SCRAPBOOKS

This series includes two scrapbooks.

The red scrapbook was apparently begun by Sarah Gayle Crawford and continued by her daughter Sallie Crawford Hughes. It includes: a pass issued to Lieutenant R. H. Gayle by the confederate Secretary of the Navy, 1864; instructions for Sarah Gayle’s behavior and list of individuals to visit written by her mother on occasion of Sarah’s visit to Mobile in 1835; and a list of wedding presents received by Sallie Crawford Hughes in 1884. It also includes a letter from Sarah Gayle Crawford’s mother to her father, 1835, on a speech made by General Parsons and refers to reading a book by Fanny Kemble.

There are letters to Sarah Gayle Crawford from: A.F. Florian, 1844, declining an invitation Sister Harriet of the Church Home for Orphans, Mobile, congratulating her on her daughter’s marriage E. Goldthwaite, 1883, inviting her to go for a ride in his carriage C. Gazzam, 1884, declining an invitation. This is also addressed to Sallie Crawford Hughes

There are also letters to Sallie Crawford Hughes from: Aunt Ria in New Orleans, 1860, inviting her to visit A member of the Crawford family, 1866, about her studies and refers to sending her a box of fruit Lucy R. Strother, The Hickories, 1884, inviting her to come for a visit Mrs. M. Bones, 1885, accompanying a gift Cousin Albert Vaught in New Orleans, 1880, on being unable to meet with her

The brown scrapbook was a gift to Sallie Crawford from Hugh A. Bayne in 1887. It includes poetry and period clippings, including clippings of poems written to Sarah Ann Gayle by Francis Scott Key in 1833. It also contains a reprint of an extract from the minutes of the Board of Trustees, University of Alabama, 1883, on the death of General Josiah Gorgas, formerly president of the University and a handwritten invitationi by Governor John Gayle to Dr. and Mrs. Shaw to attend the wedding of Sarah Ann Gayle and Dr. William B. Crawford.

Marriages mentioned include those of: Sallie Crawford and Samuel Hughes Minna Bayne and Dr. Stanhope Jones Julia Crawford and A.V.L. Brokow Fretchen Muller and T.L. Bayne

Obituaries include those of: Minna Bayne (Mrs. Stanhope Jones) Charles Bowin Bayne Thomas B. Bayne Zemula Creswell Webb Flora Levy Gayle William P. Webb Thomas Livingston Bayne Queenie Blevins (Mrs. Robert C. Crawford)

There are also letters to Sarah Gayle Crawford from: Madame Adele Canda, in response to a letter of sympathy on the death of her daughter Charlotte (the letter is in French) Andrew Crawford, attorney, 1888, in response to her request to locate information about Dr. Crawford’s college career (He encloses Dr. M. La Borde’s book History of the S.C. College,containing list of graduates in 1829. He also talked with Francis W. Fickling and Col. Alex. Taylor, members of the class of 1829.) D.D. Sanderson of Eutaw, Alabama, 1887, in response to her sympathy letter for the death of his wife George Denegre of the New Orleans law firm o f Bayne, Denegre & Bayne, 1891, notifying her that he was succeeding Mr. Bayne, who had died, in handling her business affairs Lucy C. Thomson of San Francisco, 1870, remembering her in friendship

There is also a letter from Sarah Gayle Crawford to Dr. Searcy, a Tuscaloosa pharmacist, requesting that he send her a bill (he declines to bill her in memory of her husband)