Inventory of the Hayne Davis Papers, 1900-1941
Collection Number 878
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Davis, Hayne, 1868-1942.
- Title
- Hayne Davis Papers, 1900-1941.
- Call Number
- 878
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 940 items (3.0 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Hayne Davis Papers, #878, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- American Peace and Arbitration League.
- Christian Science--United States--History--20th century.
- Courts--United States--History--20th century.
- Davis, Hayne, 1868-1942.
- Diplomatic and consular service, Colombian--History--20th century.
- Inter-parliamentary Union.
- International organization--History--20th century.
- Lawyers--New York (State)--History--20th century.
- Peace--Societies, etc.--History--20th century.
- Practical Peace League.
- World Narcotic Association.
Biographical Note
Hayne Davis (1868-1942) was a North Carolina native, New York lawyer, and writer active in promoting international political organizations. He was legal adviser to the Colombian legation in the United States, 1904-1912, and founder of the American Peace and Arbitration League.
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The collection includes (in part, microfilm) writings, lectures, and some correspondence of Hayne Davis. Papers pertain to Davis's interests in Christian Science, judicial reform, the World Narcotic Association, the Inter-parliamentary Union, and other international peace organizations, and to his activities as legal adviser to the Colombian legation in the United States, 1904-1912, and as founder of the American Peace and Arbitration League. Also included are directors' minutes of the Practical Peace League, 1908.