Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 28. Correspondence, poems, lyrics for songs, newspaper marine columns, and royalty and copyright contracts related to William Shakespeare Hays, a poet, composer, and newspaper columnist of Louisville, Kentucky. Many clippings of a biographical nature and of his works. Attached (Click on  Additional Files  below) is full text scan of a diary kept by Hayes from 1864 to 1865 and titled  My Leisure Moments to Belle McCullough.  This diary is found in Box 3, Folder 4 of the collection

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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts12-12-2007Hays, William Shakespeare (MSS 28)Manuscripts & Folklife ArchivesWestern Kentucky University, mssfa@wku.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aidPart of the Composition Commons, and the United States History CommonsThis Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSS Finding Aids by anauthorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact todd.seguin@wku.edu.Recommended CitationFolklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Hays, William Shakespeare (MSS 28)" (2007). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 283.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/283 MSS 28 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Kentucky Library & Museum Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY  42101  MSS  28     HAYS, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907  Descriptive Inventory  2 1/2 boxes.  29 folders.  1,032 items. 179?-1949.  Originals.  1949.12.1   BIOGRAPHY   William Shakespeare Hays (19 July 1837-23 July 1907) was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and resided most of his life in that city.  Hugh Hays, his father and a native Pennsylvanian, migrated to Louisville in 1832 where he married Martha Richardson. Will showed signs of musical talent at an early age and took a few violin lessons, but that seems to have been all of the musical training that he received.  During 1856 and 1857, Will attended colleges in Hanover, Indiana; Clarksville, Tennessee; and Georgetown, Kentucky.  While at Georgetown, he became known as the “boy poet.”  His first published song was “Little Ones at Home,” which was written while he was at Hanover.  This incident ignited a prolific writing career which resulted in Hays penning innumerable poems and newspaper columns in addition to approximately five hundred songs.  He signed his manuscripts as “Will S. Hays.”  Some of his poetry was written to his future wife, Belle McCullough of Louisville.  They were married in 1865.  Hays always had a love for the river, and his newspaper columns were based on river happenings and occurrences.  During the Civil War, he commanded a river transport on the Mississippi, between Vicksburg and New Orleans.  He continued to work on riverboats periodically during the sixties and the early seventies.  Hays began his newspaper work in Louisville in the late 1850s and maintained a  position with the Democrat, and later, with the Courier-Journal and Times  until his death.  He served as marine editor for several years.  When he died in 1907, he was survived by his wife and two children, Dr. Samuel Brown Hays (1878-1933), and Mattie Belle Hays [Mrs. Fauche Warren Samuel] (1868-1947).         Bibliographical Notes         The Collection.        Dictionary of American Biography.        Grise, George.   Thesis, “Will S. Hays.”   MSS 28 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  2 THE COLLECTION  The correspondence of Hays is comprised mainly of his letters to Belle McCullough, his future wife, written during the years of 1863 to 1866.  Also, there is a diary entitled “My Leisure Moments to Belle,” written by Hays during this same period while residing in Nashville, Tennessee.  A few letters to Mattie Belle Hays Samuel and to Samuel Brown Hays constitute the Hays family letters.  Manuscript poems, songs (chiefly lyrics), and newspaper columns of Hays, with accompanying typed and manuscript copies, are included.  There are royalty and copyright contracts as well as lists of Hays’ works.  Many newspaper clippings of Hays’ various endeavors are included, too.  Additionally, there is a folder of George Grise’s correspondence from 1947 to 1949, which he collected while researching and writing his thesis on Hays.  For additional information about Hays’ musical compositions, consult the sheet music collection in the Kentucky Library.  SHELF LIST  BOX  1 Hays family papers 179?-1949 259 items  Folder 1 Letters to Belle McCullough 1863-1866 54 items  Folder 2 Wills (1) John McCollock, and 179?-1810 2 items  (2) Thomas Kyle, both of  Belfast, Ireland  Folder 3 Incoming letters to Hays, royalty 1847-1913 14 items  and copyright contracts, and lists   of compositions   3a - Letter from mother 1847 1 item   3b - Letter from W. W. Hite 1904 1 item   3c - Royalty and copyright 1867;1884; 4 items      contracts 1911; 1913    3d - List of compositions  8 items  Folder 4 Incoming letters to Mattie H. 1935; 1941 3 items  Samuel  Folder 5 Letters, clippings, etc., of Samuel 1888; 1933 7 items  B. Hays  Folder 6 Letters written to George Grise 1947-1949 57 items  while he was writing his thesis   6a - Letters - Steamboats 1947 4 items   6b - Letters - “The Drummer Boy 1948; 1990 4 items    of Shiloh”  MSS 28 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  3  Folder 7 Newspaper writings for various 1863 105 items  named columns  7a - “Driftwood” columns  14 items  7b - “Old Ike” columns  22 items  7c - “Our Log” columns 1870; 1883 30 items  7d - “Syah” columns 1863-1864 5 items  7e - Hays’ newspaper writings -   12 items    River column  7f - Hays’ miscellaneous news -   22 items    paper writings  Folder 8 Newspapers - The Inland Voyager, 1939; 1940 17 items  published by the Green Line   Steamers, Oct. 2-20, 1939, and  related letter, Jan. 9, 1940   BOX 2 Poems  1864-1907 519 items  Folder 1 Poems, A-G  101 items  Folder 2 Poems, H-M  90 items   2a - Poem, “Marthy, John An’ Jan. 1, 1888 1 item    Jim” (Original in C1-D1,F3)   2b - Poems with accompanying  1 item    information  1. “The Hopewell Hymn” 2. “Old Shep”  Folder 3 Poems, N-S  83 items  Folder 4 Poems, T-Y  97 items  Folder 5 Poems, copies (holographic  38 items  and printed)  Folder 6 Poems, untitled  44 items   6a - Untitled poems, originals  39 items   6b - Untitled poems, holographic  5 items    and typed copies  Folder 7 “In Memoriam” poems 1864-1906 55 items   7a - In memoriam of Capt. 1892 2 items    Pink Varble   7b - In memoriam poems; no date,  25 items  MSS 28 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  4    alphabetized by title Folder 8 Poems, typed and printed  2 items  Folder 9 Poems written to and in honor of 1882; 1885 2 items  Folder 10 Poems written in 1907 1907 7 items   BOX  3 Miscellaneous materials 1864-1907 254 items  Folder 1 Manuscripts lyrics for songs  126 items   1a - Song, “When Sherman Marched  2 items    Down to the Sea,” and front    cover from sheet music of the    same   1b - Copies (holographic) of songs  5 items   1c - Photostat of Hays’ song “Old Ike”  1 item   1d - Article - Authenticity of song  1 item    “Goodbye Susan Jane”  Folder 2 Material concerning composer of  22 items  “Dixie”  Folder 3 List of Hays’ songs in Kentucky Library  6 items  Folder 4 Diary - “My Leisure Moments to 1864-1865 1 item  Belle McCullough,” (Original,  photocopy, and two bound typed  copies)      4a - Diary (typescript)  Folder 5 Compositions  5 items  Folder 6 Indices to collections of Hays’  4 items  materials  Folder 7 Scrapbooks - Belle’s book, poems 1862-1864 3 items  of Belle and of Will  Folder 8 Papers - Hays’ 50th and 57th  7 items  birthday celebrations  Folder 9 Printed items 1899-1947 68 items   9a - Steamboats - Article  1 item   9b - Hays’ newspaper 1899 10 items  MSS 28 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  5    columns - Clippings   9c - Will S. Hays and his  1941 15 items    works - Clippings   9d - George Grise’s inquiries 1947 4 items    concerning Will S.       Hays - Clippings   9e - Hays’ poems and songs -   24 items    Clippings   9f -  Authorship of “Dixie” -   9 items    Clippings and photostats     9g - Will S. Hays - Tributes 1907 5 items  Folder 10 Photographs and pictures  9 items  Folder 11 Will S. Hays - Biographical material  3 items    BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  MSS HAYS, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 179?-1949 28   Correspondence, poems, lyrics, newspaper marine   columns, and royalty and copyright contracts of William  Shakespeare Hays of Louisville, Kentucky.  Many clippings   of a biographical nature and of his works.   2 1/2 boxes.  29 folders.  1,032 items.   1949.12.1    SUBJECT ANALYTICS  Columnist and columns – Marine Composers – Kentucky Contracts – Royalties and copyrights Copyright – Contracts Diaries, 1864-1865 – Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 Essays Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1961 Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 – Photos Ireland – Wills, 179?, 1810 Journalism – Columnists Louisville – Social life and customs, 1863-1866 Lyrics McCullough, Belle, d.1935 Musicians Poets – Kentucky  MSS 28 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  6 Poetry Scrapbooks – McCullough, Belle, d. 1935 Steamboats   SEE AND SEE ALSO CARDS  Hays, Belle McCullough  See:     McCullough, Belle  Columnists and columns  See also:     Journalism  Lyrics  See also:     Poetry; Songs   Jeffrey 11/10/2011    

Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (MSS 28)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1790. Research material, including news clippings and several letters, related to William Shakespeare Hays, a Kentucky musician and journalist. Also includes typescripts of poems written by Hays under the pseudonym Hayseed

Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts10-30-2008Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (SC 1790)Manuscripts & Folklife ArchivesWestern Kentucky University, mssfa@wku.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aidPart of the American Literature Commons, Music Commons, and the United States HistoryCommonsThis Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSS Finding Aids by anauthorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact connie.foster@wku.edu.Recommended CitationFolklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (SC 1790)" (2008). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 667.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/667SC 1790 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Library Special Collections – Western Kentucky University  Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092   Descriptive Inventory  SC 1790 HAYS, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907  1 folder.  13 items.  1873-1989.  Photocopies.  SC2015.2.107  BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  SC HAYS, William Shakespeare, 1873-1989 1790  1837-1907      Research material, including news clippings  and several letters, related to William S. Hays, a  Kentucky musician and journalist.  Also includes  typescripts of poems written by Hays under the  pseudonym Hayseed.   1 folder.  13 items.  Photocopies and  typescripts.   SC2015.2.107   SUBJECT ANALYTICS  Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1961 – Letter to, 1947 Hays, Belle (McCulloch) Malone, Bill C. Poetry Walz, Ella Belle (Hays) Walz, Mary Frances – Letter to, 1928      Jeffrey   10/30/2008 

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