Guide to Alex Van Hoose Davies family paper MSS.0402
Davies, Alex Van Hoose
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-05-15T13:47-0500
- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Alex Van Hoose Davies family papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0402
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (photocopies)
- Dates:
1925-1980
- Abstract:
Photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s; also some personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, augmented with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies, copies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.
- creator
Davies, Alexander Van Hoose
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one member of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. The collection includes personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, as well as a sketch of the same for a proposed movie script with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies. There are also photocopies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.
Biographical/Historical note
Judge Jesse Van Hoose was an early Alabama settler, merchant, probate judge. He was born 3 July 1787. His son, James McLester Van Hoose (born 1824) was the father of James Alexander Van Hoose (1852-1936), one of the cadets who attempted unsuccessfully to defend the University of Alabama from Union attack in April 1865, and subsequently a Presbyterian minister and mayor of Birmingham 1894-1896.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Alex V. Davies, 1990
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Unknown; updated by Andrew Harris, 2012; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Alex Van Hoose Davies Family papers, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Source(s)
Van Hoose, James Alexander, 1852-1936 (local)
Van Hoose, James McLester, 1824-1902 (local)
Van Hoose, Jesse, b. 1787 (local)
Alabama (localbroad)
Civil War (localbroad)
Clippings (information artifacts) (aat)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Family histories (rbgenr)
Government, Law and Politics (localbroad)
Mayors (lcsh)
Notes (aat)
Obituaries (aat)
Politicians--Alabama (lcsh)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate (lcsh)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
War and Military (localbroad)
Papers Box SC0087 Folder 402.01