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Clyde W. Tombaugh 

Papers 

A register of 

Manuscript Collection 

Ms 0407 

in the 

New Mexico State University Library 

Archives and Special Collections Department 

Rio Grande Historical Collections 

MSC 3475 

P.O. Box 30006 

Las Cruces, NM 88003 

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© 2004 New Mexico State University. Board of Regents. All rights reserved. 

NMSU Library/Archives & Special Collections C. W. Tombaugh Papers / Ms0407 

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Table of Contents 

Overview 

Access and Use 

Acquisition 

Processing Note 

Related Materials 

Biographical Outline 

Scope and Content Note 

Personal Papers Series 

Correspondence 

Biographical Material 

Educational Records 

Financial and Legal Records 

Writings 

Planetary Observation 

Telescopes and Optics 

Pluto Discovery Anniversaries 

Awards and Honors 

Organizations 

Tombaugh Family 

Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces 

Subject Files 

Miscellaneous 

Professional Papers Series 

Lowell Observatory 

Arizona State Teachers College 

University of California at Los Angeles 

White Sands Proving Ground 

New Mexico State University 

Writings 

Speeches and Lectures 

Organizations 

Subject Files 

Printed Matter 

Oversize Materials 

Photographs 

Audiovisual Materials 

Oral History 

Transcripts 

Material transferred to Special Collections 

Appendix: Clyde W. Tombaugh Bibliography 


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Overview 

Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers, ca. 150 linear ft. 

Personal and professional papers of the planetary astronomer who discovered Pluto in 

1930. Personal papers document Tombaugh's Kansas boyhood, his early interest in astronomy 

and telescope making, and his arrival at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1929. Later 

materials concern his diverse interests in politics, education, and religion, and his family life. 

The extensive professional papers span Tombaugh's full career, from his observational work at 

Lowell to his tenure at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Tombaugh's employment at the 

White Sands Proving Ground (1946-1955) and his research in optics are included. The Near 

Earth Satellite Search, a study initiated by Tombaugh at White Sands and continued during his 

subsequent employment at NMSU is thoroughly documented. The bulk of the professional 

papers concern his employment at NMSU (1955-1973) and his work with the Planetary Patrol 

and Study Project. Records also illustrate the development of the NMSU Department of 

Astronomy. Correspondence with prominent professional and amateur astronomers, 

astrophysicists, and experts in related sciences is found throughout the collection, as are such 

visual materials as drawings, photographs, and maps. 

Access and Use 

Open. This material may be examined by researchers under supervised conditions in the Search 

Room. 

Copyright. Limited duplication is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for 

compliance with all copyright and other applicable statutes. Patricia Tombaugh retains copyright 

interest in her works and in the unpublished works of Clyde W. Tombaugh during her lifetime, 

after which time they transfer to New Mexico State University. Rights associated with materials 

in this collection created by parties other than Patricia and Clyde W. Tombaugh are held by the 

creators of such materials. 

Preferred Citation 

Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers. Ms0407. Archives and Special Collections, New Mexico State 

University Library. 


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Acquisition 

Clyde W. Tombaugh agreed to donate his papers to the Rio Grande Historical Collections in 

1972. The first accession of his papers was received in 1994 when poor health led Tombaugh to 

close his office in the New Mexico State University Department of Astronomy. Following 

Tombaugh's death in 1997, additional materials were received from Patricia Tombaugh and from 

the Department of Astronomy. Additional material, including the Tombaugh Oral History 

Project, was received from Herbert A. Beebe in 2003. In all, nineteen accessions were received. 

RG94-147 Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University 


RG97-124 Gift of Patricia Tombaugh 













RG2003-131 Gift of Herbert A. Beebe 

RG2003-137 Gift of Herbert A. Beebe 



Processing 

Processed by Melissa Gottwald, 2003-2004, with assistance from Lenny Silverman; 

initial arrangement and description by Marah deMeule, Christine Moreland-Bruhnke, and 

Herbert A. Beebe, assisted by Nancy Shockley and Cassandra Begay, 2001-2003. 

The processing of the Tombaugh Papers was begun in Spring 2001, under the direction of 

project archivist Marah deMeule with the aid of processing assistant Christine Moreland- 

Bruhnke. The processing staff found a lack of coherent original order, and it was decided to 

process the collection at the item level. At this time a preliminary series organization was 

established, separating the materials into personal and professional papers, with additional series 

for photographs and oversize materials. The Personal and Professional Papers series were 

further broken down into subseries by type of material or, in the Professional Papers, by 

institution. Another major component of the early processing work was separating the 


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correspondence into the categories of personal and professional correspondence and fan mail. 

By Summer 2002, both deMeule and Moreland-Bruhnke had left the program. The arrangement 

work begun under their direction was continued by student assistants. 

In March 2003, Melissa Gottwald began work as the new project archivist for the 

Tombaugh Papers. Under her direction, the preliminary series organization was refined. Major 

organizational changes included the addition of four series: Printed Matter, Audio-Visual 

Material, Oral History, and Artifacts. In addition, many of the subseries within the Personal and 

Professional Papers were further broken down into sub-subseries in order to bring similar 

materials (such as research files) together. The existing container list was revised in accordance 

with these changes, and the scope and content note, series descriptions, and biographical sketch 

were written. The processing project was completed in February 2004. 

Related Materials 

Records of Tombaugh's work at Lowell Observatory, including the original photographic plates 

from the Lowell planet search, are held by the Lowell Observatory Archives in Flagstaff, 

Arizona. 

The Space Astronomy Oral History Project held by the National Air and Space Museum 

Archives includes a 1982 oral history interview with Tombaugh conducted by David H. 

DeVorkin. A transcript of this oral history interview is also available in the Clyde W. Tombaugh 

Papers at NMSU. 

Numerous related items are held by the Niels Bohr Library at the Center for the History of 

Physics, American Institute of Physics. These include a 1969 oral history interview of 

Tombaugh; unedited footage used by Thomas Hockey in compiling his videorecording "Clyde 

Tombaugh and the Discovery of Pluto;" an audiorecording of Tombaugh's "Recollections of 

Astronomy in 1920's and 1930's" presented at a 1974 American Astronomical Society meeting; 

and biographical information including Tombaugh's response to the Center for the History of 

Physics' History of Modern Astrophysics Survey. 

The New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo holds an oral history interview with 

Clyde Tombaugh conducted in 1986. 

Related materials in the Archives and Special Collections Department of the NMSU Library 

include: 

NMSU Department of Astronomy records (A73-49, A73-72) 

Oral history interviews of Clyde W. Tombaugh (UA86-005, UA87-033, UA88-047, 

UA94-033) 

Materials related to the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of Pluto (UA80-009, UA80- 

041, UA80-051, RG99-095) 

Video "The Ninth Planet" KRWG-TV (U-Matic videocassette; UA 98-29) 


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Other astronomy-related manuscript collections in the Archives and Special Collections 

Department, Rio Grande Historical Collections include: 

Philip R. Glaser Photographs (Ms 0433) 

Walter H. Haas Papers (Ms 0399) 

Hugh M. Johnson Papers (Ms 0408) 

Ernst A. Steinhoff Papers (Ms 0260) 

Latimer J. Wilson Papers (RG 2003-078) 


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Biographical Outline 

1906, Feb. 4 Clyde William Tombaugh born on a farm near Streator, Illinois 

1922 Family moved to Kansas farm 

1925 Graduated from Burdett High School, Burdett, Kansas 

1926 Constructed first telescope 

1927-28 Constructed 9-inch telescope 

1929 After sending planetary sketches to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, 

hired by observatory director V. M. Slipher to conduct planet-search 

photography 

1930, Feb. 18 Discovered ninth planet Pluto by comparing ("blinking") photographic plates 

Mar.13 Official announcement of the discovery 

1931 Awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal and Gift by the Royal Astronomical 

Society in recognition of his discovery. Also received the Edwin Emory 

Slosson Scholarship to University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 

1932 Entered University of Kansas as a freshman; continued planet search work at 

Lowell Observatory in the summers while pursuing his university education 

1934 Married Patricia (Patsy) Edson (two children: Annette, born 1940 and Alden, 

born 1945) 

1936 B.A., University of Kansas 

1939 M.A., University of Kansas. Thesis: "Study of the Observational Capabilities 

of the University's 27-inch Newtonian Reflector with a Program to Restore the 

Telescope to Pristine Condition" 

1943-45 Taught at Arizona State Teachers College (now Northern Arizona University) 

in Flagstaff, serving first as physics instructor for the college and later as 

navigation instructor for the Navy V-12 program 

1945 End of the Trans-Saturnian Planet Search at Lowell Observatory. In addition 

to identifying the ninth planet Pluto, during the course of the planet search 

Tombaugh discovered numerous star clusters and clusters of galaxies, 

hundreds of asteroids, two comets, one nova, and showed the full extent of the 

Great Perseus-Andromeda Stratum of Extra-Galactic Nebulae 


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1945-46 Visiting Assistant Professor in Astronomy at University of California at Los 

Angeles 

1946 Moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico 

1946-50 As Chief of Optical Measurements Section at White Sands Proving Ground 

was responsible for the tracking telescopes used to photograph rockets and 

missiles during test flights 

1950-55 Optical physicist in charge of optical and photographic research in the 

Systems Engineering Branch at White Sands Proving Ground. 

1951 Founded Las Cruces Astronomical Society with Jed Durrenberger, Walter 

Haas, and others, and served as its first president 

1952 Returned to Lowell Observatory for a few months to conduct preliminary 

work on a proposed survey of proper motion stars 

1953-55 Initiated and led Near Earth Satellite Search, funded by the Army Office of 

Ordnance Research and conducted at Lowell Observatory. Search was 

focused on identifying any small natural satellites of the Earth as a preparatory 

step to beginning space exploration 

1955 Administration of the satellite search project transferred from White Sands 

Proving Ground to the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State 

University (NMSU) 

1955 Clyde and Patsy Tombaugh among the founding members of the Las Cruces 

Unitarian Fellowship (now Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces) 

1956-58 Satellite search project conducted in Quito, Ecuador; search was extended 

beyond the original end date of 1957 in order to photograph the first manmade 

satellite Sputnik I 

1958-73 Initiated and led photographic Planetary Patrol of Mercury, Venus, Mars, 

Jupiter, and Saturn 

1959 Near Earth Satellite Search final report issued; no satellites had been found. 

This negative result gave assurance that rockets could be sent into space 

without colliding with natural debris 

1959-68 Transferred from NMSU Physical Science Laboratory to new NMSU 


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Research Center as associate research professor. In addition to the planetary 

patrol work, Tombaugh carried out projects studying the geology of Mars and 

conducted a site evaluation study for a proposed Air Force observatory near 

Cloudcroft, New Mexico 

1960 Received honorary doctorate from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 

Arizona 

1961-70 Taught astronomy half-time in the Department of Earth Sciences (renamed 

Department of Earth Sciences and Astronomy in 1965), continued research 

work in NMSU Research Center half-time 

1968 Work to establish Astronomy graduate program in at NMSU moves forward 

with the submission of a "Request for Preliminary Accreditation for a Degree 

of Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy" 

1970, July 1 Ph.D. granting Department of Astronomy established at New Mexico State 

University 

1972 Dedication of the Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory on the New Mexico State 

University campus 

1973 Retired from New Mexico State University as Emeritus Professor of 

Astronomy 

1980 Out of the Darkness, The Planet Pluto, an autobiographical account of the 

discovery published with co-author Patrick Moore. 

Numerous events held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the 

discovery of Pluto, including the meeting "Pluto - The Ninth Planet's Golden 

Year" sponsored by the NMSU Department of Astronomy. 

1986 Clyde Tombaugh Scholars Fund in support of postdoctoral fellowship at New 

Mexico State University established 

1987-88 Conducted national speaking tour to raise funds for Tombaugh Scholars Fund 

1997, Jan. 17 Clyde W. Tombaugh died at his home near Las Cruces, New Mexico 


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Scope and Content Note 

The Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers serve as a rich source for the history of astronomy as 

well as for research into Tombaugh's professional work and his personal life. The papers 

provide ample documentation of Tombaugh's work in astronomy and optical design, as well as 

illustrating his family life and his varied interests in education, religion, and environmental 

issues. Included in the collection are correspondence; biographical notes and curricula vitae; 

writings; speeches and lectures; research files; administrative files; teaching files; technical 

reports; high school and university papers; financial and legal records; telescope design 

drawings; files related to professional and non-professional organizations; subject files; 

photographs; audiovisual material; and printed matter. 

Tombaugh's extensive correspondence files provide an unsurpassed source for 

understanding him as a person, for seeing the centrality of his astronomical interests to his 

personal as well as his professional activities, and for providing insight into his educational, 

environmental, political, and religious interests. The correspondence is separated into personal 

and professional correspondence (and further divided by institution within the professional 

correspondence). Reflecting the interconnections of his personal life and his professional work, 

there is considerable overlap of correspondents and topics among the several sets of 

correspondence. Because of this overlap, the researcher is advised that correspondence from a 

particular individual or on a particular subject may be located in more than one set of 

correspondence. Significant correspondents include George Abel, Ira S. Bowen, Charles F. 

(Chick) Capen Jr., James Christy, Pete Domenici, Audouin Dollfus, Frank K. Edmondson, James 

B. Edson, Krafft A. Ehricke, Henry L. Giclas, Walter A. Haas, Dorrit Hoffleit, J. Allen Hynek, 

Gerard P. Kuiper, Lincoln La Paz, C. O. Lampland, Frederick C. Leonard, David H. Levy, Brian 

Marsden, Patrick Moore, Frederick I. Ordway III, Roger L. Putnam, Dirk Reuyl, Elizabeth 

Roemer, Carl Sagan, Harrison Schmitt, Glenn T. Seaborg, Harlow Shapley, E. C. Slipher, V. M. 

Slipher, Hyron Spinrad, Bradford A. Smith, Alan Stern, G. Harry Stine, Otto Struve, Gerard de 

Vaucouleurs, Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple, Albert G. Wilson, Latimer J. Wilson, and 

Fritz Zwicky. 

Tombaugh's work in planetary astronomy is well documented, both in his professional 

career and in his early amateur work. Although the whole of Tombaugh's career is included, the 

amount of material varies greatly. The majority of the Professional Papers date from 

Tombaugh's tenure at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Also well represented is his work 

at White Sands Proving Ground. The files from Lowell Observatory, and his teaching at Arizona 

State Teachers College and University of California at Los Angeles, are of a much more modest 

scope. 

Specific topics that are well documented in the collection include Pluto, Mars, telescopes 

and optics. The discovery of Pluto is documented primarily through correspondence, both 

personal and professional. Additional documentation is provided by Tombaugh's numerous 

articles and lectures about his recollections of the discovery, as well as a modest number of 

handwritten notes from the planet search, copies of planet search plates, and printed matter from 

the time of the discovery. The original photographic plates from the planet search, including the 

Pluto discovery plates, and related documents are held by the Lowell Observatory Archives, in 


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Flagstaff, Arizona. Although Tombaugh did not focus his later research on Pluto, as the planet's 

discoverer he did make an effort to keep current with ongoing research on the ninth planet. 

Correspondence, subject files, and printed matter all provide insight into the development of 

scientific knowledge about Pluto, evolving theories, and the recurring debate on Pluto's status as 

a major planet. Of particular note are the files from the conference "Pluto - The Ninth Planet's 

Golden Year" held at NMSU in February 1980 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of 

Tombaugh's discovery. 

The planet Mars sparked Clyde Tombaugh's imagination as a young man and continued 

to be a primary interest for the rest of his life. Included in his papers are sketches and notes from 

his observations of the red planet, as well as writings, research projects, printed matter, and 

extensive subject files. The geology of Mars, and the question of the Martian canals, were of 

significant interest to Tombaugh, and his papers reflect this focus. 

The problem of constructing reflecting telescopes for astronomical use occupied 

Tombaugh throughout his life. His work on telescopes for his own personal use, and for friends 

and colleagues, is well represented by design sketches, log books, and related correspondence. 

The "16-Inch Club" that Tombaugh formed for amateur telescope-makers who wished to obtain 

the materials to grind large telescope mirrors is documented in his general personal 

correspondence, as well as in the Telescopes and Optics subseries within the Personal Papers 

series. An extensive set of design drawings exist for the tracking telescopes used to photograph 

rockets and missiles at White Sands Proving Ground; these are supplemented by research files 

and technical reports. 

Also found in the Tombaugh Papers are descriptions of the NMSU Department of 

Astronomy's first telescopes, the 12-inch Fecker and the 16-inch Rhodes telescope, and 

information on their acquisition for Tombaugh's research projects and their eventual transfer to 

the University for general research use. Tombaugh's active involvement in the design of other 

telescopes acquired by the Department of Astronomy and in the planning of the department's 

several observatories is illustrated through his correspondence, administrative files, files on the 

telescopes and observatories, and in the drawings and blueprints found in the oversize materials. 

The collection is an excellent source for studying the development of the astronomy 

research program at NMSU and the formation of the academic Department of Astronomy, with 

particular focus on Tombaugh's involvement in both of these areas. Tombaugh's satellite search 

project, transferred to NMSU in 1955, can be viewed as the beginning of astronomy research at 

the university, and this project and later ones, particularly the planetary patrol, are amply 

documented in his research files. In the early 1960s as the astronomy research program became 

firmly established, Tombaugh was asked to begin teaching some astronomy and geology courses. 

These courses opened the way to the establishment of a full-fledged graduate level Department 

of Astronomy, and correspondence and administrative files in the NMSU subseries of the 

Professional Papers show the planning and development of the program. 

An oral history project of Tombaugh's family, friends, and colleagues was carried out by 

Herbert A. Beebe to preserve personal recollections of Tombaugh and his work at Lowell 

Observatory, White Sands Proving Ground, and New Mexico State University. Those 

interviewed were Patricia Tombaugh, Reta F. Beebe, Tom Bruce, Henry Giclas, Walter Haas, 

Bernard McNamara, Robert Millis, Arthur Scott Murrell, Cecil Post, William L. Reitmeyer, 


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Jimmie C. Robinson, Charles L. Seeger, Alan Stern, Bradford A. Smith, and Lou Ann 

Youngblood. Transcripts, as well as audiotapes, of these oral history interviews, are included in 

the Tombaugh Papers. 

Organization 

The Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers are organized in eight series and are further divided into 

subseries and sub-subseries as follows: 

Series: Personal Papers 

Subseries: Correspondence 

Sub-subseries: Family Correspondence 

Sub-subseries: General Correspondence 

Sub-subseries: Fan Mail 

Sub-subseries: Crank Mail 

Subseries: Biographical Material 

Subseries: Educational Records 

Subseries: Financial and Legal Records 

Subseries: Writings 

Subseries: Planetary Observation 

Subseries: Telescopes and Optics 

Subseries: Pluto Discovery Anniversaries 

Subseries: Awards and Honors 

Subseries: Organizations 

Subseries: Tombaugh Family 

Subseries: Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces 

Subseries: Subject Files 

Sub-subseries: Astronomical Subjects 

Sub-subseries: Miscellaneous Subjects 

Sub-subseries: UFO Related Files 

Subseries: Miscellaneous Series: Professional Papers, 1929-1996 

Subseries: Lowell Observatory, 1929-1945, 1952-1955 

Sub-subseries: Correspondence 

Sub-subseries: General Files 

Sub-subseries: Research Files 

Sub-subseries: Later Projects 

Sub-subseries: Observatory Publications 

Subseries: Arizona State Teachers College 

Subseries: University of California at Los Angeles 

Subseries: White Sands Proving Ground 


Sub-subseries: Administrative Files 



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Sub-subseries: Near Earth Satellite Search 

Sub-subseries: Telescopes and Optics 

Sub-subseries: Professional Activities 

Sub-subseries: Subject Files 

Sub-subseries: Technical Reports 

Subseries: New Mexico State University 




Sub-subseries: Teaching Files 

Sub-subseries: Observatories and Telescopes 


Sub-subseries: Printed Matter 


Sub-subseries: Writings by Clyde W. Tombaugh 

Sub-subseries: Writings by Others 

Subseries: Speeches and Lectures 

Subseries: Organizations 

Subseries: Subject Files 


Sub-subseries: Reference and Citation Files 

Series: Printed Matter 

Subseries: Brochures 

Subseries: Business Reply Mail 

Subseries: Monographs 

Subseries: Periodicals 

Subseries: Papers and Reports 

Subseries: Reprints 

Subseries: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings 

Series: Oversize Materials 

Subseries: Original Astronomical Charts and Maps 

Subseries: Near Earth Satellite Search 



Subseries: Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment 

Subseries: Printed Astronomical Charts and Posters 

Subseries: General Charts and Posters 

Subseries: Maps 

Series: Photographs 

Subseries: General 



Series: Audiovisual Materials 


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Series: Oral History 

Subseries: Transcripts 

Subseries: Audiotapes Series: Artifacts 


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Description of Series and Container List 

SERIES: PERSONAL PAPERS, 1908, 1916-2000, n.d. 

This series is organized in fourteen subseries: Correspondence; Biographical Material; 

Educational Records; Financial and Legal Records; Writings; Planetary Observation; Telescopes 

and Optics; Pluto Discovery Anniversaries; Awards and Honors; Organizations; Tombaugh 

Family; Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces; Subject Files; and Miscellaneous. 

Subseries: Correspondence, 1923-1997, 2000, n.d. 

The correspondence is organized in four sub-subseries: Family Correspondence; General 

Correspondence; Fan Mail; and Crank Mail. Family and general correspondence are arranged 

alphabetically by correspondent name. Fan mail is arranged in two headings, general and cards, 

with the correspondence arranged chronologically within each heading. Similarly, crank mail 

has two headings, general and UFO related; within each heading, the correspondence is arranged 

chronologically. 

Sub-subseries: Family Correspondence, 1927-1996, 2000, n.d. 

Box:Folder Contents 

Letters sent: 

1:1-2 Christmas letters, 1957, 1964-1968, 1973, 1981-1985, 1989, 1991-1992, 2000 

1:3-11 General (letters home), 1929-1930 

1:12-14 Round Robin letters, 1939-1940, 1946-1950, 1955-1970, 1974-1977, 1980 

1:15 Achterberg, Anita Rachel (Tombaugh), 1950, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1996, n.d. 

1:16 Chritton, George and Etta, 1930 

1:17 Chritton, Laura, 1929-1930 

2:1 Edson, Alden, 1942, 1947, 1964, 1968 

2:2 Edson, Irene B., 1937-1938, 1942, 1956 

2:3 Edson, James B. and Lil, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1961, n.d. 

2:4 Gilmore, Jay and Ruth, 1929, 1954, 1964, 1980, 1982, n.d. 

2:5 Hayward, Hugh and Mildred, 1955-1956, 1983, 1986, 1991 

2:6 Kuhn, Madison and Ruth, 1955-1956, 1979, 1982, 1984-1985 

2:7 Long, Donna, 1969 

2:8 Spreen, Esther (Tombaugh), 1927, 1929-1930, 1937, 1954-1957, 1961, 1971, 

1978-1983, 1988-1990, n.d. 

2:9 Tombaugh, Alden, 1955-1956, 1960, 1964, 1971, 1993, n.d. 

2:10 Tombaugh, Annette, 1947, 1955-1956, 1964, 1967, 1970-1971, n.d. 

2:11 Tombaugh, Charles and Naomi, 1940-1941, 1947, 1956, 1967-1969, 1972, 1980, 

n.d. 

2:12 Tombaugh, Leon M., 1927, 1930, 1937, 1949-1953 


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2:13-15 Tombaugh, Muron and Adella, 1929-1934, 1940-1944, 1947-1960, 1963-1967, 

n.d. 

2:16-19 Tombaugh, Patricia (Patsy), 1942, 1946-1947, 1952, 1957, 1955-1956, 1964, 

1968, 1976, 1981, n.d. 

3:1 Tombaugh, Paul R., 1981 

3:2 Tombaugh, Paul W., 1972, 1979-1981, n.d. 

3:3 Tombaugh, Reid and Winifred, 1971, 1977, 1980-1983, 1987 

3:4 Tombaugh, Robert and Ethel, 1930-1931, 1942-1945, 1952-1957, 1962, 1966, 

1969, 1984-1985, 1996, n.d. 

3:5 Tombaugh, Roy and Dorothy, 1929-1931, 1936, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1964, 1966, 

1974, 1982, 1990 

3:6 Tombaugh, Scott, 1982 

3:7 Tombaugh, Stella, 1984, n.d. 

3:8-9 Miscellaneous family correspondents (C-R, S-W), 1930, 1953-1959, 1961-1964, 

1970, 1979-1988, 1995, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: General Correspondence, 1923-1996, n.d. 


3:10 "A - Al," 1949, 1952, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983-1984, 1991, 1996, n.d. 

3:11 A.D.A.M. Inc. (Santa Fe Children's Observatory), 1992-1993 

3:12 Allen, R. Frederick, 1976 

3:13 "Am - Ap," 1947, 1949, 1954, 1970-1973, 1980-1981, 1993, 1995 

3:14 Anderson, Ernest C., 1950 

3:15 Andrews, Robert E., 1970-1971 

3:16 "Ar - As," 1949, 1954, 1963, 1973, 1979, 1985, 1992, n.d. 

3:17 Argersinger, William J., Jr., 1966-1967, 1973-1974 

3:18 Armijo, Alex J., 1971-1972 

4:1 Arnold, William, 1980 

4:2 "At - Av," 1954, 1985, 1987, n.d. 

4:3 "Ba - Bi," 1938-1941, 1949, 1951, 1955-1956, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967-1972, 

1976-1980, 1983-1988, 1992, n.d. 

4:4 Ball, A. R., 1939-1942 

4:5 Ball, Nellie, 1960, 1964 

4:6 Baker, Lonny, 1982-1983 

4:7 Barker, A. R., Jr., 1941-1942 

4:8 Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1940-1941 

4:9 Bellwood, Tom O., 1943-1944 

4:10 Berg, J. Otto, 1986-1987 

4:11 Biographical Directory of American Men of Science, 1942, n.d. 


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4:12 "Bl - Bo," 1939, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1989-1990, 

1995, n.d. 

4:13 Boothroyd, S. L., 1937, 1953 

4:14 "Br," 1929-1930, 1964-1966, 1970, 1979-1983, 1989-1990, 1993-1994 

4:15 Bridges, Douglas S., 1989-1990 

4:16 Brunier, Serge (Ciel et Espace), 1991-1992 

4:17 "Bu," 1949, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1996 

4:18 Buie, Marc W., 1993 

4:19 Bunch, Sterling, 1930 

4:20 Burke, Edward W., Jr., 1985, 1988-1992 

4:21 Burdett High School (Class of 1925), 1945, 1950, 1955, 1980, 1985 

4:22 Burnett, Donald L., 1959, 1966, 1996 

4:23 Busey, Harold M., 1951 

4:24 "Ca - CBS," 1926, 1944, 1948, 1953, 1965, 1969, 1974, 1985 

4:25 Campbell, Jack M., 1966 

4:26 Candusso, Americo E., 1988-1990 

5:1 Capen, Charles F. (Chick) Jr., and Virginia, 1958-1959, 1962-1963, 1969-1970, 

1980-1981, n.d. 

5:2 Carpenter, Ethel S., 1985-1986 

5:3 "Ch - Cl," 1962, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1990-1994, n.d. 

5:4 Chamberlain, Joseph M., 1980-1982 

Chandler, Marion N., 1953, see Whipple, Fred L. 

5:5 Chapman, Amelia (Mia), 1980, 1983, 1989 

5:6 Christy, James W. and Charlene, 1983-1984 

5:7 Cisko, George, 1995 

Clausing, Dudley LeRoy see Leroy M. E. Clausing (company) 

Clausing, Leroy M. E. see Leroy M. E. Clausing (company) 

5:8 "Co," 1930, 1949-1950, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1969-1973, 1977, 1980-1984, 1992, 

n.d. 

5:9 Content, Robert, 1984 

5:10 Cox, Paul C., 1979-1980 

5:11 "Cr - Cy," 1930, 1933, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, n.d. 

5:12-13 Cuffey, James, 1966, 1975, 1978-1985, 1991 

5:14 "D," 1940, 1946-1947, 1953-1956, 1962-1968, 1972-1980, 1984-1991, 1996, n.d. 

5:15 Daugherty, Ronald E., 1985, 1988 

5:16 Davis, George R., 1986 

5:17 Davis, Joel, 1980, 1984 

5:18 Domenici, Pete V., 1982-1985, 1991-1995 

5:19 Dorff, Tom, 1987, 1992 

6:1 Duncan, Fred, 1980-1984, 1988 

6:2 Durham, Russell L., 1972 


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6:3 Dyck, Gerald P., 1988 

6:4 "E," 1948-1949, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1975, 1980-1983, 1990-1996 

6:5 Edmondson, Frank K., 1949-1951, 1984 

6:6 Ehricke, Krafft A., 1948 

6:7 Erkonen, William E., 1985-1986 

6:8 Esslinger, Michael, 1996 

6:9 "Fa - Fi," 1933, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1993, 1995 

6:10 Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, 1952, n.d. 

6:11 Federer, Charles A., Jr., 1949-1950, 1959 

6:12 Ferris, Timothy, 1993, 1995 

6:13 "Fl - Fo," 1953, 1966-1969, 1978, 1994 

6:14 Foulk, Clinton R., 1952 

6:15 Fowler, A. (Royal Astronomical Society), 1931 

6:16 "Fr," 1941, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1966, 1969, 1980, 1984-1988, 1993 

6:17 Fradin, Dennis, 1996 

6:18 Frost, Kendal, 1932 

6:19 "Fu," 1951, 1977, 1984, 1989 

6:20 Fulwyler, Niles J., 1982-1986 

6:21 Funk, Irvin M. and Alice S., 1968, 1980, 1982, 1987 

6:22 "G," 1941, 1946, 1951, 1964, 1968-1975, 1980-1992 

6:23 Gayer, Mildred, 1939 

6:24 Gentner, Glenda F., 1987, 1990 

6:25 Giclas, Henry L., 1948, 1965, 1977, 1980-1981, 1989-1990, n.d. 

6:26 Gifford, Franklin A., 1953-1954, 1980 

6:27 Gilbreath, Steven M., 1988-1989 

6:28 Gilkison, John, 1986 

6:29 Gott, Preston F., 1969, 1974-1975, 1990 

7:1 Gressley, Gene M., 1984-1985 

7:2 Guide, Jeffrey M., 1971, 1973, 1982 

7:3 "Ha," 1942-1943, 1952, 1965-1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1989-1991, n.d. 

7:4 Haas, Walter H., 1949-1950, 1958 

7:5 Hall, John S., 1985-1986 

7:6 Halligan, James E., 1984-1988, 1991, 1993 

7:7 Harford, James, Jr., 1984 

7:8 Hayward, Lawrence, 1929-1930, n.d. 

7:9 "He - Hi," 1951, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1992, n.d. 

7:10 Hefferan, Vi, 1980-1984 

7:11 Hendry, Elaine M., 1981 

7:12 Henize, Karl G., 1971, 1980 

7:13 Hernandez, John and Frances, 1969-1970, 1974, 1982, 1984 

7:14 Hessel, Eugene A. and Betty, 1983, 1987 

7:15 Hill, Richard E., 1984 


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7:16 "Ho - Hu," 1932, 1950, 1968, 1973-1974, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1991, n.d. 

7:17 Hoag, Arthur A., 1980, 1983 

7:18 Hoffleit, Dorrit, 1956, 1976, n.d. 

7:19 Hope, Clifford R., 1930, 1932, 1935, 1938 

7:20 House, George M., 1986-1987 

7:21 Hunt, George W. P., 1931 

7:22 Hutson, James H., 1988 

7:23 Hynek, J. Allen, 1952, 1977, 1983, n.d. 

7:24 Ingalls, Albert G., 1930, 1937, 1941, 1946 

7:25 International Space Hall of Fame, 1980, 1984-1990 

7:26 "J," 1942, 1944, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980-1987 

7:27 Jensen, Peter K., 1986 

8:1 Johnson, Willis E., 1940 

8:2 Jose, Paul D., 1950 

8:3 Joy, Alfred H., 1934, 1938, 1944, 1946 

8:4 "K," 1944, 1957, 1965, 1968-1971, 1975-1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1996, n.d. 

8:5 Kloda, Samuel S., 1973, 1977, 1984, 1989 

8:6 Knox, Donald G., 1986, 1990, 1992, 1995 

8:7 Kraft, Robert P., 1976 

8:8 Kruse, Arthur and Ella, 1968, 1977-1979, 1991 

8:9 Kuiper, Gerard P. and Sarah F., 1952-1953 

8:10 Kuo, Yeh Ching, 1985-1988, 1991-1992 

8:11 "La," 1956-1957, 1971, 1986-1987, 1994 

8:12 La Fara, Robert L., 1950-1951, n.d. 

8:13 Lally, Eugene F., 1988 

8:14 Lampland, C. O., 1932-1933, 1947-1951, n.d. 

8:15 La Paz, Lincoln, 1946 

8:16 Lasson, Léon, 1956, 1962 

8:17 "Le - Ly," 1943, 1945, 1959, 1965-1966, 1969-1971, 1974, 1982-1983, 1987- 

1989, 1992, 1995, n.d. 

8:18 Lebofsky, Larry, 1961, 1994-1995 

8:19 Leonard, Frederick C., 1941, 1944-1945, 1950, 1953 

8:20 Leroy M. E. Clausing (company), 1949-1950 

8:21 Levy, David H., 1981-1985, 1992 

8:22 Ley, Willy, 1965, n.d. 

8:23 Lighton, Merle and Dorothy, 1954, n.d. 

8:24 Lipsky, Y. N., 1968, n.d. 

8:25 Lively, Dean, 1974 

8:26 Lockwood, Marian, 1948, 1952 

8:27 Lujan, Manuel, Jr., 1986-1988 

9:1 "Ma," 1941, 1945, 1955, 1972-1973, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1990, n.d. 

9:2 Manly, Peter L., 1976, 1983, 1988 


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9:3 Marsden, Brian G., 1986-1987 

9:4 Marshall, James R., 1961 

9:5 Martz, Edwin P., Jr., 1950 

9:6 "Mc," 1932, 1942-1943, 1948, 1950, 1966, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1987-1989 

9:7 McAleer, Neil, 1980, 1982 

9:8 McDonald, Keith (Sedona Life), 1978 

9:9 McDonald Observatory News, 1986 

9:10 McIntosh, Ronald, 1929-1930 

9:11 McMillan, J. O., 1950 

9:12 "Me - Mi," 1944, 1958-1959, 1969, 1971, 1980-1981, 1990, 1994 

9:13 Meinel, Aden B. and Marjorie, 1987 

9:14 Menzel, Donald H., 1952, 1961 

9:15 Menzies, Robert J., 1943-1945 

9:16 Merletti, Ralph, 1994 

9:17 Millis, Robert L., 1989-1990, 1994 

9:18 Minear, W. L., 1952-1954 

9:19 "Mo," 1953, 1966-1967, 1975, 1982-1983, 1986, 1991, 1996 

9:20 Monnig, Oscar E., 1931, 1941-1946, 1964, 1980-1981 

9:21 Moore, Patrick, 1961, 1982-1988 

9:22 Mount Wilson Observatory, 1923, 1966 

9:23 The Moving Picture Company, 1984-1985 

9:24 "Mu - My," 1956-1957, 1971, 1988-1984, 1990 

9:25 Munson, Frederick W., 1930, 1989, 1992 

9:26 Murtagh, Terence P., 1981 

9:27 Musil, E. Lee, 1981, 1983 

10:1 "Na - Ne," 1944, 1946, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1968-1969, 1980-1984, 1988, 1991- 

1993 

10:2 National Geographic Society, 1968-1972, 1986-1990, n.d. 

10:3 "Ni - No," 1956-1957, 1965, 1978, 1986, 1993, n.d. 

10:4 Nichols, Herbert B., 1980 

10:5 Nicholson, Seth B., 1940, 1949, 1955 

10:6 North, Roy D., 1985, 1989 

10:7 "O," 1979, 1984, 1988, 1991-1992, 1996 

10:8 Ogle, Michael and Kathleen, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994 

10:9 Olcott, William Tyler, 1935-1936 

10:10 Olivarez, Jose, 1987, 1995, n.d. 

10:11 "Pa - Pe," 1941, 1950-1953, 1956, 1964-1965, 1973, 1981-1982, 1986 

10:12 Perkin, R. S. (The Perkin-Elmer Corporation), 1941 

10:13 "Ph - Po," 1951, 1953, 1958, 1968-1969, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1992, n.d. 

10:14 Pickard, Frank, 1983-1984 

10:15 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1941-1942, 1950 

10:16 Polese, Richard, 1979, 1987-1988 


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10:17 Pons, John, 1986-1987 

10:18 Poorman, B. A., 1954 

10:19 "Pr - Pu," 1971, 1977-1982, 1995 

10:20 Press, Frank, 1980 

10:21 Proud, Linda, 1983, n.d. 

10:22 Putnam, Michael C. J., 1980, 1987 

10:23 Putnam, Roger L., 1937, 1940-1941, 1944-1949, 1952-1954 

10:24 Putnam, William L., 1988-1989, 1994 

10:25 "Q," 1973, 1979 

10:26 Quigley, Patrick J., 1980 

11:1 "Ra - Ri," 1924, 1942, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1979, 1984-1987, 1990-1994, n.d. 

11:2 Reaves, Gibson, 1950-1951, 1978, 1980, 1993 

11:3 Rigby, Harry, 1945-1947 

11:4 "Ro - Ru," 1939, 1950, 1955-1958, 1968, 1971-1980, 1984-1986, n.d. 

11:5 Rosenberg, E. J., 1944 

11:6 Roush, Donald C., 1973 

11:7 Rozenblum-Acebo, Annette, 1984 

11:8 "Sa - Sc," 1930-1932, 1955, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1992, 1995, n.d. 

11:9 Schienke, Horst, 1989 

11:10 Schmitt, Harrison (Jack), 1978-1982, 1986-1987, n.d. 

11:11 Schultz, Sherman W. and Betty, 1982, 1988 

11:12 "Se - Sh," 1936, 1953-1954, 1960, 1971, 1974-1975, 1991, 1993, n.d. 

11:13 Sekiguchi, Kaz and Keiko, 1988-1991 

11:14 Shane, C. D., 1946 

11:15 Shapley, Harlow, 1952-1953 

11:16 Shaw, R. William, 1946, 1951 

11:17 Shawcross, William E. (Sky & Telescope), 1967 

11:18 Shawl, Stephen J. (University of Kansas), 1982-1985, 1989-1990 

11:19 Shirk, Stanley H., 1965, 1967 

11:20 "Si - So," 1938, 1955, 1960, 1966-1967, 1970, 1980, 1983-1984, 1991-1992, 

1996, n.d. 

11:21 Sims, Ward L., 1959, 1961 

11:22 Sky & Telescope, 1982, 1985-1991, 1994 

12:1 Slipher, E. C., 1932, 1935, 1951, ca. 1960 

12:2 Slipher, Emma R., 1960, n.d. 

12:3 Slipher, V. M., 1928-1929, 1933 

12:4 Slosson, May Preston (Mrs. Edwin E.), 1941 

12:5 Smiley, Charles H., 1941 

12:6 Smith, Bradford A., 1966-1967, 1984, n.d. 

12:7 Smith, Mrs. Duane, 1957 

12:8 Spitz, Armand N. and Grace, 1969, 1971, n.d. 


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12:9 Sprecher, Stanley A., 1982, 1985, n.d. 

12:10 "St - Sz," 1942, 1954, 1964, 1967-1968, 1970, 1980-1985, 1990, 1992, n.d. 

12:11 Staehle, Robert L., 1996 

12:12 Star & Sky, 1978-1979 

12:13 Starkweather, F. Thomas, 1984, 1986 

12:14 Steinborn, David M., 1983, 1987 

12:15 Stine, G. Harry and Barbara, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1979, 1984-1987, 1990, 

1993 

12:16 Stone, Michael O., 1966 

12:17 Stone, Sid and Marcia, 1955, 1957 

12:18 Storer, N. Wyman and Mary, 1949, 1966 

12:19 Strnad, Steven, 1984 

12:20 Strater, Edward L., 1954 

12:21 Strong, John, 1944 

12:22 Sugerman, Leonard R., 1979, 1986 

12:23 Sweitzer, Paul A., 1980, 1985 

12:24 "Ta - Th," 1942, 1954, 1976, 1980-1981, 1987, 1991-1992, n.d. 

12:25 Taft, Robert, 1944-1946 

12:26 Tattersall, Jim, 1982-1983 

12:27 Tedesco, Edward F., 1977, 1980, 1985 

12:28 Thomas, Gary E., 1958, 1961 

12:29 Thomas, Gerald W., 1979-1980, 1987 

12:30 Thornton, Jack N., 1980-1983 

12:31 "Ti - Tu," 1955-1956, 1961, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1992 

12:32 Time-Life Broadcast, Inc., 1969-1970 

12:33 Troxell, Jean, 1983, 1992 

12:34 Trueblood, Mark, 1984 

12:35 "U," 1962, 1985, n.d. 

