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| Title: | Barnard. Edward Emerson. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1846-1926 |
| Size: | 32 linear feet (62 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923) Astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer. The Papers contain observation notes, calculations, photographs, and published and unpublished writings, most documenting Barnard's work at the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Barnard. Edward Emerson. Papers,[Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Edward Emerson Barnard was born in Nashville, Tennessee December 16th 1857. His father died before his birth, leaving the family in poverty. Barnard’s mother directed his education, and at the age of nine, he began working in a photographic studio.
In 1876, Barnard purchased a 5-inch (130 mm) refractor telescope and a basic astronomy book and taught himself observational astronomy. In 1881 he discovered the first of many comets. That same year he married Rhoda Calvert. In 1883, he received a fellowship to Vanderbilt University, graduating in mathematics in 1887. He was also an instructor at Vanderbilt during his studies.
In 1887 Barnard moved to California to work at the University of California’s new Lick Observatory. In 1892, he made the first photographic discovery of a comet. That same year Barnard discovered the fifth moon of Jupiter. He won the Gold Medal of Britain’s Royal Astronomical Society in 1897 for his research on the Milky Way, featured in A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way (1927).
In 1895 Barnard joined the faculty of the University of Chicago as a Professor of Practical Astronomy working first at the Kenwood Observatory, then at the newly constructed Yerkes Observatory, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
A pioneering astrophotographer, Barnard cataloged a series of dark nebula, giving them numerical designations beginning with Barnard 1 and ending with Barnard 370. He published his initial list with a 1919 paper in the Astrophysical Journal, "On the Dark Markings of the Sky with a Catalogue of 182 such Objects".
Barnard died on February 6, 1923 in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and was buried in Nashville.
The Edward Emerson Barnard Papers are divided into three series. Series I: Notes, Observations and Calculations contains bound notebooks holding published and unpublished articles and observation notes, along with extensive unbound files of observations and calculations, catalogued by astronomical object.
Series II contains draft speeches, and Barnard's first astronomy book, and Series III includes oversized charts and data sheets.
Series I: Notes, Observations and Calculations, 1881-1924 |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | 60 Krueger, Measurements and Computations, 1900-1908 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | 61 Cygni, Computations, 1898-1903 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | 61 Cygni, Computations, 1900-1903 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | 61 Cygni, Computations, 1900-1909 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | 61 Cygni, Computations, 1900-1914 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | 61 Cygni, Computations, 1898-1914 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Atlas and Pleione, Electra and Claino etc. Meas. For value of Micrometer screw length of focus, 1897-1898 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Aurora, Notebook and Notes, 1917-1920 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Aurora Borealis, Clippings, Notes, Correspondence, 1909-1921 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Aurora Borealis, Photographs, 1910 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Aurora Borealis, Notes, Reports, Data, Correspondence, 1911-1924 |
