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Katherine Bain Papers

  • PC164
  • Collection
  • 1892-2000, undated

This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Katherine Bain, MD. The records of Dr. Bain’s professional career focus primarily on her work for the Children’s Bureau in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and on her work for UNICEF. The records of Dr. Bain’s personal life are equally robust and are reflective of her long life and close relationships with friends and family members.

Records of her professional activities include correspondence, reprints of publications, oral histories, and photographs. Of note are two oral histories focused on Dr. Bain’s career and the history of the Children’s Bureau that were conducted in the 1990s (see Series 4). Also noteworthy are photographs and 35mm slides which capture different periods of Dr. Bain’s career, especially her work with UNICEF (see Series 6). Dr. Bain’s curriculum vitae, lists of her publications, and other biographical materials are included in Series 1.

Records of Dr. Bain’s personal life include correspondence, oral histories, and photographs. Of particular note is an issue of a family newsletter, “The Bain Banner,” published on the occasion of Dr. Bain’s 100th birthday (see Series 1). It contains biographical stories about Dr. Bain and recollections from friends and family. Also of note is an interview with Dr. Bain and her sister, Maria Bain White, conducted by a family member in the 1990s (see Series 4). The photographs and 35mm slides depict the long span of Dr. Bain’s life and include photographs of Dr. Bain as a young child, many of her beloved pet dogs, and her close friend and housemate Christine Glass (see Series 5).

Records of Dr. Bain’s long friendship with Christine Glass are sprinkled throughout the collection. In addition to the photographs and 35mm slides in Series 5, the collection includes correspondence from Ms. Glass (see Series 1), and a photograph of Dr. Bain and Ms. Glass in Italy (see Series 6).

Bain, Katherine