Guide to the Hazel D. Hansen papers SC1560
Hanna Ahn, Jessica Ana Femenias
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Hazel D. Hansen papers
Creator:
Hansen, Hazel Dorothy.
Identifier/Call Number: SC1560
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1818-1963
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
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Biographical / Historical
Dr. Hazel D. Hansen (1899-1962) was a native of San Mateo, studied at Stanford, received
her Bachelor's degree in 1920 and her Master's degree in 1921. Her Master's thesis was a
"Study of the Persians of Aeschylus." From 1922 to 1925 she continued her graduate studies
at the American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece. After her return to Stanford
she earned her Ph.D. degree in 1926 with a thesis "Early Civilization in Thessaly." A book
with the same title was published in 1933. A. T. Murray, known for his translation of Homer,
was her inspiring teacher; and in later years she worked with him as a collaborator. The
year 1927-28 was spent again in Greece; that year she held the Alice Freeman Palmer
Fellowship of the American Association of University Women. After her return to Stanford in
1928, she became an Instructor in the Department of Classics, in 1931 she became Assistant
Professor and in 1935 Associate Professor. Her promotion to full professor in 1940 was based
on her recognized standing among the classical archaeologists, especially in the field of
Aegean prehistory. At that time Dr. Hansen was already deeply involved in a project which
remained unfinished when she died: "The Early Civilization in Skyros." Skyros is a small
island in the Aegean Sea, where she spent many summers cataloguing the excavated material
(vases, bones, etc.). The Greek government recognized her efforts, made her an honorary
Greek citizen, and gave her permission to publish her findings. Later the Archaeological
Service of the Greek Ministry requested that she write a guidebook for the Skyros Museum.
The American School of Classical Studies in Athens appreciated the work of the former
student; she was invited to teach there in her sabbatical year 1956-57. She became a member
of the managing committee of the School and served on its executive committee for several
years.
At Stanford, Dr. Hansen taught courses in Greek language and Archaeology. She was an
excellent undergraduate teacher and a popular undergraduate adviser. She took a personal
interest in her students and enjoyed being a Faculty Associate in student residences. She
also helped found the Stanford Society of the Archaeological Institute of America in 1961.
She had been active in the parent Archaeological Institute for many years before she started
the local Society. Dr. Hansen was also President of the Research Club of Stanford University
and an active member of the formerly men's only Faculty Club.
Adapted from
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:sg475zd2579/SC0193_MemorialResolution_HansenH.pdf
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of biographical information, press clippings, correspondence,
reports, lectures, research notes, and a handwritten manuscript on Greece.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Europe -- Greece -- antiquity
Stanford University -- Faculty.
Papers Accession ARCH-2020-056
box 1, folder 1
Family Information
1818 January 10
box 1, folder 2
Photo of Professor Hansen
box 1, folder 3
Affidavit of Birth
1899 September 28
box 1, folder 4
Certificate of Baptism
1915 April 2
box 1, folder 5
Press Clippings re: Death of Hazel Hansen
1962 December
box 1, folder 6
Stanford University Transcript
1922 July 12
box 1, folder 8
Travel Document
1956 October 31
box 1, folder 9
Courage for Days of Illness
box 1, folder 10
Certificate of Death
1962 December 19
box 1, folder 11
Mortliary Correspondence
1963 January 4
box 1, folder 12
Estate of Hazel Hansen
1962-1964
box 1, folder 13
Correspondence re: Greece
1960
box 1, folder 14
Stanford University Correspondence
1951 June 6 - 1962 April 10
box 1, folder 15
Scratch Sheet Questionnaires
1957-1961
box 1, folder 16
Distribution of Grades
1956-1957
box 1, folder 17
Administrative Faculty Matters
1958
box 1, folder 18
Academic Council Report
1958 April 4
box 1, folder 19
Scope, Importance, and Purposes of the Hoover Institution
1960 May 6
box 1, folder 20
Women's Faculty Club Files
1958 - 1963
box 1, folder 21
Motivation and Education of Stanford Women Students
1958 April 11
box 1, folder 22
Faculty Club Files
1958-1962
box 1, folder 23
Research Club Files
1955-1963
box 1, folder 24
Report on Greece (2 copies)
1951 January 30
box 1, folder 25
The Greek Dilemma
1948 May
box 1, folder 26
The American Excavations in Athens
1935 August 26
box 1, folder 27
The Ancient Sites Between Triccala and the Larissa in Thessaly
box 1, folder 31
Lectures in Greek and Roman Rhetoric
box 1, folder 32
Greece - The Land of Struggle
box 1, folder 33
Tudor Lecture - Rome in Ceasar's Day
box 1, folder 34
Tudor Lecture - Egypt in Ceasar's Day
box 1, folder 35
The Pre-History of Thessaly and its Problems
1928 August 14-16
box 1, folder 36
Lecture on the Present Situation in Greece
1944 September 5
box 1, folder 41
Descriptions of Geomentric Vases
box 1, folder 42
The Classical Weekly
1954 March 22
box 1, folder 43
Archaeology Magazines
1963
