Introduction to the History Paper Sessions

Volume 40 number 1 (2012)

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Thomas R. Williams

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Abstract

The AAVSO Centennial celebration occurred in many parts over the year 2011. But importantly, both the Spring and the Annual meetings (held in May and October, respectively) afforded opportunities to enlarge upon the general themes of the AAVSO’s history presented in Advancing Variable Star Astronomy (AVSA; Williams and Saladyga 2011). In writing an institutional history like AVSA, it is difficult to incorporate as much detailed information about a large number of people who were active participants in variable star astronomy but not a part of the main flow of the AAVSO’s history. Thus “people” became the primary focus for the history sessions in the semi-annual centennial meetings.