Provenance Detail
Elizabeth (Woodruff) McVay Album 01 Series - Rex and Irene Marie (Morgan) McVay CollectionNotes
The Elizabeth (Woodruff) McVay Album 01 Series has been preserved in original order in an antique album bearing the handwritten inscription, "Lizzie Woodruff / Lizzie's Book," inside the back cover. Elizabeth D. "Lizzie" (Woodruff) McVay [1873-1944] was the wife of William Irwin McVay, and the daughter of George Woodruff and Elizabeth Nuss. Based on the time period of the photographs, it is very likely that Elizabeth assembled this album as a girl or young woman in the years before her marriage.
The Rex and Irene Marie (Morgan) McVay Collection was passed from Rex McVay [1900-1971] and his wife, Irene Marie (Morgan) McVay [1911-2001], to their children William Carroll McVay and Karen Elizabeth (McVay) Haines, both of whom passed the items to Lisa (McVay) Hook, daughter of William Carroll McVay, who shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2014.
Rex McVay was the son of William Irwin McVay and Elizabeth D. Woodruff.
Irene Marie (Morgan) McVay was the daughter of Santford William Morgan and Jessie May Fletcher.
Source Citation: Circa 1870s, Elizabeth (Woodruff) McVay Album 01 - Page 06, Position 01 - believed to be Mary (Neal) Whipkey [1849-1911], item no. MCVA-AN004-0001-0010, Rex and Irene Marie (Morgan) McVay Collection, shared by Lisa (McVay) Hook, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).