Papers of Robert South Barrett 1898-1959 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Chiefly scrapbooks relating to his career as ed. & pub. of Mexico City daily record, the Alexandria [Va.] Gazette; work with the U.S. Dept. of Commerce; vice pres. of Portalis & Co., bankers; and esp. work with the Elks. Testimonials, eulogies, and plaques to Barrett as an Elk; some photographs. Scrapbook of correspondence, 1898-1928, incl. letters from: John Barrett, Dir. Gen., Pan American Union; Harry Flood Byrd, Charles Creighton Carlin, Josephus Daniels, James Taylor Ellyson, Elbert Lee Trinkle, Oscar Wilder Underwood and Woodrow Wilson