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Grim Reaper
On August 15, 1927 Alabama College received a letter containing an advertisement for a new insecticide called Grim Reaper, along with a free sample of the product. The pesticide’s pricing was relatively inexpensive even when adjusted for inflation. …
Kathryn Tucker Windham
The 81/82 student yearbook mentioned Kathryn Tucker Windham's visit to the campus. In 1982 Windham published "Jeffrey's Latest 13: More Alabama Ghosts", which helped make the ghost lore surrounding the King Mansion known to the wider public. In 1993…
Alabamian Article (1978) Reports Supernatural Activity
In the mid-seventies students reported ghosts and various kinds of supernatural activity at buildings across campus including Palmer, Reynolds, King, and Main. The campus appeared saturated with supernatural activity. This newspaper article appeared…
Scene from College Night
One of the traditions of College Night is that all music, scripts, costumes, and sets have to be handwritten or drawn on paper. This source shows Scene 5 from the purple side show in 1973.
Alabama College Holstein-Friesian Cows
Alabama College had a herd of certified Holstein-Friesian cows. The prized cows of Alabama College brought great pride to the school and surrounding community. The cows won numerous state and regional awards for their milk production. In a ten month…
Alabama College Dairy
President Palmer and the board began discussions to buy property for a dairy on May 20, 1908. His idea for starting the dairy was "to furnish the school with good wholesome milk and butter at a reasonable cost." By 1913 the Alabama College Dairy was…
Peterson Hall
Peterson Hall, originally built as an infirmary, was named for the university’s second president, Dr. Francis Marion Peterson. Construction for the building began in May 1913, and it was ready to house patients less than a year later in April 1914.…
W. H. Trumbauer: The College Night Ghost
Like many other buildings on the University of Montevallo's campus, Palmer Hall is said to be inhabited by a ghost. The ghost in question would be that of Dr. William H. Trumbauer, an ardent supporter of the school's theater department and one of the…
Not an Armchair Scholar
John Steelman grew at a time when mob violence directed at African Americans frequently erupted in the deep south. The issue deeply concerned Steelman and he made it the subject of his doctoral dissertation at the University of North Carolina, Chapel…
The Ghost of College Night
This article, published in The Alabamian, describes the College Night tradition. The author concludes with a final reference to the ghost of Palmer Hall.
King House
The King House was built in 1823 by Mr. King who owned a large portion of land in the town of Montevallo A.L. The House was built by slaves who took clay from a nearby river to build the bricks and glass windows were imported to add to the effect of…
Dolly's Home Run Ball
The baseball depicted is a home run ball hit by Delores “Dolly” Brumfield White during the 1952 season. Delores began playing in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League at the age of 14. She played seven seasons in the league from 1947 to…
Wills Hall
Wills hall was the original library at the University of Montevallo with its origins as a women’s literary book club. The building went through renovations in 1968 and was replaced as the school's library in 1969 with.the opening of Carmichael…
Delores "Dolly" Brumfield White's Inaugural Softball Jersey
On the night of February 8, 2014 the University of Montevallo held a commencement ceremony during halftime of the University’s men’s basketball game. During this ceremony Delores “Dolly” Brumfield(White) was presented with a jersey to honor her as a…
Delores "Dolly" Brumfield White's Blue Sox Uniform
This South Bend Blue Sox uniform was worn by Dolores “Dolly” White who played on the team from 1947-1948 where she would go on to join the Kenosha Comets from 1948-1951. During the time she played for the Blue Sox she was only fifteen years old and…
Costume and character sketch for Tangerine (Purple College Night character)
The 1943 Purple College Night production was an adaptation of Edward Everett Hale's short story, "The Man Without a Country." This sketch depicts the character Tangerine.
College Night is the Homecoming tradition of the University of Montevallo.…
College Night is the Homecoming tradition of the University of Montevallo.…
John R. Steelman, man behind the White House
During President Harry S. Truman’s administration, Dr. Steelman served as the nation's first Assistant to the President of the United States. He served in President Truman’s administration from 1946 to 1953. Writer Vivan Meik of The Desert News, a…
Alabama College Farm and Cows
These are photographs of the Alabama College Dairy's cattle which consisted of both award-winning Holstein and Jersey cows. By the end of the dairy's operation in 1960, the cattle consisted of over a hundred cows. All cows occupying the campus farm…
Resolution to Change
This is one of the first records of the transition from Alabama Girls' Technical Institute and College for Women, that still taught high school courses, into Alabama College, State College for Women that offered four-year courses such as home…
Main Hall, 1902-1907
This photograph of the students in front of Main Hall at the Alabama Girls Industrial School was taken between 1902 and 1907. It is possible that Condie Cunningham would have been in her freshman year in this photograph.
Cunningham died in 1908…
Cunningham died in 1908…
Dr. Thomas Waverly Palmer
Dr. Thomas Waverly Palmer (1860-1926) was the third president of the University of Montevallo, and one of its most influential. Having previously served as a Dean and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Alabama, he became president of the…
Edmund King Portrait
Portrait of Edmund King, the man who had King House built. Edmund King moved from Virigina and settled down in Montevallo in 1823. The original portrait still resides in King House where it continues to hang. Edmund King is the center of some…
King House
King House was originally built in 1823 by Edmund King and was later sold to the University in 1908. This photo of students in front of the King House in 1905 demonstrates that although the university did not actually own the King House yet…
The Tea House
This photo shows students in the early 1950’s purchasing snacks, drinks, and other convenience items at the Tea House, one of the many purposes Reynolds Hall briefly served as the University campus expanded. By this time in the school’s history, the…
Reynolds, 1920
This photo displays students of Alabama College, now known as The University of Montevallo, convened in front of Reynold’s Hall as it existed in 1920. From the very start of Alabama College, Reynolds Hall was affectionately known as The Chapel. Until…
Female Academy
This photo display the building now known as Reynolds Hall with a collection of townspeople standing in front of it. The building was one of two constructed in 1851 for the Montevallo Male Insitute. Not long after their construction, Reynolds Hall…
Palmer Hall
Constructed in 1929, Thomas Waverly Palmer Hall (named after the university's third president) serves a variety of functions. It houses several of the University of Montevallo's administrative offices, most notably the registrar's office, and is…
King House
The oldest structure on campus is King House, built in 1823 by a Virginian planter named Edmund King who owned a large portion of land in Montevallo. King’s slaves used clay from the nearby river to make the bricks while imported glass windows…
Reynolds Hall
Reynolds Hall is the second oldest structure on campus. It was built in 1851 using locally fired bricks and slave labor. The town agreed to give the building to the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School so long as the state located the school in the city…
Jeter Hall
This photo depicts a 1938 art class receiving instruction in clay modeling. Jeter hall was built in 1915 as an elementary school. It contained six classrooms, an auditorium, a music room, two storage rooms, a cafeteria, and one toilet. It functioned…