A Mansion's Memories Book

Contents

Acknowledgments....................vii
1. Building a New House for a Young University, 1837-1855....................1
Basil Manly 2. Surviving the Chaos of War, 1855-1878....................11
Landon C. Garland Short-Term and Acting Presidents William R. Smith Nathaniel T. Lupton Carlos G. Smit 3. Rebuilding the Campus around the President's Home, 1878-1897....................25
Josiah Gorgas Burwell B. Lewis Henry D. Clayton Richard C. Jones 4. Greeting a New Century, 1897-1911....................45
James K. Powers William S. Wyman John W. Abercrombie 5. Cementing a Capstone, 1911-1942....................59
George H. Denny Richard C. Foster 6. Battling for the Conscience of the University, an Angel for the House, 1942-1958....................71
Raymond R. Paty John M. Gallalee Oliver C. Carmichael 7. Opening Doors to All of Alabama, 1958-1980....................85
Frank A. Rose F. David Mathews 8. Fostering Research and Restoration, 1981-2003....................103
Joab L. Thomas E. Roger Sayers Andrew A. Sorensen J. Barry Mason (acting) 9. Celebrating the Twenty-first Century, 2003-present....................123
Robert E. Witt Appendix A: Presidents of the University....................129
Appendix B: Chancellors of the University of Alabama System....................131