Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Archibald John Battle, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, 1859
Item — Box: 1, item: 2008.028.000003
Identifier: 2008.028.000003
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The album contains twenty-six silver gelatin photographs of students (mostly from the class of 1859) and faculty of The University of Alabama. The album contains the oldest known photograph of The University of Alabama campus. Taken from upstairs at the President's Mansion, the photograph shows part of the original campus, including the Rotunda, which was burned by Union forces on April 4, 1865.
Dates:
1859