Contains research notes, correspondence, typescript drafts and articles by Hays and others. Also contains over 6,000 computer files, as well as Hay's extensive collection of books, periodicals and manuscripts created by leading figures in the field of computational linguistics.

David Glenn Hays (November 17, 1928 - July 26, 1995) was born in Memphis, TN. He graduated from Harvard College in 1951, and received his PhD in Sociology, also from Harvard, in 1954. He was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford in 1954-1955, after which he worked for the RAND Corporation until 1968. He taught in Linguistics, Computer Science, and Information and Library Science at SUNY Buffalo until 1980, after which he worked as an independent researcher and writer in New York City.

45 Linear Feet 36 cartons and 3 manuscript boxes; 6,000 computer files

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