Guide to the Ann Jordan Farm papers MSS.0080
Ann Jordan Farm
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-11-07T09:37-0600
- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Ann Jordan Farm papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0080
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.25 Linear feet
- Dates:
1879-1874
- Abstract:
Photocopies of Sidney Z. Mitchell's correspondence, articles relating to his career, and other biographical information. It also includes Jordan family deeds, photographs taken at Ann Jordan Farm, legal documents and correspondence relating to the Jordan Family Cemetery, articles about Ann Jordan Farm and Jordan Dam, and furniture catalogs and floor plans.
- creator
Mitchell, Sidney Z.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains photocopies of Sidney Z. Mitchell's correspondence, articles relating to his career, and other biographical information. It also includes Jordan family deeds, photographs taken at Ann Jordan Farm, legal documents and correspondence relating to the Jordan Family Cemetery, articles about Ann Jordan Farm and Jordan Dam, and furniture catalogs and floor plans.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Ann Jordan Farm papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
unknown
Biographical/Historical note
Ann Jordan Farm, an estate of nearly 5,000 acres in Coosa County, Alabama, was a gift to the University of Alabama by Sidney A. Mitchell, son of Sidney Z. Mitchell. It is named for Sidney Z. Mitchell's grandmother and includes the Jordan family home. Sidney Z. Mitchell himself was born in Dadeville, Alabama, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1866. In 1885 he was appointed organizer of electric light plants for the Edison Company in the northwest and he subsequently served as president of Electric Bond & Share Company from 1905 to 1933.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Processing Information:
Processed by
S. Braden, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Jordan, Ann (local)
Alabama (localbroad)
Alabama Business and Industry (Local)
Central Alabama (Local)
Community and Place (localbroad)
Coosa County (Ala.) (lcsh)
Deeds (aat)
Sports, Recreation and Leisure (localbroad)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
Ann Jordan Farm Box 2413