Webb C. Hayes II collection, 1896-1957 (bulk 1914-1957) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, naval service records, reports, college workbooks, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other papers, relating to Hayes's education, naval career, and civic activities. Includes letters to his family written while attending Howe Military School (Howe, Ind.) and the U.S. Naval Academy; naval service records reflecting his career through two world wars, particularly as captain (1944) of the U.S.S. West Point, the largest naval troop transport ship and director of recruiting and induction for the U.S. Navy during World War II, membership in U.S. Naval Reserve, and promotion to rear admiral in 1955; correspondence, clippings, and other materials, documenting his activities as officer or trustee of Hayes Historical Society, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont Memorial Hospital, Ohio Historical Society, and the Rutherford B. Hayes-Lucy Webb Hayes Foundation; documents (1928-1932) concerning Dart Boats, Inc. (the only business materials included in the collection); and diaries and other papers of his wife, Martha (Baker) Hayes Wilder, daughter of Arthur Baker (co-founder of Baker Brothers), who survived her husband and later married Harry Wilder, relating to daily affairs, charitable activities, foreign travel, and her involvement with Hayes Presidential Center, Junior League of Toledo, Fremont Federation of Women, and other organizations