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Title: Elizabeth Madison Braly Papers
Dates: 1906-1966
Collection Number: 1964-2
Creator/Collector:
Braly, Elizabeth Madison
Extent: 2 linear feet (4 boxes)
Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Genealogical research and other material collected by Elizabeth Madison Braly, daughter of James Madison Braly and Susan I.
Braly, sister to Bertha Hyde Braly. Includes Braly, Madison and Hyde family genealogy research, and papers and correspondence
related to the families of John Eusebius Braly and James Madison Braly.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of Libary & Archives.
Contact the Curator of Library & Archives for information about reproduction and publication.
Elizabeth Madison Braly Papers. History San Jose Research Library
The majority of the papers were donated to the San Jose Historical Museum or the City of San Jose by Elizabeth Madison Braly
at some point between 1962 and 1964. Some of the material may have been donated to the city of San Jose after Braly's death
circa 1968.
Biography/Administrative History
Elizabeth Madison Braly was the daughter of James Madison Braly and Susan Isabella Braly, and sister to Bertha Hyde Braly.
James M. Braly was a native of Missouri who originally came to California in 1850. He farmed in Santa Clara County on and
off until 1864, when he settled in San Jose and opened up several businesses. In 1881 he left for Fresno, where he was involved
in real estate. His wife Susan Isabella Braly was the daughter of Rev. John Eusebius Braly and Susan Hyde Braly. The Bertha
Hyde Braly scholarship at Stanford University was created by sister Elizabeth Madison Braly in her honor.
Scope and Content of Collection
At least half of the papers are original documents -- either correspondence between Elizabeth Madison Braly and her close
family member, primarily sister Bertha (d. 1913) and mother Susan; or family records. The remainder of the material is genealogical
research compiled by Elizabeth Braly. The collection includes an original edition of John Hyde Braly's Memory Pictures, given
to his sister Susan in 1912.
Braly, Susan Isabella
Braly, Bertha Hyde
Braly, James Madison
Braly, John Eusebius
Braly, John Hyde, 1835-1923
Braly
Hyde
Madison
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
San Jose (Calif.)
Pasadena (Calif.)
Fresno (Calif.)
correspondence
pamphlets
genealogies (histories)
wills
deeds
marriage licenses