Collection: Jasper Luther Beeson collection | Special Collections & Archives

Scope and Contents note

A miscellany of materials including the text of Beeson's address to the fifty-seventh anniversary meeting of the Philomatic Literary Society and at The University of Alabama commencement in 1889, photographs of him, newspaper clipping, a copy of a physics exam for seniors, and other items.

Dates

1889-1890

Creator

Beeson, Jasper Luther (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

None

Biographical/Historical note

Jasper Luther Beeson was born August 31, 1867, at Keener, Alabama, to William Baker Beeson (1829-1924) and Mary Ann Frances Sibert (1838-1905). He received an AB (1889) and AM (1890) from The University of Alabama, and PhD from Johns Hopkins University (1893). He married Anna Leola Selman (1868-1962) in 1894. Beeson was a physics instructor at The University of Alabama; chemist with the Geological Survey of Alabama, 1888-1889; research chemist at the Louisiana Experiment Station; and a professor of chemistry at Louisiana School of Sugar, 1893-1897. He also served as professor, dean, and president at Georgia State College for Women, 1897-1934. He died on January 10, 1943.

Extent

0.01 Linear Feet (8 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A miscellany of materials including the text of Beeson's address to the fifty-seventh anniversary meeting of the Philomatic Society and at The University of Alabama commencement in 1889, photographs of him, newspaper clipping, a copy of a physics exam for seniors, and other items.