Hayes Family Papers
MS310
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
13.8 linear feet
9 record cartons, 5 document boxes
1864-1974
Arnold Edmund Hayes (1893-1982) and his wife Helen Ford Hayes (1895-1993) served as Southern Baptist Convention missionaries to Brazil, 1919-1954. Their papers consist of genealogical files on the Hayes and Chisholm families; scripture notes; family correspondence; writings and notes on their work in Brazil; photographs; a scrapbook ; correspondence with various employees of the Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Missions Board and other missionaries; sermons and materials; and Arnold Hayes's journals, 1920-1969.
Most materials are in English but the collection also contains Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian.
Preferred Citation
Hayes Family Papers (MS310), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for researchers.
Copyright Notice
The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
Collection Overview
Their papers consist of genealogical files on the Hayes and Chisholm families and other related materials; scripture notes; family correspondence; writings and notes on their work in Brazil; photographs; a scrapbook; financial records', teaching credentials', church records; correspondence with various employees of the Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Missions Board and other missionaries; sermons and sermon note cards; and Arnold Hayes's journals, 1920-1969. This collection has been minimally processed, so information is limited about its contents beyond the information provided here.
Biographical Note
Arnold Edmund Hayes was born on July 7,1893 and died on September 8, 1982. Helen Ford Hayes was born on August 23, 1895 to John W. Ford and Martha Curtis Bruner Ford; she died March 29, 1993. Together Arnold and Helen served as Southern Baptist Convention missionaries to Brazil, 1919-1954. They retired to Pinnacle, North Carolina, and are buried in Pinnacle Baptist Church cemetery.
Hayes, Arnold Edmund
Hayes, Helen Ford
Baptists--Missions
Missionaries
Women missionaries--United States
American Baptist Publication Society correspondence
1
1934 August 18
Correspondence
1
1919
Foreign Mission Board correspondence
1
1921
Photographs
1
1877 January 1
Amended rules
1
1921
"Brief History of Baptists" in Spanish
1
1934
História Biblical Do Velho Testamento
1
1933
Brazil mission honor certificates, medal, newspaper and correspondence
1
1974-1981
Religion in Brazil
1
1940
Writings about Brazil missions
1
1890-1916
Writings about baptism in Argentina and Chile
1
circa 1921
Bible in Russian
1
1924
Foreign Mission Board meetings minutes in envelope
1
1846-1934
Receipt box containing checkbooks, identification documents, and booklets
1
1884-1979
Correspondence
1
1915-1919
17th century Virginia, North Carolina notebook
2
circa 1963
The Ahoskie Era of Hertford County booklet
2
1939
Hayes family bibliography
2
undated
Hayes Elizabethan Age. Lord Carlile, Heraldry notebook
2
undated
Hayes Gates Co. Gen. Wade H. notebook
2
undated
Early Tennessee notebook
2
circa 1961
Early Hayeses early days in VA and NC notebook
2
undated
Many Hayeses Va., NC background notebook
2
undated
Chisholm documents
2
circa 1973
Life and work of the L.L. Johnsons
2
undated
North Brazil Baptist Mission annual meeting minutes
2
1981
North Brazil Baptist Mission annual meeting minutes
2
1982
Clark's Famous 250 Year Perpetual Calendar
2
1959
Revista Teologica duplicate
2
1953
Revista Teologica duplicate
2
1953
Scriptures notes
2
undated
Hosiery box containing notes on missions
2
1923-1935
Christopher Pension genealogy
2
circa 1913
Decree by King Chas
2
undated
