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Photograph of the Cabaniss House in the snow.
The house is located at 603 Randolph Avenue in downtown Huntsville. Frances Roberts lived there for much of her adult life. -
Letter from John R. Morton to Frances C. Roberts in Huntsville, Alabama.
The letter notifies Roberts of her appointment as an instructor in history at the University of Alabama Huntsville Center. Morton notes that Roberts was to receive an honorarium of $200 for teaching January 6-March 20, 1950. -
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Letter from Martha Holliman in Lynchburg, Virginia, to Frances Roberts in Huntsville, Alabama.
Holliman was one of Roberts' students at Huntsville High School. She describes her first days at Randolph-Macon College and thanks Roberts for her excellent teaching. -
Snapshot of the Weeden House.
The Weeden House is located at 300 Gates Avenue in downtown Huntsville. The house underwent restoration in the 1970s and is now a historic house museum and garden open to the public. -
Proclamation from Gov. Jim Folsom announcing December 12, 1993 as Dr. Frances Roberts Day.
Folsom issued the proclamation on the same day that Roberts received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The text of the proclamation commends Roberts' service to the university and the community, noting that "Dr. Roberts combined her job of teaching, research and service with a much broader sense of responsibility which led her to do above and beyond what she was asked." -
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"Frances Cabaniss Roberts: Her Life and Legacy."
This virtual talk includes a lecture from Dr. Tom Reidy, editor of the 2020 edition of Frances Roberts' 1956 dissertation, with comments and moderation by UAH Head of Archives and Special Collections Reagan Grimsley and History Department Chair Stephen Waring. The talk was given as part of an Alabama Humanities Alliance grant, in partnership with the UAH M. Louis Salmon Library, the UAH Humanities Center, and the UAH History Department. -
