Record book and notes, 1878-1899.

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Record book and notes, 1878-1899.

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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.

1 oversize box.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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University of Alabama

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Hardaway, Robert Early, b.1858.

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Hardaway, Robert Archelaus, b.1829.

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Robert Archelaus Hardaway was born on 2 February 1829, in Morgan County, Ga., to Robert Stanfield and Martha Bibb Jarratt Hardaway. In 1833, the family moved to Columbus, Ga., and then moved again five years later to Summerville, Russell Co., Ala. After attending local schools, he briefly attended the College of Saint Joseph's at Spring Hill, Mobile, Ala., before entering Emory College at Oxford, Ga., in January 1845. After graduation in 1847, he was an officer in Seibel's Battalion...

Bibb, Richard, Major, d.1839.

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Hardaway, Martha Bibb Jarratt, 1805-1859.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Hardaway's Battalion.

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Hardaway family.

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Hardaway, Robert Stanfield, 1797-1875.

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Emory College

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Emory College was founded in 1836 by the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Early faculty members included Alexander Means, Gustavus John Orr, Osborne L. Smith, and George W. W. Stone. From the description of Emory College faculty records, 1847-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761669346 Emory College was chartered in 1836 to the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first librarian noted in Emory College records, in 1840, was George...

Bibb, Joseph B. Col., d.1868.

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Jarratt family

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St. Joseph's College (Mobile, Ala.)

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Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925

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George Washington Cable, an American author and critic, was born in New Orleans and fought for the South in the Civil War. His first collection of tales of life in the south was Old creole days (1879). In 1884 he went on a reading tour with Mark Twain. He moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1885. He is chiefly known for his early works describing picturesque Louisiana Creole life and courageous essays on civil rights. From the description of George Washington Cable papers, 1865-1918. (Pe...

Bibb family

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery Regiment. 1st.

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Hardaway, Rebecca Elizabeth Hurt, 1837-1887.

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Hardaway, Thomas, 1685-1745.

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Hurt family

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Hardaway, Benjamin Hurt, b.1866.

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Central Railroad (Mexico).

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