Gray, Lydia Schrader
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1889 - 1982
Lydia Schrader Gray (1889-1982) received readings from Edgar Cayce and had been a close friend of the Cayce family since 1938. She was a concert singer, whose professional responsibilities prevented her from moving to Virginia Beach until 1945. She helped care for Gertrude Cayce during the last three months of her life. After Gertrude death, Lydia helped answer the massive amount of correspondence and run the Cayce home.
Lydia served as one of the first official A.R.E. lecturers and served on the Board of Trustees. Starting in 1947, she traveled on a lecture circuit speaking and writing on the Cayce material. Her particular interest was numerology. In 1956, she became the Official Housekeeper of the newly re-purchased Cayce Hospital building and directed its redecoration. She led the fundraising efforts toward this project, donating the proceeds from numerology readings. She suffered a stroke in 1972 and died on April 1, 1982.
Lydia served as one of the first official A.R.E. lecturers and served on the Board of Trustees. Starting in 1947, she traveled on a lecture circuit speaking and writing on the Cayce material. Her particular interest was numerology. In 1956, she became the Official Housekeeper of the newly re-purchased Cayce Hospital building and directed its redecoration. She led the fundraising efforts toward this project, donating the proceeds from numerology readings. She suffered a stroke in 1972 and died on April 1, 1982.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Children of the New Age: Based on One Hundred Edgar Cayce Life Readings for Children and other lectures, 1948
Item
Identifier: Item 47:8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1948
Lydia Schrader Gray Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 11
Scope and Contents
This collection includes account books, booklets, correspondence, diaries, lectures, memorial programs, newsclippings, notebooks, numerology materials, photographs, A.R.E. publications, scrapbook ephemera and workshop materials created by early A.R.E. staff member Lydia Schrader Gray.
Dates:
1914 - 1969