MS 060 - Victor Alexander Collection | McCracken Research Library

Collection Overview

Title: MS 060 - Victor Alexander Collection

Extent: 9.0 Boxes

Abstract

Victor Alexander (1906-1973) was a master 20^th century saddle-maker who worked for the Visalia Stock Saddle Co. of San Francisco, California early in his career, then formed his own Victor Alexander Co. in the 1940s, then joined with the Bona Allen, Inc. of Buford, Georgia as saddle designer and production manager. These papers from his files document the products of numerous American saddle and leather/horse tack related companies. Commercial catalogs and related materials form the first series, from c. 1912 to c. 1984, with many catalogs undated. The second series is comprised of horse, western or craft related periodicals from c. 1937 to c. 1967. The final set of materials includes manuscripts, photographs and occasional books, c. 1909 to c. 1971. Three oversize boxes hold items from each of the series. Victor Alexander, Jr. donated these papers in 1993. See also MS 133 Victor Alexander Oral History Collection.

Administrative Information

Repository: McCracken Research Library

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Preferred Citation: Victor Alexander Collection, MS 60, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Box and Folder Listing

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[Series 1: Commercial saddle and leather related catalogs and advertisements],
[Series 2: Periodicals],
[Series 3: Manuscripts, Photographs and Books],
[Series 4: Oversize Boxes],
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Series 3: Manuscripts, Photographs and Books

Box MS60.4

Folder MS60.4.01: Inventory Ledger-Blank
Folder MS60.4.02: A. N. Palmer Company, The Palmer Method of Business Writing
Folder MS60.4.03: Ralide, Inc., Correspondence
Folder MS60.4.04: Rodeo History and Records, Fog Horn Clancy, 48-49 Edition (2 copies)
Folder MS60.4.05: Dietzgen Maniphase Multiplex, Slide Rule No. 1732 (manual)
Folder MS60.4.06: Charles J. Strong, The Art of Show Card Writing (and leather sample)
Folder MS60.4.07: Turner, The Basket Maker (Book, copyright 1909)
Folder MS60.4.08: Dedication of the New Marist School, 1962-09-30
Folder MS60.4.09: James L. West, Tandy Corporation "Start on a Shoe String"
Folder MS60.4.10: DeVere Helfrich, Rodeo Pictures
Folder MS60.4.11: Ponderosa Pine, THe Pick o'the Pines, Its Properties Uses and Grades, A.I.A. File No. 19 1937 Edition
Folder MS60.4.12: A Summary of the Properties of Lifnum-Vitae
Folder MS60.4.13: Sport of Harness Racing, by Dunbar Bostwick, 1949-04
Folder MS60.4.14: Horse Breeding Operations at King Ranch, 1949-03
Folder MS60.4.15: Write-up on Trees and Saddle Manufacturing
Folder MS60.4.16: Misc. Advertising Rates, Horse-Lover, Western Horseman, Hoofs and Horns, Western Life etc., photo No. 711 of saddle, 1967
Folder MS60.4.17: Ad Copy-Western Horseman
Folder MS60.4.18: Misc. Brochures
Folder MS60.4.19: Misc. Brochures, Leaflets, Price Lists and correspondence
Folder MS60.4.20: Blank Books (2)

Box MS60.5

Folder MS60.5.01: Bona Allen Photos (10)

Item P.60.71
Item P.60.72
Item P.60.73
Item P.60.74
Item P.60.75
Item P.60.76
Item P.60.77
Item P.60.78
Item P.60.79
Item P.60.80

Folder MS60.5.02: Craftsman by Tex-Tan, 1946-03-29

Folder MS60.5.03: Letter from Diablo Manufacturing Co., P.60.81 Photo of saddle built in 1940 by Victor Alexander Co. Made for Phil Fleisio? of Tracy, CA

Folder MS60.5.04: Letter-Tex-Tan 1947 (Gift from Ed and Janice Linebaugh), Price List, Drawing

Folder MS60.5.05: Misc. Letters, Invoices, Business cards, etc.

Folder MS60.5.06: Nitrate Negatives (14) (Original postcards Box 5 FF7)

Item PN60.1: "Vick Alexander on 'Limber Jim"
Item PN60.2: Negative from rodeo postcard
Item PN60.3: Negative from rodeo postcard
Item PN60.4: Negative from rodeo postcard
Item PN60.5: Negatvie from rodeo postcard
Item PN60.7
Item PN60.8
Item PN60.9
Item PN60.15
Item PN60.35
Item PN60.36
Item PN60.42
Item PN60.87
Item PN60.88

Folder MS60.5.07: Photo Postcards (49) (Some Negatives Box 5 FF 6)

