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A Guide to the Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers 1863-2005 (bulk 1907-1980) 16.0 Cubic feet UPT 50 A374SR Prepared by Thomas G. Potterfield, Maureen B. Spectre, and Theresa R. Snyder, assisted by Susan M. Jenkins November 2015 The University Archives and Records Center 3401 Market Street, Suite 210 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3358 215.898.7024 Fax: 215.573.2036 www.archives.upenn.edu Mark Frazier Lloyd, Director Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers UPT 50 A374SR TABLE OF CONTENTS PROVENANCE...............................................................................................................................1 ARRANGEMENT...........................................................................................................................1 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE................................................................................................................1 SCOPE AND CONTENT...............................................................................................................2 CONTROLLED ACCESS HEADINGS.........................................................................................2 INVENTORY.................................................................................................................................. 4 I. BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL.............................................................. 4 II. PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE....................................................................................6 III. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.................................................................................... 9 IV. FINANCIAL RECORDS....................................................................................................9 V. LEGAL ISSUES AND ACTIONS.................................................................................... 18 VI. LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS............................................................................................19 VII. CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.............................................................................................19 VIII. WRITINGS, PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES....................................................... 19 IX. CERTIFICATES, HONORS AND AWARDS................................................................ 19 X. MEMORABILIA AND REGALIA...................................................................................20 XI. AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL........................................................................................ 21 XII. FAMILY.......................................................................................................................... 32 XIII. BOOKS...........................................................................................................................36 Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers UPT 50 A374SR Guide to the Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers 1863-2005 (bulk 1907-1980) UPT 50 A374SR 16.0 Cubic feet Prepared by Thomas G. Potterfield, Maureen B. Spectre, and Theresa R. Snyder, assisted by Susan M. Jenkins November 2015 Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center. PROVENANCE Gift of the Alexander family, 1987. ARRANGEMENT The Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers is organized into thirteen series: I. Biographical and Autobiographical;II. Personal Correspondence; III. General Correspondence; IV. Financial Records; V. Legal Issues and Actions; VI. Legal Organizations; VII. Civic Organizations; VIII. Writings, Publications and Speeches; IX. Certificates, Honors and Awards; X. Memorabilia and Regalia; XI. Audio-Visual Material; XII. Family; and XIII. Books. Many of the series are further divided into sub-series. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE - 1 - Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers UPT 50 A374SR See the guides for the Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Record Group and the Raymond Pace Alexander Papers. SCOPE AND CONTENT The STMA-RPA Papers 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.) CONTROLLED ACCESS HEADINGS Corporate Name(s) • African Methodist Episcopal Church. -- Form subdivision--Trials, litigation, etc.; • National Bar Association. - 2 - Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers UPT 50 A374SR Geographic Name(s) • Philadelphia (Pa.)--History. • Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--1865- • Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Occupation(s) • African American lawyers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. • Women lawyers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Personal Name(s) • Alexander-Minter, Rae, 1937- • Brown, Mary Elizabeth Alexander, 1934- Subject(s) • African Americans--Civil rights--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. • African Americans--History--1877-1964.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia • African Americans--History--1964---Pennsylvania--Philadelphia • African Americans--Professional education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. • African Americans--Segregation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. • African Americans--Social life and customs.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia • Practice of law--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. - 3 - Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers UPT 50 A374SR Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers 1863-2005 (bulk 1907-1980) UPT 50 A374SR Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center. INVENTORY I. BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL Box Folder A. Travel TS Bremen, from Bremen, Germany, to New York, 1931 1 1 September Puerto Rico Line, Steamship Coama, 1940 March 1 2 Mexico, 1948 1 3 Italian Line, Conte Biancamano (promotional booklet), [195-] 1 4 American Export Line (Mediterranean cruise; luncheon menus), 1 5 1951 February Nassau and the Bahamas (Christmas trip), 1951 December 1 6 Ile de France, Caribbean cruise (menus), 1954 March 1 7 South American air excursion (itineraries and tickets), 1957 1 8 South America (brochures and ephemera), 1957 1 9 South America (tourist brochures and guidebooks), 1957 1 10 Uruguay (guidebook and tourist information), 1957 1 11 Uruguay (books about Montevideo), 1957 1 12 Uruguay (re National Exposition of Production), 1957 1 13 - 4 - Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers UPT 50 A374SR Brussels World Fair, 1958 1 14 Japan and Hong Kong (receipt, clippings, and ephemera), 1960 1 15 Japan and Hong Kong (itineraries, brochures and ephemera), 1960 1 16 Japan and Hong Kong (newspapers), 1960 1 17 Japan (booklet about the National Diet), 1960 1 18 Scandinavia (proposed itinerary), 1961 1 19 Phoenix, 1962 July 1 20 Seattle World Fair, 1962 1 21 Scandinavia (itinerary, contract, correspondence, and ephemera), 1 22 1963 Scandinavia (articles for Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia 1 23 Bulletin), 1963 Scandinavia (reports from US embassies with State Department and 1 24 other correspondence), 1963 Scandinavia (USIA and Foreign Service correspondence receipts 1 25 and ephemera), 1963 Copenhagen and Denmark (tourist brochures and booklets), 1963 1 26 Copenhagen (press conference: news clippings and translations), 1 27 1963 Finland (tourist booklets), 1963 1 28 Finland (news clippings), 1963 1 29 Sweden (tourist information), 1963 1 30 Sweden (news clippings), 1963 1 31 Norway (news clippings), 1963 1 32 SS France (Christmas Cruise to Nassau and the Caribbean), 1964 1 33 Ireland and Scotland, 1966 August 1 34 SS Victoria (Black Sea Cruise), 1968 1 35 - 5 - Sadie and Raymond Alexander Joint Papers UPT 50 A374SR SS Rotterdam (Christmas-New Year cruise to the Caribbean), 1970 1 36 MS Europa (West Indies cruise), 1971 December 1 37 MS Gripsholm (Scandinavian cruise), 1973 July 1 38 TS Hamburg (Pacific cruise), 1973 1 39 B. Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Material Scrapbook: 20th wedding anniversary, 1943 OS 8 Scrapbook: Miscellaneous photos, clippings, and correspondence, OS 9 1944-1946 Scrapbook: Mary Elizabeth Anderson's 13th birthday, 1947 OS 4 Tribute book to Jeanne H. Barnes, 1947 OS 7 Scrapbook: 40th wedding anniversary, 1963 OS 5 Scrapbook: 46th wedding anniversary, 1969 OS 6 "The Negro in Philadelphia" (supplement to the Philadelphia 1 40 Bulletin), 1965 Loose, unsorted scrapbook material, misc. dates. 1 41 Loose, unsorted scrapbook material, misc. dates. 1 42 Loose, unsorted scrapbook material, misc. dates. 1 43 Loose, unsorted scrapbook material, 2002 1 44 II. PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE Box Folder A. General Re Alexander house in Chambersburg, Pa., 1941-1947 2 1 Re Party for Turner Layton at Skywater, 1948 2 2 With and re H.A. Beresford Wooding, Mayor of Port-of- Spain, 2 3 Trinidad, including reception at Skywater, 1953 With and re H.A. Beresford Wooding, Mayor of Port-of- Spain, 2