"Call for a Madison County Mass Meeting, to Oppose the Ratification of the So-Called Constitution of Alabama."
Constitutions--United States--States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
This broadside was published by conservative Alabamians in opposition to the 1868 Alabama constitution, known as the "Reconstruction Constitution." The constitution was revised by the constitutional convention on November 5, 1867, and ratified in 1868.
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Broadsides
Text
"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
"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
Circulars
Still Image
"Frances Cabaniss Roberts: Her Life and Legacy."
Grimsley, Reagan L.
Reidy, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward)
Waring, Stephen P.
Alabama--History
Universities and colleges--Faculty
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Roberts, Frances C.
This virtual talk includes a lecture from Dr. Tom Reidy, editor of the 2020 edition of Frances Roberts' 1956 dissertation, with comments and moderation by UAH Head of Archives and Special Collections Reagan Grimsley and History Department Chair Stephen Waring. The talk was given as part of an Alabama Humanities Alliance grant, in partnership with the UAH M. Louis Salmon Library, the UAH Humanities Center, and the UAH History Department.
Webinars
Moving Image
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"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.)
"HOTEL MONTE SANO, Near Huntsville, Ala."
Advertising--Hotels
Health and hygiene
Health resorts--United States
This pamphlet announces the opening of the Hotel Monte Sano on June 1, 1887 and lists the manager as "Mr. S.E. Bates." The first section of the pamphlet includes a brief history of Huntsville and a description of the city's amenities. The author extolls the health advantages of Huntsville as "most healthfully situated at the base of Monte Sano" and describes the city's lack of recent disease outbreaks. The second section of the pamphlet details the Hotel Monte Sano's furnishings and amenities. The author emphasizes the "healthful" environs of the mountain and the hotel and includes letters from Huntsville's "eminent physicians" as testimonials. The pamphlet includes illustrations of scenes from Huntsville and Monte Sano.
North Alabama Improvement Company
Series 4, Subseries A, Box 13, Folder 33A
Pamphlets
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
1898 Chancery Court document appointing Fannie Cabaniss as Register in Chancery, signed by Chancellor William T. Simpson.
County courts
Cabaniss, Frances S.
Documents
Chaney Delivery Wagon in Huntsville Parker article, 1955.
Cheney, M.G.
Halsey, W.L.
Grocers
Merrimack Mill
This is an image of page 20 from The Huntsville Parker Historical Edition from September 1955. The Huntsville Parker was the Merrimack Manufacturing Company's newspaper in Huntsville, Alabama. This page is titled "Business Establishments" and the images featured are titled "At Dinner in 1906" and "Chaney Deliver Wagon." The article on this page is about the history of the general store in Merrimack Mill Village.
The Huntsville Parker
Contracts for Deeds
Evidence (Law)
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
Courts--United States--Cases
Homicide Investigation
Trials (Murder)--United States
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.
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 20
Depositions
Nancy Whitaker acted as a witness for the defendant, Abner Tate. Nancy responds to questions about Alexander Jeffries, her father, and Elizabeth Routt. She expresses her belief that her father was poisoned by Routt though she was not present until the morning after he died. Nancy details the dark color of her father's body and how it was swollen and "unnatural" in appearance. She also includes the rumors she has heard regarding several charges brought against Routt. She concludes by stating that it is her opinion that Routt is guilty in the case of her father's death.
Whitaker, Nancy
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 23
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
Depositions of Joseph Whitaker and Newton Whitaker.
The Whitakers were witnesses for the defendant, Abner Tate. Joseph Whitaker's deposition is first. He answers questions regarding Elizabeth Routt and her husbands, particularly the death of Alexander Jeffries. Joseph states that it is his opinion that Jeffries was poisoned. He also states that rumors have spread that she had ordered a slave to murder Abner Tate. Newton Whitaker's desposition is second. He also answers questions regarding Elizabeth Routt and her husbands, including the death of Alexander Jeffries. Newton states that he is also of the opinion that Jeffries was poisoned. Like Joseph, he also adds that she is said to have destroyed the lives of her husbands, stole cotton, and sought to harm Abner Tate.
Whitaker, Joseph
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 22
Depositions of William Ashworth and Thomas O. Gill.
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
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
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
Baeske, Glenn W.
Photographs
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
Frances C. Roberts at commencement at the University of Alabama.
Academic costume
Graduation ceremonies
University of Alabama
This photo was taken at the time of Roberts' doctoral graduation from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in history from the University of Alabama. On either side of her are Howard C. Elliot, Jr., Ph.D. in biochemistry, and Elmer Dean Calloway, Ph.D. in chemistry.
Robinson, Gus