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Sub-subseries: General Files<br />
Contains files from Tombaugh's time at Lowell Observatory, but not related to his<br />
research. They include a description of Lowell Observatory, a CBS radio script about<br />
Tombaugh, notes for physics colloquium talks, and other materials. Arranged alphabetically by<br />
folder title.<br />
Box:Folder Contents<br />
68:25 Carborundum Company receipts, 1941-1942<br />
68:26 "<strong>Clyde</strong> Tombaugh: Discoverer of Pluto," radio script for Columbia Broadcasting<br />
System "Exploring Space" series, 13 March 1942<br />
68:27 Description of Lowell Observatory by C. W. Tombaugh, n.d.<br />
Geologic maps, San Francisco Mt. area, Flagstaff, n.d. See Photographs<br />
Lowell staff, n.d. See Photographs<br />
68:28 Miscellaneous, 1937-1938, 1945, n.d.<br />
68:29 Physics colloquium talks, 1935, 1939<br />
68:30 Record of snowfall at Flagstaff and Lowell Observatory, 1941-1945<br />
68:31 Reprint distribution lists, ca. 1937-1945<br />
Sub-subseries: Research Files<br />
Contains planetary observations, reports and notes on extragalactic nebulae, and charts and notes<br />
about the Trans-Saturnian Planet Search, including notes about non-planetary discoveries.<br />
Arranged alphabetically by subject, with miscellaneous items at the end.<br />
Box:Folder Contents<br />
68:32 Extragalactic nebulae (galaxies), reports and notes, 1936-1938, 1941, n.d.<br />
68:33 Illumination source for exposing contact, 14x17 transparencies, 1937<br />
68:34 Mars, drawing and notes, 1939, 1941 See Photographs<br />
68:35 Mercury, drawing, 1930<br />
68:36 Moon, drawings and notes, 1930, 1937-1942<br />
68:37 Saturn, drawings and photographs, 1929, 1936, 1941, n.d.<br />
Trans-Saturnian Planet Search<br />
68:38 Charts of area searched and notes on blinked plates, 1931, 1935-1945, n.d.<br />
68:39 Notes on discoveries (nebulae, nova, globular star clusters, variable stars),<br />
1932, 1935, 1938, n.d.<br />
68:40 Venus, drawings, 1937<br />
68:41 Miscellaneous, 1937, 1939, n.d.<br />
Sub-subseries: Later Projects<br />
Contains a modest amount of material relating to Tombaugh's work at Lowell Observatory for<br />
the Stellar Proper Motion Study and the Near Earth Satellite Search in the 1950s. The satellite<br />
NMSU Library/<strong>Archives</strong> & <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Collections</strong> C. W. Tombaugh Papers / Ms0407<br />
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