Papers, 1829-1969.

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Papers, 1829-1969.

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The collection centers on Landon Cabell Garland, professor of math, astronomy, and physics at the universities of Alabama and Mississippi and later chancellor of Vanderbilt University, and his granddaughter, Mary Lightfoot Garland, a public librarian of Lynchburg and Richmond, Va. L.C. Garland's papers consist entirely of typed transcripts and photocopies and include letters, 1830-1893, to his sister, Caroline Matilda (Garland) Garland, and other family members concerning his move to Tuscaloosa, Ala., family news, and his career; a letterbook, 1854-1855, and commonplace book, 1854, kept while he was president of the North East and South West Alabama Railroad Company, and a cookbook, ca. 1870, kept by his wife, Louisa Frances (Garland) Garland in Oxford, Miss. Mary's papers contain correspondence, 1890-1969, with friends and family members and genealogical notes. Her genealogical file for the Garland family includes two volumes of typescripts containing letters, 1874-1891 and 1847-1892, by L.C. Garland's wife and daughters. There is also a prayerbook that belonged to Jane Henry (Meredith) Garland.

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University of Alabama

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Garland family.

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Represented are Landon Cabell Garland (1810-1895), professor at the universities of Alabama and Mississippi and chancellor of Vanderbilt University; his wife, Louisa Frances (Garland) Garland (1812-1889); his sister, Caroline Matilda (Garland) Garland (1807-1902); and his granddaughter, Mary Lightfoot Garland (1871-1972) of Lynchburg and Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1829-1969. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 31752126 ...

Garland, Mary Lightfoot, 1871-1972.

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Garland, Landon C. (Landon Cabell), 1810-1895

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Landon Cabell Garland was born on 21 March 1810 in Nelson County, Virginia. After graduating with honors from Hampden-Sydney College, he taught chemistry and natural philosophy at Washington College (Lexington, Virginia) for approximately one year, and then taught chemistry and natural history at Randolph-Macon College, until being elected president of that institution in 1837. In 1854, he was chosen to be the next president of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ...

Garland, Caroline Matilda Garland, 1807-1920.

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Vanderbilt University.

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Garland, Caroline Matilda Garland, 1807-1902.

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North East and South West Alabama Railroad Company

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Garland, Louisa Frances Garland, 1812-1889.

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Garland, Jane Henry Meredith, 1776-1855.

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