12:36 University of Kansas, 1931, 1945, 1966, 1976, 1982, 1985-1986, 1991-1992, n.d. 

13:1 "V," 1947, 1972, 1979, 1982, 1990, 1995-1996, n.d. 

13:2 Van de Kamp, Peter, 1976, 1980-1986 

13:3 Van Dyke, James R., 1984 

13:4 von Braun, Wernher, n.d. 

13:5 "Wa - We," 1937-1938, 1949, 1955, 1966-1967, 1970, 1981-1984, 1991-1992, 

n.d. 

13:6 Waddell-Kremer, Lorna Q., 1992-1993 

13:7 Walden, Thomas K., 1995-1996 

13:8 Wallace, John and Sue, 1981, 1982 

13:9 Wallace, Ralph, 1944 

13:10 Wallentinsen, Derek, 1979 

13:11 Weart, Spencer R. (American Institute of Physics), 1979-1980, 1994 

13:12 Wells, Ronald A., 1980-1985 


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13:13 "Wh," 1941, 1971, 1973, 1981, 1984-1985, 1996 

13:14 Whipple, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L., 1937, 1949-1953, 1960 

13:15 White Sands Missile Range, 1982, 1986, 1994 

13:16 Whyte, Anthony J., 1979 

13:17 "Wi," 1946, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1966-1967, 1971, 1973, 1978-1985, 1988, 

n.d. 

13:18 Wilkins, H. P., 1953 

13:19 Wilson, Latimer J., 1925, 1927 

13:20 Wimberly, Paul F., 1953 

13:21 "Wo - Wu," 1973, 1980, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996 

13:22 Wood, Betty Hawkins, 1950 

13:23 Worzel, Richard, 1980 

13:24 "Y," 1949, 1964, 1971, 1982 

13:25 Youngberg, Irvin E. (Kansas University Endowment Association), 1955 

13:26 Unidentified, 1931, 1933, 1950, 1961-1962, 1975, 1980, 1983, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Fan Mail, 1933-1997, n.d. 


General 

14:1 1933 

14:2 1944-1948 

14:3 1951-1955 

14:4 1956 

14:5 1957 

14:6 1958-1959 

14:7 1960 

14:8-10 1961 

15:1-2 1962 

15:3-5 1963 

15:6-8 1964 

15:9-12 January-September 1965 

16:1 October-December 1965 

16:2-6 1966 

16:7-11 1967 see also Box 38 

16:12-13 January-February 1968 

17:1-2 March-December 1968 

17:3-7 1969 see also Box 38 

17:8-12 1970 


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18:1-6 1971 

18:7-12 January-August 1972 

19:1-2 September-December 1972 

19:3-9 1973 see also Box 38 

19:10-11 January-March 1974 

20:1-6 April-December 1974 


21:1 October-December 1975 

21:2-7 1976 

21:8-9 1977 

21:10-11 1978 

22:1-3 1979 see also Box 38 

22:4-10 January-April 1980 see also Box 38 

23:1-7 May-December 1980 

23:8-11 January-July 1981 see also Box 38 

24:1-2 August-December 1981 see also Box 38 

24:3-9 1982 see also Box 38 


26:1-3 October-December 1983 

26:4-11 1984 

26:12-13 January-May 1985 

27:1-5 June-December 1985 



28:5-11 January-May 1987 


29:7-10 January-March 1988 

30:1-7 April-December 1988 see also Box 38 

30:8-10 January-April 1989 


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31:7-12 January-May 1990 


32:9-11 January-February 1991 

33:1-11 March-November 1991 see also Box 38 

34:1-2 December 1991 


35:1-11 May-December 1992 see also Box 38 

35:12 January 1993 

36:1-10 February-December 1993 see also Box 38 

36:11 January-March 1994 

37:1-5 April-December 1994 

37:6-11 1995 see also Box 38 

38:1 1996 

38:2 Undated 

38:3 General fan mail (legal size), 1967, 1969 

38:4 General fan mail (legal size), 1973, 1979 

38:5 General fan mail (legal size), 1980-1983, 1986, 1988 

38:6 General fan mail (legal size), 1990-1995 

38:7 Cards (legal size), n.d. 

Cards 

39:1 1984 

39:2 1990 

39:3-6 1991 

39:7 1992 

40:1-2 1993 

40:3 1994 

40:4-7 1996 see also Audio Visual Materials 

41:1-4 1996 

42:1-2 1996 

42:3 1997 

42:4-6 Undated 


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44 Undated 

Sub-subseries: Crank Mail 


General 

45:1 1961-1968 (legal size) 

45:2 1980-1984 (legal size) 

45:3 1985-1989 (legal size) 

45:4 1992, 1994 (legal size) 

46:1 1954-1958 

46:2 1970-1971 

46:3 1974-1979 

46:4 Undated 

UFO related 

46:5 1953, 1954, 1959 

46:6 1960-1969 

46:7 1970-1979 

47:1 1984, 1989 

47:2 1990-1995 

47:3 Undated 

Subseries: Biographical Material, 1929-1934, 1946-1993, n.d. 

Contains items of general biographical interest about Clyde Tombaugh, including biographical 

statements and vitas, entries from biographical dictionaries, the announcement of his marriage to 

Patricia Edson, and miscellaneous questionnaires filled out by Tombaugh. Arranged 

alphabetically by folder title. 


47:4 Articles and clippings, 1929-1930, 1946, 1954, 1961-1962, 1968-1979, 1985- 

1986, 1991, n.d. 

47:5 Biographies and curricula vitae, ca.1950s - 1980s 

47:6 Europa Publications, The International Who's Who, 1962, 1966, 1971, 1975-1978, 

1981-1987, 1990 


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67:1 Marquis Who's Who, Who's Who in America 1944-1945, 1956, 1968-1969, 1973, 

1976-1979, 1990-1993, n.d. 

67:2 Marquis Who's Who, Who's Who in the West, 1967, 1969, 1977-1978, 1981, n.d. 

47:7 Melrose Press, Men of Achievement, 1975-1976, 1978 

47:8 Miscellaneous biographical dictionaries, 1931, 1965, 1967, 1971-1975, 1978, 

1981, 1984-1986, 1991-1992, n.d. 

47:9 Notice of classification card, 1944 

47:10 Questionnaires, 1973, 1977, 1983 n.d. 

47:11 Things to do list, 1920-1924 

47:12 University of Kansas commencement program, 1939 

47:13 Wedding announcement, 1934 

Subseries: Educational Records, 1920-1927, 1932-1939, n.d. 

Contains assignments, examinations, and notes dating from Tombaugh's high school and college 

years. A notable gap is the lack of items relating to Tombaugh's masters thesis. Arranged 

chronologically by institution, and alphabetically thereunder. 


Streator High School, Streator, Illinois 

47:14 Ancient History (Greece and the East), notebook, n.d. 

47:15 Report card (photocopies), 1920-1922 

47:16 Writing assignments, "The Story of My Life" and "Diary" (originals and 

transcriptions), 1920 

Burdett High School, Burdett, Kansas 

47:17 Assignments and examinations, 1923-1924, n.d. 

47:18 Notebook (mathematics, physics, and English), 1923-1924, 1927, n.d. 

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 

Assignments 

47:19 Algebra and trigonometry, 1932-1933 

48:1 Chemistry II, 1933 

48:2 Differential Calculus, 1933 

48:3 Geology 2, 1935 

48:4 "Measuring the Radial Velocity of the Star ∗' Canis Minoris," 1939 

Orbit computations 

48:5 Asteroid 1935 SO1, 1936 

48:6 Comet Whipple, 1936 

48:7 Delporte Planetoid "Anteros," 1936 

48:8 Spectroscopic binary star ∗ Orionis, n.d. 


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Spherical and Practical Astronomy 

48:9 Moon problem (Tombaugh and James B. Edson), 1935 

48:10 Transit errors and time reduction, 1934-1935 

48:11 Miscellaneous, 1934-1935 

48:12 Theory of solar eclipses, 1939 

48:13 Course announcement, Geology 159, summer field course, n.d. 

48:14 Course catalog, 1933 

Course notes 

48:15 Botany, 1934 

48:16 Contemporary Philosophy, 1936 

48:17 Geography 3 & 3a, Principles of Human Geography, n.d. 

48:18 Geology 1, General Geology, n.d. 

49:1 Geology 31, Mineralogy, 1936 

49:2 Geology 281, Petrographic Methods, 1938-1939 

49:3 Geology 301, Research: Reading in Dynamic Geology, 1939 

49:4 Geology, unidentified (historical geology), n.d. 

49:5 Geology, unidentified, n.d. 

49:6 Kinetic theory of gases, 1938 

49:7 Meteorology, n.d. 

49:8 Projective Geometry I, 1935-1936 

49:8 Enrollment and report cards, 1932-1933 

Laboratory experiments and notes 

49:10 Chemistry II, 1933 

50:1 Geology 1, General Geology, n.d. 

50:2 Geology 31, Mineralogy, 1936 

50:3 Optics and heat theory, 1935-1936 

Notes on books 

50:4 Berry, A., History of Astronomy, 1935 

50:5 Fath, E. A., The Elements of Astronomy... (New York: McGraw-Hill), n.d 

50:6 Hubble, E. P., The Observational Approach to Cosmology (Oxford: 

Clarendon Press, 1937), n.d. 

50:7 Jeans, J. H., The Universe Around Us, n.d. 

50:8 Love, C. E., Differential and Integral Calculus, 1937, n.d. 

50:9 Morgan, J. B., The Psychology of Abnormal People, 1937 

50:10 Robinson, H. H., The San Franciscan Volcanic Field, Arizona 

(Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1913), n.d 

50:11 Miscellaneous notes on philosophy, n.d. 

50:12 Patsy Tombaugh, course notes and paper, 1935-1936, n.d. 

50:13 Reading list, Geology 80, n.d. 

Term papers 

50:14 "Geology of the Moon," 1935 


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50:15 "How to study the Planet Mars Visually," Rhetoric Ib, 1933 

50:16 "Studies on Spiral Nebulae," Rhetoric IIa, 1933 

51:1 "Weather and Climate on the Planet Mars," 1936 

51:2 Untitled [on Mars], n.d. 

51:3 Miscellaneous, 1933-1934, n.d. 

Subseries: Financial and Legal Records, 1926-1928, 1941-1996, n.d. 

Contains records of checks issued to Tombaugh, bank statements, insurance and medical 

expenses, retirement annuity, taxes, and receipts and invoices, as well as mortgage and warranty 

deeds from the Tombaughs' house in Flagstaff, Arizona. Also included is a contract with 

General Electric Company for Tombaugh to serve as a consultant. The bulk of the records date 

from the 1980s and 1990s, but there are also records from the 1920s to 1970s. Arranged 

alphabetically. 


Checks issued 

51:4 New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, 1984, 1985, 1988-1993 

51:5 New Mexico State University, 1980, 1985, 1989, 1990 

51:6 Social Security, 1980-1992 

51:7 Stackpole Books Inc. (royalties), 1980-1987 

51:8 State of New Mexico, 1980-1985 

51:9 Miscellaneous, 1974, 1980-1990 

First National Bank of Dona Ana County 

51:10 Bank statements, 1985 

51:11 Canceled checks, 1984, 1985 

51:12 Deposits, 1985-1987 

51:13 First National Bank of Las Cruces, 1949 

67:3 General Electric Co., consultant agreement, 1958-1959 

51:14 Insurance, 1926-1928, 1947, 1980-1983 

51:15 Medical, 1955, 1976, 1980-1982, 1992 

51:16 Miscellaneous receipts and invoices, 1947-1950, 1955-1996 

67:4 Mortgage and warranty deed for Flagstaff, Arizona, house, 1941-1946 

51:17 NMSU tax annuity, 1963, n.d. 

51:18 Property taxes, 1947-1961 

51:19 Travel expenses, 1965, 1979 

51:20 Westmorland Sterling Records, 1950-1951, 1956-1957 

51:21 W-2 and 1099 forms from NMSU and Stackpole Books, 1973, 1979-1982 


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Subseries: Writings, 1923-1924, 1975-1989, n.d. 

Contains autobiographical writings, including a composition book dating from Tombaugh's high 

school years and extensive files relating to Out of the Darkness, the Planet Pluto, his 

autobiographical account of the discovery of Pluto. 


52:1 Composition book, 1923-1924, n.d. 

Out of the Darkness, The Planet Pluto 


52:2 General, 1975-1984, 1987-1989, n.d. 

52:3 AP Watt Ltd (literary agent), 1988-1989 

52:4 Moore, Patrick, 1979-1981, 1987-1988 

52:5 Stackpole Books Inc., 1979-1988, n.d. 

52:6 Regarding autographs, 1980-1988, n.d. 

Contracts 

52:7 Stackpole Books, 1979 

67:5 Ellis Horwood Limited, 1988 

67:6 Galley proofs, 1980 

52:8 Outline, notes, and illustrations, n.d. 

52:9 Manuscript (original and photocopy), 1979 

53:1-2 Manuscript (original and photocopy), 1979 

53:3-5 Typewritten drafts, n.d. 

Typescript 

53:6 Original typescript (with corrections), n.d. 

54:1 Original typescript (with corrections), n.d. 

54:2-3 Photocopy, and illustrations, n.d. 

54:4 Typescript (selected pages) with editor's marks, n.d. 

54:5 Typescript (photocopy) of chapters written by Patrick Moore 

Illustrations 

54:6 General (includes drawings by Patsy Tombaugh), n.d. 

54:7 Lists and captions, n.d. 

54:8 Used in book, n.d. See also Photographs Series 

54:9 Reviews, 1980-1981, n.d. 

54:10 Autograph list, 1980-1987 

54:11 Checks issued for book, 1980-1986 

54:12 Miscellaneous, 1978-1981, 1984, n.d. 


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Subseries: Planetary Observation, 1928-1953, 1961, 1986-1995, n.d. 

Contains notes and drawings (1920s-1960s) of the planets as observed by Tombaugh, his family 

members, and classmates at the University of Kansas; also included are records of seeing 

conditions and observations made in Los Angeles, California (1945-1946), and Las Cruces, New 

Mexico (1946-1948, 1986-1995). The notes and drawings are arranged alphabetically by planet. 


Notes and drawings 

54:13 Jupiter and Saturn, 1928-1929, 1936-1937, n.d. 

54:14 Mars, 1928-1937, 1948 

54:15 Moon (also Mars), 1928, 1939, n.d. 

54:16 Venus, 1953, 1961 

54:17 Visual observation records, 1945-1948, 1986-1995 

Subseries: Telescopes and Optics, 1929-1994, n.d. 

Organized under three headings. The first is Design and Calculations for various telescopes, 

including speculative designs never constructed. The second heading, Grinding, Polishing, and 

Figuring Records, contains notes regarding work done by Tombaugh on mirrors for his personal 

telescopes, as well as others' telescopes. The final heading, Miscellaneous, includes 

correspondence and other records regarding supplies for telescopes, correspondence related to 

the "16-inch Club" started by Tombaugh in the 1940s in order to obtain 16-inch mirror blanks at 

reasonable prices, and a log book for Tombaugh's 16-inch telescope. 


Design and calculations 

55:1 5-inch Gregorian reflector, 1962, 1973, n.d. 

55:2 5-inch single lens refractor, 1929 

55:3 12-inch reflector, n.d. 

55:4 12-inch Schmidt, 1975, n.d. 

55:5 16-inch f5 Cassegrain reflector, 1950, 1973-1975, n.d. 

55:6 16-inch f10 Cassegrain reflector, 1957-1967, 1973, 1977, 1986, n.d. 

55:7 16-inch parabolic mirror, 1984 

55:8 18-inch f6.3 Cassegrain reflector, 1974-1976, 1982 

55:9 Focusing device, 1961-1962 See also Oversize Materials 

55:10 Miscellaneous, 1960-1961, 1969, 1974-1978, 1982-1986, 1993, n.d. 

Grinding, polishing, and figuring records 

55:11 Silvering of various mirrors, notes, 1932-1933 

55:12 5-inch mirrors (20 1/4-inch and 75-inch focal lengths), 1934, n.d. 

55:13 Various mirrors, 1939-1942 


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55:14 Various mirrors, 1949, 1960-1963 

55:15 12-inch mirror (80 1/16-inch focal lengths), 1967 

55:16 Various mirrors, 1976 

(also miscellaneous notes on proposed autobiography, trip, stock market) 

55:17 8-inch mirror (60-inch focal length), 1977-1978 

Miscellaneous 

55:18 Correspondence, general, 1972-1974, 1988-1990, 1994, n.d. 

55:19 Correspondence with Coulter Optical Company, 1968, 1974 

55:20 Micro-Line sun filters, 1972 

55:21-22 Notes and printed matter, 1944-1946, 1956-1958, 1965, 1968, n.d. 

55:23 Orders, 1927 

55:24 Ryerson Steel stock list and reference book (also miscellaneous notes), 1954- 

1955, n.d. 

55:25 The 16-inch Club, 1941-1942 

67:7 16-inch Tombaugh reflector log book, 1962-1963 

(also White Sands Proving Ground tracking telescopes, 1950, n.d.) 

Subseries: Pluto Discovery Anniversaries, 1955, 1970, 1979-1981, 1990, 1995, 1999 

Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, and other material related to 

anniversaries of the discovery of Pluto. Most extensive are the files on the several events held to 

commemorate the 50th anniversary, in particular the Pluto meeting hosted by the NMSU 

Department of Astronomy. Arranged chronologically by anniversary year, and alphabetically 

thereunder. 


57:1 25th Anniversary, clippings, 1955 

57:2 40th Anniversary, 1970 

50th Anniversary 


57:3 "A-E," 1979-1980, n.d. 

57:4 "G-M," 1979-1981, n.d. 

57:5 "N-Z," 1979-1980, n.d. 

57:6 Miscellaneous events, 1980 

"Pluto- The Ninth Planet's Golden Year," meeting at NMSU, 17-19 Feb. 1980 

56 Address card file, n.d. 

57:7 Audiotape listing, 1999 

57:8 Icarus special Pluto issue, notes and list of papers, 1980 

57:9 Mailing list, general, 1979-1980, n.d. 


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57:10 Mailing list (marked American Astronomical Society directory), n.d. 

57:11 Miscellaneous, 1979-1980 

57:12 Printed Matter, 1980 



Subseries: Awards and Honors, 1931, 1935, 1960, 1965-1972, 1979-1990, n.d. 

Correspondence, programs, certificates, and related material pertaining to various awards and 

honors received by Tombaugh. Arranged alphabetically by organization or institution. 


57:15 American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award, 1991 

International Space Hall of Fame induction and dedication of the Clyde W. 

Tombaugh Space Instruction Center 

57:16 General, 1979-1980 

57:17 Mailing list, 1980 

58:1 NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 1980 

58:2 New Mexico Academy of Science, 1968 

58:3 New Mexico State University Regent's Medal, 1980 

58:4 Presbyterian Hospital Center Foundation Award for Excellence, 1982 

58:5 Royal Astronomical Society, Jackson-Gwilt Medal, 1931 

58:6 University of Kansas Citation for Distinguished Service, 1966, 1980 

58:7 University of Kansas, Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory, 1980, 1982 

58:8 White Sands Missile Range Hall of Fame, 1980 

58:9 Miscellaneous, 1935, 1960, 1965, 1968-1969, 1972, 1980-1990, n.d. 

Subseries: Organizations, 1966-1967, 1975-1996, n.d. 

Contains correspondence, by-laws and charters, newsletters, and other printed matter from nonprofessional 

organizations. Arranged alphabetically by organization name. 


58:10 Dona Ana Peppers Las Cruces chapter of Good Sam Club, 1984-1985, 1988, 

1990 

58:11-12 The Explorers Club, 1979-1985, 1988-1994, n.d. 

58:13 Las Cruces Beloved Vagabonds, 1967 

58:14 National Space Society, 1988-1992 

58:15 The Planetary Society, 1980-1989 


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59:1 The Planetary Society, 1990-1992, n.d. 

University of Kansas Alumni Association 

59:2 Class of 1936, 50th reunion, 1985-1986, n.d. 

59:3 Miscellaneous, 1966, 1975/76, 1980-1982, 1986-1996, n.d. 

59:4 White Sands Missile Range Historical Foundation, 1992 

White Sands Pioneer Group 

59:5 General, 1976, 1980-1987, 1990, 1995, n.d. 

Hall of Fame 

59:6 Charter, 1981 

59:7 General, 1980-1991 

59:8 Induction Programs, 1982-1992 

59:9 Nominations and vitas, 1980-1984. 

60:1-2 Nominations and vitas, 1985-1992, n.d. 

Subseries: Tombaugh Family, 1928-1932, 1950, 1958, 1965-1976, 1982-1986, 1990-1993, 

n.d. 

These files concern Tombaugh's extended family, and include materials related to specific 

members as well as correspondence and other information about family reunions. Includes files 

related to the Chrittons (Clyde Tombaugh's maternal relatives) and the Edsons (Patricia 

Tombaugh's family) in addition to the Tombaughs. Arranged alphabetically, with files about 

specific Tombaugh family members placed after the general Tombaugh family reunions file. 


60:3 Chritton family reunions, 1982-1983, 1990-1993 

60:4 Edson family, 1950, 1966, 1990, 1993 

60:5 Graduation announcements, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1950 

60:6 Tombaugh family reunions, 1984-1986 

60:7 Alden C. Tombaugh, 1967, 1970, 1975 

60:8 Annette Tombaugh, 1976 

60:9 Muron D. Tombaugh, I Remember! The Golden Years: Nuggets from the Past, 

1958 

60:10 Robert Tombaugh, Science 127, course material and exams, 1965-67, n.d. 

60:11 Roy Tombaugh, 1958 

60:12 Miscellaneous, 1958, 1966, 1986, 1991, n.d. 

Subseries: Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 1955-1957, 1964-1995, n.d. 

Contains correspondence, newsletters, orders of service, and miscellaneous items, including 

information on special events, church auctions, annual meetings, and printed matter about 

Unitarianism. Arranged alphabetically by folder title with miscellaneous material at the end. 


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60:13 Correspondence, 1980-1985, 1988, 1992-1995, n.d. 

67:8 Newsletters, 1955, 1980-1983, 1986, 1990-1993 

67:9 Orders of Service, 1964-1965, 1976-1986, 1990-1993 

60:14-15 Miscellaneous, 1956-1957, 1964-1994, n.d. 

Subseries: Subject Files, 1908, 1924-1981, 1996, n.d. 

The subseries is organized in three sub-subseries: Astronomical Subjects, Miscellaneous 

Subjects, and UFO Related Files. The files in Astronomical Subjects primarily contain notes by 

Tombaugh on books and journal articles. In some cases a packet of notes, or even a single page, 

may include notes on two or more distinct topics. In these cases the notes are filed under the 

predominant topic, with additional topics listed in parentheses. Also in Astronomical Subjects is 

an astronomy notebook compiled by Tombaugh; included in this notebook is a typed and 

handwritten account "Some astronomical events in my life." Miscellaneous Subjects contains 

notes and printed material on subjects including energy issues, geology, and optics. The UFO 

related files begin with correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent; general files 

are arranged alphabetically following the correspondence. 

Sub-subseries: Astronomical Subjects 


61:1 General, 1934-1935, 1941, 1956, 1963, 1966, n.d. 

61:2 Astronomy, history of, n.d. 

61:3 Astronomy notebook, 1916-1929, n.d. 

61:4 Earth, including astronomical time and geophysics (also nebulae and stars), 1936, 

n.d. 

61:5 Galaxy (also R Coronae Borealis and sunspots), 1939, n.d. 

61:6 Jupiter (also major planets), 1958, n.d. 

61:7 Mars (also Jupiter and Saturn), 1927-1928, 1943, 1950, n.d. 

61:8 Meteorites, 1937, 1941, n.d. 

61:9 Moon, 1927-1937, 1948-1953, 1963, n.d. 

61:10 Nebulae, 1935 

61:11 Pluto, 1930-1934, 1946, 1950, n.d. 

61:12 Saturn, 1908, 1933, 1940, 1958, n.d. 

Stars 

61:13 General (also astrophysical laws, galaxies, and distances in Solar System), 

1939, 1996, n.d. See also Photographs Series 

61:14 Double stars (also galaxies, Jupiter satellites, miscellaneous stars, and 


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nebulae), 1940-1942 

61:15 Variable stars, 1924, 1937, n.d. 

61:16 Sun, 1939, 1982, 1985 

Sub-subseries: Miscellaneous Subjects 


67:9 Airplanes and atmospheric air (notes), ca. 1920s 

62:1 American Academy of Achievement, 1992 

62:2 Biology, 1939, 1966 

62:3 Books, 1952 

62:4 Brooks, Prudence, poems, n.d. 

62:5 Chemistry, n.d. 

62:6 Energy, 1950, 1973-1982, n.d. 

62:7 Environment and pollution, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1986-1988, n.d. 

62:8 European Scientific Notes, 1957, 1960, 1966 

62:9 Geology (also zoology), 1930, 1940, 1944, n.d. 

62:10 Geology and Mineralogy, 1934-1939, n.d. 

62:11 International Space Hall of Fame, Alamogordo, N. Mex., 1982-1986, 1989, n.d. 

62:12 Meteorology, 1939-1940 

62:13 Optics, 1949-1951, n.d. 

62:14 Optics, vision, and color (also A.A.A.S. meeting notes, 1937, and notes on "How 

to Win Friends and Influence People"), 1936-1939, 1946, n.d. 

62:15 Outlines, rules for, n.d. 

62:16 Photography, n.d. 

62:17 Photometry, n.d. 

62:18 Physics, 1936-1943, n.d. 

62:19 Religion, 1987-1989, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: UFO related files 



62:20 "A-M," 1949-1971, 1987, n.d. 

62:21 Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, 1954, 1957-1958 

62:22 Corn, James C., 1952-1953 

62:23 Friedman, Stanton T., 1981 

62:24 Greene, John B., 1957 

62:25 Hall, Richard (Satellite), 1957 


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63:1 Harnett, Charles B., 1957 

63:2 Hynek, J. Allen, 1964, n.d. 

63:3 Jara, Alejandro de la, 1957-1958 

63:4 Keyhoe, Donald E. (National Investigations Committee on Aerial 

Phenomena), 1957-1958, n.d. 

63:5 Moore, Don, 1957 

63:6 "N-Z," 1949, 1952-1957, 1962, 1965-1967, 1970, n.d. 

63:7 Penrod, Douglas L., 1967 

63:8 Stringfield, Leonard H., 1953, 1955-1957, 1977, n.d. 

63:9 General, 1952-1955, 1961, 1965-1967, 1970-1973, n.d. 

63:10 Sightings, notes, 1943, 1949-1957, n.d. 

63:11-12 Reports, 1960, 1968, n.d. 

63:13 Printed articles and clippings, 1949-1956, 1969, 1975, 1976, n.d. 

63:14 Miscellaneous printed material, n.d. 

Subseries: Miscellaneous, 1930-1932, 1941, 1946, 1964-1996, n.d. 

This subseries contains address and telephone lists, cartoons and puns, color samples (used in 

conjunction with planetary observation), memorabilia including items from a trip to Europe in 

1964 for the International Astronomical Union meeting in Hamburg, and postcards and souvenir 

photographs. 


64:1 Address and telephone lists and notes, n.d. 

64:2 Art materials and exhibits, 1973-1983, n.d. 

64:3 Color samples, n.d. 

64:4 General, 1941, 1951, 1965-1996, n.d. 

64:5 Humor, 1930, 1946, 1966, 1988, n.d. 

64:6 Invitations, 1963, 1972, 1980-1993, n.d 

64:7 Maps, n.d. 

Memorabilia, 

64:8 Europe trip, 1964 

64:9 Europe trip (IAU general assembly, Brighton, England), 1970 

65:1 General, 1931-1932, 1964, 1968-1977, 1984, 1991, n.d. 

65:2 Notes, 1953, 1970, n.d. 

Postcards and souvenir photographs 

65:3 Arizona (Boulder Dam, Grand Canyon, & Monument Valley), n.d. (16) 

65:4 Arizona (Flagstaff and San Francisco Peaks), n.d. (13) 

65:5 Arizona (Meteor Crater), n.d. (13) 

65:6 Arizona (Oak Creek Canyon), n.d. (15) 

65:7 Arizona (miscellaneous), ca. 1930 (11) 


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65:8 Arizona (miscellaneous, including Petrified Forest), n.d. (25) 

65:9 Arizona, Lick Observatory (Calif.), and miscellaneous, n.d. (13) 

66:1 California, n.d. (23) 

66:2 Colorado, n.d. (26) 

66:3 New Mexico (including Las Cruces), 1982, n.d. (20) 

66:4 Texas (includes cattle and yucca), n.d. (18) 

66:5 Miscellaneous states, 1969, n.d. (11) 

66:6 Europe (Austria and Denmark), n.d. (28) 

66:7 Europe (France, Germany, and Ireland), 1961, n.d. (18) 

66:8 Europe (Italy and the Netherlands), n.d. (31) 

66:9 Europe (Spain and the United Kingdom), n.d. (15) 

66:10 Fighter planes and bombed buildings in Germany, 1944-1945, n.d. (7) 

66:11 Mountain and desert landscapes and plants, n.d. (14) 

66:12 Observatories (includes NMSU's Magdalena Peak Observatory and Lowell 

Observatory), 1978-1979, n.d. (23) 

Miscellaneous 

66:13 Native Americans (includes Jimmy Kay), n.d. (3) 

Viking and V-2 rockets at White Sands Proving Ground, n.d. (3) 

Western scenes painted by L. H. "Dude" Larsen, 1939-1944 (5) 

Miscellaneous (novelty cards and World Airways airplane), 1936, 1941, 1943, 

n.d. (14) 

67 Personal Papers series legal size files 


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SERIES: PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 1929-1996 

Organized in nine subseries: Lowell Observatory; Arizona State Teachers College; 

University of California at Los Angeles; White Sands Proving Ground; New Mexico State 

University; Writings; Speeches and Lectures; Organizations; and Subject Files. 

Subseries: Lowell Observatory, 1929-1945, 1952-1955 

Contains documents from Tombaugh's tenure on the Observatory staff, 1929-1945, as 

well as a small amount of material relating to later projects that Tombaugh worked on at Lowell 

Observatory in the 1950s. Organized in five sub-subseries, Correspondence; General Files; 

Research Files; Later Projects; and Observatory Publications. 


Correspondence with professional and amateur astronomers, telescope and glass 

manufacturers, Lowell Observatory staff, and the Observatory trustee, Roger L. Putnam. 

Subjects include papers and articles written by Tombaugh, the planet search, Tombaugh's 16inch 

Club, and planetary observations. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. 


68:1 Aitken, Robert G. (PASP), 1938, 1941 

68:2 Allen, Frederick L., 1936 

68:3 Alter, Dinsmore, 1939 

68:4 Anderson, J. A., 1941 

68:5 Baldwin, Ralph B., 1943 

68:6 Bowman, Edward F. (Bowman Telescope Company), 1937, 1941 

68:7 Corning Glass Works, 1938-1945 

68:8 Dunham, Theodore, Jr., 1942 

68:9 Edson, James, 1942 

68:10 Goodacre, Walter, 1929 

68:11 Lampland, C. O., 1935 

68:12 Leonard, Frederick C., 1941-1943 

68:13 Lower, Harold A., 1941 

68:14 Luyten, W. J., 1940 

68:15 Nininger, H. H., 1940-41 

68:16 Perrine, C. D., 1937 

68:17 Putnam, Roger L., 1930, 1946 

68:18 Richardson, Robert S., 1942 

68:19 Skilling, William, T., 1935 

68:20 Slipher, E. C., 1935 

68:21 Smith, Lawrence W., and Donald Lee Cyr, 1941 

68:22 Wilson, Latimer J., 1935, 1937 

68:23 Zwicky, Fritz, 1942 

68:24 Miscellaneous letters received, 1930, 1933, 1936, 1940-1944 


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Contains files from Tombaugh's time at Lowell Observatory, but not related to his 

research. They include a description of Lowell Observatory, a CBS radio script about 

Tombaugh, notes for physics colloquium talks, and other materials. Arranged alphabetically by 

folder title. 


68:25 Carborundum Company receipts, 1941-1942 

68:26 "Clyde Tombaugh: Discoverer of Pluto," radio script for Columbia Broadcasting 

System "Exploring Space" series, 13 March 1942 

68:27 Description of Lowell Observatory by C. W. Tombaugh, n.d. 

Geologic maps, San Francisco Mt. area, Flagstaff, n.d. See Photographs 

Lowell staff, n.d. See Photographs 

68:28 Miscellaneous, 1937-1938, 1945, n.d. 

68:29 Physics colloquium talks, 1935, 1939 

68:30 Record of snowfall at Flagstaff and Lowell Observatory, 1941-1945 

68:31 Reprint distribution lists, ca. 1937-1945 


Contains planetary observations, reports and notes on extragalactic nebulae, and charts and notes 

about the Trans-Saturnian Planet Search, including notes about non-planetary discoveries. 

Arranged alphabetically by subject, with miscellaneous items at the end. 


68:32 Extragalactic nebulae (galaxies), reports and notes, 1936-1938, 1941, n.d. 

68:33 Illumination source for exposing contact, 14x17 transparencies, 1937 

68:34 Mars, drawing and notes, 1939, 1941 See Photographs 

68:35 Mercury, drawing, 1930 

68:36 Moon, drawings and notes, 1930, 1937-1942 

68:37 Saturn, drawings and photographs, 1929, 1936, 1941, n.d. 

Trans-Saturnian Planet Search 

68:38 Charts of area searched and notes on blinked plates, 1931, 1935-1945, n.d. 

68:39 Notes on discoveries (nebulae, nova, globular star clusters, variable stars), 

1932, 1935, 1938, n.d. 

68:40 Venus, drawings, 1937 

68:41 Miscellaneous, 1937, 1939, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Later Projects 

Contains a modest amount of material relating to Tombaugh's work at Lowell Observatory for 

the Stellar Proper Motion Study and the Near Earth Satellite Search in the 1950s. The satellite 


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search files contain administrative correspondence, reports, and contract proposals; additional 

satellite search documentation, including search records, is found in the White Sands Proving 

Ground subseries. Arranged chronologically by project and then alphabetically by folder title. 


Stellar Proper Motion Study 

68:42 Notes, ca. 1952 

68:43 Observatory staff meeting (regarding Mars), 2 June 1952 

Near Earth Satellite Search 

68:44 Property, 1955 

68:45 Proposal for renewal of contract, 1954 

68:46 Status reports, 1954-1956 

Sub-subseries: Observatory Publications 

Contains Lowell Observatory publications and reprints of articles by Observatory staff. Included 

is the 1930 Observation Circular announcing the discovery of Pluto. Arranged alphabetically. 


69:1 Observation Circulars, 1930-1931 

69:2 Slipher, E. C., "The Planets from Observations at the Lowell Observatory," 

reprint from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society vol. 79, no. 3, 

1938 

69:3 Slipher, V. M. "The Trans Neptunian Planet Search," reprint from Proceedings of 

the American Philosophical Society vol. 79, no. 3, 1938 

69:4 Texas Observers’ Bulletin, 1944, 1946 

Subseries: Arizona State Teachers College, 1940-1945 

Contains correspondence, teaching files, printed matter, and a course outline from an 

introductory general science course. Arranged alphabetically. 


70:1 Correspondence, 1943-1945, n.d. 

General Files 

70:2 Bulletin, Summer 1943 

70:3 Hablutzel, C. E., and J. C. McGregor, "Outline of Study in Introduction to the 

Natural Sciences (Sci. 1b)," n.d. 

70:4 La Cuesta yearbook, 1943 

Teaching Files 

General 

301:1 Grade sheets, 1945 [Restricted] 


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Navigation and Nautical Astronomy Instruction 

70:5 Course materials and notes, 1943-1944, n.d. 

70:6 Examinations, 1943-1945, n.d 

301:2 Examinations, 1943-1945, n.d [Restricted] 

70:7 Gatty, Howard, "Waterproof Edition of the Raft Book," 1943 (see also 

Oversize Materials) 

70:8 Lesson plans, 1943-1945 

70:9 Optics Examination, 1943 

Physics Instruction 

70:10 Examinations, n.d. 

70:11 Notes, n.d. 

70:12 Printed matter, 1940-1941, n.d. 

Subseries: University of California at Los Angeles, 1944-1946 

Contains correspondence, instructional material, and general files. Arranged alphabetically 


70:13 Correspondence, 1945-1946 

General Files 

70:14 "University Explorer" radio scripts, 1946 

70:15 University regulations, statement on academic freedom, 1944 

70:16 Miscellaneous, 1945-1946, n.d. (includes notices of lectures by Tombaugh, 

sky map for January and notes from panel discussion on “American-Russian 

cultural exchange”) 

Astronomy Instruction 

70:17 Examinations, 1945-1946, n.d. 

301:3 Examinations, 1945-1946, n.d. [Restricted] 

70:18 General, 1946, n.d. 

301:4 “History of Astronomy” term papers and grades [Restricted] 

see also Subseries: Arizona State Teachers College, Teaching Files, lesson 

plans, 1943-1945 

Subseries: White Sands Proving Ground, 1946-1955 

The records are organized in eight sub-subseries: Correspondence; Administrative Files; 


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Research Files; Near Earth Satellite Search; Telescopes and Optics; Professional Activities; 

Subject Files; and Technical Reports. 


Arranged alphabetically by correspondent name, with miscellaneous correspondence arranged 

chronologically at the end. 


70:19 Alter, Dinsmore, 1951-1953 

70:20 American Rocket Society, 1954 

70:21 Aurand, Henry S., Jr., 1953 

70:22 Avigliano, Don (ALPO), 1954-1955 

70:23 Bagby, John P., 1954-1955 

70:24 Becker, Randy, 1950-1952 

70:25 Block, Merlyn J. (Dept. of the Navy), 1951 

70:26 Boothroyd, Samuel L., 1953 

70:27 Bowen, Ira S., 1950-1951, 1954 

70:28 Braun, William C., 1950 

71:1 Capen, Charles F. (Chick), Jr., 1955 

71:2 Carpenter, Edwin F., 1952 

71:3 Cobb, H. M., 1947-1951, n.d. 

71:4 Corn, James C., 1952, 1955 

71:5 Dodson, R. S., Jr., 1955 

71:6 Draper, Arthur L., 1954 

71:7 Edmondson, Frank K., 1955 

71:8 Edson, James, 1955 

71:9 Ehricke, Krafft A., 1955 

71:10 General Electric Company, 1950, 1953 

71:11 Giclas, Henry, 1954-1955 

71:12 Gingrich, Curvin H. (Popular Astronomy), 1949-1950 

71:13 Hanson, Fred S., 1951-1952, 1955, n.d. 

71:14 Haugh, Odessa (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.), 1952 

71:15 Hoffleit, Dorrit, 1949-1951 

71:16 Hynek, J. Allen, 1952-1955 

71:17 Jose, Paul D., 1948-1951, n.d. 

71:18 Kuiper, Gerard P., 1948-1954 

71:19 La Paz, Lincoln, 1946-1953 

71:20 Lampland, C. O., 1947-1951 

71:21 Martz, E. P., Jr., 1948-1955, n.d. 

71:22 Miles, Robert L., 1953 

71:23 Minear, W.L., 1953-1955 


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71:24 Neeland, G. K., 1951, n.d. 

71:25 Pettit, Edison, 1952-1953 

71:26 Putnam, Roger L., 1952-1954 

71:27 Reed, Frank F., 1948 

71:28 Reuyl, Dirk, 1947-1950, n.d. 

71:29 Richey, Robert J., 1953 

71:30 Russell, John, 1954 

71:31 Saheki, Tsuneo, 1950, 1953 

71:32 Schaldach, Robert D., 1951-1953 

71:33 Simon, Leslie E., 1948 

71:34 Smith, Lloyd G., 1949-1952 

71:35 Stone, Sid, 1949, 1951 

71:36 Struve, Otto, 1950 

71:37 Vaeth, J. Gordon, 1952, 1954 

71:38 Whipple, Fred L., 1947-1952 

71:39 Wilson, Albert G., 1953-1955 

72:1 Zoomar Corporation, 1952, 1953, n.d. 

Miscellaneous letters sent and received 

72:2 1946-1953 

72:3 1954 

72:4 1955, n.d. 


Contains administrative memoranda; general information on the White Sands Annex of the 

Ballistic Research Laboratory; committee files; Tombaugh's employment records; an outline and 

text of "The Planet Mars" on KROD-TV; information and publications for WSPG personnel; 

equipment inventory and requisitions; regulations; files about supervisory, optics, and astronomy 

courses offered to staff; Proving Ground range maps; and other administrative files. Arranged 

alphabetically by folder title. 


72:5 Administrative memoranda, 1948-1955, n.d. 

Ballistic Research Laboratory- White Sands Annex 

72:6 Mission statement, 1952 

72:7 Organizational chart, n.d. See also oversize 

72:8 Optical Measurements Section (personnel), 1951 

72:9 Borrowed equipment, 1949-1954 

Civilian Employee Suggestion and Cash Awards Committee 

72:10 General, 1946, 1948-1951 

72:11 General, 1951-1953, n.d. 

72:12 "Evaluation of Suggestion #555" (regarding missile photography), n.d. 