| Box 3 Folder 6-7 | Barnard Comet, Original Records, 1884 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Charts, Drawings, Data, 1898 (See Oversize) |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Charts, Drawings, Data, 1897-1926 (See Oversize) |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Clusters, E.E. Barnard Obs. of variables in Clusters, 1897-1903 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Clusters, E.E. Barnard Obs. of variables in Clusters, 1898-1905 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Clusters, M5-Micrometer Measures Variable Stars in Cluster, 1898-1916 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Clusters, M5-Micrometer Measures Variable Stars in Cluster, 1899-1908 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Clusters, M5-Micrometer Measures Variable Stars in Cluster, 1899-1908 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Clusters, M13, 1898-1920 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Clusters, M13, 1898-1920 |
| Box 5 Folder 3-4 | Photographs, Clusters M13, 1895 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Clusters, Observations, M44, M67, 1901-1913 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Clusters, Observations, M50, M35, M37 and M36, 1904-1924 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Clusters, Observations, M3, M53, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Cluster 9 h 52m, 56-7degrees 31’, Cluster in a 18h 44m 8+10degrees = NGC 6709 Region of BD+1F Degrees 2541 BD+15 degrees 2542, and Polar Sequence Stars, 1911-1914 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Comets, Comet Obs. and Computations, 1886-1905 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Comets, Comet Obs. and Computations, 1888-1908 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Comets, Computations for Comet Orbits, E.E.B., 1886-1887 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Eros, Computations and Original Observations, 1898-1899 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Eros, Drawings, 1899-1898 |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Eros, Computations, circa 1900-1901 |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Eros, Observations and Calculations, 1924 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Eros, Calculations and Drawings, 1924 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Eros, Calculations and Drawings, Lee Oliver J. Paper Drafts, 1924 |
| Box 7 Folder 5-6 | Hall’s Stars in the Pleiades, 1887-1919 |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Halley’s Comet, Notes, Drawings, etc., 1910-1911 |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Halley’s Comet, Prints from Mr. Ellerman’s Negatives, 1910 |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Halley’s Comet, Notes, Drawings, etc., 1909-1913 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | η Herculis, Observations and Calculations, 1903-1923 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Jupiter, 5th Satellite MS., Computations, etc., 1892-1902 |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Jupiter, 5th Satellite MS., Computations, etc., 1892-1902 |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Jupiter, 5th Satellite MS., Computations, etc., 1892-1903 |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Jupiter, 5th Satellite MS., Computations, etc., 1892-1917 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Jupiter, Obs. Of Satellites and Spots, 1888-1915 |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Jupiter, Obs. Of Satellites and Spots, 1890-1906 |
| Box 10 Folder 1-2 | Jupiter, Computations for Position Angle of the Belts, etc.,1892-1921 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | K20, Measures and Reductions Selected Area No. 20, 1923 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | K21, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 21, 1920-1924 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | K21, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 21, 1920-1924 |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | K22, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 22, 2h 39m, 1923 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | K22, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 22, 2h 39m, 1923 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | K23, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 23, 1923 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | K24, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 24, 1923 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | K25 Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 25, 5h 38m, 1922-1923 