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hayeshubert Inventory of the Hubert Hayes Papers, 1891-1983 Processed by: Rubenstein Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 002582772

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: June 2008Processed by Rubenstein Library staff; finding aid encoded by Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, June 2008 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Hubert Hayes Papers, 1891-1983 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Hayes, Hubert, 1901-1964 Hubert Hayes Papers, 1891-1983 Material in English 21.0 Linear Feet 4,625 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Author, playwright, and founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree. The Hubert Hayes Papers span the years 1891-1983 and document the life and career of Hubert Hayes and to some extent of his wife Leona Hayes. Includes professional and personal correspondence; drafts of plays, short stories and other writings by Hayes; plays by other authors; folders and scrapbooks of photographs, clippings, archives and programs for the Hubert Hayes Mountain Youth Jamboree, founded by Hayes and directed after his death by his widow, Leona T. Hayes; audio tapes of the Jamboree (original reels closed to use; use copies must be made); scripts, promotional materials, production notes, and clippings relating to the productions of Hayes' plays Tight Britches and Thunderland; photographs of friends and relatives; photograph of the Trinity College football team in 1922 or 1923; photographs of Thomas Wolfe taken in the summer of 1937; items concerning the Hubert Hayes Memorial Cabin at the Asheville-Biltmore Botanical Gardens (later moved to the Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Center); a carving by Mary U. Chiltoskey of Cherokee, N.C., on a block of maple taken from Hayes' work bench; items concerning the National Folk Festival Association; notebook containing information about the life and career of Leona T. Hayes; and letters to Mrs. Hayes from Benjamin E. Powell, former Librarian of Duke University, and other items relating to the Friends of Duke University Library. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Audiovisual originals are closed to use. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Hubert Hayes Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The Hubert Hayes Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Processing Information

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Encoded by Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, June 2008

All accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Collection Overview

The papers span the years 1891-1983 and document the life and career of Hubert Hayes and to some extent of his wife, Leona Hayes. Includes professional and personal correspondence; drafts of plays, short stories and other writings by Hayes; plays by other authors; scrapbooks and folders of photographs, clippings, archives and programs for the Hubert Hayes Mountain Youth Jamboree, founded by Hayes and directed after his death by his widow, Leona T. Hayes; audio tapes of the Jamboree (original reels closed to use; use copies must be made); scripts, promotional materials, production notes, and clippings relating to the productions of Hayes' plays Tight Britches and Thunderland (the latter is about Daniel Boone); photographs of friends and relatives; photograph of the Trinity College football team in 1922 or 1923; photographs of Thomas Wolfe taken in the summer of 1937; items concerning the Hubert Hayes Memorial Cabin at the Asheville-Biltmore Botanical Gardens (later moved to the Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Center); a carving by Mary U. Chiltoskey of Cherokee, N.C., on a block of maple taken from Hayes' work bench; items concerning the National Folk Festival Association; notebook containing information about the life and career of Leona T. Hayes; and letters to Mrs. Hayes from Benjamin E. Powell, former Librarian of Duke University, and other items relating to the Friends of Duke University Library.

Subject Headings

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Hayes, Hubert, 1901-1964. Hayes, Leona T. Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938. Powell, Benjamin Edward, 1905- Hubert Hayes Mountain Youth Jamboree. National Folk Festival Association. Western Carolina University. Mountain Heritage Center. Friends of Duke University Library. Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)--Sports. Folk festivals--North Carolina. Authors, American--North Carolina. Audio recordings. Contents of Collection Correspondence Series, 1954-1970 (3 boxes) 11934-1953 21954-1970 31961-1965 Writings Series (17 boxes) Writings By Author Subseries Thunderland 4Clippings 6-7Promotion and production papers 13Research data 14-15Scripts 16Scripts and music 5Tight Britches Scripts Devils Courthouse, antecedent of Tight Britches 12Promotion and production papers Clippings 8Where Vanishes the Flame Script and notes 9Scripts 10Short plays 11Miscellaneous writings, including What Billy Graham Did for Me Huckleberry Mountain Workshop, camp folder 17Foxfire Scripts 18Miscellany Red Spider, scripts and royalty checks Writings by Others Subseries 20Play and music 22Plays Miscellaneous Series (2 boxes) 19Biographical Data Medical Data 21Clippings Miscellany Mountain Youth Jamboree Papers Series (8 boxes)

[Audiovisual originals are CLOSED to use. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.]

23-30Papers Addition, 1954-1972 (6 boxes)

[Audiovisual originals are CLOSED to use. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.]

31Papers, 1968 Audio tapes (reels?), 1968 32Audio tapes of Hubert Hayes Mountain Youth Jamboree, 1970-1972 331954, 1962 341966 Apr. 20-23 351969 361962, 1965 Mar. 31- Apr. 3 Partial index of ten reels, 1954, 1962 and 1965 Addition, 1958-1983 (17 boxes)

[Audiovisual originals are CLOSED to use. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.]

37-42, 47City auditorium papers, Asheville NC 43-44Tapes (reels?), 1967 45Papers, 1970-1974 461958-1983 48Short plays (including minstrel show material) and short stories 49Lost Treasure of Peep Eye Cove 50Printed material 51Carving by Mary U. (Mrs. J.D.) Chiltoskey on a block from the work bench of H.H. Hayes 52Volumes 53Scrapbooks 1986 Addition (1 box) 54Scrapbooks, 1951-1953

Two scrapbooks of clippings, programs, flyers, and other ephemera relating to the production of Thunderland (1952), a play by Hubert Hayes about Daniel Boone, and one scrapbook with written narrative, postcards, and clippings covering a 1951 trip to Washington, DC by the Mountain Jamboree players, under Hayes' direction.