Guide to the Alexander Findlay Diary SCM0282
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Hartwig
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
October 2010
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305
Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu
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Title: Alexander Findlay diary
Identifier/Call Number: SCM0282
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder(s)
Date (inclusive): 1924-1925
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.
creator:
Findlay, Alexander,, 1874-1966.
creator:
Findlay, Alexander.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Ian Findlay, 1981.
This collection is open for research.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Findlay, Alexander,, 1874-1966.
Findlay, Alexander.
Findlay, Ian.
Findlay, Ian.
Hutchinson, Eric.
Hutchinson, Eric.
Stanford University. Dept. of Chemistry -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Stanford University. Dept. of Chemistry--Faculty.
Diaries.
Box 1
Diary