Title: Mary Crain Boyd Collection, 1870-1910
ID: 01/AR0040
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Predominant Dates: 1873-1888
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
Abstract
Contains two scrapbooks and three folders full of newspaper clippings and other items compiled by Mary E. Crain Boyd.
Administrative/Biographical History
Mary E. Boyd's maiden name was Mary E. Crain. It can be seen that her maiden name Crain was sometimes written mistakenly as Crane.
It's noted that Miss Crain lived in New York until she moved to McKinney, Texas in 1876 where sometime in 1878 she married Union Army Captain W.L. Boyd. They were married for 28 years before Mr. Boyd's death in 1906. Prior to her own death in 1937, Mary Boyd recieved the honor of having the original McKinney Boyd High School, built in 1914, named after her. While the original McKinney Boyd High School was condemned in 1959, a new McKinney Boyd High School was built and recieved the honor of being named after Mrs. Boyd once more in 2006
Author: Rachel Motes
Scope and Contents: Newspaper clippings cover topics of poetry, obituaries, the frontier, gender, religion, marriage, moralism, military, science, wealth, politics, people, and political cartoons. Other items include pressed flowers, feathers, leaves, yarn, and hair as well as school programs, invitations, name cards or calling cards, pictures, cards, and more.
