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1876-1981 (Bulk 1940-1980)
1.27 linear feet
Collection Number 181
Prepared by Patricia A. Threatt
July 2004
CITATION: The Carl Cathers Collection, Collection No. 181, Box number,
Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department, Frazar
Memorial Library, McNeese State University.
Archives and Special Collections Department
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University
Biographical Sketch
Carl Cathers was a close personal
friend of Anne Elstner Matthews, 1899-1981, the star of the radio program
“Stella Dallas.” Mrs. Matthews was born in Lake Charles to Joseph and
Sallie Elstner. After her acting career, Matthews settled in Lambertville,
New Jersey to run the River’s Edge Restaurant.
Scope and Content Note
The Carl Cathers Collection consists
of clippings, photographs, postcards, and papers relating to Carl Cathers,
Anne Elstner Matthews and her family.
Container
List
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Box |
Folder |
Description |
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1 |
Photocopies of clippings and
papers about the Elstner family and Carl Cathers, 1876, 1893,
1916-1942, 1996, n.d. |
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2 |
Clippings about Anne Elstner,
1934-1984 |
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3 |
Photographs and postcards, ca.
1940-1976. Includes photos of the Elstner family and the River’s Edge
Restaurant owned by Anne Elstner. |
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4-5 |
Notebook of typescripts and
leather cover: My “Auto,” My Courtship of Miss Sallie, and Miscellanea
(letters and poems) by Jo C. Elstner, ca. 1940. |
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6-10 |
Typescript: “Auto
(autobiography of Jo C. Elstner),” ca. 1940. |
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11 |
New Jersey state senate
resolution on the occasion of Anne Elstner’s death, 1981. |
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