Descriptive Summary
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Hayes Family Collection
Dates: 1886-1991
Collection Number: 1995-51
Creator/Collector:
Berlin, Clare
Extent: 3 linear feet
Online items available
Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Assorted scrapbooks, research material, preservation records, manuscripts and original publications related to Mary Hayes
Chynoweth and the True Life Church, the Hayes family, and Hayes Mansion.
Language of Material: English
Access
The collection is open to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of Library and Archives.
Publication Rights
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions
of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a
photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used
for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy
or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution
reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation
of copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Hayes Family Collection. Collection Number: 1995-51. History San Jose Research Library
Acquisition Information
Donated to History San Jose in 1995 by a relative of Mary Hayes Chynoweth.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers compiled by the donor include the correspondence of Sibyl Hayes (1946-1968); Hayes Mansion preservation records,
including recordings of San Jose City Council meetings (1986-1991); Testimonial letters (and transcripts of letters) from
patients healed by Mary Hayes Chynoweth; notecards and manuscripts of author Edgar C. Kester from his works on Mary Hayes
Chynoweth; material related to Sibyl Hayes' "Today's Thoughts" radio broadcast (1968-1973); material on iron mining in the
Gogebic Iron Range of Wisconsin/Michigan. See attached inventory.
Indexing Terms
Spiritualists
Radio programs
Historic preservation--California--San Jose
Chynoweth, Mary Hayes, 1825-1905
Hayes, Sibyl
Kester, Edgar C.
Hayes, Clara Lyon, 1857-
Hayes family
True Life Church (San Jose, Calif.)
San Jose (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
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