Reading Nature, Observing Science: Examining Material Practices in the Lick Observatory Archives and Kenneth S. Norris PapersMain MenuIntroduction to the Lick Observatory ArchivesThe Lick Observatory: Imaging the CosmosThe Lick Observatory: Eclipse ExpeditionsEclipse Intro page (first in a path)Introduction to Kenneth S. Norris PapersKenneth S. Norris Papers: Natural History in PracticeKenneth S. Norris Papers: Pedagogy and ConservationConnections: Materials of ObservationVisualization of the ConnectionsVisualizes the connections between all the contentReading Nature, Observing ScienceCaptions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special CollectionsAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceDanielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
Connections: In Relation to Nature
1media/UA66/UA66_Bx6_Research Photographs (undated) 3.jpg2016-05-27T16:59:37-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a691843These images demonstrate the different constructions of nature in the two archivesplain2016-06-04T19:16:49-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Dr. Campbell's report of the Flint Island expedition assures the reader that camp-life there was "wholly devoid of unpleasantness" and mentions that the party had found time for "a successful turtle hunt on the coral beach, in alternating moonlight and tropical downpour." Mrs Campbell's album from the trip contains multiple photos of the party members happily looking at large turtles strung up on poles or laid out on a tram car, and one particularly striking image of Mrs Campbell sitting atop of a turtle that is tied to a tree. The climate, topography, and ecology of each location could be either an interesting addendum or a problem to be overcome, but were not of primary interest to the astronomers. These images suggest that, while the astronomers took pleasure in observing the natural world, they saw themselves as dominant over and separate from other animals.
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12016-05-11T22:14:51-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Mrs Campbell on a turtle4Mrs Campbell sitting upon a turtle, Flint Island, 1922. She joined all the eclipse expeditions that her husband led.media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_FlintIslandTurtle009.jpgplain2016-06-04T19:21:15-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-03T15:40:51-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e1973 Natural History Class at Kelso Dunes3Photograph of students hiking at Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert during the first Natural History Field Quarter in 1973.media/UA66_Bx 73_Field Quarter Kelso Dunes (1973).jpgplain2016-06-05T20:00:57-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-03T15:53:30-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08ePhotograph of Norris and Students during Natural History Field Quarter (undated)3Photograph of Norris with students on a train car during the Natural History Field Quarter.media/UA 66_Bx26, Folder 17_Natural History Field Quarter.jpgplain2016-06-06T08:09:34-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-03T16:48:26-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Turtles on a Tram Car, Flint Island1Turtles on a Tram Car, Flint Island, 1908media/UA36_Bx462A_Turtles on tram.jpgplain2016-06-03T16:48:27-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
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12016-05-11T22:14:51-07:00Mrs Campbell on a turtle4Mrs Campbell sitting upon a turtle, Flint Island, 1922. She joined all the eclipse expeditions that her husband led.media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_FlintIslandTurtle009.jpgplain2016-06-04T19:21:15-07:00
12016-06-03T16:48:26-07:00Turtles on a Tram Car, Flint Island1Turtles on a Tram Car, Flint Island, 1908media/UA36_Bx462A_Turtles on tram.jpgplain2016-06-03T16:48:27-07:00