PUBLICATIONS BY HARLOW SHAPLEY

Prepared by Mildred Shapley Matthews (1978)

Published by Bart Jan Bok (1978) ¹

Updated by Thomas Joseph Bogdan (2020) ² 

¹ Harlow Shapley. 1885-1972. A biographical memoir.  by Bart J. Bok.  Copyright 1978.  National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., 49:241-91.  http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shapley-harlow.pdf

² Note from Bogdan: Included are all publications compiled by Mildred Shapley Matthews for which I could confirm the existence and verify the citation particulars. I omitted all entries pertaining to the reproduction of Abstracts of papers presented at meetings.  I omitted explicit tabulation of all Harvard College Observatory Circulars.  Observatory publications and monographs are listed separately from the remaining publications.  Additional publications not in the Mildred Shapley Matthews compilation have been added where appropriate.

Starlight.  The Humanizing of Knowledge Series.  (New York, NY: George H. Doran Company), --+143.  [1926]

The Universe of Stars. Radio Talks from the Harvard Observatory.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Cecilia H. Payne.  (Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Observatory), ix+205.  [1926]

The Stars.  Reading with a Purpose. Volume 30.  (Chicago, IL: American Library Association), --+28.  [1927]

A Source Book in Astronomy.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Helen E. Howarth.  (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc), xvi+412.  [1929]

Flights from Chaos. A Survey of Material Systems from Atoms to Galaxies.  (New York, NY: Whittlesey House), vii+168.  [1930]

Star Clusters.  Harvard College Observatory Monograph No. 2.  (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.), xi+276.  [1930]

A Treasury of Science.  1st Edition.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Samuel Rapport & Helen Wright.  (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers), xi+716.  [1943]

Galaxies.  (Philadelphia, PA: Blakiston Company), vii+229.  [1943]

A Treasury of Science.  Revised Edition.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Samuel Rapport & Helen Wright.  (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers), xii+772.  [1946]

Readings in the Physical Sciences.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Samuel Rapport & Helen Wright.  (New York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts), xii+501.  [1948]

Climatic Change. Evidence, Causes, and Effects.  Edited by Harlow Shapley.  (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), xii+318.  [1953]

A Treasury of Science.  3rd Edition.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Samuel Rapport & Helen Wright.  (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers), xii+726.  [1954]

The Inner Metagalaxy.  (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press), xiii+204.  [1957]

A Treasury of Science.  4th Edition.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Samuel Rapport & Helen Wright.  (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers), xiii+776.  [1958]

Of Stars and Men.  Human Response to an Expanding Universe.  (Boston, MA: Beacon Press), vi+157.  [1958]

A Source Book in Astronomy. 1900-1950.  Edited by Harlow Shapley.  (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), xv+423.  [1960]

Science Ponders Religion.  Edited by Harlow Shapley.  (New York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.), x+308.  [1960]

Galaxies.  Revised Edition.  (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), --+186.  [1961]

A Treasury of Science.  5th Edition.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Samuel Rapport & Helen Wright.  (New York, NY: Grolier Inc.), xiii+788.  [1963]

The View from a Distant Star. Man’s Future in the Universe.  (New York, NY: Basic Books, Inc.), ix+212.  [1963]

Of Stars and Men.  The Human Response to an Expanding Universe.  Revised & Illustrated Edition.  (Boston, MA: Beacon Press), iii+134.  [1964]

With Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs & Antoinette de Vaucouleurs.  Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies.  (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press), --+268.  [1964]  [Revision of Annals of Harvard College Observatory, 88(2):44-76.]

The New Treasury of Science.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Samuel Rapport & Helen Wright.  (New York, NY: Harper & Row), vi+762.  [1965]

Beyond the Observatory.  (New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons), --+223.  [1967]

Through Rugged Ways to the Stars. Ad astra per aspera.  (New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons), vii+180.  [1969]

With Paul Hodge.  Galaxies.  3rd Edition.  (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), x+232.  [1973]

1909

Astronomy in Horace.  Popular Astronomy, 17(7): 397-401.

1910

Provisional elements of the Algol variable 21.1910 RW Capricorni.  Astronomische Nachrichten, 186(4457):285-286.

Curious lunar theories of an ancient scientist.  Popular Astronomy, 18(3):132-136.

The Perseids of 1910.  Ibid, 18(8):486-488.

1911

Photometric measures of Nova 137.1910 Lacertae.  Astronomische Nachrichten, 188(4493):73-76.

Note concerning two BD stars.  Ibid, 188(4500):213-216.

1912

On the periods and secondary minima of some variable stars.  Astronomische Nachrichten, 192(4589):79-82.

A new variable star 34.1912 Tauri.  Ibid, 193(4620):227.

With Henry Norris Russell.  On darkening at the limb in eclipsing variables. I. Astrophysical Journal, 36(3):239-254.

Elements of the eclipsing variables W Delphini, S Cancri, SW Cygni and U Cephei.  Ibid, 36(4):269-295.

With Henry Norris Russell.  On darkening at the limb in eclipsing variables. II.  Ibid, 36(5):385-408.

Eclipsing binaries.  Popular Astronomy, 20(9):572-579.

Notes on the periods of 15 eclipsing variables.  Ibid, 20(10):655-656.

1913

The orbits of RZ Ophiuchi and ε Aurigae, treated as eclipsing binaries.  Astronomische Nachrichten, 194(4645):226-232.

Concerning the ellipsoidal variables SZ Tauri and S Antliae.  Ibid, 194(4653):353-360.

A new eclipsing binary whose spectroscopic orbit is known.  Ibid, 196(4702):383-384.

Variability of the light of Alcor.  Ibid, 196(4703):397-398.

The visual and photographic ranges and provisional orbits of Y Piscium and RR Draconis.  Astrophysical Journal, 37(3):154-163.

The orbits of eighty-seven eclipsing binaries --- a summary.  Ibid, 38(2):158-174.

Notes on the periods of nine eclipsing variables.  Popular Astronomy, 21(3):142-144.

1914

Remarks on the light variations of V Cephei.  Astronomische Nachrichten, 196(4704):417-420.

With Henry Norris Russell.  Elements of the eclipsing variable stars Z Draconis and RT Persei.  Astrophysical Journal, 39(5):405-427.

Intermediate degrees of darkening at the limb of stellar disks with an application to the orbit of Algol.  Ibid, 40(2):219-225.

The spectroscopic orbit of RX Herculis determined from three plates with a new photometric orbit and absolute dimensions.  Ibid, 40(4):399-416.

