Guide to the Hartley Burr Alexander Papers
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Administrative Summary
Title: Hartley Burr Alexander
Papers
Creator:
Alexander, Hartley Burr
Dates:
1897-2000
Date (bulk): (bulk 1908-1938)
Quantity:
8.0 cubic feet
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library.
1090 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, California 91711
Abstract: The Hartley Burr
Alexander Papers contain correspondence, financial material,
newspaper clippings, manuscripts, music manuscripts, and
blueprints documenting Hartley Burr Alexander’s many
educational and cultural activities. The collection contains
papers relating to his teaching career, his writings and
musical compositions, his work on architectural inscriptions
and decoration, and his work on Indian art in North America.
The collection covers the years 1897-2000 with the bulk of
the material ranging from 1908-1938. This collection also
contains materials of documenting the writing activities of
other scholars who were working on similar activities or who
had working relationships with Hartley Burr Alexander.
Collection Number: D1943.1
Physical Location: Ella Strong Denison Library
Language:
English
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research with permission from
Ella Strong Denison Library staff.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish must be submitted
in writing to Denison Library.
Related Materials at Ella Strong Denison Library
Title: Hartley Burr Alexander Projects,
Date: 1929-1933
Separated Materials
Oversize material is located in oversize box numbers 1
and 2.
Preferred Citation
Hartley Burr Alexander Papers. Ella Strong Denison
Library, Scripps College, Claremont, California.
Aquisition Information
Gift of Hartley Burr Alexander in 1943.
Processing Information
Preliminary arrangement by library staff. Processed by
History Associates Incorporated, 2005
Accruals
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
Biography of Hartley Burr Alexander
Hartley Burr Alexander (1873-1939), educator, author, poet,
philosopher, was born on April 9, 1873 in Lincoln, Nebraska
and raised in Syracuse, Nebraska by his father, George
Sherman Alexander, a self-educated Methodist Minister from
Massachusetts, and his artist-stepmother, Susan Godding
Alexander. His mother, Abbey Gifford Smith Alexander died
when he was three.
After graduating from Syracuse High School, Alexander attended the
University of Nebraska, graduating in 1897 with an A.B.
degree. Alexander began his teaching career in the English
Department before accepting the Harrison Fellowship at the
University of Pennsylvania (1898-1900). He then transferred
to Columbia University where he received his Doctor of
Philosophy in 1901. In 1908 he accepted a position teaching
philosophy at the University of Nebraska (1908-1927), after
which he became Professor of Philosophy at Scripps College
in Claremont, California.
Alexander began his prolific writing career as a member of the
editorial staff for G. & C. Merriam Company’s
Webster’s
New International Dictionary
(1903-1908),
where he revised the words from “bicycle” to “marriage.”
While at G. and C. Merriam Company he was promoted to
assistant chief of the editorial staff, revising definitions
for words used in philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and
mythology. Dr. Alexander’s writing career continued in the
publication of several books and numerous articles. In 1904
he published articles and poems constantly, and in 1905
published “Poetry and the Individual” and “Mid Earth Life,”
a collection of poems. His most important philosophical
contributions include
Nature and
Human Nature
(1923);
Truth and the Faith
(1929); “The Great Art which is Philosophy,” in
Contemporary American
Philosophy
, Volume I (1930); and
God and Man’s Destiny
(1936).
Dr. Alexander also researched extensively in anthropological issues
related to philosophy. A significant amount of his work
involved recording dances, songs, poems, and sacred stories
from many American Indian cultures. Between 1914 and 1917 he
devoted his time to his work on the mythology of the North
American Indians. It was during this time that he also wrote
and directed three summertime pageants that were staged in
Lincoln, Nebraska on the University campus. But, Alexander
did not solely concentrate on the cultures of the North
American Indian. He also created works about the peoples
south of the United States, including those of Mexico, the
Antilles, and Central and South America. The most
significant of which was his publication of “Mythology of
all Races, Latin American,” which led to his delivery of a
series of lectures at the Sorbonne in Paris [lectures on the
“Art and Philosophy of the North American Indians”](1925).
As a result of his lecture at the Sorbonne and for his work
on behalf of French war orphans, he became a member of the
Societe des Americanistes
de Pari
s, and a recipient of the Chevalier
de la Legion d’Honneur.
Alexander’s interest in native cultures manifested itself into the
publication of several important works, his most important
of which include his contributions to
The Mythology of All
Races
, Vol. X (1916) and Vol. XI (1920);
Odes and Lyrics (1922),
a collection of poems;
L’Art et la
Philosophie des Indiens de l’Amerique du
Nord
(1926), a publication of his Sorbonne lectures;
and
The World’s Rim: Great
Mysteries of the North American Indians
(1953).
Dr Alexander also combined his interests in philosophy and
anthropology in the publication of numerous poems and
articles about poetry. He also had great interest in the
theater, writing several operettas and plays on the subject
of American Indians. Alexander was the author of several
popular pageants presented in Lincoln, Omaha, and at the
University of Nebraska, including “The Pageant of Lincoln”
(1915), “The Gate City” (1916), and the Ak-Sar-Ben Pageant
for 1922.
Hartley Burr Alexander’s interests in philosophy, anthropology, and
the arts synthesized with his interest in architecture. Many
of Alexander’s thoughts have been cut into stone in the form
of inscriptions and symbolic programs in several monuments
of American architecture throughout the United States. The
most notable are those he created for the Nebraska State
Capitol in 1925, Memorial Stadium at the University of
Nebraska, Rockefeller Center in New York City, Bertram
Goodhue’s Los Angeles Public Library, and for several
buildings at the Century of Progress Exhibition at the
1933in Chicago.
