Guide to the Peyton B. Bibb papers MSS.0153
Bibb, Peyton
- 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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- Language Usage:
English
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Peyton B. Bibb Papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0153
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
2.0 Linear feet (22 items, 49 pages, 1 book, 50 pages)
- Dates:
1886–1906
- Abstract:
Documents, mainly letters written to or by Peyton B. Bibb. There are also receipts and minutes from unidentified meetings. There is also a copy of the “Complete Rudiments of Music” by A.J. Showalter (©1906) with the name “George Bibb” written on the front cover and on the first page.
- creator
Bibb, Peyton, 1817-1906
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of 22 documents, mainly letters written to or by Peyton B. Bibb. Two letters are from Sayre Smith of Sheffield, Colbert County, Alabama and Malcolm A. Graham of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, members of the Montgomery True Blues drill company, of which Bibb is the captain, stating that they will not be able to participate in the upcoming competition in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. There are also receipts and minutes from unidentified meetings. There is also a copy of the “Complete Rudiments of Music” by A. J. Showalter (©1906) with the name “George Bib” written on the front cover and on the first page.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2008; updated by Andrew Harris, 2012
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Peyton B. Bibb Papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Sarah Wiggins, 1993
Biographical/Historical note
Peyton B. Bibb was a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis and for some time was Surveyor at Port Royal, Hale County, Alabama. For several years he was Captain of the Montgomery True Blues drill company and commanded that company when it won many drill contests in various parts of the United States.
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Conditions Governing Access note
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Source(s)
Bibb, Peyton, 1817-1906 (local)
Alabama (localbroad)
Alabama military units (Local)
Alabama--History--1819-1950 (lcsh)
Books and Book History (localbroad)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
Minutes (aat)
Music and Performing Arts (localbroad)
Receipts (financial records) (aat)
Soldiers--Alabama--Correspondence (lcsh)
War and Military (localbroad)
Papers Box 4054