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A Guide to the Melrose Alexander Collection, ca.
1890-1980
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| Creator: | Alexander, Melrose |
| Title: | Melrose Alexander
Collection |
| Dates: | ca.
1890-1980 |
| Abstract: | The photographs and
documents in this collection were owned by Brownwood, Texas, resident Melrose
Alexander, who died in 1994. |
| Accession No.: | AR2000-92 |
| Extent: | 6 inches |
| Language: | Materials are written in
English. |
| Repository: | Center for American History,The
University of Texas at Austin |
The photographs and documents in this
collection were owned by Brownwood, Texas, resident Melrose Alexander, who died
in 1994. They consist primarily of family photographs of the Alexander,
Anderson, and Griffin families and their friends; teachers and students at
Daniel Baker College in Brownwood; and dwellings, ranch life, and livestock in
Brownwood and Brown County, Texas. A significant portion of the photographs
portray Melrose Alexander’s son, Elman Anderson, who died in Word War II.
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| Persons |
| | Alexander, John |
| | Alexander,
Melrose |
| | Anderson, Elman |
| | Anderson, Ted |
| | Anderson, W. G. |
| | Everette, Etta |
| | Griffin, Nancy
Alma |
| | Griffin, Quilla
A. |
| | Grisham, Mary |
| | Jones, John |
| | Jones, Sally |
| Subjects |
| | Cattle |
| | Daniel Baker College
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| | Horses |
| | Ranches and ranching
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| | World War II |
| Places |
| | Brownwood, Texas |
| | Brown County,
Texas |
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Melrose Alexander Collection, ca.
1890-1980, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Inventory
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| 3S202.2 | | | Photographs: |
| | | | Anderson, Elman |
| | | | Family members, identified |
| | | | Identified miscellaneous subjects |
| | | | Mounted photographs |
| | | | Other identified persons |
| | | | Photographs from 1890 album, identified and
unidentified |
| | | | Unidentified persons and subjects |
| | | Albums: |
| | | | 1954 album |
| | | | “Snapshots of Baby” [Elman Anderson] |
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| 2R35 | | | Manuscript material: |
| | | | Alexander & Rehm financial statement,
10/12/63-5/18/64 |
| | | | Birth announcement, Dorothy May and Paul Grady,
March 24, 1910 |
| | | | Brown County Historical Society newsletter,
April 17, 1980 |
| | | | Music Lover’s Club program, Daniel Baker College,
1912 |
| | | | “The Bill And Dick Alexander Foundation” trust document,
April 11, 1965 |
| | | | The Trail [yearbook of
Daniel Baker College],
1916 |
| | | Postcards: |
| | | | “Elect Dolph Briscoe Governor” |
| | | | “The Great Chamber in ‘The House of Seven Gables,’
Salem, Mass.” |
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| Artifact Collection | | | 1890 album (empty) |
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