ABOUT THIS BOOK

An engaging history of The University of Alabama President’s Mansion

As part of The University of Alabama’s 175th anniversary celebration (2006), the new edition of A Mansion’s Memories includes details of the tenures of the four presidents who have served since the Mathews term. Profusely illustrated with 69 black-and-white and 17 color photographs, this classic is sure to be welcomed anew by alumni and friends of the University and all lovers of fine old buildings that still function in their original capacities.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Mary Chapman Mathews is retired Executive Director of Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, and the wife of former University of Alabama President David Mathews.

REVIEWS

“Mathews has done an excellent job in putting on paper the lore of the house she so obviously learned to love.”—Tuscaloosa News

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“Amusing, informative, delightful. . . . Mathews [has an] easy-to-read, down-to-earth style.”—Chattanooga News-Free Press

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“The mansion has watched history for more than a century; it has overheard the conversations of its residents and guests; it has seen itself change architecturally on the outside and decoratively on the inside; it has witnessed the destruction of the Civil War, difficulties during both World Wars, and student demonstrations that accompanied the Vietnam War; and it has captured the sights and sounds of its age in serving as host to more than 25,000 people who visit it annually from around the world. . . . Mathews tells its story with sensitivity and insight that come only from having been a part of its inner circle.”—Alabama Living

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
Acknowledgments	000
1. Building a New House for a Young University, 18371855	000
Basil Manly
2. Surviving the Chaos of War, 18551878	000
Landon C. Garland
Short-Term and Acting Presidents
William R. Smith
Nathaniel T. Lupton
Carlos G. Smith
3. Rebuilding the Campus around the President's Home, 18781897	000
Josiah Gorgas
Burwell B. Lewis
Henry D. Clayton
Richard C. Jones
4. Greeting a New Century, 18971911	000
James K. Powers
William S. Wyman
John W. Abercrombie
5. Cementing a Capstone, 19111942	000
George H. Denny
Richard C. Foster
6. Battling for the Conscience of the University, an Angel for the House, 
19421958	000
Raymond R. Paty
John M. Gallalee
Oliver C. Carmichael
7. Opening Doors to All of Alabama, 19581980	000
Frank A. Rose
F. David Mathews
8. Fostering Research and Restoration, 19812003	000
Joab L. Thomas
E. Roger Sayers
Andrew A. Sorensen
J. Barry Mason (acting)
9. Celebrating the Twenty-first Century, 2003	000
Robert E. Witt
Appendix A: Presidents of the University	000
Appendix B: Chancellors of the University of Alabama System	000