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The Quad is an approximately 22-acre (8.9 ha) quadrangle on the campus of the University of Alabama located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Home to most of the university's original buildings, this portion of the campus remains the geographic and historic center of the modern campus.
Harvard graduate and Vermont native Alva Woods became the first president of The University of Alabama. First day of classes was held on April 18 with four professors and 52 students. By the end of the term there were nearly 100 students.
Denny Chimes is a 115-foot (35 m) tall campanile tower on the south side of The Quad at the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The tower was named in honor of George H. Denny, who served as university president from 1912 to 1936 and again as interim president from 1941 through 1942. [2] It is equipped with a 25-bell carillon. The ...
In 1988 the University of Alabama Press published Robert Oliver Mellown’s The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus, a culmination of a decade’s worth of research into both the...
Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the University of Alabama System. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".
29 mar 2017 · From the burning of the campus during the Civil War to the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, UA's history has seen its share of pivotal moments.
8 lis 2023 · This page lists digital collections related to University history, divided chronologically into the following sections: Antebellum & Civil War: 1830s-1860s; Reconstruction & Military Discipline: 1870s-1890s; Co-eds & Wartime: 1900s-1940s; GI Bill & Desegregation: 1950s-1970s
