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Ruth Gilchrist Bracy papers, 1909-2005
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bracy, Ruth Gilchrist, 1914-2014
- Title
- Ruth Gilchrist Bracy papers
- Dates
- 1909-2005 (inclusive)19092005
- Quantity
- 9.75 linear feet, (16 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2741
- Summary
- The Ruth Gilchrist Bracy papers (1909-2005) contain personal correspondence, school memorabilia, family history, as well as material relating to Bracy's travels and work with Altrusa International. Also included are materials related to the Utah Rock Art Research Association.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Ruth Gilchrist Bracy (1914-2014) was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and moved to Salt Lake City as a young child. She attended Brigham Young University as well as the University of Utah, and was active in business for many decades, first at Wolfe's Department Store, and then with her husband Bill at Bracy Enterprises. After his death in 1973, she founded Bracy Brass Rubbing Center. Bracy traveled extensively and was also active with the international philanthropic organization.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Ruth Gilchrist Bracy papers contain personal correspondence, school memorabilia, family history, as well as material relating to Bracy's travels and work with Altrusa International. Also included are materials related to the Utah Rock Art Research Association.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donated by Judith Jarrow in 2013, 2014 and 2017.
Processing Note
Processed by Julia Huddleston in 2014 and 2015.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2019.
Addendum processed by Kristina Barksdale in 2021.
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Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Related Materials
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence, Lu and Elizabeth Dornsbush |
1995-1999 |
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence, Virginia Flagler and Roberta Gale |
1985-1997 |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence |
1984-1998 |
| 1 | 4 | Alumni Directory, Wasatch Academy |
1988 |
| 1 | 5 | University of Utah Commencement Program |
1978 |
| 1 | 6 | The Country Club |
1977-1992 |
| 1 | 7 | "Our Dad: Remembrances of Ulrich R. Bryner" |
1996 |
| 1 | 8 | Paper Samples, Friends of Dard Hunter Keepsakes |
|
| 1 | 9 | Utah Valley Quilt Guild , Quilt Pattern Book |
1984 |
Altrusa and Bracy Enterprise MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Altrusa, Publicity |
1966-1990 |
| 2 | 2 | Altrusa, Membership Workshop |
1971-1979 |
| 2 | 3 | Altrusa, Ways and Means |
1971-1984 |
| 2 | 4 | Altrusa, Foreign Students |
1975-1979 |
| 2 | 5 | Altrusa, Altru-News, District 10 |
1981-1983 |
| 2 | 6 | Altrusa International, Salt Lake City Convention |
1981-1982 |
| 2 | 7 | Altrusa, Clovis, NM Conference |
1991 |
| 2 | 8 | Bracy Enterprise, Lease |
1966-1988 |
| 2 | 9 | Bracy Enterprise, Correspondence, Beekley Corporation |
1969 |
| 2 | 10 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Oldstone Invoices |
1979 |
| 2 | 10 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Oldstone Invoices |
1979 |
| 2 | 11 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Brochure Designs |
1992 |
| 2 | 12 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Correspondence, Batiks |
1986-1992 |
| 2 | 13 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Correspondence, Creative Corner T-Shirts |
1992-1997 |
| 2 | 14 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Correspondence, Dottie Miles |
1984-1990 |
| 2 | 15 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Correspondence, Life Design |
|
| 2 | 16 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Freund Can Company Catalog |
1988 |
| 2 | 17 | Bracy Brass Rubbing Center, Cedar City Workshop |
1984 |
| 2 | 18 | Travels, Clear Creek Canyon |
1987 |
Travels, Rubbing Guild of Utah and URARAReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Travels, Elderhostel |
2000 |
| 3 | 2 | Travels, Escalante Canyon |
1980-1997 |
| 3 | 3 | Travels, Ferron Creek and West Water Canyon |
1987 |
| 3 | 4 | Travels, Green River Area |
1991 |
| 3 | 5 | Travels, Horseshoe Canyon |
1988 |
| 3 | 6 | Travels, McKee Springs Panel |
|
| 3 | 7 | Travels, Moab |
1992-1993 |
| 3 | 8 | Travels, Monticello, Blanding, Bluff |
1999 |
| 3 | 9 | Travels, Nine Mile Canyon, San Rafael Swell |
1994-1996 |
| 3 | 10 | Travels, Parowan Gap |
1987 |
| 3 | 11 | Travels, Stansbury Lake |
1987 |
| 3 | 12 | Travels, Utah Lake Area |
1984 |
| 3 | 13 | Rubbing Guild of Utah |
1980-1989 |
| 3 | 14 | Rubbings, Heritage Arts |
1978-1994 |
| 3 | 15 | Historical Rubbings |
1973-1981 |
| 3 | 16 | Utah Rock Art Research Association (URARA), Symposiums |
1981-1992 |
| 3 | 17 | URARA, Field Trips, Maps and Directions |
1988-1992 |
| 3 | 18 | URARA, All-American Man |
1996 |
| 3 | 19 | URARA, Newsletters |
1992-1993 |
| 4 | URARA Newsletters |
1994-1998 |
Travel MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Vernal Area Petroglyphs |
1989 |
| 5 | 2 | Elder Hostel, Coconino National Forest, Arizona; Basque Tree Carvings |
1996 |
RubbingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 6 | 1 | Rubbing done at Nine Mile Canyon |
| 6 | 2 | Connecticut Cemetery Tombstone, Rebeckah Putnam |
| 6 | 3 | 1903 Gravestone |
| 7 | 1 | Boothill Graveyard M.R. Peel 1882 |
| 7 | 2 | Lime Kiln Plague Midway, Utah |
| 7 | 3 | Pleasant Creek |
PostersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 8 | 1 | Posters Relating to ZCMI and Auerbachs |
| 8 | 2 | Wildflowers of Utah |
| 8 | 3 | Map Reproduction, Nova totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula, Hendrik Hondius in 1630 |
AddendumReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Greeting cards |
1931-1994 |
| 9 | 2 | URARA newsletters, Vestiges
|
1991; 1996-2001 |
| 9 | 3 | URARA newsletters, Vestiges
|
2002-2004 |
| 9 | 4 | URARA general materials |
|
| 9 | 5 | Festivals |
1980-2001 |
| 9 | 6 | Rubbing articles |
1967-1983 |
| 10 | Credit Women's International scrapbook
Ruth Bracy was president of the organization during 1968-1969.
