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Gathering the forgotten voices: an oral history of the CFHT's early years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Mary Beth Laychak  and
Liz Bryson
Mary Beth Laychak
Affiliation:
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, 65-1238 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743, USA email: laychak@cfht.hawaii.edu, bryson@cfht.hawaii.edu
Liz Bryson
Affiliation:
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, 65-1238 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743, USA email: laychak@cfht.hawaii.edu, bryson@cfht.hawaii.edu
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Abstract

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They came to the Big Island from as far away as Murrumbeena, Australia, and as near by as Hilo, Hawaii. They were progeny of Scottish coal miners, French physicists, Chicago truck drivers, Japanese samurai and Big Island cane workers. Together, these men and women would build and commission one of the most dynamic and productive 3.6 meter telescopes in the world that remains in the forefront of science and technology. The CFHT oral history DVD preserves the stories of the first decade and a half of the observatory.

Keywords

Oral historyobservatoriestelescopesMauna KeaHawaii
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture , January 2009 , E17
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

References

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