Date:
Accession No:
Location:
INVENTORY
COBB MEMORIAL ARCHIVES
3419 20th Avenue
Valley, Alabama 36854
Collection Title:
Virginia Brannon Smith – Miscellaneous Papers
Folder Description
1
Composition by H. C. Wooddy,March 7,1891, student at the Dudleyville
Male and Female Academy. 7 5/8” x 9 11/16”, lined folded paper used for pages 1-4, page 5 is on
the back of a Dudleyville Male and female Academy letterhead page, 8 1/8”
x
9 ¾”. Name and date
appear on letterhead side.
2
Photocopy of a
concert program dated July 13th, 1894; concert presented by Mrs. Eunice Winston’s Music
Class.
3
Photocopy of a
document prepared by voting officials of Chambers County, August 3, 1857,
verifying that John Cotton Cotter had sworn to his naturalization and thus eligibility
to vote in the election held August 3, 1857.
4
Bulletin issued
by The Alabama State Board of Health, 1918, titled “From Father to Son.” 6” x
9”, 10 pages.
5
March 1931
Telephone Directory for West Point, Ga. and Lanett, Ala. published by the Interstate Telephone Company.
6
Program of the
East Alabama Red Men and Pocahontas Convention held in Langdale, Alabama, March 12, 1927. 3 5/8” x 5
7/8” pamphlet containing the By-Laws governing Neoma Council , No. 6, Degree of Pocahontas Improved Order of Red
Men., Langdale; 1925; blue cover. 3 ¾” x 6” pamphlet
containing the By –Laws governing Osanippa Tribe, No. 40, Improved Order of Red Men, Langdale, 1925; red cover 4 ¼” x6 ½” pamphlet containing
the By-Laws of Neoma
Council, No.6; 1909; red cover, signature W. L. Morris inside cover. Opening Closing and Adoption Odes of Councils
Degree of Pocahontas Improved Order of Red Men. Book, 4 7/8” x 7 ½”, red cover.
7
Record book of
the RAM, Langdale Chapter No. 132, with a list of
members. 4 5/8” x 7” Time Book.
8
Magnolia Lodge
No. 516, West Point Mills, By Laws, 1906; 3 5/8” x 5 3/8” pamphlet, grey. Magnolia Lodge No. 516, pledges signed by members, 1922. (18) Member copies of
the By-Laws of Magnolia Lodge No. 516, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, Langdale,
Al, 1925; 3 ¼” x 5 7/8”, light blue cover. (3 copies)) Brief history of the
chapter and list of past master included. 2 ½” x 4” pamphlet of the Union Lodge
No. 28, F & A M, 1930; contains lodge history and list of members; light
blue. Program, chambers County Masonic Conference held August 14-15, 1925,
Shawmut, Alabama.
9
Ledger, 8”x 13 1/8”, handwritten title “Time
Book
Beginning July 18/71 Ending Nov18/72”
10
Callaway Baptist
Preachers 1789- 1953. Timothy Walton
Callaway, D.D. Published by the Fuller E. Callaway Foundation, Lagrange, Ga. 1953. 8” x 10 5/8”, black hardcover. Book is bowed,
title on front cover, partially worn away.
11
4 ¼” x 6 ¾” Hank
Book , WestPoint Manufacturing Co., Langdale, Alabama. Used for
membership records of Magnolia Lodge 516 AF & AM. Covers, very
tattered. Loose in booklet: Daily Loom Report for Langdale
Mill, 192-, blank; program for a Chambers County Masonic conference, August 22-23, 1930, Lafayette, Ala; poem titled
“The Ford Psalm”, newspaper clipping with articles dated Sept. 23,____on
“Merchant Minute Men”, and one of the death of
Edwin Earheart, father of Amelia Earheart.
12
Masonic Mutual
of Alabama 1919. 8th edition.
Includes an “Early History of Free masonry in Alabama” 3 5/8 x 5 ¼”, black leather (torn tattered) with
title and Masonic symbol in gold lettering.
13
Aetna Life Insurance policies covering
employees of the WestPoint Manufacturing Co., Langdale
Mill No.’s 329, 329-A, 329-B coverage for
W.L. Morris.
14
“Records of the
Sixth Great Sun Council of Alabama
Degree of Pocahontas.” Pamphlet, 6” x 9”, 1914.
15
7 ½” x 3”
receipt book, brown. Receipts to W.L. Morris for payment to the Orphans Fund
Account, 1921-1923.
16
Business card
from Demp’s Place, Langdale.
