MS 0786.1
Scrapbook , ca. 1843-ca. 1968
1 box, 1.2 linear feet
Forms part of MS 0786, The Dorothy A. Hahn Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/11/14
Description:
The scrapbook was compiled by Janet Evans Austin,
Mount Holyoke class of 1925, and Alice G.
Renfrew, Mount Holyoke class of 1921. The
scrapbook contains photographs ca. 1876-1968 of
Hahn, her family and friends, and houses she was
associated with. Included are Hahn's birth
(1876) and death (1950) certificates. Also
included are the birth (1843) and naturalization
(1911) certificates for her father, Carl S. Hahn,
born in Germany, and the marriage certificate of
her parents, Carl S. and Mary Beaver Hahn (1873).
The scrapbook also contains correspondence from
1944 pertaining to Hahn's burial plot at the
Great Valley Baptist Church in Berwyn,
Pennsylvania. There is a biographical sketch
probably written by Dorothy Foster, Mount Holyoke
English professor, with whom Hahn lived in South
Hadley, Massachusetts after her retirement from
Mount Holyoke. There is also a biographical
entry compiled by Renfrew, and copies of articles
written by Austin and Renfrew for the Mount
Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, regarding Hahn's
retirement and her death. The scrapbook also
contains copies of a letter written by Hahn after
her reception of a retirement gift (1941), as
well as a photograph of the gift itself, and a
copy of a news letter sent to contributors to the
Dorothy A. Hahn memorial fund (1954). Also
included is a complete list of Hahn's
publications.
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MS 0786.2
Correspondence , 1914-1915
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0786, The Dorothy A. Hahn Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/08/20
Description:
The correspondence contains four letters written
to James M. Foster, father of Mount Holyoke
English professor Dorothy Foster. Foster and
Hahn shared a home after Hahn's 1941 retirement
from Mount Holyoke. The letters date from
1914-1915 and discuss Dorothy Foster's research
trip to England of the same year.
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MS 0786.3
Writings , 1913-1940
2 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0786, The Dorothy A. Hahn Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/08/20
Description:
There are twenty-three publications included in
the collection, as well as one of the three books
Hahn co-authored. The publications date from
1913-1940 and the book was published in 1932.
All writings relate to Hahn's work as an organic
chemist.
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MS 0786.4
Biographical Information , 1933-1951
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0786, The Dorothy A. Hahn Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/08/20
Description:
The biographical information includes numerous
press clippings, including those documenting her
retirement from Mount Holyoke and her death.
Other press clippings document her numerous
publications. Also included is an article written
about Hahn after her death in 1950 for the Mount
Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly by Alice G. Renfrew,
Mount Holyoke class of 1921.
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MS 0786.5
Laboratory Glasses , ca. 1915
one pair of laboratory goggles
Forms part of MS 0786, The Dorothy A. Hahn Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/08/20
Description:
The collection contains a pair of eye protectors
or "goggles" probably used by Hahn in her
laboratory work, ca. 1915. Goggles have metal
frames, orange tinted lenses, and leather
sidepieces. With case.
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MS 0786.6
Photographs , ca. 1895-1941
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0786, The Dorothy A. Hahn Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/08/20
Description:
Apart from the photographs contained within the
scrapbook, the collection also contains three
more photographs of Hahn. Two were probably
taken during her tenure at Mount Holyoke as a
chemistry professor (1908-1941) and appear to be
those published in press clippings about Hahn.
An earlier photograph of Hahn was probably taken
during her undergraduate years at Bryn Mawr
College, 1895-1899.
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