Edward Calvin Crow correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0378

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter to Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, one from Gallalee to Crow thanking him for the same, and a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dates

1952

Creator

Crow, Edward Calvin (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical / Historical

Edward Calvin Crow, son of Calvin Austin and Elizabeth Thaxton Crow, was born on 18 June 1866, in Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama. He studied law at the University of Alabama and graduated with his law degree in 1888 and took a post doctorate law course at the University of Virginia in 1889. He practiced law in Florence, Alabama, for fifteen years before moving to Birmingham in 1903. He was appointed (and later elected) judge of the 10th judicial circuit

In 1889, he married Evie McKee; the couple had three daughters, Elizabeth, Lucy, and Evelyn. Crow died on 2 February 1956.

Extent

0.02 Linear Feet (3 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Correspondence between E. C. Crow and Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, as well as a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.

Provenance

unknown

General

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