Summary Information

Title: Carl R. Gray Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1848-1955

Creator:

• Gray, Carl R., 1889-1955

Call Number: Mss 319; PH 1933; PH 1935; PH 1936; PH 1937; PH 1967; PH 1973; PH 1974; PH 1975; PH 1997; PH 2018; PH 2022; PH 2023; PH 2028; PH 2030; PH 2033; PH 2034; PH 2035; PH 2036; PH 2038; PH 2048; PH 2049; PH 2051; PH 2055; PH 2072; PH 2098; PH 2133

Quantity: 47.7 c.f., 1485 photographs, and 162 pieces of ephemera

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Papers, 1848-1955, of General Carl R. Gray, railroad executive with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, brigadier general and director of military railroads for the European Theater of Operations during World War II, and head of the Veterans Administration from 1948 to 1953. The papers primarily document his lifelong work and interest in railroads; his professional career; the history of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, the Chicago & North Western, and other railroad companies; and the history of U.S. Army military railroad operations in Europe and North Africa, 1942-1945.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00319

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