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | K26, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 26, 1916-1920 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | K27, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 27, 7 hr 39m, 1921 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | K28, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 28, 1916-1924 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | K29, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 29, 1921 |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | K30, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 30, 1924 |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | K31 Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 31, 11h 37 m, 1923 |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | K32, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 32, 1920-1924 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | K33, Measures and Reductions Selected Area No. 33, 13h 51m, 1924 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | K34, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 34, 14h48m Complete, 1920 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | K35, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 35, 1915-1921 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | K36, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 36, 16h 46m, 1920-1921 |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | K37, Measures and Reductions Selected Area No. 37, 17h 49m, and 1921 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | K38, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 38, O.J. Lee, 1921 |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | K38, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 38, O.J. Lee, 1921-1924 |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | K39, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 39, Photograph undated |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | K39, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 39, Linear Solutions, 1922 |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | K39 Measures and Reductions Selected Area No. 39, Measures and First Solution, 1922 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | K39 Measures and Reductions Selected Area No. 39, Measures and First Solution, 1922 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | K39, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 39, Measures and Solutions, 1922 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | K40, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 40, 1921-1924 |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | K40, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 40, 1921-1924 |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | K42, Measures and Reductions, Selected Area No. 42, 1921-1924 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | K43, Measures and Reductions Selected Area No. 43, 33h 50m, 1921-1924 |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | Kreuger 60 A-B, Observations and Calculations, 1908-1916 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Mars, 1892-1916 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Mercury and Venus, Notes, Observations, 1891-1908 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Meteors, Luminous Haze, Gegenschein, Bruce Telescope, Sirius BEC3596, Double Cluster of Perseus N.G.C. 869 or 884, M41, M46, 1893-1919 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Miscellaneous, MS and Notes for Volume of Cluster Measures, 1907-1929 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Miscellaneous Measures, Computations, Notes, etc. Nashville, Lick, Yerkes, 1883-1911 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Miscellaneous, Notes and Observations, 1919 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Nebulae, Miscellaneous Obs. And Notes, 1888-1901 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Notes, Correspondence, Photographic Plates, Miscellaneous Notes and Observations on Various Subjects, 1888-1896 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Notes, Correspondence, Photographic Plates, Miscellaneous Notes and Observations on Various Subjects, 1881-1894 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Novae, Miscellaneous