Boutwell, Albert Burton
Scrapbooks, 1963-1967
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.
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:
These
scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings relating to Boutwell’s term as mayor of
Birmingham.
Guide to Collection:
Not available.
Subject Areas:
Boutwell, Albert Burton, 1904-1978
Civil Rights Movements—Alabama—Birmingham
Mayors—Alabama—Birmingham
Birmingham (Ala.)—Politics and Government
Collection Number: 575
Size: 5 reels microfilm
Restrictions: Standard preservation restrictions.
JB/7-10-99
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