ALEXANDER MSS. The Alexander mss., 1916-1943, are letters and papers of William Albert Alexander, 1875-1943, librarian of the Indiana University Library, 1921-1942. In addition to letters and papers relating to the history and operation of the Library and to the work of University committees of which Mr. Alexander was a member, the collection includes correspondence with prominent men, most of them Hoosiers and most of them literary and political figures. This correspondence relates chiefly to obtaining autographed books and photographs for the Library. Correspondents represented in the collection include: George Ade, Raymond Earl Baldwin, Ralph L. Carr, Frank Linden Crone, Hamlin Garland, Charles Abraham Halleck, Don Herold, Edwin Conger Hill, Kin Hubbard, Chic Jackson, David Starr Jordan, Gerald Wayne Landis, Stephen Butler Leacock, Lloyd Lewis, Louis Leon Ludlow, George Barr McCutcheon, John Tinney McCutcheon, Paul Vories McNutt, Sherman Minton, Meredith Nicholson, Drew Pearson, Ernie Pyle, Joseph Swain, Frederick Van Nuys, Raymond Eugene Willis, and Mrs. Alverta (White) Matthew. Included also in the collection is Charles Abraham Halleck's speech placing the name of Wendell Lewis Willkie in nomination for president of the United States at the 1940 Republican national convention, speeches seconding that nomination, and speeches at the notification of Willkie of his nomination at Elwood, Indiana, August 17, 1940. | |
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