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Cather & Brown Books

 Organization

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

History of the Alabama Democratic Party Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3025
Overview Letters, poll lists, and ephemera relating to the Democratic Party of Alabama.
Dates: 1896-1946

Alabama ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3677
Overview Items relating to Alabama places, politics and segregation.
Dates: unknown

Edmund Armes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0086
Overview Typed correspondence and telegrams from Armes in his capacity as Birmingham, Alabama chairman of the Sewanee (University of the South) endowment campaign to area Episcopalians, seeking donations for the institution. The collection also contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the campaign, and information on fundraising events.
Dates: 1919

Bessemer Civic Music Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0144
Abstract Collection of items relating to this club from Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, including programs, press releases, clippings, etc.
Dates: 1949-1954

Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0145
Abstract This collection contains much of the business correspondence and records of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, including lists of stock holders, minutes of meetings, maps of mine sites, and correspondence with government entities.
Dates: 1886-1982

Walter P. Billings newspaper clippings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0157
Abstract Several newspaper clippings relating to the trial of several white men for the murder of Walter P. Billings, an African-America resident of Sumter County, Alabama, on 1 August 1874, and also a lengthy jury charge by U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ballard decrying violence used by the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations against African-Americans.
Dates: 1873

Birmingham Coal and Coke Company shipping records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0160
Abstract Ledger of shipping records including destinations, prices and kinds of coal, dates, etc.
Dates: 1920-1923

Birmingham Printing Pressman's Union minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0163
Overview One ledger that records the association's meetings from 1913-1916.
Dates: 1913-1916

Birmingham Real Estate Board banquet program

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0164
Abstract Part of the program and text of the 1940 annual banquet of the Birmingham Real Estate Board, held on 16 January 1941.
Dates: 1941 January 16

Henry Conrad Blanford papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0171
Abstract Bound prayer book and related materials dealing with this Lay Reader of the Episcopal Church's healing missions in Anniston and Ensley, Alabama.
Dates: 1920-1922

Sarah Blue collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0177
Abstract A collection of items, most of them relative to the 1915 high school graduation of Sarah Blue of Union Springs, Alabama, including a keepsake book, “My Golden School Days.”
Dates: 1894-circa 1915

Bluff Park United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0178
Overview A collection of financial records, membership rolls, church directories, and the floor plan of this Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates: 1978-1981

Bootlegging Court records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0188
Abstract One ledger containing court records of cases relating to bootlegging and illegal distillery operations.
Dates: 1871-1881

Richard Branscomb and Lewis Branscomb papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0205
Overview Diary, travel journals, and account book of Richard Edwin Branscomb (1902-1980), Methodist Minister from Guin, Alabama, and Condensed Minute Book for Presiding Elders of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church belonging to Branscomb’s father, Lewis Capers Branscomb (1865-1930).
Dates: 1922-1935

Coleman and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0333
Overview Journals, day books, and cash books for Coleman and Company.
Dates: 1851-1869

Walter Henry Crenshaw commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0373
Overview A copy of the Lawyers Common-Place Book, profusely annotated by Crenshaw with notes on Alabama statute and case law through 1886, and miscellaneous additional items.
Dates: circa 1835-1886

Creole Social Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0374
Overview Insurance policies on the club house, an account book from a Mobile, Alabama, apothecary with the club, and tickets for social events sponsored by this African-American social club.
Dates: 1878-1902

L. H. Crumpler records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0380
Overview A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.
Dates: 1892-1909

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

Ezell Store ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0498
Abstract Record book for store located in either Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama, or Mobile, Alabama.
Dates: 1879-1910

David D. Greene papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0593
Overview This collection consists of correspondence that discusses labor union issues.
Dates: 1919-1936

Mollie Hunter collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0719
Overview A young woman's autograph book.
Dates: unknown

Joe A. Simpson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1276
Overview Documents pertaining to Simpson's personal and professional life.
Dates: unknown

Johnson Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0758
Overview This collection contains bills, family records, and wills of the Johnson family.
Dates: unknown

Krecker-Jobe family history

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0830
Overview Contains genealogical materials and pages (possibly from a scrapbook) that include 19th-century photos.
Dates: circa 1900-1970s

