This series includes biographical materials, personal correspondence, steno notebook diaries kept by Dr. Bain, and collected newspaper clippings. The biographical materials include biographical statements, curriculum vitae (CVs), and bibliographies of published work.
Notable correspondence includes a letter written by a young Dr. Bain to her sister, dated 1906 (see Box 1, Folder 4), and correspondence from Dr. Bain’s longtime friend and housemate, Christine Glass (see Box 1, Folder 6). Also of note is an issue of “The Bain Banner,” a family newsletter with biographical stories about Dr. Bain with recollections by friends and family (see Box 1, Folder 3).
The series also includes a copy of the finding aid from the Katherine Bain Papers, 1920-1976, held by the State Historical Society of Missouri (see Box 1, Folder 15).