With Henry Norris Russell.  On the distribution of eclipsing variable stars in space.  Ibid, 40(5):417-434.

New variables in the center of Messier 3.  Ibid, 40(5):443-447.

On the nature and cause of Cepheid variation.  Ibid, 40(5):448-465.

With F.H. Seares.  Color variations of the cluster-type variable RS Boötis.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 26(154):202-204.

Color indices in the system of TW Andromedae.  Ibid, 26(155):258-260.

1915

Note concerning 88 d Tauri.  Astronomische Nachrichten, 201(4801):27-28.

Miscellaneous notes on variable stars.  Astrophysical Journal, 41(4):291-306.

With Martha Betz Shapley.  A study of the light curve of XX Cygni.  Ibid, 42(2):148-162.

Note on the densities of second-type stars.  Ibid, 42(3):271-282.

With Martha Betz Shapley.  The light curve of XX Cygni as a contribution to the study of Cepheid variation.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1(8):452-456.

Second type stars of low mean density.  Ibid, 1(8):459-461.

With Frederick H. Seares.  Distribution of colors among the stars of NGC 1647 and M 67.  Ibid, 1(9):483-487.

Note on the color of the faint stars in the Orion nebula.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 27(157):40-41.

Four new variable stars in the Hercules cluster.  Ibid, 27(159):134.

Note on the periods of close binaries.  Ibid, 27(159):135.

A seventh variable star in the Hercules cluster.  Ibid, 27(161):238.

1916

On the changes in the spectrum, period, and light-curve of the Cepheid variable RR Lyrae.  Astrophysical Journal, 43(3):217-233.

The variations in the spectral type of twenty Cepheid variables.  Ibid, 44(5):273-291.

On the distribution of stars in globular clusters.  The Observatory, 39(506):452-456.

The colors of fifteen variables in M 3.  Popular Astronomy, 24(4):257.

Discovery of eight variable stellar spectra.  Ibid, 24(6):354-355.

Studies of magnitudes in star clusters, I. On the absorption of light in space.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2(1):12-15.

Studies of magnitudes in star clusters, II. On the sequence of spectral types in stellar evolution.  Ibid, 2(1):15-18.

A short period Cepheid with variable spectrum.  Ibid, 2(3):132-136.

With Walter S. Adams.  The spectrum of δ Cephei.  Ibid, 2(3):136-142.

Discovery of eight variable stellar spectra.  Ibid, 2(4):208-209.

Studies of magnitudes in star clusters, III. The colors of the brightest stars in four globular systems.  Ibid, 2(9):525-528.

New light elements and revised orbit of UZ Cygni.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 28(162):31-32.

Absolute magnitude and color of a very faint star.  Ibid, 28(162):32-33.

The colors of fifteen variables in M 3.  Ibid, 28(163):81-82.

Six Cepheids with variable spectra.  Ibid, 28(164):126-127.

Outline and summary of a study of magnitudes in the globular cluster Messier 13.  Ibid, 28(165):171-176.

With Seth B. Nicholson.  The photographic magnitude of the ninth satellite of Jupiter.  Ibid, 28(166):281-282.

A new variable star.  Ibid, 28(166):282-283.

1917

With Seth B. Nicholson.  The orbit and probable size of a very faint asteroid.  Astronomical Journal, 30(710):127-128.

With Seth B. Nicholson.  Observations of the ninth satellite of Jupiter.  Ibid, 30(710):129-130.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. I. The general problem of clusters.  Astrophysical Journal, 45(2):118-122.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. II. Thirteen hundred stars in the Hercules cluster (Messier 13).  Ibid, 45(2):123-140.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. III. A catalogue of 311 stars in Messier 67.  Ibid, 45(2):140-141.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. IV. The galactic cluster Messier 11.  Ibid, 45(3):164-181.

With Francis G. Pease.  On the distribution of stars in twelve globular clusters.  Ibid, 45(4):225-243.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. V. Color-indices of stars in the galactic clouds.  Ibid, 46(1):64-75.

With J. Van Der Bilt.  Notes on the color-curve and light-elements of W Ursae Majoris.  Ibid, 46(4):281-290.

Studies of magnitude in star clusters, IV. On the color of stars in the galactic clouds surrounding Messier 11.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 3(1):25-29.

With Francis G. Pease.  Axes of symmetry in globular clusters.  Ibid, 3(2):96-101.

Studies of magnitude in star clusters, V. Further evidence of the absence of scattering of light in space.  Ibid, 3(4):267-270.

Studies of magnitude in star clusters. VI. The relation of blue stars and variables to galactic planes.  Ibid, 3(4):276-279.

Studies of magnitude in star clusters, VII. A method for the determination of the relative distances of globular clusters.  Ibid, 3(6):479-484.

Light elements of variable 37 in Messier 3.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 29(168):110-112.

With Helen Davis.  Messier’s catalog of nebulae and clusters.  Ibid, 29(170):177-179.

A distant star in high galactic latitude.  Ibid, 29(170):183-184.

Descriptive notes relative to nine clusters.  Ibid, 29(170):185-186.

A faint nova in the Andromeda nebula.  Ibid, 29(171):213.

Note on the magnitudes of novae in spiral nebulae.  Ibid, 29(171):213-217.

The dimensions of a globular cluster.  Ibid, 29(172):245-248.

1918

With Walter S. Adams.  Note on the Cepheid variable SU Cassiopeiae.  Astrophysical Journal, 47(1):46-50.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. VI. On the determination of the distances of globular clusters.  Ibid, 48(2):89-124.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. VII. The distances, distribution in space, and dimensions of 69 globular clusters.  Ibid, 48(3):154-181.

With Frederick H. Seares.  The variation in light and color of RS Boötis.  Ibid, 48(4):214-240.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. VIII. The luminosities and distances of 139 Cepheid variables.  Ibid, 48(5):279-294.

The cluster IC 361.  The Observatory, 41(527):257.

Studies of magnitude in star clusters, VIII. A summary of results bearing on the structure of the sidereal universe.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 4(8):224-229.

Globular clusters and the structure of the galactic system.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 30(173):42-54.

With Helen Davis.  Note on the distribution of stars in the globular cluster Messier 5.  Ibid, 30(174):164-165.

Note on the distant cluster NGC 6440.  Ibid, 30(176):253.

The age of the Earth.  Ibid, 30(177):283-98.

Arbeiten über sternhaufen.  Sirius, 51:87.

