Guide to the Columbum W. Mitchell Philomathic Society Diploma MSS.3412
Mitchell, Columbum W.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
June 2011
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Columbum W. Mitchell Philomathic Society Diploma
- Unit ID:
MSS.3412
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
1.0 Linear feet
- Dates:
1835 August 6
- Abstract:
Diploma awarded to Columbum W. Mitchell in 1835, by the Philomathic Society of The University of Alabama.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hagler, 2005
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Columbum W. Mitchell Philomathic Society Diploma, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2011
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains the diploma awarded to Columbum W. Mitchell in 1835, by the Philomathic Society of The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
The Philomathic Society of The University of Alabama was formed in 1832, when a number of students saw the need for a literary society. The students declared their love of learning and devotion to virtue and their country by naming their new organization the Philomathic Society, with the motto - Pro Virtute et Patria. All records and archives of the Society were destroyed when the University was burned to the ground in April 1865 during the last days of the Civil War.
Source: "The Philomathic Society," Corolla '93. The University of Alabama, 1893. http://content.lib.ua.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/ua&CISOPTR=3149&CISOMODE=print [accessed 10 June 2011]
Diploma Box SC0077 Oversize Folder 3412.01