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University of Alabama

 Organization

Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:

Educational Media Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-003
Abstract

This collection consists of 435 photographs of different activities at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1963 - 1966

Eugene Allen Smith Glass Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-005
Abstract

This collection consists of glass plate negatives depicting Eugene Allen Smith's geological survey trips; various scenes from the University of Alabama campus, building the Smith Hall, Central Iron & Coal in Holt, Alabama, and mining sites, museum artifacts, maps, pages from books, and his family.

Dates: 1861 - 1932

Eugene Allen Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1286
Abstract

Contains field notes, correspondence letters, receipts, newspaper clippings, photographs, memorandum, notebooks, copy of the Crimson White (Commencement edition), and dinner guest list for E.A. Smith's 70th birthday party.

Dates: 1837-1921

Eugene Allen Smith Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-024
Abstract

This collection consist of two hundred and sixty nine photographs depicting buildings around The University of Alabama campus; Tombigbee and other river's in Alabama; trains; Eugene Allen Smith house on campus and his family; Alabama State Capitol; steamboats; University of Alabama baseball team; scene's from University of Mississippi; and scene's from Wetumka Penitentiary.

Dates: 1813 - 1927

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

Farris Dale Beason Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-216
Abstract

This collection consists of twenty-four photographs of two homecoming parades at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1963 - 1964

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

Fletcher Moore Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-017
Abstract

This collection depicts photographs of the University of Alabama and men in Ku Klux Klan clothes.

Dates: 1935

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

Folder 5, 1900

 File — Box 6148: [Barcode: 1006100295], Folder: 005
Identifier: Folder 5
Abstract

Photographs of students at the Woods Hall at the University of Alabama campus.

Dates: 1900

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

President Richard C. Foster Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-008
Abstract

This record group contains the presidential records of Dr. Richard C. Foster, University of Alabama president from 1937 to 1941.

Dates: 1923-1948

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

President John M. Gallalee Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-012
Abstract

This record group contains the presidental records of John M. Gallalee, president of The University of Alabama from 1948 to 1953.

Dates: 1927-1975

Marian Gallaway papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0554
Abstract

Collection of play scripts, theatre notes, research, programs, and photographs compiled by the long-time director of the University of Alabama Theater.

Dates: after 1948

Geological Survey of Alabama Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-002
Abstract

This collection consists of 531 photographs documenting Alabama Geological Survey field trips and the growth of the University of Alabama campus from the 1880s through 1930s.

Dates: 1885 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1930

George Benagh promissory note

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1603
Abstract

Promissory note dated January 1, 1858, in which The University of Alabama agreed to pay $150 to W. J. Hays for the use of a slave named Paul for one year. The note was signed by George Benagh, a professor acting on behalf of the University.

Dates: 1858-01-01

George Corley Wallace Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-210
Abstract

Thirty black and white photographs depicting George Wallace at the University of Alabama 1973 19 November during the homecoming activities. It was the Alabama versus Georgia homecoming football game, and Terry Points was the first African American awarded homecoming queen.

Dates: 1973-11-19

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

Wiley Hagler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0607
Abstract

Correspondence, school papers, clippings, and photographs.

Dates: 1901-1972

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

Jesse C. Hearne, Jr. Scrapbook of Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. on the University of Alabama Campus, 1936

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2567
Abstract

Contains scrapbook kept by Jesse C. Hearne Jr., highlighting events of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. groups on the University of Alabama campus in 1936. It is primarily newspaper clippings, but there are 13 photographs.

Dates: 1936

Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0313
Abstract

The personal, legal, military, and administrative papers, of this Alabama politician, Confederate general, and University of Alabama president.

Dates: 1840-1925

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

Ira Stark Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-023
Abstract

Sixteen black and white photographs of University of Alabama scenes, including students, football parade, ROTC functions and Governor Bibb Graves. Photographs were probably taken by Ira Stark, a University of Alabama student and graduate of 1940.

Dates: 1930 - 1947

Linda Jackson scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3546
Abstract

Scrapbook of the historical places on the University of Alabama campus

Dates: after 1950

Jacob Frederic Goossen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0579
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, teaching materials, and musical compositions of this former faculty member of the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1940-1995

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 Harry Cowan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-006
Scope and Contents Collection consists of one photographic album with sixty-two photographs of James Harry Cowan, a University of Alabama student from 1915 - 1918. Scenes include University athletes and sporting events, pre-game activities in front of Woods Hall, in Birmingham and Rickwood Park. Also contains newspaper clippings and memorabilia. The collection contains one card printed on one side with The University of Alabama Alma Mater and on the reverse side the song "God Save, Keep, and Hold Our Men," a...
Dates: 1915 - 1918

James Thomas Murfee Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1031
Abstract

Letters to L. C. Garland, President of the University of Alabama, and to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter, dealing with requisitions, fortifying the University campus, and cadets during the Civil War.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

James W. Horner Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-212
Abstract

This collection consists of one photograph of the University of Alabama Marching Band on the steps of the Amelia Gorgas Library.

Dates: 1943

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

Jefferson Jackson Coleman Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-002
Abstract

This collection consists of fifty-five photographs of the former Director of Alumni Affairs at the University of Alabama. He was closely involved in athletics at the University of Alabama. The photographs show various aspects of his life from 1918 through 1989.

Dates: 1918 - 1989

Jerry A. Davis, Jr. Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-200
Abstract

This collection consists of eighty-five photographs of Jerry A. Davis, Jr. (UA, MA, 1991), his friends and family, school pictures of Tuscaloosa Academy students, University of Alabama Sigma Chi fraternity parties, and vacation scenes.

Dates: 1979 - 1989

Josiah and Amelia Gorgas family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0580
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Josiah Gorgas, chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance and president of the University of Alabama, and his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, librarian at the University of Alabama and daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle.

Dates: 1820-1920

Jubilee Singers of the University of Alabama Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-004
Abstract

This collection consists of colored photographs relating to the Jubilee Singers' 1972 and 1973 concert tours of northeast Alabama.

Dates: 1972 - 1973

Kappa Alpha Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-062
Abstract

This collection consists chiefly of photographs relating to the Kappa Alpha Order members at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1951 - 1988

Lamar McCarty Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-196
Abstract

This collection consists of twelve photographs of homecoming festivities at the University of Alabama, probably taken by Lamar McCarty, University of Alabama Graduate (1938).

Dates: 1937 - 1938

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

Presidents Nathaniel T. Lupton, Josiah Gorgas, and William S. Wyman Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-249
Abstract

This record group contains a letterbook with correspondence to and from three Unversity of Alabama presidents, Nathaniel T. Lupton, Josiah Gorgas, and William S. Wyman, from 1871 to 1879.

Dates: 1871 - 1879

Daniel Thompson McCall, Jr. collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0393
Abstract

Three photographs of U. of A. students between 1884-1887 and an article by McCall about Alabamians who went to California during the 1849 "Gold Rush."

Dates: 1849-1887

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

New accession: Box temp.86

 File — Box temp 86
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Two letters from Macon at Tuscaloosa to his father and sister in Jacksonville, both dated 1861, discussing his denied requests for furloughs home, and a letter from his father, Miles, to his son in Tuscaloosa, encouraging him to return home to join a local company being raised to fight in the Civil War. The collection also includes an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles Abernathy.Addition received in 2012 includes one letter dated April 14, 1861, written by Macon to his...
Dates: 1861 - 1878

O. B. Emerson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0485
Abstract

The collection chiefly consists of correspondence between O. B. Emerson and various individuals including authors, former students, and other faculty and staff from The University of Alabama. The collection also includes materials about different authors and subjects on which Dr. Emerson either taught or published, as well as a significant amount of materials related to professional organizations in which he was involved.

Dates: 1945 - 1990

Oleta Lewis Hardesty Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-017
Abstract

Collection consists of fourteen photographs of University of Alabama coeds engaged in a variety of activities around campus, probably taken by Hardesty, a 1933 graduate of Alabama.

Dates: 1931 - 1933

Marvin T. Ormond papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3630
Abstract

UA Glee Club newspaper clippings and a photo

Dates: Between 1900 and 1925

Oscar D. Cully Jr. Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-008
Abstract

This collection consists of sixty-seven photographs of the University of Alabama campus and buildings, a scene of the downtown Tuscaloosa parade, and Nitrate Plant No. 2 with Wilson Dam in the background.

Dates: 1935 - 1936

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Photograph albums 2
Plays (document genre) 2
Records and correspondence 2
Research notes 2
Rivers 2
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