Guide to the Jasper Luther Beeson collection MSS.0130
Beeson, Jasper Luther
- 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
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Jasper Luther Beeson collection
- Unit ID:
MSS.0130
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (8 items)
- Dates:
1889-1890
- Abstract:
A miscellany of materials including the text of Beeson's address to the 57th anniversary meeting of the Philomatic society, photographs of him, newspaper clippings, a copy of a physics exam for seniors, and other items.
- creator
Beeson, Jasper Luther, 1867-
Scope and Contents note
A miscellany of materials including the text of Beeson's address to the 57th anniversary meeting of the Philomatic society, photographs of him, newspaper clippings, a copy of a physics exam for seniors, and other items.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Jasper Luther Beeson collection, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. S. B. Wright, 1963
Biographical/Historical note
Educator, born August 31, 1867 at Keener, Alabama. Received A.B. (1889) and A.M. (1890) from the University of Alabama, and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, 1893. Married Leola Selman in 1894. Physics instructor, the University of Alabama, 1888-89, research chemist, Louisiana Experimental Station and professor of chemistry, Louisiana School of Sugar, 1893-97. From 1927 on he taught chemistry and physics at Georgia State College for Women, where he was also acting president, 1922-23 and 1927-28, and president, 1928-1934. He died on January 10, 1943. Author of _Beeson Genealogy_, Macon, Ga.: Burke Co., 1925.
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Conditions Governing Access note
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Source(s)
Beeson, Jasper Luther, 1867- (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Addresses (rbgenr)
Clippings (information artifacts) (aat)
Education (localbroad)
Higher Education (Local)
Photographs (aat)
Science and Nature (localbroad)
Students (localbroad)
Teacher (localbroad)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
University of Alabama Faculty/Staff (Local)
Jasper Beeson Box 15