Domestic and World Events
During Lampland's 49 year tenure at Lowell Observatory, domestic and world events affected life and work at the Observatory. Lampland's correspondence contains many references to World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Russian Bolshevik Revolution, and the Cold War.
This exhibit is a small sample of Lampland's correspondence. All of his letters pertaining to Domestic and World Events are available as PDF files on our Collections page.
World War I
Tennessee Evolution Case
The Great Depression
World War II
Russia/Soviet Union

Appeal on behalf of Charushin's Russian friends for intercourse with the rest of the civilized world after the Bolshevik Revolution

Brief biography of Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich, one of the many Russian astronomers executed during the Stalin Regime