Ruth Northcott

Topham Letter #3

On 15 Aug, 2013 By walter.macdonal... With 2 Comments

Undated letter (no year given—likely 1941), found in a 1937 variable star logbook from Toronto.

September 30TH
Box 56 Fairbank PO

Dear Miss Northcott

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Topham Letter #2

On 15 Aug, 2013 By walter.macdonal...

Undated letter, found in a 1937 variable star logbook from Toronto.

 

Dear Miss Northcott

I have nothing of importance to report this month.

have a rotten cold for 3 weeks from being up at Crystal Lake.

Some gentlemen from Barrie came on evening at 10:30, and they were amateur astronomers. I was at work, until 2:30AM so missed them.

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Topham Letter #1

On 15 Aug, 2013 By walter.macdonal...

Undated letter, found in a 1937 variable star logbook from Toronto.

 

Dear Miss Northcott

I expect you will be just returning from your vacation. I think you had them July last year. I get, last in Aug + first two weeks left and as I see to have my weed sneezes about then I guess I will either sneeze here or go north past the dust of it.

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Letter 19600626

On 01 Aug, 2012 By walter.macdonal... With 1 Comments

This is a transcription of the letter:

IKW June 26 [1960]

Dear Ruth,

Here are the prints you selected from our Annual Meeting collection. I relied on the list of numbers Mr. MacLennan gave me and hope I haven't made any mistakes. Also enclosed is [a] duplicate of a slide of Dr. McKellar, taken by Constantine [Papacosmos], which we thought was exceptionally good.

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