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Making a Four-Year College
This letter to the "Honorable Board of Trustees" from their chosen Executive Committee outlines important factors to the transition of Alabama Technical Institute and College for Women to Alabama College.
The Executive Committe notices some of…
The Executive Committe notices some of…
Moving the Herd
This letter written in 1929 about Alabama College’s first dairy had been around for about 20 years at this point, but it had not been updated since it was first built. The letter is written by a building coordinator pleading with the board of…
Becoming Sculpture
The Becoming Sculpture was created by Ted Metz, a University of Montevallo art professor. The sculpture, 16 feet tall and made of bronze, was unveiled on February 15, 2003. The pedestal underneath the sculpture is made of limestone and red bricks.…
Dr. John R. Steelman, Director of the US Conciliation Service
In 1944, during World War II, Dr. Steelman served as Director of the Conciliation Service. The file is a pamphlet that his office published for Labor Day 1944. The document reflects how he felt Americans should celebrate Labor Day, not as a festive…
Invitation to the Fair
This is a letter to Alabama College regarding the college bringing a herd of cattle to the 1927 State Fair. The Fair was held in Birmingham, AL at the state fairgrounds and was held from September 26th to October 1st. The letter came from the desk of…
Captain Henry Reynolds
Henry Clay Reynolds, first president of the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School, was not an educator, but rather an enthusiastic advocate for public education. A businessman and town notable, Reynolds lobbied for the state to build a school for girls in…
Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind
On the night of February 4th of 1908, Alabama Girls Industrial School student Condie Cunningham and her roommate were making hot chocolate on a chafing dish in their room. When the curfew signal sounded, the young ladies began to clean up their…
Smallpox at Montevallo
This letter dated November 24th 1904 was sent by a parent of a student attending the Alabama Girls Industrial School, now called the University of Montevallo. This letter is a response by a parent having been notified of a smallpox outbreak at the…
Permission to Leave Campus
The independent freedoms that students enjoy today at the University of Montevallo are quite different than the freedoms during the 1904 era. The school, then called the Alabama Girls Industrial School, required students to remain on campus unless…
Dr. D. L. Wilkerson
Dr. D. L. Wilkerson was the physician responsible for the care of the students during an outbreak of smallpox at the Alabama Girls Industrial School which is now the University of Montevallo. Dr. Wilkerson served the Alabama Girls Industrial School…
President Palmer Improves Campus Safety
One important thing President Palmer did during his tenure as president was to address several safety issues that acquired a sense of urgency in the wake of a 1908 fire in Main Hall that tragically killed a student named Condie Cunningham. This…
Picture of the Sophomore class
The story of Condie Cunningham has captivated students at the University of Montevallo for generations. There are no known images of Condie Cunningham, but many believe that one of the young women pictured is Miss Cunningham. Interestingly enough…
Dairy Over Budget
These are a few of the documents which show the school's budgets and reports prior to the closing of the dairy. Although there is no clear explanation as to why it was closed or when it was even discussed, the reports suggest it was due to financial…
Dairy Inventory 1916
Alabama College kept detailed records once it established the campus dairy in 1915. This inventory circa 1916 outlines the types, numbers, and prices of its livestock. For context, $1.00 in January 1916 is equivalent to approximately $23.00 in 2017.
Grazing Dairy Cows
This undated photograph of the Montevallo dairy was taken some time during the 1940s. The photograph depicts several dairy cows grazing in the pasture with the barn in the distant background. The dairy closed about ten years after this photo was…
Bottle Cap
Alabama College, later the University of Montevallo, established a dairy to provide the school with easy access to milk and butter. Eventually, the school began to sell the milk to local grocers. They used glass bottles with these types of cardboard…
New Name, New Catalogs, New Costs
In 1923, upon completing the transition from Alabama Girls' Technical Institute to Alabama College, State College for Women, a new academic catalog was released. The catalogs looked very similar to previous volumes although it displayed the new…
Matador Segis Walker
Matador Segis Walker was one of the many cows owned by the dairy farm at Alabama College. He was born December 18, 1926, a Pure Bread Holstein-Friesian. The registry traces the cow’s lineage back 3 generations. Its father, called a sire, was…
Alabama College Bulletin ( 1923-1924)
Alabama College's fall bulletin in 1923 provides many details of the University of Montevallo’s early development. Identified as the “Extension Division Announcement 1923-1924,” it was the college’s first bulletin published under the name “Alabama…
What Alabama College Offers - Bulletin
The small staple bound bulletin, What Alabama College Offers, was distributed throughout the state of Alabama to promote Alabama College. It includes descriptions of the college campus, environment, and avaliable course work in a pocket size format…
The Other Side of Cows
Pictured here is the Alabama College’s herd of certified Holstein-Friesian cows at milking time. The twice-daily milking process took over an hour. After milking the cows were let out into the pasture to graze and walk around. The dairy was operated…
Wills Hall
Photograph of Wills Hall which served as the campus library at the University of Montevallo from 1923-1968. During the 1940s, Alabama College, the state college for women, was a four-year degree-granting institution for women. Wills Hall was built in…
Flowerhill, the University of Montevallo's Presidential Home
Since its construction in 1926, Flowerhill has served as the home of the presidents of Alabama College and the University of Montevallo. Prior to the construction of Flowerhill, the presidents of the Alabama Girls' Industrial School and the Alabama…
1943 College Night Program
Pages 3 through 6 of the 1943 College Night program frequently mention World War Two in some way whether directly or indirectly. Three out of the four songs contained lyrics that either explicitly mentioned the war or greatly implied it. Three out of…
1943 College Night Program Cover and Greetings
World War Two affected College Night and the Alabama College campus in general. The greeting on the first page of the program for the 1943 College Night discussed the importance of celebrating the art of peace during a time of war.