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University of Alabama

 Organization

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Agnes Ellen Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0635
Abstract

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

Alpha Epsilon Delta records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0069
Abstract

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
Abstract

A collection of meeting minutes, committee reports, correspondence, membership information, constitutions, and other material.

Dates: 1949-1975; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

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

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

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

Glenda Brewer research paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0208
Abstract

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

Wilburt Scott Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0221
Abstract

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
Abstract

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

Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0478
Abstract

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

Oliver Cromwell Carmichael collection

 Collection — Box 2356
Identifier: MSS-0279
Abstract

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

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
Abstract

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

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

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

Early University of Alabama Administrative Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-001
Abstract

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

William Graham Echols papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0471
Abstract

Contains articles written about and by this Methodist minister and professor of religion at the University of Alabama

Dates: after 1892

Albert John Farrah manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0505
Abstract

Typescript manuscripts of two textbooks (two copies of each) created by Albert John Farrah, Dean of the University of Alabama Law School from 1912 until shortly before his death in June of 1944.

Dates: 1934

Margaret Faulk collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0507
Abstract

Letters and other materials regarding this University of Alabama librarian; most of the collection relates to her illness and death.

Dates: 1932-1942

William Baker Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers University of Alabama materials

 Collection — Box 2339: [Barcode: 1006308132]
Identifier: MSS-0523
Abstract

Items relating to Walter Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers as students at the University of Alabama, including commencement programs, SGA and WSGA ribbons, Triangle ribbon, library card, and invitation to a dance

Dates: 1943-1946

Virginia Oden Foscue Alabama place-name essay collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0529
Abstract

Twenty-four essays (including one doctoral dissertation and three master’s theses) on Alabama place-names written by students of Virginia O. Foscue, who was a Professor of English at the University of Alabama from 1963 to 1993.

Dates: 1959-1984

Richard Clarke Foster scrapbooks and papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0537
Abstract

Scrapbook and folder containing newspaper and magazine articles as well as tributes to Foster, who died four years after becoming president of the University of Alabama.

Dates: circa 1941

Guild of Professional Writers for Children records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0601
Abstract

Materials related to the organization's activities, including its statement of purpose, membership applications and rolls, correspondence, newspaper clippings, works of members, announcements, calendars, newsletters, minutes, and financial records.

Dates: 1977-1999; Majority of material found within 1992 - 1994

Virginia Hansen scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0622
Abstract

Scrapbook kept during the 13th annual session of summer school for teachers at the University of Alabama, June 8-July 19, 1916, that includes photographs, autographs, anecdotes, notes of social events, a newsletter, and postcards of University of Alabama scenes.

Dates: 1916-1917

Marvin P. Harper papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0632
Abstract

A variety of documents covering: slave ownership documents concerning crimes and deaths; Farrah Law Society plaque; UA football picture from 1920s; Church programs; Stamps; Daughters of the Confederacy minutes. McCall diploma, 1879; and Kennedy family papers.

Dates: 1875-1930

Bessie Leach Hayden paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0651
Abstract

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

Hill Ferguson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0511
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, and reports about The University of Alabama collected by this alumnus and trustee of the institution.

Dates: 1892-1964

Hillel Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0672
Abstract

Records, mostly correspondence of Rabbi Henry A. Fischel (1948-1956), relating to the activities of the Hillel Foundation and its role in student life at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1944 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1956

Edna Lee Holladay Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4044
Abstract

Diary (and transcription) kept by Edna Lee Holladay during her college days at the University of Alabama

Dates: 1936-1939

James Austin Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0078
Abstract

A collection of copies of newspaper clippings and information about Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and its people.

Dates: 1898-1941

James William Oakley Jr. Photographs

 Collection — Box 38034.001: [Barcode: 1006241591]
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

Lecture notes on John W. Abercrombie

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0002
Abstract

Notes for a class lecture on Abercrombie, president of the University of Alabama. Includes information on the construction of University buildings during his tenure, as well as his conflicts with former acting president and Latin professor William S. Wyman.

Dates: not dated

Autherine Lucy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0881
Abstract

Court documents dealing with a suit brought by Autherine Lucy and Polly Anne Myers against The University of Alabama, as well as an invitation to her 1956 wedding and a newspaper clipping written when she graduated from UA with her master's degree in elementary education.

Dates: 1953 - 1957

Manly Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0900
Abstract

Includes the papers of Basil Manly, president of the University of Alabama, 1837-1855, and a founder of Furman University, which reflect the history of the period as well as his life as theologian and educator. It also contains materials created and gathered by other Manly family members, including his sons Basil and Charles, president of Furman University, 1881-1897.

Dates: 1818 - 1930

University of Alabama, Frank M. Moody Music Building articles

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3702
Abstract

Articles covering the construction and dedication of the Frank M. Moody Music Building on the University of Alabama campus in 1987 and 1988.

Dates: 1987-1988

William F. Reekstin Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4113
Abstract

Nine photograph albums of William F. Reekstin, a student at the University of Alabama in the early 1930s documenting a variety of campus venues and activities.

Dates: 1933-1935

James H. Shaw Correspondence with George Wallace

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4071
Abstract

Letter to and one from former governor George C. Wallace

Dates: 1991-1998

Wayne J. Urban Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4264
Abstract

This collection contains research and professional materials documenting the career of education professor and scholar Wayne J. Urban, who taught at Georgia State University and The University of Alabama and wrote many books on the history of education.

Dates: 1913-2016

Viscountess Astor letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0092
Abstract

A letter dated 5 November 1952, from Astor to Dr. John M. Gallalee, president of the University of Alabama, declining a speaking invitation.

Dates: 1952 November 5

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