Grace Howard Gray scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: Mss 6049

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

circa 1862-1966

Creator

Gray, Grace Howard, 1857-1949 (Compiler, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing 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.

Biographical note

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.

Extent

0.76 Cubic Feet (1 legal document case; 1 flat box (12x15))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

The scrapbook material is arranged in chronological order.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Due to fragility of some scrapbook materials, photocopying may be limited to preservation copies of the scrapbook.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Norris H. Perkins, March 2000 (Lib. Acc. 24132).

Existence and Location of Copies

The scrapbook has been photocopied for preservation purposes and reference use.

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.