Provenance Detail
Miscellaneous Series - Arthur Ray Main CollectionNotes
The Arthur Ray Main Collection was probably first assembled by Joseph Benson "Joab" Main [1871-1938] and his wife, Malissa Dell Kiger [1869-1941], and later passed to their son, Arthur Ray Main Sr. [1893-1954] and his wife, Toilie Frances Moninger [1897-1934], to their son, Arthur Ray Main Jr., to his son, Arthur Ray Main III, who owned the collection in 2007. Each generation likely added to the collection with photos from their own family and in-laws. Arthur provided the photographs to his cousin, Sherry (Main) Wise, who shared them with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007.
Source Citation: Joseph Benson Wildman [1875-1931]; circa 1890-1900, image by Wills, 4205 [or 1205] Market St., Wheeling, W. Va.; item no. MAIN-AN003-0005, Arthur Ray Main Collection, shared by Arthur Ray Main III and his cousin, Sherry (Main) Wise, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).