{"id":"nfum8nk","internal_id":"ec1615fa-3ba8-4fc6-b9c4-1468ca6eb9b6","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/gfow6se/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/nfum8nk"},"title":"Letter and article from John C. Haas to John Lankford, June 1, 1992","additional_title":[],"format":["text"],"genre":["Business correspondence","Publications"],"medium":[],"extent":["29 pages"],"language":["English"],"provenance":"","subject":["Waterman Haas, Phoebe, 1882-1967","Women in science","Women astronomers","Astronomers","Mount Wilson Observatory","Haas, John C. (John Charles)","Lankford, John, 1934-"],"department":"Archives","series_arrangement":["Series II: Phoebe Waterman Haas Papers, 1882-2006"],"rights":"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/","rights_holder":"David Haas and John Lankford","digitization_funder":"","file_creator":"Auerbach, Jahna","description":"John C. Haas (1918-2011) thanks John Lankford (1934-) for sending him an article titled Women and Women's Work at Mount Wilson Observatory, 1906-1940. Haas corrects minor facts relating to 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.","description_html":"<p>John C. Haas (1918-2011) thanks John Lankford (1934-) for sending him an article titled <i>Women and Women's Work at Mount Wilson Observatory, 1906-1940</i>. Haas corrects minor facts relating to 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.</p>","published_at":"2026-07-31T15:46:33Z","updated_at":"2026-07-31T15:46:33Z","creator":[{"category":"author","value":"Haas, John C. (John Charles)"},{"category":"addressee","value":"Lankford, John, 1934-"}],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1992-06-01","start_qualifier":"","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"1992-Jun-01"}],"place":[{"category":"place_of_creation","value":"Pennsylvania--Villanova"}],"inscription":[],"related_link":[],"additional_credit":[],"physical_container":{"box":"2","folder":"6","volume":"","part":"","page":"","shelfmark":"","reel":"","formatted":"Box 2, Folder 6"}}