Harriet Dudley Brown Gray album
Content Description
This collection contains a friendship album belonging to Harriet "Hattie" D. Brown Gray (1867-1947) a resident of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The majority of the individuals who wrote an entry were from South Lee, MA or the surrounding towns. After Hattie's marriage in 1894 to Frank S. Gray (1852-1918), and their subsequent move to Connecticut, the majority of writers are from that state. Hattie's husband, Frank, signed the album on their wedding day. On the same page is a note regarding their son's birth, Nov.9th 1895, and Frank's death, Feb. 23, 1918. Her son later made an entry in the journal himself.
Dates
- Creation: 1890 - 1916
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is minimally processed and open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Harriet "Hattie" D. Brown Gray (1867-1947) was born to Charles O. Brown (1847-1932) and Clementine "Nellie" Dudley Brown (1846-1897) in Manchester, Connecticut. She had several siblings and her family moved to South Lee, Massachusetts when she was a child. She marries Frank S. Gray (1852-1918) on September 22,1894 in Pittsfield, MA. They had one child, Paul Brown Gray (1895-1981). She died in November 1947.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter sized envelope)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a purchase from Eclectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on November 19, 2019.
Condition Description
fair
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the Harriet Dudley Brown Gray album
- Author
- Rose Oliveira
- Date
- 14 June 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States