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Inventory of the Peter L. Hays Papers
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  • 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.