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William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterRachel Thomas, SCRC Staff.
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Evelyn M. Hailey Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in June 2011. Processed and finding aid created by Rachel Thomas, SCRC Staff, in September 2011. Acc. 2011.623 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in October 2011.
Evelyn Momsen Hailey (1922-2011) of Norfolk, Virginia served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1974 to 1981 and as a member of the State Senate from 1981 to 1982. She was active with women's rights organizations and environmental protection and an avid supporter of Equal Rights Amendment legislation.
Papers, circa 1970s-1990s, of Evelyn Momsen Hailey (1922-2011) of Norfolk, Virginia. Hailey served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1974 to 1981 and as a member of the State Senate from 1981 to 1982. She was active with women's rights organizations and environmental protection and an avid supporter of Equal Rights Amendment legislation. Her papers include correspondence, clippings, speeches, and printed material, campaign materials, and other materials related to her political career. Several bumper stickers are housed in the Manuscripts Artifact Collection. Four reel-to-reel audiotapes are housed in the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.
Organized into five series: Series 1: Campaign Materials, Series 2: Clippings, Series 3:Correspondence, Series 4: Legislation, Series 5: Outreach.
Several bumper stickers and signs have been transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03). Four reel-to-reel audiotapes were pulled from this collection and were transferred to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection (Mss. 1.04).
A bumper sticker, reel-to-reel audiotapes, a plaque, and signs were pulled from Acc. 2011.623 and were transferred to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection (Mss. 1.04) on 10/14/2011.
Accounts, records, and campaign materials from Hailey's House of Delegate campaigns. These include financial records, public appearances, writings about Hailey, position statements, and other materials related to the campaigning process.
Newspaper clippings related to the life and political career of Evelyn Momsen Hailey including the Equal Rights Amendment, women's issues, and environmental issues with the bulk of the records from 1974-1986.
Hailey's personal and political correspondence including letters of congratulation when she was first elected, items pertaining to her political interests, newsletters sent out by her campaign committee, and other cards and letters.
Items pertaining to Hailey's political work in the Virginia House of Delegates. Main categories include environmental issues, and women's rights issues. This series includes bills, positions statements, reports, and research related to her political activities.
Outreach is a broad term encompassing materials related to the public relations aspects of Hailey's life. This series includes photographs, press releases, publications, and her speeches.
This series contains correspondence, subject files, certificates, audiovisual and other material from 1971-1992 related to Evelyn M. Hailey, member of both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia State Senate. The bulk of the papers concern Hailey's life as a politician. Some of the topics expressed in the papers include various bills and legislation proposed by Hailey; Women's Interfaith Dialogue on the Middle East; correspondence of her husband, Robert Hailey, from 1971 to 1975; and certificates of appreciation and service from the State Board of Elections, State Board of Community Colleges, and Old Dominion University. This is a temporary series and will be interfiled into the existing collection in the future.