Wayne B. Hadley Genealogical Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Wayne Hadley's extensive files on the history of the Hadley and related families. In addition to correspondence and source file, the collection also includes some biographical information about Wayne B. Hadley, as well as an annotated copy of the three volume set (and corrections) of Curtis E. Heaton's Ancestry of Simon Hadley, the Immigrant.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-2008
Creator
- Hadley, Wayne B. (Wayne Bassett), 1926-2001 (Person)
- Hadley, Hazel M. (Hazel Mason), -1920 (Contributor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Wayne B. Hadley (1926-2001) was a family historian whose particular interest was in Quaker history and genealogy. Some of his research was published in the NGS Quarterly and other journals.
Born in Kinsman, Ohio, in 1926, he was the son of John Henry and Bessie Belle Bassett Hadley. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1954 and married Hazel Mason Hadley the same year. Hadley was employed as a research chemist and also taught Chemistry at Ohio State and at the University of California at Berkeley. He also worked at Zenith and at AMP where he did research in the field of fiber optics.
Extent
5 linear ft. (11 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Wayne B. Hadley (1926-2001) was a family historian whose particular interest was in Quaker history and genealogy.This collection includes his extensive files on the history of the Hadley and related families.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into four series. The original division into Correspondant and Source Files has been maintained:
- A Hadley Genealogy
- Correspondence Files
- Source Files
- Biographical
Physical Location
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Hazel M. Hadley, 2008 (2008-021)
Separated Materials
The following material, originally part of the collection,
- Wayne B. Hadley library of geneaolgical books: added to general and reference collections.
- Collection of family photographs: processed as PA 151
- Audio tapes added to AV:
Subject
- Hadley, Wayne B. (Wayne Bassett), 1926-2001 (Person)
- Hadley family (Family)
Topical
- Title
- An Inventory of the Wayne B. Hadley Genealogical Collection
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1966
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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