Scrapbooks, 1875-1947.

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Scrapbooks, 1875-1947.

Scrapbooks (1912-1947) of clippings of newspaper stories concerning the college, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service. Scrapbook One (1875-1910) contains commencement programs and programs for other college events.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7272971

Auburn University.

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Duggar, J. F. 1868-1945.

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Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama

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Alabama Cooperative Extension Service

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Corn and tomato clubs, which became the 4-H Clubs, were significant in the development of cooperative extension. The clubs involved boys and girls in competitive growing of stocks and crops, and exposed them to progressive farming techniques. From the description of Oral History Interviews, 1983. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 27990566 The Alabama Cooperative Extension Service is headquartered at Auburn University, with offices in each of the state's 67 counties. C...

Knapp, Bradford.

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Petrie, George, 1866-1947

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Alabama historian. Petrie was appointed professor of history at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University, in 1887. He served as academic dean from 1908 to 1921 and as graduate dean from 1921 until his retirement in 1942. Petrie wrote extensively on Alabama and Southern history, focusing on secession and the Civil War. Petrie's father, George Laurens Petrie, was minister of the Charlottesville (Va.) Presbyterian Church from 1872 to 1928. His grandfather, George Hollinshead Whitefield ...

Alabama Polytechnic Institute

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Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station

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Auburn university

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...

Dowell, Spright

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Dowell served as president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), 1920-28. Student and alumni discontent with his leadership forced him from office. From the description of Presidential Records and Personal Papers, 1917-1956. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 38292662 ...

Donahue, Michael J. (Michael Joseph), 1956-

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Thach, Charles Coleman, 1860-1921.

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Charles Coleman Thach, a native of Athens, Alabama, became a professor of English at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, later Auburn University in 1885. In 1902 he was named president and served until his retirement in 1919. From the description of Presidential Records : 1859-1924. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 442705932 ...

Funchess, Marion Jacob.

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Duncan, L. N. 1875-1947.

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