Inventory of the Samuel Alfred Alexander Papers, 1916-1922
Collection Number 5147-z
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
- Alexander, Samuel Alfred, 1860-1945.
- Title
- Samuel Alfred Alexander Papers, 1916-1922
- Call Number
- 5147-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: 5
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Gift from Frances Alexander Campbell of Chapel Hill, N.C., in February 2004 (Acc. 99722).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Jesse Brown, September 2004
- Encoded by: Jesse Brown, September 2004
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Samuel Alfred Alexander Memorandum Book and Letters #5147-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Alamance County (N.C.)--History.
- Alexander, Samuel Alfred, 1887-1945.
- Mount Pleasant (N.C)--Social life and customs.
- Schools--North Carolina--Alamance County.
- Teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Biographical Note
Samuel Alfred Alexander was born in southern Alamance County, N.C., on 4 October 1860. He married Mary Louola Barnhardt on 27 December 1887 and lived most his life on the Alexander family homestead in Alamance County Alexander made a living as a schoolmaster at various schools in Alamance County and Guilford County, N.C. After retiring, he worked on his farm until his death on 29 December 1945.
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The collection consists of one small memorandum book containing handwritten notes made by schoolteacher Samuel Alfred Alexander from 1916 to 1922, when he was schoolmaster at Mount Pleasant, N.C. Most of the notes are directly related to his duties at the school. They include class rosters, texts for quizzes given on various subjects, and charts of student quiz scores. Other notes include donation and expense ledgers for a well and a painting to be given to the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. Inserted in the book were two letters. One was written by Alexander's acquaintance Mrs. Jno. M. Kime to Guilford County land appraisers in 1921, requesting that the appraisal of her land be reduced. The other is an undated note from a parent of one of Alexander's students explaining the student's absence from class. Also inserted into the book were two receipts, 1920 and undated.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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