In 1919, it had been decided that a new capitol should be built in
Lincoln, Nebraska. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was selected,
and construction began in 1922. Goodhue’s design – Roman
chariots prancing on a roof – so offended Alexander’s sense
of what was appropriate for Nebraska that he wrote Goodhue
with suggestions of more appropriate art. Goodhue was so
impressed, that he hired Alexander on the spot to direct the
artwork and write the inscriptions for the building. It was
during his work on the capitol that Alexander first worked
with tile designer Hildreth Meiere, and sculptor Lee Lawrie.
Alexander worked with them again on other Goodhue buildings,
such as the Los Angeles Public Library; the Fidelity Mutual
Insurance Building in Philadelphia; Pennsylvania State
Finance Building, Chicago Century of Progress Exhibition;
the City Hall and Courthouse in St. Paul, the Department of
Justice Building in Washington, D.C.; the Joslyn Memorial
Building in Omaha, Rockefeller Center; and others.
Several works were written by Alexander concerning his work on the
Nebraska State Capitol building, such as “Nebraska’s
Monumental Capitol” in
Western
Architect
, 1923; “Lee Lawrie’s Sculptures”
in
Nebraska State Journal,
1923; “The Nebraska Capitol” in
Goodhue Memorial Volume published by the
American Institute of Architects, 1925; and
Nebraska State Capitol:
Synopsis of Decorations and Inscriptions
,
State Capitol Commission, 1926.
Between 1935 and 1939, Alexander, in addition to his teaching,
remained an extremely active writer. During this period he
finished a book on Indian ceremonies entitled “The Great
Mysteries of the North American Indians,” and another book
which was eventually entitled
God
and Man’s Destiny
(1936). Although Oxford
published God and Man’s Destiny in 1936, “The Great
Mysteries of the North American Indians” was not published
until 1953 by the University of Nebraska Press under the
title
The World’s Rim.
Alexander died at his home in Claremont in 1939 at the age of 66.
The memorial service was held in Balch Hall Auditorium at
Scripps College on July 29. Scripps College honored him
posthumously with the establishment of the Hartley Burr
Alexander Professorship in the Humanities.
Chronology
| 1873 |
Born on April 9 in Lincoln,
Nebraska
|
| 1897 |
Graduated from the University of Nebraska
with an A.B. degree.
|
| 1898-1900 |
Taught English at the University of
Nebraska
|
| 1901 |
Received his Doctor of Philosophy from
Columbia University
|
| 1908-1927 |
Taught philosophy at the University of
Nebraska
|
| 1922 |
Began designing architectural descriptions
for Nebraska State Capitol building
|
| 1924-1931 |
Designed architectural inscriptions for the
Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles,
California
|
| 1926-1932 |
Designed architectural inscriptions for the
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company
Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
| 1927-1933 |
Designed architectural inscriptions for the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Home
Office Building in Ottawa, Canada
|
| 1929-1932 |
Designed architectural inscriptions for the
Joslyn Memorial Building in Omaha,
Nebraska
|
| 1930-1933 |
Designed architectural inscriptions for the
Century of Progress Exhibition in
Chicago Illinois
|
| 1931-1933 |
Designed architectural inscriptions for the
Rockefeller Center in New York, New
York
|
| 1932-1934 |
Designed architectural inscriptions for the
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
| 1932-1935 |
Designed architectural inscriptions for the
Department of Justice in Washington
D.C.
|
| 1939 |
Died at his home in Claremont, CA. at the
age of 66
|
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Hartley Burr Alexander Papers contain correspondence, financial
material, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, music
manuscripts, and blueprints documenting Hartley Burr
Alexander’s many educational and cultural activities. The
collection contains papers relating to his teaching career,
his writings and musical compositions, his work on
architectural inscriptions and decoration, and his work on
Indian art in North America. The collection covers the years
1897-2000 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1908 to
1938. This collection also contains materials of documenting
the writing activities of other scholars who were working on
similar activities or who had working relationships with
Hartley Burr Alexander.
Documents authored by Hartley Burr Alexander may be found in Series
3, Correspondence; Series 4, Faculty Papers; Series 6,
Project Records; and Series 8, Writings. Much of the other
material in this collection is authored by Hartley Burr
Alexander’s family members, friends, and business
acquaintances, especially Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, who
hired him to direct the art work and write the inscriptions
for many of the buildings Goodhue constructed, as well as,
material authored by Lee Lawrie, and Meiere Meredith, who
worked with Alexander on creating the designs for these
buildings.
With the exception of Series 5 Photographic/Illustrations, and a
few photographic prints scattered throughout other series,
this collection consists largely of textual records. Textual
record types primarily include correspondence, newspaper
clippings, reports, notes, financial statements,
publications, and manuscripts.
The largest series is Series 3, Correspondence. Additional
correspondence is scattered throughout other series. Other
large series include Series 9, Writings, and Series 10,
Writings by Others.
The collection is organized into eleven series:
- Series 1. Donor Records
- Series 2. Biographical Material
- Series 3. Correspondence
- Series 4. Faculty Papers, 1919-1937
- Series 5. Photographs/Illustrations
- Series 6. Project Records, 1922-1938
- Series 7. University of Nebraska, 1922-1933
- Series 8. Writings, 1924-1989
- Series 9. Writings by Others
- Series 10. Topical Files
- Series 11. Oversize Material
Index Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:
Alexander,
Hartley Burr, 1873-1939 – Archives
Scripps College
(Claremont, Calif.)--Archival resources.
Scripps College – Faculty – Archives
Nebraska State Capitol (Lincoln, Neb.)
Los Angeles Public Library
Rockefeller Center
Architectural inscriptions – United States
Decoration and ornament, Architectural – United
States
Indian art – North America
Indian painting – North America
Architecture – Slides
Musicals – United States
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Genres and Forms of Materials
Blueprints
Correspondence
Pamphlets
Photographs
Sketches
Manuscripts
Scrapbooks
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Programs
Collection Contents
Series 1
Donor Records,
1943-1988
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence,
photographs, and inventories for
manuscripts and ephemera material
donated to Scripps College by H.B.
Alexander’s son, Dr. Hubert Alexander.
Several letters from Dorothy M. Drake,
Librarian at Scripps College, to the
University of Nebraska, Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, the Department
of Justice, and other libraries and
organizations are also located in this
series. These letters document her
search to locate material documenting
Alexander’s life and career. This series
also contains a memo from Susan Allen,
dated September 9, 1988, indicating that
Honnold Library has Alexander’s
collection of Pueblo Indian Art and
Sioux Indian Art plates (which are now
located in the Denison Library
Archives).
Series 2
Biographical Material,
1906-1991
Physical Description:
.25 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains essays, newspaper
clippings, pamphlets, and an issue of
Present-Day American
Literature
documenting
the life and career of Hartley Burr
Alexander during his tenure as Professor
of Philosophy at the University of
Nebraska and as Chairman of the
Philosophy department at Scripps
College. This series also contains
financial material, including contract
agreements, invoices from bookstores
that purchased Alexander’s writings, and
royalty statements from various
publishing companies, including E.P.
Dutton and Company and Henry Holt and
Company.
This series is arranged alphabetically by
subject.
Box 1, Folder 1
Curriculum Vitae written by
Alexander, 1935
Box 1, Folder 2
Essay by Emile Calliet, “The
Man,” 1940
Box 1, Folder 3
Induction to the Nebraska
Hall of Fame, 1988-1991
Box 1, Folder 4-6
Financial Records, 1918-1938
Box 1, Folder 4
Contract
Agreements,
1918-1934
Box 1, Folder 5
Invoices from
Publishing
Companies,
1928-1935
Box 1, Folder 6
Royalty
Statements,
1926-1938
Box 1, Folder 8
Newspaper Clippings,
1906-1937
Box 1, Folder 9
Present-Day
American
Literature
, Vol. II,
No. 3, July, 1929
Box 1, Folder 10
Scrapbook, 1920’s -
1930’s
Box 1, Folder 11
Transcription of Telephone
Conversation with President
Jacqua, December 9,
1971
Box 1, Folder 12
Tributary Material, 1946,
undated
Box 1, Folder 13
Untitled essay on Alexander,
undated
Series 3
Correspondence,
1908-1938
Physical Description:
1.75 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence between
Hartley Burr Alexander and his business
associates, fiends, and acquaintances.
Correspondence related to specific
subjects, such as correspondence
concerning particular publications, are
located with those subjects. The
correspondence series is divided into
two sub-series, “Incoming
Correspondence” and “Outgoing
Correspondence.” Incoming correspondence
is arranged alphabetically by
correspondent, and includes
correspondence from anonymous and
unidentifiable correspondents filed at
the end of the sub-series. Outgoing
correspondence is arranged
alphabetically by correspondent or
subject.
This series is arranged alphabetically by
correspondent or subject.
Sub-series 3.1
Incoming Correespondence,
1938
Physical Description:
1.5 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series includes major
correspondents such as J.C.
Harper, Ernest Jacqua, Lee
Lawrie, and Hildreth Meiere.
Additional correspondence is
located throughout the
collection.
This sub-series is arranged
alphabetically by
correspondent or subject.
Box 1, Folder 14
Abbott, Keene and
Mabel,
1909-1936
Box 1, Folder 15
Alexander,George,
1909-1913
Box 1, Folder 16
Allen, F. Sturges,
1909-1913
Box 1, Folder 17
Ansley, C.F.,
1910-1913,
1918,
1927
Box 1, Folder 18
Atkins, Elizabeth,
1923,
1926
Box 1, Folder 19
Bigelow, S.E.,
1908,
1911
Box 1, Folder 22
Buckham, John
Wright,
1920,
1929,
1936
Box 1, Folder 23
Bureau of American
Ethnology,
1910
Box 1, Folder 26
Cady, Rev. Frank
T.,
1910
Box 1, Folder 27
Cardin, Fred,
[1929],
1931
Box 1, Folder 28
Carr, Geraldine
Wilda,
1927,
1935
Box 1, Folder 29
Carter, M.A.W.,
1909-1910
Box 1, Folder 32
Christmas Cards,
[193-],
undated
Box 1, Folder 34
Commonwealth Club
of California,
1937
Box 1, Folder 35
Cunningham, Henry
Francis,
1931-1938
Box 1, Folder 36
E.P. Dutton and
Co., Inc.,
1927-1935
Box 1, Folder 37
Esto Publishing
Co.,
1936
Box 1, Folder 38-41
