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1 online resource (ix, 132 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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 & rsquo;s Mansion & ldquo;Mathews has done an excellent job in putting on paper the lore of the house she so obviously learned to love. & rdquo; & mdash;Tuscaloosa News & ldquo;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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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
University of Alabama -- History.
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University of Alabama. |
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History. |
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University of Alabama -- Buildings -- History.
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Buildings. |
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University of Alabama -- History. College presidents -- Alabama. University of Alabama -- Buildings -- History.
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University of Alabama -- Buildings -- History. |
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College presidents -- Alabama.
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College presidents. |
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Alabama. |
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College presidents.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Mathews, Mary Chapman. Mansion's memories. Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2006 0817315357 9780817315351 (DLC) 2006006859 (OCoLC)64442892 |
ISBN |
9780817382063 (electronic book) |
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0817382062 (electronic book) |
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0817315357 (alkaline paper) |
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9780817315351 (alkaline paper) |
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