HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG0901.AM: Lucy V. Drexel
Autograph album: 1880-1885
Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska: Student
Size: One item
BACKGROUND NOTE
Born in Omaha, Nebraska Territory, in 1861, Lucy Virginia Drexel was the daughter of Frederick and Christina (Lingner) Drexel. She grew up in Omaha and then attended the Nebraska Baptist Seminary in Gibbon, Nebraska. She married Henry G. Harte at Omaha, Nebraska, on September 10, 1891. After Henry Harte’s death in 1934, Lucy lived with her daughter, Ruth (Harte) Eggerss, in Van Wert, Ohio. Lucy (Drexel) Harte died in 1946. She and Henry are buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska. The couple was survived by three daughters, Ruth (Harte) Eggerss, Margaret (Harte) Eldredge, and Virginia (Harte) Longwell.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of Lucy Drexel’s autograph album, 1880-1885, while she was at Nebraska Baptist Seminary, Gibbon, Nebraska. Autographs of friends and family are included.
INVENTORY
Autograph album, 1880-1885
Subject headings:
Autographs — Nebraska
Buffalo County (Nebraska) — History
Gibbon (Nebraska) — History
Harte, Lucy V. (Drexel), 1861-1946
Nebraska Baptist Seminary (Gibbon, Nebraska)
Revised TMM 10-03-2016; 04-02-2020
