NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG2968.AM: Samuel Roe Grice, 1817-1862
Papers: 1840-1922
Brownville, Nemaha County, Neb.: Farmer
Size: 1 reel of microfilm
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Samuel Roe Grice collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing manuscript materials arranged in four series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Diary and family records; 3) Manuscripts; and 4) Miscellaneous material. The approximately one hundred letters of Series 1 span the years 1840 to 1922. However, the bulk of this correspondence dates from 1846-1864 and consists largely of family letters sent to and from both London, England, and Brownville, Nebraska. Series 2 contains the diary and records of Samuel Roe Grice, 1817-1862 and the genealogy of the Grice and Roe families, 1580-1851. Also included in the three volumes which form this series are essays and verse of Mr. Grice. The manuscript file of Series 3 contains 33 typed pages on Samuel Roe Grice by Ann Shippen Graham. Included in this series are typewritten copies of numerous Grice letters and diary entries. The miscellaneous material of Series 4 includes a small portrait, clippings and memorabilia.
DESCRIPTION
Series 1 – Correspondence
Reel 1 (control# 16691)
1840
1846-1860
1862-1864
1867
1891-1894
1922
Undated
Series 2 – Diary and family records
“Book of the Generation of Samuel Rye Grice.” Included is a chronological genealogy of the family, 1580-1846 and copies of family letters, 1822-1828
Personal diary and records, 1817-1852. Includes genealogical data, 1668-1851.
Diary, 1853-1862. Includes essays, verse and notes.
Series 3 – Manuscripts
“Samuel Roe Grice; His Book,” by Anne Shippen Graham
Synopsis, typed, 4 pages
Map indicating Grice farm in Nemaha County
Preface, typed, 2 pages
Essay, typed, 25 pages
Series 4 – Miscellaneous material
Small portrait, clippings, and memorabilia
ADDED ENTRIES:
Brownville (Neb.) — History
Grice family
Grice, Samuel Roe, 1817-1862
Nemaha County (Neb.) — History
Roe family
L. Willmore/js 10-10-1964
kfk 06-25-1996
KFK/dco 09-04-2003
Encoded TMM 04-07-2010
