Abstract
The Grace Hayes Papers (1900-1989) include personal papers and financial papers pertaining to the Grace Hayes Lodge (formerly the Red Rooster), a nightclub on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes financial documents, newspaper clippings about Hayes and her family, personal correspondence, career mementos, legal documents, and photograph albums.
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The Grace Hayes Papers (1900-1989) include personal papers and financial papers pertaining to the Grace Hayes Lodge (formerly the Red Rooster), a nightclub on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes financial documents, newspaper clippings about Hayes and her family, personal correspondence, career mementos, legal documents, and photograph albums.
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Collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Grace Hayes was born on August 23, 1896 in Springfield, Missouri. She moved to San Francisco, California at the age of ten, and began to sing at nightclubs at the age of fourteen. In 1912 Hayes married Joseph Lind, and their son Joseph Conrad Lind (better known as Peter Lind Hayes) was born in 1915. She married twice after Lind; first to Charlie Foy, then to Robert Evan Hopkins. Hayes is best known for her career in motion pictures from 1929 to 1950, primarily for King of Jazz (1930) and Zis Boom Bah (1941).
Hayes performed at several resorts in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1939 to 1941. She moved to Las Vegas shortly after, and eventually purchased the Red Rooster club in 1947. Hayes renamed the club the Grace Hayes Lodge and operated the nightclub until she sold the property to Steve Wynn in 1960. She remained in Las Vegas until her death in 1989.
Sources:
"Grace Hayes." UNLV Libraries. Women in Nevada History: A Legacy Digital Project. Accessed January 3, 2020. https://womennvhistory.com/portfolio/grace-hayes/
"Grace Hayes, 93, Dies; Stage and Film Actress." New York Times. February 4, 1989. Accessed January 3, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/04/obituaries/grace-hayes-93-dies-stage-and-film-actress.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap
"Grace Hayes Lodge, Las Vegas Strip, c.1955-1956." Vintage Las Vegas. Accessed January 1, 2020. https://vintagelasvegas.com/post/102101055349/grace-hayes-lodge
Preferred Citation
Grace Hayes Papers, 1900-1989. MS-00271. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Peter Lind Hayes in 1986; accession number 1986-075.
Processing Note
Material was first processed by Marie Imus in 1995 and the finding aid was later encoded by Dana Miller. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Ian M. Baldwin entered the data into ArchivesSpace revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2020 Ryan DiPaolo revised the finding aid to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.
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Some of the photographs in this acquisition were removed from the collection and placed in the:
Grace Hayes Photograph Collection, approximately 1890-1980. PH-00292. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.