JAMES GRAY:

James Gray was born in Falkirk, Scotland on February 18, 1862. He came to the United States with his parents when he was four years old. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1885. He was a reporter and city editor of the Minneapolis Times from 1885 to 1898, secretary and director of the Times Newspaper Company from 1895 to 1899, and an editorial writer of the Minneapolis Journal from 1904 to 1914, when he went to Washington to become special correspondent of the Minneapolis Journal. He was Mayor of Minneapolis in 1899 and 1900, and was the candidate of the Democratic party for Governor of Minnesota in 1910. He died September 8, 1916.

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There is information about a smallpox epidemic in Minneapolis (1900), the Minneapolis police force, public utilities in Minneapolis, the Mexican revolution (1910), the 1912 election, incidents leading up to World War I, the Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry in the Spanish-American War, Washington society, and William Jennings Bryan. Also included are speeches made by Gray as mayor of Minneapolis and as a lecturer; copies of newspaper columns written by Gray; and political cartoons of Gray drawn by local artists. Many of the materials are housed in scrapbooks.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. James Gray Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 5130; 9267; 9283

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017321370104294

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Papers of Gray's son, also named James Gray, are cataloged separately.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Police -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1912.

Public utilities -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Reporters and reporting -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Smallpox -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Spanish-American War, 1898.

World War, 1914-1918.

Persons:

Bartholomew, Charles Lewis, 1869-1949.

Bowman, Rowland C. (Rowland Claude), 1870-1903.

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.

Gray, James, 1862-1916 -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Hayward, Harry, 1866-1895.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Wing, Francis Marion, 1873-1956.

Organizations:

Minnesota. State Board of Health.

United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 13th (1898-1899).

Places:

Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920.

Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Newspapers.

Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Politics and government -- 1858-1918.

Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs.

Document Types:

Political cartoons.

Speeches.

Occupations:

Editors -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Mayors -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

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