Elizabeth Hayes (Goddard) was the secretary of Rev. Dr. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin from 1921-1939. Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin began the process of restoring Colonial Williamsburg during this time.
Elizabeth Hayes was the daughter of Edward G. Hayes and Lizzie McGill. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
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Elizabeth Hayes Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives also holds papers of Elizabeth Hayes.
Papers of Elizabeth Hayes (Goddard) who was the secretary to Rev. Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin when he began the effort to restore Williamsburg, Virginia.
Includes letters written to Elizabeth Hayes by Rev. Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin during his trip to Great Britain and France in 1929 where he did research and made contacts for the restoration of Williamsburg.
Typed carbon copy of "The Turn of Another Century, Personal Memories" by Rev. Dr. W.A. R. Goodwin dated October 1938.
Typed carbon copy of "Autobiographical Notes" by W.A. R. Goodwin dated Christmas 1924.
Typed carbon copy of "The Background and Beginnings of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia" compiled from Dr. Goodwin's Files and from her contemporaneous diary notes by Elizabeth Hayes, Secretary to Dr. Goodwin dated 1933.
Letters written to Elizabeth Hayes by Rev. Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin during his trip to Great Britain and France in 1929 where he did research and made contacts for the restoration of Williamsburg. He purposefully wrote the letters as a diary of his trip, noting that the letters "contain the only record I am making of people seen, their names and addresses and the circumstances surrounding the conferences with them..." Letters tell of his research at various repositories, visits to dignitaries and historians and the newspaper notices in local papers requesting information that would be helpful to restoring Colonial Williamsburg. He meets Lady Astor and later has lunch and a tour with Lord and Lady Astor at their home, Glivedon. He sees official copy of the charter for the College of William and Mary. His letters are descriptive and often opinionated about the places he visits and people he sees and meets. He best sums up the letters on September 8, 1929, "I hope I have not been too long-drawn-out in recording impressions-It has been lonely being obliged to see these places and spots of loveliness and historic interest alone - The Diary has been a record of impressions, accomplishments and business contacts..."
Typed carbon copy entitled "Chapter VI, The Turn of Another Century, Personal Memories." Dated October 1938, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Scope and Contents Typed carbon copy of a manuscript "The Background and Beginnings of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia" " compiled from Dr. Goodwin's Files and from her contemporaneous diary notes by Elizabeth Hayes, Secretary to Dr. Goodwin." The last page is signed by Dr. Goodwin and dated April 15, 1933, The George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Scope and Contents Typed carbon manuscript "Autobiographical Notes" "A Note-Book of Memories" by W.A.R. Goodwin, College of William and Mary in Virginia, Christmas 1924. This copy is created as a scrapbook, with a picture of a young Dr. Goodwin on the first page. Postcards of areas mentioned, such as Norwood, Virginia and early Williamsburg, Virginia are glued onto pages. Early photographs of a vine covered Wren Building and Wren Courtyard are also included. 115 numbered pages. Last page has handwritten note, "These diary notes were dictated to and typed by Elizabeth Hayes (of Canandaigua, N.Y.), who was Dr. Goodwin's secretary from October 1921 through all the years until 1939 - E.H. This copy was given to E.H. by Dr. Goodwin, copies were given to Evelyn, Katharine, T.R., Mrs. Repass and one in Dr. G's files."