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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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