University of Alabama
Organization
Found in 161 Collections and/or Records:
12 Days in May Betamax Tapes
Collection
Identifier: 2013-027
Overview
Collection contains the Beta Tapes during the student unrest May 1970 at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1970-05
Agnes Ellen Harris Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0635
Overview
Contains correspondence and records, index to student files (1930-1944), and indices to miscellaneous publications. Publication topics include agriculture, home economics, P.T.A., publishing companies, sororities, University of Alabama publications, publications of other Alabama colleges and normal schools, and out-of-state college publications.
Dates:
1919 - 1945
Alabama Air National Guard letter of authorization
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0014
Abstract
A photocopy of a memorandum to the commander to the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing of the Alabama National Guard, authorizing transport of non-military personnel, including Governor George C. Wallace, from Montgomery to Tuscaloosa and back on April 30, 1963. Includes signatures of passengers on a waiver form.
Dates:
1963-04-30
Alabama Alumni Association, Cornerstone Committee
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0018
Overview
This collection includes a committee report; a list of donors to the Crimson Pride membership drive, 1986-1987; histories of the national alumni association and local chapters; information on the rededication of Denny Chimes in 1987; newspaper clippings about coaches Ray Perkins and Paul "Bear" Bryant; and other information on the history and alumni of the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1888 - 1987
Alabama postcards
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3715
Overview
Postcards showing a variety of places in Alabama, including Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery.
Dates:
1918-1970s
Alabama Speech Records
Collection
Identifier: 2015-001
Overview
Recordings made by two University of Alabama professors as part of a UA Research Grant, studying the different speech patterns and intonations of each county in the state
Dates:
1940 - 1941
Album, 1930 - 1932
File — Box: 5244, item: 1
Identifier: Album 1
Abstract
University of Alabama campus buildings; dorm rooms; football games; cotton gin; football game in California; Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1932; Gulfport, Mississippi; University of Alabama football team; Northport tornado, March 22, 1932; ROTC; track and field; University of Alabama coed; John "hurry" Cain, halfback on University of Alabama football team; article about the Lynn high school; articles about the Northport tornado, March 22, 1932; other news article; cards of YMCA; Cotillion Club...
Dates:
1930 - 1932
Allan F. Archer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0082
Overview
Documents pertaining to the career of Dr. Allan F. Archer from 1932 to 1951 when he worked at the University of Alabama Museum of Natural History and Geological Survey of Alabama. The material primarily focuses on Dr. Archer’s study of spiders, but includes crabs, mollusks, crustacean and matters of ecological and biological importance as well.
Dates:
1932-1951
Alpha Epsilon Delta records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0069
Overview
The Alpha Epsilon Delta collection consists of the rules, rituals, petitions, reports, and memorabilia of the University of Alabama's charter chapter of this medical honors society.
Dates:
1926-1951
American Association of University Professors, University of Alabama Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0072
Overview
A collection of meeting minutes, committee reports, correspondence, membership information, constitutions, and other material.
Dates:
1949-1975; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960
Arthur Bagby papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0102
Abstract
Contains materials, mostly photocopies, created by or relating to Arthur Bagby, the tenth governor of Alabama.
Dates:
1837
Frederick A. P. Barnard letter and speech
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0113
Abstract
An address to the "Gentlemen of the Erosophic Society" in 1848 at The University of Alabama and a letter to Barnard from his brother, John G. Barnard, regarding a pass for travel in 1862.
Dates:
1848, 1862
Junius K. Battle commencement address text
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0124
Abstract
Commencement address titled "Footprints of the Creator," delivered on July 15, 1858, at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1858 July 15
Henry R. Benagh letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0136
Abstract
A letter containing genealogical information about the Benagh family.
Dates:
1951
Benjamin Franklin Meek lecture notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0974
Abstract
A volume of lectures, notes, and examinations by this University of Alabama professor of English literature.
Dates:
1872-1873
Beta Phi Mu, Beta Kappa Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0147
Abstract
Correspondence, bank records, scrapbooks, meeting agendas, and minutes, of the University of Alabama chapter of the National Library and Information Studies honorary.
Dates:
1975-1990
Hugo F. Biedermann papers
Collection — Box: 5041
Identifier: MSS-0155
Abstract
The collection includes copies of patents granted Biedermann, as well as contracts and some scattered miscellaneous papers. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of projects worked on by the firm of Skinner and Biedermann, including the Anniston Army Depot and many buildings on the University of Alabama campus, including the Engineering building, Lloyd Hall, Denny Chimes, Denny Stadium, Doster Hall, Graves Hall, and others.
Dates:
circa 1940s
Birmingham News Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-007
Overview
This collection consists of photographs depicting the Alabama football, basketball, and civil rights movement in the 1950s.
Dates:
1835 - 1974
Dr. Bonner letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0185
Abstract
Thermo-fax copy of letter dated 19 October 1958 by Dr. Bonner to Professor James H. Newman, executive vice-president University of Alabama, summarizing Bonner's trip to England, also a brief letter dated 21 October by Newman to W.S. Hoole, to whom he forwarded Bonner's letter.
Dates:
1958
Franklin Welsh Bowdon letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0191
Abstract
A letter dated 24 October 1835, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa to the editor of the Weekly Globe requesting a six-month subscription to the newspaper.
Dates:
1835 October 24
Glenda Brewer research paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0208
Overview
Research paper titled "Integration at the University of Alabama," submitted for seminar in African American history at the University of Alabama in 1975.
