Professional Associations and Activities, 1953-1968

This series contains materials documenting Hayes' involvement in the Maryland Library Association, National Library Week, and Citizen's Conference on Libraries. The Maryland Library Association was founded in 1923 to promote library interests and development, as well as the profession of librarianship in the state of Maryland. Hayes' position within MLA varied bewteen 1959 and 1965 from National Library Week Committee Chairman to the Association Committee, to an active member of the College and Research Division. Her files contain correspondence, directories, meeting reports, manuals, and publications from 1953 to 1965. National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to promote library use and support. Hayes served as Executive Director of National Library Week in 1962 and general member from 1960 to 1963. She was also involved with the Citizen's Conference on Libraries, a conference sponsored by the Maryland Library Association and the Maryland State Department of Education to inform the citizens about the state and need for library services, from 1963 to 1965 and was chairman in her final year. Her files include correspondence, reports, minutes, memorandum, publications, handbooks, press releases, and flyers.

The arrangement is alphabetical by association name and alphabetical by subject within each grouping.