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Summerfield had many grand houses and a beautiful college in pre-Civil War, Alabama. Denominational college for boys and girls in pre-Civil War, Alabama The…
Teacher in Bagley arrested for assault and battery School discipline was certainly different in 1874 as can be seen by this story From the…
Alva Woods (1794 – 1887) was the first president of the University of Alabama. He was a conservative Baptist minister, who had been educated…
SAYRE STREET SCHOOL Chilton College and the Sayre Street School Site The present building that originally housed Sayre Street School only dates back to…
Everyone looks forward to spring break - This is also the time of the annual Alabama Education Association Convention in Birmingham. The AEA was…
During the 1930s Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V CHARLES WALDRON BUCKLEY BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (b. Feb 18,…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM YANCEY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-1925) Blount County, Alabama William Yancey Adams, a teacher, was born at Gum Springs, Blount County…
Greensboro Public School1 Published in 1908 In 1858, Miles Hassell Yerby, a graduate of the State University at Tuscaloosa, came to Greensboro and taught…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) RICHARD HOPKINS PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1827…
These news abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume 1 or THE FREE SCHOOL (Transcribed from the Birmingham Iron…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXX The religious and social life of the people in 1866 began to…
(Continued from Part II How a system of Public education developed in early Alabama Part III -The author Gen. William F. Perry was the first…
{I've often wondered why people seemed to be so serious and not smiling in old photographs, then one day I realized that it may…
Evergreen, Alabama had a meeting in 1839 to start an Academy for their children. Here are the names of some of those who attended…
How a system of Public education developed in early Alabama Part I -The author Gen. William F. Perry was the first superintendent of education…
(Transcribed from the Tuscaloosa News May 26, 1937) U. OF A. DEGREES AWARDED 468 IN FINAL EXERCISES 328 Men and 140 Women Are In…
This letter from Professor Connerly to the editors of the Birmingham Iron Age newspaper has been transcribed from the Birmingham Iron Age April 16,…
The first two photographs are labeled morning attendance at a Mill school in Huntsville taken by Lewis Wickes Hine in December 1913. It may…
Good Family Research Tip Have you searched colleges and universities for genealogy information? They maintain historical archives and some contain faculty and student records and admission…
![PATRON + Summerfield – Beautiful, rare [film, photographs & story] of a forgotten college and community in Alabama](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Summerfield-college-main-building-west-elevation-e1426955641505.jpg)
![PATRON + Can you believe there were actually tooth brush drills in school in 1919? [see vintage pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/White-toothbrush-drills-fairfield-Alabama-220x169.jpg)
![PATRON + Some cotton mill children went to school if you can call them schools [old photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/school-under-stairs2-hine-dec.-19131-220x83.jpg)
