Education, Higher

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.

Scope and Contents This collection contains audio cassette tapes and typed transcripts of two interviews conducted by Dr. Wayne Flynt with Auburn University President William V. Muse as well as articles written by Muse relating to his experiences at Auburn University. Muse discusses his struggles with the Auburn University Board of Trustees over the issues of university governance. Topics discussed in the interviews include academics, college athletics, and Alabama politics. Interviews took place on April 6th,...

Content Description

Accession contains biographical and genealogical information; correspondence (1917-1944); API English department records; comments on teaching; research by Rutland on Emerson and John H. Parnell; collected information particularly about Auburn; lecture notes; clippings; pamphlets; programs; photographs; and scrapbook.

Scope and Contents The James Benson Sellers collection consists primarily of the research data Sellers, a noted Alabama historian and teacher, accumulated in order to write his books and articles. Research topics include Alabama history, slavery, First Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, history of the University of Alabama, and history of Wilcox County, Alabama.The research...