Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Henry H. Jernegan Family Papers, 1878-1961
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Repository | Martha's Vineyard MuseumGale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508)627-4441 |
|---|---|
| Call Number | RU 460 |
| Creator | Jernegan Family |
| Title | Henry H. Jernegan family papers |
| Date [inclusive] | 1878-1961 |
| Extent | 2 boxes (1.008 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | The collection is an assortment of invitations, programs, legal papers, and correspondence from three generations of the Jernegan family. |
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions to access.
Use and Reproduction Restrictions
Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to museum staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 460, Henry H. Jernegan Family Papers.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Charlotte Jernegan in 1995. (Accession no. 1995.051)
Publication Information
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Gale Huntington Research Library59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508)627-4441
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Joyce Cooper in June 2014 with assistance from Lara J. Ullman. Finding aid machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick, July 2014.
Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Related Materials
Related Material
See also, Photograph Archive.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Invitations
- Programs
- Wills
Geographic Name(s)
- Edgartown (Mass.)
- Edgartown High School (Edgartown, Mass.)
Subject(s)
- Weddings
Biography/Historical Note
Henry H. Jernegan (1866-1943) was the youngest child of Nathan M. Jernegan (1821-1887) and Charlotte C. Dunham (1829-1898). Nathan captained several whaling voyages. Charlotte joined him on one voyage aboard the Niger. During that voyage Charlotte gave birth to their first son, Nathan (1858-1874), in Chile. Nathan and Charlotte also had two daughters: Charlotte (1860- ) and Amy (1863- ), who married and moved to San Francisco, California by 1898. Henry married Almah Pease (1871- ) in West Lynn, Massachusetts in 1889. The couple lived in Edgartown where Henry was a house painter and cranberry grower. They had five children Ruth (1890- ), Lucretia (1892- ), Mary (1897- ), Quentin (1906- ), and Nathan (1909- ). Mary, a teacher in Edgartown, married Louis Willey.
Scope and Content Note
A large amount of the collection consists of wedding announcements and invitations to church functions and recitals addressed to Henry H. Jernegan and his wife Almah, as well as some to his father and mother, Nathan and Charlotte Jernegan. There are 17 Edgartown High School commencement programs from 1893-1935. The legal documents in the collection include wills, probate papers, and deeds for various land transactions and a cemetery plot. There are also some letters from Mary Jernegan Willey's sisters and her husband, Louis Willey, as well as Mary’s school contracts and other school related papers. A small old bible is included with the name CC Jernegan written in it. The ration books are issued to Almah and her son Quentin, a private in the army.
Arrangement
The collection is loosely arranged by material type and therein chronologically.
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
Wedding Announcements to Henry and Almah Jernegan, 1891-1895 | 1 | 1 | ||
Wedding Announcements to Henry and Almah Jernegan, 1897-1905 | 1 | 2 | ||
Wedding Announcements to Henry and Almah Jernegan, 1906, 1907, undated | 1 | 3 | ||
Invitations to Henry and Almah Jernegan, 1892, 1897, undated | 1 | 4 | ||
Wedding Announcements to Nathan and Charlotte Jernegan, 1878-1894 | 1 | 5 | ||
Wedding Announcements to Nathan and Charlotte Jernegan, 1895, 1897, undated | 1 | 6 | ||
Wedding Announcements to Nathan and Charlotte Jernegan, undated | 1 | 7 | ||
Church Invitations, 1846-1887 | 1 | 8 | ||
Calling Cards, undated | 1 | 9 | ||
Edgartown High School Commencement Programs, 1893-1935 | 1 | 10-13 | ||
Will of Cordelia Dunham, 1880 | 2 | 1 | ||
Wills of Nathan and Charlotte Jernegan, 1885-1893 | 2 | 2 | ||
Deeds, 1860, 1876, 1909, 1961 | 2 | 3 | ||
Probate and Deed to Mary Willey, 1937-1943 | 2 | 4 | ||
Correspondence to Henry and Almah Jernegan, 1899-1953 | 2 | 5-6 | ||
Correspondence to Mary Willey, 1928-1944 | 2 | 7 | ||
School papers, programs, contract, 1905-1942 | 2 | 8 | ||
Programs - Lincoln Centennial, July 4, 1909, 1961 | 2 | 9 | ||
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association By-Laws, 1931 | 2 | 10 | ||
Ration Books, 1942-1945 | 2 | 11 | ||
C. C. Jernegan Bible, undated | 2 | 12 | ||
Correspondence, unidentified, undated | 2 | 13 | ||
Photographs, unidentified, undated | 2 | 14 | ||