Hayden Planetarium

Photographs, papers regarding Zeiss, blueprints, correspondence and blueprints for Zeiss projector. Includes three manuals.

Collection of printed ephemera from various planetaria around the world, including Hayden Planetarium. Also includes material from manufacturers of planetarium star shows, such as Zeiss and Spitz. Ephemera includes brochures, pamphlets, and booklets among other material.

Includes one transmittal form from Ed Berry to Joel Sweimler and one letter from H.E. Zelman of Charles Herman Construction, Inc., general contractors to Wm. F. Pedersen and Associates, dated December 14, 1972. Images of foundation, 1st, and 2nd floors.

Chronological, alphabetized correspondence pertaining to and written by Mark R. Chartrand.

Documents on Phipps Board Meeting, office related information, documents for NASA Advisory Council, news articles bound personally by Neil deGrasse Tyson, scientific books, payroll information, correspondence, proposals for supercomputing.

Various papers from Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Photographs of telescopes, observatories, antennas and other astronomical equipment as well as drawings of solar events, star maps and photographs of nebulae and galaxies. NASA photos and press kit for Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter also included.

Slides from old Hayden Planetarium including the Hall of the Sun exhibits, murals, art and Zeiss projector. Images of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, moon rocks and moon surface, sun spots, stars, constellations, eclipse, galaxy, nebulas. Total solar eclipse from February 16, 1980, taken at Voi, Kenya, Africa. Eclipse of the moon dated March 13, 1960. Jay Barbree Space Collection includes astronaut medallions, matches, boxes, patches. Many images of Planetarium sculpture (Michelle Doner).

Various academic papers and periodicals concerning astronomy that were compiled and annotated by Thomas Nicholson.