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Box 2824

 Container

Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letters, 1844 - 1848

 File — Box: 2824
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains two letters to Reverend James M. Young, both from friends. One thanking him for his kind letter after a death in the family and discusses her newborn son, and the other discussing an upcoming trip and details about their life and the life of friends.
Dates: 1844 - 1848

Papers

 File — Box: 2824
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a paper entitled, A Story about an Incident at Shake Rag Church (Methodist), a short biographical sketch of Echols titled, William Graham Echols, A.B., M.A., D.D. and an article titled Lecture Topics of William Graham Echols, M.A., D.D., Lecturer Emeritus, University of Alabama."
Dates: after 1892

Sketch

 Item — Box: 2824, rolled-item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains materials relating to the 1984 excavation of the Rotunda, the building which originally housed the University of Alabama library, natural history collection, and assembly room. It was destroyed by United States Army forces on 4 April 1865. Included are newspaper clippings, memoranda, notes on the history of the campus, placement of buildings, surface surveys, and photographs, as well as material on the Pratt house and Madison and Jefferson Halls.
Dates: circa 1984