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72:13 Daily Bulletin, 1952, 1955 

72:14 Document security, 1955 

Employment records 

72:15 Benefits, 1950-1953, n.d. 

72:16 Efficiency ratings, 1947-1948 

72:17 Personnel action forms, 1952-1955 

72:18 Position descriptions, 1948-1949, 1952, n.d. 

72:19 Travel requests and reports, 1947, 1952-1955 

73:1 Forms, n.d. 

73:2 KROD-TV program "The Planet Mars," 1953 

82:1 Official visitors, 1950 

Personnel information 

73:3 Civil service examination and position announcements, 1946, 1949-1952, n.d. 

73:4 Civilian personnel memoranda, 1951-1954 

73:5 Civilian personnel newsletters, 1952-1953 

73:6 Co-op engineer student-trainee program, 1952, n.d. 

301:5 Employment, 1951-1952 [Restricted] 

73:7 Newspaper clippings regarding civil service policies and security, 1951-1955 

73:8 Policies and regulations, 1946, 1948-1955 

73:9 Position descriptions, 1948-1949, n.d. 

73:10 Salary and wage orientation course, n.d. 

73:11 Preparation of technical reports, 1952 

73:12 Property, 1946, 1951-1955, n.d. 

73:13 Regulations, 1951, 1954, n.d. 

73:14 Requisitions, 1948-1955, n.d. 

73:15 Scientific and Engineering Personnel, Optical Development Section, Systems 

Engineering Branch, Flight Determination Laboratory, 1954 

Staff education 

73:16 General, ca. 1949, 1950, 1953, n.d. 

73:17 Guided missile course, 1947-1948, n.d. 

73:18 Optics class (Physics 112), 1948-1953, n.d. 

73:19 Supervisory training courses and bulletins, 1951-1955, n.d. 

74:1 U. S. Army Occultation Procedures, 1955 

74:2 U. S. Army Office of Ordnance Research, ca. 1952, 1954 

74:3 WSPG range maps, 1953, n.d. see also Oversize Materials 



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Arranged under three headings: general, photography and optical instrumentation, and planetary 

research. General files include information on topics such as artificial satellite instrumentation, 

atmospheric seeing, ballistic reduction methods, geodesy, rocketry, and tracking telescopes. 

Photography and optical instrumentation contains files on the Bowen-Knapp cameras, 

cinetheodolites, and Intercept Ground Optical Recorder (IGOR) equipment used at WSPG, as 

well as files on photographic procedures, sensitometry, photometry, and spectroscopy. Planetary 

research contains notes and observations of planets, including Mars during the opposition of 

1954. Files are arranged alphabetically within each heading. 


General 

74:4 Artificial satellite instrumentation, 1952-1955, n.d. 

Atmospheric Seeing Studies 

74:5 Conferences, 1950, 1954 

74:6 Data and graphs, 1950-1951, n.d. 

74:7 "Meteorological data for rockets," 1950-1951 

74:8 Notes, 1948-1954, n.d. 

74:9 Printed matter, 1950, 1952 

74:10 Proposals and planning, 1949-1950, 1954, 1956 

74:11 "Proposed Methods for Quantitative Measurement of Atmospheric 

Turbulence" by C. W. Tombaugh, 1950 

74:12 Refraction, 1944, 1951-1954, n.d. 

74:13 Azimuths and elevations, 1946-1952, n.d. 

74:14 Ballistic reduction methods, n.d. 

Geodesy 

74:15 Deflections, 1950 

74:16 Lecture by Benjamin E. Billups, 1952 

74:17 Reports by Benjamin E. Billups, 1948-1949, 1953, n.d. 

74:18 Miscellaneous graphs (optics and climate), 1951, n.d. 

74:19 "Height and distance at which a WAC B can be photographed with the 16inch 

telescope on Mule Peak," ca. 1948 

74:20 Optical Development Section, Flight Determination Laboratory, proposed 

work, 1952 

74:21 Radio astronomy, 1954, n.d. 

Rockets 

74:22 Fluorescent paint, 1948-1955, n.d. 

74:23 Miscellaneous, 1955, n.d. 

74:24 Tangent ray computations, 1947-1949, n.d. 

74:25 Telescope operations, proposals, n.d. 

75:1 "Telescope Optics for Rocket Photography" by G. Arnold, revised by C. W. 

Tombaugh, 1951, n.d. 


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75:2 "Visibility of Rockets with Tracking Telescopes" by C. W. Tombaugh, n.d. 

Photography and Optical Instrumentation 

75:3 Bowen-Knapp cameras, n.d. 

Cinetheodolites 

75:4 Askania calibration, 1950, n.d. 

75:5 Exposure guides, 1950-1951, n.d. 

75:6 Field data, 1950-1951, n.d. 

75:7 Miscellaneous papers and reports, 1948, 1950-1951, n.d. 

75:8 Research projects, n.d. 

75:9 "Theory of Reduction of Photographic Observations of the Moon's Upper 

Limb for Askania Vertical Circle Calibration," 1952-1953, n.d. 

75:10 Exposure and developing procedures and notes, 1952, n.d. 

Filters 

75:11 General, 1951-1952, n.d. 

75:12 "Theory of Effect of Filters on Contrast of Tracking Telescope Films" by 

F. Hanson, 1951 

75:13 Focal lengths and focusing, 1947-1955, n.d. 

75:14 General notes, 1948, 1951-1952, n.d. 

75:15 Intercept Ground Optical Recorder (IGOR), 1950-1952, n.d. 

75:16 Notes on test films, 1949, n.d. 

75:17 Optical supplies, notes, 1951 

82:2 Reticle patterns, 1943 

Sensitometry and photometry 

76:1 Data and charts, 1949-1951, n.d. 

76:2 Film tests, 1953 

76:3 General, 1949, n.d. 

76:4 Memoranda and reports, 1949, 1951, 1955, n.d. 

76:5 Spectroscopy, 1947-1951, n.d. See also Photographs Series 

Telescope locations and tests, 1950, n.d. see Personal Papers Series, 

Telescopes, "Log Book for 16-inch Tombaugh Reflector" 

Planetary Research 

76:6 Jupiter, 1949, 1952, n.d. 

Mars 


76:8 Observations and notes, 1950, 1953-1954, n.d. 

76:9 Opposition of 1954, papers and reports, 1953-1954, n.d. 

76:10 Photographs, n.d. 

76:11 Saturn, 1952 

76:12 Venus, 1951, 1953 

Sub-subseries: Near Earth Satellite Search 


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Contains records from the first three years, 1952-1955, of the Near Earth Satellite Search, when 

the project was under the auspices of White Sands Proving Ground. The files are arranged 

under five headings: correspondence, administrative files, proposals, reports, and search records. 

Additional administrative files concerning arrangements with Lowell Observatory are filed in the 

Lowell Observatory subseries; information on work done after the project was transferred to 

New Mexico State University, including search work in Quito, Ecuador, may be found in the 

NMSU subseries. 



76:13 Aurand, Henry S., Jr. (Army Map Service), 1953 

76:14 Barnholth, Wm I., 1953-1954 

76:15 Edmondson, Frank K., 1952 

76:16 Edson, James B., 1952-1955 

76:17 Fenner, Raymond E., 1954-1955, n.d. 

76:18 Garnett, E. B. (The Kansas City Star), 1954 

76:19 Giclas, Henry L., 1953-1955 

76:20 Githens, Sherwood, Jr., 1953-1955 

76:21 Hynek, J. Allen, 1952 

76:22 John, Mrs. Walton Colcord, 1954 

76:23 Knuckles, Claude F., 1953 

76:24 Kuiper, Gerard P., 1953 

76:25 La Paz, Lincoln, 1952-1954 

76:26 Los Angeles Ordnance District, 1953-1954 

76:27 Martz, Edwin P., Jr., 1953-1955 

76:28 McCall Corporation, 1956 

76:29 Office of Ordnance Research (NC), 1954 

O'Keefe, John A., see Aurand, Henry S., Jr. 

76:30 Putnam, Roger L., 1952-1954 

76:31 Reaves, Gibson, 1953-1954 

77:1 Reuyl, Dirk, and Henry Cobb, 1955 

77:2 Sky and Telescope, 1954-55 

77:3 Slipher, V. M., 1952-1955 

77:4 Storer, N. Wyman, 1952 

77:5 Strater, Edward L., 1954 

77:6 von Braun, Wernher, 1952-1955 

77:7 Whipple, Fred L., 1952, 1955 

77:8 White, Peregrine, 1954 


77:10 Miscellaneous letters sent and received, 1952-55 

Administrative Files 


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77:11 Forms, 1955 

77:12 Funding renewal request, 1954 

77:13 Job description for chief observer, n.d. 

77:14 Job orders, 1953-1954 

77:15 Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1952, 1954, n.d. 

77:16 Notes, 1952-1954, n.d. 

82:3 Quito, background information, 1955, n.d. 

77:17 Security clearance transmittal requests, 1955 

77:18 Travel requests, 1953-1954 

Proposals 

Project proposal 

77:19 Handwritten draft, n.d. 

77:20 Typewritten draft, 1952 

77:21 Typewritten draft, corrections and notes, 1952 

77:22 Typescript, stencils, 1952 

77:23 Addendum, "By-Product: Discovery of Flare Stars," 1953 

77:24 Budget, 1953 

77:25 Contract renewal proposal, n.d. 

Reports 

77:26 Status reports, 1954, n.d. see also Lowell Observatory 

77:27 Technical report, draft, n.d. 

Search records 

78:1 Distance-zones, n.d. 

Observed zones 

78:2 1953-1955 

78:3 1956, n.d. 

Photograph log books 

78:4 Volume I, 1953-1955 

78:5 Volume II, 1955-1956 

78:6 Loose papers (correspondence and notes) from Vol. II, 1955, n.d.\ 

78:7 Photographic search zones, n.d. 

Photographs see Photographs Series 

78:8 Satellite suspects, notes, 1955, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Telescopes and Optics 

Organized under two headings, design and construction and general files. Design and 

construction contains correspondence, plans and calculations, and descriptions of Cassegrain and 

Schmidt telescopes, and miscellaneous equipment. General files contains general information 

and reports on Cassegrain, Schmidt, Maksutov, and other types of telescopes and optics, supplies 

and suppliers, and related equipment. Files are arranged alphabetically under each heading. 



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Design and Construction 

Cassegrain telescopes 


78:10 Charts and graphs, n.d. 

78:11 Plans and calculations, 1949-1951, n.d. 

78:12 Perkin-Elmer “Instrument News,” 1951-1952 

78:13 Ratio gear box, 1952, n.d. 

Schmidt telescopes (on- and off-axis) 


79:2 Descriptions, 1953-1954, n.d. 

79:3 Optical Layout Plans, 1952-1953, n.d. 

79:4 Parts list and drawings, 1953 

79:5 Plans and calculations, 1950-1953, n.d. 

General 

79:6 Cassegrain designs and properties, 1947-1953, n.d. 

79:7 Cinetheodolite long focal length lenses, 1952, n.d. 

79:8 Coma, 1947, 1952, n.d. 

79:9 "Comparison of the Dall-Kirkham Type Objective with the Cassegrain Type 

Objective" by R. J. LaBawe, C. L. Evans, and S. W. Shenk, 1953 

82:4 Equatorial mount, 1952-1953, n.d. 

79:10 Gaertner Scientific Corp., Foucault Knife Edge attachment, 1949 

79:11 Goodwin Barlow lens, 1950 

79:12 Maksutov optics, 1951-1952, n.d. 

82:5 Miscellaneous notes and formulas, n.d. 

79:13 Optical supplies, 1948-1955, n.d. 

79:14 "The Schmidt System of Optics in Ordnance Instrumentation of Missiles," 

prepared by C. W. Tombaugh, 1953 

79:15 Suppliers, n.d. 

79:16 Telescope mirrors, functions, 1951 

79:17 Variable drives, Graham and others, 1952-1955 


Files pertaining to conferences and inter-institutional projects, including the Mars Committee 

organized by Lowell Observatory to coordinate observation during the oppositions of 1954 and 

1956. Contains correspondence, programs, trip reports, and notes, as well as the paper on 

atmospheric seeing read by Tombaugh at a conference in Columbus, Ohio, in 1953. Arranged 

alphabetically. 


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79:18 Conference on Stellar Scintillation and Astronomical Seeing, Columbus, Ohio, 

14-15 October 1953 

Mars Committee 


79:20 Conference, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 22-23 October 1953 

79:21 Meeting notes, 1955, n.d. 

79:22 Mars exploration project, 1955 

Optical Society of America conference notes, 1952, see Subseries: New Mexico 

State University, sub-subseries: Professional Activities 

Sub-subseries: Subject Files 

Contains bibliographies, reports, notes, and printed matter on subjects including photographic 

optics, rockets, and artificial satellites. Arranged alphabetically by folder title. 


80:1 Balloon studies, 1954, n.d. 

80:2 Bibliographies and notes, n.d. 

80:3 E. P. Martz, Jr., professional conference reports, 1952-1953 

80:4 Photographic optics, n.d. 

80:5 Photography, printed matter, 1948, 1951-1953, 1955 

80:6 Project Orbiter, monograph and notes, 1955 

80:7 Recording Optical Tracking Instrument, military specifications, 1952 

80:8 Rockets, newspaper clippings, 1949-1950, n.d. 

80:9 Sacramento Peak Air Force Observatory, 1952, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Technical Reports 

Contains reports prepared by the Ballistic Research Laboratories (BRL) at Aberdeen Proving 

Ground in Maryland, by the BRL annex and the Flight Determination Laboratory at White Sands 

Proving Ground, and by other agencies including the Physical Science Laboratory at New 

Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now NMSU). There reports were intended 

primarily for internal use; subject matter includes types and characteristics of tracking 

telescopes, rocket photography (including film densities, filters, and exposure guides), ballistic 

measurements, rocket paint properties, and seeing and atmospheric turbulence. Organized by 

type of report (e.g., field note, technical memorandum, etc.) and chronologically thereunder. 


80:10 Field notes, White Sands Annex, Ballistic Research Laboratories, 1951-1952 

80:11 Memorandum report, Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 


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1948 

80:12-13 Reports, Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1946, 1948, 

1951, 1955 

80:14 Technical memoranda, White Sands Proving Ground, 1952-1953, 1955 

81:1 Technical memoranda, White Sands Proving Ground, 1952-1953, 1955 

81:2-7 Technical notes, Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 

1949-1952 

[microfilm] Perkin-Elmer Corporation engineering report, "The Utilization of Automatic 

Calculating Machinery in the Field of Optical Design," prepared for contract AF 

33(038)-10836 (35 mm microfilm), 31 May 1952 

81:8-9 Miscellaneous reports, 1947-1954, n.d. 

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This subseries contains files from Tombaugh's tenure at New Mexico State University, including 

his work in the Physical Science Laboratory, Research Center, Department of Earth Sciences and 

Astronomy, and the Department of Astronomy. Organized in seven sub-subseries: 

Correspondence, Administrative Files, Research Files, Teaching Files, Observatories and 

Telescopes, Professional Activities, and Printed Matter. 


Contains both incoming and outgoing professional correspondence, organized under four 

headings for each administrative unit or department with which Tombaugh was affiliated. Under 

each heading (Physical Science Laboratory; Research Center; Department of Earth Sciences and 

Astronomy; and Department of Astronomy), the files are arranged alphabetically by 

correspondent, with internal correspondence, form letters, letters of reference for former 

students, and reprint requests and acknowledgments arranged at the end. 


Physical Science Laboratory 

83:1 "A-C," 1955-1959, n.d. 

83:2 Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, 1957-1958 

83:3 Alter, Dinsmore, 1958 

83:4 Aurand, Henry S., Jr., 1958-1959 

83:5 Boushey, Brig. General H. A., 1959 

83:6 Capen, Charles F. (Chick), Jr., 1957-1959 

83:7 Croft, Vern (Disneyland, Inc.), 1956-1957 

83:8 "D-F," 1955-1959 

83:9 Davis, Watson (Science News Service), 1956-1958 


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130:1 Demic, J. B., 1985 

83:10 Dodson, R. S., Jr., 1956-1957 

83:11 Durant, Frederick C., III., 1956 

83:12 Edgar, Robert T., 1956-1957, 1960-1962 

83:13 Ewing, Ann (Science News Service), 1956, 1958 

83:14 "G-J," 1955-1958 

83:15 Giclas, Henry L., 1956, 1958 

83:16 Gifford, Frank., 1958 

83:17 Hersey, Irwin, 1958-1959 

83:18 Jara, Alejandro de la, 1955-1958 

83:19 "K-M," 1955-1959 

83:20 Kaplan, Joseph, 1958 

83:21 Keller, Geoffrey, 1957-1959 


83:23 La Paz, Lincoln, 1958 

83:24 Leonard, Frederick C., 1957-1958 

83:25 Merkel, Roy T., 1956 

83:26 "N-Q," 1956-1958 

83:27 Newbauer, John, 1958 

83:28 "R-S," 1955-1959 

83:29 Rath, Ida Ellen, 1956-1957 

83:30 Shapley, Harlow, 1957 

83:31 Simons, David G., 1958 

84:1 Sky and Telescope, 1955-1958, n.d. 

84:2 Smith, Bradford A., 1956 

84:3 Stephenson, Robert C. (Geotimes), 1958 

84:4 Stroman, James H., 1958 

84:5 Stromgren, Bengt, 1957 

84:6 Stuhlinger, Ernst, 1956 

84:7 "U-W," 1955-1958 

84:8 Unidentified, 1957, n.d. 

84:9 Form letters, 1957, n.d. 

84:10 Internal correspondence and memoranda, 1956-1958 

Research Center 

84:11 "A," 1959-1969 

84:12 Abell, George, 1964 

84:13 Academic Press, 1969 

84:14 Alig, Wallace B., 1959-1960 

84:15 Anderson, Christopher M., 1963 

84:16 Anderson, Hugh R., 1966 


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84:17 Astronomical Journal, 1962,1965, 1967 

84:18 "B," 1959-1969 

84:19 Benton, William R. (Ray), 1960 

84:20 Blau, Henry H. (General Electric Company), 1966 

84:21 Burgess, Eric, 1965 

84:22 "C," 1959-1969 

84:23 Cameron, Winifred S., 1964-1965 

84:24 Campbell, Paul A., 1959-1961 

84:25 Capen, Charles F. (Chick), Jr., 1960-1965 

84:26 Carpenter, Edwin F., 1960-1962 

84:27 Cave, Thomas R., 1967-1968 

84:28 The Center Letter, 1968 

84:29 Corbett, R. B., 1961, 1963-1964, 1966-1967 

84:30 Cordell, Bruce M., 1966-1967 

84:31 Coulter Optical Co., 1967 

84:32 Cronin, John F., 1964 

85:1 Cross, Eugene W., Jr., 1967 

85:2 Crozier, W. D., 1959 

85:3 Cuffey, James, 1966 

85:4 Custer, Clarence P., 1959 

85:5 "D," 1959-1969 

85:6 Dollfus, Audouin, 1960-1965 

85:7 Duncan, John C., 1961-1963 

85:8 "E," 1960-1968 

85:9 Edson, James B., 1959, 1965 

85:10 "F," 1959, 1962-1967 

85:11 Federer, Helen S., 1961-1962 

85:12 Fonda, Edda (Fratelli Fabbri Editori), 1965-1967 

85:13 Foster, Frank, 1966-1967 

85:14 Friend, James L. (North American Aviation, Inc.), 1959, 1961 

85:15 "G," 1959-1969 

85:16 Gehrels, Tom, 1968, n.d. 

85:17 Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, 1959-1960, 1967 

85:18 "H," 1959-1968 

85:19 Haas, Walter, 1959-1961 

85:20 Hall, John S., 1960-1962, 1965, 1969-1970 

85:21 Hanson, Fred, 1963-1966, n.d. 

85:22 Hart, H. L., 1959 

85:23 Haupt, Don C., 1963-1964 

85:24 Hawkins, Gerald S., 1965-1966 

85:25 Henriksen, Soren W., 1959, 1961 

85:26 Herring, Alika K., 1960-1962 


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85:27 Hess, Seymour L.,1960, 1962 

85:28 "I," 1959, 1960 

85:29 Ingrao, Hector C., 1960, 1965 

85:30 "J," 1960-1964, 1968 

85:31 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1961, 1965- 

1966 

85:32 "K," 1959-1960, 1964-1969 

85:33 Kaufman, Kurt 

85:34 Kellogg, William W., 1961,1963 

85:35 Knapp, Richard S. (Morehead Planetarium), 1968 


86:1 "L," 1959-1968 

86:2 Lachno, Nicholas, 1960, 1963, 1969 

86:3 Lemon, Stanley M., 1963 

86:4 "M," 1959-1968, n.d. 

86:5 Martin, Benjamin P., 1964 

86:6 Martz, Edwin P., Jr., 1960 

86:7 Mayall, N. U., 1962, 1967 

86:8 Menzel, Donald H., 1961-1963 

86:9 Middlehurst, Barbara M., 1966-1967 

86:10 Millman, Peter M., 1964, 1966 

86:11 Monnig, Oscar E., 1964 

86:12 Moore, Roger C., 1961, 1963 

86:13 Morgenthaler, George W., 1963-1967 

86:14 Murray, Bruce C., 1965 

86:15 "N," 1959-1965 

86:16 Napier, Arch, 1959-1960 

86:17 North American Aviation, Inc., 1960-1961, 1963 

86:18 Norton, O. Richard, 1965, 1967 

86:19 "O," 1963-1968 

86:20 O'Leary, Brian T., 1967 

86:21 Olivarez, José, 1963 

86:22 Ordway, Frederick I. III, 1961-1968 

86:23 "P," 1959-1967 

86:24 Page, Lou Williams, 1966-1967 

86:25 Palm, Ann, 1964 

86:26 Perkin-Elmer Corporation, 1961 

86:27 Probstein, Ronald F., 1965 

86:28 "R," 1960-1968 

86:29 Rea, D. G., 1967 

86:30 Richardson, Robert S., 1966, n.d. 

86:31 Roberts, Elliott B., 1964 


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86:32 Roemer, Elizabeth, 1959, 1965-1966 

86:33 Roman, Nancy G, 1959 

86:34 Russell, John A., 1961 

87:1 "S," 1959-1968 

87:2 Sagan, Carl, 1960, 1963 

87:3 Schilling, Gerhard F., 1961, 1964 

87:4 School of Aviation Medicine, 1959-1960 

87:5 Secrist, Helen C. (Ginn and Company), 1964 

87:6 Seeger, Raymond J., 1960 

87:7 Sibila, A. I., 1960 

87:8 Simak, Clifford D. (Minneapolis Tribune), 1966-1967 

87:9 Sims, Ward L., 1959-1961 

87:10 Skinner, Richard M. (Air Force / Space Digest), 1961 

87:11 Sky and Telescope, 1960-1968 

87:12 Smith, Bradford A., 1959-1967, n.d. 

87:13 Space World, 1961 

87:14 Spinrad, Hyron (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), 1961-1962 

87:15 Spitz, Armand N., 1961 

87:16 Strong, John, 1961-1962, 1965 

87:17 "T," 1959-1969 

87:18 Thomas, David A., 1965 

87:19 Tross, Carl, 1959 

87:20 "U," 1960, n.d. 

87:21 U. S. Army Research Office-Durham (North Carolina), 1961-1964 

87:22 "V," 1964-1969 

87:23 "W," 1959-1968 

87:24 Webb, Wells A., 1960-1961 

87:25 Whipple, Fred L., 1962 

87:26 Wilson, Albert G. (Icarus), 1967-1968 

87:27 "Y-Z," 1964, 1968 

87:28 Zebergs, Velta, 1962 

87:29 Others, 1959-1967, n.d. 

87:30 Form letters, 1966, n.d. 

88:1-2 Requests and acknowledgments, 1959-1969 

87:31 Internal correspondence and memoranda, 1959-1969, n.d. 

see also Box # 130:2 (n.d.) 

Department of Earth Sciences and Astronomy 

88:3 "A-C," 1969-1970 

88:4 "E-F," 1964, 1969-1970 

88:5 "G-H," 1967, 1969-1970 

88:6 "L-N," 1965-1966, 1969-1970 


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88:7 "P," 1968 

88:8 "R-S," 1966, 1969-1970 

88:9 "W," 1965, 1967, 1970 

88:10 Internal correspondence and memoranda, 1963-1970, n.d. 

88:11 Recommendations for former students, 1962, 1968-1969, n.d. 

88:12 Requests for reprints, 1968-1970 

Department of Astronomy 

88:13 "A," 1971-1975, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1990-1991 

88:14 Agel, Jerome, 1987 

88:15 Anderson, Clinton P., 1970 

88:16 Anderson, Kurt S., 1980 

88:17 Ansbro, Eamonn, 1980 

88:18 Arnold, William, 1981, 1986 

88:19 Astronomical League, 1975, 1984 

88:20 Astronomy magazine, 1978, n.d. 

88:21 "B," 1971-1972, 1980-1983, n.d. 

88:22 Back, Frank G., 1973 

88:23 Baum, Richard, 1971, 1980 

89:1 Beebe, Herbert A., 1978-1980, 1984 

89:2 Beebe, Reta F., 1977, 1994, 1996 

89:3 Beekman, G. W. E. (Zenit), 1977-1979 

89:4 Brewington, Howard J., 1990 

89:5 Burke Baker Planetarium, Houston Museum of Natural Science, 1970-1971 

89:6 "C," 1970, 1973, 1979-1982, 1988-1992, n.d. 

89:7 Calvird, H. Rich (Southwestern Association of Planetariums), 1970, 1979 

89:8 Canavan, John J., Jr. (New York Academy of Sciences), 1971 

89:9 Chamberlain, Joseph M. (Adler Planetarium), 1979-1982 

89:10 Chamberlain, Von Del (Smithsonian Institution), 1981-1982 

89:11 Clarke, Arthur C. 1979-1980 

89:12 "D," 1971, 1973, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990-1991, n.d. 

89:13 Dawson, Dennis M., 1977, 1980, n.d. 


89:15 "E," 1971, 1977, 1978, 1981 

89:16 "F," 1974, 1979-1982, 1994 

89:17 Farsace, Larry, 1972-1973 

89:18 Freitas, Robert A., Jr., 1981-1982 

89:19 Friedlander, Michael W., 1981, 1982 

89:20 "G," 1970-1974, 1980-1981, 1986, 1991 

89:21 Gehrels, Tom, 1977-1980, 1989 

89:22 Gott, Preston F., 1973, 1976 

89:23 Grace H. Flandrau Planetarium, 1982-1983 


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89:24 Grolier Inc., 1976, 1979 

89:25 Gustafson, Jon (MosCon), 1992 

89:26 "H-I," 1971-1977, 1980-1982, 1986, 1994, n.d. 

89:27 Halligan, James E., 1984, 1986 

89:28 Helin, Eleanor F. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), 1989 

89:29 Henningsen, Artemus B., 1972, 1979 

89:30 Hoag, Arthur A., 1978-1980 

89:31 Hockey, Tom, 1985, 1991 

89:32 International Astronomical Union, U. S. National Committee, 1978-1979 

89:33 Irwin, John B., 1970 

90:1 "J-K," 1972-1985, 1991, n.d. 

90:2 Kowal, Charles T., 1978 

90:3 Kuehn, David M. (Pittsburg State University, Kansas), 1996 

90:4 "L," 1971-1975, 1980, 1987 

90:5 Levy, David H., 1983, 1989, 1992 

90:6 "M," 1971-1972, 1975, 1979-1982, 1987-1991 

90:7 Marcus, Joseph (Comet News Service), 1978 

90:8 Matthews, Mildred S., 1984-1985 

90:9 Meszaros, Stephen P., 1989 

90:10 Moore, Carleton B., 1979 

90:11 "N-O," 1971-1973, 1976-1978, 1985, 1988-1992, n.d. 

90:12 Olivarez, José, 1972, 1974, 1987 

90:13 Osterbrock, Donald E., 1985 

90:14 Ove von Späth, Christian, 1975, 1987 

90:15 "P," 1970-1973, 1978, 1980, 1986-1989, n.d. 

90:16 Pont, Jean-Claude, 1989 

90:17 "R," 1971, 1973, 1980, n.d. 

90:18 Reitmeyer, W. L., 1972, 1975 

90:19 Roemer, Elizabeth, 1970 

90:20 Runcorn, S. Keith, 1984, 1987, 1995 

90:21 "S," 1968, 1970-1973, 1978-1990, n.d. 

90:22 Sagan, Carl, 1979 

90:23 Schmitt, Harrison (Jack), 1977 

90:24 Schwartz, Alan W., 1970-1972 

91:1 Seaborg, Glenn T., 1991 

91:2 Seidelmann, P. K., 1971, 1978 

91:3 Stern, Alan, 1989-1990 

91:4 Stucky, N. Paul, 1970, 1971, 1974 

91:5 Swartz, Roy and Marie, 1980, n.d. 

91:6 "T," 1974-1975, 1980-1982, 1990, 1996 

91:7 Tatsch, James H., 1971 


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91:8 Thomas, Gerald W, 1972, 1979, 1984 

91:9 "U-V," 1973, 1978, 1985, 1990, n.d. 

91:10 Van Flandern, Thomas C., 1979 

91:11 "W-Y," 1970-1976, 1980-1983, 1986, n.d. 

91:12 Wade, John S., 1992 

91:13 Woods, W. C., Jr., 1971-1972, 1977 

91:14 Zalewa, Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 1983 

Internal correspondence and memoranda 

91:15-16 Departmental, 1970-1993, n.d. 

91:17-18 General, 1970-1993, n.d. 

91:19 Recommendations for former students, 1971-1980, 1989 

91:20 Requests for reprints, 1970-1975, 1980-1982, 1987 


Files on a variety of subjects, most having to do with university-wide or departmental 

administration. Arranged alphabetically by folder title within five headings, University/General; 

Physical Science Laboratory; Research Center; Department of Earth Sciences and Astronomy; 

and Department of Astronomy. The Department of Astronomy heading includes two card files, 

which follow the alphabetically arranged files. 


University/General 

92:1 Academic Senate minutes, 1956, 1961-1962 

92:2-4 Advisory Council on Administrative Policy, 1956-1982, 1991 

92:5 Aerospace Education workshop, 1970-1971 

92:6-7 "Big Plan" institutional self-study, 1957-1960 

92:8 Center for International Programs, 1980-1983, n.d. 

College of Arts and Sciences 

92:9 General, 1963, 1970-1973, n.d. 

92:10 Curriculum Committee, 1970, 1972, n.d. 

92:11 Faculty meetings, 1969-1973 

93:1-2 Memoranda, 1964, 1969-1973, 1978-1979, n.d. 

93:3 Steering Committee, 1970-1971, n.d. 

93:4 Counseling Center, n.d. 

93:5 El Paso Public Schools, Science Seminar, 1961-1963, 1969 

93:6 Energy Research and Development Institute, 1974-1975 

93:7 Events and speakers, 1965-1966, 1970-1976, 1982-1984, 1988, 1990, n.d. 

93:8 Faculty and staff, general information, 1960-1963, 1969, n.d. 

93:9 Faculty meetings, 1956-1957 

93:10 Faculty publications, 1962 

93:11 Faculty rating system, manuals, 1968-1969 


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Faculty Senate 

93:12 Constitution, 1961, 1964, 1970, n.d. 

93:13-15 Minutes, 1962, 1964-1971 

94:1-2 Minutes, 1971-1979, 1982-1993 

94:3 Football banquet, 1974 

Graduate School 

94:4 Memoranda, 1965-1971 

94:5 Graduate Council minutes, 1968-1974 

94:6 Insurance, 1957, 1962-1964, 1968-1974, 1979, 1982, 1992, n.d. 

94:7 Junior Engineers' and Scientists' Summer Institute (JESSI), 1959-1965, 1967 

Library 

94:8 General, 1958-1970, 1991, n.d. 

94:9 Donated materials, 1973-1974 

94:10 Long range planning, 1970-1971 

94:11 MERES, 1970, n.d. 

94:12 National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participation Program, 

1959-1963, 1966 

94:13 New Mexico Energy Institute, 1976 

94:14 New Mexico Energy Research Resource Registry, 1975 

94:15 New Mexico Environmental Institute, 1972-1974 

94:16 New Mexico Research Institute, 1986, 1989-1992 

94:17 News releases, 1968-1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1988-1991 

95:1 NMSU Pioneers, 1986, 1990, 1992, n.d. 

95:2 Office of the Registrar, 1968, n.d. 

95:3 Policies and procedures, 1967-1976, n.d. 

95:4 Presidential search, 1969 

95:5 Quality of Life Symposium, 1972 

95:6 Regents Summer Program for High School Scholars, 1986-1988 

301:10 Regents Summer Program for High School Scholars, 1986-1988 [Restricted] 

95:7 Rio Grande Historical Collections, 1972-1973, n.d. 

95:8 Sigma Pi Sigma, 1959-1960, 1969, 1974, 1991, n.d. 

95:9-10 Society of the Sigma Xi, 1957-1960, 1966-1986, 1990-1993, n.d. 

95:11 Westhafer Award, 1957, 1960-1973, 1977 

95:12 Miscellaneous, 1962, 1972, 1979, n.d. 

Physical Science Laboratory 

95:13 Annual reports, 1957-1959 

95:14 Contract fund notices, 1958-1959 

95:15 Document security, 1956-1957, n.d. 


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95:16 Document transmittal forms, 1955-1959 

95:17 Equipment, 1956-1958, n.d. 

95:18 "New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from the air 

(compliments of the Physical Science Laboratory)," n.d. 

95:19 Planetary program expenditures and budget, 1958-1959, n.d. 

95:20 Time sheets, 1956, n.d. 

Research Center 

96:1 Annual report, 1966 

96:2 Appointment to Research Center staff, 1959 

96:3 Contract fund notices, 1959-1960 

96:4 Document security, 1961-1963 

96:5 Document transmittal forms, 1959-1960, 1964 

96:6 Equipment, n.d. 

96:7 Long distance call reports, 1967-1968 

96:8 Planetary program expenditures, 1959-1961, n.d. 

96:9 Research Center dedication, 1960 

96:10 Research Council and Research Center, general information, ca. 1960 

96:11 Solberg case, 1969, n.d. 

96:12 Technical reports received, 1959-1960 

96:13 Work orders, 1959-1961 

Department of Earth Sciences and Astronomy 

96:14 Annual reports, drafts, n.d. 

301:6 Appeal of graduate student standing, 1970 [Restricted] 

96:15 Application for membership in the Graduate Faculty, 1967 

96:16 Astronomy program descriptions, n.d. 

Astronomy program planning 

96:17 General, 1968-1970, n.d. 

96:18 Preliminary accreditation request, 1968 

96:19 Book orders, 1964 

96:20 Budget and equipment, 1965-1969 (see also Box 130:3) 

96:21 Colloquia and seminars, 1966, 1968-1970 

96:22 Course descriptions, 1958, 1960-1961, 1965-1970, n.d. 

96:23 Course schedules, 1966-1970 

301:9 Course schedules, 1966-1970 [Restricted] 

96:24 Employment contracts and salary notices, 1962-1970 

96:25 Faculty rating form, 1968 

96:26 Form letter for prospective students, 1967, n.d. 


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Meetings 

96:27 Astronomy staff, 1967-1970 

96:28 Department, 1967-1970 


96:30 “Petition for astronomy course,” ca. 1960 

Department of Astronomy 

96:31-32 Academic requirements and procedures, 1970-1971, 1977, 1981-1982, 1992, 

n.d. 

96:33 Annual reports, 1971-1974, 1976 

96:34 Astronomy program descriptions, 1972, 1978-1981, 1993, n.d. 

Colloquia and seminars 

97:1-8 Announcements and notes, 1971-1993, n.d. 

97:9 Unidentified handouts, 1982-1984, n.d. 

97:10 Course descriptions, 1971-1972, 1984, 1987, n.d. 

97:11 Course schedules, 1971-1973, 1980, 1987 

97:12-13 Department meetings, 1970-1974 

98:1 Department meetings, 1975-1981, 1987, 1990 

98:2 Department telephone lists, 1981-1993 

98:3 Departmental reviews, 1973, 1977 

98:4 Faculty members, curricula vitae, n.d. 

98:5 Faculty rating forms and annual reports, 1970-1972 

98:6 Five-year plans for Astronomy, 1970-1971, n.d. 

98:7 Form letters to prospective undergraduates, 1986 

98:8 Graduate curriculum proposals, 1970-1972, n.d. 

98:9 Graduate faculty standing, 1974 

98:10 Graduate program, qualifying and comprehensive examinations, 1971-1982, 

n.d. 

98:11 "The History of the Astronomy Department at New Mexico State University 

1907 to 1974" by Rosanne Baca, n.d. 

98:12 "An Introduction to the Astronomy Program at New Mexico State 

University," n.d. see also Photographs 

98:13 Position announcements, 1974-1976, 1979 

98:14 Property, 1970-1972, 1976 

98:15 Shop Planning Committee, 1974 

98:16 Statistics and budget, 1970-1974, 1978, 1994, n.d. 

Students 

301:7 Admission and assistantship decision notes, 1971-1972, n.d. [Restricted] 

301:8 Courses and requirements completed, 1972-1975 [Restricted] 

Dissertations 


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98:17 Herzog, A.D., "An Analysis of Numerical Integration Techniques for 

the Modeling of Open Galactic Clusters," draft contents and vita, 1977 

98:18 Smith, B.A., "Observations of Atmospheric Limb Darkening in the 

Visual Continuum and an Analysis of Multiple Scattering in the 

Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn," topic and first draft, 1970, 1972 

98:19 Ph.D. recipients list, 1972-1990 

98:20 Work assignments and supervisory committees, 1971-1976, 1982, 1985, 

n.d. 

Tombaugh Scholars Program 

301:11 Contributions, n.d. [Restricted] 

98:21 Correspondence, 1986-1988, 1991-1992 

98:22 Lectures, 1987-1990, n.d. 

99:1 Local Tombaugh Committee, 1986-1988 

99:2 News clippings, 1986, 1988 

99:3 Program descriptions, 1991, n.d. 

99:4 Selection Committee, 1992 


99:6 Miscellaneous, 1968-1975, 1983-1984, n.d. 

Card Files 

100 Registration cards, 139th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting, 

1972 

101 Vehicle use log, 1975-1978 


Organized under two headings, general research, and projects and grants. General research 

contains documents concerning astronomical research, primarily planetary research, conducted at 

NMSU; included is professional correspondence (primarily outgoing) of Bradford A. Smith and 

other observatory staff members. The general research files are arranged alphabetically by 

subject. Projects and grants contains primarily administrative files concerning projects proposed 

and carried out by NMSU astronomers. In addition the Cloudcroft Seeing Study and the Near 

Earth Satellite Search files include data collected during the studies. The majority of the projects 

were conducted by Tombaugh, however projects by Bradford A. Smith and William L. 

Reitmeyer are also found here. The projects and grants files are arranged alphabetically by 

project title. 


General Research 


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General 

102:1-6 Correspondence (primarily B. A. Smith), 1957-1970 

102:7 Memoranda to observers, 1969, 1972-1973, n.d. 

102:8 Miscellaneous observational data, 1959, ca. 1969, 1973, n.d. 

102:9 Photographic plate statistics, 1968-1970 

102:10 Research summaries, ca. 1966, 1970-1971, 1976, n.d. 

102:11 Staff meetings, 1969-1970 

Jupiter 


102:13 General, 1962-1963, 1968, 1984, n.d. 

102:14 Observational records and notes, 1958, 1961-1966, n.d. 

102:15 Observational sketches and photographs, 1928-1929, 1958, 1963-1968, 

n.d. 

102:16-17 Research reports, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1976 

Mars 

103:1 Correspondence (B. A. Smith), 1971, n.d. 

103:2 Maps, 1961-1965, 1970, n.d. 

103:3 Mariner IV correspondence, 1965-67 

103:4 Mariner IV photograph analyses, 1965-1966, n.d. 

103:5 Mariner projects, staff meetings and notes, 1968-1970, n.d. 

103:6-7 Observational records and notes, 1956-1964, 1967, 1969, n.d. 

103:8 Research proposals on Martian conditions by NMSU faculty, 1962 

103:9 Research reports, 1963, n.d. 

103:10 Staff conferences, 1969-1971 

103:11 Mercury, 1961, 1967, 1976 

103:12 Moon, 1963-1965, n.d. 

103:13 Pluto, 1960 

Saturn 

103:14 Correspondence, 1960, 1966-1967, n.d. 

103:15 Observational notes and sketches, 1957-1958, 1960-1967 

103:16 Research reports and miscellaneous, 1970, 1972, n.d. see also Photographs 

103:17 Star clusters, observational data, 1956, 1960-1962 

Venus 

103:18 Correspondence (C. W. Tombaugh), 1960-1965 

Correspondence (B. A. Smith) 

103:19 General, 1959-1968, n.d. 


104:1 General, 1959, 1961-1964, n.d. 

104:2 Observational sketches and notes, 1959-1961, 1964 

104:3 Research reports, 1959, 1963 


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Projects and Grants 

Cloudcroft Seeing Study, Air Force contract AF 19(604)-7443, 1960-1961 


104:4 Campen, Charles F., Jr., 1960-1961 

Capen, Charles F., Jr. (Chick) 

104:5 with C. W. Tombaugh, 1960-1961 

104:6 with B. A. Smith, 1960-1961, n.d. 

