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Letter from Pat Roemer to Elsie Roemer, August 31, 1956

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Title

Letter from Pat Roemer to Elsie Roemer, August 31, 1956

Subject

Colleagues
Work
Everyday affairs

Description

Letter between Pat Roemer and Elsie Roemer discussing light conversations with colleagues; compared weather between Berkeley, CA and Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin; comments on her thesis; contacting the Royal Astronomical Society; professional opinions on astronomical papers presented at meetings; the search for comets and and the want for updated information; replies to her mother's letter of August 19, 1956 re: "Snowball," personal possessions, Elsie's teeth, Elsie's neighbor's house, the Half Dome suicide; other sundries; mentions: Drs. Blaauw, VanB (Van Biesbroeck), & Chamberlain, Mrs. Godfrey, Jack & Alice, Dulles, Wilson & Nixon, Drs. Baum & Cunningham, Dr. Wahle (dentist), Dr. Jeffers, Don Williams, Dave Wark, Charles Worley, Mariana Abel, Miss Ness, Don, Dave, Mowbray.

Creator

Roemer, Elizabeth "Pat"

Date

1956-08-31

Rights

This object is property of the Lowell Observatory Archives. Any public use requires the written permission of the Lowell Observatory Archives. Contact us at archives@lowell.edu

Format

Typed letter

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1956 August 31a.pdf

Collection

Citation

Roemer, Elizabeth "Pat", “Letter from Pat Roemer to Elsie Roemer, August 31, 1956,” Lowell Observatory Archives, accessed October 9, 2026, https://collectionslowellobservatory.omeka.net/items/show/2608.

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