May Bragdon (1865-1947), the sister of Claude Bragdon, was born in Adams, New York. She went to work at Warner's Safe Cure Company in Rochester in 1885, studied stenography and typing, and became secretary to architect James G. Cutler in 1889. In 1910, she left Cutler's to work as office manager for her brother's architectural practice and his Manas Press. In 1918, economic pressures led Bragdon to reduce his office staff, and May found work with the Employment Office of the Combined Metal Trades (1918-1919), the Clothiers' Exchange and, in 1924, the Gannett Publishing Company, where she remained until her retirement in 1938.
--Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Library, University of Rochester.
--Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Library, University of Rochester.
May Bragdon (1865-1947), the sister of Claude Bragdon, was born in Adams, New York. She went to work at Warner's Safe Cure Company in Rochester in 1885, studied stenography and typing, and became secretary to architect James G. Cutler in 1889. In 1910, she left Cutler's to work as office manager for her brother's architectural practice and his Manas Press. In 1918, economic pressures led Bragdon to reduce his office staff, and May found work with the Employment Office of the Combined Metal Trades (1918-1919), the Clothiers' Exchange and, in 1924, the Gannett Publishing Company, where she remained until her retirement in 1938.
--Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Library, University of Rochester.
--Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Library, University of Rochester.
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