Prince George County deed book
2
1787-1792
Accomac County, Va., will book
2
1784-1796
Louisa County, Va., will book
2
1783-1796
Spier family death certificates
2
1840-1913
Spier family birth certificates
2
1795-1898
Inventories of estates
2
circa 1734
Declaration for pension
2
circa1871
Pagan Creede praise
2
circa 1636
Peter Hayes praise
2
undated
Northumberland County, Va., record book
2
1756
York County, Va., wills and inventories
2
1760-1771
Culpeper County, Va., will book
2
1770-1783
Norfolk County, Va., wills and deeds
2
1742-1749
Will of Richard Minshew
2
circa 1778
Will of Maxey Minckew
2
circa 1788
Essec County, Va, will book
2
circa 1765
Jernigan notes on genealogy
2
undated
Isle of Wight County, Va., records of wills and deeds
2
1661-1719
Northumberland County, Va., record book
2
1762-1766
Norfolk County, Va., deed book
2
1675-1686
Northampton County, Va., order book and wills
2
1683-1689
Bruswick County, N.C., will book
2
1751-1769
Northampton County, Va., deeds and wills
2
1654-1655
Lownseced ,Joseph,will
2
1686-1695
Matthews, John, will
2
circa 1836
Isle of Wight County, Va., records of wills and deeds
2
1661-1719
Isle of Wight County, Va., records of wills and deeds
2
1715-1726
Henrico County, Va. will book
2
1781-1787
Isle of Wight County, Va., will book
2
1661-1719
Isle of Wight County, Va., will book
2
1752-1760
Isle of Wight County, Va.,will book
2
1785-1796
Isle of Wight County, Va., will book
2
1779-1785
Isle of Wight County, Va., wills and accounts
2
1733-1745
Princess Anne County, Va., deed book
2
1772-1773
Roberts, Jonathan, will
2
undated
Norfolk County, Va., will book
2
1755-1772
Surry County, Va., deeds and wills
2
1715-1730
Isle of Wight County, Va., will book
2
1769-1779
Bevan, Thomas, deed
2
circa 1714
Moon, Captain John, will
2
circa 1655
Hays, William, inventory of goods
2
circa 1733
Deed book 5 page 88a
2
1688
Deed book
2
1681
Louisa County, Va., will book
2
1783-1796
Bedford County, Va., will book
2
1788-1803
Princess Anne County, Va., deed book
2
1691-1708
Stafford County, Va., will book
2
1729-1748
Waylaud, Adam
2
undated
Culpeper County, Va., will book
2
1749-1770
Culpeper County, Va., will book
2
1749-1770
Culpeper County, Va., will book
2
1783-1791
Culpeper County, Va., will book
2
1749-1770
Culpeper County, Va., will book
2
1783-1791
Culpeper County, Va., will book
2
1749-1770
Chisholm family correspondence
2
1888
Prince George County, Va., deed book
2
1787-1792
Isle of Wight County, Va., will book
2
1726-1734
Hayes, John, will
2
1628
Cheshire map
2
1965
Report on search of pension and bounty land warrant application files
2
1956
Cheshire historical atlas
2
undated
Hayes family records, in Hargrove papers folder
2
undated
Clan Chisholm Society constitution
2
1984
Clan Chisholm Society members
2
1973
Clan Chisholm Society newsletter
2
1973
Matthews family genealogy materials
3
1970
Dobbs and Hargroves family materials
3
undated
Jerninghans genealogy materials
3
1966
Hills, Halberys, Christophoers family genealogy materials
3
undated
Jones, Robert Standley, correspondence
3
1936
Chile and Argentina mission correspondence
3
1931-1937
Notes for thesis in missions contained in a white box
3
undated
Hayes, Peter, genealogy materials
3
undated
F, Birren, "Creative Colors"
3
circa 1977
Chisholm historical records, in binder
3
1771-1928
Chisholm genealogy notes, in yellow folder
3
undated
Gillington family genealogy materials, in box
3
1958-1978
Chism family notes and Arnold Hayes correspondence, in box
3
undated
Maurice Pruitt correspondence
3
1964-1973
Phillimore and Co., Ltd. correspondence
3
1962-1977
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary correspondence
3
1937-1938
North Brazil Mission statistics correspondence
