MS310 Hayes Family Papers MS310 1864-1974, 13.8 linear feet Finding aid prepared by Processed by Juno Zhu and Iman Ahmed with assistance from Stephanie Bennett Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives PO Box 7777 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109 336 758-5755 2017 December This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-05-14T15:59-0400 Describing Archives: A Content Standard 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 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 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 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