John Cottingham Curry papers MSS.0387
Curry, John Cottingham
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
February 2008
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
John Cottingham Curry papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0387
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.2 Linear feet
- Dates:
1916-1971
- Abstract:
Items from Curry's tenure at the University of Alabama, including season tickets for sporting events, invitations to social events and organizations, and a binder of correspondence relating to reunions of the University of Alabama class of 1916.
- creator
Curry, John Cottingham, b. 1894
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of several items from Curry's tenure at the University of Alabama, among them season tickets for the Alabama baseball team's 1913, 1915, and 1916 seasons, and about twenty-eight invitations to social events and organizations. The larger portion of the collection is a bound collection of correspondence relating to reunions of the University of Alabama class of 1916, beginning with a commencement program, continuing through the earliest reunion in 1921, and concluding with the reunion of 1971. Curry seems to have been deeply involved in organizing the reunions (he was National Alumni Association Chairman in 1946-1947) and thus his scrapbook contains a great deal of correspondence between him and many of his classmates.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
John Cottingham Curry papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of John Cottingham Curry
Biographical/Historical note
Curry was born in Union Springs, Alabama, 20 September 1894. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1916 and had a long career in banking and politics, ultimately serving as Superintendent of Banks for the State of Alabama.
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Conditions Governing Access note
None
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- Processing Information:
Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Source(s)
Invitations (aat)
Letter books (aat)
Organizations (localbroad)
Sports, Recreation and Leisure (localbroad)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
University of Alabama--Alumni and alumnae. (lcsh)
University of Alabama--National Alumni Association (lcsh)
|x Social life and customs (lcsh)
UA Class of 1916 Binder Box 2646 Folder 387.01
Invitations, Tickets, etc. Box 2646 Folder 387.02