17
Scouts. 50th
Anniversary, Girl Scout Leader. March 1962.
Booklet, “50th anniversary of girl scouting, “1912-1962, 8 ¾ x 8 ¼, 32 pages ,b/w and
sepia pictures.
18
Drawing,
“Birthplace of Senator Hill.”
19
Reid family
chart, 1698-1964. 24” x 19” hand-drawn
genealogical chart. Prepared by Robert
H. Reid, Jacksonville, FL, 1964.
20
14” x 11” movie
poster (color) of “Gone With The Wind.” Corners
discolored from scotch tape, and discolored in places.
21
Virginia Smith,
biographical: Photo and cutline, Birmingham News, “Alabama’s Gracious Ladies,” 1/3/1954; feature article in the 11/7/93 Columbus
Ledger Enquirer.
22
Transcripts (typed,onionskin) of three letters from Annie Oslin Crawford
(daughter of Dr. Oslin, physician in CSA, West
Point, GA) to Miss Gladys Ozley, dated 9/21/1960,
4/10/1961, and 6/20/1961.
23
Chambers County School Messenger. Photocopy and original of V1 N5 – April
1924; VII N6 – March 1925; Original of V3 N1 – November 1925. Originals encased in mylar.24.
24
Color slides,
subjects include businesses, Burnt Village, the West Point Dam, Callaway Gardens, and businesses in West
Point.
25
Alabama
Historical Association. Copy of Historical Highway Markers in Alabama placed by The Alabama Historical Association,
1964(1), 1965(2). Article, “Canoeing on
the Coosa” by Marvin B. Small.
Programs of pilgrimages and Annual Meetings.
26
Alabama
Historical Association. Correspondence, 1959, 1966, 1969, 1970. List of Alabama forts, and dates of establishment. Photocopy, statement published in newspaper
by Alabamians who refused to sign the Ordinance of Seccession,
1861, handed out as souvenir of AHA fall meeting ,
1954.
27
Alabama
Historical Commission. Copy of enabling
legislation (bill) introduced before the Alabama Legislature. Copy of law following enactment. Press releases of AHC members and statewide
survey results; program for first and second annual meeting. Covered bridges survey results; list of Alabama places listed on the National Register of Historic;
list of Chambers County probate judges, 1833-1983. AHC
forms for surveys to be conducted on county level. AHC “Newsletter,” March & June, 1970.
28
Alabama
Historical Commission. Memoranda from
the AHC 1968-1970. Handwritten notes on
Historical Preservation Week.
29
Alabama
Historical Commission. Text of speeches
given on March 31, 1969 before the Alabama Historical Commission.
30
Alabama Hall of
Fame 1962. The Story of Its Origin and
of the Lives and Accomplishments of the Alabamians Elected to it. 8 ½” x 7” booklet.
31
Chambers County Commission. Photostat of minutes from the Commissioners Court 1833-1834.
Transcription of minutes from Commissioners Court Special Term, December 1, 1898.
32
Photocopies made
from microfilm copy of Chambers County Newspaper, Tribune, and East Alabamian,
1843.
33
Miscellaneous
collection of Chambers County history in various formats.
Sites of historic significance around the county. Paper on Standing Rock Bank; article of Five
Points. Copies(2) of E.G. Richards Reminiscenses of the Early Days in Chambers County; “Facts”
brochure; briefly sketched histories; brief history of state lottery used to
establish and support Southern Military Academy, photocopy np
cutline. Pc. photo, brief descript. Five Points
Consolidated School.
34
Chambers County. List of Chambers County Probate Judges 1833-1983; and Circuit Clerks 1833-1964. Grand Jury report, circ 1968, 1969. Correspondence and proposal from Phillip Fretwell regarding costs and methods of surveying and
mapping the land in Chambers County for Tax Office, Jan – June 1969. General highway may of the county, 1973.
35
Chambers County
Lake Development Committee correspondence (photocopy), and fact sheet.
36
Chambers County
Democratic Executive Committee, 1970 resolution; handwritten notes, undated.
37
“A Comprehensive
Water and Sewer
Plan Chambers County, Alabama.” 55 page, spiral –bound, 8 ½”x 11” plan, with
comprehensive maps, prepared by Delta Associates, Inc. , Columbus, GA and Phenix City , AL.
August, 1968.
38
Alabama
Conservancy, The. Environmental
Newsletter, 1969. 8 ½” x 14”, 2 pages.
