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University of Pennsylvania
Guide to the
Alexander Family Collection
UPT 50 A 374E
ELIZABETH MOSSELL ANDERSON (1894 - 1975) Record Group, 1905 - 1975
8 Cubic ft.
Prepared by Thomas G. Potterfield, Maureen B. Spectre, and Terry
Snyder, assisted by Susan M. Jenkins
Separate guides are available or each Record Group in the Alexander Family Collection:
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center.
PROVENANCE
Gift of the Alexander family, 1987.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander's elder sister, Elizabeth Mossell Anderson (B.S. in Ed., 1939) (called variously "Beth," "Babs," or "Babo" in correspondence) served as Dean of Women at Virginia State College and later at Wilburforce University (Central State College), Ohio. Upon her retirement in 1964, she came to live with the Alexanders in Philadelphia and resided with them until her death in 1975.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTES
Personal Correspondence: with family, mostly STMA (approx. 2/3 cu. ft.; 1938-51); general and unsorted (approx. 1 cu. ft.; 1930-1971). Financial Records (1933-74): bank records (approx. 1.5 cu. ft.); other financial records (approx. 2 cu. ft.). Papers relating to Central State College, Wilburforce University, Ohio (1 cu. ft., scattered; 1938-68). The record group also contains a small series of photographs.
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