Hayden Planetarium

Contains a variety of unprocessed office materials including calendars, memos and research statistics. Includes some of the following: yearly calendars, memos, research applications, research statistics, invoices, correspondence, lectures, bills and receipts.

Large folders with prints on them.

Archives from the former Richard S. Perkin Library, Hayden Planetarium. Includes administrative records, staff papers, programs and correspondence. Collections of staff papers from Robert R. Coles, Joseph Miles Chamberlain, Frank H. Forrester, James S. Pickering, Thomas D. Nicholson, Franklyn M. Branley, Kenneth L. Franklin, Mark R. Chartrand and Allen Seltzer.

Slides for Measuring Time, Exploring Space exhibition and Perkin Library Slides concerning celestial objects. Includes black and white prints and paper documents.

Copied articles and publications relating to the Hayden Planetarium and astronomical events. Collected in two binders: January 1984 through June 1985 and July 1985 through March 1986.

Memoranda, photographs, public relations information and correspondence. Press releases for the following temporary exhibitions: "Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation" (1983)"The Planets" (1980), Sonja Eisenberg's "New Horizons" (1980)"Cosmic Art" (1979) and "Images of Earth from Space" (1979). Press information for the Hall of the Sun opening (1976) and astronomical events such as Halley's Comet and those affecting the moon and the planets.

Includes various documents including paper, pamphlets and web print-outs relating to terabyte archiving, Digital Sky project, animation storyboards for planet passages, work plans for visual archives, and other supporting materials.

Various publications, some in German and Spanish, relating to astronomy.

Contains documents regarding planning the construction and operation of the original Hayden Planetarium, including reports on financing and estimated costs made by The American Museum of Natural History Planetarium Authority, New York State and the City of New York laws and deed documents created to authorize the planetarium construction.