1919

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. IX. Three notes on Cepheid variation.  Astrophysical Journal, 49(1):24-41.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. X. A critical magnitude in the sequence of stellar luminosities.  Ibid, 49(2):96-107.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XI. A comparison of the distances of various celestial objects.  Ibid, 49(4):249-265.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XII. Remarks on the arrangement of the sidereal universe.  Ibid, 49(5):311-336. [Reprinted in part in 1999 as Astrophysical Journal, 525(C):137-147.]

With Martha B. Shapley.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XIII. The galactic planes in 41 globular clusters.  Ibid, 50(1):42-49.

With Martha B. Shapley.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XIV. Further remarks on the structure of the galactic system.  Ibid, 50(2):107-140.

On the existence of external galaxies.  Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 13(10):438-446.

Globular clusters, Cepheid variables, and radiation.  Nature, 103(2576):25-27.  [h]

The age of the stars.  Ibid, 103(2589):284.

Obituary---Michel Luizet.  The Observatory, 42(535):60.

Note on the explanation of the absence of globular clusters from the mid-galactic regions.  Ibid, 42(536):82-84.

Darkening at the limb of a pulsating variable star.  Ibid, 42(538):168-170. 

Star clusters and their contribution to knowledge of the universe.  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 58(6):337-345.

Studies of magnitude in star clusters, IX. The distances and distribution of seventy open clusters.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 5(8):344-351.

With Seth B. Nicholson.  On the spectral lines of a pulsating star.  Ibid, 5(10):417-423.

Studies of magnitude in star clusters, X. Spectral type B and the local stellar system.  Ibid, 5(10):434-440.

Obituary---Dr. Michel Luizet.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 31(179):62-63.

Nineteen new variable stars.  Ibid, 31(182):226.

The “new star” in Serpens, 7.1917.  Ibid, 31(182):226-230.

On the existence of external galaxies.  Ibid, 31(183):261-268.

Note on a sensitive spectrographic arrangement.  Ibid, 31(183):278-280.

With J.C. Duncan.  Novae in the Andromeda nebula.  Ibid, 31(183):280-281.

Star clusters and the structure of the universe. I. The rôle of variable stars in the measurement of great stellar distances.  Scientia, 26:269-276.

Star clusters and the structure of the universe. II. Globular clusters as cosmic units.  Ibid, 26:353-361.

Age of the Earth.  Scientific American Supplement, 87(2246):34-35, 42-43.

1920 

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XV. A photometric analysis of the globular cluster system Messier 68.  Astrophysical Journal, 51(1):49-61.

With Helen N. Davis.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XVI. Photometric catalogue of 848 stars in Messier 3.  Ibid, 51(3):140-178.

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XVII. Miscellaneous results.  Ibid, 52(2):73-85.

With Mary Ritchie.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XVIII. The periods and light-curves of 26 Cepheid variables in Messier 72.  Ibid, 52(4):232-247.

Note on the simple device for increasing a photographic power of large telescopes.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 6(3):127-130.

Thermokinetics of Liometopum Apiculatum Mayr.  Ibid, 6(4):204-211.

Studies of magnitude in star clusters, XI. Frequency of curves the absolute magnitude and color index for 1152 giant stars.  Ibid, 6(6):293-300.

With Helen N. Davis.  Studies of magnitude in star clusters, XII. Summary of a photographic investigation of the globular cluster system Messier 3.  Ibid, 6(8):486-489.

Preliminary reports on Pterergates in Pogonomyrmex Californicus.  Ibid, 6(12):687-690.

Note on Pterergates in the California harvester ant.  Psyche, 27:72-74.

W Virginis.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 32(186):156-158.

Photometric parallaxes of nine Cepheid variables.  Ibid, 32(186):162-163.

Star clusters and the structure of the universe. III. On the dimensions and arrangement of the galactic system.  Scientia, 27:93-101.

Star clusters and the structure of the universe. IV. The secondary galaxy and the local stellar group.  Scientia, 27:185-193.

External galaxies.  Scientific American Monthly, 1(5):392-295.

1921

Distance des amas d’étoiles.  L’Astronomie, 35:41.

The local cluster.  Astronomische Nachrichten, 213(5102):231-232.

The galactic distribution of stars of spectral class B.  Astronomische Nachrichten Jubiläumsausgabe, 25-26.  [Reprinted in its entirety in 2009 as Astronomische Nachrichten/Astronomical Notes, 330(6):645-646.]

With Myrtle L. Richmond.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XIX. A photometric survey of the Pleiades.  Astrophysical Journal, 54(5):323-333.

With Heber D. Curtis.  The scale of the universe.  Bulletin of the National Research Council, 2.3(11):171-217.

Note on a possible factor in changes of geological climate.  Journal of Geology, 29(6):502-504.

Note on changes in the period and light-curve of the cluster variable SW Andromedae.  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 81(3):208-213.

With Beatrice W. Mayberry.  Studies of magnitude in star clusters, XIII. Variable stars in NGC 7006.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 7(5):152-154.

Novae and variable stars.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 33(194):185-194.

The size of the galaxy. I. New results from a study of star clusters and the structure of the universe.  Scientific American Monthly, 4(3):196-199.

The size of the galaxy. II. New results from a study of star clusters and the structure of the universe.  Ibid, 4(4):339-343.

1922

Neuer veränderlicher 2.1922 Coronae Australis in NGC 6541.  Astronomische Nachrichten, 215(5155):391.

El sistima galactico.  Boletin del Observatorio Nacional (Cuba), 18(11):213-226.

The universe and life.  Harper’s Monthly Magazine, 146:716-722.

Island universes.  Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, 30(120):473-477.

What we really know about Mars.  The Mentor, 10(7):38-40.

The galactic system. I.  Nature, 110(2764):545-547.

The galactic system. II.  Ibid, 110(2765):578-581.

Universitets dimensioner.  Nordisk Astronomisk Tidsskrift, 3:1-21.

The dimensions of Messier 3.  Popular Astronomy, 30(2):130.

Note on the velocity of light.  Ibid, 30(3):192-193.

Parallax of Messier 5.  Ibid, 30(3):193-194.

Giant stars near the Pleiades.  Ibid, 30(3):195.

Note on the problem of great stellar distances.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 8(4):69-71.

1923

The galactic system.  Popular Astronomy, 31(5):316-327.

Light and color variations of Nova Aquilae 1918.4.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 9(2):39-40.

On the relative velocity of blue light.  Ibid, 9(11):386-390.

Relativity and the Australian eclipse.  The Youth’s Companion, 97(32):473.

1924

With Edward C. Jeffrey & Kirsopp Lake.  Origin of Life.  The Forum, 72(1):100-109.

The coming eclipse.  Harper’s Monthly Magazine, 150:162-168.

