Randolph Elementary School (Lincoln, Neb.) [RG5311.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG5311.AM:  Randolph Elementary School (Lincoln, Neb.)

Scrapbook:  1935

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.:   Elementary school

Size:  1 volume

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of a scrapbook created for an anniversary of Randolph Elementary School in 1935. Students from the school wrote letters to famous Nebraskans, and the responses form the bulk of the items in the scrapbook. The scrapbook includes letters from Fred Astaire, Harold Lloyd, George Norris, Bess Streeter Aldrich, Mari Sandoz, Roscoe Pound, Ruth Bryan Owen, George H. Dern, R.L. Cochran, Grace Abbott, Hazel Kinscella, Wilbur Chenoweth, and E. Ruth Pyrtle. Some newspaper clippings are also included.

Note:  The original scrapbook is restricted for preservation. Patrons are asked to use the reference copies provided.

DESCRIPTION

Volume

1. 1. Scrapbook, 1935

ADDED ENTRIES:

Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939

Aldrich, Bess Streeter, 1881-1954

Astaire, Fred

Chenoweth, Wilbur, 1899-

Cochran, Robert Leroy, 1886-1963

Dern, George H., 1872-1936

Kinscella, Hazel Gertrude

Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971

Norris, George W. (George William), 1861-1944

Owen, Ruth Bryan, 1885-1954

Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964

Pyrtle, E. Ruth

Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966

Revised 07-15-2008   TMM