104:7 with John Salisbury, 1960-1961 

104:8 Hynek, J. Allen, 1961 

104:9 Mershon, John (Cloudcroft Realty Co.), 1960 

104:10 Polaris telescopes (loan from Kitt Peak National Observatory), 1960- 

1963 

Rhodes, William A., see Administrative Files, "Rhodes telescope," 

below 

Salisbury, John W., see Campen, Charles F., Jr. 

104:11 with C. W. Tombaugh, 1960-1962 

104:12 with B. A. Smith, 1961-1962 


104:13 Cloudcroft site and area maps, n.d. see also Oversize Materials 

104:14 Equipment, 1961 

104:15 Financial statements, 1960-1961 

104:16 Miscellaneous notes, 1960-1961, n.d. 

104:17 Polaris telescope, notes and calculations, n.d. 

104:18 Preliminary expense estimates, 1960, n.d. 

104:19 Purchase requests, 1960-1961 

104:20 Receipts, 1960-1961 

104:21 Rhodes Telescope, 1960-1962, n.d. 

104:22 Telephone calls, notes, 1960 

104:23 Telescope pier and shelter plans, 1961, n.d. 

104:24 Trip reports, 1960 

104:25 U. S. Forest Service, 1960-1962 

104:26 Work orders, 1960-1961 

Conference on the Feasibility of Cloudcroft as an Optical Planetary 

Observatory Site, Cloudcroft, N. Mex., 20 - 23 February 1962 

104:27 Draft report, 1962 

104:28 Final report, 1962 

Proposal and Contract 

105:1 Draft proposals, 1960, n.d. 

105:2 Proposal (final and supplement), 1960 

105:3 Contract, 1960-1961 

Reports 

105:4 Final report (original), 1961 


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105:5 Final report (revised), 1962 

Interim report 

105:6 Typescript, 1961 

105:7 Drafts, 1961, n.d. 

105:8 Incomplete copies (with tables), 1961, n.d. 

105:9 Monthly reports, 1960-1961 

105:10 Quarterly status reports, 1960-1961, n.d. 

105:11 Tables and figures for interim and final reports, 1961, n.d. 

Site Survey (observations and compiled data) 

106:1 "Charts, tests, reports," 1960-1961, n.d. 

106:2 Cloud cover, 1960-1961, n.d. 

106:3-4 Double star seeing record, 1961, n.d. 

106:5 Double stars, seeing scales and star field identifications, n.d. 

106:6 Microthermal, n.d. 

106:7 Microthermal and wind data, 1961, n.d. 

106:8 Microthermal charts, 1961 

106:9 Planetary seeing record, 1960-1961, n.d. 

106:10 Polaris seeing record, 1960-1961, n.d. 

106:11 Seeing values (tabulated data), n.d. 

106:12 Sky conditions, 1960-1961, n.d. 

106:13 Temperature data, 1960-1961 

106:14 Transparency records, 1960-1961 

106:15 Weather records, 1960-1961 

106:16 Wind data, 1961, n.d. 

107:1 "The Evaluation and Reduction of an Unusual Collection of Observations of 

Mars" (not funded), proposals, correspondence, and notes, 1959-1960 

Image Control and Seeing Project (by Bradford A. Smith); Air Force contract 

AF 19(604)-5535 "An Observational Study of Astronomical Seeing and an 

Investigation of Instrumentation Designed to Reduce the Effects of 

Atmosphere-Induced Image Aberrations" 


107:3 Image Control device drawings, 1957 

Proposals 

107:4 Original proposal, draft, n.d. 

107:5 Original proposal, typescript, 1957 

107:6 Proposal to Air Force Cambridge Research Center (draft), 1959 

Reports 

107:7 Quarterly status reports, 1959-1960 


107:9 Miscellaneous, 1950, 1957, 1961, n.d. 

107:10 Mariner Mars 1969 and 1971 projects, proposals by B. A. Smith, 1969 


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Moonwatch (artificial satellite tracking program) 


107:11 General, 1956-1960, n.d. 

107:12 Haas, Walter, 1956-1959, n.d. 

107:13 Hynek, J. Allen, 1956-1958 

General 

107:14 Instructions for observers, 1958, n.d. 

107:15 Las Cruces Moonwatch team, 1957, n.d. see also Walter Haas 

correspondence, above 

107:16 Miscellaneous notes and charts, n.d. 

107:17 National Advisory Committee for Visual Satellite Observations, 1956- 

1957 

107:18 Observation records and calculations, 1957-1958, n.d. 

107:19 Reference material, 1956-1959, n.d. 

Satellite predictions 

108:1-4 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1958-1960 


108:6 Special bulletins, 1957-1960 

108:7 Volunteers, 1956, n.d. 

Printed matter 

108:8-9 Bulletin for Visual Observers of Satellites, 1956-1958, 1960 

109:1-3 Moonwatch Newsletter, 1958-1961 

109:4 Volunteer Satellite Tracking Program newsletter (Moonbeam and 

Phototrack projects), 1958-1961 

109:5 Miscellaneous printed matter, 1956-1958, 1962, n.d. 

NASA Sustaining University Grant, NGR 32-003-027 

"Multidisciplinary Research Program in Space Science and Engineering" 

109:6 Semi-annual reports, 1966-1968 

Individual projects 

"Geological Studies Applicable to Interpretation of Some Features on 

Mars," C. W. Tombaugh (and William E. King, 1965-1966) 

109:7 Correspondence and notes, 1961, 1965-1967, n.d. 

109:8 Original proposal and grant award, 1964-1965, n.d. 

109:9 Reference material from J. D. Moody, 1965, n.d. 

109:10 Reports and renewal proposal, 1967-1968 

109:11 "Preliminary Site Survey for an Astronomical Observatory," William 

L. Reitmeyer, correspondence and report, 1965-1966 

Near Earth Satellite Search 


110:1 Army Map Service, 1956-1958 


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110:2 Bengtson, Colonel, 1958 

110:3 Bidelman, William P., 1957 

110:4 Bowen, Ira S., 1956 

110:5 Brouwer, Dirk (The Astronomical Journal), 1956 

110:6 Calvin, Robert L., 1958 

110:7 Capen, Charles F. (Chick), Jr., 1956, n.d. 

110:8 Dawes, Parker, 1957 

110:9 Devilbiss, John R., 1958 

110:10 Edson, James B., 1955-1959 

110:11 Eguiguren, Fabian, 1957-1958 

110:12 Gardiner, George W., 1955-1959 

110:13 Giclas, Henry L., 1956-1957 

110:14 Githens, Sherwood, Jr., 1955-1958 

110:15 Gregg, David, 1957 

110:16 Hart, Leon, 1957 

110:17 Hendrickson, Walter, 1958 

110:18 Hitchcock, Richard A., 1956 

110:19 Honig, William, 1956 

110:20 J.W. Fecker, Inc., 1955-1958 

110:21 Javed, Ahmad, 1955-1956 

110:22 Joquel, Arthur Louis II, 1957 

110:23 Levitt, I. M., 1955 

110:24 Los Angeles Ordnance District, 1955-1958 

110:25 Lundquist, Charles A., 1957-1958 

110:26 Mace, Robert, 1957-1958 

110:27 McCarthey, R. M., 1956 

110:28 McCrosky, R. E. (Mac), 1956 

110:29 Merkel, Roy T., 1956 

110:30 Morris, Humbert, 1955-1958, n.d. 

110:31 Murrell, Arthur Scott, 1957-1958 

110:32 Newell, Homer E., Jr. (Naval Research Laboratory), 1956, n.d. 

110:33 O'Hea, John T. (Naval Research Laboratory), 1956 

110:34 O'Keefe, John, 1955-1958 

111:1 Office of Ordnance Research, U.S. Army 1956-1958 see also Githens, 

Sherwood, Jr. above 

111:2 Reed, S. G., Jr., 1957 

111:3-4 Robinson, Jimmie C., 1955-1958, n.d. 

111:5 Russell, John A., 1957 

111:6 Sherburne, Russell K., 1955-1957 

111:7 Smith, Harlan J. (The Astronomical Journal), 1956-1957 

111:8 Snider, Paul J., 1958 

111:9 Thomas, Gary, 1957-1959 


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111:11 General correspondence, 1956-1958 

111:12 Correspondence regarding final report, 1959-1966, 1978, n.d. 


General 

111:13 Acknowledgment lists, n.d. 

111:14 Financial records, 1956-1957, n.d. 

111:15 Miscellaneous, n.d. 

111:16 Press releases, 1956-1957 

111:17 Property, 1955-1959, n.d 

111:18-19 Trips to South America (by Tombaugh), 1955-1956, n.d. 

Quito (Ecuador) station 

111:20 Camera design, 1956 

111:21 Fecker 12 inch telescope, design and calculations, 1956-1958, n.d. 

111:22 Personnel, 1955-1957, n.d. 

112:1 Property, 1955-1958, n.d. 

112:2 Purchase requests, 1956-1957, n.d. 

112:3 Receipts, 1957-1958, n.d. 

130:4 Telescope site rental agreement, 1956, n.d. 

112:4 Telescope and shelter, 1955, n.d. 

112:5 Travel arrangements, 1957-1958 

Reference material 

112:6 Newspaper clippings, 1955-1957 

112:7 Papers on Earth and Moon satellites, nature and detection, 1955-1956, 

n.d. 

Proposals and Reports 

112:8 Contract renewal proposals, 1955-1958 

Interim report 

112:9 Report, 1956 

112:10 Report (corrected) with distribution list, 1956-1957, 1962 

Final report 

112:11 Proposal for report completion and publication, 1958 

112:12 Report, 1959 

112:13 Report preparation, n.d. 

112:14 Distribution lists, 1956-1959, n.d. 

112:15 Graphs and calculations, n.d. 

112:16 Illustrations, n.d. 

112:17 Progress reports, 1955-1959 

112:18 Status reports, 1955-1958 


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Search work 

General 

113:1 Calculations (J. C. Robinson), n.d. 

113:2 Charts, 1956, n.d. 

113:3 Examination records, 1955-1956, n.d. 

113:4 Observational zones, 1957 

113:5 Visual observations, 1957-1958, n.d. 

Quito, Ecuador 

113:6 Binocular and telescope observations, 1956-1958 

113:7 Meteor count, 1958 

113:8 Observation notes, 1957 

113:9 Photograph log book, 1957 see also Photographs 

113:10 Photographic search, 1955, 1957, n.d. 

Reports 

113:11 "A Brief Account of Some Operational Problems and Experience 

in Ecuador" by A. S. Murrell, ca. 1956 

113:12 "Procedure for Transport of Scientific Equipment In and Out of 

Ecuador" by A. S. Murrell, n.d. 

113:13 "Weather Conditions in the Vicinity of Quito, Ecuador" by J. C. 

Robinson, ca. 1956 

113:14 Telegrams (re Sputnik satellites), 1957 

Weather records and observations 

113:15 Notebook, 1957 


Publications 

113:16 Abstracts, n.d. 

113:17 Capen, C. F., Jr., "By-Products of the Search for Natural Satellites of the 

Earth" reprinted from Sky and Telescope vol. XVI, no. 4, 1957 

Tombaugh, C. W. and B. A. Smith, 

114:1 "Photographic Tracking of an Earth Satellite," 1956 

114:2 "Photographic Tracking of an Artificial Earth Satellite," 1956 

Tombaugh, C. W., B. A. Smith, and C. F. Capen, Jr., "Search for Small 

Satellites of the Moon During the Total Lunar Eclipse of November 18, 

1956," n.d. 

114:3 Draft, n.d. 

114:4 Typescript, n.d. 

Related research (by-products of satellite search) 

114:5 Artificial satellite tracking proposal, 1956 

Meteor study (Gary E. Thomas and Thomas C. Bruce) 

114:6 Data of L/D and NMFs (length/field diameter and normalized meteor 


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fields), 1957-1958, n.d. 

114:7 Hourly rate vs magnitude, 1958, n.d. 

114:8 Hourly rate vs degree of declination, n.d. 

114:9 Hourly rate vs time of night, 1957, n.d. 

114:10 Meteor showers, 1956-1957, n.d. 

114:11 Notes, 1957, n.d. 

114:12 Observing fields, Delta Aquarid shower, n.d. 

114:13-14 Report, drafts, n.d. 

115:1 Tables and graphs, 1958, n.d. 

115:2 Visual Observations, 1957, n.d. 

"Planetary and Lunar Research in the Photographic Infrared, Visible and 

Ultraviolet," United States Army research grant DA-ARO(D)-31-124-G41 


115:4 Notes, n.d. 

115:5 Proposal, 1961 

Reports 

115:6 Fiscal Report, 1963 



Planetary Patrol 

115:9 Project support notes, 1961, 1964, n.d. 

National Science Foundation grant, NSF G-5501 "An Observational Patrol 

and Geophysical Research of the Moon and the Planets" 

115:10 Budget and fiscal report, 1960, n.d. 

115:11 Correspondence, 1957-1961, 1964, n.d. 

Proposal 

115:12 Drafts, 1957, n.d. 

115:13 Final, 1957 

115:14 Request for continued support, 1959, n.d. 

Final report 

115:15 Draft, n.d. 


Air Force contract, AF 19(604)-5570, "Observational Patrol of the Moon and 

Planets and Analysis of Nature of Markings" 


115:18 Contract, 1959 

115:19 Contract extension, 1960 

116:1 Financial statements, 1959-1961, n.d. 

116:2 Miscellaneous notes, 1959, n.d. 

Reports 

116:3 Quarterly status reports, 1959-1961 


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116:5 Final report distribution list, n.d. 

116:6 Report instructions, 1958 

NASA grants, NsG-142-61 and NGL 32-003-001, "Continued Photographic 

Patrol and Study of Physical Conditions on Moon and Planets" (alternate title 

"Photographic, Photoelectric, and Spectrographic Observations and Studies of 

the Planets") 

Grant NsG-142-61 


116:8 Financial reports and notes, 1965-1968, n.d. 

116:9 Press release, 1962 

Proposals 

116:10 Original proposal, 1961 

116:11-12 Requests for continuation, 1964-1968 

Reports 

116:13 Report drafts, ca. 1963, 1966 


116:15 Special status report, 1963 

116:16-17 Requisitions, 1962-1967, n.d. 

117:1 Research papers, 1961-1965, 1968 

117:2 Science Information Exchange, notice of research project, n.d. 

117:3 Telephone call notes, 1961 

Grant NGL 32-003-001 


117:5 Budgets and financial statements, 1969-1971 

117:6 Grant award, 1970 

117:7-8 Proposals / requests for continuation, 1968-1971 

117:9 Report drafts and notes, ca. 1968-1969 


117:11-12 Visual Thresholds for Telescopic Satellite Observation, study by B. A. Smith, 

U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency contract no. DA-04-495-ORD-1101, 

administrative files, reports and tables, 1958-1959, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Teaching Files 

Contains attendance sheets (including lecture topics), examinations, lecture notes, laboratory 

exercises, handouts, and miscellaneous reference material for astronomy, geography, and 

geology courses. Organized by course number, and alphabetically thereunder. 


Astronomy 110, Introduction to Astronomy 

301:12-21 Attendance sheets, 1967-1972 [Restricted] 


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Examinations 

301:22 Examinations, 1961-1964 [Restricted] 

117:13-14 General, 1962, 1967, 1969-1973, n.d. 

118:1 Final examinations, 1968-1971, n.d. 

118:2-3 Lab exercises, 1968-1972, n.d. 

118:4-6 Lecture material, 1968, 1970-1972, Fall 1975, n.d. 

118:7 Lecture schedules, 1971-1972, n.d. 

118:8 Syllabus, assignments, and miscellaneous handouts, 1967, n.d. 

118:9 Handout, "Guidelines on topics of study of the Moon," 1973 

118:10 Notes and reference material, 1970-1971, n.d. 

118:11 Sky maps, 1938, 1958, 1968-1973, 1979, n.d. See also Oversize Materials 

118:12 Tables, 1970-1972, n.d. 

Astronomy 210, Introduction to Astronomy 


118:13 Course evaluations, 1961 


301:27 Examinations, 1961-1964 [Restricted] 

118:15 Lab exercises, 1961, 1965, n.d. 

119:1 Lecture material, 1961-1966, n.d. 

119:2 Miscellaneous notes and printed matter, 1937, 1949, n.d. 

Astronomy 211, Planetology 

Attendance sheets 

301:28-30 1962-1973 [Restricted] 

302:2-6 1967-1973 [Restricted] 

119:3 Course descriptions and syllabus, 1958, n.d. 

Examinations 

119:4-5 General, 1962-1973, n.d. 

119:6 Final examinations, 1970, n.d. 

119:7 Lecture material 1962-1973, n.d. 

119:8 Notes, n.d. 

119:9 Reference material, 1942, 1967-1972, n.d. 

Astronomy 310, Practical Astronomy 


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302:7 Attendance sheets, 1965-1966 [Restricted] 

119:10 Examinations, 1965-1970 

Lecture material 

119:11 Notebook, 1965 

119:12 Miscellaneous, 1965, n.d. 

Astronomy 310, Solar System Astronomy 



119:14 Lecture material, 1971, n.d. 

Astronomy 311, Stellar Astronomy 


120:1 Examinations, 1968, 1972, n.d. 

120:2 Notes and reference material, 1968-1973, n.d. 

Astronomy 461, Astronomy for Elementary Teachers 

302:11-13 Attendance sheets, 1967-1968, 1971 [Restricted] 

120:3 Examinations, 1971, n.d. 

Astronomy 640, Interstellar Medium 

120:4 Lecture material, September 1968 

120:5 Lecture material, October 1968 - January 1969 

Astronomy, unidentified 

120:6 Examinations, 1966-1969, 1973, n.d. 

120:7 Handouts, n.d. 

Lecture materials 

120:8 Notes and miscellaneous, 1962-1967, 1970, 1976 

120:9 Printed matter, 1932-1972, n.d. 

120:10 Geography 300, Earth Science for Teachers, notes, 1964 

Geography 351/451, Weather and Climate 

120:11 Examination and lecture material, 1965, n.d. 

120:12 Reference material, 1961-1965 

120:13 Geography 355, Physical Geography, examination and notes, 1962, n.d. 

Geography 460, The Planet Earth 


302:15 Examinations, 1970, n.d. [Restricted] 

121:1 Examinations, 1970, n.d. 


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Geology 291, Fundamentals of Geology 


121:2 Course evaluations, 1961 


302:18 Examinations, Fall 1961 [Restricted] 

121:4 Lecture material, 1961-1964, n.d. 

121:5 Reference material, 1959-1964, n.d. 

Geology, unidentified 

302:19 Examinations, n.d.[Restricted] 

121:6 Examinations, n.d. 

Lab exercises 

121:7 General, 1961-1963, n.d. 

121:8 Manuals, 1957 

121:9 Lecture material, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Observatories and Telescopes 

Organized in three headings, observatories, publications, and general. Observatories includes 

files on the design and construction of the University's several observatories, specific 

information about the observatory telescopes, and memoranda regarding the administration and 

upkeep of the observatories. Publications contains observatory annual reports as well as original 

issues and photocopied papers from the publication Contributions of The Observatory at New 

Mexico State University. General files contains information about the observatories in general, 

as well as miscellaneous specifications, calculations, and proposals for telescopes. Arranged 

alphabetically within each heading. 


Observatories 

121:10 Apache Point Observatory, general, 1981-1989, n.d. 

Blue Mesa / Magdalena Peak Observatory 

121:11 Memoranda, 1970-1974, 1978 

122:1-2 General, 1966-1978, n.d. 

122:3 Site transfer to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 1990-1991 

122:4 Telescopes and accessory equipment, 1967-1983 

Tombaugh (Campus) Observatory 

122:5 Ash-Dome, 1970-1971, n.d. 


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122:6 Astronomical Society of Las Cruces, telescope and dome plans and 

agreement, 1968-1971, n.d. 

122:7 Building and dome plans, 1966-1972, n.d. 

122:8 Dedication, 1972 

122:9 General, 1968-1975, 1981, 1990, n.d. 

122:10 National Science Foundation, Instructional Scientific Equipment Program 

grant, 1968-1971, n.d. 

122:11 Observatory report, 1969 

122:12 Telescopes and accessory equipment, 1963-1964, 1967-1972, 1979, n.d. 

Tortugas Mountain ("A" Mountain) Observatory 

122:13 General, 1962-1966, 1970, 1974, n.d. 

122:14 Astronomical Society of Las Cruces (ASLC), correspondence re lower 

building, 1995-1996 

122:15 12-inch Fecker telescope and miscellaneous equipment, 1960-1962, n.d. 

16-inch Rhodes telescope 

122:16 Design calculations, 1962-1965, n.d. 

122:17 General, 1952, 1957, 1963, 1969, 1972-1978, n.d. 

122:18 16-inch Schmidt camera, 1977-1978, 1981, n.d. 

122:19 24-inch Boller and Chivens telescope, 1965-1966, 1977, n.d. 

Publications 

123:1-2 Contributions of The Observatory at New Mexico State University, 1967- 

1968, 1972, 1976 

123:3-6 NMSU Observatory annual reports, 1961-1972, 1978, 1980-1981, 1984-1985 

123:7 “Notes from Observatories,” 1961 

General 

123:8 Astro-Mechanics proposal for 40-inch Newtonian-Cassegrain Telescope, 1966 

123:9 Equipment specifications and procedures, 1971-1973, 1983, n.d. 

123:10 Information for graduate students, 1974, n.d. 

123:11 Observatory roads, 1970, n.d. 

123:12 Photoelectric photometer construction, notes by John E. Foley (physics 

graduate student), 1962-1963 

123:13 Proposal for 85-foot tracking antenna, n.d. 

123:14 Quotes for telescopes, 24-inch and larger diameter, 1961-1965, n.d. 

123:15 31-inch Cassegrain primary mirror, calculations, 1976, n.d. 

123:16 Miscellaneous, 1965-1967, 1970-1972, 1977, n.d. 


Contains correspondence, notes, and programs from professional conferences, seminars, and 

inter-institutional working groups in which Tombaugh participated. Arranged with 

miscellaneous conference notes and programs first, followed by specific conferences, seminars, 

and working groups arranged alphabetically. 


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Conference notes 

124:1 Notebook, 1952, 1965 

Optical Society of America, 37th annual meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 

9 - 11 October 1952 

NASA-University Program review conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 1 - 

3 March 1965 

124:2 Notebook, 1961, 1964 

Lectures in Aerospace Medicine, School of Aviation Medicine, Brooks 

Air Force Base, Texas, 16 - 17 January 1961 

International Astronomical Union general assembly, Hamburg, Germany, 

26 August - 3 September 1964 

124:3 Conference programs, miscellaneous, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1967 

124:4 American Association of Physics Teachers summer meeting, Las Cruces, New 

Mexico, 22 June 1979 

124:5 "Asteroids" conference, Tucson, Arizona, 6-10 March 1979 

124:6 Conference on the Exploration of Mars and Venus, Virginia Polytechnic 

Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1965 

Fifth Sagamore Ordnance Materials Research Conference, "Materials in Space 

Environment," Racquette Lake, New York, 16-19 September 1958 

124:7 Correspondence, notes, and general information, 1958 

124:8 Transcript (draft) of summary session / panel discussion "Implications of 

Space Environment for Material Development," 1958 

124:9 Fourth International Conference on Mars, Tucson, Arizona, 10-13 January 

1989 

Holloman / Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Summer 

Scientific Seminars, Cloudcroft, New Mexico 

124:10 Seminar in Astrophysics, 19 - 30 June 1961 

124:11 Seminar in Geophysics, 11 - 22 June 1962 

124:12 Informal Conference on Pure Science Studies Of-And-In Local Space 

(includes consideration of Institute of Planetology formation), Cloudcroft, 

New Mexico, 16 March 1957 

124:13 International Colloquia on Mars, Pasadena, California, 1973, 1979, 1981 

124:14 International Mars Committee, 1957 

124:15 International Space Hall of Fame Dedication Conference, Alamogordo, New 

Mexico, 5 - 9 October 1976 

124:16 International Workshop on Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System, 

Flagstaff, Arizona, 25 - 27 August 1987 

Lectures in Aerospace Medicine, School of Aviation Medicine, Brooks Air 

Force Base, Texas 



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125:1-2 Conference materials, 1960-1961, n.d. 

125:3 Notes, 11-15 January 1960 

125:4 Proceedings, 11 - 15 January 1960 

125:5 "Review of Lectures in Aero Space Medicine and Tour of the School of 

Aviation Medicine" compiled by E. B. Konecci, 1960 

See "Conference notes" (above) for notes from 1961 Lectures in 

Aerospace Medicine 

See also Speeches and Lectures subseries 

125:6 Lunar and Planetary Exploration Colloquium, 1958-1963 

125:7 National Education Association-New Mexico convention, Las Cruces, New 

Mexico, "Night Sky" workshop by C. W. Tombaugh and Annette Willoughby, 

21 - 22 October 1982 

126:1 New Discoveries in the Solar System, course taught by Reta F. Beebe 

(Astronomy 260 & 460), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New 

Mexico, Spring 1981 

126:2 New Mexico Geological Society annual meeting, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 7- 

9 May 1965 

126:3 Optical Tracking Systems seminar, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation 

Engineers (SPIE), El Paso, Texas, 18 - 20 January 1971 

Planetary Atmospheres Study Group 


126:5 Conference on Planetary Atmospheres (proceedings), Arcadia, California, 

24 June 1960 

Meeting, Pasadena, California, 16-17 December 1960 

126:6 Notes, 1960 

126:7-8 Proceedings, 1960 

Meeting, Pasadena, California, 2 - 4 February 1961 

126:9 Notes, 1961 

126:10 Proceedings, 2 February 1961 

127:1-2 Proceedings, 3 - 4 February 1961 

127:3-4 Contributions to group report, 1961 

127:5 Report, first draft, 1961 

127:6 Research notes, 1963-1965, n.d. 

128:1 Symposium on the Exploration of Mars, Denver, Colorado, 6-7 June 1963 

Third International Geodetic Symposium on Satellite Doppler Positioning, 

Las Cruces, New Mexico, 8-12 February 1982 

128:2 Correspondence and program, 1981-1982 

128:3 Papers, 1982 

Working Group on Extraterrestrial Resources 

128:4 Meetings, 1963-1968, n.d. 


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128:5 Newsletter The Prospector, 1966-1969 

128:6 Miscellaneous meeting notes, 1955-1956, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Printed Matter 

Contains NMSU programs and publications, many with notes by Tombaugh, arranged 

alphabetically with miscellaneous items at the end. 


128:7 Administrative Newsletter, 1961-1966, 1970 

128:8 Aggie Panorama, 1975-1976, 1979-1981, 1985, 1991, 1995 

128:9 Annual Report of the President, 1957, 1963, 1966 

128:10 Awards Day Assembly programs, 1965-1968 

128:11 Bulletins and class schedules, 1957-1959 

129:1 Bulletins and class schedules, 1970-1973, 1990 

129:2 Calendars, 1971-1975, 1985 

130:6 Commencement programs, 1956-1959, 1961, 1964-1966, 1968, 1971-1972 

129:3 New Mexico Aggie, 1958, 1960, 1970-1972 

129:4-5 The NMA&M Conscience, 1968-1970 

129:6 The NMSU Faculty Forum, 1968-1970 

129:7 Office of Grants and Contracts News, 1973-1977 

129:8-10 Page One, 1966-1980, 1982-1987, n.d. 

129:11 Miscellaneous publications, 1958-1961, 1966, 1969-1975, 1987 

130 New Mexico State University subseries, legal size materials 


Contains correspondence, notes, drafts, and final versions of professional writings, including 

papers read at meetings and published articles. Organized in two sub-subseries: Writings by 

Clyde W. Tombaugh and Writings by Others. 

Sub-subseries: Writings by Clyde W. Tombaugh 

Contains manuscripts, drafts, and published copies of Tombaugh's professional writings, as well 

as related correspondence and notes. Arranged alphabetically by title, with book and article 

reviews arranged at the end. 


"The Absence of an Aqueous Morphology on Mars and Some Geologic 

Consequences" 


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131:3 Typescript with annotations, n.d. 

131:4 Typescript, final, 1965 

"Accelerated Advances in Celestial Knowledge," read at the Regional 

Environmental Research and Improvement Organization (REERIO) meeting 

"Skylab-ERTS: Technology for the Southwest" in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 

8-9 November 1973 

131:5 Abstract (handwritten draft and typed), n.d. 


131:7 Final draft and abstract (handwritten and typed), n.d. 

131:8 "Asteroids and the Trans-Neptunian Planet Search," Proceedings of Lunar 

and Planetary Exploration Colloquium vol. II, no. 4 (15 Nov 1961), 

typescripts and correspondence, 1961 

"Beyond Pluto," Yearbook of Astronomy, 1984 

131:9 Handwritten draft (photocopy), n.d. 

131:10 Typescript and galley proof, 1983, n.d. 

131:11 Published article (photocopy), 1984 

"Charon," "Planet X," and "Pluto," articles written for The Astronomy 

Encyclopaedia, ed. Patrick Moore (London: M. Beazley, 1987) 

131:12 Correspondence, 1986 

131:13 Handwritten drafts, n.d. 

131:14 Handwritten drafts, revised, n.d. 

131:15 Typescripts, 1986 


131:17 "Comets Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh as part of the Trans-Saturnian 

Planet Search" by D. H. Levy, B. A. Skiff, B. G. Marsden and C. W. 

Tombaugh, submitted to International Comet Quarterly, correspondence and 

typescript, 1995 

"Comments on Atmospheric Seeing, Past Experiences, a Proposed New 

Seeing Scale, and Some Proposed Methods and Equipment for Recording 

Seeing Behavior Quantitatively," n.d. 

131:18 Handwritten draft (original and carbon copy), n.d. 

131:19 Typescript (original and carbon copy), n.d. 

131:20 "Comments on the Artificiality of Mars' Satellites," typescript, n.d. 

131:21 "Comparison of Certain Surface Features on the Moon With Those on Mars," 

typescripts and correspondence, 1958-1959 

131:22 "Considerations of Life on Mars," handwritten draft, n.d. 

"The Discovery of Pluto: Some Generally Unknown Aspects of the Story," 

Mercury vol. XV nos. 3 & 4, 1986 


131:24 Typewritten draft, n.d. 



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131:26 Edited typescript (with correspondence), 1986 

131:27 Published article (original and reprint), 1986 

132:1 "Evidence of Faulting in the Crust of Mars," handwritten draft, n.d. 

"Evidence of Faulting in the Crust of Mars, Part I: Grabens," read at the 114th 

meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Fairbanks, Alaska, 22-24 July 

1963 

132:2 Correspondence and abstract, 1963, 1965 

132:3 Draft abstracts (handwritten), 1963 

132:4 Handwritten drafts, 1963 



132:7 "Evidence that the Dark Areas on Mars are Elevated Mountain Ranges," 

Letters to the Editor (response to R. A. Wells), Nature vol. 209, no. 5030 

(1966), typescript and correspondence, 1965-1966, n.d. 

132:8 "50 Years of Pluto," read at Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Western 

Amateur Astronomers meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 12 July 1980, typescript, 

1980 

"Geological Interpretations of the Markings on Mars" read at the 83rd meeting 

of the American Astronomical Society, Bloomington, Indiana, 18-21 June 

1950 

132:9 Abstract (typewritten), n.d. 

132:10 Drafts (hand and typewritten), n.d. 

"Geology of Mars," Advances in Space Science and Technology vol. 10, ed. 

Frederick I. Ordway III (New York: Academic Press, 1970) 


132:12 Draft (hand and typewritten), n.d. 

132:13 Typewritten draft, revised, n.d. 


132:15 Page proofs, 1969 

132:16 Reprint, 1970 

132:17 "The Great Perseus-Andromeda Stratum of Extra-Galactic Nebulae and 

Certain Clusters of Nebulae Therein as Observed at the Lowell Observatory," 

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (October 1937), 

photocopy of article, 1937 

132:18 "The Historical Discovery and Recent Confirmation of a New Cataclysmic 

Variable in Corvus" by D. H. Levy, S. B. Howell, T. J. Kreidl, B. A. Skiff, 

and C. W. Tombaugh, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 

vol. 102 (November 1990), preprints and reprint, 1990 

"Is There Life on Mars?" The Story of Our Time (New York: Grolier Society, 

Inc., 1949) 




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132:22 “A Leading American planetary astronomer examines the Soviet hypotheses 

and finds good and sufficient reason for doubting that the Martian Moons are 

anything other than natural bodies,” Astronautics, (December 1959) 

"Mars," Chapter XII in Observing Manual for Amateur Astronomers, publ. 

Sky and Telescope, (sponsored by the Astronomical League) 



133:1 Handwritten draft, final, n.d. 

133:2 Typescripts, n.d. 

133:3 Typescript, corrected, 1954 

133:4 "Mars - A World for Exploration," Astronautics vol. 4, no. 11 ( Jan. 1959), 

reprints, 1959 

133:5 "Mars as a Physical World for Exploration," typescript, n.d. 

133:6 "Meteorites and Cosmic Dust in Space," read at "Materials in Space 

Environment," the fifth Sagamore Ordnance Materials Research Conference, 

Sagamore Conference Center, Racquette Lake, New York (16-19 September 

1958), correspondence, typewritten drafts, and notes, 1958-1959, n.d. 

133:7 "Meteorites in Their Bearing on the Origin of the Surface Features of the 

Moon," handwritten draft, ca. 1941 

"The Moon," read at the Space Environment Symposium at Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 16 April 1959 


133:9 Handwritten draft, 1959 


"My Early Years at Lowell Observatory," read at the Southwest Regional 

Conference for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 22 

May 1978 


133:12 Typescripts (draft and final), n.d. 

133:13 Reprints, 1978 

133:14 "My Exciting Moment in Seeing the Canals on Mars," published as "My Most 

Exciting Moment" in Popular Mechanics (February 1961), typescript and 

correspondence, 1960 

133:15 "My Experience in Amateur Telescope Making," Scientific American 

(October 1930), typescript and photocopy of published article, 1930, n.d. 

"My Life and the Discovery of the Planet Pluto," written for El Palacio 


133:17 Handwritten draft (photocopy), 1979 


133:19 "The New Comet Bennett," typescript, published as "'Magnificent Sight' is 

Comet Bennett," Las Cruces Bulletin, 9 April 1970 


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133:20 "Object NGC 5694 a Distant Globular Star Cluster" by C. O. Lampland and 

C. W. Tombaugh, Astronomische Nachrichten Nr. 5888 Band 246 (August 

1932), reprints, 1932 

133:21 "Observations of the Red Spot on Jupiter" by B. A. Smith and C. W. 

Tombaugh, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific vol. 75, 

no. 446 (October 1963), correspondence and reprints, 1963 

133:22 "The Orange-Colored Material Found on the Littrow Valley by the Apollo 17 

Expedition to the Moon," handwritten draft and typewritten, 1972 

"The Origin and Development of the Tracking Telescope," Missile Away vol. 

III, no. 2 (Summer 1955) 

133:23 Handwritten draft (original and carbon copy), n.d. 

133:24 Typewritten drafts, n.d. 

"Orion and its Nebulosities" 



"Past Interpretations of Mars in Retrospect," read at International Space Hall 

of Fame dedication conference, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 5-9 October 1976 



133:29 Final typescript (mimeograph and corrected photocopy), 1976, n.d. 

133:30 "Photographs of Venus at Inferior Conjunction, 1950, from Mule Peak, New 

Mexico," read at the 83rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 

Bloomington, Indiana, 18-21 June 1950, abstract (hand and typewritten) and 

notes, 1950 

142:1 "Planet Discoverer Tells How He Did It," Science Service Daily Science 

News Bulletin, typewritten news release, 16 March 1930 

133:31 "Plates, Pluto, and Planets X," Sky & Telescope, April 1991 (photocopy) 

"Planet X" The Astronomy Encyclopaedia, 1986, See "Charon," "Planet X," 

and "Pluto" 

"Pluto" The Astronomy Encyclopaedia, 1986, See "Charon," "Planet X," and 

"Pluto" 

"The Predictions and Discovery of the Ninth Planet and the Extensive Planet 

Search" 



133:34 Typescript (final), n.d. 

133:35 "Preface" from Pluto and Charon by David Tholen and Alan Stern, 1996 

"Proposed Geodetic Triangulation from an Unmanned Orbital Vehicle by 

Means of Satellite Search Technique," read at the 9th annual American 

Rocket Society meeting, New York, 3 December 1954 

133:36 American Rocket Society paper, 1954 


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133:37 Jet Propulsion correspondence and reprints, May 1955 

"Recollections of Astronomy in 1920's and 1930's," audio recording prepared 

for 75th anniversary American Astronomical Society meeting 

133:38 Handwritten drafts, 1974 

133:39 Typescripts and correspondence, 1974 

133:40 "Regarding the Discovery of Pluto," manuscript, ca. 1940 

134:1 "Reminiscences of My Life with Astronomy," handwritten draft, ca. 1975 

"Reminiscences of the Discovery of Pluto," Sky and Telescope vol. 19, no. 5 

(March 1960) 

134:2 Typewritten draft and correspondence, 1959-1960 

134:3 Reprints and notes, 1960, n.d. 

"The Search for Pluto" 



134:6 "The Search for Small Earth Satellites" read at the 20th meeting of the 

Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, California, 2-4 September 1957, 

correspondence and typescript, 1958-1959 

134:7 "Search for Small Satellites of the Moon During the Total Lunar Eclipse of 

November 18, 1956," The Strolling Astronomer vol. 2, nos. 1-6 (1957), 

published article, 1957 

The Search for the Ninth Planet, Pluto, Astronomical Society of the Pacific 

Leaflet No. 209, July 1946 


134:9 Typescript (revised), n.d. 

134:10 Published leaflet, 1946 

134:11 "Search for the Recovery of Adonis in 1943" by H. L. Giclas and C. W. 

Tombaugh, typescript, 1943 

134:12 "Seeing Behavior and a Logarithmic Seeing Scale," by C. W. Tombaugh and 

B.A. Smith, typescripts (draft and final) and correspondence , n.d. 

134:13 "A Seeing Scale for Visual Observers," by C. W. Tombaugh and B. A. Smith, 

Sky & Telescope vol. 27, no. 9 (July 1958), reprints and correspondence, 1958 

134:14 "Some Comments on the 1956 Opposition of Mars," by C. W. Tombaugh and 

C. F. Capen, Jr., typescripts (draft and final), 1956 

"Some Early Vexing Optical and Mechanical Problems of the 13-Inch 'Pluto' 

Telescope," Icarus, special "Pluto" issue, vol. 44, no. 1 (October 1980) 

134:15 First draft (handwritten), 1980 

134:16 Revised draft (hand and typewritten), 1980 

134:17 Typescript with reviewers comments, 1980 

134:18 Reprints, 1980 

134:19 "Some Research Suggestions for the Coming Oppositions of Mars," read at 

the 89th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Boulder, Colorado, 

26-30 August 1953, abstract and handwritten draft (original and carbon copy), 


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1953 

"Some Space Goals in the Near Future from the Viewpoint of a Planetary 

Astronomer," presented at the American Astronautical Society Symposium 

"Future Space Program and Impact on Range Network Development," Las 

Cruces, New Mexico, 22-24 March 1967 

134:20 Correspondence and typescripts, 1967 

134:21 Notes and typewritten drafts, n.d. 

"The Struggles to Find the Ninth Planet," read at "Completing the Inventory 

of the Solar System," symposium held in conjunction with the 106th annual 

meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1994 


134:23 Draft for publication with correspondence, 1996 

134:24 "A Study of a Photograph of the Mare Humorum Region on the Moon," 

presented at American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

Southwestern Division meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 22-25 April 1940, 

manuscript, 1940 

134:25 "Summary Report on Mars in 1954," handwritten draft and typescripts, n.d. 

"A Survey of Long-Term Observational Behavior of Various Martian Features 

That Affect Some Recently Proposed Interpretations," Icarus vol. 8, no. 2 

(March 1968) 



135:3 Typescript and abstract, submitted to Science and Icarus, 1967 

135:4 Typescript (marked copies), 1967 


135:5 Reprints, 1968 

"Telescopic Evidence of the Absence of Water Erosion and Sedimentation on 

Mars and Some Resulting Mineralogy," Icarus vol. 8 

135:6 Typescript, read at American Association for the Advancement of Science 

(AAAS) meeting, Berkeley, California, December 1965 


"Telescopic Exploration and Our Knowledge of the Lunar World," read at 

American Rocket Society meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 1958 

135:8 Typewritten draft and abstract, n.d. 

135:9 Typescript (2 copies) and abstract, n.d. 

"The 13-inch Lawrence Lowell Telescope," written for rededication of the 

"Pluto" telescope at Lowell Observatory, 18 July 1995 

135:10 Handwritten draft (original and carbon copy), 1995 

135:11 Typescript (original and photocopy) and correspondence, 1995 

"Three More New Galactic Star Clusters," Publications of the Astronomical 


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Society of the Pacific, August 1941 


135:13 Reprints, 1941 

"The Trans-Neptunian Planet Search," in Chapter II, The Solar System: Vol. 

