Special Collections, General Subject Manuscripts Collection

William Perry Hay Papers

Manuscript Group 7

1 Box: 1885-1937

Vita: Professor William Perry Hay, Zoologist, 1872-1947; born Eureka, IL, Dec. 8, 1872. The son of paleontologist Oliver Perry Hay (1846-1930); educated at Butler University (B.S., '91; MS. '92) and died 1947. Instructor of Zoology, Central High School, Washington, D.C., 1892-1898; head, Dept. of Biology, Washington high schools, 1898-1900; professor of natural history, Howard University, 1900-1908; head, Dept. of Biology and Chemistry, Washington high schools, 1908-1931; instructor of biology, McKinley High School (Washington?), 1931-1934. Also assistant in zoology, George Washington University, and lecturer, Georgetown U. (ca. 1907?). Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fisheries Society, National Geographic Society, Washington Academy of Sciences, Washington Biological Society (vp, 1907), Washington Entomological Society, Washington Biological Field Club (pres., 1903). Fields of research: Life history and relations of North American crustacea, and Astacidae of North America.

Addresses: 2465 6th Street NW, Washington until ca. 1910; Kensington, Md., 1910-1944, Bradenton, Fl., 1944-1947.

Sources: American Men of Science, 1st-7th editions (1906-1944), 8th ed.(1949), not located; not included in 9th ed., 1955. Death date from OCLC database.

Summary: Includes correspondence, zoological drawings and papers, and copies of articles. Letters were received by Hay from scientists in the United States, Germany, and France. Some of the correspondence, ca. 1905-06, relates to the Washington Biological Society of which Hay was an officer. Crustacea, especially crayfish, is the predominant subject matter of the papers. Correspondents include A. E. Ortmann, M. J. Rathbun, R. Ridgeway, W. B. Scott, Thomas Stebbing, G. L. Swiggett, and Hay's father Oliver Perry Hay. Some corresponcence is also addressed to the elder Hay.

Arrangement: The bulk of the papers is correspondence. Although the correspondence is described in alphabetical order by writer, the letters are filed chronologically. Correspondence, therefore, should be requested by date.

Provenance: Gift of the University of Florida Biology Department, ca. 1948.
 

Correspondence: 1895-[bulk 1916] 1937 [n.y.]; in 22 folders.
N.B.: Correspondence is assumed to be to William Perry Hay unless noted differently. Letters are filed chronologically. Request by year. Abeling, Herman H. ALLS; Torrington, CT; 1900: Sept. 26, Oct. 4, Oct. 10, Oct. 15; Oct. 28.

Abow, Henry. ALS; New York, 1899: October 20.

Absolon, Karl. ALS; Bonn, 1904: May 6.

Adams, Charles C. 3 ALLS; Chicago and Ann Arbor:

1902: April 10.

1905: Sept. 20.

1906: June 12.

 Allen, Glover M. Postcard; Cambridge, MA., 1906: June 10.

Allen, J. A. ALS; New York, 1906: June 11.

ALS to W. H. Osgood; New York, 1909: Feb. 19.

Bache, Rene. TLS; Washington, D.C.; [n.y.] Oct. 24.

Baldwin, Frances. ALS, 22 Nov. 1937. Re: genealogy of Martha Howsmon.

Ball, E. D. ALS; Logan, UT., 1906: June 12.

Bangs, Outram. ALS; Boston, 1904: Dec. 15.

Barbour, Thomas. Postcard; Boston, 1906: June 19.

Bartsch, Paul. TLS; Washington, D.C.; 1937: Oct. 5.

Beach, H, H. T. ALS; [n.d.].

Bean, Tarleton M. 2 ALLS; New York, 1906: Feb. 13, & Feb. 23.

Bennett, William J. ALS; 1906: June 13.

Bouvim. ALS; Paris, 1904: June 23.

Branner, J. C. 2 ALLS; Stanford, 1906: July 11.

Britton, N. L. TLS; New York, 1906: June 11.

Brooks, Alpert H. TLS; Washington, D.C.; 1901: June 16.

Chillon, Charles. 6 ALLS and postcards; Christchurch, N.Z.:

1902: Nov. 18.

1903: Nov. 23.

1904: March 30.

1905: May 11.

1906: March 23, May 5.

 Church, Morton L. ALS; Taunton, MA., 1906: June 16.

Clark, Austin H. ALS; Boston, 1909: Sept. 21, 2pp.

Clark, Hubert Lyman. Postcard; Cambridge, MA., 1906: June 11.

Collins, G. M. TLS; Washington, D.C.; 1905: June 3.

Cockerell, Theodore D. A.:

Postcard to A. D. Hopkins; Boulder, CO., 1906: Feb. 23.

ALS to W. H. Osgood; Boulder, CO., 1906: June 11.

 Cox, Ulyses O. ALS; Mankato, MN., 1902: July 23.

Davenport, Elizabeth. ALS; Brattleboro, VT., 1906: June 11.