Item P.60.1: “Vick Alexander on Limber Jim”
Item P.60.2: “Soapy Williams on Glass Eye”
Item P.60.3: “Tex Crockett on South Dakota”
Item P.60.4: “Tex Crocket on South Dakota” (Duplicate)
Item P.60.5: “Smoky Branch on Glass Eye”
Item P.60.6: “Spill, Chuckwagon Race, Calgary Stampede”
Item P.60.7: “Shorty Orra on What’s Wrong”
Item P.60.8: “Buffalo Brady Bulldogging, Tucson Rodeo”
Item P.60.9: Man on rearing horse by gate
Item P.60.10: Man on bucking horse: “Forsyth, Montana”
Item P.60.11: “Roy Cox on Powder, Buffalo Rodeo”
Item P.60.12: “Fox Hastings Bulldogging, Tucson Rodeo”
Item P.60.13: “Going Some, Miles City, Mont. Roundup”
Item P.60.14: “Bill Stanton on Sandy, that’s all”
Item P.60.15: “Paddy Ryan Bulldogging, Tucson Rodeo”
Item P.60.16: “Indian Tepee Race, Buffalo Rodeo”
Item P.60.17: Man on bucking horse: “Forsyth, Mont.”
Item P.60.18: Bucking horse: Man riding in front “Forsyth, Mont”
Item P.60.19: “Wild Steer Riding”
Item P.60.20: “Blackie Russell Bulldogging, Buffalo Rodeo”
Item P.60.21: “Whitey Rains on Duck Soup, Ashland Rodeo”
Item P.60.22: “Guy Shultz Bulldogging”
Item P.60.23: “Teamwork Wins”
Item P.60.24: Man on horse, falling to side
Item P.60.25: “Floyd Stillings on Broken Bones, Tucson Rodeo”
Item P.60.26: Girl in cowboy hat looking down from stands: 1930s
Item P.60.27: “Calf Roping at Cheyenne Frontier Days 1932”
Item P.60.28: “Roman Standing Race, Buffalo Rodeo”
Item P.60.29: Man on bucking horse
Item P.60.30: Man on bucking horse: Riders “Forsyth, Mont.”
Item P.60.31: “Whoa Mule, Whoa”: “Foster Photo, Miles City”
Item P.60.32: Man on bucking horse, one rider: “Forsyth, Mont.”
Item P.60.33: Rodeo parade scene
Item P.60.34: Rodeo parade scene (duplicate)
Item P.60.35: Rodeo parade scene, closer view
Item P.60.36: Bulldogging scene
Item P.60.37: “Bones Bros. Ranch, Birney, Montana”
Item P.60.38: “Bones Bros. Ranch, Birney, Montana” (duplicate)
Item P.60.39: “Store at Bones Bros. Ranch, Birney, Mont.”
Item P.60.40: “The Lone Rider (Little Bones) Bones Bros. Ranch”
Item P.60.41: “Little Bones, Rodeo Riding, Bones Bros. Ranch”
Item P.60.42: “For Supremacy of the Herd, Bones Bros. Ranch”
Item P.60.43: “The Call of the Wild”
Item P.60.44: Silver Saddle “The Visalia Stock Saddle Co.”
Item P.60.45: Bridles, catalog #s on back
Item P.60.46: Halters, etc., catalog #s on back
Item P.60.47: Horse & rider, polo outfit
Item P.60.48: Man with no shirt and mask
Item P.60.49: X-ray of human head, profile

Folder MS60.5.08: Patterns for Saddles (Pencil drawings)

Folder MS60.5.09: Saddle Photos and Specifications

Folder MS60.5.10: Photos-Saddles, Misc.

Item P.60.50: “Duel in the Sun” made in 1947 (Stars)
Item P.60.51
Item P.60.52
Item P.60.53
Item P.60.54: Saddle No. 435 as shown in catalog
Item P.60.55: Saddle Special #435 Silver Mounted
Item P.60.56: Saddle TexTan
Item P.60.57: Saddle
Item P.60.58: Saddle
Item P.60.59: Saddle
Item P.60.60: Bridle
Item P.60.61
Item P.60.62: 1939 Ranchero Saddle No. A18893 – 18145R
Item P.60.63: Saddle
Item P.60.64: Saddle
Item P.60.65: Saddle
Item P.60.66: Saddle
Item P.60.67: Saddle
Item P.60.68: Saddle
Item P.60.69: Saddle
Item P.60.70

Folder MS60.5.11: Photos of Victor and Harriet

Item P.60.82: Harriet in Cody “Its in the blood”
Item P.60.83: Graduation – Harriet Evans on left
Item P.60.84: Picture of little boy (With photocopy of back of postcard)
Item P.60.85: (L.28.94.3) Victor Alexander on horse (2 photos, one dated Oct. 56)
Item P.60.86: (L.28.94.2) Victor Alexander with smiling horse (2 photos)
Item P.60.87: (L.28.94.1) Victor in Saddle Shop (2 photos)

