Collection Guide

Summary

Title: Hadi Tamer Documents Collection

Abstract: Hadi Tamer Documents Collection consists of documents related to the institutions that the high chemical engineer Hadi Tamer worked through his career, correspondences of his education abroad and occupational texts and articles related to conservation works in Türkiye and in the World.

Creator / Collector: Hadi Tamer, 1918-1980

Repository / Institution: Suna Kıraç Library, Special Collections and Archives

Date Coverage: 1950-1970

Format: Includes variety of documents such as correspondences, articles and photographs.

Language: Turkish, French, German, Italian,

Acquisition Information: Hadi Tamer Documents Collection was acquired as a donation in 2020.

Access and Usage Rights

Access

All the archival materials in the collection are digitized and accessible to researchers, with the exception of personal documents, stories and documents related to associations.

Physical Access

All archival materials in the collection can be viewed in Suna Kıraç Library Special Collections and Archives Room.

Rights

Materials in this collection generally fall under the copyright of Koç University. These materials are publicly available for personal, educational use. Please contact the University Archives staff for permission for other uses at digitalresources@ku.edu.tr

Preferred Attribution

[Title of the item], [Identification of item], Hadi Tamer Documents Collection, Koç University Suna Kıraç Library, Special Collections and Archives. [Reference URL for digitized copies]

Contents

Scope and Contents of Collection

Hadi Tamer Documents Collection consists of documents related to the institutions that the high chemical engineer Hadi Tamer worked through his career, correspondences of his education abroad and occupational texts and articles related to conservation works in Türkiye and in the World. In this respect, the collection houses archival documents that Hadi Tamer served through his career such as Istanbul Archeology Museums, Yeşilköy Air Force Academy and Istanbul Technical University Chemistry Faculty as well as correspondences related to the Military Museum. Documents related to the membership and activities of ICOM, correspondences of the chemical engineer with various laboratories and universities in Europe related to his education abroad and texts involving observations on various institutions such as museums and libraries in Europe that Hadi Tamer visited constitute an important part of the collection. As it is stated by Hadi Tamer in his conference speech text titled as “Impressions from Western Museums”, he visited and found a chance to work in 141 museums, 16 libraries and 37 laboratories in 42 cities and 12 countries.

The collection is a valuable source in terms of the archival materials it houses regarding the conservation works and applications in Türkiye after the 1950s as well as presenting impressions of European museums and laboratories from the perspective of a chemical engineer of his time.

Working as a host official in Hagia Sophia Museum as a host official during his university, Hadi Tamer worked in Museums Chemical Laboratory (known as Kimyahane) as a High Chemical Engineer in 1947 after graduating from Istanbul Technical University Department of Chemical Engineering in 1946. Besides his works in Museums Chemical Laboratory, Hadi Tamer also gave lectures in several institutions as Art Institute, Technical School and School of Applied Fine Arts, Yeşilköy Air Force Academy and Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Chemical Engineering. He also undertook an important role in reestablishing the Chamber of Chemical Engineering in 1955.

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Inventory

Records are organized parallel to the original order and provenance principles of the collector.

Descriptions and contents of the collection boxes are accessible through the library’s catalog.

Process Notes

Digitization

Original scanned with Zeutschel OS 12000C A2 scanner and saved as 300 ppi uncompressed tiffs. Display images are in jpeg format compressed by %80.