Description
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.
Background
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.
Restrictions
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.
Availability
Collection is open for research.