III Planets and Their Satellites, ed. G. P. Kuiper (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago 

Press, 1961) 

135:14 Correspondence, 1953-1955, 1960-1961 

135:15 Typewritten drafts, n.d. 

135:16 Typescript (edited by G. P. Kuiper), 1955 

135:17 Addendum, "Searches for Small Natural Earth Satellites of the Earth and 

Moon" (typescripts), 1960 

142:3 Galley proofs, n.d. 

135:18 Reprints, 1961 

"The Trans-Neptunian Planet Search and the Discovery of Pluto," published 

in L'Astronomie as "La recherche d'une planète trans-neptunienne ou la 

découverte de Pluton," 1980 

136:1 Typescript (English), 1980 

136:2 Reprint (French, tr. Philippe Wallace), 1980 

"The Trans-Saturnian Planet Search, Lowell Observatory 1929-1945" 


136:4 Typescripts, corrected, n.d. 

"Two New Faint Galactic Star Clusters," Publications of the Astronomical 

Society of the Pacific June 1938 

136:5 Manuscript and typescript, 1938 

136:6 Reprints, 1938 

"Visual and Photographic Observations of Venus," appendix 2 in The 

Atmospheres of Mars and Venus: a Report by the Ad Hoc Panel on Planetary 

Atmospheres of the Space Science Board (National Research Council 

Publication 944) 



136:9 Published version (reprint and photocopy), 1961 

Reviews of books and articles 

136:10 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Astronomy, ed. Sybil P. Parker 

(handwritten draft), 1983 

136:11 Alexander, A. F. O'D., The Planet Uranus: A History of Observation, 

Theory, and Discovery, two book reviews (hand and typewritten) and 

correspondence, 1965-1967 

136:12 Grosser, Morton, The Discovery of Neptune, book review, typescript and 



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Hartmann, William K., Moons and Planets..., book review 



136:15 Typescript and correspondence, 1972 

136:16 Typescript (revised) and correspondence, 1972 

Koval', I. K., "The Degree of Smoothness of the Continents and Seas of 

Mars," AIAA Journal (Russian Supplement) vol. 1, no. 10 (October 1963), 

published article review 

136:17 Drafts (hand and typewritten), 1962 

136:18 Typescript, correspondence, and published article, 1962-1963 

136:19 Nininger, Harvey H., Find a Falling Star, book review 1973 

136:20 Sagan, Carl, and James B. Pollack, "Elevation Differences on Mars," 

submitted for publication in Journal of Geophysical Research, rebuttal by 

Tombaugh (unpublished), 1967 

Salisbury, John W., "The Light and Dark Areas of Mars (letter to the 

editors)," Icarus vol. 5, no. 3 (May 1966) 



136:23 Sandner, Werner, Satellites of the Solar System, book review, typescript 

and correspondence, 1966 

136:24 Schroeder, W., Practical Astronomy, book review, typescript and 

correspondence, 1957-58 

Miscellaneous 

136:25 Correspondence, 1959-1968, 1978, 1982, n.d. 

136:26 Fragments, ca. 1930s-1960s, n.d. 

136:27 Publication list, 1964-1966, 1969, n.d. 

136:28 Writings frequently used by Tombaugh, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Writings by Others 

Contains writings sent to Tombaugh for his review and comments, and includes correspondence 

as well as draft and published versions of articles and book chapters. Included are pieces about 

Tombaugh, the Trans-Saturnian Planet Search and the discovery of Pluto, Mars, and other 

astronomical subjects. Also included are papers read at the 50th anniversary Pluto meeting at 

NMSU and submitted for publication in the special Pluto issue of Icarus. Arranged 

alphabetically by author. 


137:1 "Pluto," Merit Students Encyclopedia, typewritten draft with correspondence, 

1980 

137:2 Anderson, Kurt, “On the Probability of Detecting Planetary Systems via 

Occultation,” 1975 

137:3 Backman, D. E. and F. C. Gillett, "Exploiting the Infrared: IRAS Observations 


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of the Main Sequence," preprint of paper read at the 5th Cool Stars Workshop, 

Boulder, Colorado, June 1987 

Bagby, John P. 

137:4 "A Proposed Common Origin for Some Unexplained Meteoric and 

Meteoritic Phenomena," (mimeograph copy) 1 Jan.1957 

137:5 "Evidence of a Possible Earth Satellite Ring," read at Astronomical 

League Convention, Miami, Florida, (mimeograph copy) July 1956 

137:6 "The Holpuch Satellite Ring," (mimeograph copy) 1 Jan. 1956 

137:7 Report on the nature of objects observed by R. E. Halpuch, includes paper 

"The Possibility of, and Search Techniques for, Other Satellites of the 

Earth" read at Astronomical League Convention in Madison, Wisconsin 

(1954), 1955 

137:8 "The Solar System as a Component of a Binary Star System," read at 

American Geophysical Union, Annual Midwest Meeting, St. Louis, 

Missouri, September 1978 

Briggs, Michael H., Gregg Mamikunian, and John P. Revill, compilers, "A 

Bibliography of Exobiology" 

137:9 First draft (typewritten), 1963 

137:10 Second draft (typewritten), 1963 

137:11 Brown, Wilbur K., "Solar System Formation from Supernovae: An Analogy 

with the Big Bang," manuscript submitted for Pluto issue of Icarus, 1980 

137:12 Carragan, William D., "The Visual Problem of Mars: An Investigation of 

Certain Illusory Effects Which Bear Upon Martian Observations," 1953-1955 

137:13 Christy, James W., and Robert S. Harrington, "The Discovery and Orbit of 

Charon," manuscript (original and revised) submitted for Pluto issue of 

Icarus, 1980 

137:14 Cruikshank, D. P., C. B. Pilcher, and D. Morrison, "Pluto: Evidence for 

Methane Frost," manuscript submitted to Science, June 1976 

137:15 Cyr, Donald L., "Mars Revisited," typescript, 1957 

137:16 Deines, Jason, "The Planet Pluto," typescript, 15 December 1980 

DeVorkin, David H., Science with a Vengeance: The Military Origins of the 

Space Sciences in the V-2 Era 


137:18 Typescript, Ch. 7 "A New Site for Research: White Sands Proving 

Ground" (selected pages), introduction, and bibliography, 1990 

Oral history interview of Clyde W. Tombaugh, 17 February 1982 

138:1 Correspondence and draft (with corrections), 1983 

138:2 Typescript, final, 1995 

Duncombe, R. L., and P. K. Seidelmann, "A History of the Determination of 

Pluto's Mass," manuscript submitted for Pluto issue of Icarus 


138:4 Typescript, revised, 1980 


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138:5 Dusing, Allen F., "A Look at the Stars with Good Samer Clyde W. 

Tombaugh, Discoverer of the Planet Pluto," typescript submitted to Hi-Way 

Herald (Agoura, California), 1980 

138:6 Frazier, Kendrick, "Planet Beyond Pluto," "Pluto," and "Uranus and Neptune," 

typescript (photocopy), articles for Mosaic 1981 

138:7 Freitas, Robert A., Jr., "Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts in the Solar 

System," manuscript (partial photocopy), 1982 

Giclas, H. L., "History of the 13-Inch Photographic Telescope and Its Use 

Since the Discovery of Pluto," manuscript submitted for Pluto issue of Icarus 

138:8 Draft (photocopy) with reviewers comments, 1980 

138:9 Typescript, revised (photocopy), 1980 

138:10 Gifford, Frank, Jr., "Surface Temperatures of the Planet Mars: 1926-1943," 

report to the Project for the Study of Planetary Atmosphere, 1952 

138:11 Greenhalgh, David, "A Planetary Calculator," typescript, with cardboard 

planetary calculator discs, 1977 

138:12 Hartmann, William K. "Drawing the Moon and Planets," read at the third 

convention of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), 

Ithaca, New York, 1958 

138:13 Herzog, A. D. and R. F. Beebe, "Interpretation of Surface Features of Europa 

Obtained from Occultations by Io," submitted to Icarus, typescript draft 

(incomplete), n.d. 

Hoyt, William Graves 

Planets "X" and Pluto (Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1980) 


138:15 Tombaugh's comments and corrections (handwritten) 

Manuscript (with Tombaugh's notes), 1977 

138:16 Introduction 

139:1 Chapters 1-3 



139:4 Chapters 10-12 

139:5 Bibliographical note and endnotes, n.d. 

139:6 Typescript with annotations (selected pages), n.d. 

140:1 "W. H. Pickering's Planetary Predictions and the Discovery of Pluto," 

correspondence with published copy, 1974 

140:2 Kieffer, Hugh H., "Calculated Physical Properties of Planets in Relation to 

Composition and Gravitational Layering," submitted to the Journal of 

Geophysical Research, 1967 

140:3 Knuckles, C. F., M. K. Sinton, and W. M. Sinton, "UBV Photometry of 

Venus," typescript, n.d. 

140:4 Kuiper, Gerard P., "Does the Earth Have a Second Satellite?" typescript and 


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140:5 Lamprecht, Vera, poem "Pluto" from "A Child's Uni-verse" (unpublished 

manuscript) photocopy and correspondence, 1980 

140:6 Lang, Kenneth R., "The Discovery of Pluto," from General History of 

Astronomy, typewritten draft, 1979 

140:7 Leighton, Robert B., and Bruce C. Murray, "The Behavior of Carbon Dioxide 

and Other Volatiles on Mars," submitted to Science (typescript), 8 April 1966 

Levy, David H. 

140:8 "Clyde Tombaugh: The Man Who Found Pluto," (manuscript and 

correspondence) Odyssey, May 1992 

140:9 "Tombaugh's Star: a Detective Story," (manuscript and photocopied 

correspondence) Odyssey, May 1992 

Littmann, Mark, Planets Beyond: Discovering the Outer Solar System 


Manuscript (incomplete), 1988 

140:11 Chapters 1-4, 7-11 

140:12 Chapters 6 & 12 and Tombaugh vignettes (annotated) 

140:13 Chapter 14 and end matter 

140:14 Long, Charles E., "Thinking About Space," prospectus and sample material, 

1973 

140:15 Lupo, Mark J., and John S. Lewis, "Mass-Radius Relationships and 

Constraints on the Composition of Pluto II," manuscript submitted for the 

Pluto issue of Icarus, 1980 

140:16 Marcialis, Robert L., "The First 50 Years of Pluto-Charon Research," 

typescript (photocopy), 1995 

Marsden, B. G., "Planets and Satellite Galore," manuscript submitted for the 

Pluto issue of Icarus, 1980 

140:17 Draft with reviewers comments, 1980 


140:19 McLaughlin, Dean B., "Interpretation of Some Martian Features," typescript, 

n.d. 

141:1 Murray, Bruce C., "A Martian Horror Story: Requirements Vs. Capabilities 

for the Photographic Exploration of Mars," read at Symposium on Unmanned 

Exploration of the Solar System, April 1965 

142:4 Musès, C., "The Bessel-Function Basis of Bode's Law Furnishes an Accurate 

'Planetary Periodic Table,'" typescript and correspondence, 1994 

141:2 O'Leary, B. T. and D. G. Rea, "The Influence of Topography on the 

Formation of Temporary Bright Patches on Mars," typescript, n.d. 

141:3 Otterman, Joseph, and Finn E. Bronner, "Martian Wave of Darkening: A Frost 

Phenomenon?" Paper presented at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 


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Greenbelt, Maryland (reprint and correspondence), 2 March 1966 

142:5 Powell, Conley, "A Mathematical Search for Planet X," submitted to Journal 

of the British Interplanetary Society (preprint and correspondence), 1989 

141:4 Radloff, Max Paul, "The Tombaugh Clusters, correspondence and typewritten 

draft, 1990 

141:5 Radosti, Peter A. "A Theory [on a possible interrelationship in some events in 

Astronomy and Geology]," manuscript, 1983 

141:6 Sagan, Carl, "Biological Exploration of Mars," read at American 

Astronautical Society Symposium on the Exploration of Mars, Denver, 

Colorado, 6-7 June 1963 

141:7 Sagan, Carl, Philip L. Hanst, and Andrew T. Young, "Nitrogen Oxides on 

Mars," Planet. Space Sci. vol. 13 (photocopy), 1965 

Seidelmann, P. K., G. H. Kaplan, K. F. Pulkkinen, E. J. Santoro, and T. C. 

Van Flandern, "Ephemeris of Pluto" manuscript submitted for Pluto issue of 

Icarus 



141:10 Shelton, William, "Kansas Farm Boy Discovered the Planet Pluto," typescript 

(photocopy) and correspondence, 1965 

Simon, Tony, The Search for Planet X (New York: Basic Books Publishing 

Co., 1962) 


142:6 “The Farmer Astronomer” adapted from The Search for Planet X 

141:12 "Foreword" by Tombaugh, 1962 

141:13 Published book (photocopy of selected pages), 1962 

Smith, Bradford A., 

"More Thought on the Pluto Mass Paradox" 


141:15 Typescripts, n.d. 

141:16 “A New Technique for eliminating the effects of turbulence in 

astronomical photography,” typescript, 1956 

141:17 "Observations of Haze in the Atmosphere of Venus," submitted to Icarus, 

typescript with annotations, n.d. 

141:18 “Photographoptical Semi-Diameter of Venus,” Astronomical Journal, vol. 

69, no. 2, 1964 

141:19 Soderblom, Laurence A., "The Composition and Mineralogy of the Martian 

Surface from Spectroscopic Observations: 0.3 Φm to 50 Φm," page proof, ca. 

1991 


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Stine, G. Harry, "The Quiet Astronomer" submitted to Science Digest 

141:20 Typewritten draft with comments by Tombaugh, 1980 

141:21 Manuscript, revised and correspondence, 1980 

Trafton, L., "Does Pluto Have a Substantial Atmosphere?" submitted to Pluto 

issue of Icarus 



141:24 Trefil, James, "Column on Clyde Tombaugh," article for Smithsonian 

Magazine (typewritten draft and correspondence), 1991 

141:25 von Braun, Wernher, "Pluto, The Lonely Sentinel," typewritten draft and 


141:26 Whitten, D. J., "Contemplations on Cosmic Coincidences," typescript (1977) 

and correspondence, 1977-1981 

Miscellaneous 

141:27 Publications of NMSU staff, 1965, 1975, 2002, n.d. 

141:28 Fragments, ca. 1958, 1968, 1983, n.d. 

141:29 Writings, unknown authors, ca. 1955-1963 

142 Legal size materials from Writings and Speeches and Lectures subseries 

Subseries: Speeches and Lectures 

Contains notes, drafts and final versions of speeches and lectures given by Tombaugh at various 

events, as well as related correspondence, publicity, and background material. Papers read at 

professional meetings are filed in the Writings subseries. General correspondence, notes, and 

publicity is filed first, followed by lectures in chronological order. Lecture reference files 

containing background material are arranged alphabetically at the end. 


143:1 General correspondence, notes, and publicity, 1940, 1949, 1962-1971, 1977, 

1981-1982, 1988-1991, n.d. 

142:6 Correspondence and publicity, International Space Hall of Fame, 1981 

143:2 Various lectures, ca. 1930s, 1937, 1941: 

Seminar on the Trans-Neptunian Planet Search, ca. 1930s 

"The Lunar Bright Ray Systems," Lowell Observatory, 20 October 1937 

"The Milky Way" (incomplete), Northern Arizona Museum Seminar, 7 

October 1941 

143:3 "The Discovery of the Ninth Planet, Pluto," Sigma Xi, University of 

California at Los Angeles, 28 March 1946 

143:4 Illustrated lecture in First Presbyterian Church, Las Cruces, 9 May 1950 

143:5 "Is There Life on the Other Planets?" West Texas - New Mexico Chapter of 


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the American Rocket Society, Las Cruces, 30 October 1952 

143:6 Various lectures, 1954-1958: 

"Mars As a World," lecture at Alamogordo, NM, 22 April 1954 

"Artificial Satellites and Weather Forecasting," Arizona Cattle Growers 

Association summer membership meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, 10 June 1954 

"An Astronomer's Search for Religious Truth," Unitarian Fellowship, 12 

February 1956 

Astronomy lecture for New Mexico College of A&M Math Club, 24 

September 1957 

Jayce's [sic] Talk [Jaycees?] on space era, 20 February 1958 

143:7 "Observational Techniques in Astronomy," Astronomical Society of Las Cruces, 

14 March 1959 

"The Moon, Mars, and Venus," Lectures in Aerospace Medicine, School of 

Aviation Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, 11 January 1960 


143:9 Typescript with comments by unidentified reviewers, n.d. 

143:10 Typescript, final (2 copies), n.d. 

143:11 Summary, 1959, n.d. 

143:12 "The Future in Planetary Astronomy," Astronomical Society of Las Cruces, 8 

October 1960 

"The Moon," Lectures in Aerospace Medicine, School of Aerospace Medicine, 

Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, 16 January 1961 


143:14 Typescripts, 1961 

143:15 Various lectures, 1963-1966: 

"Story of the Discovery of the Planet Pluto," Unitarian Fellowship, 17 

February 1963 

A.A.U.W. talk on the need for a space program (incomplete), 27 April 1963 

Unitarian talk on solar eclipses, 22 September 1963 

East El Paso Rotary Club, talk on planetary research at NMSU, 29 September 

1964 

Las Cruces Rotary Club, talk on Mars, 2 December 1964 

"History and the Role of Nebulae in the Structure of the Universe," Unitarian 

Universalist Church, 26 June 1966 

143:16 "The Story of Interpreting Mars as a Physical and Biological World," Sigma Xi, 

NMSU, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 12 April 1967 

143:17 Astronomy lecture series at Community Arts Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 

October-December 1975 

143:18 History of Astronomy lecture series, Astronomical Society of Las Cruces, ca. 

1975-1976 

143:19 "Optical Systems and Their Properties, and Reflector Telescope Design and 

Mirror Grinding," seminar 1 March 1976 

143:20 "Vikings and Viking Landers on Mars," seminar, NMSU Astronomy Department, 


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Las Cruces, New Mexico, 9 September 1976 

143:21 Talk on observations of Mars by NASA Viking missions, American Institute of 

Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) symposium in Alamogordo, New Mexico, 

12 March 1977 

143:22 "Higher Education Teaching and Research," University Sunday panel discussion, 

Unitarian Universalist Church, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 10 September 1978 

"The Trans-Neptunian Survey," Lowell Observatory program for the 50th 

anniversary of the discovery of Pluto, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 

Arizona, 13 March 1980 



143:25 "Experiences in Writing My Book and Its Publication," Unitarian Universalist 

Church of Las Cruces, 7 June 1981 

144:1 Various lectures, ca. 1981-1982, n.d.: 

"Achievement," Boy Scout program, ca. 1981 

Kiwanis talk on discovery of Pluto, 26 August 1982 

"The Discovery of Pluto," colloquium lecture abstract, n.d. 

"Comets of the Past and Their Orbits," n.d. 

"Geology of Mars," n.d. 

Lecture on 200-inch telescope at Palomar, n.d. 

"Life on Mars," n.d. 

“Milky Way and Galaxies,” n.d. 

144:2 "The Mars Problem" or "Problems Relating to the Observation of Mars," 

colloquium talk, n.d. 

144:3 "Specific Comets - History," n.d. 

144:4 "This Believing World," n.d. 

Lecture reference files 

144:5 Asteroids, 1971, n.d. 

144:6 Comets, 1971, n.d. 

144:7 Galaxies, n.d. 

144:8 Meteorites, meteorite craters, meteors, 1962-1963, n.d. 

144:9 Milky Way, n.d. 

144:10 Quasars, 1965-1966 

144:11 Stellar evolution, 1965, n.d. 

144:12 Sun, 1963, n.d. 

144:13 Variable stars, 1964, 1966, n.d. 

144:14 White dwarfs, 1965 

Subseries: Organizations, 1925-1994 

Contains correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, meeting programs and proceedings, and other 

miscellaneous materials related to societies and associations of interest to Tombaugh. These 


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groups include professional and amateur astronomical organizations and other scientific 

societies, as well as the NMSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors 

(AAUP). Arranged alphabetically by organization name. 


144:15 The Albuquerque Astronomical Society, correspondence, 1988-1992 

144:16 Amateur Astronomers Association (New York), printed matter, 1954, n.d. 

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 

144:17 General, 1938, 1941, 1963, 1969, 1974, n.d. 

144:18 Meeting, Berkeley, California, December 1965 

144:19 Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Divisions, 1940, 1951, 1956-1957 

American Association of University Professors 

144:20 General, ca. 1940s 

153:1 NMSU chapter, 1956-1957, 1962, 1965-1972, n.d. 

144:21 American Association of Variable Star Observers, correspondence and printed 

matter, 1963-1964, 1966, 1986, n.d. 

American Astronautical Society (AAS) 

144:22 Correspondence and miscellaneous conference materials, 1955, 1963, 1965, 

1967-1971, 1992, n.d. 

144:23 Conference, "Future Space Program and Impact on Range and Network 

Development," Las Cruces, New Mexico, 22-24 March 1967 

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 

145:1-2 General, 1930, 1954-1956, 1966, 1969-1976, 1979-1982, 1986-1992 

145:3 Division for Planetary Sciences, 1969-1977 

145:4 Newsletter, 1980-1995 (span) 

Meetings 

145:5-6 General, 1948, 1950, 1963, 1968-1969, 1972-1973, 1977, 1979, 1986-1987, 

1990 

Programs and announcements 

145:7 1930-1931, 1941-1944, 1946-1949 

146 1950-1956, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1977-1993 

147:1 Abstracts, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1972-1973, 1975 

American Geophysical Union 

147:2 Membership information, 1961 

147:3 Conference material, 1963 

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 

147:4 General, 1964-1966, 1968-1969, 1971-1977, 1981-1982, 1989-1990 


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147:5 Fellows, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982-1987, 1989, 1991-1992 

147:6 Member handbook, 1990 

147:7 Inland Missile Range Section, 1964-1967, 1971-1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, n.d. 

147:8 Student branch information, 1964 

147:9 White Sands Space Harbor Section, 1989-1992 

American Rocket Society (ARS) 

148:1 General, 1951-1963, n.d. 

148:2 Meetings, 1954-1962 

148:3 New Mexico-West Texas section, 1953-1958, 1961, n.d. 

148:4-5 Preprints, 1959-1963 

Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) 

148:6 General, 1953, 1956, 1958-1959, 1962, 1981, 1991-1993, 1995-1996 

148:7 Third Convention of ALPO, Ithaca, New York, program and preprints, 5-6 

July 1958 

148:8 The Minor Planet Bulletin, 1974-1975 

Astronomical League 

148:9 General, 1952-1956, 1968, 1976, 1981, 1989, 1992 

148:10 Conferences, 1953, 1982 

148:11 Proceedings of the General Convention, Madison, Wisconsin, 2-5 July 1954 

148:12 Astronomical Society of Kansas, general, 1996 

Astronomical Society of Las Cruces (ASLC) 

153:2 General, 1963-1964, 1967-1968, 1971, 1990-1997, n.d. 

149:1-2 Meetings, 1961, 1965-1976, 1982-1992 

Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) 

149:3 Correspondence with Andrew Fraknoi (executive officer and Mercury editor), 

1979, 1985-1988, 1992 

149:4 General, 1955, 1970-1971, 1980-1993, n.d. 

149:5 Meetings, 1954, 1957-1958, 1962-1966, 1977, 1985-1986, 1989 

153:3 Astronomical Society of the Southwest, meetings, 1957-1958 

149:6 International Astronautical Federation (IAF), general information, 1955 

International Astronomical Union (IAU/UIA) 

149:7 General, 1959, 1962-1970, 1978-1979, 1987, 1992-1993, n.d. 

Commission 16, Physical Studies of Planets and Satellites 

149:8-9 General, 1960-1971, 1976-1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1993-1994 

149:10 Triennial reports on NMSU planetary research, 1963, 1966 

Meetings 

150:1 Colloquium announcements, 1972, 1976, 1983, 1990 


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150:2 European Astronomical Meeting, Athens, Greece, 1972 

General Assemblies 

150:3 Hamburg, Germany, 1964 see also NMSU Professional Activities 

150:4 Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1967 

150:5 Brighton, England, 1970 

150:6 Sydney, Australia, 1973 

150:7 Warsaw, Toru, and Cracow, Poland (Extraordinary General Assembly), 

1973 

150:8 Grenoble, France, 1976 

150:9 Miscellaneous, 1979, 1982, 1985 

150:10 Miscellaneous, 1988, 1991 

150:11 Symposium announcements, 1970, 1978, 1985, 1993 

Printed Matter 

150:12 Circulars, 1969-1970, 1976, 1992 

151 Information bulletins, 1961-1994 

152:1 International Lunar Society, correspondence and printed material, 1956-1957, 

1959 

152:2 Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society (LVAAS), constitution & by-laws, 

1988 

152:3 Los Angeles Astronomical Society (LAAS), correspondence, 1986-1988 

The Meteoritical Society 

152:4 General, 1940-1941, 1947-1948, 1952-1957, 1963-1966, 1968-1970 

152:5 Annual meetings, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1965, 1968-1969, 1971- 

1972, 1987 

153:4 Meeting program, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1941 

152:6 Reprints, 1934, 1948-1951, 1960 

Regional Environmental Education Research and Improvement Organization 

(REERIO) 

152:7 General, 1971-1975 

152:8 Conference, "SKYLAB-ERTS: Technology for the Southwest," Albuquerque, 

New Mexico, 8-9 November 1973 

153:5 The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, printed matter 1972, 1977, 1989 

152:9 Reaction Missile Research Society, newsletter, 1954 

The Society for Research on Meteorites see The Meteoritical Society 

152:10 Society of Photographic Engineers, directory, 1954 

152:11 Southwest Regional Conference for Astronomy and Astrophysics, general, 1978- 


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1983 

153:6 Western Amateur Astronomers, convention materials, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1962, 

1965 

153:7 Miscellaneous associations, newsletters, 1952-1959, 1983-1987 

153 Organizations, legal size materials 

Subseries: Subject Files, 1903, 1930-1996 

Organized in two sub-subseries, General Files and Reference and Citation Files. The Reference 

and Citation files represent an original set of files maintained by Tombaugh. 


Contains correspondence, printed material, notes, and reports, primarily on astronomical 

subjects, but other subjects, such as education and astrology, are also included. Arranged 

alphabetically by subject. 


154:1 Astrology, 1966 

Astronomy, 

154:2 General, n.d. 

154:3 Graduate programs and employment outlook, 1974-1975, n.d. 

154:4 Civil defense, 1958-1961, n.d. 

Comets 

154:5 Comet Arend-Roland articles and clippings, 1957 

154:6 Comet Kohoutek, 1973-1974 

154:7-8 General, 1927, 1941, 1956-1962, 1969-1971, 1974-1977, 1983, 1988, n.d. 

154:9 Notes (not by CWT), 1973, n.d. 

154:10 Comets, artificial satellites, and meteor showers, notes, 1958-1959 

154:11 Comets (including Haley’s), meteors and asteroids, 1954, 1958, 1966-1967, 1971, 

1974, 1977, 1981-1984, 1988, n.d. 

154:12-14 Conference and symposium announcements, 1955-1966, 1970-1984, 1989-1993 

see also Box 165:1 

154:15 Cosmogony, 1950, 1996 

154:16 Course evaluation, 1971 

154:17 Craters (meteorite), 1969, 1989-1990 

154:18 Earth satellites, 1968, 1981, 1985-1986, n.d. 

154:19 Ecology, pollution, and environment, 1970-1972 

154:20 Education, 1958, 1969-1981, n.d. 

155:1 Geology, 1962-1964, 1976, n.d. 

155:2 International Geophysical Year, 1956-1961, n.d. 


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Jupiter 

155:3 General, 1937, 1949-1950, 1957, 1963-1964, 1970, 1978-1979, n.d. 

155:4 Latimer J. Wilson observations and photographs, 1934-1935, 1941, n.d see 

also folder "Wilson, Latimer J.," below 

155:5-6 Printed matter, 1948, 1957, 1960-1976, 1980-1981, 1986-1987, 1991-1994, 

n.d. 

155:7 Light, color vision, 1959-1962, 1966-1970 

Mars 


155:8 "A-B," 1965-1968 

155:9 "C-D," 1962-1970 

155:10 Capen, Charles F. (Chick), Jr., 1968, 1972-1975 

155:11 "E-J," 1959, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1976 

155:12 "L-N," 1959, 1965-1966, 1970, 1988 

155:13 "O-P," 1966-1967 

155:14 "S," 1964-1970, 1973, n.d. 

155:15 de Vaucouleurs, Gerard, 1969-1971 

155:16 "W," 1960-1961 

155:17 Waale, Hans C., 1968, 1972 

155:18 Wells, R. A., 1974, 1979 

156:1 Army Map Service, Mars mapping literature and plans, 1967, n.d. 

156:2 Bibliographic references, n.d. 

156:3-4 General, 1909, 1951-1958, 1965-1972, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1996, n.d. 

165:2 Illustrations (photographs and sketches), 1909, 1937, 1967, n.d. 

156:5 Mapping, notes on locations of Martian features, n.d. 

165:3 Maps and charts, 1929, 1971, n.d. 

Mariner Mars missions 

156:6 Mariner IV, general, 1965-1966, 1968 

156:7 Mariner VI & VII, general, 1968, n.d. 

156:8 Mariner VI & VII, printed matter, 1969-1970 

156:9 Mariner Mars 1971, correspondence and status reports, 1969, 1971 

156:10 Mariner Mars 1971 Status Bulletin, 1971-1972 

156:11 Mariner Mars 1971, technical reports and printed matter, 1968-1970 

156:12 Mariner 9, general, 1971-1974, n.d. 

156:13 Mariner 9, printed matter, 1972-1975 

156:14 Martian nomenclature, IAU working group, 1971 

156:15-17 Miscellaneous articles and clippings, 1930-1939, 1947-1949, 1953-1954, 

1965-1980, 1985-1996, n.d. 


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156:18 Miscellaneous notes, 1950, 1954, 1963-1966, 1973, n.d. 

157:1 NASA reports on planetary atmospheres, 1965-1967 

157:2 Observations and sketches, 1955-1956, n.d. 

157:3 Observations by C. F. Capen, Jr., 1958 

157:4 The Planetary Society, "Mars Declaration," 1987, 1989 

Reprints and reports (alphabetical by author) 

157:5 "A-C," 1927, 1956, 1965-1978, 1984 

157:6 Capen, Charles F., Jr. (and Virginia W. Capen), 1969-1976, n.d. 

157:7 "D-K," 1965-1976, n.d. 

157:8 "L," 1967-1973, n.d. 

157:9 "M-P," 1948, 1969-1975, 1990 

157:10 "R-Z," 1964-1974, n.d. 

Symposium on the Exploration of Mars, presented by the American 

Astronomical Society, Denver, Colorado, 6-7 June 1963 

158:1-2 Preprints, 1963 

Viking missions 

158:3 General, 1975-1976, 1987, n.d. 

158:4 Miscellaneous printed matter, 1969, 1975-1978, n.d. 

158:5 NASA publications, 1975-1976 

158:6 Mercury, 1965, 1971-1972, 1994, n.d. 

158:7 Meteorology, 1947-1955, 1966-1967, n.d. 

158:8 Meteors and meteorites, 1927, 1939-1954, 1962-1965, n.d. 

159:1 Metric system, 1970-1974, n.d. 

Moon 

159:2 Apollo 8, 1969, n.d. 

159:3 Apollo 11 trip report, 1969 

159:4 Apollo 16 & 17, 1993, n.d. 

159:5 Craters, 1958, 1963, n.d. 

159:6 Duncan Moon Almanac, 1980 

159:7 General, 1953, 1961, 1964-1965, 1968, 1972, 1981, n.d. 

159:8 Lunar eclipses, 1942, 1960, 1963 

Lunar Orbiter photographs 

159:9 Orbiters I & II, 1966-1967 

159:10 Orbiters III, IV, & V, 1967 

159:11 Lunar transient phenomena, 1965-1971, n.d. 

159:12-13 Printed matter, 1916, 1947, 1949, 1951-1955, 1961-1974, 1982, 1986, 1996, 

n.d. 

165:4 Surveyor Mission G Status, 1968 


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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

159:14 Brochures, 1965, 1967-1975, 1982, 1993, n.d. 

160:1 General, 1970, 1974-1977, 1989, 1992, 1996, n.d. 

160:2-3 Research opportunity announcements, 1962-1964, 1974-1995 

160:4 Space shuttle, 1972, 1981-1982 

165:5 Space technology spin-off, 1962-1965, n.d. 

160:5 Sponsored project guidelines, 1961-1964, n.d. 

Observatories 

160:6 General, 1950, 1955, 1965-1966, 1969, 1976, 1978, n.d. 

Kitt Peak National Observatory 

160:7 General, 1958-1960, 1975, 1980, 1981, n.d. 

160:8 Facilities book, 1982 

Lowell Observatory 

160:9 General, 1937, 1979, 1989, n.d. 

160:10 100th Anniversary Capital Development Program, n.d. 

160:11 Mt. Wilson and Palomar Observatories, n.d. 

160:12 Pic-du-Midi Observatory, 1956, n.d. 

160:13 Sacramento Peak Observatory, 1965-1976, n.d. 

160:14 Table Mountain Observatory, equipment and program, 1962, n.d. 

160:15 Office of Naval Research Astronomy Program, 1960-1962 

160:16 Outer planet exploration, 1969, 1972, 1986-1989, 1992, n.d. 

161:1 Planetary atmospheres, 1963 

Pluto 


161:2 "A-G," 1970-1971, 1989, 1993-1995 

161:3 Goldstein, Natalie (Grolier, Inc.), 1976 

161:4 "H-M," 1969, 1974, 1988-1989, 1992 

161:5 Henningsen, A. B., 1972 

161:6 Kloda, Samuel S., 1988, 1992 

161:7 Marcialis, Robert, 1987, 1991 

161:8 Millis, Robert L., 1989, 1995 

161:9 "N-S," 1970, 1988, 1990, 1996 

161:10 Powell, Conley, 1989 

161:11 Stern, Alan, 1988, 1994, 1996 

161:12 "T-Z," 1980, 1986-1987, 1994, 1996 

161:13 General, 1956, 1978, 1980, 1987-1993, n.d. 

161:14 Charon, 1978-1981, 1984, 1986, n.d. 


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165:6 Map plots of planet search photographic plates, 1966 n.d. 

161:15 Measurements and calculations, 1938, 1980, 1984, n.d. 

161:16 Meetings, 1979-1980, 1989, 1993 

161:17 NASA photographs, 1994, 1996 

161:18-20 Printed matter, 1930-1932, 1938-1939, 1946, 1950-1951, 1960-1980 

162:1 Printed Matter, 1981-1996, n.d. 

162:2 Quasars and pulsars, 1969, 1973, 1977 

162:3 References and journal reading records, 1950, 1971-1974, 1983, n.d. 

162:4 Saturn, 1947, 1950, 1958, n.d. 

Smithsonian Institution Center for Short-Lived Phenomena 


162:6 Event notification reports, 1968-1974 

162:7 Semi-annual and quarterly index, 1969-1973 

162:8 Solar System, general, 1969, 1978, 1988, n.d. 

162:9 Space missions, 1954, 1962, 1968-1969, 1977 

162:10 Space technology, 1957, 1972, 1982 

162:11-12 Space technology lecture series, University of California Engineering Extension, 

1958-1959, n.d. 

162:13 Spitz Laboratories, Inc., planetariums, 1965 

Stars 

165:7 General, 1930, 1956, 1982, 1994, n.d. 

163:1 Scintillation, 1949-1953 

Students 

163:2 Foreign students, statistics, 1984, n.d. 

163:3 Graduate students, printed matter, 1968-1978, n.d. 

163:4 Sun, 1929, 1934, 1944, 1958, 1964, n.d. 

163:5 Sundials, 1973-1974 

Telescopes and optics 

163:6 Biela Observatories, Inc., 1960-1961 

163:7 General, 1968-1972, 1976-1977, 1990, n.d. 

163:8 Large Space Telescope, 1975-1976 

163:9 Notes, 1958-1959, 1963, 1966, 1977, 1983 

163:10-12 Printed matter, 1946, 1961-1978, 1982-1994, n.d. 

163:13 Spectral Curves, Eastman plates and color filters (drawings), 1954-1964, n.d. 

see also Photographs 

163:14 W. M. Keck 10-Meter Telescope, 1990 

163:15 Transplutonian (tenth) planet, 1967-1981, 1987-1992, n.d. 

163:16 U. S. Army Office of Ordnance Research funded projects summaries, 1958-1963 


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Venus 

164:1 General, 1957-1959, 1962-1967, n.d. 

164:2-4 Article clippings and reprints, 1899, 1907, 1950-1953, 1956-1974, n.d. 

164:5 Article reprints, papers by Carl Sagan, 1962, 1970 

164:6 Very Large Array (VLA) dedication, 1980 

164:7 Vision, 1961-1963, 1966, 1972 

165:8 Vision and color, 1938, 1962, n.d. 

164:8 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), 1978, n.d. 

164:9 West Ford dipole belt experiment (Space Science Board), 1963-1964 

164:10 White Sands Missile Range, 1947, 1963, 1970, n.d. 

164:11 Wilson, Latimer J. (copies of correspondence, notes by C. W. Tombaugh, Jupiter 

sketches and article), 1909, 1920s-1940s, n.d. 

164:12 Windmills and wind energy, 1978, n.d. 

164:13 Zodiacal light, 1967, 1971-1972 

165 General subject files, legal size materials 

Sub-subseries: Reference and Citation Files 

The Reference and Citation Files were retained in Tombaugh's original order, however empty 

folders were removed. These files contain reprints, photocopies, notes, and citations for articles 

and books; in addition, card files contain citations to these and other sources. Tombaugh's 

original list of categories is filed at the beginning of the Reference and Citation Files, followed 

by the subject files arranged alphabetically, with the card files placed at the end. 


166:1 List of categories, n.d. 

166:2 American Astronomical Society, 1949, 1964-1970 

166:3 Anthropology, 1962-1967 

166:4 Asteroids, 1961, 1971-1973, 1978-1985, 1993, 1995, n.d. 

166:5 Asteroids & Interplanetary, 1939-1945, 1952-1954, 1963-1972, n.d. 

166:6 Astro-geology, 1958, 1969-1972 

166:7 Astronautics, 1961-1963, 1970 

166:8 Astrometry, 1963, 1965, 1969, n.d. 

166:9 Astronomy, general, 1952, 1956, 1962-1973, 1986, n.d. 

166:10 Astrophysics, 1956, 1966, 1970-1976, 1986-1989, n.d. 

166:11 Biology, 1959-1973, n.d. 

166:12 Chemistry, 1965-1972, n.d. 

166:13 Climate, 1966, 1970-1972, n.d. 

Comets 


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167:1 General, 1963-1973, n.d. 

167:2 Arend-Roland, 1968 

167:3 Bennet's, 1970, 1973, n.d. 

167:4 Halley's, 1972, 1986 

167:5 Ieyka Seki, 1961-1966, n.d. 

167:6 Cosmology, cosmogony, 1962, 1964, 1969-1972, 1993, n.d. 

167:7 Earth Science, 1937, 1964, 1972, 1986-1988, 1992, n.d. 

167:8 Ecology, pollution, 1966-1971, n.d. 

167:9 Energy, 1967, 1971-1975, n.d. 

Galaxies 

167:10 General, 1950, 1961-1978, 1992, n.d. 

167:11 Milky Way, 1969 

167:12 Sub-Globular Star Clusters, 1969-1971, n.d. 

167:13 Geography, general, 1940, 1965-1972, n.d. 

Geo-atmosphere 

168:1 General, 1960, 1967-1971, n.d. 

168:2 Air glow, 1962-1969 

168:3 Auror, 1970, n.d. 

168:4 Upper, 1962-1965, 1969-1971 

168:5 Geo-chemistry, weathering and water, 1962-1970, 1992 

Geology 

168:6 General, 1938, 1962-1973 

168:7 Earthquakes, 1964, 1968-1973, 1985 

168:8 Glaciation and poles, 1958, 1962-1963, 1967-1971 

168:9 Interior, core and lower mantle, 1964, 1967 

168:10 Interior, mantle, 1964-1969, n.d. 

168:11 Measurement, Geodesy, 1964 

168:12 Origins, Evolution, Chronology, 1939, 1963-1964, 1969, 1983 

168:13 Rocks & Minerals, 1961-1972, n.d. 

168:14 Tectonics & Crustal Movements, 1967-1973, n.d. 

168:15 Volcanism, 1963-1964, 1976, 1985 

168:16 Geophysics, 1958, 1961-1972, n.d. 

168:17 Geophysical Year (IGY), 1961, 1971, n.d. 

169:1 Government Reports, general, 1966 

169:2 Grand Tour, 1971, n.d. 

169:3 Infra-red, 1962-1971 

169:4 Instruments, general, 1948, 1959, 1963, 1980, 1993, n.d. 

169:5 International Astronomical Union (IAU), 1967-1968 

169:6 Inter-planetary, 1962-1964, 1967-1971 

169:7 Inter-stellar, 1952-1954, 1970-1972, n.d. 