Lehmann, Ullman, and Barclay records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0852
Overview Records of this Birmingham, Alabama, accounting firm
Dates: 1920s-1970s

L. M. Falk and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0833
Overview A ledger and cash book.
Dates: unknown

S. D. Logan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0873
Overview A handmade book celebrating the 25th wedding anniversary of S. D. Logan and his wife Ivey and a Centreville, Alabama, newspaper from 1936
Dates: 1898-1936

Letter to Henry Holman Mize

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3013
Overview A letter to Henry Holman Mize discussing Judge James J. Mayfield of Tuscaloosa.
Dates: 1932 December 12

Modern Woodmen of America, Lim Rock, Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1007
Overview Ledger from the Lim Rock, Alabama, chapter of the Modern Woodmen of America
Dates: unknown

Thomas Morrow Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3904
Overview Letter from Morrow to William Mitchell discussing a quarrel between the two and a typewritten tract by Morrow addressed to the Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, outlining ten grievances he has against it
Dates: 1849 February 12

E.D. Nixon article reprints

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2963
Overview A collection of reproductions of articles concerning E.D. Dixon, the organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott.
Dates: 1955-1982

Oak Hill Memorial Association papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2964
Overview Correspondence and documents from the Oak Hill Memorial Association, caretakers of Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates: 1913-1953

Oscar W. Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0010
Abstract Correspondence of this Birmingham, Alabama, minister of the A.M.E. Zion Church, principally concerning the struggle to remain solvent during the Great Depression. Also includes budget sheets, receipts, reports, and legal documents for this and other A.M.E churches throughout the South.
Dates: 1909 - 1952

John Pelham papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1124
Overview Contains photographs of family members and John Pelham's papers.
Dates: 1864-1957

Kate Speake Penny commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1125
Overview A commonplace book of Kate's favorite literary authors, which includes her own notes, quotes, and reflections.
Dates: 1879

Phillips-Lester Manufacturing Company

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1140
Overview Contains the records of this clothing company including: papers on the correct measurement styles and clothing type for menswear, safety manual, audit records, and transaction booklet.
Dates: unknown

Pla-Gem Company papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1149
Overview Brochures for the Pla-Gem Steel Furniture Company of Cullman, Alabama, selling children.s steel gym sets.
Dates: 1964

Plantation Patterns, Inc. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1150
Overview Brochures from the late 1950s for Arlington House wrought iron furniture
Dates: 1965-1968

Walter H. Powers letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1779
Abstract A single letterbook containing copies of Gurley, Alabama businessman Walter H. Powers's outgoing correspondence, March-October 1938
Dates: 1938

Ellen Pratt diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1160
Overview Diary of Ellen Pratt
Dates: 1925-1928

Florence Marks Pratt diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1161
Overview Three diaries
Dates: 1910 to 1920

Julian Lee Rayford papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1181
Abstract Articles and other writings of this Mobile, Alabama, artist, journalist, folklorist, and muralist who was known for his work to increase awareness of Mobilian Joe Cain who revived Mardi Gras after the Civil War.
Dates: 1953-1973

Rotary Club, Montgomery, Alabama, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1210
Overview Brochures, multiple member lists, and history of the organization
Dates: 1915-1966

Charles H. Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3060
Overview Letters written to Charles H. Scott and others concerning Republican party politics in Alabama.
Dates: 1889-1906

Selma and Meridian Railroad ledger and journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1778
Abstract Two corporate account books for the Selma and Meridian Railroad, 1885: the ledger, which details payments and receipts by date, and the journal, which records them by firm or individual.
Dates: 1880-1885

Shackelford Merchants ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1257
Overview An accounts ledger from a Lawrence County, Alabama, business
Dates: 1856-1858

Joseph Silva papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1273
Abstract A business ledger maintained by Joseph Silva from Montgomery, Alabama, between 1880-1889.
Dates: 1880 - 1889

George R. Sims poem "Ostler Joe"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1277
Overview An epic poem titled "Ostler Joe," about love and loyalty.
Dates: 1899 December 13

Carolyn C. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1284
Overview Legal papers concerning property owned by Smith's father
Dates: unknown