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 Collection Overview Albino, Donna, 1961- Donna Albino Papers 1979-2001 1979-1983 MS 0854 LD 7096.6 1983 Albino 7 boxes (2.7 linear ft.) English Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Albino, Donna, b. 1961; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1983. Papers contain course records and photographs; primarily consisting of notebooks, notes, laboratory work and examinations used for courses taken at Mount Holyoke College, and press coverage from the publication of her book "Mount Holyoke College" in 2001. Biographical Note

Donna Jean Albino was born on June 8, 1961 in Waterbury, Connecticut to Allan Robert Albino, a shoe repairman, and Gloria Marie Champagne, a secretary. She attended Wolcott High School (Wolcott, Connecticut) from 1975-1979 and then went to Mount Holyoke College between 1979-1983 receiving a B.A. in mathematics. In June 1983 she worked full time as an assistant staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Lexington, Massachusetts) in their radar research division while pursuing an M.S. in computer science at night at Boston University (granted December 1987). In October 1987, she became a software engineer for Adaptive Optics Associates (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Most of her career with AOA was spent in Cambridge, but she worked between 1991 and 1996 for their west coast office in Los Angeles, California. She attended Northeastern University at night between 1997 and 2000 earning a certificate in web development. In 2002, Albino returned to MIT Lincoln Laboratory, this time to their satellite research division. She was accepted to the graduate school for library and information science in 2006, and is pursuing a masters degree part time. She has held internships at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Salem Athenaeum (Salem, Massachusetts), and Nashua Public Library (Nashua, New Hampshire) in 2006 and 2007.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Donna Albino Papers document her coursework at Mount Holyoke College (1979-1983), and her later interest in the history of the school. The material in this collection chiefly consists of course recordings, including handwritten notes, course assignments, laboratory work and examinations. The majority of these records are for mathematics courses. Other records relate to courses in chemistry, computer science, biology, physics, psychology, and astronomy. A copy of her book Mount Holyoke College, published by Arcadia in their Postcard History Series in 2001, is included. The postcards are reproductions from vintage Mount Holyoke College snapshots from the photo album of Gertrude Buckler, sister of Winifred Buckler, class of 1917. One postcard is an advertisement for Albino's website of vintage Mount Holyoke College memorabilia. The clippings consist of two articles, one from 1998 in the College Street Journal describing her collection of vintage Mount Holyoke College postcards; and one from 2001 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette describing her book, Mount Holyoke College (Arcadia Publishing, Postcard History Series, 2001). The photograph is her yearbook portrait, taken in 1982 by Pamela Hooley, class of 1983.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into five series:

Course Records (1979-1983) Book (2001) Postcards (1999) Articles (1998-2001) Photograph (1982) Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

