Martha Hayes was interviewed by Catherine Perge on June 29, 1996. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1953, Hayes worked at the Smithsonian from 1982-1987 in the Paleobiology Division of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Prior to working at the Smithsonian, she was employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a coastal sedimentologist. She is now a hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in the Office of Water Resources Division in Maryland. This interview discusses Hayes's career at the Smithsonian, her participation in the massive inventory in the NMNH, her work with sedimentologist Jack Pierce, her memories of working at the Smithsonian, challenging aspects of her job, the changes she saw at the Smithsonian, what working at the Smithsonian meant to her, and her recollections of Folklife Festivals.

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Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9594, Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews