Georgia Cravey collection
Collection
Identifier: L515
Scope and Contents
This collection includes flyers, pamphlets, business cards, a receipt, periodicals, newsletters, and other ephemera collected by Georgia Cravey in Indiana ranging from 1935 to 2009 regarding house, furnishing, interior design, and landscaping; dentists; socialism; gardens; the National Organization of Women; and miscellaneous topics. There is a minute book from the Past Noble Grand Association (most likely related to the Daughters of Rebekah) ranging from 1935 to 1944.
Dates
- 1935-2009
Creator
- Cravey, Georgia Ann (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Georgia Ann Cravey was born February 1, 1950 to Gerald Tyson (1919-2005) and Margaret Eileen (McCarter) Cravey (1920-2009) in Olney, Illinois. She attended North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, graduating in 1968, and Indiana University in Bloomington. Cravey married James Edwin Lingenfeller on January 19, 1984 in Indianapolis.
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Gerald Tyson Cravey was born to Johnie Jackson (1886-1963) and Leona Foster (LeSueur) Cravey (1889-1966) on October 10, 1919 in Tift County, Georgia. In 1938, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps and was posted to Ft. Randolph, Panama. On the eve of World War II, he re-enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps and served as chief radio operator for Headquarters, 20th Bomber Command at Hijli, India. When the 20th moved to the Pacific Islands, he served as radio station chief for the Air Transport Command at Myitkyina, Burma. Cravey spent months copying transmissions from Nampo Domei, a radio press station in Tokyo that served as Japan's propaganda outlet. He was honorably discharged on November 2, 1945 and used his G.I. Bill to study mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois. Cravey worked for a time as the physical plant supervisor at Eastern Illinois University and later moved to Indianapolis, Indiana and worked as an engineer for the Indiana State Board of Health. He married Margaret Eileen McCarter (1920-2009) on June 12, 1945 and they had two daughters, Georgia Ann and Altha Jane. Cravey died on November 17, 2005 in Zionsville, Indiana and was buried in Inaha Cemetery in Turner County, Georgia.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Gerald T. Cravey." 1920 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Gerald T. Cravey." 1930 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Gerald T. Cravey." 1940 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Gerald T. Cravey." Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Georgia Ann Cravey." 1950 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Georgia Ann Cravey." Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Georgia Ann Cravey." U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Georgia Ann Cravey." U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Gerald Tyson Cravey." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41193483/gerald-tyson-cravey.
"Gerald T. Cravey." Indianapolis Star (IN), November 20, 2005.
Library of Congress. "Gerald Tyson Cravey Collection." American Folklife Center: Veterans History Project. Accessed April 8, 2019. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00331.
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Gerald Tyson Cravey was born to Johnie Jackson (1886-1963) and Leona Foster (LeSueur) Cravey (1889-1966) on October 10, 1919 in Tift County, Georgia. In 1938, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps and was posted to Ft. Randolph, Panama. On the eve of World War II, he re-enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps and served as chief radio operator for Headquarters, 20th Bomber Command at Hijli, India. When the 20th moved to the Pacific Islands, he served as radio station chief for the Air Transport Command at Myitkyina, Burma. Cravey spent months copying transmissions from Nampo Domei, a radio press station in Tokyo that served as Japan's propaganda outlet. He was honorably discharged on November 2, 1945 and used his G.I. Bill to study mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois. Cravey worked for a time as the physical plant supervisor at Eastern Illinois University and later moved to Indianapolis, Indiana and worked as an engineer for the Indiana State Board of Health. He married Margaret Eileen McCarter (1920-2009) on June 12, 1945 and they had two daughters, Georgia Ann and Altha Jane. Cravey died on November 17, 2005 in Zionsville, Indiana and was buried in Inaha Cemetery in Turner County, Georgia.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Gerald T. Cravey." 1920 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Gerald T. Cravey." 1930 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Gerald T. Cravey." 1940 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Gerald T. Cravey." Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Georgia Ann Cravey." 1950 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Georgia Ann Cravey." Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Georgia Ann Cravey." U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Georgia Ann Cravey." U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016. Accessed April 26, 2024. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Gerald Tyson Cravey." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41193483/gerald-tyson-cravey.
"Gerald T. Cravey." Indianapolis Star (IN), November 20, 2005.
Library of Congress. "Gerald Tyson Cravey Collection." American Folklife Center: Veterans History Project. Accessed April 8, 2019. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00331.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 small manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Georgia Cravey on January 19, 2010.
Appraisal
This collection is arranged by subject.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2024/04/26 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid created 2024/04/26 by Brittany Kropf.
- Advertising
- Daughters of Rebekah
- Dentists
- Dwellings
- Ephemera
- Fraternal organizations
- Indiana -- Societies and clubs
- Indiana Dental Association
- Interior decoration
- Minutes (Records)
- National Organization of Women
- Newsletters
- Pamphlets
- Periodicals
- Socialism
- Societies and clubs
- Women -- Societies and clubs
Creator
- Cravey, Georgia Ann (Person)
- Cravey, Gerald Tyson, 1919-2005 (Person)
- Cravey family (Family)
- Title
- Georgia Cravey collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Rules for Archival Description
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