3
1932
Bice, J.L., correspondence
3
1937-1978
Bratcher, L.M., correspondence
3
1934-1936
Carver, W.O., correspondence
3
1923-1941
Cowsert, J.J., correspondence
3
1936
Crabtree, A.R., correspondence
3
1940
Davis, W.H., correspondence
3
1938
Foreign Mission Board correspondence
3
1955-1981
Chisholm, Evandama, photograph
4
undated
Christopher, Mason B., photograph
4
undated
Crabtree, A.R., correspondence
4
1936-1953
Dickson, C., correspondence and family photograph
4
circa 1958
Foreign Mission Board correspondence
4
1920-1926
Foreign Mission Board correspondence
4
1927-1942
Foreign Mission Board correspondence
4
1943-1953
Fuller, Essie,correspondence
4
1933-1934
Gill, Everett,correspondence
4
1945-1949
Harrison, W.C., correspondence
4
1930
Hunt, Bertha, correspondence
4
1933
Jonhson, L.L., correspondence
4
1931-1951
Jones, R., Correspondence
4
1928-1930
Jones, Kathleen, correspondence
4
1967-1972
Maddoy, Kathleen, correspondence
4
1930
Murihead, H.H., correspondence
4
1920-1936
Peterson, Hugh, correspondence
4
1941
Porter, Paul, correspondence
4
1932
Powell, Freud M., correspondence
4
1928
Sanders, Davis, correspondence
4
1931-1933
Scarborough, L.R., correspondence
4
1938
Stover, T.B., correspondence
4
1937-1943
Terry, A.J., correspondence
4
1932-1933
Tumblin, J., correspondence
4
1931-1934
Watson, S.L., correspondence
4
1929-1935
White, P., correspondence
4
1935
Correspondence with M. G. White and others (contains Portuguese)
4
1932-1941
Wilcox, E.G., correspondence
4
1925-1929
Yates, Kyle M., correspondence
4
1931-1941
Zimmerman, H.A., Correspondence
4
1926-1929
Family correspondence
4
circa 1920
Medical record
4
1925-1952
British Museum material
4
1967-1969
Kentucky Historical Society material
4
circa 1966
Virginia State Library requests
4
1959-1977
The
North Carolinian journal
4
1955-1965
Chortlton, Robert G., correspondence
4
1965
North Carolina Archives and History requests
4
1945-1970
Germanna colonies material
4
circa 1961
Genealogical Society, Salt Lake, Utah
4
1958-1963
National Genealogical Society
4
1964-1971
National Archives and Records Services
4
1947-1970
Genealogical materials, Va.
4
1958-1961
Society of Genealogists, London
4
1968
The Institute of American Genealogy correspondence
4
1954-1955
Bureau of the Census record
4
1959
History of erchless Castle and a piece of plaid-pattern fabric
5
1980
Notebook containing newspaper clipping
5
1972-1981
Cheshire Round magazine
5
1967
William Arnold Hayes notes and records
5
1942-1962
Harold newspaper clippings
5
1959
Notes and clippings wrapped in teal paper
5
undated
Notebook with notes on expanse and genealogy of the Hays, Hargroves and Hayes'
5
1979
Holy Bible
5
1927
Women's Missionary of the South correspondence
5
1943
Ford, Helen, correspondence
5
1944
Ford, Robert H., correspondence
5
1944
Bruner, R.T., correspondence
5
1937
Mattie Bruner's scripture question book and hymn book
5
1870-1985
Envelope to Kentucky Churches
5
1963
Hale correspondence
5
1849-1857
Hale correspondence
5
1859
Letter of dismission
5
1847
Halen, Turner and Kelly, correspondence
5
1847-1850
Hays, H.B., correspondence and Hays, Lawrence Brooks materials
5
1958
Bethlethem church records
5
undated
Estate papers
5
1836
Court order
5
1845
Poem
5
undated
Promissory notes and receipts
5
1834-1861
Bethabara church meeting notes
5
1856-1862
Receipts
5
1845-1862
Barnette, J.N., correspondence
5
1944
Bice, Blande, correspondence
5
1947
Bice, Blande, correspondence
5
1947
Carver, William Owen, correspondence
5
1940
Harrison, W.C., correspondence
5
1937-1948
Family correspondence
5
1941-1947
Hayes, John William, correspondence
5
1940-1942
Hairston, Martha Elizabeth
5
1967
Johnson, L.L, correspondence
