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Elaine Hoffmann Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 0981

Scope and Contents

This collection includes a scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia regarding athletics, fraternities and sororities, as well as other aspects of student life including jokes and poems, valentines, and campus events at API in the late 1920s. Scrapbook also contains articles about and photographs of Forrest (Fob) James, Sr., father of Alabama Governor Fob James, Jr.

Dates

  • 1928

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Hoffmann was a freshman at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) during the 1927-1928 academic year.

Extent

1 Items (1 Scrapbook)

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

This scrapbook was sent off to undergo a professional preservation process using Tiger Giving Day funds during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Processing Information

Accession 94-152 processed by unknown, October 21, 1944. Finding aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Phyllis Simmons, 2025.

Title
Guide to the Elaine Hoffmann Scrapbook
Subtitle
Record Group 0981
Author
Unknown
Date
October 21, 1994
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732