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Guide to the Alexander Findlay Diary
SCM0282  
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SCM0282
    Creator: Findlay, Alexander,, 1874-1966.
    Title: Alexander Findlay diary
    Dates: 1924-1925
    Physical Description: 0.02 Linear feet (1 folder)
    Summary: Photocopy of a diary, with a few newsclippings, kept by Professor Findlay during his six month visiting professorship at Stanford. Documents his daily activities while at Stanford and speaking engagements throughout the United States. Collection also includes a note from Ian Findlay that accompanied the diary, 1980; a note by Eric Hutchinson on the typesetting, 1981; and a copy of the 1982 published version.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Provenance

    Gift of Ian Findlay, 1981.

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Cite As

    Alexander Findlay Diary (SCM0282). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Visiting professor of chemistry at Stanford (1924-1925). Professor of physical chemistry and director of the department of Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

    Description of the Collection

    Photocopy of a diary, with a few newsclippings, kept by Professor Findlay during his six month visiting professorship at Stanford. Documents his daily activities while at Stanford and speaking engagements throughout the United States. Collection also includes a note from Ian Findlay that accompanied the diary, 1980; a note by Eric Hutchinson on the typesetting, 1981; and a copy of the 1982 published version.

    Access Terms

    Findlay, Alexander,, 1874-1966.
    Findlay, Ian.
    Findlay, Ian.
    Hutchinson, Eric.
    Hutchinson, Eric.
    Stanford University. Department of Chemistry. Faculty.
    Stanford University. Department of Chemistry. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
    Diaries.