Description
These papers contain files of organizations and institutions with which Menzies was associated (including Santa Barbara Mission
and University of California, Santa Barbara), as well as personal papers and subject files (people, places, subjects). Menzies
spent years in India with husband Ernest Menzies, who was a businessman there. Jean Storke Menzies was daughter of Thomas
Storke (owner, publisher of the
Santa Barbara News-Press) and was a journalist herself. Many of the files contain articles by her and related background research matter.
Background
Jean Storke Menzies was born December 30, 1904, the first child of Thomas and Elsie Smith Storke. She obtained a bachelor's
degree from Vassar and was the first woman to receive a master's degree in physics from Stanford University. After Stanford,
she taught physics at Vassar and later taught at a private school in San Francisco.
Extent
25 Linear Feet
(25 cartons)
Restrictions
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given
on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at
UCSB 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. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine
who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do
not hold the copyright.
Availability
The collection is open for research, though some legal files are closed, as noted in container list. The collection is stored
offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.