Grey, Dolly, 1882-1956
Parallel Names
- Gottleib, Hermina, Dorothy
Biography
Hermina Dorothy Gottlieb was born June 20, 1882 in New York, New York to Julius Gottlieb and and Mrs. Gottlieb. The Gottlieb family were Jewish Hungarian Americans. Dorothy married her husband, Bert Byron, on June 21, 1918 in Washington DC. Dorothy and Bert were vaudeville actors throughout the 1920s and her stage name was Dolly Grey. Dorothy died on February 24 1956 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Accession: Grey and Byron Collection, B458
Box 1, 1942-1964
Box includes one [1] file folder from the documents series. File folder five contains Bert Byron's selective service registration certificate, Bert Byron's Grand Lodge membership card, Bert Byron's property tax receipt from 1955, a copy of Bert Byron's Certificate of Death, Dolly Grey's funeral booklet, a copy of Dolly Grey's Certificate of Death, Pinellas County subdivision plat from 1951, and Bert Byron and Dolly Grey's warranty deed from 1951.
Box 1: Portrait and Candid Photos, c. 1885-1960
Box includes four [4] file folders of photographs. File folder one: Photos of Bert Byron 1885-1917; file folder two: portraits of Dolly Grey 1885- c.1920; file folder three: photots of both Bert Byron and Dolly Grey c.1917-1954; file folder four: photos of Clara Dunn and Bert Byron in Florida 1938-1960.
Box 1: Scripts, Poems, Lyrics, c. 1920
Box includes five [5] file folders from the writing and music series. File folder six: lyrics and sheet music; file folder seven: notes and short stories; file folder eight: poems; file folder nine: short story by Dorothy Grey; file folder ten: scripts.
Box 1: Travel, Budget, Clippings, 1914-1956
Box includes seven [7] file folders from the scrapbooks and ledgers series. File folder eleven: Byron and Grey clippings; file folder twelve: disassembled scrapbook of clippings; file folder thirteen: general ledger 1943-1956; file folder fourteen: calendars and general ledgers 1926-1942; file folder fifteen: calendars and general ledgers 1917-1947; file folder sixteen: vacation scrapbook 1954; file folder seventeen: 1914 European vacation.
Box 4: Collars and Jewelry
This box contains accessories of Dolly Grey and the jewelry of both Dolly Grey and Bert Byron. The accessories include four [4] collars and two [2] pairs of gloves. The jewelry includes a brass clasp, a rhinestone clasp, a tie clasp with the letter "B", a square gold pin with initials "B.B.", and a round clasp with initials "B.B."
Box 4: Portrait Photos, c. 1920
This box contains multiple series: material culture, writings, and photographs. The photographs file folder contains two portrait photos including one of Bert Byron and one of Dolly Grey.
Box 5: Assuit shawl, c. 1920
Box contains Dolly Grey's Assuit shawl. Assuit shawls are a textile marrying mesh with small strips of metal.
Box 6: Suit, Cape, Fur Coat
Box contains Bert Byron's black three piece suit with matching cape and Dolly Grey's brown fur coat with matching muff.
Clothing and Accessories
This sub-series contains the clothing items from both Bert Byron and Dolly Grey. Grey's clothing items include her furt coat and matching muff, two pairs of gloves, a pearl collar, and fur collars. Byron's clothing items include a black three piece suit and a black cape.
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- Archival Object 13
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- Subject
- Vaudeville 10
- Clothing and dress 6
- Women's clothing 6
- Actors 5
- Drama 5
- Men's clothing 5
- Black-and-white photography 4
- Jewish women 4
- Postcards 4
- Travel 4
- Costume 3
- Poetry 3
- Gloves 2
- Photograph albums 2
- Pins (Jewelry) 2
- Portrait photography 2
- Portraits 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2
- Account books 1
- Albums (Books) 1
- Autograph albums 1
- Certificates 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Financial records 1
- Firearms 1
- Fraternal organizations 1
- Humorous songs 1
- Jewelry 1
- Jewish women artists 1
- Music 1
- Musical theatre 1
- Promotional materials 1
- Real property 1
- Receipts (Monetary) 1
- Sheet Music 1
- Short stories 1 + ∧ less