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Guide to the Lon H. Colborn Papers and Photographs c1830-1990
Metadata Details
- Title
- Lon H. Colborn papers and photographs 1830-1990
- Subject
- Colborn, Lon H, 1896-1998, Grossman, John W, 1864-1926, Grossman, Miriam Moore, 1864-1953, Grossman, Sam Linn, 1891-1953, Moore, Henrietta, 1871-1940, Anderson Family, Christy Family, Grossman Family, Hardy Family, Moore Family, Taylor Allderdice High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Carnegie Mellon University., World War, 1914-1918, Immigrants--Scottish--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Chemistry teachers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Social life and customs
- Description
- The Lon H. Colborn papers and photographs have been arranged into two series. Series I consists of materials relating to his personal life and his career as a chemistry teacher at Taylor Allderdice High School as well as his genealogical background. Boxes one and two primarily contain correspondence, publications, photographs, and notebooks. Box three contains genealogies of the Hardy and Hanna families from whom Lon Colborn is descended. Series II focuses on the Moore and Grossman families, the families of his wife, Kathleen Grossman. The boxes contain portraits of her family, news articles about various family members, and correspondence among family members. Series I: Lon H. Colborn Series I is housed in three boxes and contains letters, news articles, photographs, honors and awards, notebooks, and genealogical information on his ancestors. Series II: Moore-Grossman Family Series II is housed in four boxes and focuses on the Moore and Grossman families, his in-laws. These materials are primarily correspondence and photographs of Moore and Grossman family members., Lon H. Colborn papers and photographs, 1830-1990, MSS 743, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Leslie Danoff Elkins Gift 1999 1999.0112, Lon H. Colborn was a high school chemistry teacher in the Pittsburgh area, most notably at Taylor Allderdice High School from 1935 to 1957. He married Zena Kathleen, Katie, Grossman in 1926 and received his masters degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1931. Lon H. Colborn is related to the Grossman and Moore families through marriage. His wife, Zena Kathleen Grossman, is the daughter of John W. Grossman and Miriam Moore, who had six other children. His mother-in-law, Miriam Moore, was the daughter of Catherine Gibson and John Christy Moore and lived in Slippery Rock, Pa. Her ancestors emigrated from Scotland in the 1700s and settled in Butler County, Pa., Gift of Leslie Danoff Elkins., Processed MSS 0743 3/2012 S. Ecklund, Collection level finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Colborn, Lon H., 1896-1998, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1830-1990
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 7.25 linear ft.
- Identifier
- oclc:806316049, pitt:US-QQS-mss743
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss743
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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