The collection includes research notes, correspondence, court records, and photographsof the McBratney family, descendants of William Edgar McBratney (1892-1951) of Montclair,New Jersey. It also includes a letter (1918) from King George V welcoming soldiers in WorldWar I and a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt (1935) concerning two sons of William EdgarMcBratney being stricken with polio.
Photograph of a woman and boy with print at bottom "T Plimmer" and "Belfast". Handwritten on reverse "John McBratney + his Mother about 1870". Printed on reverse "Miniature and Portrait Painter T. Plimmer Portrait and Landscape Photographer 10 High Street Belfast".