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West Blocton, Alabama, Centennial Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1542
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Scope and Contents

The collection contains a miscellany of materials evidently amassed for the West Blocton, Alabama's centennial. These include a history (1887-1897) and copies of undated photographs of First West Blocton Methodist Church, and of a mine entrance in Blocton, and miners, with notes by Charles Adams; histories of the West Blocton Episcopal Congregation, Church of Our Savior (1892-1942) the Roman Catholic Church in Blocton and West Blocton (1886-1973); and Alabama Wildflower Society meeting notices about two flowers native and unique to Bibb County, Alabama, the Cahaba lily and the Alabama croton.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1980s

Creator

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (5 items,14 pieces)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

A miscellany of materials evidently amassed for the West Blocton, Alabama's centennial.

Physical Location

W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama

Provenance

Unknown

General

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Source

Title
Guide to the West Blocton, Alabama, Centennial Committee records
Status
Completed
Date
April 2016
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

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513