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This short newspaper clipping humanizes President Palmer and shows us a softer side of the gargantuan figure who oversaw Montevallo for nearly two decades. This document, commemorating the death of Dr. Palmer's horse of twenty five years, Old…

After President Palmer met with Dr. S.P. Capen, higher education specialist at the U.S. Bureau of Education, he followed up with an impassioned letter that reveals details about their exchange in Montgomery. The document encapsulates President…

Gay-Teague Hotel, located in Montgomery Alabama, is where President Palmer arranged to meet with Samuel P. Capen who was a higher education specialist for the U.S. Bureau of Education (19114-1919) and subsequently the first director of the American…

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…

President Palmer addresses the building committee and said he had already asked twice that the building committee approve a much needed water tower. In March, because of the tragic accident with Condie Cunningham, this time when President Palmer…

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…