Hayes, James, 1907-1993

James Hayes (1907-1993) was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1907 and trained in the 1920's at the Chicago Art Institute under Ernst Detterer. He developed an interest in historical scripts and their modern application and studied not only Western scripts, but also Egyptian hieroglyphics and Asian calligraphy, design, and illustration. Hayes led the Newberry Library Calligraphy Study Group for 15 years and designed and installed a Newberry Library exhibition on the history of the Roman letter in 1952. Hayes worked for the R.R. Donnelly & Sons Lakeside Press in Chicago for over 50 years. After moving to Woodland Park, Colorado in 1972, he taught workshops for the Colorado Calligrapher's Guild and was named honorary member in 1980.

James Hayes, born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1907, was trained in the 1920's at the Chicago Art Institute under Ernst Detterer, who had studied with Edward Johnston, the Englishman responsible for the twentieth-century revival of the art of callligraphy. These influences fed Hayes' interest in historical scripts and their modern application; he studied not only Western scripts, but also Egyptian hieroglyphics and Asian calligraphy, design, and illustration. He led the Newberry Library Calligraphy Study Group for fifteen years and designed and installed a Newberry Library exhibition on the history of the Roman letter in 1952. Hayes worked for the R.R. Donnelly & Sons Lakeside Press in Chicago for over fifty years. After moving to Woodland Park, Colorado in 1972, he taught workshops for the Colorado Calligrapher's Guild and was named honorary member in 1980. 1

1 Donald M. Anderson, The Art of Written Forms: The Theory and Practice of Calligraphy . New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., (1969), 210-211. James Hayes, "James Hayes: A Calligrapher's Life." Western Hands: Calligraphy from the Western United States . Colorado Calligrapher's Guild at the Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado, December 7, 1989-Janurary 9, 1981; David Ashley . Memorial reception address for James Hayes. Colorado Calligrapher's Guild and Special Collections, Norlin Library, University of Colorado Libraries, March 6, 1994; Alan Gottlieb. James Hayes, calligrapher: "Writing with care in a hurried age." Ute Pass Courier . (December 23, 1982), 6-7.