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Tombaugh, Clyde William, 1906-1997

 Person

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell, August 4, 1999, Interview 1, 1999 August 4, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0685
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Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Murrell talks about working for the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University and several telescope installations that he worked on with Tombaugh in the 1950s and 1960s, including one in Quito, Ecuador in 1957 and at New Mexico State University in the mid 1960s.

Dates: 1999 August 4; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell, September 3, 1999, Interview 2, 1999 September 3, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0688
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Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Murrell talks about working for the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University and several telescope installations that he worked on with Tombaugh in the 1950s and 1960s, including one in Quito, Ecuador in 1957 and at New Mexico State University in the mid 1960s.

Dates: 1999 September 3; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell, September 28, 1999, Interview 3, 1999 September 28, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0690
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Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Murrell talks about working for the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University and several telescope installations that he worked on with Tombaugh in the 1950s and 1960s, including one in Quito, Ecuador in 1957 and at New Mexico State University in the mid 1960s.

Dates: 1999 September 28; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Bradford A Smith, Tape 1, December 6, 2001, 2001 December 6, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0701
Abstract Interview with Bradley A. Smith on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Smith discusses meeting and working with Tombaugh on astronomical observation projects in New Mexico during the 1950s. One of the projects, the planetary patrol, was conducted with a 12-inch telescope set up in Smith's backyard in Las Cruces. He discusses working on the Mariner spacecraft missions to Mars during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also discusses the origins...
Dates: 2001 December 6; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Bradford A Smith, Tape 2, December 6, 2001, 2001 December 6, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0702
Abstract Interview with Bradley A. Smith on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Smith discusses meeting and working with Tombaugh on astronomical observation projects in New Mexico during the 1950s. One of the projects, the planetary patrol, was conducted with a 12-inch telescope set up in Smith's backyard in Las Cruces. He discusses working on the Mariner spacecraft missions to Mars during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also discusses the origins...
Dates: 2001 December 6; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Bradford A Smith, Tape 3, December 6, 2001, 2001 December 6, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0703
Abstract Interview with Bradley A. Smith on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Smith discusses meeting and working with Tombaugh on astronomical observation projects in New Mexico during the 1950s. One of the projects, the planetary patrol, was conducted with a 12-inch telescope set up in Smith's backyard in Las Cruces. He discusses working on the Mariner spacecraft missions to Mars during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also discusses the origins...
Dates: 2001 December 6; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Cecil Post, January 20, 2000, Tape 1, 2000 January 20, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0695
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Interview with Cecil Post on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto, during the 1950s and 1960s. Post discusses coming to Las Cruces, New Mexico, his work at the White Sands Missile Range and New Mexico State University's Physical Science Laboratory and his involvement as an amateur astronomer in the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers.

Dates: 2000 January 20; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Clyde W. Tombaugh, September 11, 1987, Side B, 1987 September 11, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUuat0200
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Interview with Clyde W. Tombaugh, astronomer and discoverer of the planet Pluto. Tombaugh discusses his early life, employment at the Lowell Observatory, his discovery of the planet Pluto, and employment at the White Sands Missile Range and New Mexico State University.

Dates: 1987 September 11; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Henry Giclas, March 7, 2000, Interview 1, 2000 March 7, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0676
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Interview with astronomer Henry Lee Giclas on his association with astronomer and Pluto discoverer Clyde W. Tombaugh. Giclas discusses his work at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona where the Pluto discovery occurred in 1930.

Dates: 2000 March 7; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Henry Giclas, November 30, 2000, Interview 2, 2000 November 30, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0679
Abstract

Interview with astronomer Henry Lee Giclas on his association with astronomer and Pluto discoverer Clyde W. Tombaugh. Giclas discusses his work at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona where the Pluto discovery occurred in 1930.

Dates: 2000 November 30; Digitization: 2006 May 16

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History 6
White Sands Missile Range (N.M.) -- History 6
Astronomy 5
Astronomy -- History -- 20th century 5
Astronomy -- Observatories -- Ecuador -- History 5