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Guide to the Alice N. Hays Notebook and Papers
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SCM0380
    Creator: Hays, Alice N.
    Creator: Hays, Alice N.
    Title: Alice N. Hays notebook and papers
    Dates: 1909
    Physical Description: 0.02 Linear feet (1 folder)
    Summary: Notebook contains entries regarding her visits to libraries in England (Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Library of Science, Oxford Public Library, British Museum Library, and others) and France (Bibliotheque National and public libraries in Paris) during August and September 1909 (studying library methods), along with letters of introduction by Ewald Flugel and David Starr Jordan. Collection also includes a certificate of charter membership of Stanford Futures signed by Herbert Hoover and a note regarding the rent on her Stanford residence.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    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 94304-6064. 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/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Alice N. Hays Notebook and Papers (SCM0380). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Alice Newman Hays earned her AB in English at Stanford University in 1896 and her librarian's degree at the New York State Library School. She returned to Stanford in 1901 to begin her long career in the University Library, retiring in 1940 when she was chief of the Reference Division.

    Description of the Collection

    Notebook contains entries regarding her visits to libraries in England (Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Library of Science, Oxford Public Library, British Museum Library, and others) and France (Bibliotheque National and public libraries in Paris) during August and September 1909 (studying library methods), along with letters of introduction by Ewald Flugel and David Starr Jordan. Collection also includes a certificate of charter membership of Stanford Futures signed by Herbert Hoover and a note regarding the rent on her Stanford residence.

    Access Terms

    Flügel, Ewald, 1863-1914.
    Hays, Alice N.
    Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
    Libraries--France.
    Libraries--Great Britain.
    Library science.