UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • loc_mshc_0000032_web.pdf

    The hotel opened on June 1, 1887 as a luxury health resort. It was built by the North Alabama Improvement Company with funding from Michael and James O'Shaughnessy. The hotel closed in 1900 and was demolished in 1944.
  • spc_dann_000222.mp4

    Clip shows the Dannenbergs (Konrad, Klaus, Betty, Ingeborg, and Kerry) celebrating Christmas. The family is shown lounging around a living room talking as Klaus plays with Kerry. Winter 1967.
  • spc_dann_000223.mp4

    Klaus, Kerry, Betty, and Ingeborg Dannenberg are shown opening presents around a Christmas tree. Winter 1967.
  • spc_dann_000224.mp4

    Footage of Klaus, Kerry, Ingeborg, and Betty Dannenberg relaxing around the Christmas tree. The video focuses mostly on Kerry and the Dannenbergs' new dog, a black terrier named McDuff. Winter 1967.
  • spc_dann_000317.mp4

    Klaus plays with other children and trims a rose bush with Ingeborg. Arrival of "Lilo and family", play with a small child in the front yard. Klaus takes a trip the playground and Monte Sano to hike and shoot his BB gun.
  • loc_mshc_0000033_web.pdf

    This photo shows a scene at Lily Lake on the grounds of Col. James O'Shaughnessy's home on Monte Sano. According to the Historic Huntsville Quarterly, the structure in the foreground of the photo is a "four-tiered vertical framework covered with ivy, and reaching an impressive height of twelve feet or so."
  • monte_sano_1889_web.pdf

    Drawn for the North Ala. Improvement Co., the map details various natural features of Monte Sano, the James F. O'Shaughnessy estate "Mountain Villa," the Hotel Monte Sano, the community of Viduta, and the Monte Sano Railway.
  • spc_dann_000181.mp4

    Outdoor shots of a snowstorm on Monte Sano outside of Huntsville, Alabama. Of note are the numerous icicles hanging from power lines and tree branches. Winter 1960.
  • spc_dann_000182.mp4

    Survey of damage from snowstorm. Shown is the property in and around the Dannenbergs' house and the roads nearby. Winter 1960.
  • monte_sano_1938_web.pdf

    The map notes park roads, buildings, telephone lines, trails, overlooks, and cliffs, and includes drawings of picnic and camping areas, a pool, and a lodge. Locations such as Inspiration Point, the former site of the Monte Sano Hotel, Natural Well, O'Shaughnessy Point, the fire tower, and the C.C.C. camp are marked. The map was taken from "aerial photographs as drawn by O.G. Graves" based on a land survey conducted by John F. Davis.
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