State institutions files, 1928-1935.

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Alabama. Governor (1931-1935 : Miller). State institutions files, 1928-1935.

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State institutions files, 1928-1935.

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The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities 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. These files were maintained by Governor Benjamin meek Miller, howerever, several of the files were first generated during the first administration of Governor Bibb Graves. The majority of the files provide information on the colleges and universities in the state. Among the state schools documented in these records are A ? Tuskegee Institute; and the State Teacher Colleges at Daphne, Florence, Jacksonville, Livingston, Montgomery, and Troy. There is also information on two private institutions, Marion Institute and the Kate Duncan Smith D.A.R. school at Grant. These records contain information on the state hospitals for patients with mental illness. The files include letters from patients and relatives of patients regarding conditions at the hospitals or whether or not an individual needed to be a patient in one of the hospitals. In addition to the hardships that existed at these state facilities due to the Depression, the records contain information regarding the labor union issue that occured at Bryce Hospital involving bricklayers and hospital staff. W. D. Partlow, the superintendent of the hospital system, corresponded wit Governor Miller and Governor Graves regarding this situation. Other state institutions documented in this series include the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, 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 Southern Industrial Institute, and the Alabama Vocational School for Girls at Birmingham.

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2 cubic ft. (2 records center cartons).

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6776119

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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