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Alabama Polytechnic Institute

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1899 - 1960

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Accession 19-018 (Initial Deposit), 1931 - 1995

 Accession
Identifier: 19-018
Scope and Contents

This accession contains office files, certificates, photographs, building plans, published materials, and artifacts.

Dates: 1931 - 1995

Accession 19-064: Initial Deposit, 1864 - 2012, bulk: Bulk 1890 to 1935

 Accession
Identifier: 19-064
Scope and Contents This accession contains correspondence, diaries of Dabney Hare from 1893-1898 and 1901, photographs, a 1903 wedding album, three books, a typescript of an 1897 biography by Alexander Bondurant, a newspaper clipping on the Hare residence by Milton Smith Osborne, and a copy of East Alabama Living including an article on Cliff and Dabney Hare published in 2012. "The Bride's Book" illustrated wedding album contains letters, envelopes, a postcard of Maysville Presbyterian Church in...
Dates: 1864 - 2012; Majority of material found within Bulk 1890 to 1935

Elmer Hugo Almquist Jr. Papers

 Collection — Box 1: Short Collection: Accession 08-1965; Accession 10-1965 [Barcode: 0010-10-1965-001]
Identifier: 1284
Scope and Contents This small collection of personal papers covers a short portion of General Almquist's military career. Papers included are mainly official materials from the period 1955 through 1964. They consist of letters of appreciation, correspondence, and related items including a copy of the Senate's promotion nomination to Brigadier General, U.S. Army. The only information in the papers relating to the period prior to 1955 is included in a biographical sketch prepared around 1962. There is a group of...
Dates: 1955 - 1964

Military at Alabama Polytechnic Institute Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0317
Scope and Contents Though dating from 1917 to 1960, this collection is primarily composed of material relating to World War II and its effect upon Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The collection includes correspondence, official releases and directives, reports, bulletins, memorandums, and newspaper clippings. Letters and pamphlets, 1917-19, about training camps and corps (ROTC); Chewacla Civilian Conservation Corps Camp and 4-H Camp, 1938-43; National Youth Administration college work program 1937-43;...
Dates: 1917 - 1960

Charles Coleman Thach Presidential Papers

 Collection
Identifier:  0303
Scope and Contents This collection contains records and correspondence of Dr. Charles C. Thach during his time at A.P.I. (Auburn University) from roughly 1882-1924, Thach’s diploma from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, and correspondence between his parents from the Civil War, two letters between Robert Henry and Eliza Lockhart (Coleman) Thach, obituaries and other newspaper clippings regarding the deaths of Elizabeth Thach and O.D. Smith, and a photo of Charles C. Thach. Also included are...
Dates: 1859 - 1924

Alexander J. Bondurant Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 0061
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings related to tobacco culture in Australia in the 1890s, and to Bondurant's service as an advisor on tobacco to the Australian Agricultural Department from 1896-1901. Some genealogical materials are included, as well as a small amount of correspondence relating to Bondurant's appointment to the Chair of Agriculture at A.P.I. in 1892.

Dates: 1891 - 1908; 1964

Mary Kyle Caldwell Collection

 Collection — Box: 16: Short Collection
Identifier: 0637
Scope and Contents

Photographs (1910-40) of Kyle, her faamily and friends; commencement program (1923) from Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1910-1940

Ralph A. Dudley Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 0313
Scope and Contents

This collection is one scrapbook that contains ribbons listing name and rank of 1905 API band members as well as materials about unveiling of Edison plaque on Sept. 25, 1951.

Dates: 1905 - 1951

Edith Royster Judd Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0029
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence primarily concerning the Sims family and newspaper clippings saved by Mrs. Judd for her collection of humorous stories and sayings. A few pamphlets, clippings and some correspondence in the collection relate to Mrs. Judd's career in education in North Carolina.

Dates: 1902 - 1956

William Harmong Lamar Papers

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 7
Identifier: 0127
Scope and Contents

Contains a letter, dated November 27, 1866, from Mr. C. Raiford to W. H. Larmar notifying him of his election to the Board of Trustees of the East Alabama Male College; Dr. Lamar's receipt for payment of tuition for his son and daughter and a relative, Robert Barnett, dated September, 1866, signed by, President J. F. Dowdell; and W. H. Lamar's Oath of Allegiance, dated August 26, 1865.

Dates: 1865 - 1866