Descriptive Summary
Scope and Content of the Collection
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Corwin Hansch Collection
Dates: 1962-2009
Collection number: PC.0019
Creator:
Hansch, Corwin
Extent:
4.8 Linear Feet
(3 record cartons, 2 document boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 map
drawer)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont
Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
Abstract: This collection contains article
reprints, correspondence with colleagues at universities and pharmaceutical laboratories,
slides of computer-generated molecular models, grant proposals, and awards.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Langauges represented in
collection: English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to
the Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Corwin Hansch Collection (PC-0019). Pomona College Archives,
Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift from Gloria Hansch, 2011.
Accruals
Additions to the collection are not anticipated.
Processing Information
Processed by Jamie Weber in 2012.
Biography / Administrative History
Corwin H. Hansch (1918-2011) was a Professor of Chemistry at Pomona College from 1946
until 1988, and founder of Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR). Hansch
received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. from New York
University. Following a brief period of postdoctoral work at the University of Illinois,
Chicago, Hansch worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago and later at
DuPont Nemours in Richland, Washington. After World War II ended, he accepted a research
chemist position at DuPont, but left shortly thereafter, coming to Pomona College in 1946.
After arriving at Pomona, he began work on the correlation of biological activity with
chemical structure, which led to the development of his seminal work in QSAR. For his work
in the field, Corwin Hansch came to be recognized as the "father of computer-assisted
molecular design," and the methodology that he spawned is now utilized in most
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
Scope and Content of the Collection
The collection contains reprints of Hansch's articles published between 1962 and 2009,
correspondence between Hansch and colleagues at other institutions, slides of
computer-generated molecular models, grant proposals for research projects conducted in 1997
and 2001, and plaques and certificates awarded him by American and international chemical
societies.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following five series:
- Series 1: Article reprints, 1962-2009 and undated
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1983-2003
- Series 3: Slides, 1981-1989 and undated
- Series 4: Awards and certificates, 1969-2008
- Series 5: Oversize materials, 1988
Folders are arranged chronologically by date in Series 1 and alphabetically by file name in
Series 2.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library’s online public access catalog.
Subject Terms
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.) -- Faculty
Chemistry
Chemistry, Organic
Hansch, Corwin
QSAR (Biochemistry)
Genre and Form of Materials
Articles
Awards
Certificates
Correspondence
Photographs
Slides (Photography)
