Elaine Hoffmann Scrapbook
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
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