39
Alabama
Sesquicentennial,
1819-1969; newspaper articles; press releases; sticker; “money,” stamp; graphic
images.
40
Alabama
Historical Society. Paper by Peter Brannon titled, “The Years of the Alabama Historical Society.” Reprinted breakfast talk, reprinted and bound
in 6” x 9” booklet, pale blue cover. Np article on Jacksonville and Calhoun Co.’s tour, 1966. Npa’s; William Davidson’s
presentation of paper to AHS and on reprint of article in Alabama Lawyer.
41
Alabama State
Department of Archives and History. Bulletin V.2N.1,
1925. Np feature 1967.
42
Program, Women’s
College of Alabama, 5th Annual Reception of the Brannon Historical Society to
the Alabama Anthropological Society, April 28, 1931.
43
Old Cahabal Npa, 1967, on clean-up effort of women in a rural statewide
cleanup sponsored by Alabama Farm
Bureau; brochures; booklet (5 7/8” x 8 ¾”): “A Glance at Old Cahaba, Alabama’s
Early Capital,” by Bert Neville, 1961.
See F98, Mirabeau Buonaparte
Lamar, who lived in Cahaba, circ 1819, and worked on The Cahaba Press. Repro. map drawn
1948 from original records, with legend and graphic inset of sites.
43-I Cahaba Historical Commission.
Correspondence between VBS and
M.L. Miles,
Secretary to the Commission; Resolution of the CHS; reprint of article from the
Selma Times Journal, 1960 regarding vandalism; promotional map of Old Cahaba.
44
Historic Homes
of Alabama. Includes a
postcard of “The Magnolia,” mimeographed, 11 page paper on “The Forks of
Cypress” and James Jackson; magazine article on “The Tyson Place,” brief
history and plans for restoration of “Bluff Hall;” First White House of the Confederacy.
45
Alabama
Constitution News article on discovery of original constitution; press release
and AHA materials on display of original constitution, 1969 in Huntsville, 150 years after signed. Copy of proposed amendment to the constitution(undated). List of signers of original.
.
46
Alabama
– Historical and Recreational Sites.
Literature, NpA; Booklets: “Places of
Historical Interest in Alabama;” “Alabama Heart of Dixie;” “Souvenir
Book of Alabama;” 6 pstcd: rural & industrial
Tuscumbia area; pstcd Lauderdale Co. Cthouse; psted Dothan parade; 2
bumper stickers; W.C.Handy Museum; “Y’all Come.” Alabama Today and Tomorrow, Feb. 1961; Russell Cave, feature; City of Mobile; Bellingraph
Gardens; City of Montgomery, flier and map; Gainesville, Alabama; misc. pstcds. Booklet: sites-Alabama’s Black Heritage. Significant architecture, and ante-bellum,
civil war and reconstruction era history, Jacksonville, Cleburne
and Calhoun Counties. C of C lit. and
civil war era reminiscences, Troy and Pike county.
Brochures, Ivy Green, birthplace Helen Keller. Sun mag. page, Jasmine Hill Gardens.
47
Alabama
Cities/Towns – Sesquecentennial Celebrations. News features, programs, fliers and a
brochure on sesquecentennial clelebrations in Demopolis, Huntsville, and Selma/Dallas county.
48
Alabama
Civil War Centennial Commission.
Minutes, meeting 10/11/1961; publication, 1963, by A.B. Moore titled: “Reasons for the
National Centennial Commemoration of the Civil War: Its Basic Objectives and Potential Values.” (2)
The Whitley Hotel, Montgomery, Alabama menu: “Civil
War Centennial Commemoration 1861-1961.”
“100 years Ago” news bits for Alabama Radio and
TV Stations, 1962-1964. Letter to VBS,
re Ft. Tyler;
undated memorandum, 8 ½” x 14” paper, from the
executive director of ACWCC. Newsletter, V4 N1, 1963. (4)
48-
a Alabama Civil War Centennial – Publications. “Civil War Centennial
Bulletin No. 1;” official Highway Map , 1961; “Manual for Alabamians;”
Booklets: “Some Notable Alabama Women During the Civil War,” 1962; “A Brief Story of Women’s
Role in the Confederacy,” 1964. “Brief
Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama During the Civil War,” 1962; “Location and Classification and Dates
of Military Events in Alabama, 1861-1865.” News release on acquisition of film on the C.S.S. Alabama.
49
Civil War
Centennial Commission. Newsletters
titled”100 Years After,” from May 1958 (1 nlt-1958) – 1964; 5 ½ “ x 8 ½”
booklet, “Guide for the Observance of the Centennial of the Civil war,” Sept.
