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An architect's rendering by Clarence T. Jones of Chattanooga, TN shows the building as planned in the late 1940s. The caption reads: "Proposed University Center Observatory. This is to be located about one-fourth mile south of the Agnes Scott campus, on a site that is high and relatively free of city lights. It will cost about $85,000." |
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A newspaper article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution about the arrival of the Beck Telescope at Agnes Scott College. |
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Pencil sketch of the Beck Telescope by Bill Close, one of the founding members of the Atlanta Astronomy Club, made upon its arrival at the Observatory. |
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A 1950 etching of the Bradley Observatory, showing the western elevation. This etching was used for the President's Christmas card in that year. |
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The original advertisement from Popular Astronomy (October 1948, Volume LVI, Number 8) for the Beck Telescope. All the listed equipment is stored in the Observatory dome. |
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The Bradley Observatory was dedicated on June 3, 1950. In September 1950, a few months after its dedication, the Bradley Observatory appeared on the cover of Sky & Telescope. The Sky & Telescope article describes the Observatory and the early days of astronomy at Agnes Scott College.
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