10.4 Linear Feet, 10 ft. 5 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 record cartons, 15 in. each); (2 small flat storage boxes,
6 in. each); (4 unboxed scrapbooks, 9 in.)
Creator
Alexander, Holmes Moss, 1906-
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, literary manuscripts, photographs, and miscellaneous material of a newspaper columnist, political analyst,
biographer, novelist, short story writer, and gentleman farmer. The papers are primarily concerned with Alexander's literary
and publishing activities. Other subjects include Alexander's interest in livestock raising, a proposed birth control law,
and motion picture censorship in Maryland. Correspondents include Styles Bridges, Richard A. Chase, Joseph S. Clark, Thomas
J. Dodd, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater, Mark O. Hatfield, Thomas C. Hennings, Marquis James, Gerald W. Johnson, Louis
Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Frank R. Kent, Edward Martin, H.L. Mencken, Ogden Nash, Allan
Nevins, Richard L. Neuberger, Richard Nixon, William Proxmire, Leverett Saltonstall, and Thomas A. Whelan.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Holmes Moss Alexander (1906-1985) Papers, A&M 1372, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.