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Beltdoms greatest mark : 1867 : 1916

Description:: Folded brochure with cover image of arms holding rolled belt with Alexander medallion over factory buildings; blue and gray border. Interior advertising text.
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

HP : FORMULA: to find horse power - take the number of your drives and multiply by Alexander

Description:: Gray background and medallion ringed in green next to green capital letters "HP" joined by center vertical
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

In all trades there stands alone one envied mark. . .Alexander Brothers Philadelphia

Description:: Light green and white vertical stripes with large gray medallion over advertising text
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

Let Alexander get a tight grip on your pulley

Description:: Folded brochure with cover showing large hand grasping belt on pulley, green background. Interior advertising text
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

Let Alexander shoulder your load - for he's a brainy, brawny fellow, too big to be staggered and too powerful to be

Description:: Flier with image of a giant Alexander facing away and hauling a belt from a large pulley at lower left over his left shoulder. Gray and white with brown belt and blue sky; gray border
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

The Alexander belt is made in one grade only -- the highest.

Description:: Text box with black type superimposed on paper printed with rows of Alexander medallions; green background
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

The Alexander belt is made in one grade only - the highest : Richie, Crawford Co. : Philadelphia

Description:: Green paper printed with horizontal rows of Alexander medallions, black text box and red type
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

The Alexander dreadnaut belt is waterproof

Description:: Giant black belt floating in green sea in front of factory landscape with boats
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

The black beauty of beltdom

Description:: Image of knight on horse leaping out of green lake; gray border
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

The dominant mark on belting

Description:: Yellow background with black and orange border and black text centered beneath large gray medallion
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1916
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

The value of many useful things that can be made from leather depends upon the quality of the leather itself. . . :

Description:: Alexander medallion superimposed on brown splotch meant to look like an animal hide. Dark and light brown print and border
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1910 - 1919
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

Which belt would you choose to transmit your power? A pulley-slip or a rim-grip belt?

Description:: Drawing of two cross-sections of mounted belts above advertising text. Orange and black on cream background with thin orange border.
Creator:: Alexander, Charles O., 18??-1921
Contributor:: Alexander Brothers Leather and Belting Company
Created:: 1910 - 1919
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-22

Praise Song for the Day: A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration January 20, 2009

Description:: A poem read at the inauguration of the first black U.S. President, Barack Obama. Signed by the author and Barack Obama.
Creator:: Alexander, Elizabeth
Created:: 2009
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
Last Updated:: 2018-01-22

Cover, Antebellum Dream Book, by Elizabeth Alexander

Description:: Published
Creator:: Alexander, Elizabeth (author)
Contributor:: Graywolf Press
Created:: 2001
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-27

Cover, Crave Radiance, by Elizabeth Alexander

Creator:: Alexander, Elizabeth (author)
Contributor:: Graywolf Press
Created:: 2010
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-27

Cover, The Black Interior, by Elizabeth Alexander

Creator:: Alexander, Elizabeth (author)
Contributor:: Graywolf Press
Created:: 2004
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-27

Cover, Venus Hottentot, The, by Elizabeth Alexander

Creator:: Alexander, Elizabeth (author)
Contributor:: Graywolf Press
Created:: 2004
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-27

Galley cover, American Sublime, by Elizabeth Alexander

Description:: Galley
Creator:: Alexander, Elizabeth (author)
Contributor:: Graywolf Press
Created:: 2005
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-27

125th Anniversary Celebration, 1978. (Box 1, Folder 20)

Description:: This folder contains materials created/collected by Jesse Nelson Alexander, Jr., born August 19, 1928 in Somerset, Kentucky. Alexander's involvement with the YMCA dates from 1946, when he was recruited as a youth leader for the Chestnut Street YMCA in Louisville, Kentucky. His YMCA career took him from Louisville to Chicago; Brooklyn, New York;...
Creator:: Alexander, Jesse N.
Created:: 1978
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Page Count:: 90
Last Updated:: 2025-09-30

125th Anniversary Celebration book, "Selected Black Leaders of the YMCA," 1978. (Box 1, Folder 21)

Description:: This folder contains materials created/collected by Jesse Nelson Alexander, Jr., born August 19, 1928 in Somerset, Kentucky. Alexander's involvement with the YMCA dates from 1946, when he was recruited as a youth leader for the Chestnut Street YMCA in Louisville, Kentucky. His YMCA career took him from Louisville to Chicago; Brooklyn, New York;...
Creator:: Alexander, Jesse N.
Created:: 1978
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Page Count:: 94
Last Updated:: 2025-09-30

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