Box 15
Container
Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:
Commonplace book
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Martha Jane Coleman Banks commonplace book contains diary entries, miscellaneous writings (some appear to be school related), newspaper clippings, recipes, and poems. There is also a typed transcription of the book, which was perhaps provided by the donor.The commonplace book includes recipes for various types of wines, such as muscadine, scupadine [scuppernong], and blackberry; cured ham; fish sauce; various puddings; yeast; rolls; various jellies; muffins, breads, biscuits,...
Dates:
Circa 1848-1865
Jasper Beeson collection
File — Box: 15, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
A miscellany of materials including the text of Beeson's address to the fifty-seventh anniversary meeting of the Philomatic Literary Society and at The University of Alabama commencement in 1889, photographs of him, newspaper clipping, a copy of a physics exam for seniors, and other items.
Dates:
1889-1890
Viscountess Astor letter
File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
A letter dated 5 November 1952, from Astor to Dr. John M.Gallalee, president of the University of Alabama, declining a speaking invitation.
Dates:
1952 November 5