Harriet Dudley Brown Gray album

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This collection is minimally processed and open for research.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16515, Harriet "Hattie" D. Brown Gray album, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet 1 letter sized envelope
Creator:
Gray, Harriet Dudley Brown, 1867-1947
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16515, Harriet "Hattie" D. Brown Gray album, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

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.

Acquisition information:
This collection was a purchase from Eclectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on November 19, 2019.
Physical description:
fair
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Commonplace books