Eugene Allen Smith Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-024

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Scope and Contents

This collection consist of two hundred and sixty nine photographs depicting buildings around The University of Alabama campus; Tombigbee and other river's in Alabama; trains; Eugene Allen Smith house on campus and his family; Alabama State Capitol; steamboats; University of Alabama baseball team; scene's from University of Mississippi; and scene's from Wetumka Penitentiary.

Dates

Creation: 1813 - 1927

Creator

Smith, Eugene Allen (Photographer, Person)

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

Researchers are responsible for using the materials in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright claimants in collection materials. Copyright for official University records is held by The University of Alabama. The library claims only physical ownership of many manuscript collections. Anyone wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of literary property rights or copyrights. Please contact Special Collections (archives@ua.edu) with questions regarding specific manuscript collections. For more information about copyright policy, please visit: https://www.ua.edu/copyright/. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. 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.

Biographical / Historical

Eugene Allen Smith was a State Geologist for fifty four years. He surveyed and explored assets of Alabama. He was a pioneer in discovering, mapping and publicizing the rich mineral deposits in Alabama. He was born 1841 in Washington, Alabama. He had received his degree 1862 from University of Alabama, and PhD. from University of Heidelberg, Germany. He was a professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy at University of Alabama from 1871 to 1913 and State Geologies from 1873 to 1913. 1913 he became president of the American Geological Society. Dr. Smith was an author of over 100 publications, including a monumental study on the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the Gulf Coast. He was the first to realize historic value of Moundville, and focused public interest on the ancient Indian burial grounds which now attract thousands of visitors annually. After federal troops burned University of Alabama during the civil war, the original museum was destroyed and the specimens were burned or scattered. With Dr. Smith help new Museum of Natural History, as it stands today, was erected and he brought back from his surveys hundreds of thousands of mineral and other specimens. This collection consist of 269 photographs depicting buildings around the University of Alabama campus, Tombigbee and other river's in Alabama, trains, Eugene Allen Smith house on campus and his family, Alabama State Capitol, steamboats, university of Alabama baseball team, scene's from University of Mississippi, scene's from Wetumka penitentiary.