the discovery of peculiar stars and the study of their composition from their spectra.

Language:
English.

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