Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- David Hays papers
- Subtitle:
- Box-level survey
- Dates:
- 1952-1995
- Extent:
- 45 Linear Feet 36 cartons and 3 manuscript boxes; 6,000 computer files
- Language:
- English and Materials are mostly in English, with a small amount of materials in Russian.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], David Hays Papers (M1209). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
Hays is an early researcher and writer in the fields of computational linguistics, machine translation (especially English-Russian translation) and various other topics combining computer science, the humanities, and sociology.
His publications include his books Introduction to Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Structures, The Evolution of Technology, The Measurement of Cultural Evolution in the Non-Literate World: Homage to Raoul Naroll, and many articles published in scholarly journals and through the RAND Corporation.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Glen Horowitz Bookseller in 2001.
- Processing information:
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This collection is unprocessed but is open for research. The collection has been rehoused and surveyed to include minimal box-level description.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-10 14:21:40 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], David Hays Papers (M1209). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022