169:8 IGY Literature, 1955-1959 


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Jupiter 

169:9 General, 1903, 1961-1972, n.d. 

169:10 Red Spot, 1961, 1968-1972 

169:11 Satellites of, 1952, 1970-1971 

169:12 Lasers, 1964, 1968-1970 

169:13 Light, 1968, 1976 

169:14 Magellanic Clouds, 1968-1971 

Mars 

169:15 Atmosphere, 1963, 1967-1971, n.d. 

170:1 Biology 1962, 1968 

170:2 Craters & Asteroid Impacts, 1969, 1971 

170:3 General, 1968-1973, n.d. 

170:4 Geology, 1965, 1968 

170:5 Mariner Flights, 1962-1972, n.d. 

170:6 Measurements of, 1968, 1988 

170:7 Moons of, 1970 

170:8 Physics, 1966 

170:9 Seasons & Phenomena, 1966-1967 

170:10 Spectroscopy, 1968-1969, n.d. 

170:11 Surface, 1968-1969 

170:12 Tectonics, n.d. 

170:13 Water, Ice & Polar caps, 1969, 1970 

170:14 Voyager, 1967 

170:15 Medicine, 1967-1972 

170:16 Mercury, 1935, 1951, 1963-1972, n.d. 

170:17 Meteoritical Society and Meetings, 1972, n.d. 

170:18 Meteorological Conference, El Paso, 1958, 1963 

171:1 Meteorology & Climatology, 1961-1971 

171:2 Meteorology, upper air, 1958, 1963-1971, n.d. 

171:3-4 Meteorites, 1958-1972, n.d. 

171:5 Meteorites, micro, 1962-1963, 1967-1969 

171:6 Meteors, 1952, 1958, 1964-1970, 1981, 1989, n.d. 

171:7 Meteoroids, 1963-1965, n.d. 

172:1 Miscellaneous, 1946-1948, 1958-1983, 1989-1992, n.d. 

Moon 

172:2 Apollo Flights, 1964-1971, n.d. 

172:3 Atmosphere, 1962, 1970 

172:4 Craters, 1967-1970 

172:5 Eclipses, 1969 


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172:6 Events & Volcanism, 1959, 1967-1971, n.d. 

172:7 Explorer flights, 1967, 1971 

172:8 Future missions, 1972 

172:9 General, 1965-1973 

172:10 Geography & Mapping, n.d. 

172:11 Geology & Chemistry, 1967-1972 

172:12 Marea, 1972 

172:13 Mascons, 1968, 1971 

172:14 Measurements & Distances, 1960, 1966, 1970, n.d. 

172:15 Observations of, 1962, 1968 

172:16 Optics & Photography, 1970-1971 

172:17 Orbiter, 1969-1970 

172:18 Origin & Chronology, 1970 

173:1 Ranger Flights, 1964, 1965 

173:2 Spectroscopy, 1969 

173:3 Surface, 1964-1972 

173:4 Surface Materials, 1961, 1966-1971 

173:5 Surveyor Flights, 1966-1969 

173:6 Tectonics, 1968, 1970 

173:7 NASA, 1963-1973, 1983 

173:8 Nebulae, 1969-1970, 1974-1975, n.d. 

173:9 Nebulae, Crab, 1964, 1968-1970 

173:10 Observatories & Astronomical Institutions, 1956, 1982, 1991 

173:11 Observing Conditions, 1971 

173:12 Optics, 1930, 1952-1973, n.d. 

173:13 Oceanography, 1962, 1967-1970, n.d. 

173:14 Orbiting Astronomical Observatories, 1947, 1966-1970, n.d. 

173:15 Orbits & Computation of, 1963, n.d. 

173:16 Photography, astronomical and general, 1938, 1953-1955, 1966-1968, 1981 

174:1-2 Physics & Chemistry, 1938, 1947, 1955, 1959-1976, 1983, n.d. 

174:3 Planetarium, 1963-1965, 1984, n.d. 

174:4 Planets, general, 1960-1972, 1991, 1983, n.d. 

174:5 Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, & Saturn, 1956, 1968-1973, 1979-1985, 1991, n.d. 

174:6 Population, 1964 

174:7 Quasi-stellar objects ( USO and Quasars), 1964, 1969-1972, 1991-1992, n.d. 

174:8 Radiation, 1954, 1962-1963, 1967-1973, 1986, n.d. 

174:9 Radio Astronomy & Radio Sources, 1948, 1957, 1962, 1966-1971 

175:1 Satellites, artificial, 1961-1971, n.d. See also Photographs 

175:2 Saturn, 1963-1972, 1979-1985 

175:3 Science & Philosophy, 1958, 1964, 1996 


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175:4 Solar Eclipse, 1971 

175:5 Solar system, 1969-1973, 1983-1985, 1991-1992, n.d. 

175:6 Solar system research, 1966, 1967 

175:7 Soviet Space Program, 1965-1970 

Space 

175:8 Astronomy, 1959-1978, 1984, n.d. 

175:9 Craft, 1963, 1967-1970 

175:10 Medicine, 1966 

175:11 Program & Exploration, 1962-1971, 1976-1977, 1983, n.d. 

175:12 Research, 1962, 1965, 1970-1971, n.d. 

175:13 Science, 1962-1972, 1979 

176:1 Shuttle, 1969-1972, 1986, n.d. 

176:2 Technology, 1966-1969 

176:3 Travel, 1955, 1970, 1974 

176:4 Spectroscopy, 1962-1972 

Stars 

176:5 General, 1961-1979, 1982, n.d. 

176:6 Cepheids, 1970, n.d. 

176:7 Distances, 1964 

176:8 Evolution, 1968-1971 

176:9 Pulsars, 1968-1969, n.d. 

176:10 Proper Motion, 1969-1971, n.d. 

176:11 Spectra, 1966, 1970, n.d. 

176:12 Supernovae, 1966-1970, 1990 

176:13 White Dwarfs, 1968-1970 

176:14 Sun, 1962-1973, 1982, n.d. 

176:15 Tektites, 1959, 1962-1970 

176:16 Telescopes & Optical Observations, 1950-1968, 1978, 1990, n.d. 

177:1 Telescopes, radio, 1962, 1985, 1991, n.d. 

177:2 UFO, 1952, 1959, 1969, 1982 

177:3 Universities, 1964, n.d. 

177:4 Venus, 1980-1983 

178 Card File (general) 

Anthropology 

Archeology 

Asteroids, small planets, interplanetary 

Astrometry 

Astronomy (general) 

Astrophysics 

Aviation 


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Biology 

Comets 

Cosmology, cosmogony 

Ecology, pollution, population 

Galaxies 

Geography 

Geo-atmosphere 

Geology 

General 

Chemistry, weathering, water 

Glaciation and poles 

Interior core, lower mantle, some upper mantle, 

see also Tectonics 

Mantle 

Origins & evolution & chronology 

Rocks & minerals 

Geophysics 

Tectonics, crystal movement 

Volcanism 

Interplanetary 

Interstellar, globular clusters, nebulae 

Jupiter 

Jupiter, Red Spot 

Jupiter, satellites of 

Light 

Mars - see separate file 

Mercury 

Meteorology and climatology 

Meteors, meteoroids, meteorites 

Miscellaneous 

Moon 

General 

Apollo flights 

Craters 

Events & volcanism 

Explorer flights 

Geology and chemistry of, geography 

Maria 

Optics, photography 

179 Origins, chronology 

Physics of 

Ranger flights 


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Surface 

Surface materials 

Ray system 

Surveyor flights 

Nebulae 

Neptune 

Oceanography, mapping, chemistry of, physics of, biology of 

Orbiting telescopes 

Optics, vision, photography 

Planetology 

Physics - chemistry 

Pluto 

Radio sources & radio astronomy 

Satellites, artificial 

Saturn 

Solar System research 

Space exploration 

Speech material & editorials 

Spectroscopy 

Stars 

Stars - proper motion 

Sun 

Tektites 

Uranus 

Venus 

Zodiacal light 

Loose and unfiled cards 

Geology 

Quasars 

Loose cards (alphabetical by subject; includes Mars) 

Citations from Physics Today (2 sets of cards) 

Citations from Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 

Various groupings 

1963-1964 

1963-1965 

1967 (also 1966) 

1967-1968 (also 1965) 

1968 

Miscellaneous (3 sets of cards) 

180 Card file (Mars) 

[General] 

Atmosphere 


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Botany of 

Canals 

Chemistry 

Craters 

Geography 

Geology of 

Marea 

Mariners 

Measurements 

Meteorology, climatology 

Moons of 

Oasis 

Physics of 

Radar observatories & radio 

Seasons, phenomena 

Spectroanalysis, optical observations 

Surface 

Tectonics 

Water & ice, polar caps 

Volcanism, degassing 

Voyager 

Mars- unfiled cards see also "Loose cards" under General (above) 

General 

Elevations 

Mars & the Moon (2 sets of cards) 

SERIES: PRINTED MATTER 

Organized in eight subseries: Brochures; Business Reply Mail; Catalogues, Newspaper 

Clippings; Papers and Reports; Reprints; Monographs; Periodicals. 

Subseries: Brochures 


181:1 Brochures, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1969-1974, n.d. 

Subseries: Business Reply Mail 


181:2 1947-1955 

181:3 1956-1959 


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181:4 1960-1962 

181:5 1963-1965 

181:6 1966 

181:7 1967 

181:8 1968 

182:1 1969 

182:2 1970 

182:3 1971 

182:4 1972-1973 

182:5 1974 

182:6 1975-1976 

182:7 1977 

182:8 1978 

182:9 1979 

182:10 1980-1981 

183:1-4 1982 

183:5 1983 

183:6-7 1984 

183:8-9 1985 

184:1 1986 

184:2 1987 

184:3-4 1988 

184:5-6 1989 

184:7-8 1990 

185:1 1991 

185:2 1992 

185:3 1993 

185:4 1994-1996 




Subseries: Catalogues 


187:4 Catalogues, 1906, 1971, n.d. 


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Subseries: Monographs 

The monographs within this subseries are those works that were annotated by Tombaugh. 

Box Contents 

188 The American Nautical Almanac For The Year 1946. Washington, D.C.: United States 

Naval Observatory, 1944. 

Ash, Russell, and Ian Grant. Comets. New York: Bounty Books, 1973. 

Back, Frank G. Has The Earth A Ring Around It? New York: Ram Press, 1955. [2 

copies] 

Baker, Robert H., and Laurence W. Fredrick. An Introduction to Astronomy, 7th edition. 

Princeton, N. J.: Van Nostrand, 1968. 

Ballard, Stanley S. A Bibliography on Reflecting Optics Covering the Period 1925-1950. 

Ann Arbor, Mich.: Armed Forces-National Research Council Vision Committee, 

1950. 

Bishop, Roy L., editor. Observer's Handbook 1985. Toronto: Royal Astronomical 

Society of Canada, 1984. 

Boisvert, Wilfrid. The Mechanics of Motion. N. P., 1988 

Buddhue, John Davis. Meteoritic Dust. University of New Mexico Publications in 

Meteoritics no. 2. Albuquerque, N. Mex.: University of New Mexico Press, 1950. 

Clark, David H. The Quest for SS433. New York: Viking, 1985. 

Clemons, Russell E., and William R. Seager. Geology of Souse Springs Quadrangle, New 

Mexico. Socorro, N. Mex.: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, 

1973. 

Cormier, Leonard N., Norton Goodwin, and Reginald K. Squires. Simplified Satellite 

Prediction From Modified Orbital Elements, limited draft edition. Washington, D.C.: 

National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1958. 

Cyr, Donald L. Mars Revisited. Philadelphia, Pa.: Dorrance and Co., 1959 

Dufay, Jean. Galactic Nebulae and Interstellar Matter. Translated by A. J. Pomerans. 

New York: Dover Publications, 1968. 

Dufay, Jean. Introduction to Astrophysics: The Stars (Introduction à l'astrophysique: les 

étoiles). Translated by Owen Gingerich. New York: Dover Publications,1964. 

Edwards, Frank. Stranger Than Science. New York: Ace Books, Inc, 1959 

Hammond, Jacques Redway. Concise Spherical Trigonometry, With Applications and 

Reviews of Solid Geometry and Plane Trigonometry. Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton 

Mifflin, 1943 

A Handbook for Auxiliary Firemen. Washington, D.C.: United States Office of Civilian 

Defense, 1941. 

Handbook of First Aid. Washington, D.C.: United States Office of Civilian Defense, 

1941. 

Hartmann, William K. Moons and Planets: An Introduction to Planetary Science. 

Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.: Bogden & Quigley, 1972. 

Hoiles, Frank A. The Teachers' Pocket Arithmetic, A Supplementary Work for the Use of 


112

Both Teachers and Pupils, and Designed as a Complete Manual of Arithmetic. 

Alliance, Ohio: the author, 1892. 

Hoyt, William Graves. Planets X and Pluto. Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 

1980. 

Hynek, J. Allen. The UFO Experience. New York: Ballantine Books,1972. 

Instruction Guide: Elementary Optics and Applications to Fire Control Instruments. War 

Department Technical Manual TM 9-2601. Washington, D. C.: War Department, 

1945. 

International Astronomical Union. Twelfth General Assembly, Hamburg, 25 August - 3 

September 1964, Agenda and Draft Reports. N.p.: The Union, 1964. 

International Astronomical Union. Thirteenth General Assembly, Prague, 22-31 August 

1967, Agenda and Draft Reports. N.p.: The Union, 1967. 

189 Justice, William M. Our Visited Planet. New York: Vantage Press, 1973. 

Kellogg, William W., and Carl Sagan. The Atmospheres of Mars and Venus. Washington, 

D.C.: National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1961. [2 copies] 

Lasson, Léon. A La Recherche Des Planètes Transplutoniennes. Neuilly-sur-Marne 

(Seine-et-Oise): C. Depaire, 1955 

Lewis, William Dodge, Henry Seidel Canby, and Thomas Kite Brown, editors. The 

Winston Simplified Dictionary: Practical Edition. Chicago: John C. Winston Co., 

1932. 

Lick Observatory of the University of California: A Brief Descriptive Account Prepared 

at the Observatory. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1935. 

Mallan, Lloyd. Russia and the Big Red Lie. Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, 

1959. 

Materials in Space Environment: Proceedings of the Fifth Sagamore Ordnance Materials 

Research Conference, conducted at Sagamore Conference Center, Racquette Lake, 

New York, September 16, 17, 18, and 19, 1958. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University 

Research Institute, 1958. 

McAleer, Neil. The Cosmic Mind-Boggling Book, uncorrected page proofs. N.p.: Warner 

Books, 1982. 

Merrill, Paul W. Spectra of Long-Period Variable Stars. Chicago: University of Chicago 

Press, 1940. 

Middlehurst, Barbara M., and Lawrence H. Aller. Nebulae and Interstellar Matter. 

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. 

Musgrove, Robert G., compiler. Lunar Photographs From Apollos 8, 10, and 11. 

Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Technical 

Information Office, 1971. 

The New Astronomy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 

Öpik, Ernst J. The Oscillating Universe. New York: Mentor Books, 1960. 

Ordnance Maintenance. Binoculars, Field Glasses, and B. C. Telescopes, All Types. War 

Department Technical Manual TM 9-1580 . Washington, D. C.: War Department, 

1945. 


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Ordnance Maintenance. Periscopes, Direct Sighting Telescopes, and Elbow Telescopes 

for Tanks, Motor Carriages, Field Artillery, and AA Artillery. Washington, D. C.: 

War Department Technical Manual TM 9-1608. War Department, 1944. 

Orientation for Artillery. War Department Technical Manual TM 44-225. Washington, 

D. C.: War Department, 1944. 

Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, and Katherine Haramundanis. Introduction to Astronomy, 

2nd edition. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice Hall, 1970. 

Protection Against Gas. Washington, D.C.: United States Office of Civilian Defense. 

1941. 

Rand McNally Road Atlas & Travel Guide. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1979. [Cover 

includes advertisement for Crow's Hybrids, "compliments of your Crow's dealer, Paul 

Tombaugh... Streator, Ill."] 

190 Reference Data for Guided Missiles. Wyandanch, N.Y.: Fairchild Engine and Airplane 

Corp., Fairchild Guided Missiles Division, n.d. 

Regulations Covering Design and Construction of Driveways on Non-Controlled Access 

Highways in New Mexico. Santa Fe: New Mexico State Highway Commission 

Maintenance Division, n.d. 

189 Report of Task Force for Review of Nuclear Waste Management, draft. Washington, D. 

C.: United States Dept. of Energy, Directorate of Energy Research, 1978. [2 copies] 

190 Richards, Oscar W. The Effective Use and Proper Care of the Microscope. Buffalo, N. 

Y.: American Optical, 1954. 

Richardson, Robert S. Getting Acquainted with Comets. New York: McGraw Hill, 1967. 

Schmidt, Raymond. New Mexico Recollections. 1977. 

Simon, Tony. The Search for Planet X. New York: Scholastic Book Services by 

arrangement with Basic Books Publishing, 1962. 

Slipher, E. C., and A. G. Wilson. Report of the International Mars Committee. Flagstaff, 

Ariz.: Lowell Observatory, 1955 

Smith, Bradford A., and Thomas C. Bruce. Ephemeris for Physical Observations of 

Mercury For the Years 1965 through 1978. Las Cruces: New Mexico State 

University, Department of Astronomy, 1971. 

Spurr, J. E. Geology Applied to Selenology: The Imbrian Plain Region of the Moon. 

Lancaster, Pa.: Science Press Printing Co., 1944. 

Spurr, J. E. Geology Applied to Selenology III: Lunar Catastrophic History. Concord, N. 

H.: Rumford Press, 1948. 

191 Spurr, J. E. Geology Applied to Selenology IV: The Shrunken Moon. n.p., 1949. 

Steinhoff, Ernst A. The Eagle has Returned: Proceedings of the Dedication Conference 

of the International Space Hall of Fame, held at Alamogordo, New Mexico, from 5 

through 9 October 1976. [Alexandria, Va.]: American Astronautical Society, 1976. 

Tables of Computed Altitude and Azimuth, Vol. IV Latitudes 30Ε to 39Ε inclusive. H. O. 


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Publication no. 214. Washington, D. C.: United States Navy Dept., Hydrographic 

Office, 1940. 

Tables of Sunrise, Sunset, and Twilight. Supplement to the American Ephemeris 1946. 

Washington, D. C.: United States Naval Observatory, Nautical Almanac Office, 1945 

The Triumph of Dreams by the Very Young Man. Rochester, N. Y.: Golden Atom 

Publications, 1972. 

United States National Committee for the International Geophysical Year. United States 

Program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-58. Washington, D. C.: 


United States National Committee for the International Geophysical Year. United States 

Program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-58. Washington, D. C.: 


The W. J. McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas. Fort Davis, Tex., 1946. 

Wilson, Latimer J. The True Story of the Man in the Moon. Dansville, N. Y.: F. A. 

Owen Publishing Co., 1916. see Personal Papers, Subject Files, Astronomical 

Subjects, "Astronomy notebook" 

Wratten Light Filters. Rochester, N. Y.: Eastman Kodak Company, 1945. 

Subseries: Periodicals 

This subseries includes those periodicals within the papers that contain significant notes by 

Tombaugh or contain articles by Tombaugh or about him. 


192:1 AAS Newsletter, no. 13 (Oct. 1982) 

Ad Astra, vol. 3, nos. 1 & 6 (1991); vol. 8, no. 2 (1996) 

Air Force (& Space Digest), vol. 42, no. 3 (1959) 

192:2 American Scientist, vol. 40, no. 4 (1952); vol. 48, nos. 2 & 3 (1960) 

192:3 American Scientist, vol. 49, no. 4 (1961); vol. 51, no. 1 (1963) 

192:4 American Scientist, vol. 52, no. 1 (1964); vol. 53, no. 4 (1965) 

192:5 American Way, vol. 12, no. 7 (1979) 

Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, vol. 76, no. 6 (1966) 

The Antenna [NMSU Physical Science Laboratory newsletter], vol. 9, nos. 1 & 2 

(1980) 

192:6-7 Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflets, nos. 21, 37, 202, 209, 211, 270, 294, 

308, 318, 328, 331, 337, 344, 346, 348, 352, 355, 357, 367, 377, 405, 433, 434, 

450, 453, 471, 472, 480, 484 (1945-1969) 

192:8 Arizona Highways, vol. 17, no. 10 (1941); vol. 23, no. 10 (1947); vol. 36, no. 8 

(1960); vol. 65, no. 5 (1989); vol. 70, no. 5 (1994) 

192:9 Astounding Science Fiction, vol. 57, no. 1 (Mar. 1956) 

192:10 Astronautics, vol. 2, no. 2 (1957); vol. 3, nos. 3 & 5 (1958) 

192:11 Astronautics, vol. 4, nos. 1 & 12 (1959); vol. 5, no. 2 (1960) 

192:12 Astronautics & Aeronautics, vol. 16, no. 1 (1978); vol. 19, no. 5 (1981) 


115

The Astronomical Journal, vol. 65, no. 6 (1960); vol. 69, no. 5 (1964) 

192:13 Astronomy, vol. 8, no. 6 (1980); vol. 13, no. 12 (1985); vol. 14, no. 7 (1986); vol. 

15, no. 5 (1987) 

192:14 Astronomy, vol. 16, no. 8 (1988); vol. 21, nos. 6, 7, & 12 (1993) 

192:15 The Astronomy Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 9 (1979) 

Aviation Week and Space Technology, vol. 81, no. 1 (1964); vol. 91, no. 4 (1969) 

192:16 Bluebook, vol. 102, no. 5 (1956) 

192:17 Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 4, no. 2 part II (1972); vol. 5, 

no. 4 part I (1973); vol. 12, no. 4 (1980) 

192:18 Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 16, no. 3 part I (1984); vol. 

25, no. 3 (1993) 

192:19 Chemical & Engineering News, vol. 68, no. 47 (1990); vol. 69, no. 26 (1991) 

192:20 Ciel et Espace (February 1992) 

192:21 Congressional Record, vol. 126, no. 25 (19 February 1980) 

192:22 Del Sol, vol. 2, no. 1 (1983) 

Discover, vol. 7, no. 12 (1986) 

192:23 El Palacio, vol. 86, no. 2 (Summer 1980) 

192:24 Environmental Effects, vol. 1, no.7 (July 1961) 

192:25 föld és ég, vol. 21, no. 8 (1986) 

The Furrow, vol. 68 (Jan./Feb. 1963) 

192:26 Galaxy Science Fiction, vol. 6, no. 5 (1953) 

The Good Old Days [White Sands Pioneer Group newsletter], vol. 1, nos. 1, 3, & 

5 (1984) see also Whispering Sands Pioneer Gazette, below, for later 

newsletters 

The Griffith Observer, vol. 25, no. 12 (1961); vol. 30, nos. 3 & 9 (1966) 

192:27 Great Decisions, 1976-1978 

193:1 The Handbook of the British Astronomical Association, 1962-1964 

193:2 Harvard College Observatory Bulletin, bulletin 865 (Mar. 1929) 

Hi-Way Herald, vol. 19, no. 3 (Mar. 1985) 

193:3 Inside [Southwest Community Health Services], vol. 14, no. 1 (Winter 1983) 

International Science and Technology, no. 35 (Nov. 1964) 

193:4 Jet Propulsion, vol. 25, nos. 2 & 5 (1955) 

The Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, see The 

Strolling Astronomer, below 

193:5 The Journal of Astronautics, vol. 2, no. 2 (1955) 

193:6 Journal of the American Rocket Society, vol. 22, no. 6 (1952); vol. 23, nos. 1, 4, 

& 6 (1953) 

The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, vol. 14, no. 4 (1967) 

193:7 The Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol. 64, no. 1 (1953); vol. 

65, nos. 5 & 6 (1955); vol. 66, no. 6 (1956) 

193:8 The Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol. 68, no. 5 (1958); vol. 


116

70, no. 4 (1960); vol. 71, no. 8 (1961) 

193:9 Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 10, no. 5 (1951) 

193:10 Kansas Alumni Magazine, vol. 79, no. 3 (1980) 

193:11 Lesson Stories for Primary and Juvenile Scholars, vol. 13, no. 4 (1912); vol. 14, 

no. 2 (1913) 

193:12 The Liberal Context, issue 11 (1964) 

Lumbre, no. 6 (Dec. 1957) 

195:1 Lowell Observatory Bulletin, no. 85 (n.d.) 

193:13 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, vol. 7, no. 4 (October 1954) 

193:14 Main Currents in Modern Thought, vol. 17, no. 3 (1961) 

195:2 Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 12, no. 4 (1898) 

("New Observations of the Planet Mercury" by Percival Lowell) 

195:3 Memoirs of the Lowell Observatory, vol. 1, no. 2 (1915) ("Memoirs on Saturn's 

Rings" by Percival Lowell) 

193:15 Mercury: The Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 2, no. 1 

(1973); vol. 7, no. 1 (1978); vol. 8, no. 1 (1979); vol. 9, no. 2 (1980); vol. 10, no. 

3 (1981) 

193:16 Mercury: The Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 15, nos. 3 & 

4 (1986) 

193:17 "Missile Away!" vol. 2, nos. 2-4 (1954-1955); vol. 3, nos. 2 & 4 (1955-1956); vol. 

4, no. 1 (Spring 1956) 

193:18 Missiles and Rockets, vol. 2, no. 12 (Dec. 1957); vol. 5, nos. 7 & 45 (16 Feb. & 2 

Nov. 1959); vol. 7, no. 8 (22 Aug. 1960); vol. 10, no. 14 (2 Apr. 1962) 

193:19 Modern Astronomy, vol. 5, no. 5 (Nov./Dec. 1974) 

The Monthly Evening Sky Map, vol. 30, no. 353 (May 1936); vol. 30, no. 359 

(Nov. 1936); vol. 32, no. 381 (Sept. 1938); vol. 32, no. 384 (Dec. 1938); vol. 33, 

no. 385 (Jan. 1939); vol. 36, no. 424 (Oct. 1942); vol. 38, no. 436 (July-Aug. 

1944); vol. 39, no. 439 (Jan.-Feb. 1945); vol. 39, no. 442 (July-Aug. 1945) 

193:20 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 91, no. 4 (1931) 

Motorhome, vol. 22, no. 8 (1985) 

193:21 NASA Activities, vol. 8, no. 9 (1977) 

National Geographic, vol. 138, no. 2 (1970) 

193:22 New Mexico Magazine, vol. 40, no. 1 (1962) 

New Mexico Environmental Institute [newsletter], vol. 1, no. 1 (1972); (Spring- 

Summer 1976) 

New Mexico School Review, vol. 37, no. 8 (1958) 

193:23 The New Yorker, vol. 57, no. 27 (24 Aug. 1981) 

News from Belgium, vol. 2, no. 9 (28 February 1942) 

Newsweek, (25 May 1964) 


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193:24 Ninth Planet News, nos. 2-6 & 8 (1987-1989) 

193:25 The Observatory, vol. 85, no. 944 (1965) 

Odyssey, vol. 1, no. 4 (1992) 

Optical Spectra, vol. 9, no. 9 (1975) 

193:26 Ordnance Research Bulletin, Aug. 1955; Oct.-Nov. 1955; Jan.-Feb. 1956; May- 

Dec. 1956; Feb.-Apr. 1957 

193:27 Ordnance Research Bulletin, May-Dec. 1957; Jan.-Apr. 1958; Jun.-Sept. 1958; 

Nov.-Dec. 1958; Jan.-Apr. 1961; Jun.-Oct. 1961 

193:28 People Weekly, vol. 13, no. 19 (12 May 1980) 

Physics & Astronomy [University of Kansas Dept. of Physics & Astronomy 

newsletter], (Fall 1982) 

193:29 Physics Today, vol. 2, no. 5 (1949); vol. 15, no. 9 (1962); vol. 27, no. 3 (1974); 

vol. 40, no. 6 (1987) 

The Planetary Report, vol. 4, no 2 (1984); vol. 6, no. 2 (1986) 

193:30 Popular Astronomy, vol. 30, no. 5 (1922); vol. 32, nos. 2, 5 & 6 (1924) 

193:31 Popular Astronomy, vol. 32, nos. 7-10 (1924) 

193:32 Popular Astronomy, vol. 33, nos. 9-10 (1925); vol. 38, no. 4 (1930) 

193:33 Popular Mechanics, vol. 115, no. 2 (1961) 

193:34 Probe, (Jul. 1980) 

Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Exploration Colloquium, vol. 1, nos. 1-3 

(1958) 

194:1 Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Exploration Colloquium, vol. 1, no. 6 

(1959); vol. 2, no. 1 (1959); vol. 2, no. 3 (Aug. 1961) 

194:2 Publications of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 7, no. 1 (1931); vol. 8, 

nos. 1- 2 (1934); vol. 8, no. 5 (1936) 

194:3 Publications of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 8, no. 6 (1936) 

194:4 Publications of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 9, nos. 2-4 (1938-1939) 

194:5 Publications of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 9, no. 5 (1939); vol. 10, 

no. 3 (1941); vol. 10 index (1946) 

194:6 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 32, no. 186 (1920), 

index to vols. 26-50 (1914-1938); 

194:7 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 71, no. 420 (1959); 

vol. 72, no. 429 (1960); vol. 73, no. 430 (1961); vol. 78, no. 461 (1966) 

194:8 The Purdue Alumnus, vol. 83 (May 1995) 

194:9 The Register-Leader of the Unitarian Universalist Association, vol. 149, no. 2 

(1967) 

Research Review (Office of Aerospace Research), vol. 3, no. 7 (1964) 

194:10 Safari, vol. 3, no. 1 (1956) 

The SAO News, vol. 5, no. 3 (1965) 

Saturday Review, vol. 39, no. 35 (1 Sept. 1956); vol. 52, no. 41 (11 Oct. 1969) 

194:11 Science, vol. 86, no. 2224 (13 Aug. 1937); vol. 87, no. 2252 ( 25 Feb. 1938); vol. 


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136, no. 3510 (6 Apr. 1962); vol. 145, no. 3638 (18 Sept. 1964); vol. 148, no. 

3672 (14 May 1965) 

194:12 Science, vol. 153, nos. 3732 (8 Jul. 1966); vol. 153, no. 3733 (15 Jul. 1966); vol. 

155, no. 3760 (20 Jan. 1967); vol. 167, no. 3918 (30 Jan. 1970); vol. 175, no. 

4019 (21 January 1972) 

194:13 Science News, vol. 110, no. 13 (25 Sept. 1976); vol. 110, no. 15 (9 Oct. 1976); 

vol. 110, no. 17 (23 Oct. 1976); vol. 110, no. 18 (30 Oct. 1976); vol. 112, no. 25 

(17 Dec. 1977); vol. 116, no. 14 (6 Oct. 1979); vol. 121, no. 11 (13 Mar. 1982); 

vol. 129, no. 2 (11 Jan. 1986); vol. 129, no. 14 (5 Apr. 1986); vol. 141, no. 23 (6 

Jun. 1992) 

194:14 Science News Letter, vol. 17, no. 467 (22 Mar. 1930); vol. 65, no. 12 (20 Mar. 

1954); vol. 69, no. 4 (28 Jan. 1956); vol. 69, no. 6 (11 Feb. 1956); vol. 71, no. 3 

(19 Jan. 1957) 

194:15 Scientific American, vol. 143, no. 4 (1930); vol. 193, no. 5 (1955); vol. 224 no. 5 

(1971); vol. 226, no. 5 (1972); vol. 253, no. 2 (1985) 

194:16 The Scientific Monthly, vol. 51 no. 4 (1940) 

Sedona Life, vol. 3, nos. 3 & 5(1978) 

194:17 Sky and Telescope, vol. 9, nos. 3-5 (1950); vol. 12, no. 4 (1953); vol. 13, nos. 1 & 

2 (1953); vol. 15, no. 6 (1956) 

194:18 Sky and Telescope, vol. 18, no. 11 (1959); vol. 19, no. 5 (1960); vol. 28, no. 3 

(1964); vol. 29, nos. 3 & 5 (1965) 

194:19 Sky and Telescope, vol. 30, no. 5 (1965); vol. 59, nos. 1, 3 & 6 (1980) 

194:20 Sky and Telescope, vol. 60, no. 3 (1980); vol. 60, no. 6 (1980); vol. 70, no. 2 

(1985); vol. 81, no. 4 (1991); vol. 83, no. 4 (1992) 

194:21 Space World, vol. 1, no. 10 (1961); vol. 2, no. 2 (1962) 

Spaceflight, vol. 1, no. 1 (1956) 

194:22 SpaceLog, vol. 2, nos. 1, 2 & 4 (1985); vol. 3, no. 2 (1986); vol. 5, no. 3 (1988); 

vol. 6, nos. 2 & 4 (1989); vol. 7, nos. 1-3 (1990); vol. 8, nos. 1 & 3 (1991); vol. 

13, no. 3 (1996) 

194:23 The Star-Gazer, vol. 1, no. 5 (1936) 

The Strolling Astronomer: The Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary 

Observers, vol. 7, no. 8 (1953); vol. 10, nos. 3 & 4 (1956); vol. 28, nos. 9 & 10 

(1980); vol. 35, no. 2 (1991) 

194:24 Telescope Making, no. 23 (Summer 1984) 

194:25 Through the Telescope, no. 1 (Jul. 1994) 

Time, vol. 63, no. 11 (15 Mar. 1954) 

194:26 Whispering Sands Pioneer Gazette [White Sands Pioneer Group newsletter], vol. 

2, nos. 1, 2, 5, & 6 (1985); vol. 3, no. 13 (1986); vol. 5, no. 4 (1988); vol. 6, no. 3 

(1989); vol. 8, nos. 1-3 (1991); vol. 9, nos. 1 & 2 (1992); vol. 12, no. 2 (1995) 

see also The Good Old Days, above, for 1984 newsletters 

194:27 The World: Journal of the Unitarian Universalist Association, vol. 1, no. 3 (1987) 

194:28 Zemlia I Vselennaia, May-June 1972 


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UFO-related publications 

195:4-7 The A.P.R.O. Bulletin, 1957-1979 

195:8 The A.P.R.O. Newsletter, 1969-1970 

195:9 Brothers, 1964 

California UFO, 1986 

195:10 C.R.I.F.O. Newsletter, 1955 

C.R.I.F.O. Orbit, 1956-1957 

195:11 The Flying Saucer News (Japanese), 1966-1967 

195:12 The Golden Era Letters, 1959-1960 

The Little Listening Post, 1954, 1957 

The New Era, 1958 

195:13 Satellite, 1957 

S.P.A.C.E. (Saucer Phenomena and Celestial Enigma), 1957-1959 

195:14 UFO-Critical Bulletin, 1957-1959 

195:15 Miscellaneous newsletters, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1972 

Amateur society newsletters 

196:1 The Astronomical League Bulletin, 1952, 1954 

196:2 The Celestial Mechanic (Astronomy Associates of Lawrence), 1986-1991 

196:3-4 Cosmic Messenger (Astronomical Society of Kansas City), 1988-1993 

196:5-8 Houston Astronomical Society Guidestar, 1988-1993 

196:9 The L.A.A.S. Bulletin (Los Angeles Astronomical Society), 1987-1993 

196:10 NEFAS Skywatch (Northeast Florida Astronomical Society), 1987-1988 

196:11-12 The Observer (Lehigh Valley Astronomical Society), 1987-1993 

196:13-15 The Reflector (Astronomical League), 1974-1977, 1990-1994 

196:16 Sidereal Times (Albuquerque Astronomical Society), 1988-1993 

196:17 The William Herschel Society, 1989-1993 

Sub-subseries: Papers and Reports 


196:18 A-B, 1954-1976 

196:19 C-D, 1969, 1971, n.d. 

196:20 E-F, 1957-1958, n.d. 

196:21 G, 1957, 1964, n.d. 

196:22 H, 1950, 1968, 1975, n.d. 

196:23 I-J, 1948, 1956 

196:24 K, 1952-1968, 1989 

196:25 L, 1960, 1964, n.d. 

197:1-3 Lowell Observatory, Project for The Study of Planetary Atmospheres, reports, 

1948-1952 

197:4 M-N, 1951-1971 


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197:5 O, 1957-1965 

197:6 P-R, 1955-1964 

197:7-8 S, 1953-1967, 1970, 1982, 1992, 1994, n.d. 

197:9 T, 1971, 1986, n.d. 

197:10 U, 1962-1963, 1984 

197:11 W-Y, 1958-1974, n.d. 

Sub-subseries: Reprints 


197:12 A, 1937, 1955-1973 

197:13 B, 1924, 1951, 1971-1972 

197:14 C-D, 1925, 1957, 1960, 1970 

195:16 De Mottoni, 1964 

197:15 E, H, 1935-1948, 1975, 1979 

197:16 J-K, 1964, 1967 

197:17 L, 1907, 1936, 1942, 1971 

197:18 M, 1957-1972 

197:19 O, 1950, 1962 

197:20 R-P, 1930, 1932, 1951, 1963-1972 

197:21 S, 1927-1938, 1961-1972, 1985 

197:22 T, 1880, 1967, 1972 

197:23 V-Z, 1931-1945, 1980, 1984 

Sub-subseries: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings 


198:1 1929, 1930-1932, 1935, 1938 

198:2 1943, 1945-1946 

198:3 1952-1958 

198:4 1960-1962, 1964-1969 

198:5 1970-1979 

198:6-11 1980-1989 

198:12 1990-1996 

198:13 Undated 


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SERIES: OVERSIZE MATERIALS 

Contains drawings of telescope designs and accessory equipment, charts, maps, and 

miscellaneous prints and posters. 

Subseries: Original Astronomical Charts and Maps 

Contains hand drawn maps and observations of Mars, illustrations relating to Pluto and the 

planet search, a constellation chart with the ecliptic of Mars marked, and a poster of photographs 

and sketches of Comet Arend-Roland (1956h). 2 folders. 

Map case:Drawer Contents 

5:1 Comet 1956h Arend-Roland (poster), photographs and sketches by C. F. Capen 

Jr., Virginia Capen, and others, 1957 (101.5 cm x 76.5 cm) 

5:1 Ecliptic of Mars (SC1 Constellation Chart), n.d. (24 cm x 61 cm) 

5:1 Map of Mars by Latimer J. Wilson, 1928 (25.5 cm x 34 cm) 

Map of Mars by C. W. Tombaugh, n.d. 

5:1 Original drawings (two drawings, one incomplete), n.d. (28 cm x 43.5 cm) 

5:1 Printed copies (one partially hand-colored), n.d. (5 copies; 24 cm x 37.5 cm) 

5:1 Mars Map (hand drawn) by C. W. Tombaugh, n.d. (57 cm x 72.5 cm) 

5:1 Mars observations by C. F. Capen at Cloudcroft site, 1 & 15 December 1960 and 

5 January 1961 (3 sheets; 21.5 cm x 33 cm) 

5:1 "Martian diastrophism and resulting topography," n.d. (56 cm x 71.5 cm) 

5:1 Provisional Topographic Map of Mars - Mariner 4 Region, original pencil 

drawing by C. W. Tombaugh, 13 July 1965 (37 cm x 28 cm) 

5:1 Pluto, orbit predicted by Percival Lowell, original ink illustration, n.d. (34 cm x 

43 cm) 

5:1 "The Trans-Saturnian Planet Search, Lowell Observatory 1929-1945" (note on 

original cardboard folder read: "α vs δ Search Areas Shown"), n.d. (56 cm x 

71.5 cm) 

5:1 "The Trans-Saturnian Planet Search at the Lowell Observatory, 1929 to 1945 

(sizes of discernible bodies by distance)," n.d. (28 cm x 43 cm) 

Subseries: Cloudcroft Seeing Study 

Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at 

a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Maps of the survey site 

and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris 

telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for 

Telescopes and Related Equipment. One folder. 

Mapcase:Drawer Contents 

5:2 Cloud cover data sheets, 1960-1961 (13 sheets; 28 cm x 42 cm) 

5:2 Double stars, chart, n.d. (original and 2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm) 


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5:2 Field map of project site by C. F. Capen, September 1960 (original map, 68.5 cm 

x 42 cm; 2 copies, 73 cm x 46 cm) 

Figures used in final report, 1961 

5:2 Daily total range and daily average of maxima, modes, and minima of seeing, 

double star observations (Fig. 32), 1961 (25.5 cm x 39.5 cm) 

5:2 Height above ground vs normalized microthermal dispersion parameter for 23 

June 1961 (Fig. 25), 1961 (25.5 cm x 39.5 cm) 

5:2 Nightly effective Polaris aperture - range and average; and, Nightly effective 

Polaris stellar disc diameter - range and average (Fig. 53), 1961 (25.5 cm x 

39.5 cm) 

Figures used in interim report, 1961 

5:2 Nightly average cloud cover; and, Daily range and modal values of seeing, 

double star observations (Fig. 1), 1961 (28 cm x 42 cm) 

5:2 Nightly effective Polaris aperture, range and average; and, Nightly effective 

Polaris stellar disc diameter, range and average (Fig. 13), 1961 (28 cm x 42 

cm) 

5:2 Normalized distribution of effective stellar disc diameter (Fig. 14), 1961 (28 

cm x 42 cm) 

5:2 Relationship of the parameter A/B to the effective stellar disc diameter 2Φ for 

the 1.00 and 2.76 arc-second bars of the Polaris telescope (Fig. 12), 1961 (28 

cm x 42 cm) 

5:2 Individual double star observations, 1961, n.d. (10 sheets; 28 cm x 42 cm) 

5:2 Lincoln National Forest recreation map, U. S. Forest Service, with handwritten 

notes, 1959 (2 copies; 81 cm x 52.5 cm) 


Items relating to the satellite search conducted at Lowell Observatory (administered at White 

Sands Proving Ground) and in Quito, Ecuador (administered at New Mexico State University). 