5
1934
Hayes, John William, correspondence
5
1940-1942
Johnson, Robert Elton, correspondence
5
1937-1980
Mein, John, correspondence
5
1921-1940
Mein, John, correspondence
5
1943-1944
Mein, Mildred, correspondence
5
1937-1968
Murihead, H.H., correspondence
5
1928-1933
Nelson, E.A., correspondence, photographs and clippings
5
1922-1939
Hayes, John William, correspondence
5
1940-1942
Wilcox, E.G., correspondence
5
1936-1937
White, Blanche Sydnor
5
1928
Annual meeting minutes of North Brazil Mission
5
1949
Foreign Mission Board of South Baptist Convetion correspondence
5
1935-1947
Foreign Mission Board of South Baptist Convention correspondence
5
1938-1952
Saunders, Letha, correspondence
5
1947
Foreign Mission Board correspondence
5
1951-1954
Buxton, E.P., correspondence
5
1948-1949
Coleman, Inabelle G., correspondence
5
1934
Ford, Jessie R., correspondence
5
1934-1940
Gill, Everett, Jr., correspondence
5
1943-1949
Hunter, Mary M., correspondence
5
1934-1943
Jones, R.S., correspondence
5
1934-1937
Maddry, Charles E. correspondence
5
1933-1944
Ray, T.B., correspondence
5
1928-1933
Taylor, W.C., correspondence
5
1936-1937
Correspondence with Taylor and others in Brazil
5
1929-1959
Taylor, William Carey, correspondence
5
1920-1937
Brazil mission correspondence
5
1933-1954
Curtis,Everstine and Ray correspondence
5
1959-1982
Hayes,Helen and Arnold E., autobiography
6
undated
Family letters
6
1921-1947
Edmund Hayes materials including correspondence and receipts
6
1934-1935
G.S.D. correspondence
6
1919
Gill, Everett Jr, correspondence regarding health problem
6
1951
Hamilton, D.L., correspondence
6
1921-1922
Johnson, L.L, and others, correspondence and photographs
6
1934-1944
Jones, B.S., correspondence
6
1931
Love, J.F., correspondence
6
1919
Ray, T.B., correspondence
6
1919-1931
Taylor, W.C., correspondence
6
1928-1930
Taylor, W.C., correspondence
6
1931-1935
Taylor, W.C., correspondence
6
1938-1944
Wilcox, E. G., correspondence
6
1928
Hayes, Arnold E., correspondence
6
1977
Hayes family genealogy material
6
undated
Hayes, Jacob, genealogy material
6
1960
Hayes,Arnold, great grandfathers genealogy material
6
undated
Hayes,Arnold, father genealogy material
6
undated
Hayes, William, and John Yeates material
6
1960
Hayes, William Jr., genealogy material
6
1966
Hays, Thomas Wright, material
6
1966
Hayes, Peter I, genealogy material
6
1967
Hayes, Peter II, genealogy material
6
1954
Hayes, Peter III, genealogy material
6
undated
Hayes, Peter IV, genealogy material
6
1968
Hayes, Clark B., and Wade Hampton death certificate
6
undated
Olivier, Charles P., genealogy material
6
1972
Hayes family genealogy material
6
1964
Olivier, Charles P., genealogy material
6
undated
North Brazil Mission annual meeting agenda and meeting minutes
6
1954
Work summary
6
1919-1953
Downing, James, correspondence
6
1920-1921
Mein, David and Lou Demie, correspondence
6
1943-1983
Murihead, H.H., correspondence
6
1920-1921
Ray, T.B., correspondence
6
1922
Taylor, William Carey, correspondence
6
1921
Terry, Adolph John, correspondence
6
1918-1921
Terry, Adolph John, correspondence
6
1921
Instituto Baptista Industrial correspondence
6
undated
Chisholm, Edmund S., funeral notice and material
6
1885
Chisholm, Lewis Clark, genealogy material
6
1962
Chisholm, Lute, correspondence
6
1929-1962
Chisum, Obadiah, genealogy material
6
1965
Crabtree, A.R., correspondence with photos of Dr. Bagby
6
1938-1937
"The Holy Spirit and the Kindom of God on Earth," in envelope
6
1938
Downing correspondence
6
1921-1932
Services paper: "πAPAKATOS as Applied to the Holy Spirit," in envelope)
6
1937
Foreign Mission Board correspondence
6
1931-1932
Family correspondence and family photographs
