NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG3803.AM: Martin A. Alexander, 1857-1943
Correspondence, etc.: 1929-1933
Goodland, Kan.: Railroad man
Size: 1 folder
BACKGROUND NOTE
M.A. Alexander was born in Fayette County, Iowa, and his family headed west through Kansas in 1859. In 1871 he found a job with the St. Joseph and Denver Railroad and later worked with the Union Pacific, C.B. & Q, and C.R.I. & P. R.R. in their water departments. He died in 1943 in Goodland, Kansas.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of two series of material: 1) Correspondence, 1929-1933; and 2) Autobiography. The collection relates mainly to the Indian uprising of 1864 along the Oregon Trail, and includes correspondence to and from survivors of Indian captivity.
Correspondents include: William Eubank, Laura Roper Vance, and Mabel Parriott.
For additional papers regarding Laura Roper Vance, see RG1507. See the Nebraska History index and the NSHS Library catalog for additional published sources regarding Laura Roper Vance and other Indian captives.
DESCRIPTION
Series 1 – Correspondence, 1929-1933
Alexander, Vance, 1929, 5 pieces
Alexander, Eubank, Parriott, 1930, 10 pieces
Alexander, 1931, 1 piece
Alexander, 1932, 1 piece
Alexander, 1933, 3 pieces
Series 2 – Autobiography
Alexander, 3 typewritten pages
ADDED ENTRIES:
Alexander, Martin A., 1857-1943
Eubank, William
Frontier and pioneer life
Indian captivities
Indians of North America — Wars
Plum Creek Massacre, 1864
Vance, Laura (Roper), 1848-1930
WFS/JEK/mm 08-12-1965
kfk/dco 09-18-2003
11-13-2009 Revised TMM
