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The primary library at the university is named after her. [2] A native of Greensboro, Alabama, Amelia was the daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle, the wife of Pennsylvania-born Confederate general Josiah Gorgas and the mother of Surgeon General William C. Gorgas. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1977. [3]
The Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library of the University of Alabama, designed by Miller, Martin & Lewis and completed in 1939. Miller & Martin , known after 1935 as Miller, Martin & Lewis , was an American architectural firm established in 1900 in Birmingham, Alabama .
On January 1, 1912, Dr. George H. "Mike" Denny left the presidency of Washington and Lee University in Virginia to lead The University of Alabama through a period of growth. [ 10 ] In 1939, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library opened.
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In 2011, the University of Alabama ranked 56th among all criteria, a marked improvement over a 2003 ranking of 97th. [87] In the fall of 2011, the University of Alabama Trustees approved a resolution to expand Gorgas Library by 50,000 square feet (4,600 m 2), doubling the seating capacity from 1,139 to 2,278. [88] [89]
The Gorgas–Manly Historic District is a historic district that includes 12 acres (4.9 ha) and eight buildings on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [1] The buildings represent the university campus as it existed from the establishment of the institution through to the late 19th century.
Josiah Gorgas (July 1, 1818 – May 15, 1883) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War and was later president of the University of Alabama. [1]As chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, Gorgas managed to keep the Confederate armies well supplied with weapons and ammunition, despite the Union blockade, and even though the South had hardly any munitions industry before the ...