LaGrange Military Academy

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1 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit November 15, 2013 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama October 2013 Box Tuscaloosa, Alabama, archives@ua.edu

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical/Historical note... 3 Scope and Contents note... 4 Administrative Information... 4 Related Materials... 5 Controlled Access Headings... 5 General note... 5 Collection Inventory Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository: University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama Creator - Author: Kumpe, John W. Creator - Collector: Title: Physical Description: Location note: Language of the Material: ID: W.0055 Williams, A. S., III LaGrange Military Academy accounts and J. W. Kumpe records Date: , Abstract: Preferred Citation note 0.2 Linear feet The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama English Ledger containing entries documenting student expenses at LaGrange Military Academy in Franklin County, Alabama, between The ledger also includes later entries written by John W. Kumpe documenting his personal expenses. LaGrange Military Academy accounts and J. W. Kumpe records, The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama Biographical/Historical note A Methodist-affiliated university, LaGrange College was founded in January 1830 in Franklin County, Alabama. The name changed to LaGrange Military Academy in 1855, and in 1858, the college was moved to Florence, Alabama. Enrollment flourished as the state funded scholarships for two students from each county to attend the institution. In 1861, forty-seven students were enrolled as cadets. At the outbreak of the Civil War, many of the college's students and instructors left the college to enlist in the - Page 3-

4 Thirty-Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment. On 28 April 1863, the college was destroyed in a fire started by members of the Tenth Missouri Cavalry. John W. Kumpe, born in February 1861, was the son of LaGrange Military Academy Trustee Dr. George E. Kumpe and Mildred A. (or Rebecca Kingsley) Kumpe. He married Martha Rebecca King in 1894 and the couple had three children: Percy K., James Edward, and Martha Rebecca. He died on 18 July 1944 in Colbert County, Alabama. Sources: Owen, Thomas McAdory and Marie Bankhead. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 2. Wyeth, John Allen. History of LaGrange Military Academy and the Cadet Corps, New York: The Brewer Press, Scope and Contents note This ledger contains entries documenting student expenses at LaGrange Military Academy in Franklin County, Alabama. These entries were written from , with the bulk of the entries dated In addition, the ledger also includes later entries written by John W. Kumpe that document his personal expenses. Kumpe was the son of Dr. George E. Kumpe, one of the trustees for LaGrange Military Academy. These entries are dated , with the bulk of the entries dated from Administrative Information Publication Statement University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama October 2013 Box Tuscaloosa, Alabama, archives@ua.edu Provenance Gift of A. S. Williams III, Page 4-

5 Processed by Haley Aaron and Martha Bace, 2013 Conditions Governing Access note None Related Materials Related Archival Materials note The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection holds other material relating to the LaGrange Military Academy and LaGrange College. There is also some information in the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library. Please see the collections' staff for assistance. Controlled Access Headings LaGrange Military Academy (Florence, Ala.). Williams, A. S., III Account books Franklin County (Ala.) Ledgers (account books) Military cadets--alabama School records General note Title on phase box spine: Financial and Student Accounts - LaGrange Military Academy Page 5-

6 Collection Inventory Title/Description Ledger Instances Box W Page 6-