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The Ohio Daily Express
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
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Titus Alexander, a prominent Los Angeles resident and engineer, was elected to the California Historical Society for his lifelong work collecting materials on Negro history in America, particularly California. He arrived in 1897 and collaborated on historical projects, including murals for Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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LOS ANGELES--(ANP)-- Titus Alexander, prominent resident of the city, was honored recently with membership in the California Historical Society for recognition of his long-time work in the field of Negro history. President Aubrey Drury informed Mr. Alexander of his election by the Society's Board of Directors at their last meeting.
Mr. Alexander came to California in 1897, and though he has been engaged in engineering as a vocation, he has had an avocation the gathering of material on the Negro in American history and more particularly in California history. He has collaborated in providing authentic records and accounts of California history to several authors of published and unpublished manuscripts, and is compiling material for publication under his own name.
He served with Miss Miriam Matthews, Los Angeles librarian, as one of the chief researchers for the subject matter for the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance company murals which show the Negro in California.
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Los Angeles, California
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Titus Alexander honored with membership in California Historical Society for his research on Negro history; arrived in California 1897, worked as engineer while collecting historical materials, collaborated on manuscripts and murals depicting Negro contributions.