Evans, T. Horace,
1902-[1927]
Box 1, Folder 42
Fifter, Orian W.,
1926,
1929
Box 1, Folder 43
Flanders, Ruth,
1927-1928
Box 1, Folder 49
Harris, Celia,
1927,
1935
Box 1, Folder 50
Henry Holt and
Company,
1935
Box 1, Folder 52
Invitation to
“Exhibition of
Sculpture in the
Open Air,”
1933
Box 1, Folder 53
Jacqua, Ernest J.,
1927,
1935-1936
Box 1, Folder 54
Johnson, Alvin,
1909,
1918
Box 1, Folder 55
Journal of
Philosophy,
Psychology, and
Scientific Methods,
1910-1911
Box 1, Folder 56
Kasper, Victor
Hugo,
1928-1934
Box 1, Folder 57
Klett, Martha Ada,
1928,
1936-1937
Box 1, Folder 62
Lehmer, Derrick,
1918,
1922,
1931
Box 1, Folder 64
Lewis, E.H., [Edwin
Herbert],
1911-1937
Box 1, Folder 65
Lhasshekankrakrya,
Anagarika (The
Universal Union for
the Diffusion of
Busshism),
[193-]
Box 1, Folder 66
Librarie Ernest
Leroux,
1926-1935
Box 1, Folder 67
McCaleb, W.F.,
1909-1910,
1932
Box 1, Folder 68
McDowell, Margaret,
1911-1913
Box 1, Folder 69
Marshall Jones
Company,
1918
Box 1, Folder 70-72
Meiere, Hildreth,
1925-1936
Box 2, Folder 1
Newbold, William
Romaine,
1909-1926
Box 2, Folder 2
Newbranch, N.E.,
1928,
undated
Box 2, Folder 3
Newman, George S.,
1909-1912
Box 2, Folder 4
Open Court
Publishing Company,
1909-1922
Box 2, Folder 7
Pijuan, Joseph,
1932,
1937
Box 2, Folder 9
Primavera Press
Inc.,
1934-1935
Box 2, Folder 10
Princess Te Ata,
1919,
1932,
1935
Box 2, Folder 12
Robbins, Rignald
C.,
1935
Box 2, Folder 13
Roosevelt,
Theodore,
1918
Box 2, Folder 14
Rowley, George
(Mrs.),
1927,
1937
Box 2, Folder 15
Sargent, Joseph A.,
1908-1932
Box 2, Folder 16
Selleck, Willard
C., 1930,
1938
Box 2, Folder 17
Sharp, Frank C.,
1927,
1928
Box 2, Folder 18
Steiner, Edward A.,
1934,
1937
Box 2, Folder 19
Swift, Otis
Peabody,
1937,
undated
Box 2, Folder 20
Telegram Informing
Alexander of Receipt
of the Legion of
Honor,
undated
Box 2, Folder 21
Theatre Arts
Monthly,
1932
Box 2, Folder 22
Van Name, W.G.,
1908-1910,
1928
Box 2, Folder 26
Zeitlin, Jake
(Jake Zeitlin:
Books),
1935
Box 2, Folder 27-30
Miscellaneous, A
to Z,
1909-1938
Box 2, Folder 31-46
Unidentifiable, A
to Z,
1908-1939,
undated
Sub-series 3.2
Outgoing Correspondence,
1924-1936
Physical Description:
.25 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series includes major
correspondents such as Lee
Lawrie and Hildreth Meiere.
This sub-series is arranged
alphabetically by
correspondent or subject.
Box 2, Folder 48-49
Alexander to Lee
Lawrie,
1926-1933
Box 2, Folder 50-52
Alexander to
Hildreth Meiere,
1926-1932
Box 2, Folder 54
Christmas
Greetings,
1928,
undated
Box 2, Folder 55
Research for Texts
on Native Americans,
1924-1933
Box 2, Folder 56
Wedding
Announcement:
Alexander, Hubert
Griggs,
1936
Series 4
Faculty Papers,
1919-1937
Physical Description:
.75 cubic feet
Sub-series 4.1
General Faculty Papers,
1919-1937
Physical Description:
.25 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series contains
correspondence, lecture notes,
lecture programs, newspaper
clippings, and photographs
related to anthropology,
ethnology, and Native American
Art.
This series is arranged
alphabetically by subject.
Box 3, Folder 1
Anthropology and
Ethnology Course
Material,
undated
Box 3, Folder 2
Architecture
Inscription
Information,
undated
Box 3, Folder 3
Correspondence and
Sketches Concerning
the Presentation of
Indian Cultures at
Golden State Expo,
1936-1937
Box 3, Folder 4
Faculty and Picture
Bulletin
Information,
1934-1935,
undated
Box 3, Folder 5
Handouts for Art
History,
undated
Box 3, Folder 6
Lecture Given in
Connection with
“Music and American
Youth” Program,
Coast-to-Coast,
Nov.
21,
1937
Box 3, Folder 8
Lecture Programs,
1919-1936,
undated
Box 3, Folder 10
Student Records,
1934,
undated
Box 3, Folder 11
Notes/Charts:
Anthropology and
Ethnology,
undated
Sub-series 4.2
Research Material,
1923-1937
Physical Description:
.5 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series includes
correspondence, newspaper
clippings, and photographs on
Native American art and
culture. This sub-series also
contains correspondence,
journal articles, and notes on
paintings made by Native
Americans on cowhide, buffalo,
and deer skins. Of special
interest are several letters
from A. Wetmore, Assistant
Secretary at the Smithsonian
Institution, United States
National Museum in Washington,
D.C. discussing collections of
paintings made by various
groups of Plains Indians.
This sub-series is arranged
alphabetically by subject.
Box 3, Folder 12
Correspondence,
1932-1937
Box 3, Folder 13-16
Indian Collection
Information,
1935-1936,
undated
Box 3, Folder 13
Correspondence,
Incoming,
Wetmore,
A.,
1936
Box 3, Folder 14
“Episode
I. Events
Perhaps
Earlier
than
1856,”
undated
Box 3, Folder 15
Kluckhorn,
Clyde, “A
Note on
the
Sources of
the
Drawings
in the Del
Rio Volume
on
Palenque.”
