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| MS 294 Beatrice M. Hagedorn Papers, 1942-1943 |
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| MS 294 Beatrice M. Hagedorn Papers, 1942-1943 |
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creator: |
Hagedorn, Beatrice M. (Beatrice Mead) (1920- ) |
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title: |
Papers |
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dates: |
1942-1943 |
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extent: |
0.05 linear ft. (1
folder) |
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collection number: |
MS 294 |
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repository: |
Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
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access: |
Open for research |
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publication rights: |
Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
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preferred |
Beatrice Mead Hagedorn Papers, MS 294, Archives of Women in Science and Engineering, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Beatrice Mead Hagedorn was born in 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. (1942) in electronics and communication with a mathematics and physics option. While at Cornell she worked as the first female radio control operator at WCHU, Cornell University's broadcasting station.
After graduation and during World War II she worked in the research division of the Bell Telephone Company. Employed as an engineer in the crystal units group, Mead designed, made, and tested crystal models as well as writing specifications for their design.
She married Lt. Alfred A. Hagedorn, an engineer with the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. They currently own and manage their own business in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
This collection contains photocopies of clippings from Newsday (1942), the Nassau
Leader (1943), the Brooklyn Eagle (1943) a quip from the New Yorker (1942) and photocopies
of photographs and a certificate.
The clippings document the work of Beatrice Mead Hagedorn. The photographs depict her as a radio operator at Cornell University and working at Bell Laboratories. The certificate was presented to her from Bell Telephone Laboratories and state she has contributed to victory in the Second World War by, "continuing to assist the Bell Telephone System in the maintenance of essential communications, the Laboratories concentrated on research, development, design and engineering for the United States Army/United States Navy, Office of Scientific Research and Development."
| Box | Folder | Title | Dates |
| 1 | 1 | Certificate, clippings, and photographs (photocopies) | 1942-1943 |
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Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA 50011
Comments: tzanish@iastate.edu
URL: http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS294.html
Revised: 23 August 2005.
