Haldrum, Ruth A.

Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box 13

Identifier: RG-1530

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection of correspondence pertaining to Haldrum regarding her time at Selma University, pension and untimely death.

Dates

Creation: 1920-1929

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

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Biographical / Historical

Ruth Haldrum (1853-1928), who remained a teacher in Selma for most of her life, must have had a remarkable life story: Census records show that she was an African-American woman born in Calcutta, India to French parents. She first came to Selma from Florida as a “missionary” teacher at what was originally called the Alabama Baptist Colored University, somewhat unique among historically Black Bible colleges because it was also open to elementary school students – the “little ones’ for whom Ruth Haldrum felt such compassion.

PBA Galleries Acutions from a Autograph Letter Signed from 1894 Black Woman Teacher at Selma University, Alabama sold in March 2013.

(link appears to be broken, 2019) See http://old.pbagalleries.com/search/item231399.php? &PHPSESSID=10fc1dc4a8e91f937d2564c4fb6404e0 Accessed 2013-12-18