Scrapbooks, 1954-1958.

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Scrapbooks, 1954-1958.

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The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. As a record of activities, the governor may require that a scrapbook be maintained. This series consists of scrapbooks consisting primarily of photographs, newspaper articles, editorials, and cartoons relating to the Governor's Office. Typical subjects covered by these scrapbooks include the governor's inauguration, public health in the state, price wars, grant funding, state budget, general fund concerns, unemployment, legislation, gubernatorial vetoes of legislation, taxes, the misuse of public funds, racial violence, and education. One album was a gift to the governor from Mrs. Robert M. Henry and pays tribute to his political career up to his inauguration in 1955.

ca.12 cubic ft. (17 volumes).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Governor (1955-1959 : Folsom).

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Folsom, James Elisha

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James E. Folsom was born 1908 Oct. 9 to Joshua Marion and Eulala Cornelia Dunnavant Folsom in Farmer's Academy, Coffee County, Ala. When he was two the Folsom family moved to Elba. James E. was the sixth of seven children. Folsom attended public schools and attended both the University of Ala. and Howard College for short stints in the years 1927-1929. During the Depression Folsom worked in the Civil Works Administration, heading up the Marshall Co. office until 1934. He...