Photographs, circa 1900-2010

Series III. contains photographs and photo albums of the extended Hayes and Owens families. Included is a scrapbook (III.A.F88) compiled circa 1940 by Dorothy Hayes, eldest sister of Anna Hayes Owens, in tribute to their recently deceased father William E. Hayes. The scrapbook contains obituary clippings for newspaperman Hayes, images of the Senate chamber of Dover Delaware's Legislative Hall where he served as correspondent, and photos of political cartoonist and acquaintance George "Gee Tee" Maxwell. The Owens's photographs and albums portray domestic life in Newark, Delaware, encompassing the twentieth century nearly in its entirety. Included are Hayes family photos circa 1910, portraits of Frank and Anna Owens as students and young adults, and numerous photos documenting the lives of their two sons Jonathan and Christopher. Other items include several wedding photos of Truxton and Dorris Jolls Boyce on the University of Delaware campus circa 1940, as well as an extensive series of photographs portraying jazz-musicians Rudy Powell, John Chilton, and Hank Duncan.