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In 1836, Baptists established the Alabama Female Atheneum which became a Methodist college called the Tuscaloosa Female College in 1854. This building housed the women's college for many years. Later, it was a site of a school for boys. The…

A description of the Tuskaloosa Male Academy at Stafford Place in Tuscaloosa, Ala., including prices of tuition and fees.

The document reads:

1880-1881, Tuscaloosa Male Academy, Stafford Place.

The exercises of this school will open on the…

Mrs. Margaret Reynolds Robertson stands to the left of her first grade class of 1961-62 at University Place Elementary School.

Row 1: Rodney Mills, Richard Montgomery, Glenn Britt, Horace Gene Hammond, Mike Jones, Vickie Rushing, Mike Wilson,…

Clara L. Verner dedicated her life to teaching and community work.

Beginning in 1901, she taught in the Tuscaloosa public schools for 51 years. She was principal of Tuscaloosa High School for 27 of those years and spent 7 years as director of…

Hattie Crawford's fourth-grade class at Verner Elementary School is seen during a field trip to The Tuscaloosa News. Front row kneeling, left to right: unknown, Gary Parham, Morris White, Lewis Dean, Bruce Lilly and Frankie Anderson. Second row:…

An advertisement for the Verner Military Institute scanned from the 1896 Corolla, the University of Alabama's yearbook.

Verner Military Institute was founded in October, 1877, as University High School by Professor William H. Verner. It was…

This booklet about the Verner Military Institute was prepared to describe the institute and its course of studies as well as to serve as a souvenir.Verner Military Institute was founded in October, 1877, as University High School by Professor William…

Verner Military Institute was founded in October, 1877, as University High School by Professor William H. Verner. It was designed to be a preparatory school for youths for the State University.

Its exercises were conducted in various parts of the…

Cadets from the Verner Military Institute

Verner Military Institute was founded in October, 1877, as University High School by Professor William H. Verner. It was designed to be a preparatory school for youths for the State University.

Its…

The Verner School second grade class photo from 1931 includes (front row, second from left) Mary Martha Hanley and (front row, extreme right) Mildred Hoggle (now Mildred Deslattes). On the back row (left to right) are Bill Noland, Billy Armstrong,…