Folder MS60.5.12: Western Horseman Covers and Correspondence

Folder MS60.5.13: Photos

Box MS60.6

Folder MS60.6.01: Bronc Saddles, Misc. Articles
Folder MS60.6.02: California Centerfire Saddles, Article by Luis B. Ortega
Folder MS60.6.03: Cheyenne Cowboy Saddle, Typed article by Jim Laird dated 9/25/80, w/photocopies of saddles, 1980-09-25
Folder MS60.6.04: Chisholm Trail-Texas Stock Saddle, Article by Duane Valentry
Folder MS60.6.05: Cowboy and Riding Saddles
Folder MS60.6.06: Ladies Saddles etc., Photo of lady sitting sidesaddle on horse (see also side saddles)
Folder MS60.6.07: Saddles-Pack
Folder MS60.6.08: Quartermaster Museum-Saddles, Article from the Western Horseman
Folder MS60.6.09: Side Saddles, Misc. Articles (See also Ladies Saddles)
Folder MS60.6.10: Saddles-Miscellaneous, Typed glossary of saddles terms, misc. articles, various photocopies of saddle photos, misc. correspondence, two photos of saddles from Ralph Workman
Folder MS60.6.11: Saddles-Misc. Various articles and typed articles, typed saddle appraisal, 2 color photos of saddle
Folder MS60.6.12: Harness-Military
Folder MS60.6.13: Indian Saddles, Various articles, typed saddle appraisal, handwritten letter w/magazine True West
Folder MS60.6.14: Saddles-U.S. Army Saddle, Various article
Folder MS60.6.15: Middles Ages Saddles and Horse Equipment
Folder MS60.6.16: Mexican Saddles, Handwritten correspondence and photo of saddle
Folder MS60.6.17: Saddles-Military, Various articles
Folder MS60.6.18: Will Rogers' Saddle, 2 photos
Folder MS60.6.19: Saddles-Santa Anna's Saddle, photo postcard
Folder MS60.6.20: Saddles from XIT Ranch, 2 photos
Folder MS60.6.21: Emil Anders-Tree Maker, Article by Phil Livingston
Folder MS60.6.22: Askew saddle Co., Kansas City MO, Photo of saddle (World Champion Trick Roper 1966)
Folder MS60.6.23: Bachman, Gale, News article and correspondence
Folder MS60.6.24: Bentley-Gafford Company, Oklahoma City, 5 photo cards
Folder MS60.6.25: Edward H. Bohlin, Various articles and correspondence
Folder MS60.6.26: Buford Bridle & Halter Co.
Folder MS60.6.27: Coad, Clifford-Saddlemaker
Folder MS60.6.28: Collins and Morrison Wholesale Sadlers and Manufacturers
Folder MS60.6.29: J. S. Collins Saddle, California Style
Folder MS60.6.30: Connolly, Jack Saddlery
Folder MS60.6.31: Cook, Billy Saddle Maker
Folder MS60.6.32: John Field Saddlemaker
Folder MS60.6.33: Hamley's, Various articles and correspondence
Folder MS60.6.34: Hape, W. C. Saddlemaker, Various articles, sample nameplate, correspondence
Folder MS60.6.35: Alva Harmon Shop, Article by Paul W. Horn
Folder MS60.6.36: Helena Saddlery and Tent Co.
Folder MS60.6.37: Kennedy Saddle Co.
Folder MS60.6.38: Keystone Bros. Saddlemaker, Article by Dick Diespecker
Folder MS60.6.39: Fiberglass Saddle Tree, Article by Keyston Bros.-San Francisco
Folder MS60.6.40: Macks Saddlery, Pueblo, CO
Folder MS60.6.41: Meanea Saddlery, Cheyenne
Folder MS60.6.42: Sam Myers-101 Ranch Saddle
Folder MS60.6.43: Sears and Roebuck Saddles
Folder MS60.6.44: Nordhaus, Henry Saddlemaker
Folder MS60.6.45: Porter and Sons, Graham, TX
Folder MS60.6.46: Prescott Metal Casters Saddlemakers, photos of saddles
Folder MS60.6.47: Ryon's Saddle and Ranch Supplies, Inc., Booklet with color photos
Folder MS60.6.48: Stohlman, Ann-Saddlemaker
Folder MS60.6.49: Jack Thomas Saddlemaker-Miniatures, Description and Photos
Folder MS60.6.50: Visilia Stock Saddle Maker, Articles on Salazar and Walker, photos of saddle
Folder MS60.6.51: Walker, W. W. Saddlemaker
Folder MS60.6.52: Walker and Wade Saddle photos and descriptions and sample nameplate
Folder MS60.6.53: Harlan Webb Saddlemaker
Folder MS60.6.54: Edmond Walker Weeks
Folder MS60.6.55: Western-McClellan, Article on Western-McClellan Saddle and 5 slides
Folder MS60.6.56: V. L. Zumwalt Saddle Repair
Folder MS60.6.57: Sterling Engraving Photos, Ed Harris
Folder MS60.6.58: History of Saddles, Misc. articles by various authors
Folder MS60.6.59
Folder MS60.6.60
Folder MS60.6.61: Paul Rossi on Saddles and THe Forty Dollar Saddle by Paul Rossi
Folder MS60.6.62: Saddle Thieves, Article from The Western Horseman