• Title
  Henry Chamberlain Russell papers, 1856-1912
• Creator
  Henry Chamberlain Russell, 1836-1907
• Call number
  MLMSS 6755/Box 1X
  R 895
  R 896
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1856-1912
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Objects
• Reference code
  402598
• Physical Description
  0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) includes photographs - manuscript, printed, and typescript
  Clippings
  Objects
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Henry Chamberlain Russell was born at West Maitland, New South Wales, in March 1836. He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1859 and was associated with the University for the rest of his life, eventually becoming Vice-Chancellor. In 1870 he was appointed the Government Astronomer, in which position he observed the transit of Venus in 1874. He published widely in the field of astronomy. Russell was also a meteorologist and a pioneer of weather forecasting in Australia, and he was interested in applying photography to astronomy. He was a member of many scientific organisations, became a Fellow of the Royal Society, London, in 1886 and was awarded a C.M.G. in 1890. -- The Australian Encyclopaedia. Sydney: Grolier Society of Australia, 1965. (Vol.7 pp.522-3).
• Scope and Content
  1856; Handwritten receipt from the University of Sydney for the sum of two pounds paid by Mr Bourne Russell for the matriculation of his son, Henry Chamberlain.
  
  1857; Certificate (in Latin, with translation) issued for completing the second year of studies in Arts at the University of Sydney.`
  
  Date unknown; Hand coloured photograph of Henry Chamberlain Russell, 2 cm by 3 cm, believed to have been in a locket
  
  1874; Sepia photograph, together with an enlarged black and white copy, of astronomers observing the transit of Venus. Photograph inscribed on reverse "Lord Howe Island".
  
  1890; Citation for membership as Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
  
  1870-1912; Correspondence relating to the appointment as Government Astronomer, to the admittance into the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and to membership of the Royal Society. Also a letter received by Mrs Russell after the death of her husband.
  
  1887; Circular bronze medal, diameter 6.5 cm, inscribed in Dutch "In honour of 40 years fruitful academic work, 1847-1887" (Located at R 895)
  
  1890; Russell's C.M.G. Medal (Located at R 896)
  
  1907; "List of scientific papers, etc, by the late Henry Chamberlain Russell."
  
  1885; "List of scientific papers, reports, etc, by Henry Chamberlain Russell."
  
  1889; "Symons' monthly meteorological magazine". London, Feb. 1889.
  
  189-; Letterhead of the Sydney Observatory.
  
  Date unknown; Newspaper cutting relating to Russell and his father, Bourne Russell Esq.
  
  Date unknown; Printed biographical notes of H.C. Russell.
  
  1870; Photocopy of New South Wales Government Gazette for 19 August 1870, when Russell was appointed Government Astronomer.
  
  1893; Photocopy of the Illustrated Sydney News, 17 June 1893, giving a personal portrait of Russell.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Applies to R 895 and R 896
• Finding Aids
  Transcription of 1857 certificate: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a916.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 824215
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Carrington, Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, Baron, 1843-1928
  MacLaurin, Henry, Sir, 1835-1914
  
• Name
  Royal Society (Great Britain)
  University of Sydney
  
• Subject
  Astronomers--New South Wales.
  Civil servants--New South Wales.
  Meteorologists--New South Wales.
  Sydney Observatory.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1050382

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