Artifact Collection, 1859-1995.

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Artifact Collection, 1859-1995.

Miscellaneous artifacts, including banners, pennants, buttons and pins, flags, trophies, engineering drawing tools, medals, R.O.T.C. rifles and bayonets, sabres, and seals. Also clothing, including caps and hats, R.O.T.C. uniforms, and t-shirts commemorating athletic events and special events. Most of the artifacts relate to Alabama Polytechnic Institute, later Auburn University.

140 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7334074

Auburn University.

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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...

Alabama Polytechnic Institute

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