How big is the universe?  Ibid, 150:648-657.

Beyond the bounds of the Milky Way.  The Mentor, 12(7):58-59.

Man and his young world.  The Nation, 118(3070):529-531.

The distribution of stars.  Popular Astronomy, 32(7):418-423.

With Annie J. Cannon.  Summary of a study of stellar distributions.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 59(9):215-231.

Note on the thermokinetics of Dolichoderine ants.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10(10):436-439. 

The distribution of the stars.  Scientific Monthly, 18(5):449-455.

The Magellanic clouds.  In Probleme der Astronomie; Festschrift für H. von Seeliger, (Berlin, DE: Julius Springer Verlag), 438-441.

1925

Eclipses.  Harvard Alumini Bulletin, 27(16):469-472.

The Magellanic clouds and their bearing on the problem of stellar ages.  Scientia, 38:69-78.

Eclipses of Sun, Moon and stars.  The Youth’s Companion, 99(5):71.

1926

With Theodore Lyman, Walter B. Cannon, C.C. Pratt, Harry Houdini & S. Burt Wohlbach.  Report of the $5000 award committee appointed by the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.  Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 20(4):359-361.

With Cecilia H. Payne.  On the distribution of intensity in stellar absorption lines.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 61(10):459-486.

Galakticheskaia sistema.  Russkii Astronomicheskii Kalendar, 29:3-21.

What are the stars?  In The Universe of Stars. Radio Talks from the Harvard Observatory.  Edited by Harlow Shapley with Cecilia H. Payne.  (Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Observatory), 3-8.

The origin of the planets.  Ibid, 49-57.

The age of the Earth.  Ibid, 88-97.

Measuring the universe.  Ibid, 149-159.

Life on other worlds.  Ibid, 186-199.

1927

With W.F.H. Waterfield.  The photographic study of long period variable stars.  Popular Astronomy, 35(9):505-509.

In their own country. University’s eminent astronomers, pioneers and leaders in all phases of work, too little appreciated by Princetonians.  Princeton Alumni Weekly, 27:771-772.

Raspredelenie zvezd.  Russkii Astronomicheskii Kalendar, 30:177-184.

Research notes from the Harvard Observatory.  Science, 66(1703):174-176.

1928

The centre of the galaxy.  Nature, 122(3074):482-484.

Rain of meteors seen supplying Sun’s fuel need.  New York Herald Tribune, October 7, 1928.

Request for observations of special variable stars.  The Observatory, 51(645):50-51.

Studies of the galactic center. I. The program for Milky Way variable stars.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 14(11):825-829.

With Henrietta H. Swope.  Studies of the galactic center. II. Preliminary indications of a massive galactic nucleus.  Ibid, 14(11):830-834.

Studies of the galactic center. III. The absolute magnitudes of long period variables.  Ibid, 14(12):958-962.

Research notes from the Harvard Observatory.  Science, 68(1753):100-102.

1929

If May 9 is a fine day.  The Christian Science Monitor,  March 8, 1929.

The center of the universe.  The Forum, 81(6):371-374.

Studies of the galactic center. IV. On the transparency of the galactic star clouds.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 15(3):174-177.

Notes on the velocities and magnitudes of external galaxies.  Ibid, 15(7):565-570.

Star clusters.  In The Encyclopædia Britannica. 14th Edition. Volume 21. (New York, NY: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.), 331-335.

1930

Compute orbit of new planet.  New York Times, April 7, 1930.

A photographic investigation of twenty-five southern Cepheid variable stars.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 64(11):347-464.

Ten unsolved mysteries of the stellar universe.  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 69(1):13-17.

Der mittelpunkt des weltalls.  Unsere Welt, 22:97-101.

1931

New astronomical explorations.  Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, 36():1-14.

Science at the threshold of a golden age in astronomy.  New York Times,  November 8, 1931.

On the apsidal motion of a faint eclipsing binary.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 66(12):469-477.

Sidereal explorations.  Rice Institute Pamphlet – Rice Institute Studies, 18(2):45-115.

Obituary. Professor Solon I. Bailey.  Science, 74(1906):29-30.

The Harvard program of galactic explorations.  Ibid, 74(1913):207-212.

1932

Mapping the paths of meteors.  Discovery, 13:187-188.

With Ernst J. Öpik & Samuel L. Boothroyd.  The Arizona expedition for the study of meteors.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 18(1):16-23.

1933

A contribution to the study of galactic dimensions.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 19(1):29-34.

On the distribution of galaxies.  Ibid, 19(4):381-393.

Luminosity distribution and average density of matter in twenty-five groups of galaxies.  Ibid, 19(6):591-596.

With Jenka Mohr.  Summary of a variable star survey in an external galaxy.  Ibid, 19(12):995-996.

On the linear diameters of 125 large galaxies.  Ibid, 19(12):1001-1006.

Address on “The Cosmic parade” by Dr. Harlow Shapley, Director of the Harvard College Observatory.  Science, 77(1994):272-274.

On facts and fancies in cosmogony.  Sigma Xi Quarterly, 21(1):1-2.

Stellar clusters.  In Handbuch der Astrophysik. Band V/Zweite Hälfte.  Edited by G. Eberhard, A. Kohlschütter & H. Ludendorff.  (Berlin, DE: Julius Springer Verlag), 698-773.

1934

On some structural features of the metagalaxy.  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 94(9):791-816.

Variation and evolution among the stars.  Science, 80(2035):539-540.

Some high lights of astronomy during the past year.  Ibid, 80(2081):439-440.

1935

Credulity.  National Council of Supervisors of Elementary Science, 1:43.

A study of 7900 external galaxies.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 21(11):587-592.

With Arthur R. Sayer.  The angular diameters of globular clusters.  Ibid, 21(11):593-597.

1936

Summary of investigations of variable stars.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 22(1):8-14.

Conspicuous astronomical advances of the year.  Science, 84(2185):430-431.

On the lifetime of a galaxy.  In Time and Its Mysteries. Series I. Four Lectures Given on the James Arthur Foundation, (New York, NY: New York University Press), 27-58.

1937

With John S. Paraskevopoulos.  The nuclear star cluster in 30 Doradus.  Astrophysical Journal, 86(3):340-342.

A survey of thirty-six thousand southern galaxies.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 23(8):449-453.

1938

Two stellar systems of a new kind.  Nature, 142:715-716.

Note on the problem of the expanding universe.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 24(3):148-154.

A metagalactic density gradient.  Ibid, 24(7):282-287.

Second note on a metagalactic density gradient.  Ibid, 24(12):527-531.

