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AURA - Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Incorporated, 1983-1984

A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at Indiana University Bloomington

Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, 2000-2002

Overview of the Collection

Repository
Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice
Indiana University
Franklin Hall 0030B
601 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu

Creator
Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice

Title
AURA - Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Incorporated, 1983-1984

Project No.
ohrc002

Interviews
4 interviews. Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials.

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030B. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Language
Materials are in English

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 theseinterviews.

Scope and Content Note

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.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
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.
Usage Restrictions
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).
Preferred Citation
[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].

Interview List


Interviewee
Borgmann, Carl November 10, 1983 

Call Number
84-031

Physical Description

12 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 18 minutes

Interviewer
Edmondson, Frank

Access Status

Restricted - no DOG, can be used with permission of interviewee

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.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy,Incorporated
    • Carnegie Institution of Washington
    • Columbia School of Engineering
    • European Southern Observatory
    • Ford Foundation
    • National Science Foundation
    • Oxford University
    • Purdue University
    • United States Congress
    • Yale University
    • Geographic Names
    • Australia
    • Chile
    • South Africa
    • Occupations
    • astronomer
    • Personal Names
    • Babcock, Horace
    • Carey, William D.
    • Gustafson, Reuben
    • Hiltner, Al
    • Johnson, Lyndon Baines
    • Koonine, Tom
    • Roberts, Bill
    • Stone, Shepard
    • Wells, Herman B
    • Subjects
    • astronomy
    • Carso proposal
    • Palomar telescope
    • radio heliograph
    • Rhodes Scholar
    • rugby
    • telescopes
    • Yale astrograph

Interviewee
Denton, John December 3, 1984 

Call Number
84-032

Physical Description

34 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 69 minutes; photocopied sheet about mineral rights and Papago Indians

Interviewer
Edmondson, Frank

Access Status

Restricted - must obtain interviewee permission

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.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • American Friends Service Committee
    • Arizona Council on Civic Unity
    • Arizona state legislature
    • Association for Papago Affairs
    • Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Incorporated
    • Columbia University
    • Delphi University
    • Hughes Aircraft
    • Kingman Chamber of Commerce
    • NAACP
    • Papago Non-profit Development Corporation
    • Seton Hall University
    • Tucson Community School
    • United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
    • United States Congress
    • United States House of Representatives
    • United States Senate
    • University of Arizona
    • University of California, Berkeley
    • Geographic Names
    • American Flag, Arizona
    • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Flagstaff, Arizona
    • Kingman, Arizona
    • Kitt Peak, Arizona
    • Mexico
    • New York
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Phoenix, Arizona
    • Pima County, Arizona
    • Seattle, Washington
    • Tempe, Arizona
    • Tucson, Arizona
    • Washington, DC
    • Occupations
    • attorney
    • Personal Names
    • Boyle, Jim
    • Brown, E. J.
    • Francisco, Enos
    • Gammage, Grady
    • Gerber, Sid
    • Goldwater, Barry M.
    • Gonzales, Grace
    • Hagman, Chet
    • Jones, Alden
    • Jose, Juan
    • Juerta, Lawrence
    • King, Bill
    • Lander, Clifton
    • Lopez, Ruiz
    • Manuel, Mark
    • McInnes, John
    • Mile, Hayden
    • Pasco, Juan
    • Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
    • Segundo, Tom
    • Smith, William
    • Spicer, Ned
    • Strauss, Charlie
    • Udall, Stewart Lee
    • Subjects
    • 1978 Mineral Rights Bill
    • astronomical observatory
    • dental clinic
    • Indian reservation
    • journalism
    • Mexican Indians
    • mineral rights
    • Navajo reservation
    • Papago Indians
    • philanthropy
    • religious beliefs
    • San Xavier reservation
    • segregation
    • Seri Indians
    • telescopes
    • tribal council

Interviewee
Lee, Gilbert October 30, 1983 

Call Number
84-030

Physical Description

39 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 104 minutes

Interviewer
Edmondson, Frank

Access Status

Restricted - no DOG, permission must be obtained from interviewee prior to use.

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.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Incorporated
    • Carnegie Institution of Washington
    • Conagra Airlines
    • Ford Foundation
    • National Science Foundation
    • Price-Waterhouse
    • University of Arizona
    • University of Chicago
    • University of Chile
    • University of Michigan
    • Family Names
    • Carnegie
    • Geographic Names
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Bloomington, Indiana
    • Caldera, California
    • Chicago, Illinois
    • Chile
    • Copiapo, Chile
    • Coquimbo, Chile
    • Detroit, Michigan
    • Kitt Peak, Arizona
    • La Serena, Chile
    • Lowell, Massachusetts
    • Mequon, Wisconsin
    • Phoenix, Arizona
    • Santiago, Chile
    • South America
    • Tererro, New Mexico
    • Tololo, Chile
    • Tucson, Arizona
    • Vicuna, Chile
    • Washington, DC
    • Occupations
    • attorney
    • Personal Names
    • Beecher, Bob
    • Blanco, Victor
    • Dunlop, Bill
    • Edmondson, Margaret
    • Franklin, Joe
    • Goldberg, Leo
    • Haidi, Ralph
    • Miller, Jim
    • Moore, Minton
    • More, Dean
    • Morgan, Bill
    • Patrick, Jim
    • Shane, Donald
    • Smith, Alex G.
    • Stock, Bergan
    • Wallace, Larry
    • Waterman, Ellen
    • Subjects
    • Climate Technology Initiative
    • federal government
    • grants
    • incorporation
    • mass solar telescope
    • observatory
    • solar energy
    • space program

Interviewee
Pascoe, Juan March 23, 1985 

Call Number
84-033

Physical Description

25 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 45 minutes

Interviewer
Edmondson, Frank

Access Status

Restricted - No DOG - must obtain permission from interviewee

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.

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.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • American Friends Service Committee
    • Bureau of Indian Affairs
    • Papago Affairs Association
    • Papago Indian News
    • The Papago News
    • Southwest Indian Program
    • United Nations
    • United States Congress
    • United States Department of the Interior
    • University of Arizona
    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • Family Names
    • Spicers
    • Geographic Names
    • Bolivia
    • California
    • Caribbean
    • Central America
    • Costa Rica
    • Ecuador
    • Gila River, Arizona
    • Illinois
    • Kitt Peak, Arizona
    • Massachusetts
    • Mexico
    • Mexico City, Mexico
    • Montana
    • Nepal
    • New York
    • Oklahoma
    • Pasadena, California
    • San Jose, California
    • Sells, Arizona
    • Sudan
    • Topawa, Arizona
    • Tucson, Arizona
    • Washington, DC
    • Occupations
    • attorney
    • International Planned Parenthood Federation program director
    • United Nations resident representative
    • Personal Names
    • Carpenter, Edwin
    • Denton, John
    • Eisenhower, Dwight David
    • Estrada, Elizabeth
    • Segundo, Tom
    • Gilmore, Harry
    • Goldwater, Barry M.
    • Hagman, Chet
    • Jones, Alden
    • King, Bill
    • Mandez, Don
    • Manuel, Mark
    • Meinel, Aden
    • Norris, George
    • Spicer, Ned
    • Stevens, Harry
    • Udall, Stewart
    • Subjects
    • 1934 Indian Reconstruction Act
    • astronomical observatory
    • cyclotron
    • Papago Indians
    • telescopes
    • tribal council

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