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David Gray papers, 1857-1960

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gray, David, 1870-1968
Title
David Gray papers
Dates
1857-1960 (inclusive)
Quantity
16.30 cubic ft. (37 boxes)
Collection Number
03082
Summary
Papers of David Gray, the United States Minister to Ireland from 1940-1947.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
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Historical Note

David Gray (1870-1968) served as the United States Minister to Ireland from 1940-1947. He was born in Buffalo, NY and graduated from Harvard in 1892. He practiced law for two years before turning to journalism. He worked for several newspapers in Buffalo and Rochester and also wrote numerous plays and books including "The Sphinx," "Mr. Carteret and Others," "Gallops," and "Smith" (written with Somerset Maugham). In 1914, he married Maude Livingston Hall Waterbury, an aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt. He died in Sarasota, Florida in 1968.

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Content Description

The David Gray collection contains correspondence from the 1900s-1950s, including letters from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Joseph Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, and John F. Kennedy. There are research notes, reports, and clippings relating mainly to Ireland and Irish politics in the 1940s-1950s. Much of the collection consists of unfinished and unidentified original manuscript material regarding Ireland during WWII, including the subjects of Sinn Fein, Irish Republican Army, Irish politics, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Adolph Hitler, Germany, and England. Also included is a family scrapbook of photos, clippings, and letters from 1857-1902. The collection also contains an original manuscript of Stephen Crane's short story "The Devil's Acre."

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

Related Materials

More David Gray papers can be found at Yale University, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, and New York State Historical Documents.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Chauncey J. Hamlin, Jr. (Gray's nephew) in 1969 and 1981 and Susan Dodd in 2019.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in March 2011 and updated by Jamie Greene in June 2021.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List
  • Description: Biographical file on the Gray/Hamlin family
    Dates: 1952, undated
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Books: "The Story of David Gray" by Robert Buchanan
    Dates: 1900
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Books: "Gone Away with O'Malley: Seventy Years with Horses, Hounds, and People" by M. O'Malley Knott
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Calendars
    Dates: 1941-1942
    Container: Box 22
  • Description: Calling cards
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Catholic-Protestant relations
    Dates: 1918-1920, 1942
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1930-1940
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1941
    Container: Box 4-6
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 6-9
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 9-11
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 12-13
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1945
    Container: Box 13-15
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1946
    Container: Box 15-17
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1947-1950s
    Container: Box 17-18
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1948-1959, undated
    Container: Box 22
  • Description: Correspondence (general)
    Dates: 1904, 1933-1960
    Container: Box 23
  • Description: Correspondence from prominent individuals (copies can be found in original folders)
    Dates: circa 1930-1960
    Container: Box 36
  • Description: Correspondence regarding the death of Mrs. David Gray (Maude)
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 22
  • Description: Correspondence: Letters and invitations to David Gray
    Dates: 1900-1957
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Diaries and Journals: Diary of the Spiriting(?) Pilgrims
    Dates: 1907
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Diaries and Journals: Log Book of the Red Star Line: S.S. Belgenland World Cruise
    Dates: 1926-1927
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Diaries and Journals: Maude Waterbury
    Dates: 1906
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Diaries and Journals: Saco 1918 diary
    Dates: 1918
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Diplomatic and consular representatives in Ireland
    Dates: 1945
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Financial papers
    Dates: 1943, 1947
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Galley sheets on censorship
    Dates: 1944-1945
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: German-Irish relations
    Dates: 1945-1947
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Government document - air transport services agreement between US and Ireland
    Dates: 1945
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Government reports labeled "secret" and "restricted,"
    Dates: 1941-1945
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: I.R.A. hunger strikes
    Dates: 1942-1944
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Manuscript - "Behind the Green Curtain,"
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: Manuscript - "Behind the Green Curtain" (photocopies of box 1)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2
  • Description: Manuscript - "Ulster and the Irish Republic" by William A. Carson
    Dates:
    Container: Box 20
  • Description: Manuscript - incomplete - regarding Ireland during WWII
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 24-33
  • Description: Manuscript - incomplete - regarding Irish history and problems in contemporary Ireland
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 20
  • Description: Manuscript - "Devil's Acre" by Stephen Crane (original copy of the short story)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 36
  • Description: Map of the Gulf and Bay Club - Sarasota, Florida
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Menu
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Message exchange between submarine and S.S. Washington
    Dates: 1940
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Miscellaneous
    Dates: circa 1936-1945
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Newsletters - "Letter from America," published by the Office of War Information of the United States, Dublin, Ireland
    Dates: 1942-1945
    Container: Box 35
  • Description: Newsletters - "Ulster Commentary,"
    Dates: 1950-1951, 1956
    Container: Box 35
  • Description: Newspaper clippings - Irish news
    Dates: 1940-1957
    Container: Box 18
  • Description: Newspaper clippings - Irish news
    Dates: circa 1940-1955
    Container: Box 34
  • Description: Notes
    Dates: 1947
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Pamphlets
    Dates: circa 1940-1953
    Container: Box 22
  • Description: Pamphlets and publications
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 35
  • Description: Pamphlets and publications: "A Letter to an Undergraduate" by Uncle Josh
    Dates: 1904
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Pamphlets and publications: "Sorry, Mr. Chips" by James Hilton
    Dates: 1950
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Pamphlets and publications: "Poem Delivered at the Dedication of the Pan-American Exposition" by Robert Cameron Rogers
    Dates: 1901
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Periodicals
    Dates: 1941-1953
    Container: Box 22
  • Description: Periodicals: "The Look-out" Man of the Keys: Gray of Bay Island
    Dates: February 1960
    Container: Box 37
  • Description: Photographs
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 21
  • Description: Poetry (not by Gray)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Scrapbook
    Dates: circa 1870-1900
    Container: Box 21
  • Description: Sinn Fein - historical background
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 21
  • Description: Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook
    Dates: 1916
    Container: Box 21
  • Description: Stamps
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 36

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Subject Terms

  • Diplomats--United States--20th century.
  • Journalists--United States--20th century.

Geographical Names

  • Ireland--Foreign relations--United States--20th century.
  • Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.
  • United States--Foreign relations--Ireland--20th century.
  • United States--Politics and government, 1933-1953.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900--Devil's Acre.

Processed by Emily Christopherson
2011

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