Call Number:

C0524

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 5 boxes
• 20 volumes
• 3.4 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Mason Remey Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1921-1957 (inclusive) and 1940-1950 (bulk)

Creator:

Remey, Charles Mason, 1874-1974

Form:

Architectural drawings -- 20th century., Biographies -- 20th century., Correspondence -- 20th century, Designs -- 20th century., Diaries -- 20th century., Architects -- United States., and Travelers -- United States.

Abstract:

Consists of 74 volumes of diaries, letters, reports, reminiscences, and other writings in typescript form, accompanied by clippings, photographs, designs, and memorabilia relating to Charles Mason Remey (1874-1974) and the Remey and Mason families.

Charles Mason Remey (1874-1974), the eldest son of distinguished Admiral George Collier Remey (1841-1928) and Mary Josephine Mason Remey (1845-1938), daughter of Chief Justice Charles Mason (1804-1882), was an architect, author, and religious leader of the Baha'i faith. Remey was the architect for several Baha'i temples around the world.

The collection consists of 74 volumes of diaries, letters, reports, reminiscences, and other writings in typescript form, accompanied by clippings, photographs, designs, and memorabilia, which Remey prepared in a limited number of sets. Included are his daily diaries (1940-1948) as well as separate journals kept during his travels in South America (1945-1946), Latin America (1946-1947), and Europe (1947-1948) as a teacher and representative of the Baha'i faith. There are also volumes of Remey's architectural designs and text for the Baha'i temple to be built on Mt. Carmel in Israel, and letters and reports concerning Baha'i activities.

Remey also prepared many volumes of reminiscences--of his childhood, boyhood at the Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., and school at Green Acres, Maine, and of his uncles William Butler Remey and Edward Wallace Remey, father George Collier Remey (1841-1928), and Gertrude Heim Remey. Also included are biographies of Charles Mason (1804-1882), who was chief justice of Iowa, George Collier Remey, and Mary Josephine Remey; histories of the houses in which Remey family members lived; a record of the naval destroyer U.S.S. Remey, named after George Collier Remey; and a description of a new mausoleum in Virginia for the Remey family designed by Remey.

Volumes in boxes are arranged roughly in chronological order; volumes shelved as bound mss. are in alphabetical order.