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Elsie Hirsch Langsdorf scrapbook

 Collection — manuscript box: 14 - folder 1
Identifier: 37-5-478

Scope and content

Favors, letters, newspaper clippings, notes, pictures, programs, and telegrams.

Scope and content

Also, clippings, pamphlets, etc. relating to Elsie H. Langsdorf\'s successful campaign as the first woman alderman in Clayton, Missouri at the age of 76 in 1958.

Dates

  • 1899-1903, 1958-1959.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

. Cornell University Class of 1903. In 1942, Elsie H. Langsdorf became the first woman elected to the Missouri State Legislature.

Extent

1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)

1 folders. (1 folders.)

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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