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Loachapoka Rural Merchants Records

Collection

Identifier: 0053

Scope and Contents This collection contains ledgers, daybooks, memorandum and cash books from Macon County (later Lee County) community of Loachapoka. Most items appear to be from L. T. Wimberly and Company General Store. Other items are labeled Brooks Carlisle, J. T. Bailey, and Cole and Webb. A post office cash book, kept by postmasters John Daly and Thomas D. Ligon (July 31, 1871 - October 22, 1875), is also included. This is a valuable source of information about the economic life of rural Alabama...

Dates: 1866 - 1933

Found in: Auburn University Special Collections and Archives

A. Lynn Lockrow Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1029

Scope and Contents This collection contains paintings, drawings, pictures, and set production models created by A. Lynn Lockrow for the Auburn University Theatre Department, as well as teaching notes. Also included in the collection is documentation dated November 4, 2009, that A. Lynn Lockrow obtained from Robert (Bob) Knowles about the Auburn Players, the precursor drama club which led to the...

Dates: 1948 - 2007

Found in: Auburn University Special Collections and Archives

Hanchey E. Logue Papers

Collection

Identifier: 0659

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of scrapbooks and 35 mm color slides of 4-H Club material. Scrapbooks include correspondence, leaflets, programs, photographs, and clippings. Scrapbook pages removed and placed in file folders; clippings photocopied. Slides document state and national 4-H Club meetings, 1949-1952, and the history of Alabama Corn, Tomato, and 4-H Clubs, 1914-1970.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1943 - 1980; 1914 - 1980

Found in: Auburn University Special Collections and Archives

Long Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1001

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a small envelope addressed to Mrs. N.W.E. Long at Perote, Pike [Bullock] County, Alabama, from Private Long, Co. 'B' 51st Ala., and a letter from Mrs. M. A. Jackson to her sister, Mrs. M. J. Long, dated May 16, 1862. The letter consists of questions inquiring about family members, such as their health and whereabouts.

Dates: May 16, 1862

Found in: Auburn University Special Collections and Archives

Jackson E. Long Papers

Collection

Identifier: 0222

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two letterpress copybooks (1889-1891) with Long's outgoing business correspondence, concerning loans, mortgages, and general financial and legal interests.

Dates: 1889 - 1891

Found in: Auburn University Special Collections and Archives

George E. Lovell, Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: 0204

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of documents reflecting Lovell's training and service through his pilot's log book (1916-26), acrobatic flying certificate, and AEF pilot's identification card. Also contains correspondence and photographs from his military days, and an obituary.

Dates: 1916 - 1972

Found in: Auburn University Special Collections and Archives

Robert E. Lowder Papers

Collection

Identifier: 0251

Scope and Contents

This collection contains two oral history interviews (with transcripts) given by Robert E. Lowder. The first occurred on August 27, 1998, and covered information related to the administration of Auburn University president Hanly Funderburk. The second took place on August 26, 2008, and addressed the administration of Auburn University president James E. Martin.

Dates: August 26, 2008; August 27, 1998

Found in: Auburn University Special Collections and Archives

Lowe Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: 0944

Scope and Contents From the donor: "These letters are a revealing picture of life in rural Alabama and Georgia between 1885 and 1906. They not only reveal the day-to-day life of the families, their joys and sorrows, but give a glimpse of the complex relationships that can exist within families. Throughout the period the love and support given to John Henry Lower by the Sorrel family is based on a deep fath and love of god." This collection includes the correspondence between Lowe family members,...

Dates: 1847 - 1906

Found in: Auburn University Special Collections and Archives