Bowling Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: 0435

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains news clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, broadsides, and pamphlets. Half of the material concerns William Bismarck Bowling and his interest in Alabama politics, mainly Alabama's prohibition campaign of 1909 and the ratification of the 1901 State Constitution. The other half of the collection concerns George R. Bowling, Sr.'s time as a cadet at Alabama Polytechnic Institute and his subsequent involvement in the Class of 1917 class reunions.

Dates

1893 - 1985

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Biographical / Historical

William B. Bowling was born near Iran City, Alabama in 1870. He worked as a teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, and Columbus, Georgia, from 1893 to 1899. In 1900 he moved to LaFayette, Alabama, to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1900. He served as solicitor of the fifth circut court of Alabama from 1905 to 1920. During this same time he also served on the A.P.I. Board of Trustees. In 1920, he was appointed to a vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving until 1928 when he was appointed judge for the fifth circut of Alabama. He remained in that office until his death in 1946.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (2 Legal Doc Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection 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.