UUM_P2230.xml Lillian Hayes photograph collection Hayes (Lillian) photograph collection Finding aid written by Special Collections staff. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-09-05. The finding aid was written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Lillian Hayes photograph collection Hayes, Lillian, 1920-2022 P2230 0.25 linear feet 1 archives box 88 items 1970-1990 Lillian Hayes (1920-2022) was a Utah-based environmental activist. This collection consists of black-and-white and color photograph prints and color slides from Hayes' Central Utah Project research files depicting Murdock Dam, Current Creek Dam, and Jordanelle Dam. English .

Lillian Young "Lily" Hayes was born on 1920 January 21 in Roosevelt, Utah to Elsie Lucile Brady and Dallas Huber Young. Lillian graduated from Provo High School and attended the Brigham Young University (BYU) business school. During this time, she met Keith Hayes, who was working as a mining engineer for US Steel. Keith Hayes served in the United States Army during World War II while Lillian Young Hayes moved to San Francisco, California to work as a secretary for the war effort. In 1946, Lillian Young married Keith Hayes; together, they had 6 children. The family settled in Payson, Utah.

Lillian Hayes worked as an environmental activist and organizer to protect land, watersheds, animal, and plant habitats in Utah. She organized for the protection of natural spring waters in Provo Canyon and the wetlands around Utah Lake, and successfully advocated against the Utah Highway Department's plan to pave over Provo Canyon springs. Hayes served as president of the Timpanogos Audubon Society and precinct chairwoman of the Democrat party. Additionally, she was a member of many groups, including: the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), League of Women Voters, Friends of the Great Salt Lake, Save Our Canyons. Awards and recognitions that Hayes received for her work included: Utah Valley University Environmental Ethics Award (2001); the Stella Walsh award from the Democratic Women of Utah County (2013); and a Trailblazer Women Award from Provo City (2020).

Lillian Young Hayes died on 2022 May 1.

Lillian Hayes Obituary. (2022, May 6). The Salt Lake Tribune. Legacy.com.

Arranged by subject. Items in Folder 3 were removed from an album for preservation; original order preserved.

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Donated by Lillian Hayes in 2012.

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See also the Lillian Hayes papers (ACCN 2704) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

 Hayes, Lillian, 1920-2022 Central Utah Project Dams--Utah--Photographs Water diversion--Utah Water resources development--Utah color photographs Color slides Murdock Dam, Current Creek Dam 1970 April 17- 1974 November 14 1 1

Murdock Dam photographs taken by Fred Hayes on April 17, 1970.

 Jordanelle Dam Construction 1988 June 22- 1990 January 27 1 2 Jordanelle Dam Construction 1979 June-1989 March 1 3