Alma Bishop Williams Tanglewood materials

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0165

No requestable containers

Abstract

Material about this Hale County, Alabama, plantation house and land, including: books, correspondence, writings, newpaper clippings, photos, maps, genealogical records, and blueprints.

Dates

Creation: 1860-1973

Creator

Bishop/Tanglewood (Organization)
Williams, Alma Bishop (Person)

Biographical / Historical

This collection contains material about the plantation house Tanglewood, and the 480 acres of surrounding land that is located in Hale County, Alabama. This particular homestead was settled by Page Harris(1795-1887) in 1824 and the existing house was built in 1859. Alma Bishop Williams (1879-1979), the great-granddaughter of Page Harris, was a member of the Daughters of the Revolution as well as the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She deeded Tanglewood to the University of Alabama in 1949, and it is still being used as a biological station for undergraduates and graduate research in the fields of biodiversity and environmental processes.

Extent

5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Unknown

General

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