Hayes, Isabella Mallory, 1908-1984.

Isabella Mallory Hayes (1908-1984) was the head of the Maryland and Rare Book Room in McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland.

She developed collections of materials documenting the state of Maryland and the University of Maryland. In addition to building the collections of published material, Hayes initiated the collection of archival and manuscript materials, acquiring the personal papers of Governor Theodore R. McKeldin, Senator Millard E. Tydings, Congressman Carlton R. Sickles, Adele Stamp (Dean of Women of the University of Maryland), and Geary Eppley (Dean of Men of the University of Maryland). Hayes was active with several professional and civic organizations. She was president of the League of Women Voters of Prince George's County; she contributed articles to magazines and newspapers and was a book review editor of the Maryland Magazine and editor of Library News. Other organizations in which Hayes was involved include the Maryland State Teachers Association; the Maryland Department of Social Services Advisory Committee; the Maryland Department of Health; the Potomac River Association; the Maryland Library Association; the Community Chest and Planning Council; the Scientists' Cliffs Association; and the Prince George's County Day Care Center for the Mentally Retarded. In her later years she was active in developing day care services for children and, in 1968, received the Community Service Award of the Health and Welfare Council of Prince George's County.

Isabella Mallory Hayes was born in Kewanee, Illinois, on March 27, 1908. She received her A.B. from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1930, where she majored in Latin. While attending Knox College, she worked in the Kewanee Public Library. In 1931, Hayes entered the University of Wisconsin Library School, earning her B.L.S. While at the University of Wisconsin, Hayes worked in the Legislative Reference Library of the Capital Building in Madison.

After graduation, Hayes pursued a career as a reference librarian. She served as Head of the Reference Department of the Roanoke, Virginia Public Library from 1931 to 1943. Hayes worked between 1931 and 1943 in Detroit but returned to Virginia in 1949, where she joined the reference staff of the Richmond public library. Later that year, Hayes and her family moved to Maryland, and she became Assistant Reference Librarian and Instructor in Library Science at the University of Maryland.

In 1958, Hayes became the head of the Maryland and Rare Book Room in McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland. She developed collections of materials documenting the state of Maryland and the University of Maryland. In addition to building the collections of published material, Hayes initiated the collection of archival and manuscript materials, acquiring the personal papers of Governor Theodore R. McKeldin, Senator Millard E. Tydings, Congressman Carlton R. Sickles, Adele Stamp (Dean of Women of the University of Maryland), and Geary Eppley (Dean of Men of the University of Maryland).

In addition to working as the head of the Maryland and Rare Book Room, Hayes was active with several professional and civic organizations. She was president of the League of Women Voters of Prince George's County; she contributed articles to magazines and newspapers and was a book review editor of the Maryland Magazine and editor of Library News . Other organizations in which Hayes was involved include the Maryland State Teachers Association; the Maryland Department of Social Services Advisory Committee; the Maryland Department of Health; the Potomac River Association; the Maryland Library Association; the Community Chest and Planning Council; the Scientists' Cliffs Association; and the Prince George's County Day Care Center for the Mentally Retarded. In her later years she was active in developing day care services for children and, in 1968, received the Community Service Award of the Health and Welfare Council of Prince George's County.

Hayes' husband, Harold Hayes, was Chief of Publications, Directorate of Education and Information, Department of Defense, until his retirement in1967. They had a daughter, Anne, who graduate from the University of Maryland and became an airline stewardess.

Isabella Mallory Hayes died in July 1984 in St. Augustine, Florida.