Dates: 1817-1950

Collection Number: MS 688

Physical Location: Archive Room Shelves

Extent: 1 box

Creators/Collectors: Mary Oakley Hay

Access Restrictions: Open for research

User Restrictions: none

Preferred Citation: Mary Oakley Hay Collection, MS 688, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia

Acquisition Information: unknown

Biographical/Historical Information: Mary Oakley Hay (1873-1965) spent the last decade of her life in Charlottesville. She was known for her volunteer and social work, especially for children. She had previously lived in Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Great Britain.

Scope and Content:

Folder 1: Correspondence (20 files)

-1911-35

-1938

-1939

-1940

-Postcards from the 1940s

-1945

-1946

-1947

– Jan-April 1948

-May 1948

-June 1948

-July-August 1948

-Sept.-Oct. 1948

-Nov.-Dec 1948

-Jan. 1949

-Feb. 1949

-March 1949

-Apr.-Dec. 1949

-1950

-Unknown dates  (contains a lock of hair)

Folder 2: Photographs

-two of Sarah Hay

-Mary Oakley Hay

-Home of Mrs. J.W. Robertson Scott in Oxfordshire, England

Folder 3: Checks and Invoices

-most from the Charlottesville area 1940s-50s.

Folder 4: Ephemera

-unknown dairy from 1817

-cemetery record of Sara Oakley Hay

-two address books belonging to Mary Oakley Hay

– letter from Phillip Hay to his sister Amelia Sprigg

-Employment Record of Mary Oakley Hay

Arrangement: chronological

Persons:

  • Artie
  • Bacon, Franklin
  • Mrs. Barker
  • Barker, D.
  • Barller, D.
  • Bessie
  • Biggie, Julia
  • Billy
  • Bowie, Russel
  • Bullard, Margaret Goodwin
  • Burtter, Claude
  • Carter, Lillian S.
  • Mrs. Carter, Robert
  • Cash, James Robert
  • Chamberlain, Bernard
  • Clark, C.
  • Darden, Constance
  • Dill, Edna Dorsey
  • Mrs. Donovan, H.A.
  • Doyce, Edith G.
  • Dundas, Thomas
  • Elizabeth
  • Evans, Ted
  • Faison, H.R.
  • Faison, Lucy
  • Gattan, Virginia M.
  • Grant, Gene
  • Haman, Edward V.
  • Harman, C.
  • Hay, E.C.
  • Hay, Elizabeth C.
  • Hay, Mary (Molly) Oakley
  • Hay, Phillip
  • Hay, Sara Oakley
  • Hay, Theodora
  • Herman
  • Hillman, Isabel Page
  • Hoyt, Roberta
  • Irvm, Frances Huusten
  • John, Marjorie
  • Keyes, Anne
  • Lillian
  • Littleton
  • Mace, John
  • Mrs. McCullough, H.P.
  • McGregor, Rupert
  • Mitchell, F.F.
  • Montagu, V.M.
  • Rev. Montague, R.C.
  • Moran, Sue
  • Morey
  • Parle, Annie
  • Pulley, Frank E.
  • Richard
  • Rolles, Florrie
  • Mrs. Rowe
  • Shovely, William G.
  • Skinner, Irene
  • Smith, M.
  • Smith, Nellie
  • Smith, Sarah M.
  • Sprigg, Amelia
  • Taylor, A.
  • Tuey
  • Varner, Coolie
  • Wallace, L.F.
  • Wellingham
  • Welte, Gladys
  • Wiggin, Ann

Family Names:

  • Hay Family
  • Darden Family

Corporate Names:

  • Young Women's Christian Association
  • Child Labor Association of Philadelphia
  • Federation of Churches of City of New York
  • Federal Welfare Society of Newport, Rhode Island
  • McGuire Clinic
  • Lord Baldwin Fund for Refugees

Subjects:

  • Hay, Elizabeth Condit -- 1808-1874
  • Hay, Samuel Cox -- 1836-1911
  • Address books
  • South Africa
  • South Africa -- Politics and government
  • International relations
  • University of Virginia -- Library
  • Letters (Correspondence)
  • University of Virginia -- Students
  • Alderman Library
  • University of Virginia -- Administration
  • University of Virginia -- Auditing
  • University of Virginia -- Office of the President
  • Darden, Colgate W. -- (Colgate Whitehead) -- 1897-1981
  • United States -- Federal Emergency Relief Administration
  • University of Virginia -- Extension Division

Record Types:

  • Correspondence
  • photographs
  • ephemera

Related Collections: Mary Oakley Hay Collection Photographs