Guide to the Hugo F. Biedermann papers MSS.0155
Biedermann, Hugo F.
- 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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Hugo F. Biedermann papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0155
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.4 Linear feet
- Dates:
circa 1940s
- Abstract:
The collection includes copies of patents granted Biedermann, as well as contracts and some scattered miscellaneous papers. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of projects worked on by the firm of Skinner and Biedermann, including the Anniston Army Depot and many buildings on the University of Alabama campus, including the Engineering building, Lloyd Hall, Denny Chimes, Denny Stadium, Doster Hall, Graves Hall, and others.
Scope and Contents note
The collection includes copies of patents granted Biedermann, as well as contracts and some scattered miscellaneous papers. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of projects worked on by Skinner and Biedermann, including the Anniston Army Depot and many buildings on the University of Alabama campus, such as the engineering building, Lloyd Hall, Denny Chimes, Denny Stadium, Doster Hall, Graves Hall, and others, as well as several houses in Tuscaloosa.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Hugo F. Biedermann papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Laura Jane B. Smith, 1997
Biographical/Historical note
Before coming to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Hugo F. Bidermann worked in the lumber industry in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He came to Tuscaloosa to build a sawmill for the Kaul Lumber Company. Largely self-educated, he subsequently operated a handle company and, for a time, was a silent partner with S. W. Skinner, general contractor, before forming the partnership of Skinner and Biedermann, General Contractors, in the late 1930s. According to information found in the papers, the two entered into a partnership contract in 1934 for the building of an addition to the Tuscaloosa Senior High School, and later they were partners with James M. Waddell, which arrangement was dissolved in 1945. The Biedermann-Skinner partnership ended with Skinner’s death in 19??.
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Source(s)
Biedermann, Hugo F. , unknown (local)
Architects and builders (lcsh)
Architecture and Landscape (localbroad)
Business and Labor (localbroad)
Business records (aat)
Photographs (aat)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
Papers Box 5041