Guide to the Mary Clements Eddins Photograph Collection, 1930-2002

Record Group 212

Description: 24 scanned images, 600 dpi TIFs, full color

Biographical Sketch: Mary Eddins (nee Clements) was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She attended the University of Alabama, graduating with a bachelor's degree in education in 1969 and a master's in education, ca. 1971. In 1976, she received her AA certificate from Alabama A&M where she was studying for the Ed.D.

Mary Clements married Ray Eddins on October 14, 1972, in Northport, Alabama. They have two daughters, Rachel Adele Eddins Nichols and Mary Catherine Eddins.

Mary Eddins taught at Huntsville's Whitesburg Junior High School for a short time, then moved to Dothan. She resumed teaching when her daughters were in elementary school, first at the librarian at Abbeville Elementary in Henry County, then as a media specialist at Southside Elementary and, later, Cloverdale Elementary in the Dothan City School System. She retired in 2003 after serving 25 years and resides as of 2016 in Dothan.

Ms. Eddins supplied these family photographs to be scanned as part of the NEH-funded "Wiregrass Common Heritage Project" of the Wiregrass Archives and 짇북괜듕 Dothan Campus History Department. The Project held two Community Scanning Days, June 18 and 25, 2016.

See also the Raymond Riley Eddins Photographs, RG 213.

Scope / Content Note: Scanned photos of Ms. Eddins's family, including herself, her husband Ray (see RG 213) and his family, her daughters, and some of extended family members. Ms. Eddins chose these images from her larger.

Preferred Citation: Mary Clements Eddins Photographs, RG 212, Wiregrass Archives, 짇북괜듕 Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Acquisition Method: Gift

Access/User Limits? Open per gift agreement, June 18, 2016

Proc Date: 6/27/2016 Processor: MTO

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212-16-0618-001: Mary Eddins and dolls. Date: 1952, Northport, AL, Tuscaloosa County.

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212-16-0618-002: Raymond Riley Eddins and Virginia Bonnett Eddins (Dunson), Frisco City, Monroe County AL. Date: 1944

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212-16-0618-003: Ray H. Eddins and brothers-in-law, Cohron Family reunion. Date: February 1954, San Antonio, TX

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212-16-0618-004: Cohron Family reunion. Date: February 1954, San Antonio, TX

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212-16-0618-005: Bonnie Eddins, Virginia Donson, Ray Eddins (Mary's husband)

Alabama. Date: January 2002

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212-16-0618-006: Bonnie and Raymond Riley Eddins (1 year old). Date: 1942. Frisco City, Monroe County, AL.

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212-16-0618-007: Raymond Riley Eddins, 1959, Frisco City AL

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212-16-0618-008: Raymond Riley Eddins and Mary Stanley Clements engaged. Date: ca. 1971, Huntsville, AL.

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212-16-0618-009: Cousins Shirley, Raymond Eddins, Genese, Virginia Eddins. Date: ca. 1945, Frisco City School, Al.

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212-16-0618-010: Clements family picture, ca. 1982, Dothan, AL. L-to-R: Opal and Stanley Wilton Clements (Mary's parents), Mary and Ray Eddins, Rachel Eddins (5?), Mary Catherine Eddins (3?).

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212-16-0618-011: Pix of Eddins family of Frisco City, AL, ca. 1952. L-to-R: Raymond H. Eddins and children: Raymond Riley, Fred, and Virginia (Donson)