1958; booklet by James I. Robertson, Jr.
titled “The Civil War,” (2)
50
Abraham Lincoln
Sesquicentennial Commission. “The Lincoln Sesquicentennial Intellligencer.”
1959. V1 N1 (Jan), V1 N2 (March)(2 copies, V1 N3 (june)(2
copies), V1 N4.
51
State of Alabama. “Report of
the Comptroller of Public Accounts, of THE STATE OF ALABAMA TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.” 1857. Montgomery : Smith and Hugher, Book and Job Printers. 5 ½” x 8 ¼” booklet
with foldouts. Discolored, signed top
right of title page. Photocopies of
sections giving tax/property information on the counties.
52
State of Alabama – Miscellaneous. “Alabama State Emblems; “Alabama Directory”
– 1955; History of admission to statehood, 1819, in np
article reprinting column of Judge Walter B. Jones. Varied np
articles: Column on murder of Albert
Patterson; U.S. Highway 431; Medicaid in the state, etc. Naming of new poet laureate, Bert Henderson.
(npa, undated).
53
Alabama-Georgia
– Covered Bridges. Includes photocopy of
REA publication The Poster with article on Glass
Bridge;e;postcard Sumpter Co. bridge.
54
Georgia – Historical sites, history. Pamphlets on “Fort Frederica,” “Midway
Colonial Museum.;” “Westville;”
Newspaper articles/features on Jekyll Island; Vann House; Georgia Folk Archives; Jarrett
Manor/Traveler’s Rest; Eagle Tavern; State of Georgia, circ 1825, map;
Lafayette in Georgia; Reprint of article “The Gold Rush in Georgia.”
55
Chambers County – Geographic history. Streams
and Water Mills. Bibby’s
Ferry, np feature.
Brief history Five Points, picture residence/Pcy.
56
Cusseta-Oakbowry-Mt. Jefferson area – history of area and
buildings; list of settlers in Cusseta before Indian Removal; handwritten
notes, Mt. Jefferson cemetery; list of volunteers, June 28, 1861, to
Confederate States military.
57
Chattahoochee River. Two typewritten papers and handwritten notes
by VBS. Article titles “The Future of
the Chattahoochee,” GEORGIA County Government Magazine, January 1966; newspaper
articles on history, and on proposed economic development; committee list of
the Georgia Commission for the Chattahoochee River, 1967; article, pollution:
brochure published by Chattahoochee River
Basin Development
Commission. Report from the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
titled “Preliminary Flood Plain Information Chattahoochee River
West Point Dam to Lake Harding.
.
57a Study
of the Potential Traffic for the Proposed River Navagation
Channel to Atlanta. Report
prepared by Conway Research Inc. for the Chattahoochee River Basin Development
Commission, 1967.
58
West Point Dam
and Reservoir. Papers, brochure on plans
for then recreation available at the West Point Reservoir; maps(2) – West Point
Reservoir ; Maps/diagrams of dam, river and reservoir; paper on acquisition of
property; newspaper articles on relocation of cemeteries and house necessitated
by dam; progress reports; dedication of dam, program of events; brief history
(1928-1974) by R. Shaefer Heard. Letters to press re Time Capsule for the West
Point Dam. Program and press release re
placement of first concrete at WP Dam.
Telegram of regrets from Sen. Herman Talmadge.
Press releases for various stages of dam completion. Npa on removal of
the Monroe Potts house, built circ 1850.
58a National Rivers and Harbors Congress. Brochure and
news release on appointment of R. Shaefer Heard as
member/ud.
59
Burnt Village Park. William Davidson address (2 copies);
photocopy of printed transcription of pre-1854 account of the burning of the
village; Progress Report III – August 1969; Manuscript for speech or article,
author unknown; newspaper articles; carbon of article written by Virginia Smith
for “East Alabama Today,” press release on recreational options available at
the park; flier with map descriping the park
campground, rules, reservations and rates.
60
Chambers County Hospital. Booklet(7” x 10 ¼”)
titled “Facts About Your New County Hospital, “10/29/61.(2 copies) Handwritten letter-to-editor, 1961.
61
Batson Memorial Hospital. Transcription
of program for unveiling of the portrait of the Honorable W.C.Batson,
June 11, 1939; carbon of a speech given at dedication; 2-page speech soliciting money for Easter
Seals/TB.