Dates:
1975
Charles Edward Bridges letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0209
Overview
A letter dated 24 February 1849, written from the University of Alabama to Sam Houston, advising him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Erosophic Society.
Dates:
1849 February 24
Wilburt Scott Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0221
Overview
Copies of this University of Alabama graduate and faculty member’s dissertation with other manuscripts and documents
Dates:
1960-1992
Charles Mitchell Burford letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0231
Overview
Letter written by Burford, dated 20 October 1847, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his brother in Summerfield [Alabama?]
Dates:
1847 October 20
Mike Bynum papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0246
Overview
Manuscript (photocopy) of Bynum's book "High Tide" (published by Cross Roads Books, 1978) and research notes
Dates:
1978
Ottokar T. Cadek papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0253
Overview
Correspondence, diaries, genealogies, and various other documents relating to the life of this violinist, conductor, and teacher.
Dates:
unknown
Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0478
Overview
Documents, interviews, and source material used by Camille Elebash,in co-producing with Joe Terry, the documentary George Wallace: A Politician’s Legacy.
Dates:
1964-1988
Canterbury Chapel Christ Episcopal Church scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0272
Overview
Scrapbooks and newspaper articles highlighting church members who worked for the University and college students who attended Canterbury Chapel.
Dates:
1927-1937
Eddie Carideo scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0275
Overview
Souvenirs and mementoes of University of Alabama football, with some boxing and baseball memorabilia, 1932-1948, including photos of players, many of them signed, and newspaper clippings, as well as some 1935 Rose Bowl materials and photos.
Dates:
1932-1948
Oliver Cromwell Carmichael collection
Collection — Box: 2356
Identifier: MSS-0279
Overview
A miscellany of material relating to this University of Alabama president, including a newspaper clipping, a Carmichael writing entitled "The Function of Instinct in Education," and a scrapbook.
Dates:
unknown
University of Alabama Centennial Celebration program
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3536
Overview
University of Alabama Centennial Celebration program, 11 May 1931.
Dates:
1931 May 11
Margaret Chenault papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0296
Overview
Memorabilia of a University of Alabama student, 1930-1934, including a scrapbook, record book, newspapers, and student organization documents
Dates:
1930-1934
Thomas P. Clinton letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0319
Overview
Letters about the burning of the University of Alabama, April 1865, which Clinton witnessed as a young boy.
Dates:
Unknown
B. F. Cochran papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0325
Abstract
The texts of three of Cochran's speeches and a critical essay on the significance of Athens, Greece on later republics.
Dates:
1841
William Allen Cochrane diploma
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0327
Abstract
A handwritten copy of Cochrane's University of Alabama diploma.
Dates:
1840
John Coglin absence report
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0343
Overview
University of Alabama report, dated 24 December 1831, stating the absences of John Colgin for the month of December.
Dates:
1831 December 24
Jefferson Jackson Coleman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0337
Abstract
Souvenirs from various events, as well as awards and honors bestowed upon Coleman, who served The University in many capacities for almost 50 years.
Dates:
1961-1974
Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0339
Abstract
Various documents, including speeches, correspondence, reports, faculty newsletters, alumni magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings of this Alabama native and University of Alabama professor of Romance Languages
Dates:
1924-1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960
Crimson Theatre radio plays collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0375
Overview
Scripts for several radio plays performed by the Crimson Theatre on the WABP radio station on the University of Alabama campus.
Dates:
circa 1953
Edward Calvin Crow correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0378
Overview
Correspondence between E. C. Crow and Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, as well as a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates:
1952
John Cottingham Curry papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0387
Overview
Items from Curry's tenure at the University of Alabama, including season tickets for sporting events, invitations to social events and organizations, and a binder of correspondence relating to reunions of the University of Alabama class of 1916.
Dates:
1916-1971
Daphne Cunningham Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0385
Abstract
Diaries whose short entries provide information on the daily activities of this coed from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, member of Kappa Delta sorority, and 1916 University of Alabama graduate.
Dates:
1913 - 1914
David B. McElroy Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2009-203
Overview
This collection consists of ten color photographs of the Ramsey Award Party, held at the University of Alabama University Club, 1986.
Dates:
1986
John Charles Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0411
Abstract
Letters and unpublished speeches; photocopies of letters written by Joseph Lakanal, 1762-1845.
Dates:
circa 1930
Denny Chimes on the Quad at The University of Alabama, 1930
Item — Box: 5253, Folder: 2012.035.000386
Identifier: 2012.035.000386
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates:
1930
Denny Chimes Renovation papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0429
Abstract
Materials relating to the 1986 renovation of the University of Alabama bell tower and the fund drive to purchase a new 25-bell carillon, kept by Sandee Gibson. The collection includes a fund drive notebook, photographs of the restoration and rededication, and an information pack for fundraisers.
Dates:
undated
Dominique Doux Fiquet Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: 2008-028
Overview
Photograph album containing images of students and faculty at The University of Alabama in 1859 and includes the oldest known photograph of the campus.
Dates:
1859
Donn Sanford photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-021
Abstract
Photographs of the first African American student admitted to the University of Alabama, Autherine Lucy, enrolling at The University of Alabama in February 1956.
Dates:
1956 February
Douthitt scrapbook materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0399
Overview
Material, mostly photocopies, from a nineteenth-century scrapbook. The most significant item is a pencil sketch of the Rotunda on the campus of The University of Alabama.
Dates:
1865 - 1877
Dr. James Anderson Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-002
Overview
This collection consists of seven photographs of the University of Alabama Centennial Pageant at the Denny Stadium.
Dates:
1931-05-11