Carl O. Lampland Collection, 1923.

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Carl O. Lampland Collection, 1923.

NAU.MS.39
NAU.PH.434


Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Lampland, Carl O.
Collection Name	Carl O. Lampland Collection,
Inclusive Dates:	1923.
Physical Description	1 volume and 477 postcards.
Abstract	Typewritten journal written by C O. Lampland, of episode occurring at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Apparently Mrs. Percival Lowell wanted the astronomer Mr. Truman fired.
Collection Number	NAU.MS.39 NAU.PH.434
Language	English.
Repository	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department Northern Arizona University Cline Library P.O. Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523 5551 Fax: 928 523 3770 Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu

Historical Note

Mr. Truman was an astronomer at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona and Mrs, Lowell was the widow of Percival, the founder of the observatory. Carl O. Lampland was also an astronomer at the observatory.

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten journal written by C O. Lampland, of episode occurring at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Apparently Mrs. Percival Lowell wanted the astronomer Mr. Truman fired.

Photograph collection consists (predominantly of blank postcards collected by Mr. Lampland.

Organization

Collection consists of one journal and one photograph collection.

Typewritten Journal
Photograph Collection

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Carl O. Lampland Collection, NAU.MS.39, Northern Arizona University. Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Carl O. Lampland Collection, NAU.PH.434, Northern Arizona University. Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Container List


Typewritten journal written by Carl O. Lampland, 1923.
	Documents episode at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Mrs. Percival Lowell wanted the astronomer Mr. Truman fired.


NAU.PH.434, Photographs
	The photograph collection consists of 477 images, mostly in postcard form. Original prints in this collection include images of a winter scene in Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, the San Francisco Peaks, Lowell Observatory, Oak Creek Canyon, Vermillion Cliffs, and Monument Valley.
	Postcards are from around the United States and abroad. They include Arizona (Colorado River, Flagstaff, Johnson's Canyon, Hopi Reservation, Montezuma's Castle, Canyon de Chelley, Petrified Forest, Navajo Reservation, and Cedar Ridge Trading Post), California (Yosemite, Fresno, Wineries, Barstow, Needles, Mohave Desert, Mariposa Grove, Mt. Wilson Observatory, and San Francisco), Colorado (Spanish Peaks, Denver, Fisher's Peak), and New Mexico (Albuquerque, Laguna Pueblo, San Felipe Pueblo, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Isleta Pueblo, Acoma Pueblo, Sandia Pueblo, Fort Wingate, Jemez, and Santa Fe).
	Numerous additional postcards portray images in Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Scandinavia, Scotland, and Switzerland.
	Noted postcard companies include the Fred Harvey Company, the Detroit Publishing Company, Carson Studios, and Frasher's Fotos.