University of Alabama

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Glenda Brewer research paper

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., papers

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Donn Sanford photographs

Early University of Alabama Administrative Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-001

Overview The record group contains many early extant records of The University of Alabama and includes materials documenting a wide range of functions, persons, and aspects of the University.

Dates: 1820 - 1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Early University of Alabama Administrative Records

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers

Bessie Leach Hayden paper

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0651

Overview Paper entitled "Then Came the Women: The University in the Nineties," written by Bessie Leach Hayden, Dean of Women, about the first sixty years of coeducation at the University of Alabama.

Dates: circa 1953

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Bessie Leach Hayden paper

James William Oakley Jr. Photographs

Collection — Box: 38034.001

Identifier: 2010-020

Abstract Photographs taken by James William Oakley Jr. during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956.

Dates: 1956 February

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / James William Oakley Jr. Photographs

President Oliver C. Carmichael Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-013

Overview This record group contains the records of University of Alabama president Oliver C. Carmichael. The records document his years as president, from 1953-1957, and include information on the attempt by Autherine Lucy to end racial segration at The University of Alabama in 1956.

Dates: 1944 - 1959

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / President Oliver C. Carmichael Records