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Helen Sawyer Hogg fonds
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Formal Portraits and Publicity Shots

Includes portraits of Dr. Hogg taken at various stages of her life. Many of the publicity photos taken for publications feature Dr. Hogg at work at the Observatory the earliest being 1938 and the latest taken in 1991. There are also a few images documenting her time as a director of Bell Canada and her activities relating to the Noranda Lectures for EXPO.

Astronomical Photographs

Includes views of the David Dunlap Observatory Staff (the earliest dates 1939); group photos and informal images documenting meetings and events of astronomical associations such as the Canadian contingent to the IAU meeting in Dublin in 1955, a reception of the RASC in 1958, the IAU 1961 meeting at Berkley, the IAU National Committee for Canada meeting in Toronto, 1964, Sir Charles Wright RCI lecture at the University of Alberta, 1965, meeting of the AAVSO in 1983 and several others; photos used in the RASC journal and other images of observatories and/or astronomical observations which were sent to her as a result of her popularity among the general public; some historical photographs including images of Harlow Shapley at work, portraits of J.S. Plaskett early director of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, and his successor Joseph Pearce and, of some significance, three group photos of meetings of Canadian and American astronomers ca. 1908-191-.

Formal Portraits and Publicity Shots

Includes portraits of Dr. Hogg taken at various stages of her life. Many of the publicity photos taken for publications feature Dr. Hogg at work at the Observatory the earliest being 1938 and the latest taken in 1991. There are also a few images documenting her time as a director of Bell Canada and her activities relating to the Noranda Lectures for EXPO.

Astronomical Photographs

Includes views of the David Dunlap Observatory Staff (the earliest dates 1939); group photos and informal images documenting meetings and events of astronomical associations such as the Canadian contingent to the IAU meeting in Dublin in 1955, a reception of the RASC in 1958, the IAU 1961 meeting at Berkley, the IAU National Committee for Canada meeting in Toronto, 1964, Sir Charles Wright RCI lecture at the University of Alberta, 1965, meeting of the AAVSO in 1983 and several others; photos used in the RASC journal and other images of observatories and/or astronomical observations which were sent to her as a result of her popularity among the general public; some historical photographs including images of Harlow Shapley at work, portraits of J.S. Plaskett early director of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, and his successor Joseph Pearce and, of some significance, three group photos of meetings of Canadian and American astronomers ca. 1908-191-.

Professional Correspondence

This series contains records from three accessions: B1994-0002, B2009-0021, and B2015-0007. The bulk of the files are from accession B1994-0002, and consists of general incoming and out-going correspondence mainly of a professional nature. It is arranged in two parts. The first part consists of files created by Helen Hogg containing correspondence and other accompanying material with individuals, institutions, clubs and associations regarding research, special projects, events, visits, excursions, travel, donations, lectures, awards and publications. For access, these have been arranged alphabetically by file title. Some of the more notable correspondence are with colleagues such as Amelia Whelau (University of Western Ontario), Steven Van Agt (Germany), Martha Liller (Harvard Observatory), Bart J. Bok (Harvard and Australia), Chu Yu-Hua (China), and there is also extensive correspondence with Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard College Observatory and mentor to Prof. Hogg.

The second part of this series consists of miscellaneous correspondence arranged by decade. Far from being extraneous pieces, this correspondence is quite extensive and reveals much about her professional activities and on-going research. These files contain the largest volume of correspondence documenting both her and Frank Hogg's early career in the 1930s and 1940s. These files were created from loose correspondence within the records or from files, which were clearly miscellaneous.

Researchers should note that while this series does not represent the whole of the Hogg correspondence (much of which is specific to each series), it is a good representation of the scope of her interests and activities. Some of the correspondence relates directly to records in other series and researchers should bear this in mind when investigating a particular topic.

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