Programs : state publication, 1925-1948.

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Programs : state publication, 1925-1948.

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This series contains programs and related material about various events celebrated at the School. Included are programs for a Christmas in 1925, a military contest sponsored by the Jefferson County Council of the American Legion in 1945, a centennial in honor of Thomas Greene Bush, a benefactor, in 1947, and a semi-centennial honoring Dr. and Mrs. David M. Weakley, the former a Superintendent of the School. The Centennial, illustrated by photographs of portraits of Mr. Bush, his wife Alberta Williams Bush, and the Bush Chapel at the School, contains biographical sketches of participants: Major General John C. Persons; Letitia McNeel Arant (Mrs. Douglas), Board president; Irene Jordan (Mrs. Arnold Caplan), Metropolitan Opera singer and born at the School where her father was Band Instructor and her mother taught violin; and Georgia Warren, New York artist and painter of the portraits. Biographies about Mr. and Mrs. Bush are also present. The Christmas Show was presented by the Lyric Theatre of Birmingham at the School with the Lyric Wonder Orchestra and B.F. Keith Artists. This program also contains photographs.

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Jefferson County Council of the American Legion (Ala.)

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Warren, Georgia.

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Weakley, David

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B.F. Keith Artists (Birmingham, Ala.)

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American legion

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Veteran's organization. From the description of Records, 1893-1927. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36805972 Association of veterans of American wars. Formed by a group of World War I officers, the American Legion is the world's largest veteran's organization. From the description of Records, 1960-1987. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 61206804 The American Legion was founded in 1919 by veterans returning from Europe after Worl...

Bush, Thomas Greene, 1847-1909.

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Bush Chapel (Birmingham, Ala.)

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Weakley, Mrs. David M.

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The Lyric Wonder Orchestra (Birmingham, Ala.)

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Bush, Alberta Williams, 1851-1930.

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Jordan, Irene, 1919-

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Alabama. Boys Industrial School.

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The Lyric Theatre (Birmingham, Ala.)

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Arant, Letitia McNeel.

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Persons, John Cecil, b.1888.

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