Dawson, George M. ALS to Oliver Perry Hay; Ottawa, 1899: Sept. 21.

Dodge, Charles Wright. ALS; Rochester, N.Y., 1906: June 11.

Dudley, William P. ALS; Stanford UNiversity, 1906: June 14.

Dundres? J. E. Postcard; Cape Colony, Africa, 1906: Feb. 10.

Dwight, Jonathan, Jr. ALS; Tadensac, Quebec, 1906, June 20.

Eigenmann, Carl H. ALS; Bloomington, IN., 1902: June 16.

Elliot, F. G. ALS; Chicago, IL., [n.d.].

Evermann, Barton W. TLS; Washington, D.C., 1899: May 11.

Faxon, Walter. 3 ALLS; Cambridge, MA.:

1899: June 6.

1906: June 12

1912: Dec. 17.

 Fleming, J. H. ALS; Toronto, 1906: June 11.

Frierson, Lorraine C. ALLS; Fuerson, LA., 1900: May 6, May 24.

Gannett, Henry. TLS; Washington, D.C.; 1906: Oct. 27.

Harris, J. Arthur. ALLS:

Lawrence, KS.; [n.y.] August 30.

St. Louis, MO., 1901: Jan. 17, April 3 & Oct. 22.
 

 Hay, Robert [father of Oliver Perry Hay and grandfather of William]Cf. Hay, Oliver Perry (1901).

Hay, Oliver Perry. 2 ALLS; New York, N.Y., 1900: Feb. 5. & 1901, April 3.

Enclosing a letter from Robert Hay to Oliver Perry Hay and Wife; Annawan, IL., March 26, 1901 Henderson, Junius. TNS; Boulder. CO., 1906: July 11.

Henshaw, Samuel. ALS; Cambridge, MA., 1906: June 11.

Herrick, Glenn W. ALS; Agriculture College, MS., 1906: June 14.

Hitchock, C. H. ALS to Oliver Perry Hay; Honolulu, 1899: June 22.

Hollister, W. D. ALS; Denver, CO., 1906: June 13.

Holm, Theodore. ALS to WPH; Brookland, D.C., 1907: June 5.

Hovey, H. C. TNS; Newburyport, MA., 1905: July 22.

Howes, G. B. ALS; London, 1902: Jan. 21.

Kinglsey, J. S. Postcard; [Waltham, MA.]1899: Oct. 30.

Liebenrock, F. ALS; [Germany?], 1908: April 2.

Lucas, Frederic A. 2 ALLS; Brooklyn and New York:

1904: Oct. 29

1916: June 19.

 McAtee, W. L. ALS; Washington, D.C.; 1916: Oct. 28.

MacFarland, F. M. ALS to Evermann; Stanford University, 1904: Dec. 19.

Marsh, O. C. TLS to Oliver Perry Hay; New Haven, CT., 1898: Dec. 14.

Merrill, George. ALS; Washington, D.C.; 1901: Feb. 21.

Miller, Stella. ALS; Mt. Sterling, OH., 1937: Nov. 12.

Gathering family background for application to the Daughters of American colonists. Merriam, C. Hart. TLS; Washington, D.C.; 1905: April 1.

Needham, James. ALS to David White; Lake Forest, IL., 1905: March 9.

Nelson, Aven. ALS; Laramie, WY., 1906: June 19.

Nelson, E. W. ALS; Washington. D.C.; 1900: Dec. 29.

Ortmann, Arnold E. 8 LLS; Princeton, NJ, and Pittsburgh:

1899: Oct. 22

1902: Jan. 28

1904: Nov. 16, Nov. 22, Dec. 27

1905: June 10, June 29, Aug. 6

 Osgood, Wilfred H. ALS; Chicago, IL., 1911: Nov. 25.

Packard, A. S. ALS; 1901: Sept. 28.

Pollard, Charles Louis. ALS and ANS; Springfield, MA.; ALS: [n.d.]; ANS: 1905: Sept. 12.

Rathbun, Mary J. 4 ALLS; Washington, D.C.:

1904: Nov. 21 & Dec. 4

1905: April 3.

1916: Nov. 8.

 Rathbun, Richard. 5 LLS; Washington, D.C.: 1899: Nov. 28.

1900: Oct. 8 & Oct. 17.

1904: Nov. 26.

1914: Oct. 8.

 Reading, Joseph H. ALS; Chicago, IL., 1900: Oct. 6, 2 pp.

Richardson, Harriett. ALS; Woods Hole, MA., 1905: Sept. 7.

Rickman, Allen S. ALS to Henry Oldys; New York, N.Y., 1898: March 17.

Ridgeway, Robert. 2 ALLS; Brookland, D.C., 1904: April 12 & Dec. 27.

Sage, John H. ALS to Edward L. Morris; Portland. CT.:

ALS 1905: March 3. Contains note by W. P. Hay.

ALS to W. H. Osgood; Portland, CT., 1906: June 6.

ALS; Portland, CT., 1906: June 11.

 Salmon, D. E. TLS; Washington, D.C.; 1906: June 13.

Schuchut, Charles. ALS; Washington, D.C.; 1902: April 15.

Scott, W. B.:

ALS to Oliver Perry Hay; Princeton, N.J., 1899: April 27.

ALS to F. R. Lane; Priceton, N.J., 1900: Jan. 13.

 Shufeldt, R. W. TLS; Washington, D.C.; 1912: Jan. 25. Letter is addressed to O. P. Hay, but apparenty intended for W. P. Hay. Slocum, Charles E. TLS; Defiance, OH., 1906: June 15.

Smith, H. M. 2 ALLS; Washington, D.C.:

1899: June 29, accompanying memorandum on West Virginia investigation to be carried out by Hay.

1905: June 30.

 Snyder, Arthur J. TLS; Belvidere, IL., 1900: Oct. 6.

Stebbing, Thomas R. R. 2 ALLS and postcard; Trewbridge, Wells, England:

1899: March 10.

1902: Aug. 15 (postcard).

1905: April 14.

 Stejneger, Leonhard. ALS; Washington, D.C.; 1905: Jan. 16.

Stephens, Frank. ALS to W. H. Osgood; San Diego, CA., 1906: June 4.

Sternberg, George M. ANS; New York, N.Y., 1905: Jan. 17.

Stiles, Charles Wardell. 2 ALLS; Washington, D.C.:

1900: Jan. 6.

1906: June 11.

 Swiggett, Glen Levin. TLS; Washington, D.C.; 1915: Aug. 25. Appointing Hay as delegate to the second Pan American Scientific Congress. Taylor, W. Edgar. ALS; Ruston, LA., 1900: Jan. 15.

Thompson, D'Aray W. TLS; Galway, Ireland; [1899] Sept. 4.

Townsend, C. H. ANS; New York, N.Y., [n.y.] Feb. 10.

Ufeler(?) P. R. ALS; Baltimore, MD., 1898: Sept. 16.

[Unidentified]. ALS; Washington, D.C.; 1905: Feb. 7.

Verrill, A. E. ALS; Norway, ME., 1915: Oct. 24.

Wallace, W. Seward. ALS; New York, N.Y., [n.d.]

Warren, Edward R. ANS; Colorado Springs, CO., 1906: June 12.

West, W. H. and Co. ALS; Doves, N.C., 1913: July 5.

Whitman, C. O. ALS; Chicago, IL., 1895: May 5.

Williamson, E. B. 2 ALLS to Bluffton, IN.:

1905: July 17 & August 8. Williston? G. D. ANS; Washington, D.C.; 1905: Feb. 7.

Wilson, Charles B. ANS; Westfield, MA., [19??].

Wingled, F. E. ALS; Washington, D.C.; 1916: Jan. 15

Hay has been elected President of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Woedersherm, R. ALS to [Oliver Perry Hay?] Freiburg, Germany; 1889: Dec. 21.

Wright, Fred. E. ALS; Washington, D.C.; 1915: Jan. 15

Folder list:

  • 1895
  • 1889
  • 1898
  • 1899
  • 1900
  • 1901
  • 1902
  • 1903
  • 1904
  • 1905
  • 1906
  • 1907
  • 1908
  • 1909
  • 1911
  • 1912
  • 1913
  • 1914
  • 1915
  • 1916
  • 1937
  • [no year, no date]
    •  Drawings, folders 23 - 40: Bdelloura candida, ventral view.

    Cambarus bartonii, Irvington, IN.

    Cambarus pellucidus, Wyandotte cave.

    Cambarus rusticus (5 views).

    Campanularia flexuosa.

    Ciriodaphnia quadrangula, Feb. 19, 1891.

    Crangonyx mucronatus, Irvington, IN.

    Diaptomus sanguineus, 18 views

    Embryo of chick, 3 drawings, 1889

    Glands of cat, 5 views.

    Hippa talpodis, 2 views

    Mapilliped crangonyx gracilis.

    Palaemon obionis.

    Palaemonetes paludosa.

    Phascolosoma gouldii.

    Platyonichus ocellatus, 3 views, 1889.

    Plegadis falcinellus.

    Unidentified, 13 views.

    Miscellaneous Papers and Articles, folders 41-52:

    "Amphibia"; a. ms.

    Certificate of membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, April 19, 1900.

    Directions "...for preserving eggs."

    Freshman zoology notebook.

    List of species.

    Maps (2) of California and Zone Map of Central Portion of North America.

    "The Nerves and Bloodvessels of the Foreleg of the Opossum;: a. ms., 1892.

    Portraits from the U.S. National Museum Report, 1899.

    Receipts (1899-1900)


    Articles:

    "Aristotle as a Zoologist," by Frederik Fernard (Popular Science Monthly), April, 1885.

    "A contribution to Knowledge of the fenus branchipus," by O. P. and W. P. Hay, The American Naturalist, Feb., 1889.

    "The Whale Shark in the Waters around Ceylon, Nature, Feb. 4 1933.
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