Contains charts, plans for the Quito telescope shelter, and copies of Norton's Star Atlas pages 

used in the satellite search. 1 folder. 


5:2 "Apparent angular velocities, for circular orbits, of satellites with both direct and 

retrograde motion as seen from the sub-satellite point," B. A. Smith, draft and 

final, 3 February 1956 (3 charts; 28 x 43 cm) 

5:2 "Apparent angular velocities for direct and retrograde motion for orbits from 100 

to 1000 miles altitude as seen from the sub-satellite point," B. A. Smith, 9 

February 1956 (original and 2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 "Complete set of Norton's used in satellite search," 8 sheets, n.d. (28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 "Illumination at the Earth's surface for stars of apparent magnitude one through 

fifteen," B. A. Smith, 14 March 1956 (original, 21.5 cm x 53 cm; 3 copies, 28 cm 

x 53 cm) 


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5:2 Magnitude loss on 13-inch and 5-inch telescopes (Lowell Observatory), n.d. (56 

cm x 71 cm) 

5:2 Meteor observation rates, n.d. (2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 Quito telescope shelter plans, 2 sheets, ca. 1956 (2 copies; 28 cm x 43.5 cm) 

5:2 Period and geocentric angular velocity of earth satellites of negligible mass, draft, 

n.d. (28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 Period and sidereal drift of satellites, n.d. (original and copy; 28 cm x 40.5 cm and 

28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 Satellite height and magnitude, chart by C. F. Capen, 1958 (28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 Sidereal drift zones, draft and final, n.d. (3 charts; 28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 " 6" and 9" zones (west), 1st nite Mar 26 (Tues)," ca. 1957 (36 cm x 48.5 cm) 

5:2 "Sizes of discernible bodies vs. distance," n.d. (28 cm x 42 cm) 

5:2 "Some elements of Earth satellites of negligible mass," B. A. Smith, 10 April 

1956 (original and 2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 "Stellar magnitudes of satellite bodies as functions of size and distance," n.d. (8 

charts; sizes from 28 cm x 40.5 cm to 28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 Zones photographed and examined, satellite search at Lowell Observatory, n.d. 

(43 cm x 56 cm) 

5:2 Unlabeled charts [search zones from Flagstaff] (original drawing), ca. 1950s (30.5 

cm x 92 cm) 

5:2 Unidentified charts, n.d. (4 charts; 28 cm x 43 cm) 


Items relating to the Department of Astronomy and astronomy research conducted at NMSU. 

Contains observatory plans for the Tortugas Mountain Observatory and the Clyde W. Tombaugh 

(Campus) Observatory, including plans for the dome used by the Astronomical Society of Las 

Cruces; data and charts from astronomical research; promotional Department of Astronomy 

folders; and messages from school children. 1 folder. 


5:2 Astronomical Society of Las Cruces observatory plan by Roy Willoughby, 20 

October 1968 (2 copies; 43 cm x 56 cm) 

5:2 Astronomical Society of Las Cruces observatory plan by Roy Willoughby, March 

1970 (34 cm x 28 cm) 

5:2 Astronomy 110, SC1 constellation charts (equatorial region, epoch 1925), with 

notes on moon and planet positions, eclipses, galactic equator, star clusters, and 

nebulae, 1968-1972, n.d. (5 charts; 24 x 61 cm) 

5:2 Average seeing by time (figures 14 & 15), from Dennis Dawson study[?], n.d. (2 

items; 28 cm x 41 cm) 

5:2 Birthday card from Rebecca Telles, n.d. (23 cm x 86 cm) 

5:2 Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory plan, n.d. (56 cm x 87 cm) 

5:2 Department of Astronomy folders, incl. constellation charts and miscellaneous 


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astronomical information, n.d. (3 folders; 28 cm x 33.5 cm) 

5:2 Floor plan - 24-inch telescope building, Tortugas Mountain ("A" Mtn.) NMSU 

Observatory, OBS00004 (sheet 1 of 2), 1966 (43 cm x 73.5 cm) 

5:2 Jupiter data, 12 - 16 December 1963 (5 sheets; 43 cm x 56 cm) 

5:2 Moon data (incl. lunar scans), 1964-1965, n.d. (3 sheets, 46 cm x 61 cm; 1 sheet 

43 cm x 56 cm) 

5:2 Plot of 3358 stars (computer printout), data from Eggen [?] Space Velocity 

Catalogue, n.d. 

Positions of the Brighter Planets, September1970 to December 1970, Sky 

Publishing Corporation, 1961 

5:2 Telescope roll-off shelter design by Roy Willoughby ("6' x 6' x 10' enclosure"), 

27 December 1970 (28 cm x 43 cm) 

[rolled] Thank you card from school children, n.d. (115 cm x 91.5 cm) 

5:2 Tortugas Mountain ("A" Mtn.), proposed observatory sites, 1966 (28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:2 Tortugas Mountain ("A" Mtn.) observatory site plan, NMSU Engineering 

Services Office (file no. 630102), 13 February 1963 (56 cm x 86.5 cm) 

5:2 Twelve inch telescope building, plan view and west elevation (OBS00038) 1966 

(original and 2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm) 


Contains an organizational chart, a range map showing telescope locations, and charts relating to 

photographing missiles in flight and studies of seeing conditions. Additional WSPG range maps 

are found in the Maps subseries. 

5:3 Air Lenses (% images 0.1 mm dia. or less by focal setting), n.d. (55.5 cm x 98 

cm) 

5:3 "Angular Path of Sun at WSPG," original and copy, n.d. (28 cm x 70.5 cm) 

5:3 "'c' and 'g' curves with respect to H ('c' curve for correction of X and Y velocity or 

acceleration components, 'gF' in Ft. per sec. per sec., 'gD' in dynes, H in thousands 

of Ft. above mean sea level (N.A.D.))," by Dr. Billups (BRL-WSA, Civil 

Engineering) WSA-CE-60, 10 December 1948 (61 cm x 138.5 cm) 

5:3 "Equation of time: to be applied to GCT in accordance with the sign," 1949 (62 

cm x 103 cm) 

5:3 "Evening sun below horizon; missile in sunlight when above...," 1948 (56 cm x 

91 cm) 

5:3 "Long range plan of telescope instrumentation," range map showing proposed and 

existing locations of tracking telescopes, n.d. (107 cm x 83 cm) 

5:3 Organization chart, White Sands Annex, Ballistic Research Laboratories, 1949 

(72 cm x 61 cm) 

Box 201 RND #107, Athena V-137 D, n.d. [rolled] 


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5:3 T-2 Star Shots (Arcturus, Vega, Venus), 18 January 1951 (56 cm x 138 cm) 

5:3 T-2 Star Tests, 11 December 1950 (55 cm x 110 cm) 

Subseries: Design Drawings for Telescopes and Related Equipment 

General (1 folder) 

5:3 Astronomy Society of Las Cruces star diagonal, design by Roy Willoughby, 

1972 (28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:3 F1 Schmidt, 7-inch focal length (incomplete original drawing), n.d. (41 cm x 

53 cm) 

5:3 Focusing device design drawings by Roy Willoughby, 1961, 1965, n.d. (12 

drawings; 28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:3 J. W. Fecker design drawing "[...] Refractor mounting for Princeton Univ." ca. 

1930 (82 cm x 61 cm) 

Lowell Observatory, ca. 1968 

5:3 Mounting card for 35 mm film, rev. A (replaces drawing of 13 December 

1967) (46.5 cm x 61 cm) 

5:3 Baseplate, 35 mm mounting card retainer (sheet 1 of 3; 61 cm x 91 cm) 

5:3 Pressure plate, 35 mm mounting card retainer, 1968 (sheet 2 of 3; 61 cm x 

91.5 cm) 

5:3 Card retainer ASM for 35 mm mounting card, 1968 (sheet 3 of 3; 61 cm x 

91 cm) 

5:3 Jig for laminating 35 mm mounting cards (sheet 1 of 3; 61 cm x 91 cm) 

5:3 Baseplate (sheet 2 of 3; 61 cm x 91 cm) 

5:3 Platen (sheet 3 of 3; 61 cm x 91.5 cm) 

5:3 Guiding frame for retainer ASM, 1968 (sheet 1 of 7; 61 cm x 91.5 cm) 

5:3 Bottom plate (sheet 2 of 7; 61 cm x 91 cm) 

5:3 Top Plate (sheet 3 of 7; 45.5 cm x 61 cm) 

5:3 Guide - right hand (sheet 4 of 7; 61 cm x 91.5 cm) 

5:3 Guide - left hand (sheet 5 of 7; 61 cm x 91.5 cm) 

5:3 ASM-guiding frame (sheet 6 of 7; 61 cm x 91 cm) 

5:3 Planned 16-inch f10 telescope, sketch accompanying letter from John Pons, 

1986 (83 cm x 68 cm) 

5:3 Spectroscope, original drawing, n.d. (30.5 cm x 45.5. cm) 

5:3 Spitz Laboratories, cassegrainian telescope (drawing no. D-0906900), 1965 

(46 cm x 60 cm) 

5:3 Unidentified design drawings by Roy Willoughby, 1959 (2 sheets; 43 cm x 

55.5 cm, 56 cm x 86 cm) 

White Sands Proving Ground (4 folders) 

5:4 Askania Kth 41 photo-theodolite; cassegrain light shade details (ref. 

AME1147-5; DME1147-4), n.d. (58 cm x 85.5 cm) 

5:4 Askania Kth 41 photo-theodolite; cassegrain light shade details (ref 

DME1147-4; AME1147-5), n.d. (31 cm x 24 cm) 


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5:4 Askania Kth 41, proposed optical system, general arrangement and 

specifications, 20 August 1947 (58 cm x 85.5 cm) 

5:4 Askania secondary temperature compensator (ref. no. OM-16), 22 November 

1950 (original and 2 copies; 65 cm x 92 cm) 

5:4 Askania telescope, equiv. focal length = 120 inches = 10 feet (original 

drawing), 6 October 1948 

5:4 Askania telescope, 10-inch diameter x 100-inch F.L. (dwg. nos. OM 40 - OM 

42), 1951 (3 drawings; sizes from 61 cm x 91 cm to 61 cm x 94 cm) 

5:4 Askania telescope optical system, equiv. focal length = 180 inches (15 foot 

Askania) (original drawing), [25 October] 1948 (approx. 30.5 cm x 106.5 cm) 

5:4 Askania tracking scope, off-axis parabolic mirror (original drawing), ca. 1948 

(30.5 cm x 107 cm) 

5:4 Binocular alterations, tracking telescope #1, general arrangement (WSA-ME- 

4), 30 June 1947 (58 cm x 86 cm) 

5:4 Binocular cassegrain for 4.5-inch telescope (original drawing), October 1948 

(30.5 cm x 107 cm) 

5:4 Cassegrain systems for high frame speed Askanias, drawn by C. W. 

Tombaugh (No. CE801), 16 January 1952 (62 cm x 91.5 cm) 

5:4 Elliptical diagonal mirror (OPT-1), 25 April 1952 (3 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:4 4-inch Cassegrain telescope, revised, sheets 1-3 of 4, Army Signal Corps 

Engineering Laboratory, 5 October 1950 (3 drawings; sizes from 56 cm x 62.4 

cm to 56 x 104 cm) 

5:4 4-inch Cassegrain telescope for S.C.E.L. optical diagram (original drawing), 

13 April 1949 (45 cm x 61 cm) 

5:4 4-inch Cassegrain telescope for S.C.E.L. proposed mounting, 26 April 1949 

(irregular, approx. 45 cm x 83 cm) 

5:4 Modified Schmidt telescope (f5:43 Wright type), effective focal ratio 3.75, 14 

February 1953 (72.5 cm x 105.5 cm) 

5:4 Modified 6-foot E.F.L. Cassegrain system (ref. no. OM-17), 5 December 1950 

(49.5 cm x 87.5 cm) 

5:4 Off-Axis Schmidt, 12-16 inch diameter aperture, 33.85-inch focal length, 

effective focal ratio = 2.82 (original drawing), 1 October 1952 (approx. 61 cm 

x 92.5 cm) 

5:4 Off-axis Schmidt optical system (no. CE-1198 and 35 associated drawings), 

1953 (sizes from 28 cm x 43 cm to 86 cm x 169 cm) 

5:4 Optical Layout of Off-Axis Schmidt (design by C. W. Tombaugh, drawn by 

Cowan), 1952 (62 cm x 92.5 cm) 

5:4 Optical Layout of Off-Axis Schmidt (no. CE-1231; design by C. W. 

Tombaugh, drawn by Dennon), 19 December 1952 (2 copies; 61 cm x 92.5 

cm) 

5:4 Optical Layout of On-Axis Schmidt (no. CE-1231-2; designed by C. W. 


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Tombaugh, drawn by Dennon), 24 September 1953 (3 copies; 61 cm x 91.5 

cm) 

5:4 Perkin-Elmer Corporation, photo-theodolite optical schematic (modified 

apochromatic reflector optical system from Dr. J. G. Baker design; dr. no. 

111-0101), 19 August 1952 (56 cm x 86.5 cm) 

5:4 7.9375" Cassegrain 60-inch E.F.L. long focal length system for Askania 

theodolite (O.D. 8), 29 October 1952 (48 cm x 91 cm) 

5:4 7.9375" Cassegrain 96-inch E.F.L. long focal length system for Askania 

theodolite (O.D. 5), 7 April 1952, revised 29 October 1952 (49 cm x 91.5 cm) 

5:4 7.9375 Cassegrain 144-inch E.F.L. long focal length system for Askania 

theodolite (O.D. 6), 7 April 1952, revised 29 October 1952 (47 cm x 91.5 cm) 

5:4 7.9375 Cassegrain 180-inch E.F.L. long focal length system for Askania 

theodolite (O.D. 7), 7 April 1952, revised 29 October 1952 (49.5 cm x 91.5 

cm) 

5:4 Six inch Cassegrain telescope for Askania teletheodolite (designed by 

Wunderlich) (plates 107-110; two copies of plate 108), January 1949 (5 

drawings; 46 cm x 61.5 cm) 

5:4 Telescope tracking, type VI, 6-inch cassegrain mounted on Askania Kth 41 

theodolite (DS-4788D and associated drawings), January 1948 (14 drawings, 

sizes from 22 cm x 36 cm to 61 cm x 101 cm) 

5:4 33.85 inch focal length Newtonian Schmidt (original drawing), 25 April 1952 

(note: on verso is NESS chart, parallax to ecliptic plane from Flagstaff, ca. 

1950s) 

New Mexico State University 

Astro Mechanics proposal for 40-inch telescope 

5:5 Proposed 40" Telescope for New Mexico State University, Astro 

Mechanics Inc., Austin, Texas, ca. 1966 (92 cm x 106.5 cm) 

5:5 Instrument A02 subass'y 03, layout and assembly - Goethe Link 36" 

secondary focus mechanism, 7 June 1966 

5:5 Cloudcroft seeing study, polaris telescope ("survey telescope ass'y"), National 

Astronomical Observatory, 1956 (61 cm x 92.5 cm) 

5:5 Light shields for 12-inch 80-240 inch Cassegrain f20 (original drawing by 

CWT), June 1972 (43.5 cm x 56 cm) 

Satellite Telescope layout, 29 November 1955, drawing 015-0001 

[rolled] Study design of dispersion on lens amplification camera on Fecker, n.d. 

(rolled, height 56 cm) 

5:5 Telescopes F5, F6, F7, for Baffie Study, by James Cuffey, 21 September 1966 

(2 copies; 46 cm x 89 cm) 

5:5 12-inch Fecker Telescope convergence cone and light shield (original 

drawing), 1960 (33 cm x 94 cm) 

5:5 12-inch student telescope cassegrainian f20, light shield conditions (original 

drawing by CWT), n.d. (19 cm x 56 cm) 


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5:5 24-inch Cassegrain f40, 960 inches E.F.L. (original), 1 November 1965 (43.5 

cm x 56 cm) 

Subseries: Printed Astronomical Charts and Posters 

Includes charts prepared by the Astronautical Chart and Information Center (ACIC) and the 

United States Geological Survey (USGS). 

Box Contents 

Atlases 

199 Becvár, Antonín, Atlas Eclipticalis 1950.0. Prague: Nakl. Ceskoslovenské 

akademie ved, ca. 1958 

200 Fauth, Philipp, Neue Mondkarten und neue Grundlagen Einer Mondkunde auf 

16 Tafeln: Publication VI seiner Sternwarte, 1932. 

200 Kuiper, Gerard P., ed., Orthographic Atlas of the Moon: Supplement Number 

One to the Photographic Lunar Atlas, edition A showing the standard 

orthographic coordinate grid, Part 1 Central Asia compiled by D. W. G. 

Arthur and E. A. Whitaker. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1960 

199 Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens, n.d. (16 sheets, 45 cm x 64 cm; and 

transparent sheet with scale, 41 cm x 51 cm) 

200 Wilkins, H. P., Selected Lunar Charts: Folio I, nos. 1-14 (inscribed to 

Tombaugh by Wilkins and unknown), ca. 1958 


General 

5:5 1967 calendar from Tinsley Laboratories, Inc., Berkeley, Calif. with photo of 

Messier 42 - Orion Nebula, 1967 (84.5 cm x 56.5 cm) 

5:5 Andromeda Galaxy photograph, n.d. 

5:5 "A chart of the heavens," Hansen Planetarium, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1968 (46 

cm x 23.5 cm) 

Box 200 "Das Planeten System" engraving, ca. 1847 (31.5 cm x 34.5 cm) 

5:5 "Earth: Apollo 11 View from 112,000 Miles," Hansen Planetarium, Salt Lake 

City, Utah, n.d. (73.5 cm x 57 cm) 

5:5 "The First photograph ever made showing the division between the 

troposphere and the stratosphere and also the actual curvature of the Earth..." 

National Geographic, May 1936 (2 copies; 42.5 cm x 61.5 cm) 

5:5 "Geometrical Perspective of First Earth Moon Photo," ca. 1966 (2 copies; 44.5 

cm x 38 cm) 


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5:5 "Historic First Photo of Earth from Deep Space" taken by NASA Orbiter I, 23 

Aug 1966 (2 copies; 51.5 cm x 117 cm) 

5:5 "A map of the heavens" National Geographic Magazine vol. CXII, no. 6, 

December 1957 (71 cm x 106 cm) 

5:5 "Mapchart of the Solar System...." published by E.J. Jones, distributed by Las 

Cruces Municipal Utilities, 1970 (57 cm x 71 cm) 

5:5 Maryland Academy of Sciences, "Graphic Time Table of the Heavens," 1969 

(114 cm x 76 cm) 

5:5 "The Milky Way in Molecular Clouds," the Columbia CO survey, n.d. (61 cm 

x 96.5 cm) 

5:5 Mission Chart, Space Shuttle mission STS 75, edition 1, September 1995 (43 

cm x 103 cm) 

5:5 "NASA Facts: Skylab," 1972 (53 cm x 122 cm) 

5:5 "NASA Hubble Space Telescope," Perkin-Elmer, n.d. (85 cm x 56 cm) 

5:5 "NASA Skylab," McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co. poster, n.d. (51 cm x 

40.5 cm) 

Box 200 "Planisphere des Constellations Meridionalles," [engraving], ca. 1686 (12 cm 

x 13 cm) 

Box 200 "Planisphere des Constellations Septenirionalles," [engraving], ca. 1686 (12 

cm x 13 cm) 

5:5 Pluto discovery poster, n.d. 

5:5 "Space station: Gateway to the Future," McDonnell Douglas, printed Sept. 

1987 (65 cm x 50.7 cm) 

5:5 USAF Lunar-Planetary Charting Activities (3 posters), "Mapping the Moon," 

"Mapping the Planet Mars; Manned Lunar Missions," "Mapping from Space 

Photos," ACIC, 1967 

Box 199 Unidentified star chart, n.d. (39 cm x 56 cm) 

Box 200 Zeiss Space Calendar, 1973 (31 cm x 39 cm) 

Mars 

5:6 "Albedo chart of Mars in 1971 from ground based telescopic 

observations." Prepared by James Roth & Kay Walker under the direction 

of Gerard de Vaucouleurs, printed August 1973 for the Mariner Mars 1971 

Project, 1973 (2 copies; 61.5 cm x 94 cm) 

5:6 Mariner IV television coverage, ca. 1965 (4 sheets; 28 cm x 43 cm) 

Mariner IV photo exhibit boards, JPL, (3 sheets, 56 x 36), ca. 1965 

Mariner 9 albedo chart of Mars. Prepared under the direction of Gerard de 

Vaucouleurs, printed August 1973 for the Mariner Mars 1971 Project 

5:6 Chart MC8 Amazonis, prepared by Claire Mulholland, 1973 (2 copies; 

68.5 cm x 66 cm) 


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5:6 Chart MC9 Tharsis, prepared by Ellen Bergman, 1973 (68.5 cm x 66 cm) 

5:6 Chart MC17 Phoenicis Lacus, prepared by Kay Walker, 1973 (2 copies; 

68.5 cm x 66 cm) 

5:6 Chart MC18 Coprates, prepared by James Roth, 1973 (2 copies; 68.5 cm x 

66 cm) 

5:6 "Mariner 69 Mars Chart" (MEC-2; 1:25,000,000), prepared by ACIC for 

NASA, 1st edition October 1967 (76 cm x 87.5 cm) 

5:6 Mars, unidentified map, n.d. (28 cm x 68.5 cm) 

5:6 "Mars" MEC-1 Prototype, ACIC, 1963 printing and 1966 printing (2 

charts; 55.5 cm x 73.5 cm) 

5:6 "Mars, 1956," Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) map 

drawn by F. Vaughn, 1957 (17 cm x 34 cm) 

5:6 "Mars - 1969" mercator projection maps prepared by Lowell Observatory 

from photographs taken by International Planetary Patrol Program, 1971 

(2 copies; 51 cm x 66 cm) 

5:6 "Mars - 1971," Lowell Observatory, 1971 

5:6 "Mars - 1975-76," Lowell Observatory, 1976 (60 cm x 90 cm) 

5:6 "Mars - Apparition of 1954," drawn by Avigliano for the Association of 

Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), 1955 (28 cm x 43 cm) 

5:6 "Mars Chart," 1:25,000,000, NASA (based on Mariner 6 & 7 

photographs), 1st edition August 1970 (2 copies; 73.5 cm x 91 cm) 

5:6 "Mars Exploration," General Electric Company, 1966 (57 cm x 71.5 cm) 

5:6 "Mars - Our New Frontier: Mariner 9 Results," Mariner Mars 1971 project 

office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, February 1973 (95 cm x 91 cm) 

[rolled] "Mars Planning Chart," (1:10,000,000), Army Map Service, 1968 (3 

sheets; 104.5 cm x 123 cm) 

5:6 "Martian Albedo Features and Topography (Lateral Azimuthal Equal-Area 

Projection)," Planetary Research Center, Lowell Observatory, prepared in 

collaboration with National Geographic, 3 sheets: 0° Meridian, 120° 

Meridian, and 240° Meridian, n.d. (2 copies; 47 cm x 40.5 cm) 

5:6 "Martian Albedo Features and Topography (Mercator Projection)," 

Planetary Research Center, Lowell Observatory, ca. 1970s (2 copies; 53 

cm x 88.5 cm) 

5:6 "MM '71 Mars Planning Chart," prepared by James Roth under the 

direction of Gerard de Vaucouleurs, printed by JPL, February 1971 (62 cm 

x 94 cm) 

5:6 "MM '71 Mars Planning Chart," prepared by James Roth under the 

direction of Gerard de Vaucouleurs, printed March 1971 for the Mariner 

Mars 1971 Project by JPL, 1971 (2 copies; 28 cm x 61 cm) 

5:6 "Pictorial Representation of Mars," 1:10,000,000 (approx.), Army Map 

Service, edition 1-AMS, 1965 (91 cm x 91 cm) 


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5:6 "The Red Planet: Mars," supplement to National Geographic vol. 143, no. 

2, February 1973 (2 copies; 58 cm x 96 cm) 

5:6 "Shaded Relief Map of Mars" (M 25 M 2R), prepared by USGS for 

NASA, 1975 (104 cm x 99 cm) 

5:6 "Topographic Map of Mars (Atlas of Mars)" (M 25M 3 RMC), prepared 

by USGS for NASA (includes penciled marks showing landing sites of 

Voyagers 1 & 2), 1976 (106.5 cm x 92 cm) 

5:6 USGS Mars Atlas, 1972-1973 (30 sheets; sizes from 57 cm x 59.5 cm to 

97 cm x 73 cm) 

[rolled] Untitled Mars Mariner map (2 maps on single sheet). Preliminary or test 

USGS map printing? handwritten on bottom right is "Colors per Mr. Inge 

request," n.d. (79 cm x 137 cm) 

Moon 

5:7 "The Earth's Moon," supplement to National Geographic vol. 135 no. 2 , 

February 1969 (2 copies, one with notes about Apollo 13 mission; 71 cm x 

106.5 cm) 

5:7 "Fotokarta vidimogo polushariia Luny [Photomap of the visible 

hemisphere of the Moon]," by IU. N. Lipsky, 1967 (192 cm x 77.5 cm) 

“Geological Map and sections of the Kepler Region of the Moon,” by R. J. 

Hackamn (I-355 (LAC 57) ), USGS, 1962 (106 cm x 81 cm) 

“Geological Map and sections of the Letrone Region of the Moon,” by C. 

H. Marshall (I-385 (LAC 75) ), USGS, 1963 (106 cm x 81 cm) 

5:7 "Geologic Map of Part of the Fra Mauro Region of the Moon - Apollo 13" 

by T. W. Offield (ORB III S-23 (25) ), USGS, 1970 (116.5 cm x 71 cm) 

5:7 "Geologic Map of the Fra Mauro Region of the Moon - Apollo 13" by R. 

A. Eggleton (ORB III S-23 (250) ), USGS, 1970 (73.5 cm x 98.5 cm) 

5:7 Goodacre, Walter, Map of the Moon,1910. (Accompanied correspondence 

in Professional Papers, Lowell Obs.) (4 sheets; 32 cm x 33 cm) 

Box 200 Lick Observatory photographs, n.d. (11 plates; 42 cm x 31.5 cm) 

5:7 Lunar Chart (LPC-1), prepared by ACIC, special NASA edition for 

distribution at the 14th IAU General Assembly (includes proposed names 

for lunar features), 1970 (65 cm x 96 cm) 

5:7 "Lunar designations and positions, Quadrant II" compiled by D. W. G. 

Arthur and A. P. Agnieray (text in French), Lunar and Planetary 

Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1964 (58 cm x 68 cm) 

5:7 "Lunar Farside Chart" (LFC-2), ACIC, 1st edition, August 1967 (73.5 cm 

x 59 cm) 


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Box 200 Lunar Orbiter photographs, Orbiter I and unidentified, 1966, n.d. (17 

items; 50.5 cm x 40.5 cm) 

Box 199 Lunar Orbiter photographs, Orbiters II, III, and unidentified, 1966-1967, 

n.d. (11 items; 61 cm x 51 cm) 

5:7 "NASA Lunar Earthside Chart" (LMP-1), prepared by ACIC, 1st edition, 

January 1970 (72 cm x 103 cm) 

5:7 "NASA Lunar Farside Chart" (LMP-2), prepared by ACIC, 1st edition, 


5:7 "NASA Lunar Polar Chart" (LMP-3), prepared by ACIC, 1st edition, 


5:7 "On the Moon with Apollo 15," Tang drink mix poster, n.d. (57 cm x 87.5 

cm) 

5:7 "Pictorial lunar map" (edition 1-AMS), prepared by the Army Map 

Service, 1963 (91 cm x 88.5 cm) 

5:7 "Polnaia karta Luny [Complete chart of the Moon]," by IU. N. Lipsky, 

1967 (9 sheets; 60 cm x 77 cm) 

5:7 "Through the eyepiece, the Moon," Aerospace Laboratories, Missile 

Division, North American Aviation, Inc., with annotations, 2 editions, 

1959 and 1966 (2 items; 62 cm x 76 cm) 

USAF Lunar Charts, published for USAF by ACIC 

Kepler (LAC 57), 1st edition Dec 1960 (2 copies; 56 cm x 73.5 cm) 

Letronne (LAC 75), 1st edition 1960 (56 cm x 73.5 cm) 

5:7 "USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic, Lunar Earthside Hemisphere" (LEM-1), 

ACIC, 3rd edition, July 1966 (86 cm x 89 cm) 

5:7 "USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic, Lunar Earthside Hemisphere" (LEM- 

1A), 1st edition, July 1960 (2 copies; 42.5 cm x 47.5 cm) 

Subseries: General charts and posters 


5:7 American Rocket Society meeting poster (Lincoln LaPaz to speak on near-by 

satellites), 27 May 1954 (56 cm x 43 cm) 

5:7 "The Americans Have Landed! The Americans Have Landed!" Exploration 

Day poster 20 July 1976 (inscribed to CWT by the artist, R. Kesler, 9-3-76), 

1976 (71 cm x 50.5 cm) 

5:7 "C.I.E. Chromaticity Diagram," Photo Research, Burbank, Calif., n.d. (56 cm 

x 43 cm) 

5:7 "Cloud Code Chart," U. S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1958 

(79 cm x 36 cm) 

5:7 "Copernicus," print from the Bettman Archive, courtesy of Corning Optical 


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Products, n.d. (49.5 cm x 39.5 cm) 

5:7 "Flow Diagram: Chart Production Processes," ACIC, 1st edition, July 1963 

(55.5 cm x 73 cm) 

5:7 "Galileo demonstrating his telescope to the Senate of Venice," print from the 

Bettman Archive, courtesy of Corning Optical Products, n.d. (39.5 cm x 49 

cm) 

5:7 "Gatty's Combined World and Star Chart for Emergency Navigation" from 

The Raft Book: Lore of Sea and Sky (waterproof edition) by Harold Gatty, 

1943 (55 cm x 114.5 cm) 

5:7 Göreme Valley volcanic rock dwellings, Turkey, n.d. (39.5 cm x 43 cm) 

5:7 "The Grand Canyon," Santa Fe Railroad publicity, n.d. (24 cm x 40.5 cm) 

[rolled] "The New Portrait of Our Planet," Life poster based on data from the 

International Geophysical Year, 1960 (2 copies; 94.5 cm x 128 cm) 

5:7 Nininger Meteorite Award 1968-1969, poster advertising award competition 

administered by Arizona State University - Tempe, 1968 (46 cm x 30.5 cm) 

5:7 "Official Civilian Defense Insignia," U.S. Gov't Printing Office, 1942 (101 cm 

x 72 cm) 

5:7 "Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements," International Rectifier 

Corporation, El Segundo, Calif., revised edition, ca. 1963 (87 cm x 61 cm) 

5:7 "Ptolemy," print from the Bettman Archive, courtesy of Corning Optical 

Products, n.d. (49.5 cm x 38.5 cm) 

Spectogram of metals and colors, n.d. (3 sheets: 14 cm x 25 cm, 28 cm x 30 

cm, 35 cm x 52 cm) 

5:7 "The United States as it appeared in 1831 when Cyrus Hall McCormick 

invented the Reaper" (poster for the Centennial of the invention of the reaper), 

International Harvester Company of America, Chicago, 1931 (56 cm x 81 

cm) 

5:7 "United We Win," War Manpower Commission (photograph by Liberman), 

Washington, D.C., 1942 (101.5 cm x 72 cm) 

5:7 "The Way to Mars (Planetary Society Mars Declaration)," reprint from The 

Washington Post, 26 May 1988 (58 cm x 34 cm) 

Subseries: Maps 


5:7 "Alaska, map E," (1:2,500,000) USGS, includes hand drawn marks, 1954 

(87.5 cm x 123 cm) 

5:7 "Copenhagen, with compliments of Den Danske Landmandsbank," with 

notes, n.d. (38 cm x 54 cm) 

5:7 "Corralitos Ranch, N. Mex. (15-minute series)" (N 3215-W107005:715; 


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1:62,500) USGS (includes Magdalena Peak, and penciled marks), 1943 (2 

copies; 51 cm x 43 cm and 51 cm x 40.5 cm) 

5:7 "East Texas-Oklahoma with New Mexico-West Texas," Texaco road map, 

published by Rand McNally & Co. (includes pencil marks), ca. 1953 (81 cm x 

58 cm) 

5:7 "Flight chart, Dallas-Fort Worth to El Paso, U.S.A.," U. S. Coast and Geodetic 

Survey (FC218), 5th edition, 1948 (37 cm x 113 cm) 

5:7 "Geologic Map of Kansas," by Raymond C. Moore, ca. 1930 (59.5 cm x 65 

cm) 

5:7 "Geologic Map of North America, to accompany professional paper 71," 

USGS, ca. 1912 (4 sheets with folder; 100 cm x 77 cm) 

5:7 Hillsboro, N. Mex. Quadrangle, United States Geological Survey (N3245- 

W107405:715), 1940 (52 cm x 40 cm) 

5:7 Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, N. Mex., 1 August 1960 (2 copies; 

26.5 cm x 38 cm) 

5:7 Holloman Air Force Base, N. Mex., n.d. (27 cm x 40.5 cm) 

5:7 "Jornada Experimental Range, Dona Ana County, New Mexico," U.S. Forest 

Service, 1936 (88.5 cm x 73.5 cm) 

5:7 "Kansas," Texaco road map with handwritten notes (1974, 1980), 1974 (45.5. 

cm x 67.5 cm) 

5:7 "Kaylor Mountain NE, N. Mex. (White Sands Proving Ground)," (N3252.5- 

W106305:77.5), scale 1:25,000, Army Map Service, Sheet 4649 I NE, 

topographic map with penciled marks, 1948 (73.5 cm x 56 cm) 

5:7 Las Cruces map, compliments of Dale Bellamah Homes, 1965 (43 cm x 35 

cm) 

5:7 "Las Cruces, N. Mex. (15-minute series)" ( N 3215-W106455:715; 1:62,500) 

USGS, with pencil marks and notes, 1943 (3 copies; 51 cm x 43.2 cm) 

Lincoln National Forest recreation map, 1959 see Cloudcroft Seeing Study 

subseries, above 

5:7 "Major Basins and Structural Features of United States" by E. A. Riggs, 1960 

(61 cm x 96 cm) 

5:7 "Mexico and Central America," supplement to National Geographic (with 

pencil tracing of route from Las Cruces, N. Mex., to Panama), March 1953 

(69 cm x 94 cm) 

[rolled] "New Mexico base map with highways and contours," USGS, provisional 

edition, includes handwritten notes, 1955 

[rolled] New Mexico College of A & MA campus map (file no. B1-610709-CM), 23 

August 1961 (92.5 cm x 108.4 cm) 

5:7 NMSU campus guide (incl. Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory), n.d. (45.5. cm 

x 60 cm) 

5:7 NMSU campus map, n.d. (43 cm x 56 cm) 


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5:7 "Organ Peak, N. Mex. (15-minute series)" (N3215-W106305:715) USGS, 

1943 (2 copies; 51 cm x 43 cm) 

5:7 Parker Lake, N. Mex. (Fort Bliss and vicinity; N3222.5-W10622.577.5), 

Army Map Service, sheet 4748 IV NW (contour and topographical maps), 

scale 1:25,000, 1947-1948 (73 cm x 55.5 cm) 

5:7 Parker Lake NE, N. Mex. (Fort Bliss and vicinity; N3222.5-W106155:77.5), 

Army Map Service, sheet 4748 IV NE (contour and topographical maps), 

scale 1:25,000, 1947-1948 (73 cm x 55.5 cm) 

5:7 Reservation Map, Fort Bliss, Texas (1" = 5,000'), 1942 (60 cm x 107 cm) 

5:7 Richfield Reporter War Map [of Europe], 1939 (56 cm x 84 cm) 

5:7 San Francisco Mountains, Arizona, topographical map (mounted on canvas, 

with handwritten geology notes), USGS, ca. 1928 (36.5 cm x 40 cm) 

5:7 "Souse Springs, N. Mex." (N3230-W10707.55:77.5) USGS (includes pencil 

marks around Mesa Azur (Blue Mesa-Magdalena Peak) area), 1959 (68.4 cm 

x 58.3 cm) 

5:7 "South America," supplement to National Geographic (with pencil tracing of 

route from Panama to Quito, Ecuador), October 1950 (100 cm x 71 cm) 

5:7 Southern Rocky Mountain Region Geological Highway Map (Utah - Colorado 

- Arizona - New Mexico), compiled by Philip Oetking, American Association 

of Petroleum Geologists (inscribed to Tombaugh by Philip Oetking), 1967 

5:7 Tortugas Mountain ("A" Mtn.), contour map, n.d. (31 cm x 33.5 cm) 

5:7 "Travel Colorado with Conoco" (road map), H. M. Gousha Company 

(includes penciled notes), ca. 1963 (45.5 cm x 67.5 cm) 

5:7 "The United States"(donated by the National Geographic Society to Operation 

Moonwatch for use with the National Geographic Satellite Finder), September 

1956 (73.5 cm x 106.5 cm) 

5:7 White Sands Proving Ground, contour map (partial) of upper range, n.d. (70 

cm x 77 cm) 

[rolled] White Sands Proving Ground, contour map (partial), with location of V-2 

impact in Jornada Range Reserve, 20 February 1946 (95 cm x 107 cm) 

5:7 White Sands Proving Ground range map, n.d. (102 cm x 71 cm) 

5:7 White Sands Proving Ground range map, DWG. No. WSPG-R-100, 1949 (2 

copies, one incomplete; 156 cm x 77 cm and 58.5 cm x 77 cm) 

5:7 White Sands Proving Ground range map (FDL-Eng. No.: CE-1201-B) 

5:7 White Sands Proving Ground range map (SCA-B241), n.d. (43.5 cm x 28 cm) 

White Sands Proving Ground range map showing tracking telescope locations 

("Long range plan of telescope instrumentation") see Subseries: White 

Sands Proving Ground, above 


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SERIES: PHOTOGRAPHS 

All the images have been cataloged in a database and numbered. This database is available in 

the Archives and Special Collections Department. They have been arranged by photo number. 

Subseries: General 

These images include those removed from other series and have been arranged according to 

series. 


202:1-2 Captions for exhibit, n.d. 

202:3-7 0001-0022, exhibit photographs 

203:1-4 0023-0044, exhibit photographs 

204:1-4 0045-0094, Clyde Tombaugh 

204:5 0095-0106, Tombaugh family 

204:6 0107-0131, other individuals 

204:7 0132-0145, photos from envelope entitled “Clyde’s private pictures,” 1920s- 

1930s 

204:8 0146-0152, various individuals (including Tombaugh and telescopes), 1960s 

204:9 0155-1060, Clyde Tombaugh’s telescope, n.d. 

204:10 0161-0173, Lowell Observatory (facilities) 

204:11 0174-0222, NMSU Department of Astronomy 

204:12 0223-0238, Tortugas Mountain, Blue Mesa, Las Cruces area 

204:13 0239-0243, Blue Mesa (Magdalena Peak) Observatory 

204:14 0244-0252, other observatories (non-NMSU) 

204:15 0253-0256, Harvard Meteor Patrol, Doña Ana mountain site, 1995 

204:16 0257-0276, miscellaneous equipment and telescopes 

205:1 0338-0343, Lowell planet search charts 

205:2-5 0344-0359, Pluto, 1930, n.d. 

205:6-13 0360-0526, Lowell Observatory astronomical photos, 1925-1943, n.d. 

206:1-5 0527-0565, White Sands Proving Ground employees, equipment and locations 

206:6-10 0566-0699, Bumper rocket photos, 1948-1949, n.d. 

206:11 0700-0703, Corporal “E,” 1949 

206:12 0704-0712, MX 774, 1948 

206:13 0713-0759, Nike intercept, bomb drop 

207:1-5 0760-0925, V-2, 1947-1951, n.d. 

207:6 0926-0990, Viking, 1949-1952, n.d. 

