Department Records
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Distinguishes collections in the Library that are part of the Department Records (DR) data set.Found in 194 Collections and/or Records:
American Museum of Natural History Hall of North American Forests notebook
Hayden Planetarium collection of negatives
Negatives from National Space Science Data Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Hayden Planetarium Interplanetary Reservations
Hayden Planetarium papers, 1927-1988.
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.
Hayden Planetarium records
Collection includes administrative records, reports, publications, correspondence, and materials related to construction and public relations. It also includes documents, audiovisual, and visual materials relating to exhibits and planetarium shows.
The majority of the material was transferred from the Perkins Library in the 1990s. The collection is in need of processing and subject to institutional restrictions.
Hayden Planetarium reports regarding financing and construction of original Hayden Planetarium building
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.
