Guide to the James M. Barry notebooks MSS.0120
Barry, James M.
- 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 2012-11-09T16:01-0600
- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
James M. Barry notebooks
- Unit ID:
MSS.0120
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (2 items)
- Dates:
circa 1940
- Abstract:
Two notebooks owned by James M. Barry, President of Alabama Power Company, 1949-52. One of the notebooks contains addresses, the other a miscellany of papers and notes.
- creator
Barry, James M. , unknown
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of two of Barry’s notebooks, both of them leather bound and designed as address books. One of them is an address book, the other contains a miscellany of information: some addresses, business cards, newspaper clippings, and notes on a variety of subjects, among other things. Among the contents is what appears to be a brief history of Barry’s employment, 1910-1932.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
James M. Barry notebooks, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1989
Biographical/Historical note
President of Alabama Power Company, 1949-1952, and subsequently chairman of the Southern Company, Alabama Power’s parent firm.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Unknown; updated by Andrew Harris, 2012
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
Source(s)
Address books (aat)
Alabama (localbroad)
Alabama Business and Industry (Local)
Business and Labor (localbroad)
Clippings (information artifacts) (aat)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
James M. Barry Box 3117 Box 3117