Notes, 1892-1906 |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | N.G.C. 225 M.N. 1926, Measures and Reductions, Oliver J. Lee July, 1926 |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Planets, Satellites and Asteroids Misc. Notes, 1894-1906 |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Planets, Satellites and Asteroids Misc. Notes, 1889-1920 |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | PM (proper motion) Star Material, undated |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 1-50, 1924 |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 6-47, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 51-100, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 52-97, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 101-150, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 103-148, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 151-198, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 151-200, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 202-279, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 200-740, also Bar 381-B1687,
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| Box 20 Folder 1 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 280-740, also Bar 381-B1687, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 1347-1398, New List, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Ross (Frank Elmore) Star Plates 1406-1423, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Saturn, Measures of Ring System, 1914 |
| Box 20 Folder 5-6 | Yerkes Actinometry, MSS Fairley, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | Yerkes Actinometry, MSS Fairley, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Yerkes Actinometry, MSS Fairley, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 2-3 | Yerkes Actinometry, MSS Fairley, Measures of Extra Focal Plates, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 4-5 | Yerkes Actinometry, MSS Fairley, Measures of Extra Focal Plates, undated |
Series II: Notebooks |
This series is divided into five subseries. Subseries 1 contains notebooks from Barnard’s days at Vanderbilt University. Subseries 2 contains copies of Barnard’s Lick Observatory Notebooks. The copying of the notebooks was commissioned by Barnard himself and an explanatory note can be found in the first notebook. Subseries 3, 4 and 5 contain three different series of notebooks used by Barnard at Yerkes Observatory, organized either chronologically or by astronomical topic.
Subseries 1: Barnardia and Early Notebooks |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Notebooks, Barnardia 1, Reprints, 1882-1912 |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Notebooks, Barnardia 2, Reprints, 1907-1914 |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Notebooks, Notes and Observations, 1880-1885 |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | Notebooks, Notes and Observations, 1883-1885 |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Notebooks, Notes and Observations, 1885-1886 |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Notebooks, Notes and Observations, 1886-1887 |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | Notebooks, Notes and Observations, 1887 |
| Box 25 Folder 3 | Index, Notebooks, undated |
Subseries 2: Lick Observatory Notebook Collection Copy |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Book 1, May 9, 1888 |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | Book 2, E.E Bernard, 1888 |
| Box 26 Folder 3 | Book 3, EEB, 1888 |
| Box 26 Folder 4 | Book 4, EEB, 1888 |
| Box 26 Folder 5 | Book 5, 1888-1890 |
| Box 26 Folder 6 | Book 6, December, 1888-January, 1889 |
| Box 26 Folder 7 | Book 7, January-February, 1889 |
| Box 26 Folder 8 | Book 8, February-April, 1889 |
| Box 26 Folder 9 | Book 9, April, 1889 |
| Box 26 Folder 10 | Book 10, May-June, 1889 |
| Box 27 Folder 1 | Book 11, June-July, 1889 |
| Box 27 Folder 2 | Book 12, July-August, 1889 |
| Box 27 Folder 3 | Book 13, August-September, 1889 |
| Box 27 Folder 4 | Book 14, September-November, 1889 |
| Box 27 Folder 5 | Book 15, November-December, 1889 |
| Box 27 Folder 6 | Book 16, December, 1889- March, 1890 |
| Box 27 Folder 7 | Book 17, March-May, 1890 |
| Box 27 Folder 8 | Book 18, May-June, 1890 |
