Martha's Vineyard Museum

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Biography/Historical Note

Scope and Content Note

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

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	RU481
Creator - creator	Holdsworth, David Bethune, 1922-1977
Creator - creator	Holdsworth, Lorraine Graham Bacon, 1926-2009
Title	David and Lorraine Holdsworth bills and receipts collection
Date	1912, 1957-1981, undated
Extent	3 folders (0.101 cubic feet)
Language	The materials are in English.
Abstract	The collection contains bills and receipts belonging to David and Lorraine Holdsworth of Chilmark, Massachusetts, from 1957-1980.

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.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Lindsay Aquino, daughter of David and Lorraine Holdsworth, in 2001 and 2002. (Accession no. 2001.011 and no. 2002.087).

Bibliography

"Miss Bacon to Become Bride of Lt. Holdsworth, British Navy." The Milwaukee Journal (Milwaukee, WI), Sept. 17, 1948.

Publication Information

Martha's Vineyard Museum

Gale Huntington Research Library
59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508)627-4441

Revision Description

 Addition to the Collection; Addition of receipts and bills and extension of Folder 23 date statement [CJ], August 2015

Processing Information

Finding aid prepared by Lara J. Ullman in July 2014. 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.

Biography/Historical Note

David Bethune Holdsworth was born in Nutley, New Jersey, June 5, 1922 to Captain Hugh Reginald Holdsworth and Dorothy Ann Frances Bethune Holdsworth of Halifax, Yorkshire, England. After graduating from the Royal Navy College, Dartmouth, England, David became flag lieutenant to Admiral Sir Henry Moore, head of the British joint services mission in Washington, D. C. On September 17, 1948, Lieutenant Holdsworth married Lorraine "Ray" Graham Bacon. The couple had three children: Lindsay, Kim, and David. In 1957, David was promoted to the rank of Commander. David B. Holdsworth died in 1977 and was buried in Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark, Massachusetts.

Lorraine "Ray" Graham Bacon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 25, 1926 to Commander Edward Bacon and Lorraine Graham Bacon. Ray graduated from Mount Vernon College and George Washington University. Her parents owned a home, Greystone, on Middle Road in Chilmark, Massachusetts. David and Ray Holdsworth summered on Martha's Vineyard together from 1950 until David's death in 1977. Ray continued to be a seasonal resident of Chilmark until 2000. Lorraine "Ray" Holdsworth died April 11, 2009 in McLean, Virginia, but was buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains bills and receipts belonging to David and Lorraine Holdsworth of Chilmark, Massachusetts, from 1957-1980. Most of the bills and receipts are for local businesses on Martha's Vineyard.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically. The material is housed in a box with other small collections.