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The Alabama Commission on Higher Education serves as a coordinating body for postsecondary education to ensure that the highest possible quality of collegiate and university education is offered (AAC, 300-1-2-.01 [1-2]). As part of this service, the Commission through its Program Review Section, provides for the review and approval of all nonresident institutions to make certain that proposed courses meet acceptable academic standards before any prospective students enroll (AAC, 300-2-1-.02 [1]). Nonresident institutions are those based outside the state that operate a branch in Alabama. This series consists of nonresident institution review files which provide a historical profile of nonresident institutions' activities in the state

This series consists of the administrative files of Governor Samuel B. Moore, containing authorizations, warrants, accounts, receipts, reports and correspondence. The series is somewhat limited and most of the items concern internal improvements and the Board of Internal Improvements. A number of items relate to the survey of the Coosa River performed by J.A. Dumeste. Also included are warrants relating to road work on the Greensboro to Mobile road. Of particular interest is a report prepared by Henry Tutwiler, secretary of the University of Ala., listing students enrolled in the University from Apr. to Dec. 1831

Broadside, roughly 8.5" by 5.5", details the plan of instruction and the day and month of the beginning of classes. There is also a brief discussion of rules and fees and W.J. Borden is listed as principal

Diary, 1861 Jan. 11 - Dec. 29, Southern University, Greensboro, Ala. The diary discusses Story's involvement in the Belles Letters Society, his educational experiences, weather reports, health of family members, religious experiences, and his close family ties

The Department of Postsecondary Education was established as a separate state agency in May, 1982. The department is responsible to the State Board of Education which appoints a Chancellor and authorizes him to act and make decisions concerning the management and operation of the Alabama College System (Ala. Acts, No. 82-486 [1982]). This series consists of college files documenting the Chancellor's activities in regards to the management and maintenance of the college system. Typical records in these files include procedural memoranda to individual colleges, correspondence to college presidents, personnel reprimands, college presidential job search information, letters of complaint from students and faculty, requests for clarification of policy or directives, notifications of completion of Board approved activities, and notifications of completion of committee assignments

Chiefly drafts and printed copies of Harris's articles, addresses, lectures, and reports together with notes and printed material used in their preparation relating chiefly to the fields of education and philosophy. Subjects include duties of the primary and secondary school and the university; methods and courses of study; the benefits of studying Greek and Latin; benefits derived from education by men and women; the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Herbert Spencer; function of the will in developing the "higher faculties of knowing"; immortality of the soul; and man's conception of the world. Includes annual reports he wrote as superintendent of schools of St. Louis, Mo. Also includes correspondence and manuscripts of his books

Personal correspondence, subject files, memos, clippings, scrapbooks, honorary degrees and certificates, speeches, activities with outside organizations

An extensive collection of family papers gathered by I.B. Holley, Jr. in preparation for writing a four-volume family history. Papers represent five generations of the family, most of whom lived in Salisbury or Torrington, Connecticut, and Lyon, New York. The bulk of the early documents include correspondence, deeds, legal documents, bills and accounts, wills and estate records, and writings such as essays and letters to the editor. Luther Holley's papers include licenses to sell liquor, and a record book for the Society for Promotion of Good Morals (1814). Luther's son Newman Holley was a lawyer and justice of the peace, and these roles are reflected in his papers that include writs, summonses, executions, and probate records. Orville Holley, another son of Luther, was a newspaper editor in New York for such papers as the Troy Sentinel and the Western Repository. He also served as New York State Surveyor General. Among his correspondents were abolitionist and social reformer Gerrit ...

Correspondence, promotional material, and clippings, relating to the need for a large modern reflector for Lick Observatory; the University of California Alumni Association; and work for the Statewide Committee on Higher Education. Include letters from Newton B. Drury, Robert G. Sproul, and William W. Campbell

Signed autograph letter from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, dated September 17, 1889 to J. M. Burt, Union League Club, New York, concerning the use of "ponies.".