| Box 27 Folder 9 | Book 19, June-July, 1890 |
| Box 27 Folder 10 | Book 20, July, 1890 |
| Box 28 Folder 1 | Book 21, July-August, 1890 |
| Box 28 Folder 2 | Book 22, August, 1890 |
| Box 28 Folder 3 | Book 23, August-October, 1890 |
| Box 28 Folder 4 | Book 24, October, 1890 |
| Box 28 Folder 5 | Book 25, October-November, 1890 |
| Box 28 Folder 6 | Book 26, November-December, 1890 |
| Box 28 Folder 7 | Book 27, December, 1890- January, 1891 |
| Box 28 Folder 8 | Book 28, January-May, 1891 |
| Box 28 Folder 9 | Book 29, May-July, 1891 |
| Box 28 Folder 10 | Book 30, July, 1891 |
| Box 29 Folder 1 | Book 31, August-September, 1891 |
| Box 29 Folder 2 | Book 32, September-October, 1891 |
| Box 29 Folder 3 | Book 33, October-December, 1891 |
| Box 29 Folder 4 | Book 34, December, 1891-June, 1892 |
| Box 29 Folder 5 | Book 35, July, 1892 |
| Box 29 Folder 6 | Book 36, July-August, 1892 |
| Box 29 Folder 7 | Book 37, August-September, 1892 |
| Box 29 Folder 8 | Book 38, September-October, 1892 |
| Box 29 Folder 9 | Book 39, October-November, 1892 |
| Box 29 Folder 10 | Book 40, November, 1892-January, 1893 |
| Box 30 Folder 1 | Book 40, November, 1892-January, 1893 |
| Box 30 Folder 2 | Book 41, January-September, 1893 |
| Box 30 Folder 3 | Book 42, September-November, 1893 |
| Box 30 Folder 4 | Book 43, November, 1893-March, 1894 |
| Box 30 Folder 5 | Book 44, March-May, 1894 |
| Box 30 Folder 6 | Book 45, May-July, 1894 |
| Box 30 Folder 7 | Book 46, July-August, 1894 |
| Box 30 Folder 8 | Book 47, August-September, 1894 |
| Box 30 Folder 9 | Book 48, September-October, 1894 |
| Box 30 Folder 10 | Book 49, October-November, 1894 |
| Box 30 Folder 11 | Book 50, November-December, 1894 |
| Box 31 Folder 1 | Book 51, January-March, 1895 |
| Box 31 Folder 2 | Book 52, March-April, 1895 |
| Box 31 Folder 3 | Book 53, April-June, 1895 |
| Box 31 Folder 4 | Book 54, June-August, 1895 |
| Box 31 Folder 5 | Book 55, August-September, 1895 |
| Box 31 Folder 6 | Book, EEB at Lick, Duplicate Copy of His Duplicate Copy of His L.O. Notes, see vols. 38-40, n.d. |
Subseries 3: Alphabetical Notebooks |
| Box 32 Folder 1 | Notebook A, Measures of Borrelly’s and L.D. Neg M13 and Potsdam, n.d. |
| Box 32 Folder 2 | Notebook B, M13 Measure of Y.O. Photograph, 1903-1904 |
| Box 32 Folder 3 | Notebook C, Measures of Potsdam Photograph of Messier 13, n.d. |
| Box 32 Folder 4 | Notebook D, Photographic Measures, 1907 |
| Box 32 Folder 5 | Notebook E, Measures of Photograph of M13, n.d. |
| Box 32 Folder 6 | Notebook F, Measures of Photograph of M13, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 1 | Notebook G, Measures of Photograph of M13, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 2 | Notebook H, Photographic Measurements, M92, Andromeda Nebula, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 3 | Notebook I, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 4 | Notebook J, Measures of M5, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 5 | Notebook K, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 6 | Notebook L, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 7 | Notebook L, Loose Pages, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 8 | Notebook M, n.d. |
| Box 33 Folder 9 | Notebook N, 1912-1913 |
| Box 34 Folder 1 | Notebook O, 1912-1913 |
| Box 34 Folder 2 | Notebook P, 1913-1914 |
| Box 34 Folder 3 | Notebook Q, 1914-1915 |
| Box 34 Folder 4 | Loose items from Notebook Q, 1914-1915 |
| Box 34 Folder 5 | Notebook R, 1914 |
| Box 34 Folder 6 | Loose items from Notebook R, 1914 |
| Box 34 Folder 7 | Notebook S, 1917-1920 |
| Box 34 Folder 8 | Notebook T, Eclipse Expedition Notes, 1917-1918 |
| Box 35 Folder 1 | Notebook U, Eclipse Expedition, 1918 |
| Box 35 Folder 2 | Notebook W, 1911 |
| Box 35 Folder 3 | Notebook Y, Loose Paper, 1900 |
| Box 35 Folder 4 | Notebook V, Total Solar Eclipse, May 28, 1900 |
| Box 35 Folder 5 | Notebook X, Observations at Mount Wilson, 1911 |
| Box 35 Folder 6 | Notebook Y, Miscellaneous Notes, 1898-1906 |
| Box 35 Folder 7 | Notebook Z, Miscellaneous Notes, n.d. |
Subseries 4: Numbered Notebooks I |
| Box 36 Folder 1 | Book 11, September- October, 1898 |
| Box 36 Folder 2 | Book 12, October- December, 1898 |
| Box 36 Folder 3 | Book 13, December, 1898-February 1899 |
