Alabama State Fair bag, MSS.2393

Abstract: Paper bag made to promote the University of Alabama School of Chemistry exhibit at the Alabama State Fair in Birmingham, Alabama, September 26 - October 1, 1938.Scope and Content Note: The collection contains a small paper bag made to promote the University of Alabama School of Chemistry exhibit at the Alabama State Fair in Birmingham, Alabama, September 26 - October 1, 1938. There is no indication what might have been in the bag at the time of the fair. There is also a note printed on the bag stating that it was made in the "Bag Department of Gulf States Paper Corporation in their Kraft Pulp and Paper Mill at Tuscaloosa."Biographical/Historical Note: The School of Chemistry in the University of Alabama's College of Arts and Sciences was established in 1929. The name was changed in 1965 to the Department of Chemistry