Finding Aid for the Lawrence H. Aller Papers LSC.0616
Finding aid prepared by C.B. Brown, September, 2002, reprocessed by Doug Johnson, August 2016; machine-readable finding aid
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Title: Lawrence H. Aller papers
Creator:
Aller, Lawrence H.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0616
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(2 cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1903-2001
Abstract: Lawrence H. Aller was an astronomer and professor at UCLA. The collection consists largely of correspondence and Aller's published
papers on a variety of astronomical topics.
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[Identification of item], Lawrence H. Aller papers (Collection 616). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9947696453606533 >
Lawrence H. Aller was born in Tacoma, WA on September 24, 1913. He developed an early interest in astronomy and, despite not
graduating from high school, attended the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving his bachelor's degree, he attended
Harvard, and earned his PhD in 1942. He taught at Indiana University and the University of Michigan and, in 1962, he became
a professor at UCLA, where he remained for the rest of his career. During that time, he published six books and hundreds of
scholarly articles, mostly dealing with gaseous nebulae and stellar atmospheres. He died in Los Angeles on March 16, 2003.
The collection consists largely of reprints of Laurence Aller's scholarly publications, dozens of which appeared in a variety
of journals spanning a period of more than sixty years. There is also a significant amount of correspondence with other astronomers,
including Dorothy N. Davis-Locanthi, Donald Menzel, and Nicholas Mayall. Also present are observational data and lecture notes
for "The Planetary Nebulae," a major project that Aller worked on from 1942-1975.
The collection is arranged in a single series, based on the work of the previous archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Astronomers -- United States -- Archives.
box 1, folder 1-2
Aller, Lawrence H. - biographical and autobiographical material circa 1943-1997
box 1, folder 3
American Astronomical Society - Russell Lectureship 1992-1993
box 1, folder 4
box 1, folder 5
box 1, folder 6
box 1, folder 7
box 1, folder 8
box 1, folder 9-10
box 1, folder 11
NASA - International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) 1979-1988
box 1, folder 12
Proposals 1967-1982
box 1, folder 13-21, box 2, folder 1-3
Publications by Aller - master reprints 1938-2001
box 2, folder 4