Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., papers
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Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of various documents, including speeches, correspondence, reports, faculty newsletters, alumni magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings. There is a letter dated May 31, 1963, from Frank A. Rose, then the President of The University of Alabama, to all faculty and staff regarding parking on campus during the efforts to follow the court orders to desegregate. There is also a full page pictorial essay from the Meridian, Mississippi Star, Saturday, March 28, 1959, on the rise and decline of Gainesville, Alabama. The collection also has several tribute and dedication programs, honoring Julia Tutwiler, Agnes Ellen Harris, Marten Ten Hoor, John M. Gallalee, the inauguration of Frank Anthony Rose as President and the dedications of the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, the Walter Bryan Jones Hall, and the Mary Burke and Martha Parham residence halls for women.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1968
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960
Creator
- Coleman, Wade H., Jr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.
Biographical/Historical note
Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., was born on June 10, 1904, the oldest child of the children of Wade H. and Lillian Coleman of Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama. After completing his education at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in 1937, he taught in the University’s College of Arts & Sciences for over 25 years as a professor of Romance Languages. He died in May 1973.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Various documents, including speeches, correspondence, reports, faculty newsletters, alumni magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings of this Alabama native and University of Alabama professor of Romance Languages
Provenance
unknown
General
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Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Subject
- Rose, Frank Anthony (Person)
- University of Alabama (Organization)
- Ten Hoor, Marten (Person)
- Gallalee, John M. (Person)
- Tutwiler, Julia (Person)
- Harris, Agnes Ellen (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Civil rights
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Desegregation -- Alabama
- Education
- Government, Law and Politics
- Newspapers -- United States
- University of Alabama
- University of Alabama -- Alumni and alumnae.
- University of Alabama -- Buildings -- History
- University of Alabama -- Faculty/Staff
- University of Alabama -- Presidents
- Title
- Guide to the Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- June 2008
- 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