Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Alan H. Shapley, geophysicist and science administrator, were given to the Library of Congress by Shapley in 2004.
Processing History
The Alan H. Shapley Papers were processed in 2015 by Joseph K. Brooks with the assistance of Jeffery Bryson and Maria Farmer. Additional material was processed in 2017 and the finding aid revised.
Transfers
A large format photographic negative depicting the launching of a V-2 rocket has been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where it has been identified as part of the Alan H. Shapley Papers. Four maps of Antarctica and one of Alaska have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division. Five numbers of the Commerce Department publication Soviet Bloc International Geophysical Year Information have been transferred to the Serial and Government Publications Division.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Alan H. Shapley Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.