Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Access
Processing Information
Preferred Citation
Publication Rights
Collector:
Hays, Peter L., 1938-
Title: Peter L. Hays Papers
Date (inclusive): 1952-1994
Extent:
1.2 linear feet
Abstract: Peter L. Hays (1938- ) served as Professor of English at the University of California, Davis from 1966-2004. His papers contain
a small amount of correspondence from his teaching and research including brief letters from Bernard Malamud, Arthur Miller,
William Styron, and Somerset Maugham, notes on Ernest Hemingway's works, and three published articles by or about Hemingway.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many
are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-406
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
Peter L. Hays received a B.A. from the University of Rochester (1959), M.A. from New York University (1961), and Ph.D. from
Ohio State University (1965). He served as Professor of English at the University of California, Davis from 1966-2004.
His publications include:
Teaching Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (2003),
A Concordance to Hemingway's In Our Time (1990),
Ernest Hemingway (1990), and
The Limping Hero: Grotesques in Literature (1971).
Scope and Content
The collection contains a small amount of correspondence from his teaching and research including brief letters from Bernard
Malamud, Arthur Miller, William Styron, and Somerset Maugham, notes on Ernest Hemingway's works, and three published articles
by or about Hemingway.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Notes on Hemingway's Works, 3. Printed Material.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Hays, Peter L., 1938--Archives
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Peter L. Hays Papers, D-406, Department of Special Collections, General
Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
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, General Library, University of
California, 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.