62
Chattahoochee Valley Hospital Society/Lanier Memorial Hospital. Fundraising letter from John Will Johnson,
President of the CVH Society; groundbreaking for the Chattahoochee Valley
Hospital (1948): program, carbon of remarks by J.W. Johnson
and WRLD broadcaster’s script, news story.
Dedication of hospital (1949):
speaker’s platform seating plan, dedication program; speech by John W.
Johnson.
63
Alabama-Georgia Valley Hospital
Society. Newspaper articles regarding formation and
activities of committee which resulted in formation of the society whose
function was merger of Valley and Lanier Memorial Hospitals. 6-part
newspaper series printing results of medical survey of the valley area
commissioned by the committee. 1966-1969. Photostatic
copy of lease between city of West Point and the Society Oct. 24, 1969.
64
Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society . Miscellaneous correspondence, letters dating
from 1959 – 1969; one letter, 1975.
65
Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society. Membership
and committee lists. Miscellaneous
papers on meetings; meeting notices; newspaper articles; script from VBS radio
program.
66
Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society – Publications.
Projects. Miscellaneous. Contains newspaper articles, booklets on
Benjamin Hawkins and the Valley Historical Scrapbook; mock-up of flier
promoting Battle of West Point centennial envelope; papers, etc. relating to
publications and promotion of publications of the CVHS. Copies, 100th commemoration Battle of West Point program.
67
Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society – Archaeological excavation of Burnt Village. Newsclippings and letter regarding project.
68
Valley Chamber
of Commerce. Np
articles; publications of the Industrial Development Committee, (1963 –
“Grouped for Growth”); “Economic Analysis of the Chattahoochee Valley,” 1969 survey report; promotional packet on Chambers Co. Industrial
Development Area; press release in conjunction with Centennial Celebration of
textile mills in area; handwritten notes; misc. items.
69
Chattahoochee
Valley Safety council. Press releases.
70
Valley Lions
Club. News photos; 25th anniversary
booklet, 1961; VBS-radio manuscripts for July 9 and 29th, 1959.
71
West Point
Manufacturing Company/West Point Pepperell.
1964 address by Joe L. Lanier, dedication historical marker in Langdale; program; press release. Organization, West Point Manufacturing Co.,
1880; Jno. D. Johnson’ name inside booklet. Carbon of letter to Ralph McGill from Julian
M. Longley defending textile mills, praising the West Point Manufacturing Co.
Printed “Address to the Stockholders” given by George H. Lanier, 1942 Blurb on WPMfgCO in
7/16/24 issue of Commerce and Finance.
Write-up on renovation of Langdale
Auditorium. Wine Coca, historical
sketch.
71-a West
Point Manufacturing – Mills NpA on events connected with specific mills; photographs
and post cards of schools, monuments, recreation centers, and infrastructure built by and because of
the Company, (Series #’s B503, 509, 510,
513, 515, 517) and lanett and Langdale
Parks. Post card of
the GHL Hospital; copy (front cover loose, in bad
repair) of “A Tale of Five Cities.” 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition
“Living and Working in the Valley.” Sample of
Riverdale Mill’s seal; memo paper from Langdale Mill. Npa on possibility
of selling mill houses to employees, 2/6/53.
71-b West Point Manufacturing Company – 75th and Centennial Celebration. Guidelines for civic groups; 93 copies , program carbon;
speech. Newcomen
address, “The First Seventy-Five Years of West Point Manufacturing Company 1880-1955;”The WESTPOINTER,
75th Anniversary edition.
71-c West Point Manufacturing Company –
Employee Awards. Fifty-Year
Club booklets 1947-1952; Service Pin Awards 1957, 1962, 1963. 1942 Award of Excellence to the Mills of the WPMfgCo, presentation booklet.
71-d .West Point Perrerell. 1967 Stock Listing – Columbus Ledger
Enguirer. 4/15/69 Employee News.
Capsuled history. Npa re
implementation of hearing conservation program. Annual Reports 1969 and 1974. Photo, John P. Howland, Chairman/CEO of West Point Pepperell. Comments of J.L.
Lanier, 1969 annual stockholders’ meeting ; quarterly
earnings, end 1969; vita, npa, Admiral Thomas H. Moorer’s speech to WPP stockholders.
71-e WPP-Friendly Half Hour. Program outline and b/w
8x10 photographs (2) with cutlines of program’s
musicians.
