Family papers, 1850-1944.

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Family papers, 1850-1944.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28608073

The collection contains letters, memoirs, genealogical material, memoirs, and a trip diary, all from Gray's family members. Correspondence is mainly from Selma Neubacher Steele, second wife of artist T.C. Steele, to Gray's grandmother, Mae Hunter Weinstein. Topics include T.C. Steele's work, and his widow's efforts to make his Brown County studio a state historical site. There is also a short essay by Gray about outstanding women in the history of the First Congregational Church of Terre Haute; memoirs of Gray's uncle, Robert Hunter, a socialist; genealogical materials about the Weinstein family; memoirs of Gray's grandmother, Thirza Belle Hamilton Weinstein, of Terre Haute; and a diary of an 1850 overland trip to California by William B. Ogle of Vigo County.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7263006

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Weinstein, Thirza Belle Hamilton, 1847-1931.

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Weinstein, Mae Hunter

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Ogle, William B.

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Steele, T. C. (Theodore Clement), 1847-1926

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A native of Indiana, Steele was primarily known as a landscape artist with an interest in Impressionism and as a member of the Hoosier School of art. He married Mary E. Lakin in 1870 and moved to Indianapolis, working primarily as a portrait painter. From 1880 to 1885 he studied in Munich, and returned to Indianapolis with an interest in landscape painting. By the 1890s, Steele was becoming nationally recognized for his landscapes. His wife died in 1899; in 1907 he married Selma Neubacher and es...

Gray, Marion H., 1900-

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A native of Terre Haute, Ind., Gray married Henry C. Gray in 1921, and lived in Bloomington, Ind. From the description of Family papers, 1850-1944. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 28608073 ...

Steele, Selma N. (Selma Neubacher), approximately 1870-1945

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Selma Neubacher Steele was an artist and T.C. Steele's second wife. From the description of Theodore L. Steele papers, 1863-1946 (bulk 1875-1910). (Indiana Historical Society Library)...

First Congregational Church (Terre Haute, Ind.)

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Hunter, Robert, 1874-1942

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Robert Hunter was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, the son of William Robert and Caroline Fouts Hunter. Hunter graduated from Indiana University in 1896, and immediately embarked on a career in social work in Chicago. He traveled to London, England to study housing conditions and returned to Chicago briefly. He then went to New York where he became active in the fight against tuberculosis and child labor. He met and married heiress Caroline M. Phleps Stokes in 1903. He and his wife joined the Socia...

Weinstein family.

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