Gregory Family [RG3403.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG3403.AM:  Gregory Family

Papers:  1862-1979, bulk 1881-1969
Crete, Saline County, Neb.:  Educators
Size:  8 boxes

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

George Albert Gregory was born in Adams Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, in November 1851. He worked on his father’s farm and attended area schools until the age of twenty-one, when he entered a business college in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He taught, in 1873, in Barry Co., Michigan, and in the next year left for Nebraska. Gregory began clearing a claim near Harvard, Nebraska and during the period 1874-1876 worked his land and hired out to other farmers while teaching in Artist District near DeWitt. In 1876 he entered Crete Academy, and two years later started at Doane College, where he graduated in 1882. Until 1894 he was professor and principal of Gates Academy in Neligh. He organized a chapter of the Young Peopleís Society of Christian Endeavor in Neligh in 1883. From 1895-1900, Gregory worked in the public schools system in Oregon as principal for the Medford Public Schools and school superintendent for Jackson County, Oregon. He returned to Nebraska in 1900 and served until 1909 as Superintendent of Public Schools in Crete. For the next six years he was the Inspector of State Normal Training in Nebraska. He also organized Boy Scout Troup I in Crete in 1911. G.A. Gregory lived in retirement in Crete until his death in 1945.

Note: Additional materials relating to George A. Gregory’s time in Oregon are available at the Southern Oregon Historical Society’s Research Library in Medford, Oregon.

Annadora Foss Gregory, daughter of George Albert and Mary Foss Gregory, was born in April 1893, at Neligh, Nebraska. She attended Doane College, and obtained her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Nebraska in 1932. Dr. Gregory taught at Cottey College, Missouri, and for many years was Professor of Social Studies at Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska. She was a founding member of the Rho State Nebraska Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society and became an active member in the Zeta Chapter in Lincoln, Neb. Her doctoral dissertation, The History of Crete, Nebraska–1870-1888, is a valuable source of information on Saline County and Crete. A copy of her dissertation is located in the History Nebraska library along with several later editions published under the title, Pioneer days in Crete, Nebraska.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of eight manuscript boxes arranged into two series: 1) George Gregory, and 2) Annadora Foss Gregory.

Series 1 is made up of correspondence, diaries, and an autobiography of George Gregory. It also contains some financial records, genealogical research, and miscellaneous items including three scrapbooks.

Correspondence, writings, and diplomas of Annadora Foss Gregory can be found in Series 2. The rest of the series is made up of research done by Annadora on various topics including Doane College, Crete, Nebraska, and Saline County. There is also educational material from when she was a teacher. Additional genealogy letters to Annadora are included in the genealogical research materials in Series 1.

INVENTORY

Series 1 – George Gregory
Box 1
Folder

1. Correspondence, 1862, 1878, 1881-1886
2. Correspondence, 1892-1898
3. Correspondence, 1900-1910
4. Correspondence, 1912-1918
5. Correspondence, 1923-1929
6. Correspondence, 1930-1934
7. Correspondence, Golden Wedding Anniversary and Christmas cards, 1934
8. Correspondence, Golden Wedding Anniversary and Christmas cards, 1934
9. Correspondence, 1935-1939
10. Correspondence, 1940-1945, 1968
11. Correspondence, undated
12. Diaries, original, 1872-1878
13. Diaries, original, 1872-1878
14. Diaries, original, 1879-1882
15. Diaries, original, 1895-1914
16. Diaries transcript, 1872-1875
17. Diaries transcript, 1876-1879
18. “The Gregory Trail” by George Albert Gregory (notes), 1938
19. “The Gregory Trail” G. A. Gregory Autobiography (transcript)
20. Speeches and writings
21. Lecture notes and speeches
22. Writings for organizations

Box 2
Folder

1. Financial documentation; invoices and receipts
2. Gregory farmland
3. Ledgers, financial, 1885-1888
4. Ledger, financial, 1911-1915
5. Deeds, mortgages, wills, and taxes of family
6. Genealogical correspondence, undated; 1923-1957
7. Genealogical correspondence, 1958-1978
8. Gregory genealogy (see also oversize)
9. Gregory genealogies
10. Family genealogies
11. Reed family genealogies
12. Genealogical notes, charts, etc.
13. Genealogical notes, charts, etc.
14. Newspaper clippings-Family in the news
15. Newspaper clippings-Oregon; G. A. Gregory
16. Newspaper clippings-Annexation and land prices
17. Obituaries of family and friends
18. Certificates (see oversize)
19. Scores and miscellaneous papers
20. Miscellaneous programs and pamphlets

Box 3
Folder

1. The Knights of King Arthur-boy’s group
2. Index of normal training schools and pamphlets
3. “A History of Congregationalism in Nebraska”
4. Scrapbook-name cards, 1870-1890
5. G. A. Gregory and Mary Foss Gregory autograph albums
6. Scrapbook-Records and letters of G. A. Gregory (see oversize vol. 1)
7. Scrapbook-Gates College (see oversize vol. 2)
8. Scrapbook-The Band of Hope (see oversize vol. 3)
9. Travel and recreation

Series 2 – Annadora Foss Gregory

10. Correspondence, 1897-1898
11. Correspondence, 1900-1906, 1918, 1929
12. Correspondence, 1930-1939
13. Correspondence, 1940-1948, 1951-1959
14. Correspondence, 1960-1969
15. Correspondence, 1970-1979
16. Correspondence, undated
17. “Reminiscences of my Grandfather, Samuel Reed Foss,” by Annadora Foss Gregory
18. Manuscript, “A Student Romance of Early Doane College Days” (116 pgs.)
19. Writings about or by Annadora
20. Annadora’s writings-Congregationalism
21. Lecture notes and speeches
22. Records, contracts and certificates
23. Annadora’s diplomas
24. Annadora’s baby book
25. Lecture outlines (pt 1 of 3)
26. Lecture outlines (pt 2 of 3)
27. Reddings Secondary (pt 3 of 3)
28. Notes
29. Research notes
30. Research notes on History of Doane: Finances
31. Research notes on History of Doane: Organization

Box 4
Folder

1. Research notes on History of Doane: Minutes and bibliography
2. Research notes on History of Doane: Assorted topics
3. Research notes on History of Doane: Assorted topics
4. Research, Crete, Nebraska (see also oversize)
5. Research, Saline County
6. Bohemian immigration; business and businessmen; cattle industry
7. Census records, Saline County, late 1800s
8. Church information; G.A.R.; country courthouse; Doane College instructors
9. Crete library board; map reproductions; Masonic Lodge; Pioneer Historical Society
10. Settlers; biographical notes and interviews with old settlers
11. Swan City; Crete taxes; voting stats; Women’s Christian Temperance Union, assorted
12. Historical research
13. Research, community
14. Newspaper clippings (Research)
15. Newspaper clippings (Research)
16. Newspaper clippings (Research)
17. Newspaper clippings (Research)

Box 5
Folder

1. Organization’s correspondence
2. Organizational records, memos, etc.
3. Delta Kappa Gamma
4. Publications and programs
5. News clippings
6. Education-related and educational news clippings
7. Education-related and educational news clippings
8. Sociology papers
9. Sociology papers, etc.
10. Academy Histories
11. Temperance material
12. Clippings, misc.
13. Church bulletins and newsletters, misc.
14. Newsletters, pamphlets, and publications
15. Memorials and tributes
16. Obituaries, non-Gregory’s

Box 6
Folder

1. Sheet music, patriotic and inspirational songs, c. 1880s-1890s
2. Scrapbook-Chadron, Nebraska clippings
3. Loose note cards

Box 7   Note cards, indexed
Box 8   Note cards, indexed

Subject headings:

Crete, Nebraska — History
Doane College (Crete, Neb.)
Education — Nebraska
Gregory, Annadora Foss, 1893-
Gregory Family
Gregory, George Albert, 1851-1945
Saline County, Nebraska — History
School Superintendents and Principals
Temperance
Universities and colleges — Nebraska

11-15-2005   HA/tmm