| Box 36 Folder 4 | Book 14, February- March, 1899 |
| Box 36 Folder 5 | Book 15, March- April, 1899 |
| Box 36 Folder 6 | Book 16, April- May, 1899 |
| Box 37 Folder 1 | Book 17, May- July, 1899 |
| Box 37 Folder 2 | Book 18, July- August, 1899 |
| Box 37 Folder 3 | Book 19, August- September, 1899 |
| Box 37 Folder 4 | Book 20, September, 1899 |
| Box 37 Folder 5 | Book 21, September- October, 1899 |
| Box 37 Folder 6 | Book 22, October- November, 1899 |
| Box 37 Folder 7 | Book 23, November, 1899- April, 1900 |
| Box 38 Folder 1 | Book 25, April- June, 1900 |
| Box 38 Folder 2 | Book 26, June- July, 1900 |
| Box 38 Folder 3 | Book 27, July- August, 1900 |
| Box 38 Folder 4 | Book 28, August- September, 1900 |
| Box 38 Folder 5 | Book 29, October, 1900 |
| Box 38 Folder 6 | Book 30, October- November, 1900 |
| Box 38 Folder 7 | Book 31, November, 1900 |
| Box 39 Folder 1 | Book 32, November-December, 1900 |
| Box 39 Folder 2 | Book 33, December, 1900-January, 1901 |
| Box 39 Folder 3 | Book 34, January-August, 1901 |
| Box 39 Folder 4 | Book 35, August- October, 1901 |
| Box 39 Folder 5 | Book 36, October-November, 1901 |
| Box 39 Folder 6 | Book 37, November-December, 1901 |
| Box 40 Folder 1 | Book 38, December, 1901-January, 1902 |
| Box 40 Folder 2 | Book 39, January-March, 1902 |
| Box 40 Folder 3 | Book 40, March-April, 1902 |
| Box 40 Folder 4 | Book 41, April-June, 1902 |
| Box 40 Folder 5 | Book 42, June-July, 1902 |
| Box 40 Folder 6 | Book 43, July-August, 1902 |
| Box 40 Folder 7 | Book 44, August-October, 1902 |
| Box 41 Folder 1 | Book 45, November, 1902-January, 1903 |
| Box 41 Folder 2 | Book 46, January-March, 1903 |
| Box 41 Folder 3 | Book 48, May-June, 1903 |
| Box 41 Folder 4 | Book 49, July-August, 1903 |
| Box 41 Folder 5 | Book 50, August-September, 1903 |
| Box 42 Folder 1 | Book 51, September 25 -October 31, 1903 |
| Box 42 Folder 2 | Book 52, November 2 -December 25, 1903 |
| Box 42 Folder 3 | Book 53, December, 1903-March, 1904 |
| Box 42 Folder 4 | Book 54, April-June, 1904 |
| Box 42 Folder 5 | Book 55, June-August, 1904 |
| Box 42 Folder 6 | Book 56, August-October, 1904 |
| Box 42 Folder 7 | Book 57, October-November, 1904 |
| Box 43 Folder 1 | Book 58, November, 1904-December, 1905 |
| Box 43 Folder 2 | Book 59, December, 1905-March, 1906 |
| Box 43 Folder 3 | Book 60, March-July, 1906 |
| Box 43 Folder 4 | Book 61, July- September, 1906 |
| Box 43 Folder 5 | Book 62, September- November, 1906 |
| Box 43 Folder 6 | Book 63, November, 1906- February, 1907 |
| Box 44 Folder 1 | Book 64, February- April, 1907 |
| Box 44 Folder 2 | Book 65, April- August, 1907 |
| Box 44 Folder 3 | Book 66, August- October, 1907 |
| Box 44 Folder 4 | Book 67, October- November, 1907 |
| Box 44 Folder 5 | Book 68, November, 1907- March, 1908 |
| Box 44 Folder 6 | Book 69, March- April, 1908 |
| Box 44 Folder 7 | Book 70, April- June, 1908 |
| Box 45 Folder 1 | Book 71, June- August, 1908 |
| Box 45 Folder 2 | Book 72, August- October, 1908 |
| Box 45 Folder 3 | Book 73, October, 1908- January, 1909 |
| Box 45 Folder 4 | Book 74, January-April, 1909 |
| Box 45 Folder 5 | Book 75, April-July, 1909 |
| Box 45 Folder 6 | Book 76, July-September, 1909 |
| Box 46 Folder 1 | Book 77, September-November, 1909 |
| Box 46 Folder 2 | Book 78, December, 1909- January, 1910 |
| Box 46 Folder 3 | Book 79, February- May, 1910 |
| Box 46 Folder 4 | Book 80, May-June, 1910 |
| Box 46 Folder 5 | Book 81, June-August, 1910 |
| Box 46 Folder 6 | Book 82, August-October, 1910 |
| Box 47 Folder 1 | Book 83, October-November, 1910 |
| Box 47 Folder 2 | Book 84, November, 1910-January, 1911 |
| Box 47 Folder 3 | Book 85, January-April, 1911 |
| Box 47 Folder 4 | Book 86, April-July, 1911 |
| Box 47 Folder 5 | Book 87, July-August, 1911 |
| Box 48 Folder 1 | Book 88, August-October, 1911 |
| Box 48 Folder 2 | Book 89, October, 1911- February, 1912 |
| Box 48 Folder 3 | Book 90, February-June, 1912 |
| Box 48 Folder 4 | Book 91, June-August, 1912 |
| Box 48 Folder 5 | Book 92, August-October, 1912 |
| Box 48 Folder 6 | Book 93, October-December, 1912 |
| Box 49 Folder 1 | Book 94, December, 1912- March, 1913 |
| Box 49 Folder 2 | Book 95, March-June, 1913 |
| Box 49 Folder 3 | Book 96, June-July, 1913 |
| Box 49 Folder 4 | Book 97, July-September, 1913 |
