Records, 1995-2002 bulk 2000-2002.

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Records, 1995-2002 bulk 2000-2002.

Consists of the records generated by the non-profit agency established to direct / coordinate events related to the year-long celebration of Mobile, Alabama's, tricentennial. Most of the records were accumulated by tricentennial office staff. They consist of general office files as well as the files of the president of the committee, meeting minutes, budgetary material, public relations files, banners, posters, and photographs, as well as various other documents. Of interest within the collection are a proposed time capsule, a copy of a 1902 poem about Mobile, plans for the development of Africatown, a proposed documentary on Cudjo Lewis, material related to the visit of the two-masted schooner Amistad, a reunion at Brookley Field, a bibliography of the history of Baldwin County, a report on the economic effect of the celebration, correspondence to/from Governor Don Siegleman, documents about Sail Mobile, material related to the greening of the city, and a variety of other material on a myriad of subjects.

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Mobile Tricentennial, Inc.

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Mobile Tricentennial, Inc. was formed in 1994 and tasked with planning the events and celebrations. At the time celebrations began, the group consisted of two paid staff members, six officers, and sixteen board members. Jay Higginbotham served as chairman of the group until the selection of Ann Bedsole as president in 1998. From the description of Records, 1995-2002 bulk 2000-2002. (University of South Alabama). WorldCat record id: 768995344 ...

Higginbotham, Jay, 1906-1973

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Bedsole, Ann Smith, 1930-

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