Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 21/7/98
Raymond L. and Doris Durey George
Papers, ca. 1910-1970s, n.d.
Descriptive summary
| creator: | George, Raymond L. and Doris Durey |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | ca. 1910-1970s, n.d. |
| extent: | 4.51 (1 half-document box, 1 photo box, and 2 oversized boxes) |
| collection number: | RS 21/7/98 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Raymond and Doris Durey George Papers, RS 21/7/98, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
Raymond L. George grew up in Graettinger and Grinnell, Iowa. He attended (1918-1922) Iowa State College (University). Doris Durey, of Manchester, Iowa, received a BS (1925) in home economics from Iowa State College (University). The couple married following Doris's graduation. Raymond died in 1981, followed by Doris in 1982. |
Collection description
This collection (ca. 1910-1970s, n.d.) includes two scrapbooks belonging to Doris Durey George, kept during her high school and college years (1918-1925), and four scrapbooks belonging to Raymond L. George covering the same periods. The collection also contains postcards, photocopies, and loose scrapbook pages, as well as letters to Doris from her mother and brother. The scrapbooks created by Doris are filled with news clippings, photos, dance cards, programs and personal memorabilia. The scrapbooks belonging to Raymond have photographs of friends and family; Grinnell, Iowa; Okaboji, Iowa; VEISHEA and military training at Iowa State College (University); military training at Camp Humphreys, Virginia; Niagara Falls, New York; Mt.Vernon, Virginia; and the Abilene, Kansas flood of July 4, 1923. |
Organization
This collection is listed chronologically. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
3 |
7 |
Postcards and Photographs (33 b&w 3x5 and 1 3x5 color photographs) |
1910-1970s ca. |
1 |
OVR |
Scrapbook: Raymond L. George |
1915-1920 |
4 |
OVR |
High school scrapbook: "School Memories" of Doris Durey - Manchester Schools in Iowa (3 1x1 and 9 4x6 b&w photographs) |
1918-1920 |
1 |
OVR |
Scrapbook: Raymond L. George (120 2x3, 235 4x6, and 3 8x10 b&w photographs) |
1918-1924 |
1 |
OVR |
Scrapbook: Raymond L. George |
1918-1924 |
2 |
1 |
Scrapbook: "Souvenir Postals," of Raymond L. George |
1920 |
4 |
OVR |
College scrapbook: Doris Durey at Iowa State College (University) |
1920-1925 |
3 |
2 |
Pages from Doris Durey George's photo album (120 3x5 and 49 4x6 b&w photographs) |
1920-1925 |
3 |
3 |
Photocopies of pages from Doris Durey George's photo album |
1920-1925 |
3 |
1 |
Photocopies of Raymond George's "Souvenir Postals" photo album |
1920s ca. |
3 |
4 |
ROTC Engineer School release letter |
1921 |
3 |
5 |
Letters to Doris Durey George from her mother and brother |
1922 |
3 |
6 |
Postcards from Grinnell and Iowa State College (University) |
1926-1936 |