Collection on women in Alabama
Collection
Identifier: W-0005
Scope and Contents
The collection includes letters, diaries, and one speech related to individual Alabama women. Several of the letters relate to the life of Mrs. Robert Douglas Johnston, the founder of the Alabama Boys Industrial School. There are also two letters written by Dixie B. Graves, the wife of Alabama governor Bibb Graves. Other notable items include the notebook of a Blocton woman documenting the actions of her abusive husband; a letter from Sue S. White of the National Women's Party discussing the failed suffrage ratification attempts in Alabama; a letter written by Angeline M. Krecker in 1853 describing life in Mobile; and the transcript of a speech delivered by B. F. Eborn in the late nineteenth-century, debating the question, "Is woman really better than man?"
Dates
- 1853-1957
Creator
- Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
A variety of materials related to several Alabama women, some of whom are well-known in Alabama and the nation, while others were simple women going about their daily lives. This is also the affirmative side of a debate speech presented by Benjamin F. Eborn at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama, on the question "Is Woman Really Better Than Man?"
Physical Location
The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama
Provenance
Gift of A. S. Williams, 2010
General
Title on phase box spine: Women in Alabama - Miscellaneous Documents
Processed by
Haley Aaron and Martha Bace, 2013
Source
- Williams, A. S., III (Donor, Person)
Creator
- Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)
- Krecker, Angeline M. (Author, Person)
- Graves, Dixie B. (Author, Person)
- Eborn, B. F. (Author, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Collection on women in Alabama
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- August 2013
- 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