Inventory of the Roland Lafayette Gay Papers, 1933-1979 MS422 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO. Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
PO Box 7777 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109 336 758-5755
2005
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Roland Lafayette Gay Papers MS422 Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 1 2 0.75 linear feet 1 letter box, 1 half-letter box 1933-1979 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives. Roland L. Gay was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1928). He received his MA degree from North Carolina State in 1931, and did further graduate work at Duke University. He was principal of an elementary school in Northampton County, North Carolina In 1933 he joined the Wake Forest College faculty as an instructor in math. He retired from the faculty and Math Department in 1972. His papers consist of biographical clippings, 1972 and 1979; and his grade books, 1933-1971. Gay, Roland L., (Roland Lafayette), 1905-1979 Access Restrictions

Collection is open.

Copyright Notice

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Preferred Citation

MS 422, Roland Lafayette Gay Papers, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Gift from Mrs. Betty (Roland L.) Gay, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1989

Processing Information

Processed by John Woodard, Nov. 26, 1996

Encoded by Apex, March, 2005

Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.

Biographical and Historical Note

Roland L. Gay was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1928). He received his MA degree from North Carolina State in 1931, and did further graduate work at Duke University. He was principal of an elementary school in Northampton County, North Carolina In 1933 he joined the Wake Forest College faculty as an instructor in math. He retired from the faculty and Math Department in 1972.

Collection Overview

His papers consist of biographical clippings, 1972 and 1979; and his grade books, 1933-1971.