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University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library

Harold Studley Gray Papers, 1896-1972

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12.5 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 2 oversize volumes — 6 film reels — 2 digital audio files

Conscientious objector during World Wars I and II and founder of the farming cooperative Saline Valley Farms. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, and other materials relating to all phases of his career, including his work as Y.M.C.A. worker in England, 1916-1917, and as teacher at Central China University, Wuchang, China, 1922-1926; also family correspondence of Philip H. and Almena S. Gray, 1874-1926; also photographs and motion pictures.

The Harold Gray papers have been divided into seven series: Correspondence; World War I era activities; Personal and Miscellaneous; Printed, clippings, and miscellanea; Family and genealogical; Saline Valley Farms; and Visual Materials (photographs and motion pictures). The great strength of the collection are correspondence, administrative files, diaries, and visual materials documenting the operation of the Saline Valley Farms. There is significant, though smaller quantities of papers detailing Gray's opposition to serving in the military during World War I and his career as a teacher in China in the 1920s.

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Visual Materials

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The Visual Materials series includes photographs and motion pictures depicting activities at Saline Valley Farms; photos of Michigan residences and of his work as teacher in China, 1922-1926; and photos of a World War I prisoner of war camp. The photos, arranged in two files, were collected by Gray and by Russell Bidlack. The six 16mm films (which have been digitized and are available on dvd and as streaming files) record a range of farm activities, buildings and workers. The collection includes an audiotape recording of commentary by Marian Vaughn, participant in the Saline Valley Farm, on scenes in the films.

Harold Studley Gray Papers, 1896-1972
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