Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Harmer E. Davis Collection of Book Ephemera,
- Dates:
- 1931-1964
- Creators:
- Davis, Harmer Elmer, 1905-1998
- Abstract:
- [Abstract text]
- Extent:
- 1 carton
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Harmer E. Davis Collection of Book Ephemera, NS 3563, Harmer E. Davis Transportation Library, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of one carton containing approximately 70 items, chiefly antiquarian book dealers' catalogs, leaflets, and advertisements, along with newspaper clippings, personal notes, and other book ephemera assembled by Harmer E. Davis between 1931 and 1964.
- Biographical / historical:
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Harmer E. Davis, born July 11, 1905 in New York was a professor of Civil Engineering (eventually becoming professor emeritus) and founding director of the Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering (ITTE), now known as the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS), at the University of California, Berkeley. He attended U.C. Berkeley and received a B.S. and subsequent M.S. in Civil Engineering. Upon completing the M.S. degree, he began his 43-year career of research, teaching, and administration at Berkeley as an Instructor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He died December 24, 1998 at the age of 93.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated to the library by the Institute of Transportation Studies, September 2002
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Finding Aid written by David Zlotnick and encoded programmatically by EAD Stylus. Date of source: September 2002
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Institute of Transportation Studies Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from Harmer E. Davis Transportation Library manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Institute of Transportation Studies 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 reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Harmer E. Davis Collection of Book Ephemera, NS 3563, Harmer E. Davis Transportation Library, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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412 McLaughlin Hall, MC1720Berkeley, CA 94720-1720, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-3585