PUBLICATIONS BY HARLOW SHAPLEY

Prepared by Mildred Shapley Matthews (1978)

Published by Bart Jan Bok (1978) ¹

Updated by Thomas Joseph Bogdan (2025) 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.

1904

Proceedings of court: State vs. F.J. Laws is up for trial today. The (Chanute) Sun, June 15, 1904. [a]

Setting dates of cases: Hiram Wells to be tried next Tuesday. Ibid, June 16, 1904. [b]

Warfield case next: Will be before the court tomorrow. Ibid, June 17, 1904. [c]

Verdict for defendant: Jury in Warfield case returns a verdict. Ibid, June 18, 1904. [d]

The Clayton case today: The Hiram Wells case set for tomorrow. Ibid, June 20, 1904. [e]

Clayton “not guilty:” Jury returned verdict this morning. Ibid, June 21, 1904. [f]

Wells’ jury disagreed: They were out 23 hours in the Wells case. Ibid, June 22, 1904. [g]

Some divorce cases: Court this morning was a separator. Ibid, June 24, 1904. [h]

Mostly divorce cases: Court adjourned at noon until Monday. Ibid, June 25, 1904. [i]

Cooper case up today: John Cooper wants the city to return his lease. Ibid, June 27, 1904. [j]

Donegan is sentenced: Tried to pass a bad check in Chanute. Ibid, June 28, 1904. [k]

Kirk Williams settles: Forfeiture of recognizance was set aside. Ibid, June 29, 1904. [l]

It was divorce day again: Several were continued and some dismissed. Ibid, June 30, 1904. [m]

Three sentenced today: John Ryan, George White and Herman Myers. Ibid, July 1, 1904. [n]

Court had adjourned: Suit against Big Gunn Company this morning. Ibid, July 2, 1904. [o]

Settle reward dispute: Important matters before the Board of Commissioners. Ibid, July 5, 1904. [p]

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. [a]

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

The Perseids of 1910. Ibid 18(8): 486-488. [c]

1911

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

Note concerning two BD stars. Ibid 188(4500): 213-216. [b]

1912

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

A new variable star 34.1912 Tauri. Ibid 193(4620): 227. [b]

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

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

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

Eclipsing binaries. Popular Astronomy 20(9): 572-579. [f]

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

1913

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

Concerning the ellipsoidal variables SZ Tauri and S Antliae. Ibid 194(4653): 353360. [b]

A new eclipsing binary whose spectroscopic orbit is known. Ibid 196(4702): 383384. [c]

Variability of the light of Alcor. Ibid 196(4703): 397-398. [d]

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

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

Notes on the periods of nine eclipsing variables. Popular Astronomy 21(3): 142144. [g]

1914

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

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

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]

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] 

Harlow Shapley. I.  Interview of Harlow Shapley by Charles Weiner and Helen Wright on 1966 June 8, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA.  [1966] Session I

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