Walter L. Fleming Collection

Collection

Identifier: 0286

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of five items: a photocopy of a newspaper article about Walter L. Fleming being inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame; an advertisement for the book "The Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by J.C. Lester and D.L. Wilson With Introduction and Notes by Walter L. Fleming, Ph.D."; a letter from W.L. Fleming to his mother and father describing his boarding arrangements as an Auburn college student, as well as a flood in the library (January 6, 1894); a letter from Geore W. Martin to W. L. Fleming concerning Fleming's article, "The Buford Expedition to Kansas" (March 8, 1900); and an addition of one letter from Mrs. Mary Boyd Fleming (Mrs. Walter L. Fleming) to Bess Fleming Wright (Mrs. Emil F.) relating to the life of Mrs. Fleming's father, David French Boyd, president of API.

Dates

Creation: 1884 - 1957

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research without restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Fleming earned B.S. (1896) and M.S. (1897) degrees from the Agricultrual and Mechanical College of Alabama, later Auburn University. He studied under William H. Dunning at Columbia University for his Ph.D in history (1904). His doctoral dissertation, "The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama," was published in 1905. He was on the faculties of West Virginia, Louisiana State, Columbia, and Vanderbilt Universities.

Full Extent

0.10 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

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.