Guide to the Calder-Hayes Family Papers, 1907-1985 BANC MSS 87/38 c
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Calder-Hayes Family Papers
Creator:
Calder and Hayes families
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 87/38 c
Physical Description:
2 linear feet
(5 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1907-1985
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Contains correspondence of Alexander Calder and of other members of the Calder and Hayes families, dating from the outset
of the artist's career and providing many details of his art and family life. Includes a small group of original drawings,
juvenile sketches, and prints by Alexander Calder.
Also includes correspondence and subject files kept by Margaret Calder Hayes and relating to her political, environmental,
and humanitarian activities, primarily in Berkeley, San Francisco Bay Area, and Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Calder-Hayes Family Papers, BANC MSS 87/38 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Acquisition Information
The Calder-Hayes Family Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Margaret Calder Hayes on November 17, 1986. Additions
were made in December 1986, February 1987, and December 1987.
Portions of the 1987 additions, consisting of Alexander Calder letters written to his parents, Alexander Stirling Calder
and Nanette Lederer Calder, and his wife, Louisa James Calder, along with selected other family correspondence, drawings,
and photographs have been forwarded to The Alexander Calder Catalogue Raisonné at The Alexander & Louisa Calder Foundation,
34 Tinker Street, Woodstock, New York, 12495.
Scope and Content
The Calder-Hayes Family Papers, 1907-1985, includes correspondence of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and other members of the
Calder family, along with a few Alexander Calder drawings and ephemera. The bulk of the collection consists of files kept
by Margaret Calder Hayes concerning political, environmental, and humanitarian issues.
The collection contains over 125 original autograph letters, including some which are illustrated, signed by Alexander Calder,
chiefly written to his sister, Margaret (Peggy), and her husband, Kenneth Hayes. These letters date from the outset of Calder's
career and provide many intimate details of the artist's art and family life. They were probably gathered together for Margaret
Calder Hayes' book,
Three Alexander Calders: a Family Memoir, published in 1977. Also includes a few letters written to Peggy and her family by other immediate family members, including
parents, Alexander Stirling Calder and Nanette Lederer Calder, and Alexander's wife, Louisa James Calder, among others. In
addition, there are a few original Calder drawings and sketches.
The Margaret Calder Hayes papers consist of correspondence and subject files relating to her political, environmental, and
humanitarian activities, primarily in Berkeley, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Lake Tahoe, California. Includes extensive
correspondence about local, state, and national issues with political figures, including California Governors Edmund F. Brown
and Ronald Reagan, Senators Alan Cranston, John Tunney, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jacob Javits, and Eugene McCarthy, along with
other individuals.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Calder and Hayes families
Series 1.
Alexander Calder Correspondence
1917-1976
Physical Description: Box 1, folders 1-15
Scope and Contents
Contains letters from Alexander Calder to his sister, Margaret (Peggy) Calder Hayes and her family. Letters begin at the start
of his career as an artist and continue until shortly before his death.
Arrangement
Arranged by degree of relationship, and then chronologically.
box 1, Folder 1-9
Hayes, Margaret Calder, 1896- and Kenneth
1917-68
box 1, Folder 10-12
Hayes, Margaret Calder, 1896-
1969-76
box 1, Folder 13
Hayes, Bunny and J. G.
1971-73
box 1, Folder 14
Crowley, Malcolm and Muriel
1956-61
Physical Description: (Photocopies of letters)
box 1, Folder 15
Frank, Nana
[1926?]
Physical Description: (Photocopy)
Series 2.
Calder Family Correspondence
1928-1985.
Physical Description: Box 1, folders 16-23
Scope and Contents
Chiefly letters written to Margaret (Peggy) Calder Hayes and her family by other members of the Calder family.
Arrangement
Arranged by degree of relationship, and then chronologically.
Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945
box 1, Folder 16
to Margaret Calder Hayes
1928-31
Calder, Nanette (Lederer)
box 1, Folder 17
to Margaret Calder Hayes
1929-57
box 1, Folder 18
to Margaret Calder and Kenneth Hayes
1948-76
Davidson, Jean
General
(Alexander Calder's son-in-law)
box 1, Folder 20
to Margaret Calder and Kenneth Hayes
1965
box 1, Folder 21
to Margaret Calder and Kenneth Hayes
1985
Series 3.
Calder Drawings and Ephemera
1907-1941, Undated
Physical Description: Box 1, folders 24-29; Oversize folder 1
Scope and Contents
Contains original Calder drawings, sketches, and miscellaneous ephemera.
folder 27
Watercolor and pencil sketch
Undated
folder 28
Jingles for place cards [by Calder?]
1923
folder 29
The Dollville Journal
1907
oversize_folder 1B
Birthday Drawing
June 27, 1930
Physical Description: (crayon and pen)
Series 4.
Margaret Calder Hayes Papers
1937-1982.
Physical Description: Boxes 2-5
Scope and Contents
Divided into two sub-series: Correspondence and Subject Files. Contains extensive correspondence with public figures about
political, environmental, and humanitarian issues, as well as information about organizations. Includes clippings, articles,
agenda, notes, questionaires, and other related material.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically.
Subseries 4.1
Correspondence
1937-1972
box 2, Folder 1
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-
1961-66
box 2, Folder 2
California State Legislature
1937-69
box 2, Folder 4
Cranston, Alan MacGregor
1969-72
box 2, Folder 5
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-
1964-69
box 2, Folder 7
Holmdahl, John W.
1964-65
box 2, Folder 8
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
1960-65
box 2, Folder 9
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
1964-67
box 2, Folder 10
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
1963
box 2, Folder 11
Kuchel, Thomas H.
1958-67
box 2, Folder 12
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
1969
box 2, Folder 14
Sproul, Marion (Mrs. Allan Sproul)
1958
box 2, Folder 15
University of California
1950-69
box 2, Folder 16
House of Representatives
1958-71
box 2, Folder 17
Senate, including
1958-69
Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974
Javits, Jacob K., (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986
Dirksen, Everett McKinley
McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-
box 2, Folder 18
Letters to the Editor
ca. 1960s
Subseries 4.2
Subject Files
1938-1982
box 2, Folder 20
America First Committee
[ca. 1940s]
box 2, Folder 21
American Friends' Service Committee
1951-58
box 2, Folder 22-24
Berkeley, California
1960-71
Dog Responsibility Committee
box 2, Folder 25
California Roadside Council
1967-68
box 2, Folder 26
Committee on Militarism in Education
1938
box 3, Folder 1
League to Save Lake Tahoe
1968-71
box 3, Folder 2-3
National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy
1958-62
box 3, Folder 4-11
Pacifica Foundation
1946-82
box 4, Folder 1
Save the Redwoods League
1964-68
box 4, Folder 2
Save San Francisco Bay Association
1963-69
box 4, Folder 3
South Lake Tahoe, California
1968-73
box 4, Folder 4
Tahoe Meadows Association
1966-72
box 4, Folder 5
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
1968-75
box 4, Folder 6-15
Tahoe correspondence and miscellany
1963-78
box 5, Folder 1-3
University of California, Berkeley
ca. 1960-70
box 5, Folder 5-11
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
1936-62
