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Talk of the Archives Changing of the guard
Among many other scholarly achievements, Goodstein wrote a history of Caltech, Millikan's School (1991). Goodstein is succeeded in the Archives by long-time associate archivist Shelley Erwin. |
observed by him the previous fall with his new telescope. An original edition of his book, The Sidereal Messenger, along with first editions of all of Galileo' s major works, may be found in the rare book collection at Caltech. 
And old friends like the Hale papers continue to remind us of the critical role Pasadena and Caltech have played in astronomy for well over 100 years. 
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