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Hardaway, Robert Archelaus, b.1829. Record book and notes, 1878-1899.

Title: Record book and notes, 1878-1899.

This collection consists of a 370-page typescript record book and a folder of loose pages belonging to Robert Archelaus Hardaway. The record book is probably a typed copy of a scrapbook of handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. It contains chiefly genealogical information on the Hardaways, Bibbs, Jarratts, and allied families. The information was drawn from his father's recollections, family records, correspondence with other relatives, and numerous obituaries which are reprinted in full. Hardaway began the record book on 28 September 1878 and added to it sporadically over the next twenty years with the latest date being 1899. It includes his memoirs from childhood until the Civil War. Of particular interest, in recording his college days, he wrote descriptions of many of his classmates from St. Joseph's College at Spring Hill, Ala., and Emory College at Oxford, Ga., in the mid-1840s. He also kept a diary while working for the Central Railroad in Mexico from September 1881 to July 1882. Among the typescripts of newspaper clippings are some concerning the history of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University) and the University of Alabama. Other noteworthy newspaper articles include: "George Washington Cable," by R.A. Hardaway; "Condition of the South," by R.A. Hardaway; "Northern Radical History," Montgomery Advertiser, 9 April 1872; "Weed's Regulars Worked Their Pieces Beautifully" [newspaper account of Seven Days battle near Richmond, June 26 - July 1, 1862]; "Use of the Aneroid / In the Location of an Alabama Railway," Montgomery Advertiser; "The Fate of Negro Colony Started by Major Bibb Fifty Years Ago," Nashville American; "Col. Bibb / A Tribute to a Gallant Soldier / And Interesting Reminiscences of the 'Lost Cause.'" The loose pages consist of handwritten and typed notes on the Bibb, Jarratt, and Hurt families and a summary of Robert A. Hardaway's military career.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize box.

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