State institutions files, 1937-1942.

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Alabama. Governor (1939-1943 : Dixon). State institutions files, 1937-1942.

Title

State institutions files, 1937-1942.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380855

Abstract

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activites used to accomplish this function is the administering of executive decisions and actions. This series consists of correspondence, reports, telegrams, agendas, newspaper clippings, and various publications regarding colleges, universities, reform schools, state hospitals, and other institutions funded by the state of Alabama. Most of the routine correspondence was handled by Roland Mushat, Governor Frank Dixon's secretary. The majority of the files provide information on the colleges and universities in the state. In addition to the two largest institutions, the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, the state maintained Alabama College in Montevallo; A ? Tuskegee Institute; and the state normal schools at Daphne, Florence, Jacksonville, Livingston, Montgomery, and Troy. Events of special note include the death of University of Alabama president Richard C. Foster in 1941 Nov. Retired president George H. Denny, the University Chancellor, served as president of the school until Raymond R. Paty was installed in 1942 Aug. Alabama College at Montevallo dedicated two new buildings, Julia Tutwiler Hall and B.B. Comer Hall, on 1940 Apr. 25. The files also contain Six-Year Capital Improvement Program project reports on other repairs and improvements made at the Montevallo campus. A bulletin entitled "Alabama Women and Their Employers, 1938-1939" by Dr. Minnie L. Steckel is also contained in the Alabama College files. This bulletin was the third in a series published by the college in collaboration with the Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women Clubs. The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind records contain a brochure written by President J. S. Ganey on the history of the school. In 1940 June, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved WPA projects for the school Also in 1940, Governor Dixon requested a survey of the institute by Dr. Percival Hall, president of Gallaudet College. This survey was released in the fall of 1940 and contains photographs as well as detailed narrative regarding needed improvements. The files also contain photographs of Dixon with students at the institute. This series also contains reports and correspondence on the Alabama Insane Hospitals. In addition to correspondence with W.D. Partlow, superintendent of the entire system, there is correspondence from patients at the hospitals and family members of patients. There is also information on the Alabama Citizens' Committee to Serve in the Interest of the State Hospitals and Public Health, including correspondence from the organization's secretary, Hobson Owen Murfee. Other state institutions documented in this series include the Alabama Boys Industrial School at East Lake, the Alabama Reform School for Negro Boys at Mt. Meigs, the Alabama School of Trades at Gadsden, the Alabama Bocational School for Girls at Birmingham, and the Alabama Training School for Girls.

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3.3 cubic ft. (4 records center cartons).

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6696890

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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