Edward Mays Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The collection contains correspondence, account ledgers, time and payroll sheets, sale invoices, a minute book, a report, picture postcards, and photographs. Most of the material relates to Edward Mays' business activities.
Dates
- ca 1910-1950s
Creator
- Mays, Edward, 1883-1951 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Edward Mays (1883-1951) was an owner of manufacturing company in Leslie, Arkansas, financier, and a co-founder of the Grand National Bank and the Continental Life Insurance Company based in St. Louis, Missouri, in early 1920s.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by type and chronologically.
Acquisition Information
Edna Mays Seeger of Leslie, Arkansas, donated her father's papers to the Special Collections Division on May 23, 1988.
Processing Information
Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October 1998.
- Title
- Edward Mays Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Vera Ekechukwu
- Date
- 1998
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu