Peter L. Hays Papers, 1952-1994

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Summary

Creators:
Hays, Peter L., 1938-
Abstract:
Peter L. Hays (1938- ) served as Professor of English at the University of California, Davis from 1966-2004. His papers contain a small amount of correspondence from his teaching and research including brief letters from Bernard Malamud, Arthur Miller, William Styron, and Somerset Maugham, notes on Ernest Hemingway's works, and three published articles by or about Hemingway.
Extent:
1.2 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Peter L. Hays Papers, D-406, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains a small amount of correspondence from his teaching and research including brief letters from Bernard Malamud, Arthur Miller, William Styron, and Somerset Maugham, notes on Ernest Hemingway's works, and three published articles by or about Hemingway.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Notes on Hemingway's Works, 3. Printed Material.

Biographical / historical:

Peter L. Hays received a B.A. from the University of Rochester (1959), M.A. from New York University (1961), and Ph.D. from Ohio State University (1965). He served as Professor of English at the University of California, Davis from 1966-2004.

His publications include: Teaching Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (2003), A Concordance to Hemingway's In Our Time (1990), Ernest Hemingway (1990), and The Limping Hero: Grotesques in Literature (1971).

Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All 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 Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and 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], Peter L. Hays Papers, D-406, Department of Special Collections, General 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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