Grace R. Clark papers
Overview
These papers of Grace R. Clark, an Arkansas City, Kansas piano teacher, church organist, and choir director, include clippings, photographs, and other mementos from her life and from the lives of her Clark family members.
Dates
- Creation: 1930 - 1967
Creator
- Clark, Grace R., 1878-1968 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Grace R. Clark
Grace R. Clark was born September 9, 1878 at Leavenworth, Kansas to Arthur and Sarah (Russell) Clark. She had one sibling, her brother Russell McVeigh Clark, born in 1881. Grace Clark was organist and choir director at the Sacred Heart Church of Arkansas City, Kansas for nearly twenty-five years, and for many years prior taught large classes of piano pupils. She died January 1968 in Arkansas City.
Extent
2 folders
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
These papers and photographs from the estate of Grace R. Clark date from 1930 to 1967. They consist of a small quantity of clippings and mementos as well as twenty candid photographs from her life and the lives of her Clark family members. Included is Grace Clark's handwritten obituary, which provides an autobiographical sketch of her life.
Physical Location
RH MS P714
Physical Location
RH MS-P 714
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 1992
Subject
- Clark, Grace R., 1878-1968 (Person)
- Clark family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Grace R. Clark Collection
- Subtitle
- Grace R. Clark papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007; revised by cl, 2010; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0341296933
- Preferred citation
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Grace R. Clark Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS P714, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository