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Mercantile account ledger, 1836-1837
Original 1836-1837 mercantile account ledger often covered over with pictures and newspaper accounts of poetry, news, and travel from the 1881-1889 era. Because of the 1865 practice letter with notations and the clipping from the Detroit 1889 National Editorial Association conference [with the name of Virginia misspelled as Virgea], this second layer was probably kept by Mary or Susannah Clay as young ladies with their management of the Huntsville Democrat. -
W. H. Green Memorial Library, Oakwood College
Back: The W. H. Green Hall. Oakwood College, Huntsville, Ala., built in 1956 of brick colonial architectural design, contains the Behavioral Science and Religion Department. The book store is housed in the east wing. -
G. E. Peters Fine Arts Building, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. G. E. Peters Fine Arts Bdg. (1964) -
W. H. Green Memorial Library, Oakwood College
Front: Oakwood College
Back: OAKWOOD COLLEGE, Huntsville, Alabama, W. H. Green Memorial Library -
President's Home, Alabama A & M University
Front: Historic Huntsville
Back: HISTORIC HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, Alabama A & M College in the Fall. Built from the ruins of Green Bottom Inn, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, it has a commanding view of the campus. (The Green Bottom Inn was noted for its famous race track, where Andrew Jackson raced his thoroughbred horses). -
Moran Hall, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. Moran Hall, Administration Bdg. (1940) -
Domestic Science Building, Normal, Ala.
Front: Domestic Science Building, Normal, Ala. -
W. H. Green Memorial Library, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. W. H. Green Memorial Library (1953) -
Eva B. Dykes Library, Oakwood College
Back: The Eva B. Dykes Library, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, is named tor the first black woman to qualify for the Doctorate Degree and the first black woman to obtain the degree In English. This building contains reading space, classroom facilities, an audio visual classroom, the Archives and Archiveist office, and the museum, which houses artifacts and memorabilia pertaining to black Seventh-Day Adventlst history. -
East Hall, Oakwood College
Back: The East Hall, Oakwood College. Huntsville, Ala., built in 1910, houses the Development and Public Relations Office, the office of the church pastor, the Health Services and the Quin-C Center. This is the oldest building on the Oakwood College Campus. -
W. J. Blake Memorial Center, Oakwood College
Back: The W. J. Blake Memorial Center, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Ala., built in 1969, contains offices for the United Student Movement and the Student Development. On the ground level there is a Student Recreation Center. The upper level houses the cafeteria, administrative offices and Student and Faculty lounges. -
Oakwood College Summer Scene
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. Summer Scene on O. C. campus. -
Anna Knight Elementary School, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. Cunningham Hall, Women's Dormitory (1947) -
Cunningham Hall, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. The Anna Knight Elementary School (1960) -
F. L. Peterson Hall, Oakwood College
Front: Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama. F. L. Peterson Hall -
President's Home, Oakwook College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. President's Home (1944) -
Oakwood Junior College Campus
Front: View of Oakwood Junior College Campus, Huntsville, Alabama. -
William H. Councill Hall
Front: "WILLIAM H. COUNCILL HALL". GIRLS DORMITORY. ALABAMA STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL INSTITUTE. NORMAL ALABAMA -
Palmer Hall
Front: PALMER HALL - FRESHMAN DORMITORY - GIRLS. ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. NORMAL ALABAMA -
Morton Hall
Back: MORTON HALL, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA -
Alabama A & M College
Front: Historic Huntsville
Back: Historic Huntsville, Alabama. ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE.
On this campus site once stood the Green Bottom Inn, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, noted for its race track. GRAY GANDER, once rated the world's fastest horse and winner of a $20,000 purse (not a small amount in the 1800's), raced and worked out here. Many notables, including President James Monroe, President James K. Polk and Andrew Jackson, gathered here for rest and diversion. -
ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE
Back: ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
Bibb Graves Hall in center and on the right is the Student Union Building (College Center). -
ALABAMA A & M Science Building
Front: Alabama A & M
Back: ALABAMA A & M, Normal, Alabama
Science Building in foreground - also showing Bibb Graves Hall, Student Center, Library, Cafeteria and Women's Dormitory. -
Alabama A & M College
Back: ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
A partial view of the campus in the Fall. Organized in 1875 as the Huntsville Normal and Industrial School by William Hooper Councill, with 2 teachers and 61 pupils, it is now nationally recognized. -
Green Bottom Inn
Front: Historic Huntsville
Back: Historic Huntsville, Alabama. ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE.
GREEN BOTTOM INN, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, was located on Meridian Pike on site now occupied by Alabama A & M. Built in 1815 by John Connelly, the inn attained widespread fame for its adjoining race track, over which many of the outstanding race horses of the period competed. Gen. Andrew Jackson, an avid follower of the sport, often stopped here to race his horses and fight his cocks. For many years the table where he dined was preserved. -
Carnegie Library at Alabama A & M College
Back: ALABAMA A&M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
Carnegie Library is a two-story brick structure of colonial design. It has a capacity of 50,000 volumes and seating space for 236. The building contains two reading rooms, a reference room, a seminar room, reference and general stacks, and an office for the staff of the library. -
"The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes"
Front: The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, Huntsville, Ala. -
Mississippi Test Facility
Back: MISSISSIPPI TEST FACILITY, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, HANCOCK COUNTY
This 200-foot-tall rocket test tower is one of three units and this particular stand is for static firing the S-ll (second stage) of the giant Saturn V. MTF is a division of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.