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Pauline Jones Gandrud papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0555
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Scope and Contents

The collection contains genealogical research notes covering 1820-1880, including county data, church and marriage records, family histories, and other materials. The collection also contains a list of military pension and bounty land applications. In addition to her research materials and other items relating to genealogy, the collection includes her personal and family correspondence and family photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900 - 1980

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

none

Conditions Governing Use

none

Biographical / Historical

Pauline Jones was born May 9, 1904, in Huntsville, Alabama. Her parents were George Walter and Evalena (Moore) Jones. She married Bennie William Gandrud on November 29, 1930. She had one son, William Bentley Gardner. She studied at Peabody Conservatory from 1922-1924. A well-known genealogist, she sold copies of her Alabama records to libraries and other institutions; bound copies of her findings were also published.

Mrs. Gandrud had lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for fifty years when she died in September 1980.

She was the younger sister of Walter Bryan Jones, Alabama State Geologist and head of the Alabama Museum of Natural History.

Source: http://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/

Extent

109 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection contains genealogical research notes covering 1820-1880, including county data, church and marriage records, family histories, and other information created and gathered by this Alabama genealogist. The collection also contains a list of military pension and bounty land applications.

Provenance

Gift of Gandrud family, 1981; new deed of gift in 2012 transfers copyright to the University of Alabama

Related Materials

Walter Bryan Jones Papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library

Porcessed by

Processed by Richard Owens; updated by Donnelly Walton, March 2013; updated by Martha Bace, April 2013

Title
Guide to the Pauline Jones Gandrud Papers
Status
Completed
Date
2012
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