Boutwell, Albert Burton
Daily Appoint Books, 1965-1967
Biography:
Albert
Burton Boutwell (1904-1978) was born in Montgomery, Alabama.
Boutwell graduated from the University of Alabama and opened a law practice in
Birmingham in 1928. He was elected to the Alabama State Senate in 1946 and after
serving three terms was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1958. He defeated Eugene
"Bull"
Connor in a run for mayor of Birmingham in 1963, and served one term as head of
the
city’s new mayor/council form of municipal government.
Albert
Boutwell died in 1978.
Sources:
Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Official and
Statistical
Register 1959.
Alexander City, Alabama: Outlook Publishing Company,
1959.
"Boutwell dead; led city out of turmoil." The Birmingham News,
February 4, 1978.
Scope and Content:
This
collection contains three daily appointment books (1965, 1966, 1967) kept
by Albert Burton Boutwell during his term as Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. The
books list meetings and events that Boutwell attended and occasionally include
notes
made by Boutwell to himself and notes to Boutwell from his staff. These books
provide
some indication of the Mayor's daily activities.
Guide to Collection:
File
level guide available in the Archives Department.
Subject Areas:
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Politics and government.
Boutwell,
Albert Burton, 1904-1978.
Civil rights
movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
Mayors --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Collection Number: 1750
Size: 1 linear foot (4 boxes)
Restrictions: Standard preservation and copyright restrictions.
Do not photocopy appointment books.
JB-6-2-01
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