Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding Aid for Mary Chase Stratton papers, 1848-1948.
02506
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry,1867-1961.
- Title
- Mary Chase Stratton papers
- ID
- 02506
- Date
- 1848-1948.
- Extent
- 1.5 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (3 boxes, 1 large manuscript)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, color slides of Pewabic pottery and miscellaneous materials. Items include a journal of E.H. Brown, of Norwalk, Ohio, beginning Mar. 30, 1848, and a Bible inscribed in 1854; and the marriage service booklet and certificate of Mary Chase Perry ad William Buck Stratton on June 19, 1918.
Biographical/Historical note
Born in Hancock, Mich. on Mar. 15, 1867, Mary Chase Perry Stratton founded the nationally famous Pewabic Pottery Company in Detroit in 1907, named for a mine near her Upper Peninsula birthplace. After the sudden death of her father near the end of the 19th century, she came with her mother and two older siblings to Detroit, where her brother Fred worked as a druggist in 1900. Mary Chase Perry married William Buck Stratton, an architect, on June 19, 1918, and he incorporated her art in his buildings.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Mary Chase Stratton papers,, 1848-1948. (OCLC record)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298112623]Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Brown, E.H.
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, -- 1867-1961.
Genre(s)
- Clippings (information artifacts). -- aat
- Color slides. -- aat
- Diaries. -- aat
- Personal correspondence. -- aat
Subject(s)
- Ceramicists -- Michigan -- Detroit -- aat
- Ceramics -- Michigan -- Detroit.
- Pottery -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Slides.
- Women artists.
Other Finding Aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
General note
See finding aid for complete listing.
Collection Inventory
BOX 1 |
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Correspondence, 1923-1948 |
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Journals, 1848 — Not Dated |
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Miscellaneous Items/Personal Papers, 1854-1945 |
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Newspaper & Magazine Articles, 1947-1948; n.d. |
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BOX 2: Color Slides of Pewabic Pottery |
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BOX 3: Illuminated Manuscript |
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LMS: Miscellaneous Certificates |
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