| Box 49 Folder 5 | Book 98, September-November, 1913 |
| Box 49 Folder 6 | Book 99, November, 1913- February, 1914 |
| Box 50 Folder 1 | Book 100, February, 1914-April, 1915 |
| Box 50 Folder 2 | Book 101, April-July, 1915 |
| Box 50 Folder 3 | Book 102, July-October, 1915 |
| Box 50 Folder 4 | Book 104, November, 1915- February, 1916 |
| Box 50 Folder 5 | Book 105, February-March, 1916 |
| Box 51 Folder 1 | Book 106, April-June, 1916 |
| Box 51 Folder 2 | Book 107, June-August, 1916 |
| Box 51 Folder 3 | Book 108, August-October, 1916 |
| Box 51 Folder 4 | Book 109, October-November, 1916 |
| Box 51 Folder 5 | Book 110, November-December, 1916 |
| Box 52 Folder 1 | Book 111, December, 1916-February, 1917 |
| Box 52 Folder 2 | Book 112, February-May, 1917 |
| Box 52 Folder 3 | Book 113, May-July, 1917 |
| Box 52 Folder 4 | Book 114, July-August, 1917 |
| Box 52 Folder 5 | Book 115, August-November, 1917 |
| Box 53 Folder 1 | Book 116, November, 1917- January, 1918 |
| Box 53 Folder 2 | Book 117, January-March, 1918 |
| Box 53 Folder 3 | Book 118, March-April, 1918 |
| Box 53 Folder 4 | Book 119, June-July, 1918 |
| Box 53 Folder 5 | Book 120, July-September, 1918 |
| Box 53 Folder 6 | Book 121, September- November, 1918 |
| Box 54 Folder 1 | Book 122, November, 1918- January, 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 2 | Book 123, January-February, 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 3 | Book 124, February-March, 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 4 | Book 125, March-May, 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 5 | Book 126, May-July, 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 6 | Book 127, July-August, 1919 |
| Box 55 Folder 1 | Book 128, August-September, 1919 |
| Box 55 Folder 2 | Book 129, September-November, 1919 |
| Box 55 Folder 3 | Book 130, November, 1919- January, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 4 | Book 131, January-February, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 5 | Book 132, February-April, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 6 | Book 133, April-June, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 7 | Book 134, June-July, 1920 |
| Box 56 Folder 1 | Book 135, July-August, 1920 |
| Box 56 Folder 2 | Book 136, August-September, 1920 |
| Box 56 Folder 3 | Book 137, September- October, 1920 |
| Box 56 Folder 4 | Book 138, October-December, 1920 |
| Box 56 Folder 5 | Book 139, December, 1920-January, 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 6 | Book 140, January- March, 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 7 | Book 141, March-April, 1921 |
| Box 57 Folder 1 | Book 142, April-June, 1921 |
| Box 57 Folder 2 | Book 143, June-July, 1921 |
| Box 57 Folder 3 | Book 144, July-September, 1921 |
| Box 57 Folder 4 | Book 145, September-November, 1921 |
| Box 57 Folder 5 | Book 146, November, 1921-January, 1922 |
| Box 57 Folder 6 | Book 147, January-March, 1922 |
| Box 57 Folder 7 | Book 148, March-April, 1922 |
| Box 58 Folder 1 | Book 149, April-June, 1922 |
| Box 58 Folder 2 | Book 150, June-July, 1922 |
| Box 58 Folder 3 | Book 151, July-September, 1922 |
| Box 58 Folder 4 | Book 152, September-November, 1922 |
| Box 58 Folder 5 | Book 153, November-December, 1922 |
Subseries 5: Other Notebooks |
| Box 59 Folder 1 | Book 7, 1902-1903 |
| Box 59 Folder 2 | Book 9, 1903 |
| Box 59 Folder 3 | Book 10, 1903 |
| Box 59 Folder 4 | Book 11, 1903-1904 |
| Box 59 Folder 5 | Book 12, 1904 |
| Box 59 Folder 6 | Book 13, 1904 |
| Box 60 Folder 1 | Book 14, 1904-1905 |
| Box 60 Folder 2 | Book 15, 1905 |
| Box 60 Folder 3 | Book 16, 1905 |
| Box 60 Folder 4 | Book 17, n.d. |
| Box 60 Folder 5 | Bruce Telescope, 1904-1905 |
| Box 60 Folder 6 | Bruce Telescope II, 1905-1906 |
| Box 60 Folder 7 | Bruce Telescope III, 1906-1907 |
Series III: General |
This series includes drafts of various Barnard speeches and as well as his first astronomy book.
| Box 61 Folder 1 | E.E. Barnard Address at Vanderbilt University, n.d. |
| Box 61 Folder 2 | Gummere John, Elementary Treatise on Astronomy, 1846 |
| Box 61 Folder 3-4 | Talks, Drafts, 1898-1924 |
Series IV: Oversize |
| Box 62 Folder 1 | Charts, Drawings, Data, 1898 (See Oversize) |
| Box 62 Folder 2 | Charts, Drawings, Data, 1897-1926 (See Oversize) |