| Creator: | Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice |
| Title: | AURA - Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Incorporated |
| Collection No.: | ohrc002 |
| Dates: | 1983-1984 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 4 Interviews (Audio files, transcripts, and collateral materials ) |
| Abstract: | These interviews discuss the construction of the Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona and the negotiations that took place with the Papagos Indian Tribe in order to obtain the lease of the land. The issues of mineral rights and university and community relations are discussed in these interviews. |
| Location: | Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030A. Contact ohrc@indiana.edu for more information. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office. |
| Language: | Materials are in English |
| Repository: | Center for Documentary Research and Practice Franklin Hall 0030B 601 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Business Number: 812-855-2856 ohrc@indiana.edu URL: https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu/ |
This collection consists of four interviews collected over the course of three years. The interviews are eighteen, sixty-nine, one hundred-four, and forty-five minutes respectively. All interviews consist of audiotapes and typed transcripts.
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
No(s): 84-031
Physical Description: 12 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 18 minutes
Scope and Content Note: Carl Borgmann discusses astronomy and the creation of the Kitt Peak Observatory. He talks about the individuals and organizations that helped to fund the observatory and how the site was chosen.
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No(s): 84-032
Physical Description: 34 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 69 minutes; photocopied sheet about mineral rights and Papago Indians
Scope and Content Note: John Denton tells about the Arizona Papago Indians' struggle to obtain mineral rights for the land on their reservation. He also details how there came to be an observatory on Papago land and the struggle between the developers and the astronomers over light pollution from nearby developments. Denton talks about local politics and how local philanthropists impacted developments in the area over the years.
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No(s): 84-030
Physical Description: 39 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 104 minutes
Scope and Content Note: Gilbert Lee talks about the creation of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in 1957 and 1958 and the difficulty he experienced in setting up the administration of the program as it transitioned from being run by the University of Michigan to a self-sufficient, federally funded project. October 28, 1957 was the incorporation date of AURA. Kitt Peak in Arizona was dedicated as their observatory site on March 15, 1960. Lee also talks about various trips to South America in the nineteen sixties and nineteen seventies to evaluate sites for another observatory.
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No(s): 84-033
Physical Description: 25 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 45 minutes
Scope and Content Note: Juan Pascoe details his involvement with the Papago Indians in Arizona during their fight to obtain the mineral rights to the land their reservation sits on. He also tells about the negotiation between AURA, Congress, and the Papagos about placing an observatory on Kitt Peak.
Biographical / Historical: After working for the Papagos, Pascoe worked for the United Nations and Planned Parenthood in Africa and Latin America. After he retired he moved back to Arizona and resumed working with the Papagos.
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Access Status: Restricted: Contact center staff for more information