Pulsation.  The Telescope, 5:42.

David Rittenhouse, an American pioneer.  Ibid, 5:67.

1939

The wide horizon.  The Christian Science Monitor, August 9, 1939.

William Henry Pickering (1858-1938).  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 73(6):142-143.

A determination of the distance to the galactic center.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 25(3):113-118.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, I. On the corona of stars around the galactic system.  Ibid, 25(8):423-428.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, II. Notes on the peculiar stellar systems in Sculptor and Fornax.  Ibid, 25(11):565-569.

Three supernovae in the spiral NGC 3184.  Ibid, 25(11):569-571.

1940

Concerning stars and galaxies.  The Barnwell Bulletin, 17(70):6-13.

With J.S. Paraskevopoulos.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, III. Photographs of thirty southern nebulae and clusters.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 26(1):31-36.

With Constance D. Boyd.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, IV. Photometry of two large southern clusters of galaxies.  Ibid, 26(1):41-49.

With Virginia McKibben.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, V. The period frequency of classical Cepheids in the Magellanic clouds.  Ibid, 26(2):105-115.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, VI. Summary of a photometric summary of 35,500 galaxies in high southern latitudes.  Ibid, 26(3):166-175.

With Virginia McKibben & Jenka Mohr.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, VII. Magnitudes of 40 Cepheids in the large Magellanic cloud.  Ibid, 26(5):326-332.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, VIII. A new determination of the period-luminosity curve.  Ibid, 26(9):541-549. 

With Rebecca B. Jones.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, IX. A photometric survey of 22,000 galaxies in the zone from δ=+41° to δ=+46°.  Ibid, 26(9):554-551.

With Rebecca B. Jones.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, X. Note on the latitude effect and radial gradients in the northern galactic hemisphere.  Ibid, 26(10):599-604.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, XI. Note on the period frequency of galactic Cepheids.  Ibid, 26(12):681-688.

Fourth comet of the year is found by Harvard man.  Science News Letter, 38(15):231. 

Advances in explorations of galaxies.  The Telescope, 7:5-10. 

1941

Introduction to the conference on the internal constitution of the stars.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 41(1):3-4.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, XII. The giant globular cluster 47 Tucanae and its long-period variables.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 27(9):440-445.  [b]

With  ―. Two decades of science.  Science News Letter, 40(25):389-392.

The wing of the small Magellanic cloud.  The Telescope, 8:15-16.

In memoriam. Annie Jump Cannon 1863-1941.  Ibid, 8:53-55.

The brightest globular cluster, 47 Tucanae.  Ibid, 8:90-91.

1942

Harvard---and ‘Fight for a free world.’  The Christian Science Monitor, June 13, 1942.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, XIII. Note on the comparative diameters of spheroidal and spiral galaxies.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 28(5):186-191.

With Virginia McKibben & Richard A. Craig.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, XIV. On the magnitude dispersion in the period-luminosity relationship.  Ibid, 28(5):192-199.

With Virginia McKibben.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, XV. On the distribution of periods for 343 Cepheids in the small Magellanic cloud.  Ibid, 28(5):200-204.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, XVI. Photographic amplitudes of classical Cepheids.  Ibid, 28(11):501-507.

Mexican postage stamps have astronomical theme.  Science News Letter, 42(14):212-213.

Galaxies.  Sigma Xi Quarterly, 30(1):1-15.  [g]  [Reprinted in part in 2011 as American Scientist, 99(1):56-58.]

I. Galaxies.  In Science in Progress. Third Series.  (Sigma Xi National Lectureships 1941 and 1942).  Edited by George A. Baitsell.  (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press), 1-21.

1943

In the name of Copernicus.  The Humanist, January 1, 1943:68-69.

Thomas Jefferson as natural philosopher.  Nature, 152(3850):178-180.

Notes on Thomas Jefferson as a natural philosopher.  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 87(3):234-237.

Stars are international.  Science News Letter, 43(11):165-167.

1944

Trends in the metagalaxy.  American Scientist, 32(1):65-77.

Postwar international education.  The Christian Science Monitor, May 11, 1944.

On quadricentennials.  The Key Reporter, 10(1):2.

Education for all.  New York Herald Tribune, April 28, 1944.

Total solar eclipse of January 25, 1944.  Popular Astronomy, 52(2):107.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, XVII. Revision of the distances of thirty high-latitude globular clusters.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 30(3):61-68.

Allied office for education.  Washington Post, May 3, 1944.

1945

On the astronomical dating of the Earth’s crust.  American Journal of Science, 243(A-Reginald Aldworth Daly Volume):508-522. 

An assortment of horizons.  American Scholar, 14(3):370-374, 376-379. 

A design for fighting.  Ibid, 14(1):19-32. 

A design for fighting.  American Scientist, 33(2):84-102.

Science and internationalism.  Ibid, 33(4):260-261.

A design for fighting.  The Atlantic Monthly, 176(2):107-114.

Status quo or pioneer?  Harper’s Monthly Magazine, 191(1145):312-317.

On the natural history of globular star clusters.  Journal of the Franklin Institute, 239(6):419-410.

With James Marshall & George N. Shuster.  Layman praised for work done on San Francisco proposals.  New York Times, June 10, 1945.

The Harvard College Observatory.  Science, 101(2621):304-305.

1946

The scientist outside the laboratory.  American Scholar, 15(4):411-415.

The charter and challenge of UNESCO.  American Scientist, 34(1):106-114.

Latin American collaboration.  Journal of Chemical Physics, 14(2):113.

It must be peace on Earth.  Parents’ Magazine, 21(12):14.

The time is now.  The Phi Delta Kappan, 28(3):115.

1947

Science and the humanist’s ganglia.  American Scholar, 16(4):465-468.

Astronomy and international cooperation.  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 91(1):73-74.

Must we climb steeples?  Journal of Higher Education, 18(9):447-459.

The utility of meteors.  Popular Astronomy, 55(3):117-120.

1948

Why amend the golden rule?  American Scholar, 17(2):137-138.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Cepheid variable stars in the small Magellanic cloud.  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 92(4):310-323.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, XVIII. The pulse index for eighty-nine variable stars in the Magellanic clouds.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 34(1):27-32.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, XIX. Giant variable stars in the loop nebula (30 Doradus).  Ibid, 34(5):173-179.

With L.C. Dunn, Alice Hamilton, Leo Loeb & Duncan A. MacInnes.  The American-Soviet Science Society.  Science, 108(2802):279.

One world of stars.  Ibid, 108(2804):315-321.