In Maya
Research,
Vol. II,
No. 3,
July,
1935,
1935
Box 3, Folder 16
Notes on
Paintings,
undated
Box 3, Folder 17
Native American
Artifacts and
Education,
1923,
1928,
undated
Box 3, Folder 18
Newspaper
Clippings,
undated
Box 3, Folder 19
Notes on Native
American Indians,
undated
Box 3, Folder 20
Photographs of
Drawings, Murals,
and Sculptures of
Indian Themes,
1931,
undated
Box 3, Folder 21
Prehistoric
Artifacts/Tools,
1937,
undated
Series 5
Photographs/Illustrations,
undated
Physical Description:
.25 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series contains photographs and
illustrations on various aspects of
Native American Indian art and culture.
This sub-series also contains slides of
inscription and symbolic programs of
work possibly conducted by Alexander.
This series is arranged alphabetically by
subject.
Box 3, Folder 22
Illustrations by Anders John
Haugseth, undated
Box 3, Folder 24
Inscription Projects,
undated
Box 3, Folder 25
Japanese Theatre and Musical
Instruments,
undated
Box 3, Folder 26
Native Americans, Ancient
Mexico, Black Americans,
undated
Box 3, Folder 27
Native American Artwork
(Mostly Alaskan),
undated
Series 6
Project Records,
1923-1938
Physical Description:
.75 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of correspondence,
blueprints, sketches, and photographs
documenting Alexander’s work as a
consultant for the artwork and
inscriptions created for several
important buildings, including the Los
Angeles Public Library, and the Nebraska
State Capitol. Of significance is
correspondence from Bertram Goodhue
(Goodhue Correspondence), whom he worked
with on the Nebraska State Capitol, and
several other buildings of significance
throughout the United States.
This series is arranged alphabetically by
subject.
Box 3, Folder 28
Ellen Phillips Samuel
Memorial,
undated
“Synopsis of the
Sculpture and
Inscriptions”
Box 3, Folder 29
Fidelity Mutual Life
Insurance Company,
Philadelphia
Brochure: A
Substantial New
Building for A
Substantial Old
Company,”
1927
Box 3, Folder 30-32
Kansas City, MO. City Hall,
1936,
undated
Box 3, Folder 31
Photographs of
Sculptures,
undated
Box 3, Folder 32
Sketches, and
Elevations of
Sculptures,
undated
Box 3, Folder 33
Los Angeles Public
Library
Correspondence,
Incoming, Goodhue,
Bertram G.,
1924
Box 3, Folder 34-35
Correspondence,
1922-1927
Box 3, Folder 34-35
“Goodhue
Correspondence,”
(Bertram
Goodhue,
Architect),
1922-1924
Box 3, Folder 36
“Goodhue
Correspondence,”
Originals,
1923
Box 3, Folder 37
Miscellaneous
A to Z,
1925,
1927
Box 3, Folder 38
“Synopsis of
Decorations and
Inscriptions,”
undated
Box 3, Folder 39-42
Northrop Auditorium,
University of
Minnesota
Box 3, Folder 39
Blueprints of
Inscriptions,
undated
Box 3, Folder 40
Brochure: “Why
Minnesota?”
[193-]
Box 3, Folder 41
Correspondence,
1935-1936
Box 3, Folder 43-44
Oregon State Capitol, Salem
Oregon, 1936-1937,
undated
Box 3, Folder 43
Blueprints for
Inscription Work,
undated
Box 3, Folder 44
Correspondence,
1936-1937
Box 3, Folder 45-47
State Finance Building,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
1930-1938,
undated
Box 3, Folder 45
Correspondence,
1930-1938
Box 3, Folder 46
Photographs,
1930,
undated
Box 3, Folder 47
Sketches and
Elevations,
1938,
undated
Series 7
University of Nebraska,
1908-1930
Physical Description:
.25 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence, newspaper
clippings, and photographs from
Alexander’s tenure as a Professor of
Philosophy at the University of
Nebraska. The majority of the material
in this series relates to Alexander’s
resignation from his faculty position at
the University.
This series is arranged alphabetically by
subject.
Box 3, Folder 48-52
Correspondence, Incoming,
1924-1928
Box 3, Folder 48
Genderson, L.E.
(Office of Finance
Secretary),
1924-1927
Box 3, Folder 52
Miscellaneous A to
Z,
1908-1927
Box 3, Folder 53-56
Correspondence, Outgoing,
1922-1933
Box 3, Folder 53
Correspondence
with Samuel Avery
(Chancellor),
1922-1925
Box 3, Folder 54
Correspondence with
Herman James (Dean,
College of Arts and
Sciences),
1925-
1927
Box 3, Folder 55
Correspondence with
William P Warner
(President of the
Board of Regents),
1927
Box 3, Folder 56
Correspondence
with Others,
1922-1933
Box 3, Folder 57
Newspaper Clippings,
1933
Box 3, Folder 58
Petition to keep Alexander at
the University of Nebraska,
1927
Box 3, Folder 60
Reconstruction Program,
undated
Series 8
Writings by Hartley Burr Alexander,
1924-1989
Physical Description:
1.0 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains copies of manuscripts,
books, articles, plays, musical scores,
operettas, translations and book reviews
by Hartley Burr Alexander.
Correspondence, notes and reviews
relating to the aforementioned are
arranged alphabetically by publication
or writing title.
Sub-series 8.1
General Writings,
1924-1989
Physical Description:
.75 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series includes essays,
poetry, plays, operettas, and
musical scores written by
Alexander. These writings are
arranged alphabetically by
title.
