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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.

          

 

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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.

             

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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               GeorgiaSchool  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