Donald C. Brace Papers, 1839-1991, bulk 1901-1955

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Series IV: Family, 1839-1977

This series includes the Brace family papers, including deeds, marriage certificates, compositions, and correspondence. The bulk of the material from the nineteenth and early 20th centuries includes family deeds and wills, and the papers of Frank Brace (1852-1936), who worked at the West Winfield Star, the American Press Association, the Frank Presbrey Company (a New York advertising firm), and finally at Harcourt Brace. The series also contains diaries, letters from Ernest to Frank Brace and Ida Brace's correspondence, including letters of condolence on the death of Donald Brace (including one note containing a clipping of the obituary T. S. Eliot wrote for him). The material postdating Donald Brace's decease includes Ida Brace's donation of a personal library to Clark University and an unsuccessful attempt by the University of Wyoming to acquire Donald Brace's papers in 1977.



Box 1 Folder 15 Family, 1839-1899


Box 1 Folder 16 Family, 1900-1908


Box 1 Folder 17 Family, 1922-1977


Box 1 Folder 18 Family, 1936 approx. 1940 (Conservation Job # 17095), 1936, 1940



Box 3 Frank Brace--Diaries, 1935-1936 (Conservation Job # 17095), 1935-1936, (2 items)