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The album contains photos of Sir Arnold Wolfendale and his wife Audrey Darby during the visit to IIA Bangalore in 1993 for the event of the 1993 solar eclipse. The album includes photographs of the talk by eminent personalities from the field of astronomy in the library meeting hall and participants and of the observation site.

The album contains photos of Founders Day in IIA Bangalore and Kavalur Observatory for 2004. Every year, on August 10th, M. K. Vainu. Bappu's Birthday is celebrated as Founders Day of IIA. This album has photos of the meeting held in IIA Bangalore library, garlanding and honouring tea and lunch, and programs at VBO Kavalur. Some are photos of the celebrations at Kodaikanal Observatory.

The album contains photos of the meeting of FORSA (Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy and Astrophysics) meeting organized by the IIA library in 2003. The album includes pictures of representatives from a member institution, meetings, team lunches, and pictures of the library staff area and reading area.

The album contains photos of the farewell party arranged for the former librarian of IIA, Dr. A. Vagiswari, in 2003. Photos of the seminar titled 'Dynamic Librarian' organized by IIA library are also preserved in this album.

The album contains photos related to the conference held in IIA Bangalore campus in 2009 organized by IIA library on sharing the e-journal through consortia in Indian libraries. The album includes pictures of delegates from different libraries in India and abroad.

The album contains photos of the buildings and events at Kodaikanal Solar Observatory in Tamil Nadu, India. The observatory was established in 1899 as a Solar Physics Observatory, and all the activities of the Madras Observatory were shifted to Kodaikanal. Firstly a few photos of this album are of telescope domes and buildings, particularly North and South domes and 6-inch and 8-inch telescope buildings. After that, several photos of the pump house near the administrative building for the well and administrative section of the old radio astronomy building are arranged. Photos of the second national solar physics workshop on 29th September 1987 are followed by photographs of the rear side of the spectrobuilding and road from the specrto tunnel towards the library. Photos of the solar tower taken in 1980, huts near the I and M building, and front, back, and side views of H alpha and Ca K spectrohelio graphs are arranged in the middle of the album. In addition to that, photos of the solar tower tunnel, library building, and Bhavanagar dome can be seen in the album.

The album contains photos related to the visit of Cherry, great great granddaughter of Norman Robert Pogson, Government astronomer of Madras Observatory in 1860's to the Kodaikanal campus in 2006.