|
1968-1969 |
2021 AddendumReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Volunteer service |
1996-1999 |
| 11 | 2-3 | Altrusa past presidents |
1962-2004 |
| 11 | 4 | District ten Altrusa digest |
1999-2003 |
| 11 | 5 | Correspondence with Olive Kyampaire, PEO International Peace Scholarship Fund |
1972; 1995-2004 |
| 11 | 6 | Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) materials |
1987-2002 |
| 11 | 7 | PEO projects and scholarships |
1997-2005 |
| 12 | 1 | Native American rock art rubbings |
1979-1986; 2001 |
| 12 | 2 |
The Identification of Illustration Processes, 1800-1914
|
1997 |
| 12 | 3 | Trip to Copper Canyon, Mexico |
1990-1991 |
| 12 | 4 | Utah Rock Art Research Association trips |
1988; 1991 |
| 12 | 5 | St. George Rock Art Symposium |
2002 |
| 12 | 6 | Brass rubbing class materials and financial information |
1979-1984 |
| 12 | 7 | Brass rubbing class information |
1982-1983 |
| 12 | 8 | Utah rock art essay |
|
| 12 | 9 | Maps and Arizona Highways magazine |
1981 |
| 13 | 1 | Beaver Creek Mining Company stock |
1971; 1974 |
| 13 | 2 | Electromagnetic Oil Recovery, Inc. correspondence |
1992-1994 |
| 13 | 3 | ORS Corporation correspondence and financial records |
1986-1991 |
| 13 | 4 | Universal Energy Corporation stockholder correspondence, financial information, and annual reports |
1975-1986 |
| 13 | 5 | Universal Investments, Inc. correspondence to shareholders |
1972-1975 |
| 14 | 1 | George D. Fehr correspondence |
1964-1972 |
| 14 | 2 | Visalia Junior College yearbook |
1941; 1943 |
| 14 | 3 | War ration book four, US Office of Price Administration |
|
| 14 | 4 |
Motorenkennis automotive drawings by hand, with handwritten German text and pamphlets |
|
| 15 | Postcards |
1909-1990 | |
| Folder | |||
| 16 | 1-3 |
Al-Ikhada'ah al Tifiziah Tunisian television journal |
1974-1975 |
| 16 | 4 |
Al-Mar'ah Tunisian women's magazine |
1974-1975 |
| 16 | 5 |
al-raida women's journal |
1978-1979 |
| 16 | 6 |
Contact: bimensuel du Mahgreb
|
1975 |
| 16 | 7 |
Dialogue pour le progres Tunisian political magazine |
1974-1975 |
| 16 | 8-11 |
Faiza Tunisian women's magazine |
1961-1967 |
| 16 | 12 |
Femina Tunisian women's magazine |
1974-1975 |
| 16 | 13 |
Promodes: Revue de la Femme Moderne Tunisian women's magazine |
1974-1975 |
| 16 | 14 |
Viewpoints magazine published by American Friends of the Middle East, inc. |
1963 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Brass rubbing
- Indian art--West (U.S.)
- Petroglyphs--West (U.S.)
- Rubbing
- Women--Tunisia--Periodicals
Personal Names
- Bracy, Ruth Gilchrist, 1914-2014--Archives
- Bracy, Ruth Gilchrist, 1914-2014--Travel
Corporate Names
- Altrusa International--Employees--Records and correspondence
- Utah Rock Art Research Association--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Business correspondence
- Financial records
- Newsletters
- Periodicals
- Personal correspondence
- Rubbings (visual works)
- Scrapbooks
- Travel writing
Finding aid created by Julia Huddleston, Betsey Welland and Kristina Barksdale.
2014 (last modified: 2021)
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