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University Archives and Records Center Guide to the
UPT 50 A 374E 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.
PROVENANCEGift of the Alexander family, 1987.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHSadie 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 NOTESPersonal 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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