Guide to the Mabell Sammons Hayes Papers
Open for research.
Mabell Sammons Hayes, a medical missionary of the PCUSA, graduated from Grove City College in 1919 and from Woman's Medical College in 1923. Appointed to the India Mission in 1924, Dr. Hayes served at the Fatehgarh Hospital from 1925-1927. From 1927 through 1960, she served as a physician on the staff of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute where her husband, Brewster Hayes, was head of the Institute's Horticulture Department. In 1960, she was sent to the Punjab Synod where she served on the staff of the Ludhiana Christian Medical School until 1962. She was enrolled as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1965 through 1967 and served with the Department of Social and Preventative Medicine, SMS, Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan. From 1967 until her return to the U.S. in 1970 she served in Naila, a village in the Jaipur District, where she conducted general clinic work and lectured at the Health Center.
This collection primarily documents Dr. Hayes' years of service in India, 1924-1981. Her papers consist of diaries, correspondence, photos and photo albums that reflect her medical career in India as a medical missionary of the PCUSA, a Peace Corps volunteer and as a private citizen.
Record Group 182 is arranged accordingly:
SERIES I: Diaries, 1924-1981
Includes 11 diaries covering the above period with the exception of the years 1949-54. Arranged chronologically
SERIES II: Correspondence, 1926-1970
Includes home letters to members of her family, 1936-1928, 1937-1970; annual and semi-annual letters,1926-1965. Arranged chronologically by year.
SERIES III: Photographs and photo albums, 1925-1969
Includes photos of the annual meeting of the North India Mission, 1925-1945 and 8 photo albums covering the period from 1930-1969. Arranged chronologically.
SERIES IV: Miscellany, 1924-1978
Includes autobiographical notes and memoirs of Dr. Hayes; certificates and awards; unpublished manuscripts; personal labor reports, 1938-1954 and other items. Arranged alphabetically.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1984
Frederick J. Heuser, Jr., Archivist
Collection rehoused and finding aid revised: 1989
Kristin Gleeson, Associate Archivist
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 0 | Finding Aid to Record Group 182 | |
| SERIES I: DIARIES, 1924-1981 | |||
| 1 | none | 1924 July 1-1929 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1929 July 1-1934 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1934 July 1-1939 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1939 July 1-1944 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1944 July 1-1949 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1949 July 1-1954 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1954 July 1-1959 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1959 July 1-1964 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1964 July 1-1969 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1969-1972 | |
| 1 | none | 1975 July 1-1979 June 30 | |
| 1 | none | 1979 July 1-1981 | |
| SERIES II: CORRESPONDENCE, 1926-1970 | |||
| Home Letters | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1926-1928 | |
| 1 | 2-36 | 1937-1954 | |
| Annual/Semi-Annual Letters | |||
| 1 | 37 | 1926-1965 | |
| SERIES III: PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTO ALBUMS, 1924-1969 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Annual meeting of N. India Mission, 1925-1945 | |
| 2 | 2 | Album #1, 1924-1929 | |
| 2 | 3 | Album #2, 1930-1931 | |
| 2 | 4 | Album #3, 1932-1934 | |
| 2 | 5 | Album #4, 1934-1939 | |
| 2 | 6 | Album #5, 1940-1947 | |
| 2 | 7 | Album #6, 1948-1955? | |
| 2 | 8 | Album #7, 1950-1956 | |
| 2 | 9 | Album #8, 1957-1969 | |
| SERIES IV: MISCELLANY, 1924-1978 | |||
| 2 | 10 | Autobiographical notes, 1924-1933 | |
| 2 | 11 | Biographical file, undated | |
| 2 | 12 | Certificates, Licenses, 1916-1978 | |
| 2 | 13 | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1940-1975 | |
| 2 | 14 | Miscellaneous items, 1957-1970 | |
| 2 | 15 | Memoirs (notes), 1924-1941 | |
| 2 | 16 | Miscellaneous manuscripts, undated | |
| 2 | 17 | Personal labor reports, 1938-1954 |