MS650 Women in Chemistry Oral History Project

Descriptive summary

creator:	Women in Chemistry
title:	Oral History Project
dates:	2001-[ongoing]
extent:	3.36 linear ft. (7 document boxes)
collection number:	MS-650
repository:	Archives of Women in Science and Engineering, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Women in Chemistry Oral History Project, MS-650, Archives of Women in Science and Engineering, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Historical note

The Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University Library) is sponsoring an oral history project focused on women who have devoted their careers to the study of chemistry in the post World War II era. The project, funded by the ISU Library, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and private donors, will document the careers and experiences of women in chemistry and chemical engineering to illustrate the critical role of women in science.

Collection description

This collection, organized alphabetically by name, contains biographical information, photographs, published material, and oral history interview transcripts. Some transcripts are unavailable due to their being revised. Additional transcripts will be added continuously.

The master audio cassettes of each interview are restricted. Reference copies are available for researchers, please contact the Curator, Archives of Women in Science and Engineering.

Biographical information and interview descriptions are available following the container list.

Container List

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1		Juana Vivó Acrivos Interview transcript; Vita	2002
1		Olga O. Blumenfeld Interview transcript; Vita; Printed material	2001
1		Anne Briscoe Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Articles; Color digital image	2002
1		Jeannette Grasselli Brown Interview transcript; Biographical information; Presentation; Color photograph	2001
1		Martha Link Casey Biographical information; Vita; Article; Color digital image (Transcription underway)	2002
1		Mildred Cohn Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Articles	2002
1		Mary Sue Coleman (Interview conducted, 1997) Interview transcript; Vita; Black and white photograph	2001
1		Frances Connick Interview transcript draft	2002
1		Clara D. Craver Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Color digital image	2002
1		June Dahl Biographical information; Vita (Transcript under review)	2002
1		Helen Davies Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Printed materials; Black and white photograph	2002
1		Doris Virginia State Dort Interview transcript; Vita; Black and white photograph; Color photograph	2002
2		Lois Durham Vita; Color photograph (Transcript under review)	2002
2		Helen Free Interview transcript; Vita; Articles; and Color photograph	2002
2		Carol Gatz Interview transcript; Biographical information	2002
2		Mary Jane Gill Hamilton Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Printed materials; Color digital images (2)	2001
2		Jenny Glusker Biographical information; Vita; Color photograph (Transcript under review)	2001
2		Sandra Greer Interview transcript; Biographical information; Articles	2002
2		M. Sue Hanlon Interview transcript; Vita; Address; Black and white photograph; Color photograph	2002
2		Darleane C. Hoffman (Interview conducted in 1998) Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Color photograph	2001
2		Nancy Hopkins Interview transcript; Biographical information	2002
2		Marjorie Horning Draft interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Color photograph	2002
		Judy Jaastad (Sylvia Stoesser) (Transcript under review)	2002
3		Isabella Karle Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Color photographs (3)	2001
3		Judith Pollock Klinman Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Color photograph	2002
3		Stephanie Kwolek Biographical information; Vita; Black and white photograph (Transcript under review)	2001
3		Phoebe LeBoy Interview transcript; Biographical information	2002
3		Doris Lorz Draft interview transcript; Biographical information	2002
3		Zaida Morales-Martinez Biographical information; Vita; Color photograph (Transcript under review)	2002
3		Juliette M. Moran Interview transcript; Biographical information; Vita; Black and white photograph	2001
3		Joanne Ravel Biographical information; Vita; Black and white photographs (Transcript under review)	2002
3		Nina Matheny Roscher (interview conducted in 1998) Interview transcript; Biographical information Also see the papers of Dr. Roscher, MS-578	2001
3		Frances Seabright Draft interview transcript	2002
3		Anne Sherren Biographical information; Vita; Printed materials; Color photograph (Transcript under review)	2002
3		Clara Shoemaker Biographical information; Color photograph (Transcript under review)	2001
3		Mary Singleton Biographical information; Vita; Color photographs (3)	2002
4		Ruth Wildman Swenson (Interview conducted in 2000) Interview transcript; Biographical information	2001
4		Marion Thurnauer Interview transcript; Biographical information; Color digital images	2002
4		Lidia Vallarino Interview transcript; Biographical information	2001
4		Martha Vaughan Biographical information; Vita (Transcript under review)	2001
4		Elizabeth Weisburger Biographical information; Vita; Printed materials	2002