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Preferred Citation:

Benjamin F. Bray Scrapbook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1990.018 was received on 4/9/1990.

Biographical / Historical

Benjamin Bray, William & Mary class of 1949, was an actor in The Common Glory theater prodcution. He was also poet, playwright, teacher, and social worker. Bray died in June 2002.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a scrapbook, from 1944 to 1945, kept by Benjamin F. Bray while a freshman at the College of William & Mary. This single brown volume contains programs, clippings, pictures (not photographs), and letters.

Related Material

Marilyn Miller Entwisle Scrapbook (UA 5.072); Joan Worstell Carter Papers (UA 5.025); Marilyn Kaemmerle Collection (UA 5.058); Elaine Compton Scrapbook (UA 5.017).

Mss. Acc. 2002.35 Benjamin Bray Papers

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• Correspondence
• Programs
• Scrapbooks
• Student Life--1940's