Papers, 1898-1950 (bulk 1917-1950).

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Papers, 1898-1950 (bulk 1917-1950).

Chiefly correspondence, written during Hayes's World War I service, including letters written to his aunt and uncle, Maude and Scott R. Hayes, his father at the U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., and mother at the family residence at Spiegel Grove; military reports, documents, records, and diary reflecting World War II service; business papers pertaining to the Standard Oil Company; and photographs of Hayes as a child, soldier during World War I, student at Princeton, and executive at Standard Oil.

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Smith, Harry Eaton

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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...

Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Hayes, Scott Russell, 1871-1923

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Youngest surviving son of President Rutherford B. Hayes; childhood home at Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; graduate of Cornell University; worked for several companies until 1914 when became an official of New York Air Brake Company; married Maude Wright Anderson; owner of farm and estate, Spiegel Farm, Westchester County, N.Y.; while on business trip through Central and South America, shipwrecked and forced to abandon ship and recovered off coast of Peru; suffered physical breakdown due to the ho...

Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

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Directed by Roy Stryker and his successors (1943 - 1963), the project depicts the operations of the oil industry throughout the world and its effect on life in the twentieth century. From the description of Picture Library, 1943-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191916439 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was an oil company and holding company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was originally formed in 1882 as a refining and...

Hayes, Maude Wright Anderson

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Hayes, Frances, 1867-1950

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Sixth child and only daughter of President Rutherford B. and Lucy Webb Hayes; b. in Fremont, Ohio; married Harry Eaton Smith; subsequently divorced and resumed maiden name; lived in Annapolis, Md., New York, N.Y., spending time in Africa with son Dalton Smith Hayes (1898-1950); resided at Bryant Pond, Me.; d. in Lewiston, Me., and buried in Fremont, Ohio; known as Fanny Hayes. From the description of Fanny Hayes collection, 1872-1951 (bulk 1900-1951). (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential...

Rutherford B. Hayes Home (Fremont, Ohio)

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 165th

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Hayes, Dalton Smith, 1898-1950

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Born at Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; son of Harry Eaton Smith and Fanny Hayes; grandson of President Rutherford B. Hayes; began using Hayes as surname in 1924; graduate of Princeton University; served with 165th Infantry Regiment, A.E.F., during World War I; employed by Atlantic Refining Company and later Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, spending time in Australia, South Africa, Cuba, and Bermuda; served in intelligence during World War II, assigned to Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique), So...

United States. Naval Observatory

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Organizational History 1830 Establishment of the Depot of Charts and Instruments, Washington, D.C. 1843 1844 Construction of the observatory on its present site 1846 Publication of the first ...