Corwin Hansch Collection

Jamie Weber
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
800 North Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: (909) 607-3977
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu
URL: https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
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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)


 

Series 1:  Article reprints 1962-2009 and undated

Box 1, Folder 1

Article reprints 1962-1964

Box 1, Folder 2

Article reprints 1965

Box 1, Folder 3

Article reprints 1966

Box 1, Folder 4

Article reprints 1967

Box 1, Folder 5

Article reprints 1968

Box 1, Folder 6

Article reprints 1969

Box 1, Folder 7

Article reprints 1970

Box 1, Folder 8

Article reprints 1971

Box 1, Folder 9

Article reprints 1972-1973

Box 1, Folder 10

Article reprints 1974

Box 1, Folder 11

Article reprints 1975

Box 1, Folder 12

Article reprints 1976

Box 1, Folder 13

Article reprints 1977

Box 1, Folder 14

Article reprints 1978

Box 1, Folder 15

Article reprints 1979

Box 1, Folder 16

Article reprints 1980

Box 1, Folder 17

Article reprints 1981

Box 1, Folder 18

Article reprints 1982

Box 1, Folder 19

Article reprints 1983

Box 1, Folder 20

Article reprints 1984

Box 1, Folder 21

Article reprints 1985

Box 1, Folder 22

Article reprints 1986

Box 1, Folder 23

Article reprints 1987

Box 1, Folder 24

Article reprints 1988

Box 1, Folder 25

Article reprints 1989

Box 1, Folder 26

Article reprints 1990

Box 1, Folder 27

Article reprints 1991

Box 1, Folder 28

Article reprints 1992

Box 1, Folder 29

Article reprints 1993

Box 1, Folder 30

Article reprints 1994

Box 2, Folder 1

Article reprints 1995

Box 2, Folder 2

Article reprints 1995

Box 2, Folder 3

Article reprints 1997

Box 2, Folder 4

Article reprints 1998

Box 2, Folder 5

Article reprints 1999

Box 2, Folder 6

Article reprints 2000

Box 2, Folder 7

Article reprints 2001

Box 2, Folder 8

Article reprints 2001

Box 2, Folder 9

Article reprints 2002

Box 2, Folder 10

Article reprints 2003

Box 2, Folder 11

Article reprints 2004

Box 2, Folder 12

Article reprints 2004

Box 2, Folder 13

Article reprints 2005

Box 2, Folder 14

Article reprints 2006

Box 2, Folder 15

Article reprints 2007

Box 2, Folder 16

Article reprints 2008

Box 2, Folder 17

Article reprints 2009

Box 2, Folder 18

Article reprints undated

Box 2, Folder 19

Notes 1992, 1998-1999, undated

Box 2, Folder 20

Article drafts 2003-2004, undated

 

Series 2:  Correspondence 1983-2003

Box 3, Folder 1

Correspondence A 1989-2000

Box 3, Folder 2

Correspondence B 1990-2001

Box 3, Folder 3

Correspondence C 1989-2000

Box 3, Folder 4

Correspondence D 1989-1999

Box 3, Folder 5

Correspondence E 1988-2001

Box 3, Folder 6

Correspondence F 1988-2000

Box 3, Folder 7

Correspondence G 1989-2002

Box 3, Folder 8

Correspondence H 1989-2002

Box 3, Folder 9

Correspondence I 1989-1997

Box 3, Folder 10

Correspondence J 1989-1997

Box 3, Folder 11

Correspondence K 1989-2001

Box 3, Folder 12

Correspondence L 1989-2000

Box 3, Folder 13

Correspondence M 1989-2000

Box 3, Folder 14

Correspondence N 1989-1998

Box 3, Folder 15

Correspondence O 1989-1998

Box 3, Folder 16

Correspondence P 1988-2003

Box 3, Folder 17

Correspondence R 1989-2000

Box 3, Folder 18

Correspondence S 1991

Box 3, Folder 19

Correspondence S 1992-2000

Box 3, Folder 20

Correspondence T 1983, 1988-2000

Box 3, Folder 21

Correspondence U-V 1988-1993, 1996, 1998

Box 3, Folder 22

Correspondence W 1989-1999

Box 3, Folder 23

Correspondence Y-Z 1989-2001

Box 3, Folder 24

"Toward a Predictive Toxicology" grant proposal 2001

Box 3, Folder 25

"Discovery of cdk inhibitors as anti-tumor agents" grant proposal 1997

Box 3, Folder 26

"Predictive Toxicology: QSAR and bioinformatics" grant proposal 2001

 

Series 3:  Slides 1981-1989 and undated

Box 4, Folder 1

Thermolysin and Trypsin 1986, undated

Box 4, Folder 2

Alcohol dehydrogenase 1984-1985, undated

Box 4, Folder 3

Dichloropthalic anhydride, Cysteine protease domain, Alcohol dehydrogenase, and Concanavalin 1983-1984, undated

Box 4, Folder 4

Subtilisin, Concanavalin, and Elastase 1984, 1986, undated

Box 4, Folder 5

Papain tetra and Actinidin 1981-1987, undated

Box 4, Folder 6

Carbonic Anhydrase and Chymotrypsin 1984, 1987, undated

Box 4, Folder 7

Chymotrypsin, Carbonic anhydrase, DHFR+TMP, L.casei, and Triazine 1981-1983, 1986, undated

Box 4, Folder 8

E. coli, 2+TMP, Tyrazine, L. casei, Papain tetra, and Tetroxoprim 1981-1983, 1985, 1989, undated

Box 4, Folder 9

L. casei, Triazine, Trimethoprim, and DHFR 1981-1984, 1986, 1989, undated

Box 5, Folder 1

Molecular models undated

Box 5, Folder 2

Lecture slides undated

Box 5, Folder 3

Lecture slides undated

Box 5, Folder 4

Lecture slides undated

 

Series 4:  Awards and certificates 1969-2008

Box 6, Object 1

Reserch Achievement Award in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, American Pharmaceutucal Assocation Foundation 1969

Box 6, Object 2

Richard C. Tolman Medal, Southern California Section American Chemical Society 1975

Box 6, Object 3

Edward E. Smissman Award, Divsion of Medicinal Chemistry of the American Chemical Society 1975 August 27

Box 6, Object 4

American Chemical Society Award for Research at Undergraduate Institutions, American Chemical Society 1986 April 14

Box 6, Object 5

Fifty Years of Membeship, American Chemical Society 1991 January 01

Box 6, Object 6

A. Nelson Voldeng Memorial Lecture, MALTO Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy 1992 May 18

Box 6, Object 7

American Chemical Society Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research 1999

Box 6, Object 8

40th Anniversary of the First QSAR Article, Division of Structure-Activity Studies, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 2004

Box 6, Object 9

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Most Cited Paper 2003 - 2006 Award, Elsevier

Box 6, Object 10

Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame, American Chemical Society 2007 August 22

Box 6, Object 11

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Most Cited Paper 2005 - 2008 Award, Elsevier

 

Series 5:  Oversize materials 1988

Drawer 1, Item 1

Polaroid photographs from symposium at Pomona College 1988

Note

Photographs mounted on poster board labeled, "C. Hansch Symposium 1988, Pomona College."