Gorgas Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-014
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of forty-nine photographs of William Crawford Gorgas (1854 - 1920) family, son of Josiah and Amelia Gayle Gorgas. Collection includes formal portraits of William Crawford Gorgas from infancy to adulthood, wife Marie, daughter Aileen and her children, Amelia Gayle Gorgas, friends of the Gorgas family, and interior and exterior scenes of the Gorgas homes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Cuba and Panama. Collection also includes a portrait photograph entitled, "Hood's Children" that depicts the orphaned children of Confederate General John Bell Hood. Photograph was sold under the auspices of the Hood Relief Committee, New Orleans. Proceeds of the sale benefited the Permanent Fund for the Education and Maintenance of the "Wards of the South".
Dates
- 1854 - 1920
Creator
- Gorgas family (Creator, Family)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
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Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal implications, for which the University of Alabama assumes no responsibility.
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal implications, for which the University of Alabama assumes no responsibility.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (49 photographs )
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of forty-nine photographs of William Crawford Gorgas (1854 - 1920) family, son of Josiah and Amelia Gayle Gorgas. Collection includes formal portraits of William Crawford Gorgas from infancy to adulthood, wife Marie, daughter Aileen and her children, Amelia Gayle Gorgas, friends of the Gorgas family, and interior and exterior scenes of the Gorgas homes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Cuba and Panama. Collection also includes a portrait photograph entitled "Hood's Children" that depicts the orphaned children of Confederate General John Bell Hood. Photograph was sold under the auspices of the Hood Relief Committee, New Orleans. Proceeds of the sale benefited the Permanent Fund for the Education and Maintenance of the "Wards of the South".
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Gorgas family.
General
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Processing Information
Processed by Marina Klarić, 2014.
Creator
- Gorgas family (Creator, Family)
- Title
- Guide to Gorgas Family Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Marina Klarić, 2015
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository