Papers, 1844-1902.

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Papers, 1844-1902.

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Contains personal and professional correspondence, including articles, reports, and printed matter concerning higher education in the nineteenth century South. Broun's Civil War letters to his wife document his activities as an artilleryman, armory inspector, and arsenal commandant in Richmond, Virginia. Plantation records from Broun's family farm in Georgia reflect his life-long interest in agriculture. Also includes scrapbooks compiled after Broun's death.

7 lin. ft. (14 archives boxes, legal)

Auburn University.

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Auburn University.

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These slides were transferred to the Briscoe Center from the Harry Ransom Center in 2008. From the guide to the UT Color Slides Collection 2008-079., 1938-1965, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) These images were used for UT’s 75th Anniversary presentations in 1958. Many are copies of photographs in the Briscoe Center’s collections and are dated much earlier than the reproductions in this collection. From the guide to ...

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Broun, William Leroy, 1829-1902.

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Southern educator, agriculturalist, and Confederate officer. Established Bloomfield Academy (Va.) in 1856; served as superintendent of Richmond Arsenal, 1861-1865; taught at the University of Georgia, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Texas; and served as president of Auburn University, 1884-1902. Broun also owned a Georgia plantation, where he experimented with scientific agriculture. From the description of Papers, 1844-1902. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 2818...

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

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