Guide to the Alexander Findlay Diary

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
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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.


Box 1

Diary