6
1926
Hayes, Willie Kate, family history notes
6
1938-1963
Hayes, Arnold E., education files
6
undated
Correspondence regarding visit to Winchester, KY
6
1924
Hayes, Arnold E., diary
7
1917-1919
Hayes, Arnold E., diary
7
1921-1934
Hayes, Arnold E., diary
8
1935-1977
Hayes, J.C., family photographs
9
undated
Hayes, Arnold E., III family photographs
9
undated
Family photographs and films
9
undated
Hayes, Helen, diary
10
1913-1917
Hayes, Helen, diary
10
1918, 1920, 1926
Hayes, Helen, diary
10
1954-1957
Hayes, Helen, diary
10
1962-1968
Hayes, Helen, diary
10
1969-1972
Hayes, Helen, diary
10
1976-1980
Hayes, Helen, diary
10
1981-1985
Hayes, Helen, diary
10
1986-1990
Hayes family photograph
11
Family photograph album
11
1967-1971
Family photograph album
11
1967-1969
Collegio Aericano Baptista photographs
11
1922
Hayes and Ford family portraits
11
1917-1969
Brazil photographs
11
Chisholm family photographs and others
11
1890-1972
Hayes and Chisholm family photographs
11
1893-1908
Films, in a white envelope
11
1969
Hayes, Arthur E., photographs
11
1934-1979
Films, in Avon box
11
undated
Films, in Avon box
11
undated
Slides, in Timex box
11
undated
Slides
11
circa 1965
Slides, color
11
undated
Transparencies
11
undated
Family photographs in grey box
11
circa 1967
Mosely, Frank C. and Ambie, correspondence, photographs and genealogy material
12
1931-1986
Family correspondence
12
1931
Hayes, Alice, correspondence and photographs
12
1979-1988
Oliveria, Regina, correspondence in Portuguese and photographs
12
1950-1988
Family correspondence and Army Commendation Medal Award
12
1940-1978
Hayes, Tom, correspondence
12
1950-1953
Taylor, Julia, correspondence and a Presbyterian journal copy
12
1934-1967
Church history committee handbook and fliers
12
1973-1984
Church Christmas events news clipping
12
1961-1981
Hayes, Christopher, correspondence and newspaper clippings
12
1951-1976
Hayes, Christopher, correspondence
12
1958-1961
Hayes, Edmund, correspondence
12
1941-1952
Hayes, Arnold E., correspondence with Helen Hayes
12
circa 1961
Litt, Vera E., correspondence and Litt family history material
12
1970-1985
Hayes, Arnold E. and Helen, correspondence
12
1926-1965
Tyler family history notes
12
circa 1969
Ford family genealogy material
12
1961-1962
Hayes family correspondence
12
1926-1982
Ford, John, correspondence
12
1951
Ford, Thomas, correspondence
12
1952-1980
Van Norman, Mary Elizabeth, correspondence and family history notes
12
1965-1969
Hayes, Emily, correspondence
12
1936-1980
Ford, Frank, Bethel and others' correspondence and Ford family history notes
12
1938-1978
Hayes, Helen, correspondence
12
1926-1957
Hounchell, Paul, correspondence with Mary Ford
12
1935-1983
Hayes, Arnold E., correspondence and photo pamphlets
12
1942-1952
Hayes family correspondence
12
1951
Hayes family correspondence
12
1953
Hayes family correspondence
12
1954
Hayes family correspondence
12
1955
Hayes, Arnold E. and Helen, correspondence
12
1955
Hayes family correspondence
12
1956
Hayes family correspondence
12
1957
Hayes, Arnold E., correspondence with children and siblings
12
1958
Hayes family correspondence
12
1959
Hayes family correspondence
12
1960
Hayes family correspondence
12
1961
Hayes family correspondence
12
1962
Hayes family correspondence
12
1963
Hayes family correspondence
12
1964
Hayes family correspondence
12
1965
Hayes, Arnold E correspondence with Helen
12
1966
Hayes family correspondence
12
1967
Hayes family correspondence and newspaper clipping regarding Mother's Day
12
1968
Hayes family photographs, in grey box
14
1981-1984
Hayes, Edmund, correspondence regarding his first born
14
1941
Hayes, Edmund, correspondence regarding his life at Penn.
