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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…

The Round House, known as the Little Round House, was originally the Guard House of the University, It was completed in 1860 and reflected the conversion of the university into a military campus. The conversion occurred on February 23, 1860, by an…

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…

A photograph of the University of Alabama campus with 3 buildings mentioned, Gorgas and Manly Hall are dormitories, Clark Hall is class rooms.

Clark Hall on the University of Alabama campus was designed by New Orleans architect William A. Freret…

Built in 1829, two years before the University of Alabama opened, the Gorgas House was the first structure on campus and one of the few to survive the Civil War. It was used as a guest house for visiting dignitaries and professors, as well as a…

The centuries-old oak tree graced the lawn of the Gorgas House on the university of Alabama campus until a windstorm took it down in the summer of 1982.

It had been one of the oldest landmarks on the campus of the university. The tree was named…

The University of Alabama homecoming parade proceeds down Greensboro Avenue on Nov. 24, 1951. The float has a big stew pot intended for the Florida Gators to be stewed by Red Drew Drive-In. Drew was coach of the Crimson Tide team.

Unfortunately,…

The Tuscaloosa High School Black Bears Club donated the lights for Denny Stadium (now Bryant-Denny Stadium) in 1948 so the school football team could play their night games there. Archivists at the Paul W. Bryant Museum said their best guess is that…

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…

A postcard of Little Hall which was named for Livingston native William “Bill” Gray Little (1873-1938), a transfer student who came to The University of Alabama in 1892 and became the father of Alabama football. When he arrived on campus, Little…