Dabney Bondurant Hare Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, a wedding album, diaries, and books.
Dates
- 1864 - 2012
- Majority of material found within 1890 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Dabney Bondurant Hare was born in 1879 to Alexander and Emily (Morrison) Bondurant of Virginia. She graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in 1899. Bondurant married Clifford LeRoy Hare in 1903 at her family plantation, Variety Shade. The couple met ten years prior in Auburn, during Alexander Bondurant's tenure as professor at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Auburn University) from 1892 to 1895. Cliff and Dabney Hare had six children: Emily, Catherine, Dabney, Susan, Joseph, and Clifford Leroy, who died at age two. Their home was located on Gay Street in Auburn, Alabama. Cliff Hare, a member of Auburn's first football team and later dean of the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, was a prominent member of the Auburn community until his death in 1948. Dabney died in 1930.
Extent
1.0 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
General
Related resources: Alexander J. Bondurant Letters Record Group 0061 and also the Architecture Watercolors collection, part of Record Group 457 the College of Architecture, Design, and Construction Records, includes a rendering of the Residence of Dean Hare by Thomas H. Brugh. The painitng has been digitized and is availbale online in the Architecture Watercolors digital collection.
- Title
- Guide to the Dabney Bondurant Hare Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 1287
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Lisa Glasscock
- Date
- March 10, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
