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Box 1

 Container

Contains 16 Results:

Elizabeth Selzer correspondence, incoming, 1910-1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Includes a photographic postcard with carnival or circus scene on recto, from Ethel Lorenzo; other correspondents include Selzer's niece, Anna, and her father, William Brun.

Dates: 1910-1963

Elizabeth Selzer correspondence, incoming, 1928-1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Two letters include enclosed photographs: a 1955 sympathy card from Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Hueline includes three photographs of a woman and a gravesite, possibly Louis Selzer's; a 1928 leter from Grace and Harry Dickinson includes a tintype portrait of a couple

Dates: 1928-1959

Elizabeth Selzer correspondence, outgoing, 1932, 1957, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

One letter, addressed to Norm Thompson, includes a 1950 photograph of a couple and their dog

Dates: 1932, 1957, undated

Elizabeth Selzer correspondence, empty envelopes, 1950-1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1950-1963

Travel itinerary, 1903

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

List of travels between October-December 1903, primarily throughout the U.S. South; one entry notes "Lizzie was married in Augusta 11/4/03"

Dates: 1903

Elizabeth Breene and Louis and Elizabeth Selzer life insurance receipt books, correspondence, and notes, circa 1928-1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1928-1955

Louis and Elizabeth Selzer correspondence, incoming, 1912-1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Letters and cards addressed jointly to Louis and Elizabeth Selzer

Dates: 1912-1955

Louis Selzer correspondence, incoming, circa 1912-1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Includes a postcard from Elizabeth to Louis Selzer, and a letter from Ross Engle on Bellmar Bros. Circus stationery

Dates: circa 1912-1953

Louis and Elizabeth Selzer income tax returns, 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1943

Louis Selzer Elk Lodge membership card (Americus, Georgia, Lodge No. 752), 1950

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1950

Louis Selzer Billboard Bondbardment certificate from U.S. Treasury War Finance Committee, 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1943

Correspondence regarding Louis Selzer property in Michigan, 1957

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1957

Correspondence fragments, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: undated

Birth and death announcements, 1950-1951, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Death announcements for Louis Selzer's brother Frank Selzer and sister Etta Symes; birth announcement for Linda Anne Symes

Dates: 1950-1951, undated

Printed materials, 1956, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Orval Faubus gubernatorial campaign advertisement, 1956; Lano-Chaney Puppet Theatre advertisement; "Formula for Silver Plating" typescript; William Penn Cabin photographic postcard; "Holy Heart of Christ" illustrated postcard

Dates: 1956, undated

Greeting cards, unused, circa 1945-1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1945-1965