Triennial meeting of the International Astronomical Union.  Ibid, 108(2812):553-554.

Time and change in the metagalaxy.  Scientific Monthly, 67(4):243-253.

The relative frequency of low luminosity eclipsing binaries.  In Centennial Symposia.  Edited by Margaret W. Mayall, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Bart J. Bok & Charles A. Federer, Jr.  (Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Observatory), 249-260.

1949

A half century of globular clusters.  Popular Astronomy, 52(5):203-228.

The standard Cepheid light curve.  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 93(1):40-44.

Cosmic science and social order.  Science, 109(2834):399-401.

The committee on Inter-American Scientific Publication.  Ibid, 109(2842):603-605.

1950

Relative diameters of galaxies.  Nature, 166:192.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, XX. On the distribution of 78,000 of the brighter northern galaxies.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 36(3):157-166.

Scientists’ responsibility for preventing war.  Science, 111(2872):41-42.

Kirtley F. Mather: President elect, AAAS.  Ibid, 111(2876):131-132.

Astronomy, 1900-1950.  Scientific American, 183:24-27.

1951

A survey of the inner metagalaxy.  American Scientist, 39(4):610-628.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  NGC 1866 and the Magellanic cloud variables.  Astronomical Journal, 55(1188):249-251. 

Prefatory note.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 79(4):185-186.

Proxima Centauri as a flare star.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 37(1):15-18.

Magellanic clouds. I. Transparency.  Ibid, 37(3):133-138.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Magellanic clouds. II. Supergiant red variable stars in the small cloud.  Ibid, 37(3):138-145.

Galactic and extragalactic studies, XXI. Distribution of 95,000 galaxies in the northern galactic cap.  Ibid, 37(4):191-196.

Smog in space.  Science, 113(2834):3a.

More probes into interstellar space.  Ibid, 113(2939):3.

Flare stars and the radio.  Ibid, 113(2945):3.

1952

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Magellanic clouds. III, Differential absorption within the large cloud.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 38(4):281-286.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Magellanic clouds, IV. On the period frequency anomalies.  Ibid, 38(4):286-289.

With Ann B. Hearn.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, XXII. Extent of the galaxy in the anticenter octant.  Ibid, 38(10):839-843.

II. Ants, galaxies, and men.  In Moments of Personal Discovery.  Edited by R.M. MacIver.  (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers), 15-26. 

1953

Note on the distribution of RR Lyrae variables.  Astronomical Journal, 58(1209):141-144.

Report on programmes of galactic measurement.  Irish Astronomical Journal, 2(7):181-192.

The Rumford bicentennial.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 82(7):253-265.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Magellanic clouds, V. Fifty eclipsing stars.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 39(1):1-5.

Magellanic clouds, VI. Revised distances and luminosities.  Ibid, 39(5):349-357.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Magellanic clouds, VII. Star colors and luminosities in five constellations.  Ibid, 39(5):358-362.

Magellanic clouds, VIII. On the population characteristics of the two clouds.  Ibid, 39(12):1161-1168.

A test for high latitude absorption as a factor in the distribution of galaxies.  Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 65(386):237-241.

1954

Cosmography: an approach to orientation.  American Scientist, 42(3):471-486.

Note on the light variations of Proxima Centauri.  Astronomical Journal, 59(1215):118-119.

With Leah B. Allen & Naomi Greenstein.  New variable stars in Centaurus.  Ibid, 59(1219):270-271.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Magellanic clouds, X. An evaluation of the zero point correction.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40(1):1-5.

1955

Summary of a survey of the borders of the southern Milky Way.  Liège International Astrophysical Colloquia, 6:430-436.

With Virginia McK. Nail.  Note on the tilt of the large Magellanic cloud.  The Observatory, 75(886):120-122.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  The Magellanic clouds. XIV. The bar of the large cloud.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 41(4):185-190.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  The Magellanic clouds. XV. On the tilt of the large cloud.  Ibid, 41(10):685-690.

The Magellanic clouds. XVI. Infrared stars and stellar evolution.  Ibid, 41(11):824-828.

With Virginia McKibben Nail.  Magellanic clouds. XVII. Seven notes on the Cepheid variables.  Ibid, 41(11):829-836.

With Jacqueline Sweeney.  Galactic and extragalactic studies, XXIII. Opacity of the southern Milky Way dust clouds.  Ibid, 41(11):837-842.

1956

Man’s fourth adjustment.  American Scholar, 25(4):453-457.

The clouds of Magellan. A gateway to the sidereal universe.  American Scientist, 44(1):73-97.

A farewell to the Academy House on Newbury Street.  Daedalus, 86(2):110-112.

Benjamin Franklin and one Plutonic year.  Journal of the Franklin Institute, 261(1):55-59.

Stars help trim man’s inflated ego.  New York Herald Tribune, November 18, 1956.

Galactic and extragalactic studies at the Harvard Observatory.  Vistas in Astronomy, 2:1563-1573. 

1957

The scholar’s scratch pad: A digression on great moments.  American Scholar, 26(3):354-355.

Satellite hysteria.  The Nation, 185(13):276-277.

1958

Henry Norris Russell. 1877-1957. A biographical memoir.  Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, 32:354-378.

Coming to terms with the cosmos. Man must grow to reach the stars.  The Saturday Review, September 6, 1958.

1959

The scholar’s scratch pad: Some music from the spheres.  American Scholar, 28(2):218-221.

Habitable planets.  The Bucknell Review, 8(4):219-224.

On the astronomical high lights of a half century.  Irish Astronomical Journal, 5:190-194.

1960

Variable stars of the Magellanic clouds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflet No. 372.

With E.M. Lindsay.  A nebulous oval in the large Magellanic cloud.  The Observatory, 80(919):223-224.

On evidences of inorganic evolution.  Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 3(2):222-237.

You and the Queen of Sheba: The breathing link.  Vogue, 135(6):108-109, 154.

On the evidences of inorganic evolution.  In Evolution After Darwin. Volume I. The Evolution of Life: Its Origin, History, and Future.  Edited by Sol Tax.  (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press), 23-38.

1961

Star mass tops that of Sun’s.  The Austin American, January 15, 1961.

1962

Crusted stars and self-warming planets.  American Scholar, 31(4):512-515.

New horizons via the telescope: Astronomers and their remarkable instruments peer ever deeper in the heavens to add to our growing knowledge of a ‘hundred thousand million billion stars.’  New York Times, March 11, 1962.

1963

With E.M. Lindsay.  A catalogue of clusters in the large Magellanic cloud.  Irish Astronomical Journal, 6:74-91.

1964

Quelques objectifs prioritaires.  Revue Tiers Monde, 5(20):677-678.

1966

Out of the whirlwind.  American Scholar, 35(4):690-694.

Ten revelations of achievements.  Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 30(2):67-70.

Life, hope, and cosmic evolution.  Zygon, 1(3):275-285.

Encounter theory modified.  In The Origin of the Solar System, Genesis of the Sun and Planets, and Life on Other Worlds.  Edited by Thornton Page & Lou Williams Page.  (New York, NY: Macmillan), 212.

1969

With P.D.Usher, B.S.P. Shen, F.W. Wright & C.M. Hanley.  Long-term behavior of the Seyfert galaxy 3C 120.  Astrophysical Journal, 158(11):535-539.

1999

Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. XII. Remarks on the arrangement of the sidereal universe. (abridged).  Astrophysical Journal Centennial Issue, 525C:137-147.  [Reprint of 1919]

2009

The galactic distribution of stars of spectral type B.  Astronomische Nachrichten Highlights Issue, 330(6):645-646.  [Reprint of 1921]

2011

Galaxies. (abridged).  American Scientist, 99(1):56-58.  [Reprint of 1942 Sigma Xi Quarterly, 30(1):1-15.]

2(17).  The antalgol variable ST Ophiuchi (52.1907).:1-14.  [Masters Thesis  1911]

2(17).  New elements for RW Camelopardalis.:15-16.  [Masters Thesis  1911]

2(19).  With Eli Stuart Haynes.  The Algol variable RZ Draconis (26.1907).:33-46.  [1911]

2(21).  The rotating ellipsoid RU Camelopardalis.:71-84.  [1913]

(3).  A study of the orbits of eclipsing binaries.:xiii+176.  [Doctoral Thesis  1915]

5(86).  Intermediate degrees of darkening at the limb of stellar disks with an application to the orbit of Algol.:33-40.  [1914]

5(90).  Spectroscopic orbit of RX Herculis determined from three plates with a new photometric orbit and absolute dimensions.:81-98.  [1914]

5(91).  New variables in the center of Messier 3.:99-104.  [1914]

5(92).  On the nature and cause of Cepheid variation.:105-122.  [1914]

5(99).  Miscellaneous notes on variable stars.:313-328.  [1915]

5(104).  With Martha Betz Shapley.  A study of the light curve of XX Cygni.:395-410.  [1915]

6(107).  Note on the densities of second-type stars.:33-44.  [1915]

6(112).  On changes in the spectrum, period, and light-curve of the Cepheid variable RR Lyrae.:167-184.  [1916]

6(115).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. First paper: The general problem of clusters.:201-222.  [1916]

6(116).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Second paper: Thirteen hundred stars in the Hercules cluster (Messier 13).:223-310.  [1916]

6(117).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Third paper: A catalogue of 311 stars in Messier 67.:315-330.  [1916]

7(124):  The variations in spectral type of twenty Cepheid variables.:1-20.  [1917]

7(126).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Fourth paper: The galactic cluster Messier 11.:29-46.  [1917]

7(129).  With Francis G. Pease.  On the distribution of stars in twelve globular clusters.:59-78.  [1917]

7(133).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Fifth paper: Color-indices of stars in the galactic clouds.:141-152.  [1917]

7(140).  With J. van der Bilt.  Notes on the color-curve and light-elements of W Ursae Majoris.:285-294.  [1917]

7(145).  With Walter S. Adams.  Note on the Cepheid variable SU Cassiopiae.:365-370.  [1918]

8(151).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Sixth paper: On the determination of distances of globular clusters.:81-116.  [1918]

8(152).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Seventh paper: The distances, distribution in space, and dimensions of 69 globular clusters.:117-144.  [1918]

8(153).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Eighth paper: The luminosities and distances of 139 Cepheid variables.:145-160.  [1918]

8(154).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Ninth paper: Three notes on Cepheid variation.:161-178.  [1919]

8(155).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Tenth paper: A critical magnitude in the sequence of stellar luminosities.:179-190.  [1919]

8(156).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Eleventh paper: A comparison of the distances of various celestial objects.:191-208.  [1919]

8(157).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Twelfth paper: Remarks on the arrangement of the sidereal universe.:209-234.  [1919]

8(159).  With Frederick H. Seares.  The variation in light and color of RS Boötis.:271-298.  [1919]

8(160).  With Martha B. Shapley.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Thirteenth paper: The galactic planes in 41 globular clusters.:299-306.  [1919]

8(161).  With Martha B. Shapley.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Fourteenth paper: Further remarks on the structure of the galactic system.:307-340.  [1919]

9(175).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Fifteenth paper: A photometric analysis of the globular system Messier 68.:71-84.  [1920]

9(176).  With Helen N. Davis.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Sixteenth paper: Photometric catalogue of 848 stars in Messier 3.:85-124.  [1920]

9(190).  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Seventeenth paper: Miscellaneous results.:323-336.  [1920]

9(195).  With Mary Ritchie.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Eighteenth paper: The periods and light-curves of 26 Cepheid variables in Messier 72.:379-394.  [1920]

10(218).  With Myrtle L. Richmond.  Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. Nineteenth paper: A photometric survey of the Pleiades.:265-274.  [1921]

81(7).  Color index and photographic light curve of Nova Aquilae 1918.4 (No. 3).:239-243.  [1923]

85(6).  With Donald H. Menzel & Leon Campbell, Jr.  Descriptions and positions of 2,829 new nebulae.:113-142.  [1930]

88(2).  With Adelaide Ames.  A survey of external galaxies brighter than the thirteenth magnitude.:41-75.  [1932]  

90(1).  With Jenka Mohr.  Survey of 1,346 variables in the Large Magellanic cloud.:1-25.  [1933]

88(4).  The angular diameters of bright galaxies.:93-103.  [1934]

88(5).  A catalogue of 7,889 external galaxies in Horologium and surrounding regions.:105-164.  [1935]

90(4).  With Emily M. Hughes.  Variable stars at high galactic latitudes.:163-176.  [1935]

105(8).  Thirty-six thousand galaxies in the south polar cap.:137-208.  [1938]

105(13).  With Constance D. Boyd.  Distant variable stars at low galactic latitudes.:243-254.  [1938]

106(1).  With Rebecca B. Jones.  Survey of 16,639 galaxies north of declination +70°.:1-38.  [1938]

106(3).  With Jacqueline Sweeney & Pedro Kokaras.  Survey of galaxies along the southern Milky Way.:75-79.  [1938]

