| RefNo | RHB/1/12/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Family scrapbook compiled by Heather Hanbury Brown, vol 2, 1959-1963 |
| Date | 1959-1963 |
| Description | Inscription on the first page summarises the contents as follows: 'Towards Love and Astronomy in a Hot Climate. The heights of fame and rosy prospects which were sacrificed for "the experiment of the decade".
Contents listed as:
Holweck Prize - Paris - April 1959.
Camping in Spain - via Dordogne.
Harry Fairhurst's wedding
Wales - Family holiday at Nevin [Nefyn]
Limerick I & II - Duke of Edinburgh at Jodrell
THE CHAIR 1959, THE GRANT for Narrabri
FS 1960 (+DSc!) Tercentenary of RS
Camping in Spain via France again
Rochester optics conference - URSI in London
Pembrokeshire - Lewis Bowens at Boncath
King of Nepal at Jodrell. USA Cal. Tech.
ACBL [Alfed Charles Bernard Lovell] knighted 1961 - Big Bang/Steady State controversy
Gagarin in space RHB in Rue du Midi
Edinburgh, Lake District, Wales Toladen Bay & Seaforth
Voyage out & Australia. The first 2 years of Narrabri.
Encounters with Canberra establishment. International Astronomical Union visit
Yamba. The voyage back. Much PRESS |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Format | Photograph |
| Printed |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Scrapbook bound in green canvas covered boards with gold embossing on the spine |
| Dimensions | 380mm x 280mm |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | Requests for reproduction or publication should be directed to the Hanbury Brown family. |
| Copies | Digitial images (tiff files) |