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Echola School papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0470
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Scope and Contents

The collection contains photocopied registers of W.M. White, township superintendent of free public schools in Township 19 Range 12W (Echola, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama). The registers document the attendance of students in the Echola Schools between 1896 and 1905. There is also a photocopy of an essay written by Mrs. Julie White Matthews, entitled “The Growth of Echola Schools” that describes the funding for public schools, the development of roads and buses, and life at the schools.

Dates

  • Creation: 1883-1976

Creator

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

The Echola School was established in 1883 in Echola, Alabama, on land donated by Sarah E. Mayfield and Nancy White. James White, superintendent of free public schools in Township 19-R-12W (part of Tuscaloosa County, although there is no information exactly where this land was situated). In 1921, community members pledged and donated money to match state funding to construct a five-room building on land donated by Oscar Pearson and Henry McFerrin.

Echola School was closed at the end of the 1949-1950 academic year. The building was bought by the community from the state for $500 for use as a community building.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet (photocopies)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photocopies of attendance and tuition records, as well as a short history of the school written by one of its teachers.

Provenance

unknown

General

To provide faster access to our materials, this finding aid was published without formal and final review. Email us at archives@ua.edu if you find mistakes or have suggestions to make this finding aid more useful for your research.

Processed by

S. Braden, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2013

Title
Guide to the Echola School papers
Status
Completed
Date
January 2009
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