Correspondence, 1902.

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Correspondence, 1902.

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This collection contains correspondence during Abercrombie's tenure as Supt. of Education and letters of congratulations on his election to the University of Alabama presidency. Abercrombie's correspondents include national and state educators and prominent figures such as William Bankhead, Sidney Bowie, Wallace Buttrick, William H. Councill, Robert Fulton, John Massey, Edgar G. Murphy, O. D. Street, William S. Wyman, and Charles C. Thach. The correspondence gives a glimpse of the condition of public education in Alabama at the turn of the century.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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University of Alabama

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Bankhead, William Brockman, 1874-1940

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William Bankhead (1874-1940) was a member of one of Alabama's most important political families and served as Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives. He took an active role in passing Depression-era and New Deal legislation and sided with Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in opposing isolationists in Congress as World War II loomed on the horizon. He was also the father of controversial actress Tallulah Bankhead and uncle to politician and businessman Walter William Bankhead. William Brockma...

Wyman, William Stokes, 1830-1915

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Alabama. Superintendent of Education.

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Fulton, Robert I. (Robert Irving), 1855-1916

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Bowie, Sidney.

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Buttrick, Wallace, 1853-1926

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Wallace Buttrick was a Baptist minister who served as secretary (1920-1917), president (1917-1923), and chairman (1923-1926) of the General Education Board, and as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation (1917-1926). From the description of Papers, 1888-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536639 ...

Abercrombie, John W. (John William), 1866-1940.

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John William Abercrombie attended the University of Ala. and graduated in 1888. He became active in the area of education, was principal of numerous secondary schools and was elected as the State Superintendent of Schools (1898-1902). He also served in the Ala. State legislature (1896-1899), as President of the University of Ala. (1902-1911), and as a Congressional Representative (1914-1917). He authored several books and pamphlets, and was a member of numerous education...

Thach, Charles C.

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Murphy, Edgar Gardner, 1869-1913

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Episcopal clergyman, publicist, executive secretary of the Southern Education Board, 1903-1908, author, and amateur astronomer. From the description of Edgar Gardner Murphy papers, 1893-1913. WorldCat record id: 24439055 Edgar Gardner Murphy was born in Fort Smith, Ark., and grew up there and in San Antonio, Tex. From 1891 to 1903, Murphy was a practicing Episcopal clergyman in San Antonio; Laredo, Tex.; Chillicothe, Ohio; Kingston, N.Y.; and Montgomery, Ala. In 1903, he lef...

Councill, W. H. (William Hooper), 1848-

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Massey, John, b.1834.

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John Massey was a prominent Ala. educator who was president of the Ala. Conference Female College in Tuskegee, Ala. from 1876-1909. From the description of Letters, 1892-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122538434 ...

Street, Oliver Day, 1866-1944.

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Oliver Day Street was a prominent Ala. lawyer and U.S. District attorney who was extremely active in the Republican Party. Street also authored a wide variety of publications on Ala. history and freemasonry. From the description of Papers, 1836-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145409642 ...