Lawrence Bacon Lee Correspondence, 1962-1996

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Summary

Creators:
Lee, Lawrence Bacon, 1917-
Abstract:
Lawrence Bacon Lee (1917-2003) served as Professor of History at San Jose State University from 1957-1983. The collection contains his correspondence primarily with fellow historians Paul W. Gates and Donald J. Pisani. Topics discussed include their research and writings on the history of the American West including environmental and water history and public land policy.
Extent:
0.8 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lawrence Bacon Lee Correspondence, D-457, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains Lee's correspondence primarily with fellow historians Paul W. Gates and Donald J. Pisani. Topics discussed include their research and writings on the history of the American West including environmental and water history and public land policy.

Arrangement of the Collection

The correspondence is arranged in three series: Outgoing, Incoming, and Third Party.

Biographical / historical:

Lawrence Bacon Lee (1917-2003) received his B.A. from the Lewis Institute and his M.A. and Ph.D from the University of Chicago. He served as Professor of History at San Jose State University from 1957-1983 and specialized in environmental and water history of the Western United States. He was the author of Reclaiming the American West: an Historiography and Guide and Kansas and the Homestead Act, 1862-1905.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Frances Lee in 2007.
Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lawrence Bacon Lee Correspondence, D-457, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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