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Box SC1850-1899.002

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence - 1850 and January-March 1872

 File — Box: SC1850-1899.002, Folder: 561.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes several letters written by Alice Garnett and her husband, Algernon Sydney Garnett, discussing, among other things, a trip to Tuscaloosa, the hardships of travel, news of the university, its professors and their wives, the election of a new superintendent of education, a rebellion by the University Cadets against the commandant, and his subsequent resignation. There is also a newspaper clipping of a March 24, 1892 notice reporting that Rebecca B. Scott purchased land in...
Dates: 1850-1873

Election Ephemera

 File — Box: SC1850-1899.002, Folder: 3025.3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters cover miscellaneous matters pertaining to the Democratic Party and include letters from E.N. Hamill, Charles C. Johnson, John Kohn, Sam M. Johnston, Walter B. Jones, E.O. McCord, Gessner T. McCorvey, B.M. Miller, and E.W. Pettus.Poll lists include Greene County for the 1904 election and state-wide results by county for the 1936 general election.Election ephemera include articles, form letters, pamphlets, and a 1936 election ballot with state vote tallies....
Dates: 1896-1946