Conant Library and Observatory
Dublin Core
Title
Conant Library and Observatory
Subject
Nichols College--Buildings--Libraries; Universities and Colleges--Massachusetts--Dudley; Nichols College---Buildings--Observatories; Nichols College--History
Description
A photograph of the Conant Library and Observatory, presently the Nichols College Chapel, taken between its construction in 1832 and the appearance of the image in the Nichols Academy Catalogue in 1896. The Conant Library and Observatory originally housed the Nichols Academy Library, two telescopes, and had telegraphic communications with the world via Western Union lines. It was built by Hezekiah Conant, a former student of Nichols Academy.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
1883-1896?
Relation
Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
Format
image/jpg
Language
en-US
Type
Image
Files
Collection
Citation
“Conant Library and Observatory,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/887.
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