Gray, Mary Virginia Holstine, collection, 1901-1991

Authors

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Files

Description

A Collection of short stories and music produced, collected, and owned by Mary Virginia Holstine Gray.

Mary Virginia Erskine Holstine Gray was born on January 21^st, 1908 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Ralph and Myrta Erskine. She married Lawrence Holstine in 1931 and ran the Ritz Tavern with him until the late 1960s. In the mid-1940s she began to write her own music, and throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s she wrote short stories. In 1967, Lawrence Holstine passed away. After his death, Mary moved to Frontenac, Kansas. In 1971, she married Roland Gray, who passed away in 1974. Mary passed away on Feb. 26^th, 1996.

Publication Date

9-2-2021

Keywords

Fine Arts, Business and Industry, Languages and Literature

Disciplines

Music

Size of Collection

1 linear foot

Dates of Collection

1901-1991

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 0284

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, "Gray, Mary Virginia Holstine, collection, 1901-1991" (2021). Finding Aids. 292.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/292