David Walker Hayes attended the University of Nevada, 1896-1900. He was a resident of Lincoln Hall, and was active in various student societies (including the local fraternity, T.H.P.O.) and activities, athletics, and cadet corps. Upon graduation, he married a fellow graduate, Ida May Holmes.

This collection contains University memorabilia including room and board receipts, athletic and social programs, a military epaulet and chevrons, and photographs. Also included is a copy of a letter to Hayes from Robert M. Brambila, while Brambila was stationed in the Philippine Islands, June 8, 1899.

The materials are not arranged, but a folder listing is available.

1/2 cubic foot.

 

University of Nevada Football, circa 1899
From the David Walker Hayes Collection

 

Box 1

Folder:

1. 1. Letter (copy) from Hayord Holmes Hays to Alumni Associationconcerning donation of items belonging to his parents, David Walker Hay(e)s and Ida May Holmes Hays, from their days as students at the University. September 16, 1979.
2. French Examination, David Hayes, May 24, 1898.
   Descriptive Geometry Plates by Alber Church, 1892.
3. Receipts: T.H.P.O. 1897-1899; Room and Board, 1897-1899; Guaranteed Fund, 1897-1899; Assaying and Laboratory Supplies, 1897-1899;
   Athletics, 1898-1899; Student Record subscription, 1898-1899; Social Club, 1897-1899; General, 1897-1898.
4. Registers of the University, 1894-1895; 1896-1897; 1898.
5. Track and Field Scorecard, Stanford Freshmen vs. University of Nevada, May 7, 1898.
   Field Day, University of California vs. University of Nevada, May 12, 1899.
   Field Day, Stanford University vs. University of Nevada, April 7, 1900.
6. Adelphi Literary Society Constitution and By-Laws, n.d.
7. Philomathean Society of the University of Nevada, Program of "Among the Breakers," a two-act melo-drama, April 22, 1899.
8. Baccalaureate Address at the Commencement Exercises of the Nevada State University, Reno, Nevada, May 30, 1897, by John J. Valentine.
   Invitation to Exercises of Senior Week, May 28-June 1, 1899.
   Invitation to Exercises of Senior Week, May 31, 1900.
   Nevada State University, Baccalaureate Services, Sunday, May 27.
9. Army Drilling Regulations, "Property of Capt. W.H. Brule."
   Two Chevrons.
   Collar tags, "UN".
   Epaulet, gold oak leaves.
10. Athlete's letter, "N".
11. T.H.P.O. badges (2).
12. Photograph, UN track team, 1900. Identified as Bruette(?) [Nelson Bruette '99], Moorman, Keddie [William Keddie, '01],
    Dunsdon [Nathaniel Dunsdon, '98], D. W. Hays.
13. Photographs, T.H.P.O., annotated "University of Nevada, 1898, D. W. Hayes (signature of), Thos. Lawrence ['99], Geo. Saxton, Harry Dextin
    (after 1900 had shoe store in Reno), Nate Dunsdon [Nathaniel Dunsdon '98], Dave Hays (here), Robt. (Toby) Brambila (1958 lives Reno,
    became Colonel or ? in Army) ['97], Bob Tally [Robert Tally, '99], Nelson Bruette (died in S. Africa), ['99]."
14. Photograph identification sheet, UN football team, no photograph, c. 1896-1900. "McCarran, Keddie, Gignoux, Carman, Pratt, Leavitt, Evans,
    Moorman, Finlason, Fulton, Thompson, Brule, Dunsdon, Chism, Brown." Also lists weight of each player.
15. The Student Record: 1896-1900.
16. The Student Record: 1896-1900.
17. The Student Record: 1896-1900.
18. The Student Record: 1896-1900.
19. Photocopy of letter from Lt. R. M. Brambila, Jolo, Philippine Islands to David W. Hayes, Jr., Bridgeport, California, June 8, 1899.
20. Copies of obituaries in Alumni News, April 1970; and Alumnus, April 1960.
    

Box 2

Photographs

21. Class of 1899, portrait photographs (See Artemisia, 1899)
    Paul Keyser
    Nelson H. Bruette
    Harry Herbert Dexter
    Thomas Wilmot Mack
22. Class of 1900, portrait photographs.
    Scott Jameson
    Daniel Gault
    John Chism
    John Birchim Jones
    ?Bessie? Margaret Rosseau
    Gustav Sielaff
    Tom Smith (Alfred Merritt Smith)
    Clara Rammelkamp
    Carlotta Dodd
    Caroline Beckwith (graduated?)
    Amelia North
    Ruby North
    William Franklin Berry
    William Henry Brule
    William Norris
23. T.H.P.O. [Local fraternity]
    Robert M. Brambila, 1897
    Frank William Lockman 1901
    William Arthur Keddie, 1901
    Gustav Julius Sielaff, 1900
    Alfred Merritt Smith - photo as Long Tom Smith, 1900
    Richard Charles Tobin, 1901
    George Thair Saxton
    William Henry Brule, 1900
    Lester Merrill (Artemisia, 1900)
24. Identified miscellaneous
    Morton Pratt, 1899
    James Giles
    Charles Emerson, 1899 (2 copies)
25. ?Postage stamp? photographs
    10 portrait photographs of 10 unidentified men
26. Football photographs
    5 photographs of early game
27. Unidentified photographs
    2 portrait photographs of 2 unidentified men

Oversized Photographs

• Photograph, UN Cadet Corps, c. 1900. "Seated, David Walker Hays (Major), University of Nevada."
• Photograph, Lincoln Hall Living Group (?), c. 1900. "Second row (left): 1st man with cap - David Walker Hays,
  University of Nevada, about 1900."
• Photograph. "This may be Robt. M Brambila, who was in 1899 Lieutenant in 23rd U.S. Infantry, stationed at Jolo, Philippine Islands." Copy negative. [per Brambila's son, Robert Brambila Jr., is not Robert M. Brambila, Aug. 1993.]

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Updated August 16, 2008