Title: Walter Scott Houston Photographs
Inclusive Dates: circa 1930-1987 (bulk 1930s-1950s)

Creator:

• Houston, Walter Scott

Call Number: PH 6741

Quantity: 1.4 cubic feet of negatives (4 negative boxes) and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (2 folders)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Photographs, primarily black and white negatives, circa 1930-1987 (bulk 1930s-1950s), relating to the life of Walter Scott Houston (1912-1993), an English teacher and amateur astronomer, consisting of images of Houston, his family and friends, locations in Milwaukee, Green Lake, Plum Lake, Rosendale, and Madison, Wisconsin, as well as telescopes and observatories at Michigan, Harvard University and elsewhere. Also included are print photographs, biographical materials, and a copy of a satirical newsletter for his friends in amateur astronomy titled “The Great Plains Disturber” (as opposed to his usual newsletter “The Great Plains Observer”).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph06741

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Walter Scott Houston was born in Teppecanoe, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He organized the Moonwatch group satellite spotter group at Kansas State University, and wrote “Deep Sky Wonders,” a monthly column for Sky & Telescope magazine from 1946 until his death. Asteroid 3031 was named Houston in 1986 in his honor.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Miriam Houston of Madison, Wisconsin, 1997. Accession Number: M97-163

PH 6741	Series: Negatives
Box   1 Sleeve   1-71	Images of Houston's astronomy interests
Box   1 Sleeve   72-75	Biology trips
Box   1 Sleeve   76-78	Middletown, Connecticut
Box   1 Sleeve   79-80	Manhattan and Zeandale
Box   1 Sleeve   81-82	Kansas State, 1939
Box   1 Sleeve   83-84	Saint Louis, Missouri
Box   1 Sleeve   85-90	Turner and Selman
Box   1 Sleeve   91-93	Milwaukee School of Engineering
Box   1 Sleeve   94-109	Cincinnati, Ohio
Box   1 Sleeve   110-124	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Box   1 Sleeve   125-150	807 East Otjen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Box   1 Sleeve   151-159	Madison, Wisconsin
Box   2 Sleeve   160-183	Plum Lake
Box   2 Sleeve   184-213	Rosendale
Box   2 Sleeve   214-302	Unclassified
Box   2 Sleeve   303-309	Microscope
Box   2 Sleeve   310-316	Theater shots
Box   3 Sleeve   317-353	Observatories
Box   3 Sleeve   354-370	Telescopes
Box   3 Sleeve   371-377	Copy work
Box   3 Sleeve   378-385	Astronomy
Box   3 Sleeve   386-454	Harvard Observatory
Box   3 Sleeve   455-458	Michigan Observatory
Box   3 Sleeve   459-463	Girl Scout, 1936
Box   3 Sleeve   464-524	Minikani
Box   4 Sleeve   525-648	Pacific Coast trip
	Series: Prints	⇧
Folder   1	Photographs
Folder   2	Newsletters and biographical material