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Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, May 21, 1925, on Nebula bibliography and star clusters, 1925-05-21

Slipher mentions receiving Hubble's letter just after returning from camping in Navajo country, and that Lundmark might be the right option for their…

Tags: Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Harlow Shapley, Heber Doust Curtis, Nebula, nebulae, star clusters, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, May 22, 1925, on adding sub-committees to the Commission of Nebulae and Clusters, 1925-05-22

Slipher suggests a number of sub-committees to the Commission of Nebulae and Clusters, especially in the light of creating a Commission of Clusters…

Tags: Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, star clusters, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, May 8, 1926, on sub-committees and work assignments, 1926-05-08

Slipher recounts to Hubble that, as Hubble knows, the Commission on Nebulae and Clusters meeting in Cambridge did not turn out ideally but…

Tags: Edwin Francis Carpenter, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Harold Knox-Shaw, John H. Reynolds, Nebula, nebulae, V.M. Slipher

Hubble, Edwin, Edwin Hubble to V. M. Slipher, June 22, 1926, on sub-committee appointments and potential plagiarism, 1926-06-22

Hubble describes that by process of elimination, he sees that he, Slipher, Shapley, and Reynolds were the only four really able to serve on the…

Tags: Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Harlow Shapley, John H. Reynolds, Knut Lundmark, Lick Observatory, Nebula, nebulae, Otto Struve, V.M. Slipher, Yerkes Observatory

Hubble, Edwin, Edwin Hubble telegram to V. M. Slipher, November 26, 1926, arrival in Flagstaff, 1926-11-26

A quick telegram from Hubble, informing Slipher of his coming arrival in Flagstaff and asking if it is convenient.

Tags: Edwin Hubble, telegram, travel, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, December 10, 1927, on Committee on Nebulae and Star Cluster work and meetings, 1927-12-10

Slipher enclosed a letter to the committee and apologizing for the significant delay on the work on nebula and star cluster investigation, with…

Tags: Carl Otto Lampland, committees, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, December 10, 1927, on committee meeting reports and surveys, 1927-12-10

Slipher referring to a letter from Dr. Dugan about preparing a report for the New Haven meeting of the Committee on Nebulae and Star Clusters, and…

Tags: committee, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, Raymond Smith Dugan, survey, V.M. Slipher

Hubble, Edwin, Edwin Hubble to V. M. Slipher, December 20, 1927, on current work related to nebulae and star clusters, 1927-12-20

Hubble answers Slipher's question from his December tenth (10th) letter as to how his work is progressing by describing some of his findings and…

Tags: Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Heber Doust Curtis, Knut Lundmark, Nebula, nebulae, V.M. Slipher

Hubble, Edwin, Edwin Hubble to V. M. Slipher, October 5, 1928, on travel to Arizona and establishing an observing station, 1928-10-05

Hubble states how he was recruited to investigate conditions for a new observing station in Arizona, and that the related group would travel to…

Tags: Edwin Hubble, observing station, travel, V.M. Slipher

Hubble, Edwin, Edwin Hubble to V. M. Slipher, November 2, 1928, on results of observing station trip, 1928-11-02

Hubble describes how he had to finish up in Arizona unexpectedly but the best results were the observations from the Grand Canyon and Cameron,…

Tags: California Institute of Technology, Edwin Hubble, observing station, travel, V.M. Slipher