Alvord, Clarence W. (1868-1928) and Idress Head (1873-1962), Collection, 1759-1962 (C970) 21.2 linear feet and 1 oversize volume INTRODUCTION Correspondence, writings, and collected materials of Clarence Walworth Alvord, founder of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, editor of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review , and professor of history at the universities of Illinois and Minnesota; and his wife, Idress Head Alvord, writer and former curator of the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis. Mrs. Alvord's private manuscript collection includes territorial documents and Ste. Genevieve records; Liberty Tribune papers; Missouri state and county records; and Civil War and military papers. DONOR INFORMATION The Idress Head Alvord Estate, Columbia, Missouri, donated the Alvord Collection to the University of Missouri on 15 March and 26 November 1962 (Accession Nos. 3505 and 3528). The donation included papers of Clarence Walworth Alvord which had previously been housed at the Minnesota Historical Society. The University of Missouri Library transferred additional items on 14 March 1969 (Accession No. 3802). BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Alvord received his A.B. from Williams College in 1890 and studied at the University of Berlin, 1893-1895, and the University of Chicago for two quarters in 1895. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1908. | |
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