"Farm Production and Marketing in Alabama: Committee Report on Alabama Farm Commodities and Appraisal of Marketing Facilities."
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Extension Service
Agriculture
Farms--Alabama
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Depositions of William Ashworth and Thomas O. Gill.
Courts--United States--Cases
Evidence (Law)
Homicide Investigation
Trials (Murder)--United States
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
Ashworth and Gill are witnesses for the defendant, Abner Tate. Ashworth's deposition is first. He answers questions regarding Elizabeth Routt and her husbands, particularly of her character and what others said and thought of her. He includes at the end that he has heard of her destroying the lives of her husbands, stealing cotton by way of her slaves, and was accused of having one of her slaves shoot Abner Tate. Thomas O. Gill's deposition follows. He is asked about Elizabeth Routt and her husbands as well, including her character and what others said and thought of her. Gill also confirms hearing of the "great many charges alleged against her." Gill is then cross examined by the plantiff's, Elizabeth Routt, counsel. He is asked whether the charges against her character are of his knowledge or the publics'. Gill names those whom he heard the information from and admits that the charges were rumors rather than facts. He also details the pamphlet written by Abner Tate that he received from an unknown sender. He was also asked about the sicknesses of Routt's husbands and the attending physicians which he was unable to answer.
Ashworth, William
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 21
Depositions
Frances Roberts and UAH president John Wright with the Roberts Hall dedication plaque.
Wright, John
College buildings
Universities and colleges--Faculty
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Roberts, Frances C.
Baeske, Glenn W.
Photographs
Dorothy Adair, Lynn Jones, Frances Roberts, and Harvie P. Jones stand outside Roberts' home at 603 Randolph Avenue in Huntsville.
Adair, Dorothy
Jones, Marilyn M.
Jones, Harvie P.
Historic buildings
This is the statement of Daniel H. Bingham taken in December of 1855 regarding a murder that occurred in Alabama that occured in 1842. In his statement, D. H. Bingham accuses Abner Tate of the murder of one Jonathan K. Rier of Tuscaloosa. He also accuses Tate's slave, George Cabiness, of aiding and abetting in the committing of the crime. Following Bingham's statement, a statement of support is taken from Barbara Hazel placing a "stranger" in the home of Abner Tate the night of the murder. The next page is a second statement given by D. H. Bingham regarding the murder of Charles B. Sawyer of Coffee County, Tennessee and accusing Abner Tate and his slave, George Cabiness of the crime. His statement is followed by the witness, Barbara Hazel's statement that placed the victim in the home of Abner Tate.
Bingham, Daniel H.
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 11
Letterhead from the office of Fannie Cabaniss, Madison County Register in Chancery.
County courts
Letterheads
Cabaniss, Frances S.
Contracts for Deeds
Property
Hazel Green (Ala.)
This deed was created and finalized on June 19, 1843 between Samuel Conner and Elizabeth Routt (then High) following the death of her third husband, Alexander Jeffries. This indenture gives Samuel Conner a sum of two hundred and thirty seven dollars for a parcel of land. The land would be the Jeffries plantation that Elizabeth would live on until after the death of her sixth husband, Willis Routt, and following the dismissal of her lawsuit against Abner Tate.
Conner, Samuel
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 14
Deeds
Letter to Abner Tate from William Conner.
Macon (Miss.)
This letter is William M. Conner's statement as written to Abner Tate. In this statement, Conner refutes Mrs. Hazel's testimony stating that he has never threatened to "cow hide" anyone. Furthermore, Conner writes that his wife "says most positively" that Mrs. Hazel never requested her to "examine her bundle the day before she left her mother's."
Conner, William M.
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 15
Correspondence
Depositions of Daniel Curry and Polly Curry.
The depositions include the questions asked and the answer. Daniel Curry's deposition is first. The questions regard Elizabeth Routt and her husbands, particularly her third, Alexander Jeffries, whom Daniel Curry knew well. He details his death, claiming he saw him the day he died and he did not appear sick at that time. Later questions interrogate Curry about Routt's character and ability to murder her husbands. Polly Curry was asked the same questions as her husband. Her responses were similar. She stated that Routt was well thought of prior to the death of her third husband, Jeffries, the lost her good standing after that. Polly adds that she heard Routt say that she was glad her second husband was dead following his death and that she wished her last husband, Mr. Routt, was also dead so she could "live in peace." She also includes the rumors that Mrs. Routt was "too intimate" and charged with sleeping with two of her slaves, and had stolen cotton previously.
