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Alabama Association for Young Children records
A collection containing meeting minutes, correspondence, the organization's constitution and by-laws, photographs, and other materials.
Alabama School Libraries: a history
This collection contains papers that are associated with Alabama School Libraries. This includes newspaper clippings, association newsletters, correspondence, and reports with the bulk of the materials from the 1940s.
Alpha Epsilon Delta records
The Alpha Epsilon Delta collection consists of the rules, rituals, petitions, reports, and memorabilia of the University of Alabama's charter chapter of this medical honors society.
Harry Mell Ayers papers
Marion Banks letter
Letter to Dr. E. H. Moren recommending W. C. Richardson for the professorship of English literature at Alabama A and M College.
Birmingham Dental College minutes
A collection of board minutes, including some organizational information.
Sarah Blue collection
A collection of items, most of them relative to the 1915 high school graduation of Sarah Blue of Union Springs, Alabama, including a keepsake book, “My Golden School Days.”
Glenda Brewer research paper
Research paper titled "Integration at the University of Alabama," submitted for seminar in African American history at the University of Alabama in 1975.
Brown Hill School Trustees' minutes
Trustees' minutes, covering 1916-1924 (including parents' rolls), of this school for African American students in Loachapoka, Lee County, Alabama.
Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers
Documents, interviews, and source material used by Camille Elebash,in co-producing with Joe Terry, the documentary George Wallace: A Politician’s Legacy.
Dayton Female Institute announcement
An 1867 announcement containing information for students of this Dayton, Alabama girls school overseen by the Rev. J.F. Tarrant and his wife.
Harold Dunn paper
Paper by Dunn entitled "The Annual Miss Winterboro High School Beauty Pageant and its Significance to the Community."
Early Educational Institutions in the South
Tuition receipts, a printed announcement, and a clipping, from several schools, primarily in Alabama.
Eborn and Peteet Families papers
Letters, written by Benjamin F. Eborn between 1884 and 1885 to his sweetheart (later his wife), Corinne Peteet Eborn. There are also other letters to Corinne from various family members, including her father, W.Y. Peteet, mother-in-law, Bettie Eborn, and her sister, Mary P. Jones.
Janie May Eppes papers
Teaching materials and clippings gathered by a Birmingham, Alabama, school teacher for use in her classroom, and in the course of her own education
Albert John Farrah manuscripts
Typescript manuscripts of two textbooks (two copies of each) created by Albert John Farrah, Dean of the University of Alabama Law School from 1912 until shortly before his death in June of 1944.
Joseph B. Graham speeches and letter
Contains copies of four speeches written by Talladega educator Joseph B. Graham and presented to various civic and social clubs; also contains one letter signed by Selma politician Edmund Pettus
Greene County Union Female Institute, Minutes of the meeting of Citizens of Daniel's Prairie, to... establish the female institute at Burton's Hill
Typescript copy of the minutes of a meeting to establish a female academy at Burton's Hill, Alabama, and the school's constitution and amendments.
Greene Springs School records
Ledger of standings, studies, and absences of the students from 1847 through 1870 as well as an honor roll of the Humanitarian Society of this Hale County, Alabama, school.
Henry Tutwiler papers
Contains three notebooks: an account book recording tuition payments at Greensboro Academy; a second account book documenting Henry Tutwiler's personal expenses; and a commonplace book containing book reviews, weather reports, and very brief entries about the Civil War.
Integration
Material related to the 1963 integration of The University of Alabama by Vivian Malone and James Hood.
James Austin Anderson papers
A collection of copies of newspaper clippings and information about Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and its people.
James William Oakley Jr. Photographs
Photographs taken by James William Oakley Jr. during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956.
Jerusha Hemphill DIploma
A diploma for having completed the course of study at Tuscaloosa Female Academy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Lecture notes on John W. Abercrombie
Notes for a class lecture on Abercrombie, president of the University of Alabama. Includes information on the construction of University buildings during his tenure, as well as his conflicts with former acting president and Latin professor William S. Wyman.
Lincoln Normal School Photographic Albums
This collection consists of two personal albums with photographs of teachers, administrators, and students at the Lincoln Normal School, an early African-American school in Marion, Alabama. The albums include formal group portraits, informal photographs from everyday life, and images of the school's surroundings.
Lena E. Lockhart papers
Autobiographical sketch, inspirational materials, the papers "Woman's Part in Making Alabama History - the Past" presented to the Thomaston, Marengo County, Alabama Study Club, which focuses on female educators, and "History of The Thomaston Parent-Teacher Association", as well as a history of Thomaston, Alabama, by Alma Jean Compton, and materials relating to teaching.
Lola Higginbotham memory book, McAdory High School, McCalla, Alabama
Memory book documenting the senior year of Lola Higginbotham, a 1924 graduate of McAdory High School.
Autherine Lucy papers
Court documents dealing with a suit brought by Autherine Lucy and Polly Anne Myers against The University of Alabama, as well as an invitation to her 1956 wedding and a newspaper clipping written when she graduated from UA with her master's degree in elementary education.
Mable B. Murphy Papers
This collections contains two letters to Murphy, agendas for guidance committee meetings and teacher in-service programs, a bibliography of guidance literature for African-American students, and a 1961 club schedule for Cobb Avenue High School.
Manly Family Papers
Includes the papers of Basil Manly, president of the University of Alabama, 1837-1855, and a founder of Furman University, which reflect the history of the period as well as his life as theologian and educator. It also contains materials created and gathered by other Manly family members, including his sons Basil and Charles, president of Furman University, 1881-1897.
Marie Brink memory book, Sidney Lanier High School, 1922
Memory book of high school senior Marie Brink, documenting her experiences at Sidney Lanier High school in 1922
McAdory and Huey family papers
Correspondence, manuscripts, and ledgers written by members of the McAdory and Huey families of Bessemer, Marion, and Talladega, Alabama
Staci Niemeyer paper "Folk Dancing at the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education"
Essay about folk dancing at the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education, a school founded in 1907 by progressive educator Marietta Johnson in Fairhope, Alabama.
William F. Reekstin Photograph Albums
Nine photograph albums of William F. Reekstin, a student at the University of Alabama in the early 1930s documenting a variety of campus venues and activities.
James H. Shaw Correspondence with George Wallace
Letter to and one from former governor George C. Wallace
South Alabama Education Association Records
Contains minutes, reports, member information, notes, and a flyer of this Montgomery, Alabama, and possibly Brewton, Alabama, organization
W. H. Storey Papers
Correspondence, diaries, educational materials, and genealogical documents of Storey and his family
Henrietta Thompson papers
This collection contains the papers and correspondence of an University of Alabama Home Economics professor.
Virginia J. Hanson papers
Contains a memory book documenting the senior year of Virginia J. Hanson, a 1912 graduate of Birmingham High School. Also contains research notes, correspondence and manuscripts related to Hanson's thesis, "Alabama in Legend and Lore."