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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use for: Annals

Found in 6 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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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

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Identifier: NMSUuat0200
Abstract

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 Walter H. Haas, May 9, 2000, Interview 1, 2000 May 9, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0681
Abstract

Interview with Walter H. Haas on his professional life as a mathematician, his work in amateur astronomer, his involvement with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, and his relationship with Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto.

Dates: 2000 May 9; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Walter H. Haas, May 16, 2000, Interview 2, Tape 1, 2000 May 16, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0683
Abstract

Interview with Walter H. Haas on his professional life as a mathematician, his work in amateur astronomer, his involvement with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, and his relationship with Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto.

Dates: 2000 May 16; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Walter H. Haas, May 19, 2000, Interview 3, Tape 1, Side B, 2000 May 19, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0684
Abstract

Interview with Walter H. Haas on his professional life as a mathematician, his work in amateur astronomer, his involvement with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, and his relationship with Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto.

Dates: 2000 May 19; Digitization: 2006 May 16