Title	1860s: James Ferguson Dowdell
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 1st edition, 1981, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 32: Dr. James Ferguson Dowdell, Methodist minister, former Alabama congressman, and retired Confederate Army colonel, served as president of East Alabama Male College during hard times following the Civil War. After the institution reopened in 1866, Dowdell's pay was halved and his faculty members also took salary cuts to help keep it operating despite declining enrollments. Dowdell resigned in the face of criticism in 1870, and a faculty government ran the college its last two years. The Methodist Conference turned the campus over to the State of Alabama for use as a land-grant college in 1872. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
Date	ca. 1860s
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Auburn University -- History Auburn University -- Presidents College presidents -- Alabama Education, Higher -- Alabama Confederate States of America, Army -- Officers
EOA Categories	Education -- Higher Education History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 4554 x 5693 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	auh115.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 1st edition. 1981.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge