Sons of the American Revolution, James "Horseshoe" Robertson Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1202
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains correspondence, membership lists, bank deposits, programs of chapter meetings, genealogical worksheets, and newspaper clippings relating to the Tuscaloosa chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and biographical sketches of James Robertson, for whom the chapter was named.
Dates
- 1946-1960
- Majority of material found within 1950 - 1959
Creator
- Sons of the American Revolution. Alabama Society. James Robertson Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) (Organization)
Biographical/Historical note
The James "Horseshoe" Robertson Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution was organized on May 11, 1947 in the recreation room of Christ Episcopal Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, through the efforts of Colonel William T. Carpenter of Tuscaloosa, at the request of Mr. Files Crenshaw of Montgomery, Alabama, President of the Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. The chapter began with a nucleus of eight men living in the Tuscaloosa area who were at-large members of the Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. The chapter had eighteen charter members. James (Horseshoe) Robertson was adopted as the chapter’s name, thus commemorating a South Carolina scout and ranger during the Revolutionary War who subsequently settled in Tuscaloosa County.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (254 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, membership lists, bank deposits, programs of chapter meetings, genealogical worksheets, and newspaper clippings relating to the Tuscaloosa chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and biographical sketches of James Robertson, for whom the chapter was named.
Provenance
Gift of Whitfield Moore, 1962. Mr. Moore had received the papers from Colonel William T. Carpenter, founder of the James (Horseshoe) Robertson Chapter, S.A.R.
General
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Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Sons of the American Revolution, James "Horseshoe" Robertson Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) records
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- August 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository