William Alexander, a partner in the firm of Ashcraft, Olson, Beach, Alexander and Edmonds, was president of the Chicago Bar Association and a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, The American Bar Association, and the Law Club of Chicago. He served as a Village Trustee from 1941-1945, and as President of the Wilmette Board of Trustees from 1945-1953. He was also a member of the Playground and Recreation Board for many years, and was instrumental in the formation of the Wilmette Planning Board and the Wilmette Historical Commission.

Box #1

• History and inventory
• Election certificate
• Memos: from Village staff
• Miscellaneous correspondence from public
• Note for speeches
• Notes for first meeting: talk on the Wilmette Planning Board
• Joint meeting: all Boards and Commissions of Wilmette
• Notes/course outline: Northwestern University Symposium on Motivation
• Skokie Road development
• Newspaper clippings, 1945-1953
• 1952 Village officials, Board members, employees
• Wilmette 75th Anniversary correspondence
• Two Wilmette handbooks, 1947-1948