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Grace Howard Gray scrapbook, circa 1862-1966
Overview of the Collection
- Compiler
- Gray, Grace Howard, 1857-1949
- Title
- Grace Howard Gray scrapbook
- Dates
- circa 1862-1966 (inclusive)18621966
- Quantity
- 0.76 cubic feet, (1 legal document case; 1 flat box (12x15))
- Collection Number
- Mss 6049
- Summary
- A scrapbook kept by Grace Howard Gray (1857-1949) to document family history and historic events, including mementos, drawings and ephemera collected during her lifetime. The scrapbook contains items related to the life of General O. O. Howard (1830-1909), Gray's father, and drawings by Guy Howard (1855-1899), her brother, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944). Additional materials were added to the scrapbook by other family members.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Grace Howard Gray (1857-1949), a daughter of General O. O. Howard (1830-1909), was born in Leeds, Maine. In 1875, she left her studies at Vassar College to join her parents at Vancouver, Washington Territory, where her father commanded the U.S. Army's Department of the Columbia. General O. O. Howard, a Union officer during the Civil War, founded Howard University in Washington, D.C., and in 1877, he led a military campaign against the Nez Percé Indians in Idaho and Montana. In 1879, Grace E. Howard married Captain James Taylor Gray (1852-1928) in a ceremony at the Vancouver Barracks. Captain Gray was an early steamboat designer and pilot on the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Oregon, and the Yukon River in Alaska. Grace Howard Gray was a board member of the Free Library in Portland, Oregon, and later a director of the Portland Public Library board. She was an early organizer of the Portland Woman's Club and a charter member and director of the Portland Y.W.C.A. Gray and her husband lived at Grayhaven, the family home in Milwaukie, Oregon.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
A scrapbook kept by Grace Howard Gray (1857-1949) to document family history and historic events, including mementos, drawings and ephemera collected during her lifetime. The scrapbook contains items related to the life of Gray's father, General O. O. Howard (1830-1909), and drawings by Guy Howard (1855-1899), her brother, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944). The scrapbook also contains a speech, an article, and correspondence to and from O. O. Howard. Newspaper clippings document aspects of O. O. Howard's professional career. Additional materials were also added to the scrapbook by other family members; these include correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a photograph of Grayhaven, the family home of Grace Howard and James Taylor Gray (1852-1928) in Milwaukie, Oregon.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
The scrapbook has been photocopied for preservation purposes and reference use.
Preferred Citation
Grace Howard Gray scrapbook, Mss 6049, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The scrapbook material is arranged in chronological order.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Norris H. Perkins, March 2000 (Lib. Acc. 24132).
Preservation Note
Due to fragility of some scrapbook materials, photocopying may be limited to preservation copies of the scrapbook.
Processing Note
Scrapbook was disassembled and pages numbered and stored in folders for preservation purposes.
Related Materials
Additional materials at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library related to Grace Howard Gray include her recollections, Mss 2094, and "Howard/Gray family papers," a compilation of letters and other papers, call number ST 929.2 H851p.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877
Personal Names
- Gray, Grace Howard, 1857-1949
- Gray, James Taylor, 1852-1928
- Howard, Guy, 1855-1899
- Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
- Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944
Corporate Names
- United States. Army. Department of the Columbia
Geographical Names
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Vancouver Barracks (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- scrapbooks