Box 4, Folder 1
“Academe: A Masque
of the College of
Arts,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 2
“Academe: A Masque
of the College of
Arts with
Initiation,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 3
Advertising
Pamphlet for
Inscription Work,
undated
Box 4, Folder 5
Bibliographies of
Published and
Unpublished Works,
1976-1989,
undated
Box 4, Folder 6
“Bibliographical
Record: Hartley Burr
Alexander,”
[1934]
Box 4, Folder 7
“Costume Design,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 8
“Critique of
‘Deuxieme
Arabesque,’ by
Claude Bebussy,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 9
Description of
“Amos Bad Heart
Bull” Manuscript,
undated
Box 4, Folder 10
“Diamond Jubilee
Pageant” Directors
Schedules,
undated
Box 4, Folder 11
“Eriks Saga
Rauda,” (Icelandic
Saga),
undated
Box 4, Folder 12
Essay on Chinese
Art,
1936
Box 4, Folder 13
“Evangelium
Christi,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 14
Greetings (letters
to classes),
1932-1939
Box 4, Folder 15
“Hildreth Meiere’s
Work for Nebraska,”
1924-1925
Box 4, Folder 16
“La Munuette: A
Lyrical Ballet in
Two Acts,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 17
“Luck in the
House,”
1933-1934
Box 4, Folder 18
“The Lucky
Prince,”
[1934,
1937]
Box 4, Folder 19
“The Making of
Nebraska: A Pageant
of the Plains,”
Directors
Book
Box 4, Folder 21
“Ivy
Song,” by
Hartley
and Nelly
Alexander
Box 4, Folder 24
“Notes on Library
Needs in
California,” and
Correspondence,
1936-1937
Box 4, Folder 25
“Odes and Lyrics”
Typographic Plates,
undated
Box 4, Folder 28
“The Philosopher,”
undated Poetical
Anthology,
undated
Box 4, Folder 29
“The Pipe of
Peace,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 30
Poetical Anthology,
undated
Box 4, Folder 31
“The Repeaters: A
Drama of the
Post-Diluvians,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 32
“The Rice Sprouting
Song,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 33
“The Rocks are
Ringing,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 34
Scrapbook of
Articles by
Alexander,
undated
Box 4, Folder 35
“Scripps College:
Arms and Needs,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 36
“The Singing Girl
of Copan: A Ballet
in the Maya Mode,”
Newspaper Clipping,
undated
Box 4, Folder 37
“The Singing Girl
of Peten,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 38
“Songs of the
Seasons,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 39
Student Papers
written by
Alexander
Box 4, Folder 40
“Three Chinese
Folk-Dramas,
Translated by Kwei
Chen,
[1934-1937]
Box 4, Folder 41
“Un representant
authentique de la
Culture americaine,”
undated
Box 4, Folder 42
“Van Gogh: Art and
the Man,”
1935-1985
Box 4, Folder 43
“Worlds In Which We
Particpate,”
1935
Sub-series 8.2
Manuscripts,
undated
Physical Description:
.15 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series contains copies and
originals of maunuscripts
written by Alexander. These
writings are arranged
alphabetically by title.
Box 4, Folder 49-51
“God and
Philosophical
Thinking”
Sub-series 8.3
Plays,
undated
Physical Description:
.10 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series contains copies and
originals of plays written by
Alexander. These writings are
arranged alphabetically by
title.
Box 5, Folder 9-11
“Taiwa” (Play and
Musical
Script)
Box 5, Folder 12
“When Johnny Comes
Marching
Home”
Sub-series 8.4
Published Writings and
Related Material,
1910-1952
Physical Description:
1.0 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series contains printed
copies of books, articles,
speeches, and lectures written
by Hartley Burr Alexander,
with correspondence, notes and
reviews relating to each,
arranged alphabetically by
publication or writing.
Box 5, Folder 13
“Alexander in
Babylon: A Tragedy
in Five Acts,” Open
Court Publishing
Company, Chicago,
1923
Box 5, Folder 14
“Alogistic
Intelligence and
Philosophical
Wisdom.” Reprint
from the
University
of
California
Chronicle
,
April,
1928.
Box 5, Folder 15
“At the Heels of
Progress,”
The
Nebraska
Alumnus
,
Vol. XXXI, No. 9,
November
1935
Box 5, Folder 16
“Aztec Gods.”
Reprinted from the
American
Archaeology
Number of
Art and
Archaeology
,
July-August,
1923
Box 5, Folder 17
“Cooke-Daniels
Lectures: First
Series,” Denver.
Denver Art Museum,
1927
Box 5, Folder 18
“Coronado in
Quivera,” –
Ak-Sar-Ben Pageant,
Knights of
Ak-Sar_Ben, Omaha,
1932
Box 5, Folder 19
“Drama As A Cosmic
Category.” Reprinted
from the
Philosophical
Review
,
Vol. XXXIX, No. 2,
March,
1930
Box 5, Folder 20
“Education in the
Open,”
University
of New
Mexico
Press
,
1932
Box 5, Folder 21
“Field Notes:
1928.” Reprint from
the
University
of
California
Chronicle
,
April,
1929
Box 5, Folder 22
“Francis La
Flesche.” Reprinted
from
American
Anthropologist
,
Vol. 35, No. 2,
April-June,
1933
Box 5, Folder 23
“Giver of Life.” In
New
Mexico
Quarterly
,
Vol. XX, No.3,
Autumn,
1950
Box 5, Folder 24
“The Great Spirit.”
In
The New
Mexico
Quarterly
,
undated
Box 5, Folder 25
“Hildreth Meier’s
Work of Nebraska,”
Architecture,
Vol. LXII, No. 6,
June
1931
Box 5, Folder 26
“The Indian’s
Philosophy of Life.”
