Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Corwin Hansch Collection
- Dates:
- 1962-2009
- Creators:
- Hansch, Corwin
- Abstract:
- This collection contains article reprints, correspondence with colleagues at universities and pharmaceutical laboratories, slides of computer-generated molecular models, grant proposals, and awards.
- Extent:
- 4.8 Linear Feet (3 record cartons, 2 document boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 map drawer)
- Language:
- Langauges represented in collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Corwin Hansch Collection (PC-0019). Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift from Gloria Hansch, 2011.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Jamie Weber in 2012.
- Arrangement:
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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.
- Accruals:
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Additions to the collection are not anticipated.
- Physical location:
- Please consult repository.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2021
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-01-26 16:19:12 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to the Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Corwin Hansch Collection (PC-0019). Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.
- Location of this collection:
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333 N. College WayClaremont, CA 91711, US
- Contact:
- (909) 621-8138