Cecil Alexander Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 250
Scope and Contents
Researchers studying the Cecil Alexander Papers will gain insight into Jewish life in Atlanta, military service during World War II, and the Civil Rights Movement. All material is arranged in alphabetical order by subject and chronologically within each folder.
Dates
- 1902 - 2001
Creator
- Alexander, Cecil A., Jr., 1918-2013 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Cecil Abraham Alexander, Jr. (1918-2013) was an American architect, principally a designer of commercial architecture, whose work was often "naturalistic." He worked with the firm FABRAP, which, in 1985, became Rosser FABRAP International and is now Rosser International. Together with other architects of the firm, he "shaped the skyline of Atlanta. Named Henry Aaron Alexander II at birth, he was named after an uncle who was unmarried at the time. When he was five years old, his "Uncle Harry" had married and the couple gave birth to a son. It was decided that young Henry would relinquish his name to his younger cousin and would, instead, be named after his own father, Cecil Alexander, Sr. Alexander attended Marist School and graduated from Boy's High in Atlanta. He enrolled in 1936 at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he spent one year before transferring to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he received a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1940. He continued graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1946, following his military service in World War II, he enrolled in the graduate architecture program and earned his Masters Degree at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he studied with Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus school, which was a major influence on the development of modern architecture.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A native of Atlanta, Cecil Alexander Jr. was a World War II veteran, a renowned architect, and an outspoken activist during the Civil Rights Movement. Cecil influenced the physical appearance, as well as the political, social, and racial structure of Atlanta. The papers consist of correspondence, certificates, speeches, and newspaper articles.
Arrangement
All material is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each folder.
Separated Materials
Photographs removed to the visual arts collection.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Demece "Mickey" Harvey. It was entered into ArchivesSpace by Conor Ray in 2020. The Cecil Alexander Papers have been digitized and are available online thanks to the generous support of the Alexander family.
- Architects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil Rights Movement Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Electronic records Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Georgia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Georgia Institute of Technology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Harvard University Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jewish architects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- Georgia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- Georgia -- Atlanta Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Yale University Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Alexander, Cecil A., Jr., 1918-2013 (Person)
- Title
- Cecil Alexander Family Papers, Mss 250
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Demece Harvey
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Repository
Contact:
1440 Spring St. NW
Atlanta Georgia 30309 United States
678-222-3700
1440 Spring St. NW
Atlanta Georgia 30309 United States
678-222-3700
