Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Feldman, Jay, 1943-
- Abstract:
- Research materials for author Jay Feldman's books Manufacturing Hysteria and When the Mississippi Ran Backwards. The collection also includes audio tapes of oral histories of Japanese Americans.
- Extent:
- 7.9 linear feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Jay Feldman Papers, D-587, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Research materials for Feldman's books Manufacturing Hysteria and When the Mississippi Ran Backwards. The collection also includes audio tapes of oral histories of Japanese Americans.
- Biographical / historical:
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Jay Feldman is the author of When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes (2005), Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream (2006), Manufacturing Hysteria: A History of Scapegoating, Surveillance, and Secrecy in Modern America (2011), and Hitting: An Official Major League Baseball Book (1991).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Jay Feldman, 2015.
- Processing information:
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Original inventory and finding aid created by Liz Phillips. Processed by Jason Sarmiento.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in 3 series: 1. When the Mississippi Ran Backwards Files 2. Manufacturing Hysteria files. 3. Japanese American Oral Histories.
- Physical location:
- This collection is stored off-site at the Northern Regional Library Facility. Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections in advance.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All 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 Department of Special Collections, University of California, Library, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Jay Feldman Papers, D-587, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621