90(9).  With Emily H. Boyce & Constance D. Boyd.  Four hundred new variable stars in a transparent low-latitude region.:239-251.  [1939]

90(5).  With Henrietta H. Swope.  New variable stars in low galactic latitudes.:177-188.  [1940]

90(10).  With Virginia McKibben.  The light curves of forty selected Cepheids in the large Magellanic cloud.:253-261.  [1940]

109(11).  With Alice Swain Carlston & Virginia McKibben Nail.  The light curves of forty-nine selected Cepheids in the small Magellanic cloud.:47-56.  [1943]

88(7).  With Rebecca B. Jones & Virginia McKibben Nail.  A census of northern galaxies in an area of 3600 square degrees.:177-184.  [1950]

77th [1923]; 78th [1924]; 79th [1925]; 80th [1926]; 81st [1927]; 82nd [1928]; 83rd [1929]; 84th [1930]; 85th [1931]; 86th [1932]; 87th [1933]; 88th [1934]; 89th [1935]; 90th [1936]; 91st [1937]; 92nd [1938]; 93rd [1939]; 94th [1940]; 95th [1941]; 96th [1942]; 97th [1943]; 98th [1944]; 99th [1945]; 100th [1946]; 101st [1947]; 102nd [1948]; 103rd [1949]; 104th [1950]; 105th [1951]; 106th [1952]; 107th [1953].

(760)-(761) [1921];  (762)-(765), (760)-(780) [1922];  (781)-(796) [1923];  (797)-(800), (803)-(805), (807)-(809) [1924];  (810), (812)-(814), (816), (821), (823), (828) [1925];  (831), (834)-(835), (838), (840)-(841) [1926];  (842)-(843), (846)-(849), (851)-(852) [1927];  (854), (856)-(862) [1928];  (864)-(866), (868)-(870) [1929];  (872)-(880) [1930];  (881), (883)-(884) [1931];  (885)-(887), (889)-(890) [1932];  (895)-(896) [1934];  (898)-(899), (901) [1935];  (902)-(904) [1936];  (905) [1937];  (907)-(909) [1938];  (912)-(914) [1939];  (914) [1940];  (917) [1943];  (919) [1949].

(226).  With Annie J. Cannon.  On the relation of spectral type to magnitude.  [1921]

(228).  With Bertil Lindblad.  The distances of fifty stars determined from objective prism spectra.  [1921]

(229).  With Annie J. Cannon.  The local system and stars of class A.  [1922]

(232).  With Martha B. Shapley.  The distances of 27 bright stars of class K.  [1922]

(236).  With Arville D. Walker.  The variations in light and color of Y Sagittarii.  [1922]

(237).  Notes bearing on the distances of clusters.  [1922]

(239).  With Annie J. Cannon.  The distribution of stars of spectral class B.  [1922]

(240).  On the spectral constitution of the nearer parts of the Milky Way.  [1922]

(243).  With Adelaide Ames.  Distances of two hundred and thirty-three southern stars.  [1923]

(245).  With Annie J. Cannon.  The distribution of stars of spectral class M.  [1923]

(246).  Distances to one hundred and sixteen southern stars.  [1923]

(247).  With Leon Campbell.  Light curves of the two abnormal variables T and R Coronae Borealis.  [1923]

(248).  Spectral class, apparent magnitude, and galactic position for stars of the Henry Draper Catalogue.  [1923]

(254).  On the dwarf stars in the Orion Nebula.  [1924]

(255).  The Magellanic Clouds, I. The distance and linear dimensions of the small cloud.  [1924]

(257).  Notes on Jeans’ theory of the origin of stars.  [1923]

(260).  The Magellanic Clouds, II. The luminosity curve for giant stars.  [1924]

(268).  The Magellanic Clouds, III. The distance and linear dimensions of the large cloud.  [1924]

(271).  With Harvia H. Wilson.  The Magellanic Clouds, IV. The absolute magnitudes of nebulae, clusters, and peculiar stars in the large cloud.  [1925]

(275).  With Harvia H. Wilson.  The Magellanic Clouds, V. The absolute magnitudes and linear diameters of 108 diffuse nebulae.  [1925]

(276).  With Harvia H. Wilson.  The Magellanic Clouds, VI. Positions and descriptions of 170 nebulae in the small cloud.  [1925]

(278).  Concerning the extension of the Henry Draper Catalogue.  [1925]

(280).  With Issei Yamamoto & Harvia H. Wilson.  The Magellanic Clouds, VII. The photographic period-luminosity cure.  [1925]

(281).  Note on obscuring cosmic clouds in high galactic latitudes.  [1925]

(285).  With Helen E. Howarth.  On the distribution of stars of class F.  [1925]

(288).  With Margaret L. Walton.  The Magellanic Clouds, VIII. Note on the spectral composition of the foreground.  [1925]

(292).  With Ida E. Woods.  Variability of the “iron star” XX Ophiuchi.  [1926]

(294).  With Adelaide Ames.  A study of a cluster of bright spiral nebulae.  [1926]

(313).  With Margaret L. Walton.  Investigations of Cepheid variables. I. The period-spectrum relation.  [1927]

(314).  Investigations of Cepheid variables. II. The period-luminosity relationship for galactic Cepheids.  [1927]

(315).  Investigations of Cepheid variables. III. Cluster type variables and theories of Cepheid variation.  [1927]

(316).  With Margaret L. Walton.  Investigations of Cepheid variables. IV. Beta Doradus, a new fourth magnitude Cepheid.  [1927]

(317).  With Cecilia H. Payne.  Spectroscopic evidence of the fall of meteors into stars.  [1927]

(350).  The super-galaxy hypothesis.  [1930]

(398).  With William A. Calder.  The apsidal motion in the orbit of u Herculis, derived from a photoelectric investigation.  [1935]

(411).  Variable stars and galaxies in a southern Milky Way field.  [1936]

(423).  The distribution of eighty-nine thousand galaxies over the south galactic cap.  [1937]

(425).  The regression of the apsides in the orbit of u Herculis.  [1937]

(439).  With Virginia McKibben.  A summary of the periods and median magnitudes of Magellanic cloud Cepheids.  [1940]

10.  Comparison of the Magellanic clouds with the galactic system.  [1951]

Harlow Shapley.  Interview of Harlow Shapley by Simone Daro Gossner in 1959.  In Wisdom for Our Time.  Recording. Edited by James Nelson.  (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company), 145-157.  [1961] 

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Harlow Shapley. II.  Interview of Harlow Shapley by Charles Weiner and Helen Wright on 1966 August 25, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA.  [1966] Session II