72
Chattahoochee Valley
Railway. CV Railway advertising card with map of line
from West Point to Bleeker on one side(2). Brief
history (1 page) of CV Railway history as written by A.L. Swint
in 1961(3). Schedule and wire service copy,
and letter re Special Train of the National Railway Historical Society from Atlanta to Bleeker, 4/1961. Valentine and letter from Lee Swint on CV Railway Co. letterhead; Lee Swint correspondence to stewardess met on trip. NpA on relocation
of offices.
73
Alabama
– School Intergration. Higher education: press releases regarding Auburn University and the Universitly of Alabama; secondary
education: Chambers County Board of
Education news release re plans for 1970-71 school year; Desegregation plan for
the lanett City Schools.
74
Georgia – School Intergration
– West Point Public Schools. 1968, letter from DHEW to superintendent of
schools to effect plans for desegregation through freedom-of-choice, inadequate;
March, 1969 – letter, notice of school desegregation, and forms from
superintendent of schools to parents re freedom-of-choice; photocopy of
December 1969 court order regarding desegregation.
75
Chattahoochee Valley Human Relations Forum. Meeting announcement;l news article.
76
Lafayette. Copy of National Register of Historic Places
Inventory – Nomination Form; photocopy of short paper on Lafayette Presbyterian
church; Pilgrimage programs; copies of “A Bird’s Eye View of Lafayette” and
“Chronicles of Lafayette, Alabama;”
feature article on courthouse; misc. news articles.
77
Langdale. Photocopy of houses recommended for inclusion
the Langdale Textile Mill Village Historic
District. News clippings, one on
dedication of the Draper Memorial Clock and Chimes.
78
Lanett. Brief sketch of Lanett’s history
; handwritten extract from the minutes of the Lanett City Council
meeting of Feb. 4, 1902 – Office of the Mayor letterhead; newspaper
editorial on Gilmer
Avenue. “Comprehensive Plan for LANETT, Alabama, “East Alabama Regional Planning and Development
Commission, covering
period 1978-2000; 116 pages with appendix.
79
Riverview. Photocopy of article of 1916 Riverview Boy
Scout Troup, “oldest in the Valley.” Npa on spelling
of name Photocopy
of transcript of Uncle Dan Sims’ memories of Riverview; photocopy of news
clipping on Thomas J. Goggans, Supt., Riverdale Mill.
80
Shawmut. Small booklet containing the history and
meaning of the word Shawmut. Np photo, construction of I-86 cutting through to Magnolia Road.
81
Tuscaloosa. Copy of pen and ink drawings and history of
the Tuscaloosa Female College and Park and the Central Female College, Tuscaloosa;
cover letter to Floyd Tillery.
82
Lee County. Photocopy of
registration form/National Register of Historic Places on the Franklin
Yarbrough jr., Store in Beaulah; handwritten notes on
communities in Lee Co.; “Historic Preservation Analysis Lee County, Alabama,”
June 1979. Npa’s: recounting earthquake of 1886; P.O.W. Camp, 1940’s; article on Beaulah family representing “Heart of Alabama,” 1965.
83
Randolph County. Letter to the editor from Co.
W.A. Handle. History of Randolph Co.,
handwritten in spiral-bound notebook, by Eugenia E. Smith Frost; script from
VBS radio program on Mrs. Alice Howell Casewell at
the age of 100 (1966); handwritten notes.
Typewritten segments: churches,
civil war in the county, Wedowee . Npa re loss of litigation
regarding county schools.
84
Tallapoosa County. Map of county; np article on the Graefenberg Medical College, established 1852, near Dadeville, by Philip Madison
Shepard.
85
Horseshoe Bend. Copy of
address on Battles of Horseshoe Bend given to Alabama Historical Association,
1966; photocopy of article on Horseshoe
Bend – Military Park; newspaper articles and features; postcards.
86
McCosh’s Mill. Letter to VMS from Marjorie Andrews
mentioning the mill; npa on destruction of the mill
by fire.
86-a Archival and Field Survey of McCosh’s Mill. West Point Lake, Alabama, 1979., report prepared by Gregory Jeane, Department of Geography, Auburn University.
87
Battle
of West Point .
Mimeographed copies of the poem written by Imogene Griggs Smith for the
50th Anniversary of the battle (1915); copies of the program for April 18, 1865
centennial commemoration; reprint of 1899 article by Dr. I.W. Griggs account of
the Battle; photocopy of new articles on 50th anniversary including that of yankee
veteran of the battle of West Point.
88
Confederate
Memorial Day/Confederate Monument[s].
Programs and newspaper articles on the observance of Confederate
Memorial Day; article on the history of the Confederate Monument, West Point