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Author Mathews, Mary Chapman.

Title A mansion's memories / Mary Chapman Mathews
Published Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 132 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Acknowledgments; 1. Building a New House for a Young University, 1837-1855; 2. Surviving the Chaos of War, 1855-1878; 3. Rebuilding the Campus around the President's Home, 1878-1897; 4. Greeting a New Century, 1897-1911; 5. Cementing a Capstone, 1911-1942; 6. Battling for the Conscience of the University, an Angel for the House, 1942-1958; 7. Opening Doors to All of Alabama, 1958-1980; 8. Fostering Research and Restoration, 1981-2003; 9. Celebrating the Twenty-first Century, 2003-present; Appendix A: Presidents of the University
Summary An engaging history of The University of Alabama President's Mansion "Mathews has done an excellent job in putting on paper the lore of the house she so obviously learned to love."--Tuscaloosa News "The mansion has watched history for more than a century; it has overheard the conversations of its residents and guests; it has seen itself change architecturally on the outside and decoratively on the inside; it has witnessed the destruction of the Civil War, difficulties during both World Wars, and student demonstrations that accompanied the Vietnam War; and it has c
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Subject University of Alabama -- History
University of Alabama -- Buildings -- History
University of Alabama -- History. College presidents -- Alabama. University of Alabama -- Buildings -- History
SUBJECT University of Alabama fast
Subject College presidents -- Alabama
College presidents.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Buildings
College presidents
Alabama
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817382063
0817382062