Frances C. Roberts at the time of her graduation from Alabama State Teachers College in Livingston, Alabama.
subject: Academic costume
subject: Graduation ceremonies
subject: University of West Alabama
subject: Roberts, Frances C.
description: Roberts received a Bachelor of Science from Alabama State Teachers College in 1937. The college is known today as the University of West Alabama.
creator: Roberts, Frances C.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1937
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Frances C. Roberts at commencement at the University of Alabama.
subject: Academic costume
subject: Graduation ceremonies
subject: University of Alabama
subject: Roberts, Frances C.
description: 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.
creator: Robinson, Gus
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1956-05
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Frances C. Roberts standing in front of a display of U.S. Army missiles at Redstone Arsenal.
subject: Ballistic missiles
subject: Redstone Arsenal (Ala.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
subject: Roberts, Frances C.
creator: Roberts, Frances C.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Frances C. Roberts at her desk.
subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
subject: Roberts, Frances C.
creator: Roberts, Frances C.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Frances C. Roberts delivering a speech.
subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
subject: Roberts, Frances C.
creator: Roberts, Frances C.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Photo of Frances C. Roberts.
subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty
subject: Honorary degrees
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
subject: Roberts, Frances C.
description: 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.
creator: Mercier, Michael
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1993-11-28
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Still Image

Portrait photograph of Frances C. Roberts.
subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty
subject: University of Alabama in Huntsville
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
subject: Roberts, Frances C.
creator: Roberts, Frances C.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Photographs
type: Portrait photographs
type: Still Image

"Farm Production and Marketing in Alabama: Committee Report on Alabama Farm Commodities and Appraisal of Marketing Facilities."
subject: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Extension Service
subject: Agriculture
subject: Farms--Alabama
creator: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Extension Service
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1943-03
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Circulars
type: Still Image
type: Text

Official program of the Monte Sano State Park Celebration.
subject: Pageants
subject: State parks & reserves
subject: Monte Sano State Park (Ala.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
subject: Monte Sano Mountain (Huntsville, Ala.)
description: 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."
source: Frances Roberts Collection
source: Series 4, Subseries A, Box 13, Folder 32
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1938-08-25
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relation: loc_robf_2018
language: en
type: Keepsakes
type: Programs
type: Still Image
type: Text

"Educational Lift-Off: Dedication 1969."
subject: Chaffee, Roger B., 1935-1967
subject: Grissom, Virgil I.
subject: White, Edward Higgins, II, 1930-1967
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Public schools
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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.
creator: Huntsville Public Schools
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
source: Series 2, Subseries H, Box 2
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1969-12-07
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relation: ap11_exhibit_2019_08
language: en
type: Programs
type: Text

"Call for a Madison County Mass Meeting, to Oppose the Ratification of the So-Called Constitution of Alabama."
subject: Constitutions--United States--States
subject: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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.
source: Frances Roberts Collection
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1868-01-06
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language: en
type: Broadsides
type: Text

Postcard of a woman, possibly Virginia Clay-Clopton, and companions.
subject: Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915
description: The back of this real photo postcard reads, "Virginia Clay Clopton, age 90."
source: Frances Roberts Collection
source: Series 4, Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 8
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1915 circa
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language: en
type: Postcards
type: Photographic postcards
type: Still Image

Letter to James M. Adams, C. C. Clay, and William Acklen from Abner Tate.
subject: Courts--United States--Cases
subject: Evidence (Law)
subject: Homicide Investigation
subject: Trials (Murder)--United States
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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."
creator: Tate, Abner
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts
source: Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 10
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1855-09-04
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relation: loc_robf_2021_03
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Statement Letter of D. H. Bingham.
subject: Courts--United States--Cases
subject: Evidence (Law)
subject: Homicide Investigation
subject: Trials (Murder)--United States
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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.
creator: Bingham, Daniel H.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts
source: Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 11
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1855-12-17
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relation: loc_robf_2021_03
language: en
type: Depositions
type: Text

Letter Regarding the Case and Barbora Hazle's Statements.
subject: Courts--United States--Cases
subject: Evidence (Law)
subject: Homicide Investigation
subject: Trials (Murder)--United States
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts
source: Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 11
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1856-05-12
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relation: loc_robf_2021_03
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Testimony of a Resident of Elizabeth Routt as Requested by Abner Tate.
subject: Courts--United States--Cases
subject: Evidence (Law)
subject: Homicide Investigation
subject: Trials (Murder)--United States
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts
source: Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 12
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1856-04-26
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relation: loc_robf_2021_03
language: en
type: Depositions
type: Text

Note to Moore's Statement.
subject: Courts--United States--Cases
subject: Evidence (Law)
subject: Homicide Investigation
subject: Trials (Murder)--United States
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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.
creator: Tate, Abner
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts
source: Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 13
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1856
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relation: loc_robf_2021_03
language: en
type: Depositions
type: Text

Letter to Abner Tate.
subject: Courts--United States--Cases
subject: Evidence (Law)
subject: Homicide Investigation
subject: Trials (Murder)--United States
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts
source: Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 13
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1856-04-20
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relation: loc_robf_2021_03
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Receipt of George W. Scott.
subject: Deeds
subject: Wages
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: This receipt is from October 1, 1852 and notes Scott's wages and the price of wheat bushels.
creator: Scott, George W.
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts
source: Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 13
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1852-10-01
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relation: loc_robf_2021_03
language: en
type: Receipts (financial records)
type: Text

Deed of Samuel Conner.
subject: Contracts for Deeds
subject: Evidence (Law)
subject: Property
subject: Hazel Green (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: 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.
creator: Conner, Samuel
source: Frances Cabaniss Roberts
source: Series I, Sub Series B, Box 4, Folder 14
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1843-06-19
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relation: loc_robf_2021_03
language: en
type: Deeds
type: Text