Papers, ca. 1833-1985.

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Papers, ca. 1833-1985.

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Correspondence, speeches, printed material, notes, photographs, memorabilia, etc., centering on the life and interests of Mrs. Alexander. Topics include: support of South Africa and trips there, especially in the 1960s and 1970s; anti-communism and related public advocacy; work as a prominent member of the DAR; husband Henry Artz Alexander and his ancestors, including photographs of William F. ("Buffalo Bill") Cody; family genealogy, letters and other material as early as 1833; publications and other material about late 19th century and early 20th century schools: Industrial Institute and College of Mississippi, Gulf Park College, Mississippi Normal College at Houston, Houston Normal College, and Mississippi Normal Institute at Sherman; and Davis family letters and genealogy. Letters concern an epidemic of yellow fever in Mobile, Ala. (1853), the cost of living in Texas (1878), former Governor Henry L. Whitfield and his association with Judge Clifton L. Lomax (1971). A photocopy of a newspaper clipping reports on the radio, T.V., and film career of Anne Whitfield, daughter of Richard N. Whitfield, Jr. It includes a photograph of her with Danny Thomas and producer-director Lloyd Bacon. Another clipping and picture of Anne Whitfield (ca. 1940s) concerns her marriage to Frederick Roy Schiller in Hollywood, Calif.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Lomax, Clifton L.

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Alexander, Henry Artz.

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Daughters of the American Revolution. Mississippi Society

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Whitfield, Anne

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Whitfield, Henry Lewis, 1868-1927.

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Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917

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Buffalo Bill was employed as a scout by the United States 5th Cavalry, 1868-1872. In 1869 he participated in the Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado, in which the 5th Cavalry defeated Cheyenne Indians. From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, 1896 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162229 From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Mo., to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, S.D., 1896 May 23. (Unkno...

Alexander, Edna Whitfield b. 1906.

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Civic and social leader; state regent of the Mississippi Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Born Edna Earle Elizabeth Whitfield; wife of Henry Artz Alexander (d. 1965); niece of Henry L. Whitfield (1868-1927), governor of Mississippi. Resident of Grenada, Miss. (1933-1967) and later of Jackson, Miss. From the description of Papers, ca. 1833-1985. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546415 ...