In
Indians
at
Work
, Office
of Indian Affairs,
May
15,
1935
Box 5, Folder 27
“Intelligence and
the Intelligentsia.”
Reprint from
Scripps
College
Papers
,
No. 1, Lectures in
Philosophy,
1929
Box 5, Folder 28
Journal Covers,
1902-1931
Box 5, Folder 29
“Kiowa Indian
Paintings,”
Correspondence,
1934-1935
Box 5, Folder 30
“
L’Art Et
La
Philosophie
des
Indiens de
L’Amerique
du
Nord
,”
Editions Ernest
Leroux, Paris,
1926
Box 5, Folder 31
“The Last
Architecture,”
undated
Box 5, Folder 32
Latin-American
Mythology” Galley
Proofs,
[1916]
Box 5, Folder 33
“Man,”
Dune
Forum
,
undated
Box 5, Folder 34
“The Mystic Way.”
In
The
Personalist
,
undated
Box 5, Folder 35-36
“Odes on the
Generation of Man,”
1920-1913,
undated
Box 5, Folder 35
Correspondence,
1910-1913
Box 5, Folder 36
Publication
Announcement,
undated
Box 5, Folder 37
“Old Foundations
for a New Opera.”
Reprinted from the
University
of
California
Chronicle
,
Vol. XXXIV, No. 3,
July,
1932
Box 5, Folder 38
“On Making Friends
with Art,”
1936
Box 5, Folder 39
“Ours is the
Future,” Twelfth
Annual Convocation
Address,
June
10,
1939
Box 5, Folder 40
“The Perception of
Motion,”
The
Journal of
Philosophy
Psychology
and
Scientific
Method
s,
Vol. XI, No. 11,
May
21, 1914
Box 5, Folder 41
“Philosophic
Imagination in
Indian America.” In
The New
Mexico
Quarterly
,
[1931]
Box 5, Folder 42
“Poetry and the
Individual”
Correspondence,
1906-1911
Box 5, Folder 43-48
“Pueblo Indian
Paintings,”
1929-1935
Box 5, Folder 43
Chapman,
Kenneth
M.
(Laboratory
of
Anthropology),
1933-1934
Box 5, Folder 44
Jake
Zeitlin
Books,
1933-1934
Box 5, Folder 45
Szwedzicki,
C.,
1931-1935
Box 5, Folder 46
Miscellaneous
A
to
Z,
1932-1935
Box 5, Folder 47
Outgoing
Correspondence,
1929-1935
Box 5, Folder 48
Publication
Announcement,
undated
Box 5, Folder 49
“The Rocks are
Ringing.” Reprint
from the
University
of
California
Chronicle
,
July,
1928
Box 5, Folder 50
“The Sculpture of
Lee Lawrie.”
Reprinted from
The
Architectural
Forum
,
May,
1931
Box 5, Folder 51
“The Sense of
Antiquity in Indian
Mythology.” In
The
Masterkey
,
Vol. VII, No. 5,
September,
1933
Box 5, Folder 52
“The Serpent Symbol
and Maize Culture.”
In
New
Mexico
Quarterly
,
Vol. XXII, No. 3,
Autumn,
1952
Box 5, Folder 53
“The Singing Girl
of Copan: A Ballet
in the Maya Mode.”
In
Theatre
Arts
Monthly
,
August,
1933
Box 5, Folder 54-60
“Sioux Indian
Painting,”
1930-1937
Box 5, Folder 54
Exposition
of
Indian
Tribal
Arts,
Inc.,
1931-1934
Box 5, Folder 56
Outgoing
Correspondence,
1936-1937
Box 5, Folder 57
Miscellaneous
Correspondence
(A
to
Z),
1937
Box 5, Folder 58
Introduction
and Notes,
1930-1937
Box 5, Folder 59
Publication
Announcement,
1937
Box 5, Folder 61
“Symbolism and
Inscriptions,”
American
Architect
,
October,
1934
Box 5, Folder 62
“The Tear (After A
Shoshone Legend).”
Reprinted from the
University
of
California
Chronicle
,
XXXIII, No. 4,
October,
1931
Box 5, Folder 63
“Thank God for
Deserts.” Reprint
from the
University
of
California
Chronicle
,
Vol. 32, No. 2,
April,
1930
Box 5, Folder 64
“Three Chinese
Folk-Dramas.”
Translated by Kwei
Chen.
Theatre
Arts
Monthly
,
November, 1930
Box 5, Folder 65
“Worlds in Which We
Participate.” In
The
Personalist
,
Vol. 16, No. 2,
Spring, 1935
Series 9
Writings by Others, 1925-2000
Physical Description:
1.25 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains journal articles, poems,
essays, bibliographies, and
advertisements/reviews of books by
authors other than Alexander. This
series also includes several printed
copies of entire architectural journals,
and brochures announcing the publication
of various dictionaries and
encyclopedias.
This series is arranged alphabetically by
subject or author.
Sub-series 9.1
General Writings,
1925-2000
Physical Description:
.25 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series contains general
unplubished writings arranged
in alphabetical order by
author or title.
