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Slipher, V. M., V.M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, March 3, 1922, in receiving Hubble's response on nebulae, 1922-03-03

Slipher thanks Hubble for his responses and sent him a copy of Wright's letter on nebulae, before encouraging Hubble to send him more research.…

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

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, September 7, 1942, on Hubble's manuscript draft and multiple interpretations, 1942-09-07

Slipher thanks Hubble for sending him the draft of his paper on nebulae rotation and describes how he left some notes in soft pencil that Hubble could…

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

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, September 3, 1952, on a recent publication and a Lampland memorial publication, 1952-09-03

Slipher wrote to Hubble after seeing Hubble's release of a publication regarding publishing Lampland's nebulae photos, requesting further thoughts on…

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

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, October 17, 1924, on copies of Professor Bailey's letter and nebulae variables, 1924-10-17

Slipher enclosed copies of a letter from Professor Bailey, believing Hubble could find use for them with his committee, and asks how their work is…

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

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 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