Finding Aid for Catherine Abbott Abrey papers, 1894-1956.
03746

Summary Information

Repository
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Creator
Abrey, Catherine Abbott.
Title
Catherine Abbott Abrey papers,
ID
03746
Date
1894-1956.
Extent
3.0 linear ft.
General Physical Description note
(4 boxes, 3 volumes)
Language
English
Abstract
Personal papers and legal documents. Includes large number of photographs of World War I as well as family photos.

Preferred Citation note

Catherine Abbott Abrey papers, Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library.

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Biographical/Historical note

Catherine Abbott was a descendant of artist James Whistler. She married George Thomas Abrey and they had a son, Thomas Abbott Abrey. Both husband and son died in 1918, Thomas at age 23 while serving in World War I. Catherine died in 1955.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.

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Catherine Abbott Abrey papers,, 1894-1956. (Catalog record)

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56898481]

Controlled Access Headings

Family Name(s)

  • Abrey, Catherine Abbott -- Archives

Genre(s)

  • Legal documents -- aat
  • Photographs. -- aat

Subject(s)

  • World War, 1914-1918

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Other Finding Aids note

Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.

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Collection Inventory

BOX 1 

1:1 Documents--Legal Papers, 1894-1953 

1:2 Documents--Legal Papers, Deeds, 1895-1916 

1:3 Documents--Receipts/Cancelled Checks, 1897-1953 

1:4 Documents & Reports, 1895-1936 

1:5 Personal Papers 

PHOTOGRAPHS: 

1:6 Catherine Abbott Abrey 

1:7 Thomas Abbott Abrey, age 15 months 

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BOX 2 

2:1 Thomas Abbott Abrey, age 3 

2:2 Thomas Abbott Abrey, as young boy 

2:3 Thomas Abbott Abrey,as teenager 

2:4 Thomas Abbott Abrey, World War I, Folder 1 

2:5 Thomas Abbott Abrey, World War I, Folder 2 

2:6 Miscellaneous 

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BOX 3 

Book of Common Prayer, belonging to Miss Kathryn Abbott 

Holy Bible, owned by Kate Abbott 

New Testament, owned by Thomas A. Abrey 

Hymnal/Book of Common Prayer, owned by Thomas A. Abrey 

Diary of George T. Abrey, London, England; May-July 1895 

Travel Diary, "Trip East and South", 1926 

Diary, Kate Abbott, February-May 1895 

Address Book 

Bank Book, National Bank of Detroit, Catherine A. Abrey 

Memorial Book, Chapels of the Wm. R. Hamilton Co. 

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Scrapbooks: 

3 Photo Albums 

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LMS 

Memorial to Thomas A. Abrey, Sgt., Field Hospital, 34th Sanitary Train (in French) 

8th Grade Diploma, Detroit High School, Thomas Abrey, 1910 

Photograph, Catherine Abbott Abrey 

Photographs, Grave of Thomas Abrey 

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