Papers 1889-1990 (bulk 1922-1989);

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Papers 1889-1990 (bulk 1922-1989);

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4744027331

The papers of Russell Randolph Hays, a graduate of the University of Kansas, reflect his wide-ranging careers as a writer, inventor, ceramicist, oilman, farmer, environmentalist, and one-time professional wrestler. Included are his writings as a published author of pulp westerns and science fiction, his many research papers and patents as an inventor of helicopter rotors and hydraulic devices, and his photographs of native plants which he propagated on his Douglas County, Kansas farm.

8.25 linear ft.; 2 oversize folders

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Hayes family.

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Hubbard, L. Ron (Lafayette Ronald), 1911-1986

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Hays, Russell Randolph, 1904-1989

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Russell Randolph Hays was born February 19, 1904 on his father’s family farm near Black Jack (Douglas County), Kansas, near present-day Baldwin City, Kansas. His parents were Harry Herbert and Estelle (Cowgill) Hays. He attended schools in Oklahoma Territory and Washington State, and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1927. In that same year, he married college classmate Adele Weidner. From 1929 to 1934, Hays lived in California where he wrote pu...