Paul R. Hays papers, 1910-1980

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

• Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
• Series II: Cataloged Photographs
• Series III: File Folders
• Series IV: Bound Materials and Miscellaneous Papers
• Series V: 1979 Addition to the Collection
• Series VI: 1991 Addition to the Collection
• Series VII: Oversized

Description

Summary

Personal, academic, and legal correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and memoranda. Among the legal files, there is particular emphasis on labor and welfare law. The files also contain materials about his judicial appointment, the American Law Institute, the Columbia University School of Law, and the Project on International Procedure. Among the major correspondents are: James A. Farley, Arthur J. Goldberg, Philip C. Jessup, Robert F. Kennedy, Harold R. Medina, James A. Pike, and Lionel Trilling

• Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

• Series II: Cataloged Photographs

• Series III: File Folders

• Series IV: Bound Materials and Miscellaneous Papers

• Series V: 1979 Addition to the Collection

• Series VI: 1991 Addition to the Collection

  This small addition of photographs, correspondence and journal entries provides background information about Paul Hays' ancestors as well as offering a rich insight into life in 1860s America.

  The bulk of the additional material concerns the Civil War correspondence of Edward Bridges to his family. Bridges, the elder brother of Susan Hatch (nee Bridges), Paul Hays' maternal grandmother, served with the 55th Regiment--Company B, Illinois Volunteers between 1861 and 1864. Born on June 30, 1843 in Windsor, Vermont, Bridges enlisted as a teenager and though wounded at Shiloh, fought in subsequent battles before dying of sickness on January 10, 1864.

  85 letters from Bridges are preserved in a bound scrapbook, which has a note on Bridge's history, handwritten by Paul Hays. Bridges' letters to his family document his experiences as a soldier and chart his movement through various camps in the South. Also included in the scrapbook are letters of condolence upon his death, from Bridges' friend and co-soldier Thomas Wilson, the Chaplain of Bridges' unit L. Harvey, and a letter from the Sanitary Commission. Correspondence in the scrapbook has been retained in its original order, which is close to chronological.

  Hays' paternal ancestry is represented by a typed transcript of Mary Hollingsworth's journal which documents her experience as a teacher to freed slaves in Mississippi from 1865 through 1866. Hollingsworth, who married Walter Hays, was Paul Hays' paternal grandmother.

  There are a number of other supplementary materials, including some photographs, letters of condolence upon the death of Elva Mae Hatch, Paul Hay's aunt and other miscellaneous correspondence concerning his ancestors. There are some materials relating to Paul Hays' own early life, including high school newsletters and a photograph of Hays as a baby.

• Series VII: Oversized

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

The following boxes are located off-site: 1-107. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Paul R. Hays papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Paul R. Hays, 1965 & 1979.

Gift of Mrs Paul R. Hays, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1991& 1992.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Hays, Paul R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1965. Accession number--M-1965.

Papers & photographs: Source of acquisition--Hays, Elinor Rice. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/25/91. Accession number--M-91-04-25.

Photograph, map& Trotsky letter: Source of acquisition--Hays, Elinor Rice. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/06/92. Accession number--M-92-04-06.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed 01/15/80.

Papers & photographs Processed HR 02/06/92.

Photograph, map& Trotsky letter Cataloged HR 07/01/92.

Revision Description

2020-04-15 EAD document created by CCR.

2021-01-04 Container list for Series VII: Oversized added by CCR.

Subject Headings

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History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Died in 1980. Professor Emeritus, Columbia University School of Law (Columbia B.A. 1925, M.A. 1927, LL.B. 1933) and U.S. Circuit Judge, Second Circuit from 1961.