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A photograph of the Botany class at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in 1934. Croasdale is pictured second in from the left in the bottom row. The back of the photograph lists her classmates.
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A photo album, titled "Woods Hole," that chronicles the summers Croasdale spent at the Marine Biological Laboratory. The album includes pictures of Croasdale and her friends and instructors sailing boats, collecting samples, and breaking for lunch on the beach. Underneath each photo, Croasdale has added captions, making note of jokes lost to time or the individuals in each picture. The binding is markedly lighter than the cover, so it was likely kept on a shelf in prominent view. The edges of the pages appear burned, which could be a result of the fire at her Norwich home in 1989.
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An Indian scholar writes Prof. Croasdale to request copies of literature on desmids from her personal library, as well as her recent publication on the subject in 1992. This letter serves as an excellent example that Croasdale was known the world over for her work in the field of phycology.
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Joel T. Deweese '64 writes to thank Celia Chen '78 for her eulogy for Prof. Croasdale in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. He describes Croasdale as one of the “titans of [his] youth” and her course as “not only the most enjoyable of my Dartmouth career but also [has] ever since been the most interesting and useful to me... with a lifelong interest in plant identification.”
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Leonard Rieser, Dean of the Faculty, informs Hannah Croasdale of her promotion to the rank of full Professor of Biology, making her the first tenured female faculty member at Dartmouth. Prof. Croasdale's copy includes the addition of an exclamation point after Rieser's salutations, giving insight into their friendly relationship, as opposed to the more formulaic and impersonal carbon copy in her personnel file.
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A letter from K.O. Donner and Göran Bergman of the Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica informing Prof. Croasdale that she has been unanimously elected a foreign member of the organization as of April 5, 1968.
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A letter from Michael Wynne of the University of Michigan writes to Prof. Croasdale thanking her for her assistance with naming a specimen using scientific Latin, a language that Croasdale had taught herself. He encloses some of his samples for her reference, and concludes with remarks about a mutual friend who “always expresses an interest in your activities.” This letter serves as an excellent example that Croasdale was well-known domestically in the field of phycology and naming in scientific Latin.
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A transcript of the first Hannah T. Croasdale Award ceremony in 1983. President McLaughlin announces the award is being offered in honor of the 10-year anniversary of co-education and is to be granted to the person who has made the most significant contribution to the quality of life for women at Dartmouth College. The first award was given to Maureen Bunce. Low quality photos of President McLaughlin, Prof. Croasdale, and Bunce are attached to the transcript.
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Celia Chen '78 writes to President Freedman at the suggestion of a member of the Alumni Council regarding his interest in the idea of young people having heroes. Chen explains that Dartmouth professor Hannah Croasdale is her personal hero, describing her as “the finest example of someone who loves her work and is able to communicate that to her students.” Chen is currently a Research Professor in the Dartmouth College Department of Biological Sciences.
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Croasdale's fondness for Woods Hole is evidenced in the fact that these reflections and poems about summers at the Marine Biological Laboratory remained in her papers from 1955 until her death in 1999.
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Hannah Croasdale's doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, awarded in 1935.
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Croasdale writes to her family about having spent a very "Woods Holish" weekend during the summer of 1931. She describes her intentions to go sailing with her friends in their boat, eventually getting rained out, and working in the lab until midnight on Saturday.
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During the WWII labor shortage, Croasdale approached the Chief of the local Fire Department and convinced him to take her on as a volunteer. Despite the stir she caused because of her gender, she quickly proved herself invaluable to the department. Croasdale’s home burned down in 1989, but this letter awarding her lifetime membership in the Hanover Volunteer Hose Company fittingly survived the blaze.
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Croasdale's friend Margie McCouch, part owner of the Ginger-Ann and also on its doomed maiden voyage in 1931, attaches Croasdale's account of the ship's sinking to this 1976 letter to Frosty Gerard.
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A certificate acknowledging Croasdale's academic performance in her freshman year of college.
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A certificate acknowledging Croasdale's admittance to the University of Pennsylvania chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi. Her Ph.D. thesis, The Freshwater Algae of Woods Hole, Mass, was awarded the Sigma Xi Prize.
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An article by Shelby Grantham in the May 1977 issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, which hoped to highlight the state of affairs for women at the College and to be a brutally honest and self-aware piece written by and for Dartmouth. Grantham exchanged letters with many key players in the Biology Department in search of information about Croasdale’s treatment in the Department, especially when she was younger. In a very lengthy response to Grantham’s questions, Bill Ballard shared dozens of anecdotes about his former colleague, and said fondly of Hannah’s teaching: “Spectacular. Dynamic. Devoted.”