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 Search Terms Albino, Donna, 1961- Mount Holyoke College - Curricula. Women college students - Massachusetts. Biology - Study and teaching (Higher) - Massachusetts. Chemistry - Study and teaching (Higher) - Massachusetts. Computer Science - Study and teaching (Higher) - Massachusetts. Mathematics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Massachusetts. Philosophy - Study and teaching (Higher) - Massachusetts. Physics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Massachusetts. Psychology - Study and teaching (Higher) - Massachusetts. Mount Holyoke College - Student notebooks - 1979-1983. Notebooks. Photographs. Course Records 1979-1983 1 1 Winter Term 103 notebook 1980 1 2 Biology 100 notebook Fall 1979 1 3 Biology 100 handouts Fall 1979 1 4 Biology 100 assignments and examinations Fall 1979 1 5 Biology 214 notebook Spring 1981 1 6 Biology 214 laboratory reports Spring 1981 1 7 Biology 214 handouts and course outline Spring 1981 1 8 Biology 214 examinations Spring 1981 1 9 Chemistry 150 notebook Spring 1980 1 10 Chemistry 150 laboratory notebook Spring 1980 1 11 Chemistry 150 course outlines Spring 1980 1 12 Chemistry 150 scramble sheet assignments Spring 1980 1 13 Chemistry 150 laboratory reports Spring 1980 1 14 Chemistry 150 examinations Spring 1980 2 1 Chemistry 202 laboratory notebook Fall 1980 2 2 Chemistry 202 handouts Fall 1980 2 3 Chemistry 202 assignments and examinations Fall 1980 2 4 Chemistry 202/302 notebook 1980-1981 2 5 Chemistry 302 assignments and examinations Spring 1981 2 6 Chemistry 251 notebook Spring 1982 2 7 Chemistry 251 notes and programs Spring 1982 2 8 Chemistry 308 handouts and examinations Spring 1982 2 9 Chemistry 308 assignments and laboratory reports Spring 1982 2 10 Chemistry 308 laboratory notebook Spring 1982 3 1 Chemistry 308 notebook Spring 1982 3 2 Winter Term 132 notes and programs 1982 3 3 Winter Term 132 notebook 1982 3 4 Winter Term 150 assignments and examinations 1983 3 5 Winter Term 150 computer programs 1983 3 6 Computer Science 395 notebook Spring 1983 3 7 Computer Science 395 Apple computer handout and assignment Spring 1983 3 8 Computer Science 395 APL handout and assignment Spring 1983 3 9 Math 102 notebook Fall 1979 3 10 Math 102 homework assignments Fall 1979 3 11 Math 102 handout and examinations Fall 1979 3 12 Math 201 notebook Spring 1980 4 1 Math 201 homework assignments Spring 1980 4 2 Math 201 handouts and examinations Spring 1980 4 3 Math 211 notebook Spring 1980 4 4 Math 211 assignments and examinations Spring 1980 4 5 Math 329 handouts and assignments Fall 1980 4 6 Math 329 notebook Fall 1980 4 7 Math 202 notebook Spring 1981 4 8 Math 202 assignments and examinations Spring 1981 4 9 Math 331 notebook Fall 1981 4 10 Math 331 handouts Fall 1981 4 11 Math 331 assignments and examinations Fall 1981 4 12 Math 331 program printouts Fall 1981 5 1 Math 331 homework assignments Fall 1981 5 2 Math 321 notebook Spring 1982 5 3 Math 321 textbook Spring 1982 5 4 Math 321 assignments and examination Spring 1982 5 5 Math 311 notebook Fall 1982 5 6 Math 311 assignments and examinations Fall 1982 5 7 Math 301 notebook Spring 1983 5 8 Math 301 assignments and examinations Spring 1983 6 1 Math 339 notebook Spring 1983 6 2 Philosophy 250 notebook Fall 1982 6 3 Philosophy 250 assignments and examinations Fall 1982 6 4 Physics 115 homework solutions Fall 1981 6 5 Physics 115 homework assignments Fall 1981 6 6 Physics 115 quizzes and examinations Fall 1981 6 7 Physics 115 laboratory handouts Fall 1981 6 8 Physics 115/216 notebook 1981-1982 6 9 Physics 115/216 laboratory notebook 1981-1982 6 10 Physics 216 assignments Spring 1982 6 11 Physics 216 handouts and laboratory descriptions Spring 1982 6 12 Physics 216 quizzes and examinations Spring 1982 6 13 Physics 324 notebook Spring 1982 6 14 Physics 324 assignments Spring 1982 7 1 Psychology 214 notebook Fall 1981 7 2 Psychology 214 handouts Fall 1981 7 3 Psychology 214 problem sets Fall 1981 7 4 Psychology 214 laboratory assignments Fall 1981 7 5 Psychology 214 examinations Fall 1981 Book 2001 7 6 Mount Holyoke College Postcard History Series 2001 Postcards 1999 7 7 Postcards 1999 Articles 1998-2001 7 8 Articles 1998-2001 Photograph 1982 7 9 Photograph 1982