Louis and Elizabeth Selzer Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the personal papers, primarily photographs and correspondence, of Louis and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Selzer, a couple involved with traveling circuses and carnivals in the American South and Midwest.
Other materials include financial records and ephemera. Photographs are primarily of people, many of whom are not identified; other photographs document circus and carnival performers and scenes, including the Selzers' shooting gallery and trained monkeys.
Dates
- circa 1890-1963
Creator
- Selzer, Louis W., 1873-1955 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Louis William Selzer was born November 27, 1873, in Chicago, Illinois to Fannie Bell Mills and Frank Selzer. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Brun was born August 9, 1880, in Morris, Oklahoma. The couple married circa 1903. They had a long career with traveling circuses and carnivals; Louis Selzer performed as a high wire artist, and the couple jointly operated a shooting gallery and trained monkeys. The Selzers eventually settled in Monticello, Arkansas. Louis Selzer passed away September 20, 1955, and Elizabeth Selzer passed away in February 1971.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by format. Photographs are further arranged by subject; when identifiable, photographs of the same event or individuals have been grouped together.
Acquisition Information
The Louis and Elizabeth Selzer Papers were donated to the Special Collections Department by David Lee Campbell of Folsom, Louisiana, on February 15, 2019. The papers were originally found on Campbell's family's farm in Monticello, Arkansas.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in June 2019.
Creator
- Selzer, Louis W., 1873-1955 (Person)
- Selzer, Lizzie (Elizabeth) (Person)
Source
- Campbell, David Lee (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Louis and Elizabeth Selzer Papers
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- June 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu