{"id":"2rkwhi9","internal_id":"097b2e75-2d3f-4208-b247-ee1fed8e6f45","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/n6a013t/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2rkwhi9"},"title":"Letter from Andrea H. Ciminello to John C. Haas, June 12, 1997","additional_title":[],"format":["text"],"genre":["Business correspondence"],"medium":[],"extent":[],"language":["English"],"provenance":"","subject":["Waterman Haas, Phoebe, 1882-1967","Ciminello, Andrea H.","Women in science","Women astronomers","Astronomers","Vassar College","Haas, John C. (John Charles)"],"department":"Archives","series_arrangement":["Series II: Phoebe Waterman Haas Papers, 1882-2006"],"rights":"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/","rights_holder":"Vassar College","digitization_funder":"","file_creator":"Auerbach, Jahna","description":"Letter from Andrea H. Ciminello to John C. Haas (1918-2011) about an upcoming visit to Vassar College and the E. Phoebe Waterman Haas Telescope, named after his mother, Phoebe Waterman Haas (1882-1967).\n\nPhoebe Waterman Haas was one of the first American women to earn her doctorate in astronomy in 1913. She completed her undergraduate degree at Vassar College in 1904.","description_html":"<p>Letter from Andrea H. Ciminello to John C. Haas (1918-2011) about an upcoming visit to Vassar College and the E. Phoebe Waterman Haas Telescope, named after his mother, Phoebe Waterman Haas (1882-1967).</p>\n\n<p>Phoebe Waterman Haas was one of the first American women to earn her doctorate in astronomy in 1913. She completed her undergraduate degree at Vassar College in 1904.</p>","published_at":"2026-07-31T17:18:36Z","updated_at":"2026-07-31T17:18:36Z","creator":[{"category":"addressee","value":"Haas, John C. (John Charles)"},{"category":"author","value":"Ciminello, Andrea H."}],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1997-06-12","start_qualifier":"","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"1997-Jun-12"}],"place":[{"category":"place_of_creation","value":"New York (State)--Poughkeepsie"}],"inscription":[],"related_link":[],"additional_credit":[],"physical_container":{"box":"2","folder":"6","volume":"","part":"","page":"","shelfmark":"","reel":"","formatted":"Box 2, Folder 6"}}