Box 6, Folder 1
Advertisements and
Reviews of Books by
Other Authors,
1929-1933
Box 6, Folder 2
Advisee and
Returning Students
Papers,
1933-1938
Box 6, Folder 3
Anthropology and
Ethnology
Bibliographies,
undated
Box 6, Folder 4
Brochure: the
Hsiung Sisters,
undated
Box 6, Folder 5
Eames, Henry
Purmort, “A Tribute
to the Memory of
Hartley Burr
Alexander,”
1939
Box 6, Folder 6
Gilmore, Melvin,
“Making Records of
Ancient Rituals of
the Arikara Tribe in
North Dakota,” and
Correspondence,
1933-1934
Box 6, Folder 8
Kipling, Rudyard,
“Chartres Windows,”
[1925]
Box 6, Folder 9
Lewis, Edwin
Herbert, “The
Physicians,”
1935
Box 6, Folder 10
Piper, Janet,
1931-1932,
undated
Box 6, Folder 11
Saliola, Gregory,
“Art Deco’s Romance
with Progress:
Chicago’s Century of
Progress Exhibition
Manifested at
Rockefeller Center,”
2000
Box 6, Folder 13
Stephens, John, “A
Definition of Man,”
[194-]
Sub-series 9.2
Publication Brochures,
1909-1922
Physical Description:
.25 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This sub-series contains brochures
about dictionaries and
encyclopedias. Of particular
interest is a brochure for
“Webster’s New International
Dictionary,” published in
1909, which Alexander worked
on as a member of the
editorial staff.
This sub-series is arranged
alphabetically by title.
Box 6, Folder 14
“The Century
Dictionary,”
undated
Box 6, Folder 15
“The Century
Dictionary and
Cyclopedia,”
1914
Box 6, Folder 16
"Encyclopedia
Britannica,” 11th
Edition, University
of Cambridge,
undated
Box 6, Folder 17
“The Standard
Thesaurus of English
Words and Phrases,”
The Kelmscott
Society,
undated
Box 6, Folder 18
“Webster’s New
International
Dictionary,”
G&C Merriam
Co., 1909
Box 6, Folder 19
“The Wonderful
Decade, 1911-1921,”
Encyclopedia
Britannica,
1922
Sub-series 9.3
Published Writings,
1897-1948
Physical Description:
.75 cubic
feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains journals,
journal articles, musicals,
pamphlets, and other writings
by authors other than
Alexander.
This sub-series is arranged
alphabetically by title.
Box 6, Folder 20
Allen, F. Sturges,
“Noah Webster’s
Place Among English
Lexicographies,”
G&C Merriam
Co.,
1909
Box 6, Folder 21
The
Architectural
Forum
,
January, 1932
Box 6, Folder 22
The
Architectural
Forum
,
Vol. LVI, No. 2,
February, 1932, Part
1
Box 6, Folder 23
The
Architectural
Forum
,
July, 1932, [Part
2]
Box 6, Folder 25
Beethoven, L. van,
“Quartet No. 3.”
Payne’s Kleine
Partior-Ausgabe,
undated
Box 6, Folder 26
Evans, T.H., “The
Epileptic Criminal;
With Report of Two
Cases.” Reprint from
the
Medical
Record
,
February 25,
1905
Box 6, Folder 27
Gurney, George,
“The Department of
Justice Building.”
In
Sculpture
and the
Federal
Triangle
,
Washington, D.C:
Smithsonian
Institute Press,
1985
Box 6, Folder 28
Hale, Edward
Everett, “Memoirs of
a Hundred Years.” In
The
Outlook
,
Vol. 69, No. 9,
November 2,
1901
Box 6, Folder 29
The
Journal of
Germanic
Philogy
,
Vol. 1, No. 4, 1897
Box 6, Folder 30
“Letter,”
The
Nebraska
Alumnus
,
Vol. XXXVI, No. 4,
April, 1940
Box 6, Folder 31
Long, Percy W.,
“English
Dictionaries Before
Webster.” Reprinted
from
Papers,
Bibliographic
Society of
America
,
Vol. 4,
1910
Box 6, Folder 32
Los Angeles Public
Library, “
Inscriptions and
Sculptures,”
1925
Box 6, Folder 33
McClintock, Walter,
“Painted Tipis and
Picture-Writing of
the Blackfoot
Indians.” In
Southwest
Museum
Leaflets
,”
No. 6,
1936
Box 6, Folder 34
Meire,
Hildreth,”The
Question of
Decoration,”
The
Architectural
Forum
,
Vol. LVII, No. 1,
July, 1932
Box 6, Folder 35
“Myron Taylor
Hall,” Cornell
University Law
School, Ithaca, New
York,
undated
Box 6, Folder 36
“Of Men and Books,”
Northwestern
University
on the
Air
, Vol. 1,
No. 22, February 28,
1942
Box 6, Folder 37
Pamphlets: Art and
Architectural
Organizations,
1936
Box 6, Folder 38
Pound, Louise,
“Hartley Alexander
as an
Undergraduate,”
Prairie
Schooner
,
1948
Box 6, Folder 39
The
Scripture
:
Incipit Vita Nova,
Vol. XI, No. 9,
December 3, 1940
Box 6, Folder 40
Sheffield, Alfred
Dwight, “The
Rational Study of
English Grammar,”
Reprinted from
The
School
Review
,
Vol. XVIII, No. 9,
November,
1910
Series 10
Topical Files,
1918-1931
Physical Description:
,25 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains miscellaneous items, such
as information concerning the Selective
Service Law, and a tourist map of
Peiping. Of significance is biographical
material about Hildreth Meiere,
including a photograph of Meiere, and
several photographs of inscription work
by Meiere.
This series is arranged alphabetically by
subject.
Box 6, Folder 41
Selective Service Law,
1918
Box 6, Folder 42
Meiere, Heldreth: Newspaper
Clippings, and Photographs,
1924-1925
Box 6, Folder 43
Metropolitan Square
Groundplan, 1931
Box 6, Folder 44
Tourist Map of Peiping,
undated
Series 11
Oversize Material
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of oversize material that
was removed and filed separately in
oversize boxes. Oversize material is
located in oversize box numbers 1 and
2.
