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University of Pennsylvania
Guide to the
Alexander Family Collection
UPT 50 A 374SR
SADIE & RAYMOND ALEXANDER Record Group, 1863, 1907 - 1975
16 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 SKETCHES
See the guides for the Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Record Group and the Raymond Pace Alexander Record Group.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The STMA-RPA record group contains papers and records pertaining to the Alexanders jointly. These are arranged in thirteen series. Only the most significant contents are described below:
STMA-RPA I: Biographical and Autobiographical. Papers documenting international travels (approx. 1 cu. ft.; 1931-1973; many trips in the early 1960s).
STMA-RPA II: Personal Correspondence. Correspondence relating to holidays and entertainments, most notably those connected with wedding anniversaries, weddings, and birthdays (approx. 2 cu. ft.; 1941-73).
STMA-RPA IV: Financial Records. Income tax returns (1937-58, 1971); personal property tax returns (1954-73); real estate (6 cu. ft.; 1927-73)
STMA-RPA XI: Audio-Visual Material. Photographs (4 cu. ft.; ca. 1917- 1978).
STMA-RPA XII: Family. Lateral pedigree of blacks at Penn (one item); papers of and relating to Mary Elizabeth Alexander (1934-1980) and Rae Pace Alexander (ca. 1940-1977), especially education (2 cu. ft.)
STMA-RPA XIII: Books. A miscellaneous lot of books of undetermined ownership (1 cu. ft.); children's books and school books (1 cu. ft.)
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