Alabama Room

Sumter County Historical Society

Railroads

SF11.D1 Folder 1

Railroads – Northeast and Southwest Alabama Railroad

Item 1: Thesis by James Harold Clark, entitled History of The North East and South West Alabama Railroad to 1872

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Schools

SF11.D1 Folder 2

Schools – Calloway Schoolhouse

Item 1: Document entitled “Calloway School House,” regarding the history of the Calloway School (2 copies)

Item 2: Handwritten note on paper, regarding Mrs. Mertle Ridgon

Item 3: Newspaper clipping from the Livingston Home-Record, November 2, 1977, featuring articles entitled “More Work to Start on the Old Calloway School on LU Campus” and “Chops Up Car With Axe” by John Neel (two copies)

Item 4: Letter dated March 18, 1977, to James Pate from Steve F. Martin, Director of the Office of Public Information, regarding photographs of the Calloway School; attached are 8 black and white photographs of the Calloway School House and the envelope in which they were sent

Item 5: Newspaper dated April 11, 1977, Livingston Life, featuring article entitled “Alabama’s Last One Room Schoolhouse”; attached is a photocopy of the article

Item 6: Newspaper article from the Livingston Home-Record, July 4, 1979, entitled “Blue Back Spellers and Peach Tree Switches,” with photocopy of the article attached

SF11.D1 Folder 3

Schools – Geiger Schools

Item 1: Document entitled “Black School,” regarding Professor Arthur W. Mitchell

Item 2: Handwritten letter on notebook paper dated August 16, 1977, to William Stuart from the Geiger Home Makers Club regarding the history of the Geiger School

Item 3: Geiger Jr. High yearbook dated 1948-1949

SF11.D1 Folder 4

Schools – Livingston Grade School 1903-1904

Item 1: Black and white photograph of the Livingston Graded School students and teachers, 1903-1904

Item 2: Handwritten notes that appear to show where certain people are located in a particular photograph

Item 3: Three photocopies of a song written in a notebook; it was written by Anne Ruth Smith in 1918 while she was in summer session

SF11.D1 Folder 5

Schools – Livingston High School

Item 1: Letter dated March 23, 1978, to the Classmates of 1953 (Livingston High School) from Robert D. Boswell regarding the 25-year class reunion (7 copies)

Item 2: Handwritten letter on notebook paper (undated) to the Class of 1953 from Robert D. Boswell, regarding the events of the 25-year class reunion

Item 3: Program for 1953 Class Reunion (4 copies)

Item 4: Various pages of contact addresses for the Class of 1953

Item 5: Program for the Class of 1953 Reunion

SF11.D1 Folder 6

Schools – Misc.

Item 1: Newspaper article from the Mobile Press Register, May 3, 1959, entitled “Abler Thinking Needed On State School Problem”

SF11.D1 Folder 7

Schools – Tuskegee, University of West Alabama

Item 1: Newspaper article entitled “Tuskegee Asks Big Fund Hike For Institute”

Item 2: Newspaper article from The Montgomery Advertiser, April 9, 1959, entitled “Ex-State Senator Urges Continuance of Tuskegee Institute Appropriation”

SF11.D1 Folder 8

Schools – University of West Alabama

Item 1: Newspaper article from the Sumter County Journal, October 24, 1990, entitled “Livingston University: one of 134 good reasons to visit beautiful Sumter County”

Item 2: Newspaper article from the Sumter County Journal, October 24, 1990, entitled “Sumter County’s Industrial Development Board Salutes Livingston University”

Item 3: Map of the property of the Livingston State College

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