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Preferred Citation:

Evelyn M. Hailey Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information:

Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Processing Information:

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.

Biographical Information:

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Arrangement of Materials:

Organized into five series: Series 1: Campaign Materials, Series 2: Clippings, Series 3:Correspondence, Series 4: Legislation, Series 5: Outreach.

Related Material

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).

Separated Material

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Certificates
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Correspondence
• Letters (correspondence)
• Norfolk (Va.)
• Norfolk (Va.)--History--20th century
• Speeches
• Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates
• Women in politics--United States--History--20th century