Abstracts of Hoover’s written history
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| Main Entry/Title | Accession Register # |
|---|---|
| History of City of Hoover, Early history by Eloise Martens | 8-89-8 |
| “Let’s Call It Bluff Park” by R.W. Gilbert autographed as gift to Luther Tyler | 18-89-18 |
| “Early Memories of Bluff Park” & Legend of “Lovers Leap Rock” by Mrs. A. Susan Hale Copeland | 85-90-41 (see AR 84 and 95) |
| Bluff Park history – “This is Just a Nostalgic Reminiscence” by Mable Moore | 99-90-56 |
| Bluff Park tour of sites with map for Founders’ week for school, 4/88 | 106-90-63 |
| Hoover History, beginning 1828 | 118-90-75 |
| Hoover Early History “Refuge” – Post Office | 122-90-79 |
| Patton Chapel Road and Creek, history and speculations | 130-90-87 |
| Sketches of Alabama, Jones Valley, Shades Mt. from book by Mary Gordon | 141-90-98 |
| B’ham & Jefferson Co. Contents: Hale’s Springs by Robert Barnwell Henckell | 145-90-102 |
| Patton Chapel History by C.D. Bailey | 203-91-10(see Bailey AR 259) |
| “Prehistoric Indians” by Steven Meridith | 208-91-15 |
| “Mudtown” by Sean Flynt | 240-91-47 |
| “History of Rocky Ridge” by W. Mark Tew | 245-91-52 |
| “Shades Valley” by Lou Harper, Shades Valley Sun clipping | 247-91-54 |
| Recollections & Family Legend – Bluff Park, Patton’s Chapel & Sur. Areas | 261-91-68 (See Jackson AR 254-91-61) |
| Growing Up in Alabama by Mary Helen Cunningham Bell with genealogy of Edward Henry Chapman Cunningham | 251-91-58 |
| Indian Valley History – Subdivisions of Indian Valley, Indian Valley Lake Estates, 10/90 (Valdawood & Southlake) | 262-91-69 |
| For the City of Hoover with Congratulations and Appreciation, personal memoir | 284-91-91 |
| Talk by Aline Anderson on Hoover’s early history | 325-93-11 |
| Mattie Maude Hale, letters – Wm. Marion Tyler, et al | 347-94-1 |
| Ed Cranford, early childhood in Hoover – 1948, incl. maps and tapes | 381-95-12 |
| Lois Dison, includes genealogy and history | 1226-02-51 |
| Mable Moore Flynn, general history of Jefferson County | 1227-02-52 |
| Greystone Country Club property | 1233-02-57 |
| Stinson, Myra Vickery, memories | 1241-03-09 |