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Teachers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85132964

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Alice and Algernon Sydney Garnett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0561
Abstract

Letters written by Alice Garnett and her husband Algernon Sydney Garnett, a professor at the University of Alabama, discussing, among other things, the hardships of travel, news of the university, its professors, and their wives, the election of a new superintendent of education, and a rebellion by the University Cadets against the commandant.

Dates: 1850-1873

American Association of University Professors, University of Alabama Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0072
Abstract

A collection of meeting minutes, committee reports, correspondence, membership information, constitutions, and other material.

Dates: 1949-1975; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

Joseph Sweetman Ames physics lectures

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0077
Abstract

Physics lectures in form of mimeographed, bound textbook delivered in 1898-1899 to the second year students of Johns Hopkins University by Joseph S. Ames, professor of physics. Book belonged to H. A. Sayre.

Dates: 1898-1899

Bankston School: a history

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0583
Abstract

Recollections of Bankston School by individuals connected to this school located in Fayette County, Alabama, which opened in 1906 and closed in the mid 1970s, detailing the history of the school's building, school activities, teachers, and principals.

Dates: circa 1906-1970

Henry R. Benagh letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0136
Abstract

A letter containing genealogical information about the Benagh family.

Dates: 1951

Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0657
Abstract

Letters from seven former students while prisoners of war in northern prison camps, requesting food, clothing, books, tobacco, and money.

Dates: 1864

Peter Archibald Carmichael papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0280
Abstract

A collection of this Alabama native and Louisiana State University professor's lecture notes, publications, and professional files on subjects including logic, religion, language, labor arbitration, and civil rights/segregation.

Dates: 1931-1974

Margaret Christy Memorial Service collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3718
Abstract

Letters from Miriam Schneider to friends and students of Margaret Christy asking for "testimonials" that could be read at Christy's memorial service.

Dates: 1996

Alabama Hall of Fame collection on the nomination of Clarence William Daugette

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0035
Abstract

Materials relating to the nomination of Clarence William Daugette (1873-1942) to the Alabama Hall of Fame. Daugette served for forty-three years as president of Jacksonville State Teachers' College.

Dates: 1954

Delta Kappa Gamma, Beta Chapter, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0424
Abstact

Documentation of the annual activities of the Tuscaloosa chapter of this international education society. The records include minutes, annual reports, financial reports and records, histories, yearbooks, correspondence, directories, and other materials.

Dates: 1939-1999

Early Educational Institutions in the South

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0466
Abstract

Tuition receipts, a printed announcement, and a clipping, from several schools, primarily in Alabama.

Dates: 1844-1879

Echola School papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0470
Abstract

Photocopies of attendance and tuition records, as well as a short history of the school written by one of its teachers.

Dates: 1883-1976

William Graham Echols papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0471
Abstract

Contains articles written about and by this Methodist minister and professor of religion at the University of Alabama

Dates: after 1892

Lista Geil Eddins papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0472
Abstract

Diaries, clippings, photographs, correspondence, sheet music, and church bulletins belonging to this University of Alabama music department head.

Dates: between 1910-1971

Emma Marie Cutter Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4230
Abstract

Emma Marie Cutter (1853-1937) was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and attended the State Normal School at Bridgewater, Massachesetts, from 1871-1875. Cutter began teaching at the Peabody (also known as State) Normal School in Nashville, Tennessee, immediately after her graduation until 1881. This diary, which she kept from 1876-1878, discusses her life as a teacher, her travels to the Northeast to visit her family in the summer, and the people she encountered in the post-Civil War South.

Dates: 1876 - 1878

Janie May Eppes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0489
Abstract

Teaching materials and clippings gathered by a Birmingham, Alabama, school teacher for use in her classroom, and in the course of her own education

Dates: 1907-1957

James M. Faircloth papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0500
Abstract

Includes student papers and personal papers of J. M. Faircloth, a professor of civil engineering at The University of Alabama during the years 1961 through 1969.

