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Hahn papers
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Series Descriptions
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circa 1843-circa 1968
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1 box, 1.2 linear feet
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Restrictions on access:
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 circa 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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1914-1915
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1 folder
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
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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1913-1940
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2 folders
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
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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1933-1951
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1 folder
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
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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circa 1915
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one pair of laboratory goggles
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Restrictions on access:
The collection contains a pair of eye protectors or "goggles" probably used by Hahn in her laboratory work, circa 1915. Goggles have metal frames, orange tinted lenses, and leather sidepieces. With case.
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circa 1895-1941
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1 folder
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
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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