207:7 0991-0997, test film, March 23, 1988 


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207:8-10 0998-1156, unidentified rockets and missiles 

207:11 1157-1230, rocket flares 

207: 12 1231-1255, paint tests 

208:1-6 1256-1297, Near Earth Satellite Search 

208:7 1298-1303, Cloudcroft 

208:8-10 1304-1354, Claude Knuckles photos (includes NESS, Mars and Jupiter) 

208:11 1355-1378, Solar system 

208:12-16 1379-1455, Jupiter 

209:1-12 1456-1583, Mars 

210:1-14 01584-01716, Mars 

211:1 1717-1719, Mercury 

211:2-13 1720-1887, Moon 

212:1-3 1888-1919, Saturn 

212:4-5 1920-1926, Sun 

212:6-7 1927-2011, Venus 

212:8-9 2012-2035, comets and meteors 

212:10 2036-2041, M1-M20 

212:11 2042-2053, M27-M43 

212:12 2054-2056, M45 Pleiades 

213:1 2057-2074, M51-M104 

213:2 2075-2085, miscellaneous astronomical images 

213:3 2086-2098, Orion 

213:4 2099-2101, Sagittarius star cloud 

213:5-8 2102-2154, miscellaneous astronomical images 

213:9-11 2155-2187, miscellaneous planets and charts/graphs 

213:12 2188-2193, miscellaneous astronomical images 

Photographs separated from Personal Papers 

214:1-22 2214-2340, personal correspondence 

214:23-24 2341-2366, writings 

214:25 2367, planetary observations 

214:26 2368, organizations 

214:27 2369-2371, Unitarian Universalists Church 

214:28-31 2372-2380, subject files 

Photographs separated from Professional Papers 

215:1-7 2381-2391, 2879-2883, Lowell Observatory 


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215:8-23 2392-2507, 2873-2878, White Sands Proving Ground 

215:24-34 2508-2606, NMSU 

216:1-16 2607-2651, 3446, NMSU 

216:17-25 2655-2721, 3447, writings 

216:26-30 2722-2728, organizations 

216:31-40 2729-2786, 3449, subject files 

217:1-14 2787-2872, 3448, subject files 

217:15-16 3315-3319, printed matter, 1929, 1941, 1964, n.d. 

217:17 3320-3324, Tombaugh and Alden 

217:18 3325, unidentified image, NMSU Research Center photo, no. F386 

217:19 3326-3398, various photos, 1950-1985 (span) 

217:20 3399-4015, photos from John Pons 

217:21-24 3416-3445, photo album, n.d. 

Lantern slides 

218 2884-2953, includes Pluto, 1930 

219 2954-3013, includes telescopes, Mars and astronomical images 

220 3014-3084, includes Moon, satellite search and astronomical images 

221 3085-3145, includes Moon, Mars and astronomical images 

222 3146-3232, includes Moon, Mars and star images 

299 3243-3249, broken lantern slides, Mars and Venus 

Glass plate negatives 

223 3233-3242, includes observatory, Mars and Tombaugh images 

224 3250-3266, includes ephemeris and stars 

225 3267-3281, astronomical images 

226 3282-3306, 8x10 glass plates, astronomical images 

227 3307-3311, 8x10 glass plates, astronomical images 

300 3295, 3312-3314, broken glass plate negatives 

228 Oversize images 


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298 Slides, astronomical and personal images 

Negatives (mostly of already listed numbers) 

272 0001-1893 

273 1942-2867 

Transparencies 

274 0063-3398 

Nitrate negatives and transparencies 

275 0048-2095 

Lowell, research files, Saturn - see general Saturn photographs 


Box Contents 

Lowell Observatory 3" diameter negatives 

General 

229 1 – 399 

230 400 – 759 

231 760 – 1355 

232 1356 - S2030 

233 S2031 - S2625 

234 S2631 - S3340 

235 S3342 - S3904 

236 S3905 - S4318 

237 S4320 - S4684 

238 S4686 - S5031 

239 S5032 - S5390 


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240 S5391 - S5760 

241 S5761 - S6127 

242 S6129 - S6435 

243 S6436 - S6745 

244 S6746-S6968 

245 Photocopies of original negative sleeves 

246 Photocopies of original negative sleeves 

247 Meteor set 

248 Meteor films original sleeves 

246 Photocopies of original negatives sleeves 

257 Lunar eclipses, 1954, 1956 (5 negatives) 

(includes negative numbers S-6969, S-6973, and S-6977) 

246 Sample of original sleeves and photocopies of original sleeves 

Lowell Observatory K-24 negatives 

249:1 Original notes from negatives 1430-1501 

249:2 1430-1446 

249:3 1459-1469 

249:4 1480-1501 

249:5 Original notes from 1330-1383, 1668-1764 

249:6 1330-1340 

249:7 1341-1370 

249:8 1371-1687 

249:9 1705-1721 

249:10 1734-1764 

250:1-2 Original notes from zone 20 negatives 

250:3 Zone 20, 3-17 and unidentified (1 and 2?) 

250:4 Zone 20, 18-34 

250:5 Zone 20, 35-43 

250:6 Zone 20, 44-53 

250:7 Zone 20, 54-61 


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1954, November 18/19 & 20/21 

250:8 Test films, 20 April 1955 

250:9 Test films, 1 May 1955 

250:10 Miscellaneous (includes meteor, K4284, K4432?, K4433?, and test film) 

Lowell Observatory K-24 film (rolls) 

251:1 L, 120, 120, 120, 120, 120, 120 

251:2 16 L, no. 115 & 83 

251:3 25 L, Zones 111, 112, 113, 113, 113, 114 (examined Dec. 13, 1956) 

251:4 Zone 5, duplicate 26 L, 2nd night, 114, 114, 124?, 114, 83, 115 

251:5 28 L, Zones 116, 116, 116, 116, 116 (with note, examined Feb. 4, 1957) 

252:1 April 30 (box label); 28L, 116, 116, 117 / test e & f / test l / test n / 117, 119, 

118 

252:2 April 30 (box label); 29 L, 119, 118, 119, 118, 119, 118, 118, 29L 

252:3 3G6 (box label); 28 U, 116, 116, 117 / test c, e, test, n, test m / 117, 119, 118 

253:1 29 U, 119, 118, 119, 118, 119, 118, 118 

253:2 3B1 (box label); 120, 120, 120, 120, 120, 120 

253:3 November 12, 1954, 24.45 (56' x 5.5") 

254 unidentified (4 rolls) 

Quito station 4x5 negatives 

255 7000 – 7314 

256 7315 – 7624 

257 7625 – 7944 

258 7945 – 7993 

Quito station 5x7 negatives 

259 7000 – 7331 

260 7332 – 7665 

261 7666 – 7993 

262 Samples and photocopies of original negative sleeves 

257 Test and focus plates (3" diameter and 4x5 negatives) 

Focus plates (includes Coma Cluster, h and Π Persei, and Bowl of Big Dipper), 


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January - February 1954 (32 negatives) 

Test plates, 0Ε/hr, July 1954 (8 negatives) 

see also meteor set in Lowell Observatory 3" diameter negatives 

Vibration tests, November 1954 (14 negatives) 

Test plates, 12 May 1956 (9 negatives) 

RR Librae Region tests, 16 May 1956 (6 negatives) 

Test plates, 20-21 May 1956 (22 negatives) 

Offset tests, 30 May 1956 (7 negatives) 

Test plates (Scorpio-Libra region), June 1956 (12 negatives) 

Taylor Hobson cameras (Leo, R Coronae, & RR Librae Regions), 1956 (9 

negatives) 

Film tests, n.d. (4 negatives) 

The belt of Orion, n.d. (1 negative) 

Miscellaneous (varied drive rates and unidentified), n.d. (6 negatives) 

Subseries: White Sands Proving Ground (film strips) 


263 T II 10-inch focus test (Sugar Loaf Peak), 22 July 1947 

264 Venus Focus Test, 10" Telescope (exposed 252') 7 August 1947 

265:1 II Aerobee 1, live round, spectrograph, D. Mitchel, 24 November 1947 

265:2-3 Film/focus tests (Organ Mountains[?]), 1948, n.d. 

265:4 15 foot Askania focus test (also miscellaneous focus tests), 17 August 1948, n.d. 

265:5 Test film, 16-inch before and after changing position of Edgerton light bramlet, 

15 October 1948 

265:6 Tare Askania orientation targets (test film), 1949 

T-1 Rt. Com. Flare, 0-190 + 5' Sky + 5' B.O. (2 rolls), 4 October 1949 

Venus, P 900 [100?] cm, 7 October 1949 

266:1 Tare Balloon - Flare, 11 August 1949 

266:2 N2 60 cm, balloon - flare ("Beautiful Mt. Orient"), 11 August 1949 

N1 60 cm test (2 rolls) 24 September [no year] 

Askania telescope MX misfire (Mt. Orient), 24 September 194[?] 

266:3 10 foot targets, Charlie Askania focal length test (with notes), 14 October 1949 

C-Mitchell, amber flare rise, 2nd flare, 22 November 1949 

266:4 Foucault test, 9 November 1949?? 

266:5 Askania target tests (2 rolls), n.d. 

Askania targets, n.d. 

Filmstrip “Les Planètes” 

266:6 Askania test, dial intensity (with notes), n.d. 


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Model test [paint tests?], 20 May [no year] 

267 Moon, new camera, T IV [?], October 1949 

268 P. X. T-5 Venus Test Film, 13 March 1953 (Becker) 

269 P. X. T-5 Venus Inf. Conjunction, 14 April 1953 (Becker) 

270:1 "Perfect Askania dials," n.d. 

Sensitometer strips, AROLA[?], n.d. 

Unidentified (rocket in flight) 

Perkin-Elmer engineering report, 1952 (declassified by National Archives and 

Records Administration, November 2003, project #NW23752) 

270:2-4 Sensitometer film strips, n.d. (5 rolls) 

270:5 Targets and unidentified test film, n.d. 

270:6 24" F.L. C-Mitchell targets; C-Road (191'), n.d. 

271 Bowen Knapp film, n.d. (4 rolls of aerial reconnaissance film, 5.5" wide) 

SERIES: AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL 

Box Contents 

Audiotapes 

"Pluto- The Ninth Planet's Golden Year," meeting at NMSU, 17-19 Feb. 1980 

(16 audiocassettes), see Personal Papers series, Pluto Discovery 

Anniversaries for audiotape listing 

Box 276 Masters set 1: 

RG-T712 Tape 1 Introductory remarks: H. Beebe, D. Roush 

Papers: E. Bowell, E. Tedesco, E. Barker (side A) 

L. Trafton, M. Lupo (side B) 

RG-T713 Tape 2 Papers: D. Cruikshank, W. Brown (side A) 

[side B is blank] 

RG-T714 Tape 3 Papers: H. Reitsema, J. Christy (side A) 

[side B is backwards?] 

RG-T715 Tape 4 Papers: T. Van Flandern, C. Tombaugh (side A) 

H. Giclas, B. Smith (side B) 

RG-T716 Tape 5 H. Beebe (miscellaneous directions) 

Final remarks: C. Tombaugh 

Masters set 2: 




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B. Marsden, R. Duncombe (side B) 





RG-T721 Tape 6 Banquet 

Duplicate tapes 




RG-T713 Tape 2 Papers: D. Cruikshank, W. Brown (side A) 

[side B is blank] 


B. Marsden, R. Duncombe (side B) 





RG-T721 Tape 6 Banquet 

Clyde W. Tombaugh Oral History Project see Oral History series 

Filmstrip 

266:5 "Les planètes," Société Astronomique de France, n.d. 

Videotapes (VHS format unless otherwise noted) 

277:1 "Some Paradoxes in Science," talk by Clyde Tombaugh, Unitarian 

Universalist Church [of Las Cruces], 17 November 1991 

277:2 "Clyde Tombaugh and the Discovery of Pluto," produced and directed by 

Thomas Hockey, 39 minutes, 1985 (2 copies; 1 VHS, 1 Beta) 

277:3 "Dr. Clyde W. Tombaugh, The First Ninety Years," 9 minutes, [1996] 

277:4 "Greetings and Happy Birthday" (item separated from Personal Series, Fan 

Mail, Cards), 1996 

277:5 History Channel "This Week in News," Pluto Segment, 16 February 2001 

277:6 "A Pioneer of Space: Clyde Tombaugh," by Ray Reduque, Sunset Hill School 

[location unknown], 6th grade, n.d. (2 copies) 

277:7 Pluto Thermal Model, by Candy Hansen and Dave Paige, 1993 

SERIES: ORAL HISTORY 


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The Clyde W. Tombaugh Oral History Project was conducted by Herbert A. Beebe in 

1999-2002. The fourteen individuals interviewed include Patricia Tombaugh, personal friends, 

colleagues from Lowell Observatory, White Sands Proving Ground and NMSU, and fellow 

astronomers. The interviews are arranged in four groupings, Early Connections: Patricia 

Tombaugh, Henry Giclas, Walter Haas; White Sands Era: Arthur Scott Murrell, Jimmy 

Robinson, Cecil Post, Tom Bruce; NMSU and the Department: Brad Smith, William L. 

Reitmeyer, Lou Ann Youngblood, Charles L. Seeger; and, Latter Day Projects: Bernard 

McNamara, Robert Millis, Alan Stern. Also included here is an interview with Reta F. Beebe 

which was done as a practice and is not part of the oral history project proper. Transcripts and 

audio recordings of the interviews are included, and researchers are advised to make use of the 

transcripts rather than the audiocassettes. 

Subseries: Transcripts 


278:1-17 Original transcripts 

(Researchers are asked to use the Use Copy, below) 

Use copy of transcripts 

279:1-2 Foreword, abstracts, and release forms (copies) 

Part I. Early Connections 

279:3-5 Patricia Tombaugh 

279:6 Henry Giclas 

279:7 Walter Haas 

Part II. The White Sands Era 

279:8 Arthur Scott Murrell 

279:9 Jimmy Robinson 

279:10 Cecil Post 

279:11 Tom Bruce 

Part III. NMSU and the Department 

279:12 Brad Smith 

279:13 William L. Reitmeyer 

279:14 Lou Ann Youngblood 

279:15 Charles L. Seeger 

Part IV. Latter Day Projects 

279:16 Bernard McNamara 

279:17 Robert Millis 

Alan Stern 

Subseries: Audiotapes 

Box 280 Patricia Tombaugh interviews 

RG-T659 30 June 1999 


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Box 281 

RG-T660 4 August 1999 

RG-T661 2 September 1999 (Tape 1/2) 




RG-T665 24 January 2000 

RG-T666 10 February 2000 

RG-T667 17 February 2000 (Tape 1/2) 

RG-T668 17 February 2000 (Tape 2/2) 

RG-T669 22 May 2000 

RG-T670 7 August 2000 

RG-T671 6 September 2000 

RG-T672 15 September 2000 

RG-T673 10 October 2000 


RG-T675 2 November 2000 

Henry Giclas interviews 

RG-T676 7-8 March 2000 (Tape 1/3) 

RG-T677 7-8 March 2000 (Tape 2/3) 

RG-T678 7-8 March 2000 (Tape 3/3) 

RG-T679 30 Nov.-1 Dec. 2000 (Tape 1/2) 

RG-T680 30 Nov.-1 Dec. 2000 (Tape 2/2) 

Walter Haas interviews 

RG-T681 9 May 2000 (Tape 1/2) 

RG-T682 9 May 2000 (Tape 2/2) 

RG-T683 16 May 2000 

RG-T684 19 May 2000 

Arthur Scott Murrell interviews 

RG-T685 4 August 1999 (Tape 1/3) 








Jimmy Robinson 

RG-T693 20 March 2002 (Tape 1/2) 

RG-T694 20 March 2002 (Tape 2/2) 

Cecil Post 

RG-T695 20 January 2000 (Tape 1/3) 


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Box 282 

SERIES: ARTIFACTS 

Box Contents 



Tom Bruce 

RG-T698 13-14 November 1999 (Tape 1/3) 



Brad Smith 

RG-T701 6-7 December 2001 (Tape 1/3) 



William L. Reitmeyer 


Lou Ann Youngblood 

RG-T705 21 November 2001 

Charles L. Seeger 


Bernard McNamara 

RG-T707 25-26 September 2001 (Tape 1/2) 

RG-T708 25-26 September 2001 (Tape 2/2) 

Robert Millis 

RG-T709 7 March 2000 

Alan Stern 


Reta F. Beebe (practice interview) 

RG-T711 23-26June 1999 

283 WSPG keys and Askania Mirror 

Mirrors, lenses and eyepieces 

Printer’s blocks used for article “Mars” in Missile Away 

Nametags 

Rubber stamps 

284 Peculiarities 

String 

Unidentified parts for telescopes 


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285 E. S. C. tape # 1, Moon run 

286 Jayhawk sticker 

Name tag 

Halley’s Comet stamps 

Name plate 

Metal engraved plate with photo of Tombaugh 

287 11x14 film holder 

4x5 film holder 

4” off axis mirror 

10¾” circular ground glass 

288 Wilson hemisphere with spherical compass and protractor 

289 Spectral lens telescope, 1¼ in aperture, built by Tombaugh 

290 Typewriting paper box with negative sleeves and notes on box 

291 Original Tombaugh astronomy notebook cover, ca. 1920s 

Astronomy 211 teaching aids 

Unknown objects 

Mesh from 300’ Greenbank, WV radio telescope 

292 Printing plate for article on Tombaugh 

Page negatives of PSL report 

293 Lunar plastic relief map [Fragile] 

294 Starchart 

295 Moon rock (made in Japan) 

296 Gear adjusting pieces for telescope mount 

297 Rocks from: Blue Mountain, Chihuahua, Mexico and Picacho Peak 

RESTRICTED MATERIALS 

Not a distinct series, these boxes contain materials separated from Professional Papers 

because of confidential information (e.g., student names and grades). These materials are 


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RESTRICTED, and permission of the Head of Archives and Special Collections is required for 

access. Many of the items were removed from Tombaugh's NMSU teaching files; where 

possible, surrogate copies were made with the confidential information blocked out. These 

copies are filed within the non-restricted teaching files. 

Boxes 301 and 302 

DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS (copies) 

A number of classified documents were found in the White Sands Proving Ground files, 

Oversize Materials, and Photographs. These documents are now declassified, following a review 

by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The original documents are 

filed in the appropriate series. This box contains the photocopies that were sent to NARA for 

declassification review; the copies have been retained because they contain NARA's original 

declassification markings. In addition, copies of correspondence from NARA concerning the 

declassification of these documents is also found here; the original correspondence is filed in the 

Archives and Special Collections Department's administrative files. 

Box 303 

PROCESSING FILES 

The processing files of all those working on the processing of the Clyde Tombaugh 

papers are found here. Includes accession notes, old versions of finding aids and other material 

relating to the processing of the collection itself. 

Box Contents 

304-307 2001-2003 processing files 

308-309 2003-2004 processing files 


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Schleicher, David, editor. Paraphrased Geologic Excerpts from Apollo 12 Mission. N.p: U. S. 

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Schwarzschild, Martin. Structure and Evolution of the Stars. New York: Dover Publications, 

1965. 


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Shaw, Miachen S. Toward a Planned Cooperative Economy. Chungking, China: China 

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Smull, T. L. K. The Nature and Scope of the NASA University Program. NASA SP-73. 

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Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). Conservation, Making the Most of Our Oil. New York: 

Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), n.d.. 

Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). Frozen Energy from Libya for Europe. New York: ESSO 

Middle East, n.d. 

Stanton, George Sidney. Facts of Flight: Practical Information About Operation of Private 

Aircraft. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Commerce, 1947 

Strughold, Hubertus. Compendium of Aerospace Medicine vols. 1 & 2. Brooks Air Force Base, 

Tex.: School of Aerospace Medicine, 1977, 1979. 

Sullivan, Walter, editor. America's Race for the Moon: The New York Times Story of Project 

Apollo. New York: Random House, 1962. 

Taft, Paul H., and John C. Overpeck. Climate Calendar, New Mexico State University, Las 

Cruces, New Mexico, 1851 to 1966. [Las Cruces, N. Mex.]: Agricultural Experiment Station, 

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Texereau, Jean. How to Make a Telescope. Garden City, N. Y.: Anchor Books, 1963. 

Thiessen, Alfred H. Weather Glossary. Washington: Weather Bureau, U. S. Dept. of 

Commerce, 1949. 

United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. Our Productive Land: We 

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United States Office of War Information. The Thousand Million: Brief Stories about the United 

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through August 16, 1963, Supported by a Grant from the National Science Foundation and 


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Co-sponsored by the Langley Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space 

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1960. 

Walker, Ernest D., and Albert B. Foster. This is Our Soil. Danville, Ill.: Interstate, 1951. 

Welcome to Sun Country: White Sands Missile Range, unofficial directory and guide. Riverside, 

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PERIODICALS/SERIALS 

The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, 1900-1928, 1940-1947, 1949-1959, 1961-1972, 

1974-1980 (includes duplicates; 91 volumes total). 

Forecast [Hugo Gernsback annual Christmas publication], 1954, 1960, 1962-1965 see also 

Quip, below 

IGY Bulletin. 

Copy 1: Nos. 1, 3-17, 19-24 (1957-1959) 


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Copy 2: Nos. 1, 3-7, 9-11, 13-16, 20 (1957-1959) 

Itogi nauki, Astronomiia1969, Planety zemnoi gruppy (Itogi nauki. Seriia Astronomiia.) 

The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers [75th Anniversary Edition] 

vol. 15, no. 2 (1986) 

Lowell Observatory Bulletin nos. 5, 8, 12, 17, 21, 29, 34, 41, 45, 56, 59, 60, 65, 68, 72, 77, 82, 

83, 84, 88, 89, 95, 104, 128 

Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association. Vol. 37, Parts 1 & 2 (1951-1952) 

Part 1: Twenty-fourth report of the Section for the Observation of Mars, Dealing with the 

Apparition of 1941 

Part 2: Seventeenth report of the Section for the Observation of the Sun, 1928-1950 

Meteoritical Bulletin nos. 5, 6, 9-13, 15-20, 22-47, 49 (1957-1970). 

Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Exploration Colloquium vol. 1, no. 1 (1958) - vol. 3, no. 3 

(1963) 

PSL Technical Journal vol. 1, no. 1 (August 1973). 

Quip [Hugo Gernsback Christmas publication], 1949 see also Forecast, above 


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Appendix: Writings by Clyde W. Tombaugh 

This bibliography lists published books and articles, reports, and papers presented at professional 

meetings and conferences. Tombaugh's reviews of other authors' books and articles are listed 

separately at the end. The entries are listed chronologically. 

1. "Communications: A Bright Meteor." Popular Astronomy vol. 32, no. 6 (June-July 

1924): 385. 

2. "Clyde Tombaugh Tells Story of Discovering Ninth Planet." Arizona Republican 15 

March 1930. 

3. "Planet Discoverer Tells How He Did It." Science Service Daily Science News Bulletin, 

16 March 1930. 

4. "The Sun's New Trans-Neptunian Planet." Science News-Letter vol. 17, no. 467 (22 

March 1930): 179. 

5. "My Experience in Amateur Telescope Making." Scientific American vol. 143, no. 4 

(October 1930) 268-69. 

6. "Object NGC 5694 a Distant Globular Star Cluster" with C. O. Lampland. Astronomische 

Nachrichten vol 246, no. 5888 (August 1932): 171. 

7. "Some Small Clusters of Faint Extra-Galactic Nebulae Noted in the Planet Search 

Program" with C. O. Lampland. Paper presented at the 56th meeting of the American 

Astronomical Society, 2-5 September 1936. Abstract in Publications of the American 

Astronomical Society vol. 8, no. 6: 256-57. 

8. "The Great Perseus-Andromeda Stratum of Extra-Galactic Nebulae and Certain Clusters 

of Nebulae Therein as Observed at the Lowell Observatory." Publications of the 

Astronomical Society of the Pacific vol. 49, no 291 (October 1937): 259. 

9. "Classification of Extra-Galactic Nebulae in Corvus, Crater and Lower Hydra." Paper 

presented at the 59th meeting of American Astronomical Society, Bloomington, Indiana, 

December 1937. Abstract in Publications of the American Astronomical Society vol. 9, 

no. 4 (January 1939). 

10. "Two New Faint Galactic Star Clusters." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the 

Pacific vol. 50, no. 295 (June 1938): 171. 

11. "Study of the Observational Capabilities of the University's 27-inch Newtonian Reflector 

with a Program to Restore the Telescope to Pristine Condition." M.A. thesis, University 


162

of Kansas, 1939. 

12. "A Study of a Photograph of the Mare Humorum Region on the Moon." Paper presented 

at the twelfth annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of 

Science, Southwestern Division, Tucson, Arizona, 22-25 April 1940. 

13. "Meteorites in their Bearing on the Origin of the Surface Features of the Moon." Paper 

presented at the eighth meeting of the Society for Research on Meteorites, Flagstaff, 

Arizona, 23-25 June 1941. Abstract published in Contributions of the Society for 

Research on Meteorites vol. 2 no. 4 (1941): 291-292. (Contributions of the Society... also 

published in Popular Astronomy vol. 49) 

14. "Three More New Galactic Star Clusters." Publications of the Astronomical Society of 

the Pacific vol. 53 (August 1941): p.219. 

15. "The Search for the Ninth Planet, Pluto." Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflet No. 

209, July 1946. Reprinted in Mercury vol. 8, no. 1 (January/February 1979): 4-6. 

16. "Is There Life on Mars?" The Story of Our Time. New York: Grolier Society, Inc., 1949. 

17. "Study of Tracking Telescope Photographic Definition." Technical Note no. 181. 

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Ballistic Research Laboratories, March 1950. 

18. "Geological Interpretations of the Markings on Mars." Paper presented at the 83rd 

meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Bloomington, Indiana, 18-21 June 1950. 

Abstract published in Astronomical Journal vol. 55 no. 6 (October 1950): 184-85. 

19. "Photographs of Venus at Inferior Conjunction, 1950, from Mule Peak, New Mexico." 

Paper presented at the 83rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 

Bloomington, Indiana, 18-21 June 1950. Abstract published in Astronomical Journal vol. 

55 no. 6 (October 1950): 184. 

20. Foreword to "Theory of Effect of Filters on Contrast of Tracking Telescope Films" by 

Dr. F. Hanson. Field Note no. 4. White Sands Proving Ground, N. Mex.: White Sands 

Annex-Ballistic Research Laboratories, 5 December 1951. 

21. "Theory of Reduction of Photographic Observations of the Moon's Upper Limb for 

Askania Cine-Theodolite Vertical Circle Calibration." Technical Memorandum no. 84. 

White Sands Proving Ground, N. Mex.: Flight Determination Laboratory, June 1953. 

22. "The Limits of Telescopic Resolution: a Symposium." The Strolling Astronomer vol. 7, 

no. 8 (Aug. 1953): 108-11. 

23. "Some Research Suggestions for the Coming Oppositions of Mars." Paper presented at 

NMSU Library/Archives & Special Collections C. W. Tombaugh Papers / Ms0407

the 89th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Boulder, Colorado, 26-30 

August 1953. Abstract in Astronomical Journal vol. 58 no. 8 (December 1953): 231-32. 

24. "Summary of Some Past Experiences with Seeing, and Some Proposed Methods and 

Equipment for Recording Seeing Behavior Quantitatively." Paper presented at 

Conference on Stellar Scintillation and Astronomical Seeing at The Ohio State 

University, Columbus, Ohio, 14-15 October 1953. 

25. "Mars." Missile Away! vol. 2, no. 2 (Summer 1954): 8-12. 

26. "The Planet Mars." Morrison Lecture presented at the first Spring conference of the 

Western Amateur Astronomers, Fresno, California, 5-6 June 1954. 

27. "A New Feasible Means of Instrumentation for Orbital Vehicles." Paper presented at 

American Rocket Society meeting, El Paso, Texas, 22-24 September 1954. 

28. "Proposed Geodetic Triangulation from an Unmanned Orbital Vehicle by Means of 

Satellite Search Technique." Jet Propulsion vol. 25, no. 5 (1955): 232-33. 

29. "The Origin and Development of the Tracking Telescope." Missile Away! vol. 3, no. 2 

(Summer 1955): 18-27. 

30. "Interim Report on Search for Small Earth Satellites for the Period 1953-56." ASTIA 

document no. AD-107843. State College, N. Mex.: New Mexico College of Agriculture 

& Mechanic Arts, Physical Science Laboratory, 1956. 

31. "Search for Small Satellites of the Moon During the Total Lunar Eclipse of November 

18, 1956." The Strolling Astronomer vol. II, nos. 1-6 (1957). 

32. "Search for Small Satellites of the Moon During the Total Lunar Eclipse of November 

18, 1956" with B. A. Smith and C. F. Capen, Jr. Paper presented at Astronomical Society 

of the Pacific meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, 16-19 June 1957. Abstract in Publications of 

the Astronomical Society of the Pacific vol. 69, no. 410 (October 1957): 400-401. 

33. "Some Photographic Problems Involved in the Search for Small Natural Satellites of the 

Earth." Paper presented at the 81st semiannual convention of the Society of Motion 

Pictures and Television Engineers, 29 April - 3 May 1957, Washington D.C. 

34. "Some Aspects of the Search for Earth Satellites Bearing on Meteorites." Paper presented 

at the 20th Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Los Angeles, California, 2-4 September 

1957. 

35. "Telescopic Exploration and Our Knowledge of the Lunar World." Paper presented at 

American Rocket Society meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 1958. 


36. "A Seeing Scale for Visual Observers" with B. A. Smith. Sky & Telescope vol. 17, no. 9 

(July 1958): 449. 

37. "Meteorites and Cosmic Dust in Space." In Materials in Space Environment: 

Proceedings of the Fifth Sagamore Ordnance Materials Research Conference. Syracuse, 

N. Y.: Syracuse University Research Institute, 1958. 

38. "Where to Land on the Moon" (original title "Aristoteles-Alpine Region as a Possible 

Landing Area on the Moon"). Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Exploration 

Colloquium vol. 1, no. 3 (29 October 1958): 15-19. 

39. "The Search for Small Natural Earth Satellites: Final Technical Report" with J. C. 

Robinson, B. A. Smith, and A. S. Murrell. University Park, N. Mex.: New Mexico State 

University, Physical Science Laboratory, 1959 

40. "Comparison of Lunar and Martian Features." Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary 

Exploration Colloquium vol. 1, no. 4 (12 January 1959): 38-41. 

41. "Mars - A World for Exploration." Astronautics vol. 4, no. 11 (January 1959): 30-31, 86- 

89. 

42. "Target: Mars." Space Digest (issued as an insert in Air Force vol. 42, no. 3) vol. 2, no. 3 

(March 1959): 66-70. 

43. "The Moon." Paper presented at the Space Environment Symposium at Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 16 April 1959. 

44. "Could the Satellites of Mars be Artificial?" Astronautics vol. 4, no. 12 (December 1959): 

38-39, 54. 

45. "Celestial Bodies III. Moon, Mars, and Venus." In Lectures in Aerospace Medicine, 11- 

15 January 1960. Brooks Air Force Base, Tex.: School of Aviation Medicine, 1960. 

46. "Reminiscences of the Discovery of Pluto." Sky and Telescope vol. 29, no. 5 (March 

1960): 264-70. 

47. "Celestial Bodies II. The Moon." In Lectures in Aerospace Medicine, 16-20 January 

1961. Brooks Air Force Base, Tex.: School of Aviation Medicine, 1961 

48. "Observational Patrol of the Moon and Planets and Analysis of the Nature of Their 

Markings." Final Report to Geophysics Research Directorate, Air Force Cambridge 

Research Center. University Park, N. Mex.: New Mexico State University, Research 

Center, 1961. 


49. "The Trans-Neptunian Planet Search." In Chapter II of The Solar System, vol. III Planets 

and Satellites, ed. G. P. Kuiper and B. M. Middlehurst. Chicago: University of Chicago 

Press, 1961. 

50. "Visual and Photographic Observations of Venus and Mars." Appendix 2 in The 

Atmospheres of Mars and Venus: a Report by the Ad Hoc Panel on Planetary 

Atmospheres of the Space Science Board prepared by W. W. Kellogg and Carl Sagan. 

Publication 944. Washington, D. C.: National Academy of Sciences - National Research 

Council, 1961. 

51. "My Most Exciting Moment." Popular Mechanics vol. 115, no. 2 (February 1961): 143. 

52. "Asteroids and the Trans-Neptunian Planet Search." Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary 

Exploration Colloquium vol. 2, no. 4 (15 November 1961): 15-17. 

53. Introduction to The Search for Planet X by Tony Simon. New York: Basic Books, 1962. 

54. "Reports of Observatories, 1961-1962: New Mexico State University." Astronomical 

Journal vol. 67 (1962): 661. 

55. "Life on Mars [response to F. Zigel]." Space World vol. 2, no. 2 (January 1962): 36-37, 

58, 61-62. 

56. "Reports of Observatories, 1962-1963: New Mexico State University." Astronomical 

Journal vol. 68 (1963): 666. 

57. "Some Remarks on the Color of Mars." In Exploration of Mars: Proceedings of the 

American Astronautical Society Symposium on the Exploration of Mars. Advances in the 

Astronautical Sciences vol. 15. New York: American Astronautical Society, 1963. 

58. "Symposium Synopsis: The When and What of the Mars Trip," moderator W. O. 

Roberts, panelists W. H. Clohessy, A. G. W. Cameron, J. Kraft, M. Hunter II, and C. 

Tombaugh. In Exploration of Mars: Proceedings of the American Astronautical Society 

Symposium on the Exploration of Mars. Advances in the Astronautical Sciences vol. 15. 

New York: American Astronautical Society, 1963. 

59. "Stars Above a Kansas Farm." The Furrow vol. 68 (January-February 1963): 2-3, 23. 

60. "Evidence of Faulting in the Crust of Mars, Part I: Grabens." Paper presented at the 114th 

meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Fairbanks, Alaska, 22-24 July 1963. 

Abstract in Astronomical Journal vol. 68, no. 8 (October 1963): 546. 

61. "Evidence of Faulting in the Crust of Mars." Paper presented at the second annual 


meeting of the Working Group on Extraterrestrial Resources, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 

23-25 October 1963. 

62. "Observations of the Red Spot on Jupiter" with B. A. Smith. Publications of the 

Astronomical Society of the Pacific vol. 75, no. 446 (October 1963): 436-40. 

63. "Reports of Observatories: New Mexico State University." Astronomical Journal vol. 69 

(1964): 703. 

64. "The Absence of an Aqueous Morphology on Mars and Some Geologic Consequences." 

Paper presented at the Third Western National Meeting of the American Geophysical 

Union, Boulder, Colorado, 1965. 

65. "Reminiscences of the Discovery of Pluto." In Wanderers in the Sky. The Motions of 

Planets and Space Probes, ed. Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page. Sky & Telescope 

Library of Astronomy vol. I. New York: MacMillan Co., 1965. 


(1965): 639. 

67. "Letters to the Editor [on the 35th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto]" The SAO News, 

vol. 5, no. 3 (March 1965): 2. 

68. "Some Tentative Geological Conclusions about Mars." Paper presented at the 19th annual 

meeting of the New Mexico Geological Society, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 7-9 May 

1965. 

69. "Provisional Topographic Map of Mars, Mariner IV Region." Springfield, Va.: U. S. 

Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Institute for Applied Technology, 

1968. 

70. "The Search for Pluto and the Prospect of Finding More Planets." Paper presented at the 

17th annual convention of the Western Amateur Astronomers, Reno, Nevada, 19-21 

August 1965. 

71. "Letter to the Editor." Scientific American vol. 214, no. 1 (1966): 6-8. 


(1966): 939. 

73. "Evidence that the Dark Areas on Mars are Elevated Mountain Ranges." Nature vol. 209, 

no. 5030 (1966): 1338. 

74. "Correspondence." The Griffith Observer vol. 30, no. 9 (Sept. 1966): 119-20. 



(1967): 1122. 

76. "Some Space Goals in the Near Future from the Viewpoint of a Planetary Astronomer." 

Paper presented at the American Astronautical Society Symposium "Future Space 

Program and Impact on Range Network Development," Las Cruces, New Mexico, 22-24 

March 1967. 

77. "A Survey of Long-Term Observational Behavior of Various Martian Features That 

Affect Some Recently Proposed Interpretations." ICARUS vol. 8, no. 2 (March 1968): 

227-58. 

78. "Concepts and Models of the Geology and Mineralogy of Mars." Paper presented at 

Southwestern Astronomical Conference meeting, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 21-24 

August 1968. 

79. "Observatory Reports: New Mexico State University." Bulletin of the American 

Astronomical Society vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1969): 92-93. 

80. "Geology of Mars." In Advances in Space Science and Technology vol. 10, ed. Frederick 

I. Ordway III. New York: Academic Press, 1970. 


Astronomical Society vol. 2, no. 1 (1970): 108-10. 

82. "'Magnificent Sight' is Comet Bennett." Las Cruces Bulletin, 9 April 1970, p. 1. 


Astronomical Society vol. 3, no. 1 part II (1971): 166-69. 

84. "Accelerated Advances in Celestial Knowledge." In Communication to the People - an 

Imperative of National Scope: Conference Proceedings, November 8-9, 1973, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. Las Cruces, N. Mex.: REERIO (Regional Environmental 

Education, Research and Improvement Organization); IMR/AIAA (Inland Missile Range 

Section, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics), 1974. 

85. "Recollections of Astronomy in 1920's and 1930's." Audio recording presented at the 

75th anniversary American Astronomical Society meeting, 1974. 

86. "Faculty Perspectives: A Stellar Search for Planet X." Aggie Panorama vol. 24, no. 4 

(March 1975): 10-11. 

87. "Improvement of the Rhodes 16-inch Telescope on Tortugas Mountain." Contributions of 


the Observatory of New Mexico State University vol. 1, no. 4 (April 1976): 164-65. 

88. "Past Interpretations of Mars in Retrospect." Paper presented at the International Space 

Hall of Fame dedication conference, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 5-9 October 1976. 

89. "My Early Years at Lowell Observatory." Proceedings of the Southwest Regional 

Conference for Astronomy and Astrophysics vol. 4 (1979): 87-91. 

90. "My Life and the Discovery of the Planet Pluto." El Palacio (1980). 

91. Out of the Darkness, the Planet Pluto with Patrick Moore. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole 

Books; London: Lutterworth Press, 1980. 

92. "La recherche d'une planète trans-neptunienne ou la découverte de Pluton," (English title: 

"The Trans-Neptunian Planet Search and the Discovery of Pluto.") L'Astronomie vol. 95 

(December 1981): 527-45. 

93. "Planet X" with C. O. Lampland, E. C. Slipher, and P. Lowell. Scientific American vol. 

243, no. 1 (1980): 10. 

94. "50 Years of Pluto." Paper presented at Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Western 

Amateur Astronomers meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 12 July 1980. 

95. "Some Early Vexing Optical and Mechanical Problems of the 13-Inch 'Pluto' Telescope." 

Icarus vol. 44, no. 1 (October 1980): 2-6. 

96. "Beyond Pluto." In Yearbook of Astronomy: 1984, ed. Patrick Moore. New York: W. W. 

Norton, 1984. 

97. "When I Discovered Pluto." In Arizona Memories. Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona 

Press, 1984. 

98. "The Discovery of Pluto: Some Generally Unknown Aspects of the Story." Mercury vol. 

15, nos. 3 & 4 (1986). 

99. "Charon." In The Astronomy Encyclopaedia, ed. Patrick Moore. London: M. Beazley, 

1987. 

100. "Planet X." In The Astronomy Encyclopaedia, ed. Patrick Moore. London: M. Beazley, 

1987. 

101. "Pluto." In The Astronomy Encyclopaedia, ed. Patrick Moore. London: M. Beazley, 1987. 

102. "The Historical Discovery and Recent Confirmation of a New Cataclysmic Variable in 


Corvus" with D. H. Levy et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 

vol. 102 (November 1990): 1321-27. 

103. "Plates, Pluto, and Planets X." Sky & Telescope vol. 81, no. 4 (April 1991): 360-61. 

104. "The Struggles to Find the Ninth Planet." In Completing the Inventory of the Solar 

System: A Symposium Held in Conjunction with the 106th Annual Meeting of the ASP 

Held at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 25-30 June 1994, ed. T. W. Rettig and J. 

M. Hahn. San Francisco, Calif.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1994 

105. "The Discovery of the Ninth Planet, Pluto, in 1930." In Pluto and Charon, ed. S. Alan 

Stern and David Tholen. Tucson, Ariz.: Univ. of Arizona Press, 1997. 

106. Reviews of Books and Articles 

107. Schroeder, W. Practical Astronomy: A New Approach to an Old Science (New York: 

Philosophical Library, 1957). Book review in Astronautics vol. 3 no. 3 (March 1958): 44. 

108. Grosser, Morton. The Discovery of Neptune (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University 

Press, 1962). Book review in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific vol. 

75, no. 446 (1963): 470-71. 

109. Sandner, Werner. Satellites of the Solar System (New York: American Elsevier 

Publishing Co., 1965). Book review in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the 

Pacific vol. 78, no. 465 (December 1966): 561-562. 

110. Hartmann, William K. Moons and Planets: An Introduction to Planetary Sciences 

(Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Bogden and Quigley, Inc., 1972). Book review in 

Mercury vol. 2, no. 1 (January/February 1973): 17-18. 

111. Koval', I. K. "The Degree of Smoothness of the Continents and Seas of Mars." AIAA 

Journal vol. 1, no. 10 (October 1963). 

112. Alexander, A. F. O'D. The Planet Uranus: A History of Observation, Theory, and 

Discovery (New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co., 1965). Book review in Science 

vol. 150, issue 3704 (December 1965): 1707. 

113. Alexander, A. F. O'D. The Planet Uranus: A History of Observation, Theory, and 

Discovery (New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co., 1965). Book review in The 

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences vol. XIV, no. 4 (July/August 1967): 183.

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