14
1937-1944
Helen Hayes's parents correspondence
14
1923-1935
Hayes, John, correspondence
14
1952
Hayes, John, correspondence
14
1981-1983
Hayes, Tom, N.A.S.A News clipping and booklets
14
1966-1972
Ford family genealogy, medical records, deaths, Robert Harvey Ford notes, Hays family materials
13
1943-1988
Ford family notes
13
1948-1963
Hayes, Helen Ford, obituary
13
1993
Bruner family genealogy materials
13
1946-1982
Bruner family pedigree chart and lineage materials
13
1946-1958
Bruner family notes
13
circa 1934
Chism family genealogy materials
13
circa 1982
Hayes family genealogy materials (2 folders)
13
1958-1982
Hayes family genealogy materials
13
1920-1966
Hayes family genealogy materials
13
1963-1982
Pulling, Mrs. M. Bodie, historical Southern families materials
13
1975-1980
Chism, Neal A., Chism Family Association correspondence
13
1974-1994
Seaver, J. Montgomery, Ford Family Records pamphlets
13
circa 1927
Seaver, J. Montgomery, Ford Family Records pamphlets
13
1981
Hayes family certification by International Heraldic Inst.
13
undated
"The Name and Family of Hayes," compiled by the Media Research Bureau
13
undated
Ford, Edward White, descendants
13
1867-1964
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1917
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1918
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1934
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1935
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1936
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1940
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1941
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1942
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1945
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1946
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1947
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1948
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
1951
Hayes, Arnold and Helen, correspondence
13
undated
Department of the Interior Geological Survey materials, in box
13
1959-1964
Bach, William E., correspondence and reports
13
1960-1962
Brickey family genealogy materials
13
1963-1975
Bruner family genealogy materials
13
1963
Obenchain, Sue, correspondence
13
1958
Chism/Chisholm family materials
13
1975-1980
Chism/Chisholm family materials
13
1962-1987
Smith, William G., correspondence about Bruner family history
13
1962
Cole, Richard, correspondence and reports about Bruner family history
13
1961
Fisher, Walter, correspondence and reports about Bruner family history
13
1962-1964
Hoenstine, Floyd G., correspondence and reports about Bruner family history
13
1962
Mills, Bob, correspondence
13
1944-1948
Hagen, Mabel, correspondence and reports about Bruner family history
13
1961-1982
Hayes, Edmund, correspondence
13
1939
Hayes, Helen, correspondence
13
1934-1936
Hayes family correspondence
13
1929
Pedigree charts
13
undated
"The Book of Baby Mine" book
13
undated
Hayes family correspondence
13
1934-1936
Brazilian correspondence, clippings, and photos
13
1923-1952
Ford, Bob, correspondence
13
1959-1989
Hayes, Edmund, correspondence
13
1936-1938
Hagan research census and documents
13
undated
Hayes, Helen, and grandchildren correspondence
13
1964-1988
Hayes, Richard, Georgia Tech transcript
13
1955
Hayes family correspondence
13
1941-1943
Ford family correspondence
13
1940
Writings: "Basic Truths" and "Chronological Table of Some Important Events in Protestant Missionary Extension"
13
Alcohol booklets and pamphlets
13
1958-1984