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" A mansion's memories / "
Mary Chapman Mathews.
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BL
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998412
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b752782
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Mathews, Mary Chapman.
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A mansion's memories /\ Mary Chapman Mathews.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala. :: University of Alabama Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (ix, 132 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color)
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0817382062
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0817315357
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9780817315351
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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.
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An engaging history of The University of Alabama President's Mansion "Mathews has done an excellent job in putting on paper the lore of the house she so obviously learned to love."--Tuscaloosa News "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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University of Alabama-- Buildings-- History.
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University of Alabama-- History.
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University of Alabama-- History. College presidents-- Alabama. University of Alabama-- Buildings-- History.
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University of Alabama.
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College presidents-- Alabama.
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College presidents.
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Buildings.
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College presidents.
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EDUCATION-- Higher.
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Alabama.
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378.76184
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LD73.M38 2006eb
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