Papers, 1942-1943.

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Papers, 1942-1943.

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This collection contains photocopies of clippings from Newsday (1942), Nassau Leader (1943), Brooklyn Eagle (1943), a quip from the New Yorker (1942), and photocopies of photographs and a certificate. The clippings document the work of Beatrice Mead Hagedorn. The photographs depict her as a radio operator at Cornell and working at Bell Laboratories. The certificate was presented to her from Bell Telephone Laboratories and states that she has contributed to victory in the Second World War by "continuing to assist the Bell Telephone System in the maintenance of essential communications."

.05 linear ft. (1 folder)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc.

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Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University)

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The Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University Library) sponsors oral history interviews with women scientists and engineers in a wide variety of fields. The interviews document the career and experiences of these women in order to illustrate the critical role they played. From the description of Oral history interviews, 1997-[ongoing] (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 58387605 ...

Cornell University

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Hagedorn, Beatrice M. (Beatrice Mead), 1920-

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Engineer. Beatrice Mead Hagedorn was born in 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. (1942) in electronics and communication with a mathematics and physics option. While at Cornell she worked as the first female radio control operator at WCHU, Cornell University's broadcasting station. After graduation and during World War II Mead worked in the research division of the Bell Telephone Company. Employed as an engineer in the crystal un...