Curry, Daniel
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 20
As a witness for the defendant, Abner Tate, Dr. Davies' deposition includes a list of the questions asked and the corresponding answers on the blue document. Davies is asked about Elizabeth Routt and her husbands, particularly Alexander Jeffries. Dr. Davies is asked his professional medical opinion about the cause of death to which he states was believed to be from "inflamation of the stomach and perhaps the bowels." Dr. Davies also states that he believed him to have been sick approximately six to eight weeks. He also compares the symptoms of Jeffries and Brown, Routt's fifth husband.
Davies, Gabriel S.
Proclamation from Gov. Jim Folsom announcing December 12, 1993 as Dr. Frances Roberts Day.
Proclamations
Gainesville (Ala.)
Folsom issued the proclamation on the same day that Roberts received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The text of the proclamation commends Roberts' service to the university and the community, noting that "Dr. Roberts combined her job of teaching, research and service with a much broader sense of responsibility which led her to do above and beyond what she was asked."
Folsom, James Elisha, Jr.
The deposition of T. O. Gill. In his statement, Gill calls for a retrial at this document certifies that despite Mrs. Hazel's statement, Abner Tate's kitchen could not be seen from any part of the porch. The statement further details other areas of the house pertaining to the witness's statement.
Gill, T. O.
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 16
Lost Cause mythology
Soldiers' monuments--Southern States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Published on Thanksgiving Day 1900, this issue of the Tribune includes stories, songs, and poetry; lists of dead Confederate soldiers from Huntsville and Madison Count; and coverage of the erection of the Confederate monument in downtown Huntsville. Much discussion is made as well of the "Lost Cause," a mythology that perpetuates the belief that the cause of the Confederate States was noble and just and denies that slavery played the central role in secession. Includes columns written by Virginia Clay-Clopton and John Tyler Morgan.
Huntsville Tribune
Newspapers
"Educational Lift-Off: Dedication 1969."
Chaffee, Roger B., 1935-1967
Grissom, Virgil I.
White, Edward Higgins, II, 1930-1967
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Public schools
The program dedicates three new Huntsville schools, each named for a member of the Apollo crew that died in the pad fire of February 21, 1967. This program was included in one of two scrapbooks that Christel and George McCanless made for UAH history professor Frances Roberts in 1969.
Huntsville Public Schools
Programs
"Groundbreaking Ceremony: Constitution Hall Park."
Constitution Hall Park (Huntsville, Ala.)
Open-air museums
Speakers included James Record, Frances Roberts, and Huntsville Mayor Joe Davis, with an invocation by Rev. Donald L. Bailey and a benediction by Rev. Lee Hudson. The program includes a map of Constitution Hall Park.
Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society (Ala.)
Letter from Rep. Bob Jones in Washington, D.C. to Frances Roberts in Huntsville, Alabama.
Jones, Robert Emmett, 1912-1997
Student activities
Huntsville High School (Ala.)
In this letter, Jones thanks Roberts, then a history teacher at Huntsville High School, for the opportunity to meet her students on their recent trip to Washington, D.C.
Excerpt from the Livingston High School "Annus Mirabilis" yearbook, 1932.
High school students
School yearbooks
Livingston (Ala.)
This page includes the photo of Frances Roberts, who later became a UAH history professor and the namesake of Roberts Hall. Roberts was a Senior II, or a junior, in high school at the time of this yearbook's printing.
Livingston High School (Ala.)
View the yearbook in HistoryBox
Yearbooks
McCall Pattern no. 9308, Ladies' Sack Night Gown.
Dressmaking--Patterns
Sewing
Made for a size 32-inch bust, this nightgown pattern includes five pieces for the front, back, collar, sleeve, and sleeveband. The pattern does not include pieces for the yoke. The front of the pattern envelope lists the material required for each size, and the back describes garment construction. The pattern pieces are unprinted.
McCall Pattern Company
Sewing patterns
Honorary degrees
Photo from the Huntsville Times. The photo was taken for an article about the honorary doctor of humane letters that Roberts received from UAH on December 12, 1993.
Mercier, Michael
Letter from John R. Morton to Frances C. Roberts in Huntsville, Alabama.
Morton, John R.
College teaching
The letter notifies Roberts of her appointment as an instructor in history at the University of Alabama Huntsville Center. Morton notes that Roberts was to receive an honorarium of $200 for teaching January 6-March 20, 1950.