Guide to the Hatchett Chandler correspondence MSS.0295
Chandler, Hatchett
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Hatchett Chandler correspondence
- Unit ID:
MSS.0295
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (15 items)
- Dates:
1960-1963
- Abstract:
Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.
- creator
Chandler, Hatchett (William Temple Hatchett), 1881-1967
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project, 1960-1963.
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unknown; updated by R. Rumstay, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Hatchett Chandler correspondence, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1992
Biographical/Historical note
William Temple Hatchett Chandler, was born on 24 January 1881 in Montgomery, Alabama. Member of the Fort Morgan, Alabama, Historical Commission.
Chandler was the custodian at Fort Morgan from the time of World War II until 1957, as well as secretary of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission. In his positions as custodian and secretary, he was largely responsible for the development of the park at Fort Morgan and for its popularity as an historical attraction. He wrote at least two books about Fort Morgan: Little Gems of Fort Morgan (1954), and The Red Dragon Flag (1965).
He died on 23 August 1967 in Foley, Baldwin County, Alabama, and is buried just outside the gates of Fort Morgan Park on the peninsula guarding the entrance into Mobile Bay, approximately 20 miles west of Gulf Shores, Alabama.
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Source(s)
Alabama (localbroad)
Alabama Historical Commission (lcsh)
Community and Place (localbroad)
Correspondence (aat)
Environment and Conservation (localbroad)
Fort Morgan (Ala.) (lcsh)
Historic buildings--Alabama--Mobile. (lcsh)
Literature and Authors (localbroad)
Organizations (localbroad)
War and Military (localbroad)
Hatchet Chandler Box 3582