Harry Hazen Papers on the University Farm, 1916-1926

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Summary

Creators:
Hazen, Harry
Abstract:
The Harry Hazen Papers on the University Farm document student life during the earliest years of the Davis campus. The collection includes a scrapbook of photos and memorabilia from 1916-1918, the booklet "Harry and I on the University Farm", a 1918 yearbook, Hazen's 1918 diploma, two family photographs, and booklets on apiculture.
Extent:
0.3 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Harry Hazen Papers on the University Farm, MC275, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes Hazen's 1916-1918 scrapbook of University of California Farm photographs and memorabilia, a 1918 Farm Rodeo yearbook, a copy of the booklet "Harry and I at the University Farm", a set of self-bound booklets on apiculture by Swarthmore, Hazen's 1918 diploma from UC College of Agriculture, and two family photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Harry Edward Hazen (1897-1953) was born in Los Angeles, California to Reverend E.A. and Eleanor Hazen. He attended Los Angeles Polytechnic High School, graduated in 1915, and attended the University of California beginning in the fall of 1916. In 1918, Hazen was awarded his diploma from the University of California Farm, College of Agriculture. He then moved to Modesto, California, and became a commercial beekeeper. In 1920, Hazen married Ethel Thamer Blackburn; their daughter Lorraine was born in 1923. Later that year, the Hazen family returned to Los Angeles, where Harry founded the Hazen Hardwood Flooring Company in North Hollywood. Harry Hazen remained in Los Angeles until his death in 1953.

Source: Lambell, Karel Kavanaugh. Letter to Special Collections. 20 April 2016. TS.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Karel Kavanaugh Lambell, 2016.
Physical location:
Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Harry Hazen Papers on the University Farm, MC275, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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