University of the State of Alabama, 1838
University of Alabama
State universities and colleges
The original university master plan featured an academic village centered on a park-like green. This 1838 engraving depicts what the campus would have looked like if the original plan had been finished. Only six of the buildings seen were ever constructed. At the center of the green was the Rotunda, the school's library and auditorium. Behind it is the Lyceum, the main academic building. Dorms line the sides.
Tuscaloosa News Archive
1838
Betty Slowe (Description)
Drawing
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The University of Alabama Advertisement, 1897
State universities and colleges
Advertisement for the University of Alabama for the session staring October 6, 1897, targeting Alabama residents, cadets, and women "of good character."
The Corolla, v. 4, 1897
The University of Alabama
The Corolla
The University of Alabama
1897
Paul W. Bryant Museum
Advertisement
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University of Alabama, circa 1905
State universities and colleges
A view across the today's Quad to Clark Hall on the University of Alabama campus.
Tuscaloosa News Archive
circa 1905
Betty Slowe (Description)
Postcard
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University of Alabama Woodland Scene, circa 1905
University of Alabama
Springs
Marr, William M.
This postcard shows people enjoying a day on Marr’s Spring. Named for William M. Marr, Marr's Spring was the water supply for the University for over 75 years. The site of Marr’s Spring was chosen by the Trustees of the University of Alabama to erect the campus buildings.
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Circa 1905
Jason Townsend (Description)
Postcard
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University of Alabama Advertisement, 1916
University of Alabama
This advertisement found in the 1916 "Black Warrior" yearbook for Tuscaloosa High School invites students to apply for admission to the University of Alabama, touting 100 instructors and 1,350 students. George H. Denny was president of the university. His daughter Frances was in the graduating class from Tuscaloosa High School at that time.
Paula Burnum
1916
Betty Slowe (Description)
Advertisement
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University of Alabama in the Snow, 1934
University of Alabama
Denny Chimes and the campus of the University of Alabama following a March snowfall.
Denny Chimes, on the Quad at the University of Alabama, was built in 1929 to honor longtime University of Alabama President George H. Denny, who served as the president from 1911-1936 and then briefly in 1942.
Money was raised by students to build the tower to honor Dr. Denny and it was dedicated on May 27, 1929 with Alabama Gov. Bibb Graves in attendance.
Kelly Bruce
Kelly Bruce
March 19, 1934
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Kelly Bruce
Photograph
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Aerial Photo of the University of Alabama, circa 1960
State universities and colleges
An aerial picture of the University of Alabama including what was then Denny Stadium.
Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama
Circa 1960
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Photograph
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Aerial View of University of Alabama Campus and Stadium
State universities and colleges
Stadiums
Aerial view of the campus and Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama.
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Betty Slowe (Description)
Photograph
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Aerial View of Woods Quad
University of Alabama
Aerial view of Woods Quad on the University of Alabama campus. The buildings are from left to right in the front, Manly Hall, Clark Hall, and Garland Hall. Woods Hall is the building along the back of the Quad.
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Elizabeth Bradt (Description)
Photograph
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
Alabama Museum of Natural History, Smith Hall, 1928
University of Alabama
Museums
Smith, Eugene Allen, 1841-1927
The Alabama Museum of Natural History, with thousands of invaluable specimens from all lines of scientific research, is a lasting monument to the energy, labor and love exhibited by Dr. Eugene Allen Smith. He was appointed as state geologist in 1873 and Dr. Smith spent nearly 40 years surveying, mapping and collecting scientific specimens throughout the state of Alabama.
According to historic records, the cornerstone for Smith Hall was laid on May 28, 1907. Alumni President Hill Ferguson placed in the cornerstone “documents and souvenirs which would help some yet unborn generation glimpse the glory of the day.” The construction of Smith Hall was completed in the fall of 1909 and it was “formally dedicated with appropriate pomp and ceremony at Commencement, May 5, 1910.”
Smith Hall consists of a three-story central section built to house the Alabama Museum of Natural History, and has a two-story north and south wing. The north wing originally housed the Department of Biology and the matching south wing was for the Department of Geology. Both wings still contain classrooms and labs used by students today. The basement currently houses the Museum’s teaching collections and field research equipment.
https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/about-the-museum/
Ian Crawford
1928
Elizabeth Bradt (Description)
Photograph
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