Lola Higginbotham memory book, McAdory High School, McCalla, Alabama
Collection
Identifier: W-0033
Scope and Contents
This high school memory book, arranged by George N, Madison, decorated by Louise Perrett, and published by The Reilly and Lee Co., documents the senior year of Lola Higginbotham, a 1924 graduate of McAdory High School in McCalla, Alabama. In addition to handwritten notes from teachers and fellow students, the journal also includes photographs, letters, pressed flowers, and other ephemera. The journal mainly details events occurring in Alabama, although it includes tickets to a Radcliffe Chautauqua session held in Washington, D.C.
Dates
- 1924
Creator
- Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
Lola Higginbotham, daughter of Robert W. and Elizabeth Ann McDill Higginbotham, was born in Jefferson County, Alabama, on 27 September 1906. She graduated from McAdory High School in McCalla, Alabama, in May 1924, and married Orlando H. Turner on 24 December that same year. She died on 15 May 1994 in Boone, North Carolina.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Memory book documenting the senior year of Lola Higginbotham, a 1924 graduate of McAdory High School.
Physical Location
The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Provenance
Gift of A. S. Williams III, 2010
General
Title on phase box spine: McAdory High School - 1924
Processed by
Haley Aaron and Martha Bace, 2013
Creator
- Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)
- Higginbotham, Lola (Author, Person)
Source
- Williams, A. S., III (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to Lola Higginbotham memory book, McAdory High School, McCalla, Alabama
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- October 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