Box 19: Short Collection

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This accession contains nine photographic prints of the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Scotland, on June 21, 1919, and seventeen photographs of agricultural and industrial sites throughout Alabama, likely taken for the Alabama Extension Service circa 1920s. Several of the agricultural photographs are identified as being taken by E.H. Green, photographer for the Alabama Extension Service, Auburn, including some with a stamp from the "Chicago Daily News".

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A letter dated February 16, 1845 in which Samuel Woodbury, writing to his brother J.C. Woodbury, Esq. of Haverhill, New Hampshire, recounts the partly overland trip which included three voyages, one of them passage from Pittsburg to New Orleans.

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Consists mainly of a manuscript written and researched by Linda Foster Rainey, the collection details the life of Joe Brady, a lumber businessman and community leader in Birmingham, AL. Contains the manuscript rough draft, photocopies of correspondence, photos, advertisements for chainsaws, lumber, etc., and other documents pertaining to Brady's life. The collection would be useful for subjects in lumber, Southern industry, and Alabama in WWII--homefront.

Contents From the Collection: This collection contains four letters written by Cynthia M. Hopson, instructor at the Talladega school, precursor to Talladega College. Hopson taught at the Talladega school in its initial schoolhouse, and later at the Swayne school when it relocated in 1867. In her letters, Hopson describes the overwhelming number of students and their speed at learning, and gives praise to the young freedman who assisted her in the classroom. She requests that additional teachers be sent, and also...

Contents From the Collection: This collection contains four letters written by Cynthia M. Hopson, instructor at the Talladega school, precursor to Talladega College. Hopson taught at the Talladega school in its initial schoolhouse, and later at the Swayne school when it relocated in 1867. In her letters, Hopson describes the overwhelming number of students and their speed at learning, and gives praise to the young freedman who assisted her in the classroom. She requests that additional teachers be sent, and also...

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This folder contains four items: Catalogue of the Preparatory and Normal Departments of Talladega College, 1871-72

Students' Hand-Book, 1904-1905

The Southern Sentinel, Vol. I, No. 2., October, 1877

Talladega College pamphlet, circa 1880s

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Letters, photos, and clippings related to Kelley and his tenure as head of the Black Belt Experiment Station in Marion Junction, Alabama. Includes a scanned print out of a photo of the rodeo that took place at the football stadium in March 1941.

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Letters, photos, and clippings related to Kelley and his tenure as head of the Black Belt Experiment Station in Marion Junction, Alabama. Includes a scanned print out of a photo of the rodeo that took place at the football stadium in March 1941.

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Letters, photos, and clippings related to Kelley and his tenure as head of the Black Belt Experiment Station in Marion Junction, Alabama. Includes a scanned print out of a photo of the rodeo that took place at the football stadium in March 1941.

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This accession contains a notebook kept by Charles Allen Cary and A Medical Vocabulary Workbook by Leo Gosser.