Lalitha spent much of her childhood in Madras as part of a joint family unit, surrounded by grandparents, aunts, and cousins from her mother’s side of the family. Doraiswamy – her older sisters were Kanthamani and Shantha, and her younger sister was Radha. She was the third of four daughters of Savitri and S. Her actual day of birth was September 28, but due to a clerical early in her childhood she was officially assigned the birthday of October 15, and she continued to celebrate that day as her birthday for the rest of her life.

Lalitha Chandrasekhar was born Doraiswamy Lalithambal in Madras, India in 1910. Papers,, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Biographical Note This collection, the preferred citation is: Chandrasekhar, Lalitha. Researchers should consult with staff before requesting this material. The audio and video recordings in Series VII do not contain access copies. Subseries 2 contains student material that is restricted for 80 years from the record’s date of creation. Subseries 1 contains financial material that is restricted for 50 years from the record’s date of creation. The collection is open for research, with the exception of Series X, which contains material to which access is restricted.

They contain personal material such as ephemera from arts organizations and extensive clippings files correspondence detailed diaries and chronological files writing, including essays and notes for talks material documenting her involvement with progressive political campaigns and contributions to organizations promoting various social justice causes photographs, negatives, and a small amount of other audiovisual material and miscellaneous artifacts and framed items. The Lalitha Chandrasekhar Papers document her life in Williams Bay and Chicago and her travels, mostly in India, the United States, and Europe. They remained there until 1964, when they moved to Chicago. The Chandrasekhars moved to Williams Bay, Wisconsin in late 1936 when he accepted a position at the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory. She was born in Madras, India and spent much of her childhood there.

Lalitha Chandrasekhar (1910-2013) was married to Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist and longtime University of Chicago professor Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center © 2018 University of Chicago Library Descriptive Summary Title:ġ69.25 linear feet (214 boxes, 2 objects) University of Chicago Library Guide to the Lalitha Chandrasekhar Papers 1920-2013

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