Dates: 1961-1969

Albert John Farrah manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0505
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1934

Margaret Gillis Figh papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0513
Abstract

This collection consists mainly of folklore and tales contributed by students in Figh's folklore and English classes at Huntingdon College, plus miscellaneous contributions from family and friends.

Dates: 1940-1975

First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0518
Abstract

Contains record books, 1820-1948; list of baptisms, 1845-1894; Board of Trustees record books, 1838-1911; Board of Deacons minute book, 1886-1888; and miscellaneous other documents for this Tuscaloosa, Alabama church.

Dates: 1820-1948

Guild of Professional Writers for Children records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0601
Abstract

Materials related to the organization's activities, including its statement of purpose, membership applications and rolls, correspondence, newspaper clippings, works of members, announcements, calendars, newsletters, minutes, and financial records.

Dates: 1977-1999; Majority of material found within 1992 - 1994

Virginia Hansen scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0622
Abstract

Scrapbook kept during the 13th annual session of summer school for teachers at the University of Alabama, June 8-July 19, 1916, that includes photographs, autographs, anecdotes, notes of social events, a newsletter, and postcards of University of Alabama scenes.

Dates: 1916-1917

Henry Clifton Pannell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1099
Abstract

Correspondence and other material pertaining to Pannell's work in the field of education.

Dates: 1923 - 1946

Jacob Frederic Goossen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0579
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, teaching materials, and musical compositions of this former faculty member of the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1940-1995

John Beecher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3226
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a variety of newspaper and periodical clippings about John Beecher, his appearances and poetry readings, and reviews of his published works. Press releases are included as well. Most of the clippings were collected by Barbara Beecher. There are Web pages about John Beecher printed out by Martha Huie included in the collection. There is a small amount of correspondence and three sound recordings of the author reading his poetry.

Dates: unknown

Josephine Jones Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0782
Abstract

A letter dated 20 November 1860, from Athens, Alabama, to a former teacher named Mrs. Washburn, containing news of the school and stating how much she misses Washburn.

Dates: 1860-11-20

Lena E. Lockhart papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0871
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1951-1963

Burton R. Morley retirement letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3701
Abstract

Book of letters, bound and presented to Morley on his retirement from the University of Alabama in 1968.

Dates: 1968

Myrtis Parker Handley Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-016
Abstract

Collection consists of thirty-eight photographs of students and teachers at Mt. Olive School in Mt. Olive, Alabama, where Handley was a teacher.

Dates: 1947 - 1963

Staci Niemeyer paper "Folk Dancing at the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0525
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1990 April 1

O. B. Emerson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0485
Abstract

The collection chiefly consists of correspondence between O. B. Emerson and various individuals including authors, former students, and other faculty and staff from The University of Alabama. The collection also includes materials about different authors and subjects on which Dr. Emerson either taught or published, as well as a significant amount of materials related to professional organizations in which he was involved.

Dates: 1945 - 1990

P. C. Rogers Paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0050
Abstract

This collection contains a photocopy of the text of a speech titled "Growing Old Gracefully," delivered by P.C. Rogers to the Alabama Retired Teachers Association, Summer Conference, June 24, 1959.

Dates: 1959-06-24

Carolyn Elizabeth Shepherd Price papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1632
Abstract

Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes, instructions and essays Carolyn Shepherd Price collected and used as teaching materials in her home economics class. They include a broad range of topics including child development, clothing, health and home management and decoration.

Dates: 1921-1984

Roemol Henry Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0666
Abstract

A letter containing genealogical information about St. Sauveur Francois Bonfils, a Napoleonic exile who served as professor of modern languages and literature at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1847-1849.

Dates: 1951

Tuscaloosa Retired Teachers Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1441
Abstract

Contains the yearbooks, from 1966-1992, newsletters and the organizations highlights from 1978-1992.

Dates: 1966-1992