JSe&^Q'!^'- DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
-^ v (Hits of HHaa Angtlta
hiffith Park
July 19, 1939
Mr. Clyde Tombaugh
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, Arizona
Dear Clyde:
I am very anxious for prints of a couple of the best photos which
you made with the 27-inch telescope. I also would like very much
to have a chance to read your thesis.
Tell Edson that things are going much better here than when he
left, indeed, far better than I had thought possible.
Our crowds are a little bit bigger than last year.
Congratulations on your Degree I I am very glad that you have
taken it. In my mind, despite the fact that you do not work on
double stars, I associate you with Burnham and find myself considering you as his real successor in astronomy.
The pictures of Mars which were sent from the Observatory are
unusually nice. We have made a large exhibit in our Hall of Science
to be used cmT this approach. We have an 18-inch globe of Mars,
quite nicely painted; photographs and drawings from your observatory
and from Lick make up the main bulk of the exhibit, and at the
ends of the case are large colored photographs of Butler's paintings.
We have put several other new exhibits in during this summer.
Helen and her husband are out here now, Helen living with us for
the year. Her husband is interne at the Huntington Memorial Hospital
in Pasadena. It is nice to have her back with us.
I believe that there are six of you in the one family to each of
whom I wish to send my very best regards.
I am writing a letter to Dr. Slipher at this time also.
With best wishes in every way,
Sincerely,
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.
Subject
Photographs; Mars (Planet)--Photographs; Exhibitions; Moon--Research; Telescopes; Dissertations, Academic; Thank-you notes;
Relevant Names
Griffith Observatory; Lowell Observatory; Storer, Norman W.;
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Collection
NMSU Department of Astronomy: Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers
Source
Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library Archives & Special Collections Department
Photographs; Mars (Planet)--Photographs; Exhibitions;
Relevant Names
Griffith Observatory; Lowell Observatory;
Date Original
1939-07-19
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Collection
NMSU Department of Astronomy: Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers
Digital Identifier
Ms0407pp068003_0010001.tif
Source
Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library Archives & Special Collections Department
Type
Text
Format
image/tiff
Language
eng
OCR
JSe&^Q'!^'- DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
-^ v (Hits of HHaa Angtlta
hiffith Park
July 19, 1939
Mr. Clyde Tombaugh
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, Arizona
Dear Clyde:
I am very anxious for prints of a couple of the best photos which
you made with the 27-inch telescope. I also would like very much
to have a chance to read your thesis.
Tell Edson that things are going much better here than when he
left, indeed, far better than I had thought possible.
Our crowds are a little bit bigger than last year.
Congratulations on your Degree I I am very glad that you have
taken it. In my mind, despite the fact that you do not work on
double stars, I associate you with Burnham and find myself considering you as his real successor in astronomy.
The pictures of Mars which were sent from the Observatory are
unusually nice. We have made a large exhibit in our Hall of Science
to be used cmT this approach. We have an 18-inch globe of Mars,
quite nicely painted; photographs and drawings from your observatory
and from Lick make up the main bulk of the exhibit, and at the
ends of the case are large colored photographs of Butler's paintings.
We have put several other new exhibits in during this summer.
Helen and her husband are out here now, Helen living with us for
the year. Her husband is interne at the Huntington Memorial Hospital
in Pasadena. It is nice to have her back with us.
I believe that there are six of you in the one family to each of
whom I wish to send my very best regards.
I am writing a letter to Dr. Slipher at this time also.
With best wishes in every way,
Sincerely,
