Guide to the H. T. Scarborough Collection,
Record Group 045

Date processed:  January 2005

Processed By: TB / KC / MTO

Repository Information

Archives of Wiregrass History & Culture

Troy University--Dothan Campus
P.O. Box 8368
Dothan, AL  36304

Ph:  334-983-6556 x-327
E-mail:  Archivist Dr. Martin T. Olliff  <molliff@troy.edu>

Administrative Information

Accessions:  Collection consists of 2 accessions:

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045-04-1117;  Date Span:  1958-2004

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045-05-0311;  Date Span:  1915-1988

 

Collection Size   One scrapbook + 9 file folders

Biographical Sketch   H. T. (Harvey Thomas) Scarborough was a prominent citizen of Dothan, AL.  He worked a full career at Porter Hardware Co., was so active in the Lafayette St. Methodist Church that his Men's Sunday School Class named itself for him, and became a resource for those studying local history. 

Scope / Content     Collection consists of hard- and digitized copies of a scrapbook presented to Scarborough in 1958 by his Sunday school class, transcription of a 4-page memoir of Porter Hardware Co. Scarborough penned in 1979, a short autobiography, and a letter acknowledging receipt of this autobiography by the Alabama Department of Archives and History in 1988.  Also contains audiotapes of Mr. Scarborough talking about the history of his Bible class and church, Bible class yearbook, and photographs.

Organization     Organized into 4 series:

  1. Scarborough Bible Class Material, 1958-1984

  2. Local History and Memoirs, 1979-1984

  3. Photographs 1910-1920

  4. Miscellaneous, 1980s

Provenance     Original materials given to donor, Mrs. Rogers, by HTS in ca. 1984-85 or collected by her after 1985.

Associated material    William Holman conducted an oral history recording of Scarborough in 1987 and Wendell Stepp did the same during the 1980s.  Both interviews are in the Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Inc. Collection.

Access:  Open per Donor Agreement, 3-11-05

COLLECTION INVENTORY

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Series 1:  Scarborough Bible Class, 1958-1984

File I.D. File Label
045 04-1117 OS 001 Scrapbook:  H. T. Scarborough, This is Your Life presented by Men's Sunday School Class, Lafayette St. Methodist Church (PDF)
 
045 04-1117 001 005 Notification of changed name--Men's Bible Class to "H. T. Scarborough Bible Class," 1951  (PDF)
 
045 05-0311 001 007 4 Audiotapes: 

Tape 1 / Side A:  History of Lafayette St. Methodist Church (Dothan, AL) by H. T. Scarborough, 7-22-84. 
Tape 1 / Side B: History of Scarborough Bible Class, 8-20-84.
Tape 2  History of Lafayette St. Methodist Church (Dothan, AL) by H. T. Scarborough, 7-22-84 (Copy 2)
Tape 3  History of Lafayette St. Methodist Church (Dothan, AL) by H. T. Scarborough, 7-22-84 (Copy 3)
Tape 4  Sunday School Lessons, 1988
045 05-0311 001 008 Scarborough Bible Class Year Book, 1983
 

Series 2:  Local History and Memoirs, 1979-1984

File I.D. File Label
045 04-1117 001 001 a)  Handwritten autobiography of H. T. Scarborough
b)  Transcript made by Ms. Rogers (2004)  (PDF)
c)  ADAH letter of receipt (1988)  (PDF)
 
045 04-1117 001 002 a)  Handwritten essay:  "History of the E. R. Porter Hardware Co., 1889-1979"
b)  Transcript made by Mrs. Rogers (2004)  (PDF)
 
045 04-1117 001 003 Handwritten essay:  "My Christmas Memories" by H. T. Scarborough  (PDF)
 

Series 3:  Photographs:  045-05-0311-001-009 (all JPGs)

045-05-0311-001-009a:  Large Format:  Scarborough Bible Class, ca. 1970s
045-05-0311-001-009b:  H. T. Scarborough w/ students, 1916
045-05-0311-001-009c:  H. T. Scarborough w/ students, 1916
045-05-0311-001-009d:  H. T. Scarborough (left) with unidentified woman, ca. 1915
045-05-0311-001-009e:  Lennie Scarborough (left), wife of H. T. Scarborough, ca. 1915
045-05-0311-001-009f:  Scarborough w/ [son] Cullen, ca 1915-20.
045-05-0311-001-009g:  Scarborough w/ [son] Cullen, ca 1915-20

Series 4:  Miscellaneous

File I.D. File Label
045 04-1117 001 004 5 Newspaper Clippings re: H. T. Scarborough  (PDF)
 
045 04-1117 001 006 Church Bulletins re: H. T. Scarborough:

a)  50th Anniversary as Sunday School Teacher  (PDF)
b)  Notice of Scarborough’s death  (PDF)

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