Frances C. Roberts at the time of her graduation from Alabama State Teachers College in Livingston, Alabama.
Academic costume
Graduation ceremonies
University of West Alabama
Roberts, Frances C.
Roberts received a Bachelor of Science from Alabama State Teachers College in 1937. The college is known today as the University of West Alabama.
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Photographs
Still Image
Frances C. Roberts at commencement at the University of Alabama.
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
Frances C. Roberts standing in front of a display of U.S. Army missiles at Redstone Arsenal.
Ballistic missiles
Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
Universities and colleges--Faculty
University of Alabama in Huntsville
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
Portrait photograph of Frances C. Roberts.
Portrait photographs
"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
Text
Official program of the Monte Sano State Park Celebration.
Pageants
State parks & reserves
Monte Sano State Park (Ala.)
Monte Sano Mountain (Huntsville, Ala.)
This celebration was held on the park's opening day. Events included a parade, an address given by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives William B. Bankhead, a history pageant, and a "Queen's Ball" that evening at the Russel Erskine Hotel. The program includes a description of the cabins, the "Legend of Monte Sano," a history of Huntsville, and a program for the history pageant, titled "The Parade of Progress."
Series 4, Subseries A, Box 13, Folder 32
Keepsakes
Programs
"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
"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
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.
Broadsides
Postcard of a woman, possibly Virginia Clay-Clopton, and companions.
Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915
The back of this real photo postcard reads, "Virginia Clay Clopton, age 90."
Postcards
Photographic postcards
Letter to James M. Adams, C. C. Clay, and William Acklen from Abner Tate.
Courts--United States--Cases
Evidence (Law)
Homicide Investigation
Trials (Murder)--United States
This letter, written on September 4, 1855, contains information regarding several murders the occurred at the [sic] House between 1841 and 1846, as reported by D. H. Bingham. He further details the arrest and imprisonment of a Mr. John Gordon in relation to the murders, and his appearing in court. Possible information regarding the burial of the murdered men are offered in the letter as well. The letter ends with Abner Tate discussing the validity of certain confessions as many "delight" in "destroying the reputations of others."
Tate, Abner
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 10
Correspondence
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
Depositions
Letter Regarding the Case and Barbora Hazle's Statements.
This letter, written on May 12, 1856, has several names that are illegible, including the author's. It is addressed to two men, the first being [Daniel] P. Pool, and is a lengthy letter in response to a letter received from Abner C. Wellborn and in particular, the supporting testimony of Barbara Hazel accusing Abner Tate of at least two murders. The author states that the credibility of Hazel's words should be questioned due to the several reasons he goes on to detail. Following the original letter, the author pens an amendment to include changes that occured since the original letter was written as Tate had made a recent publication during that time.
Testimony of a Resident of Elizabeth Routt as Requested by Abner Tate.
The author of this written statement is illegible. It appears that the first name of the author may be Francis but it being so faded, is difficult to discern. The author does state that he was living with Elizabeth Route at the time and managing her plantation, during which he became aquainted with Daniel H. Bingham. The written statement, recorded as the author was "called upon by Mr. Tate to state what my testimony was upon his trial...", details the interaction of the author with Bingham, who wished to marry Mrs. Routt, and Mrs. Routt, beginning in March 1854 through 1855.
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 12
The Note to Moore's Statement was signed A.T., alluding to the possibility that Abner Tate wrote this. The note discusses the testimony of Mrs. Willis and Colonal Sheid regarding a search for Sawyer, one of the murdered men. It traces Sawyer's known whereabouts prior to him going missing. The note claims that A.T. had never heard of Sawyer or Rein, the second victim, until August 1855.
Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 13
The letter to Abner Tate addresses the testimony of Barbara Hazel, confirming some parts but refuting more of it. It is clear that pages of the letter are missing as it ends in the middle of a sentence and has no author's signature on any page. Note: This could be Moore's statement which would match with the Note to Moore's Statement.
Deeds
Wages
This receipt is from October 1, 1852 and notes Scott's wages and the price of wheat bushels.
Scott, George W.
Receipts (financial records)
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