Mary Andrew Ray

Mary Ray, Gloucester, MA, Historical Time-LineTo write Mary Ray by email please click on the envelope icon.

Mary Ray, Author, ArchivistMary Ray with her husband Alan moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts from Maryland about thirty years ago.Before making what they now say is their final move, they lived in various states and as far away as France and Spain.In Gloucester, Mary has earned the titles of Artist, Archivist and now Author.
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For Mary this has resulted in her designation as a Copley Artist at the Copley Society of Boston.She is also an artist member of the North Shore Arts Association and the Rockport Art Association.

As the Rays were learning about their adopted city, an opportunity arose to discover detailed information about the development of the area.It was in 1987 that Gloucester's Mayor Silva appointed a committee of volunteers to bring order to the massive number of records of the Town and City of Gloucester dating back to 1632.Mary and Alan were among the founding members, and co-chairs of the Archives Committee for fifteen years.Working as archivists under the supervision of Massachusetts Archives and National Archives, they had what they considered the privilege of organizing what may be the largest collection of municipal records in the United States.

Then while inventorying thousands of maps and plans, many dating from the 1800s, it became apparent that a listing of important events and dates, such as construction of buildings, was needed to give approximate dates to undated maps and plans.Mary began the project by reading and re-reading over 85 books that contained Gloucester information.Significant events were recorded on a database on her home computer.As the project grew in size, its information was used almost daily the Archives office.When the importance of the information became apparent to researchers and scholars, Mary began the immense job of writing and publishing the Gloucester, Massachusetts Historical Time-Line~1000-1999.

Gloucester Massachusetts - Historical Time-Line 1000-1999, compiled by author, Mary Ray, founding member of Gloucester Archives Commmittee and Edited by Sarah V. Dunlap.

Justice advocate and columnist, Mary Schmuck, RSM, shares her insights on Catholic Social Teaching Blast from Mercys' Past: Another Connection. . . Archivist and popular columnist, Mary Andrew Ray, RSM, uses selected writings from Mother Mary Austin Carroll to uncover our past and our connections within the state of Georgia.
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by Mary Andrew Ray, RSM