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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, March 29, 1924, on contacting Dr. Curtis to discuss bibliography, 1924-03-29

Slipher suggests Hubble contact Dr. Curtis to discuss the bibliography research Hubble has been conducting and briefly describes Curtis, including his…

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

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, March 23, 1923, on the Nebulae publication from 1922, 1923-03-23

Slipher describes that he received a letter from Schlesinger about sending an abstract of their report for the previous year's American section of the…

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

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, March 20, 1953, on use of slides and spectra about nebulae for lecture, 1953-03-20

Slipher expresses interest at Hubble giving the Darwin Lecture, especially on the Red Shift and velocities of nebulae. He agreed to share his slides…

Tags: Astronomy, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, Red Shift, V.M. Slipher, velocity

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, March 19, 1925, in congratulations of his award and on the Nebulae Commission, 1925-03-19

Slipher congratulates Hubble on receiving the Association Prize for his Cepheid work, then suggests he will have a report ready soon that he would…

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

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, June 1, 1937, on the American Philosophical Society Grant and congratulations, 1937-06-01

Slipher wrote to Hubble to thank him for his recent letter and his assistance with the American Philosophical Society grant for a new planet search.…

Tags: appointment, Edwin Hubble, grant, new planet, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, December 16, 1924, requesting information and preliminary reports on Hubble's projects, 1924-12-16

Slipher requests that Hubble sends him his suggestions for the preliminary report for the Commission on Nebulae and clusters so he can have a draft…

Tags: Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, 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

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, August 4, 1932, on his spectrographic observations, 1932-08-04

Slipher, in response to Hubble's query, confirms that he has been using a spectrograph to observe nebula rotation and velocity but had to change out…

Tags: Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, spectrograph, V.M. Slipher, velocity