| Name | Camilla Linn Rosser Papers |
| Dates | 1926-1977 |
| Extent | 2 cubic feet |
| Historical Note | Camilla Linn Rosser was an educator, civic leader, and community health activist in Birmingham during the middle period of the Twentieth Century. She was born in 1895 to William Garrison Linn and Annie Adella “Della” Boyles Linn. She began a career in education as a teacher in the schools in Guntersville, and in 1925 she became the principal of the Striplin School in Gadsden. Camilla Linn married William J. Rosser, MD, on July 20, 1927 in Arab, Alabama; the couple made their home in Birmingham where Dr. Rosser maintained his medical practice. Dr. and Mrs. Rosser were the parents of two sons. With the birth of her sons, Camilla stopped teaching to devote herself to raising her children. She was also an active member of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), serving as the PTA health chairman for several years and as the PTA president in 1949-1950. She was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Jefferson County Medical Society Auxiliary and served as president of both organizations. William James Rosser was born in Alabama in 1892. He joined the US Army as a Private First Class in September 1917 and served in the army until January 1919. In 1921 he entered the medical school at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he graduated in 1925. He maintained a private practice in Birmingham for many years and served on the medical staff at Hillman, St. Vincent’s, East End, South Highlands, and University Hospital. He was a voluntary member of the faculty of the Medical College of Alabama until his death, first as a clinical instructor of proctology and, after 1959, as a clinical assistant professor of surgery. Dr. William J. Rosser, Sr., died in Birmingham on May 31, 1962, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Camilla Linn Rosser died in Birmingham in December 1978 and was buried beside her husband. |
| Scope and Contents | Consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and medical student notebooks. |
| Arrangement | Arranged by family member by decision of repository staff. |
| Accession Number | M2010-08 |
| Provenance | Donated to the UAB Archives in 2010 by the son of Camilla Linn Rosser. |
| Copyright | The UAB Archives owns the copyright to some of the material and maintains its proprietary rights to all material in this collection. |
| Fnding Aid | Printed descriptive guide by Jennfer L. Beck and Tim L. Pennycuff available in repository. |
| Access Points | Linn Family. Rosser, Camilla Linn, d 1895-1978. Rosser, William James, d 1892-1962. Women x Societies and clubs. |
| Document Types | Certificates. Correspondence. Scrapbooks. |
| Location | Manuscript stacks. |
| Related Series | PMC119, Camilla Linn Rosser Photographs, 1910-1970. |
| Physical Condition | Acid free folder, acid free box |
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