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Susan May-Marion Hays Correspondence

Manuscript Collection 1922

  • Special Collections Department
    University of Arkansas Libraries
  • 365 N. McIlroy Avenue
    Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701-4002
    Phone: (479) 575-8444
  • Email: specoll@uark.edu

Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD by Jordan Frankenburger, 2012.

Finding Aid is written in English.

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Descriptive Summary

Creator: May, Susan and Hays, Marion
Title: Susan May-Marion Hays Correspondence
Inclusive Dates: 1983-1996
Identification: MC 1922
Extent .75 linear feet(2 boxes)
Repository: Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries

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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).

Acquisition Information

The Susan May-Marion Hays Correspondence was donated to the Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries on August 11, 2009 by John Graham of San Francisco, California.

Processing Information

Processed by Jordan Frankenburger; completed in February 2012.

Preferred Form of Citation

Susan May-Marion Hays Correspondence (MC 1922), Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

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Biographical Note

Susan May and Marion Hays corresponded regularly from 1983-1996 after the death of Hays' husband, Congressman Lawrence Brooks Hays. Marion Prather Hays was born to Thomas and Gila Prather, November 20, 1896, in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. After the sudden death of her father, Hays, her mother and her younger sister Doris moved in with their grandmother, Annie Wickersham. After completing high school, Hays was accepted to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. There, Hays served as secretary of the 1915 freshmen class, Vice-President of the 1916 sophomore class, and Vice President of the 1919 senior class. Additionally Hays was active in various clubs including; Phi Beta Phi sorority, Tri Kappa Club, Skull and Torch, and Youth Women Christian Association (YMCA). While working on her English degree, Hays taught at the University Training School located on the University of Arkansas, campus. After graduating from college in 1919, Hays returned home to teach English at Fort Smith High School and on February 2, 1922, she married Lawrence Brooks Hays who had also been a student at the University of Arkansas. Prior to the birth of their two children, Betty and Marion "Steele", in Little Rock, Pulaski County, the couple lived in Russellville, Pope County. In 1942, Brooks was elected to the United States Congress winning the fifth district seat, relocating the couple to Maryland where she became a newspaper columnist and a Sunday school teacher. Hays died on December 19, 1996 in Potomac, Maryland.

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Scope and Content Note

Collection includes correspondence and newspaper articles.

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Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged in chronological order.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection

Box 1
Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1983 - 1991
Box 1 Folder 2 Correspondence, January 22, 1992 - December 31, 1992
Box 1 Folder 3 Correspondence, January 23, 1993 - December 23, 1993
Box 1 Folder 4 Correspondence, January 19, 1994 - July 17, 1994
Box 1 Folder 5 Correspondence, August 17, 1994 - December 12, 1994
Box 1 Folder 6 Correspondence, January 1, 1995 - June 26, 1995
Box 1 Folder 7 Correspondence, August 8, 1995 - December 22, 1995
Box 2
Box 2 Folder 1 Correspondence, January 1, 1996 - June 1, 1996
Box 2 Folder 2 Correspondence, July 14, 1996 - December 16, 1996

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END OF COLLECTION

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