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Lola Higginbotham memory book, McAdory High School, McCalla, Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: W-0033
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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

  • Creation: 1924

Creator

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

Abstract

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

Related Materials

There are other high school memory books in the A. S. Williams III Americana Collection and in the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library. See staff for assistance.

General

Title on phase box spine: McAdory High School - 1924

Processed by

Haley Aaron and Martha Bace, 2013

Subject

Source

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

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513