Cather & Brown Books

Letters, poll lists, and ephemera relating to the Democratic Party of Alabama.

Items relating to Alabama places, politics and segregation.

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.

Collection of items relating to this club from Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, including programs, press releases, clippings, etc.

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.

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.

Ledger of shipping records including destinations, prices and kinds of coal, dates, etc.

One ledger that records the association's meetings from 1913-1916.

Part of the program and text of the 1940 annual banquet of the Birmingham Real Estate Board, held on 16 January 1941.

Bound prayer book and related materials dealing with this Lay Reader of the Episcopal Church's healing missions in Anniston and Ensley, Alabama.

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.”

A collection of financial records, membership rolls, church directories, and the floor plan of this Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama.

One ledger containing court records of cases relating to bootlegging and illegal distillery operations.

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).

Journals, day books, and cash books for Coleman and Company.

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.

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.

A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.

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.

Record book for store located in either Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama, or Mobile, Alabama.

This collection consists of correspondence that discusses labor union issues.

A young woman's autograph book.

Documents pertaining to Simpson's personal and professional life.

This collection contains bills, family records, and wills of the Johnson family.

Contains genealogical materials and pages (possibly from a scrapbook) that include 19th-century photos.

Records of this Birmingham, Alabama, accounting firm

A ledger and cash book.

A handmade book celebrating the 25th wedding anniversary of S. D. Logan and his wife Ivey and a Centreville, Alabama, newspaper from 1936

A letter to Henry Holman Mize discussing Judge James J. Mayfield of Tuscaloosa.

Ledger from the Lim Rock, Alabama, chapter of the Modern Woodmen of America

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

A collection of reproductions of articles concerning E.D. Dixon, the organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott.

Correspondence and documents from the Oak Hill Memorial Association, caretakers of Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama.

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.

Contains photographs of family members and John Pelham's papers.

A commonplace book of Kate's favorite literary authors, which includes her own notes, quotes, and reflections.

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.

Brochures for the Pla-Gem Steel Furniture Company of Cullman, Alabama, selling children.s steel gym sets.

Brochures from the late 1950s for Arlington House wrought iron furniture

A single letterbook containing copies of Gurley, Alabama businessman Walter H. Powers's outgoing correspondence, March-October 1938

Diary of Ellen Pratt

Three diaries

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.

Brochures, multiple member lists, and history of the organization

Letters written to Charles H. Scott and others concerning Republican party politics in Alabama.

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.

An accounts ledger from a Lawrence County, Alabama, business

A business ledger maintained by Joseph Silva from Montgomery, Alabama, between 1880-1889.

An epic poem titled "Ostler Joe," about love and loyalty.

Legal papers concerning property owned by Smith's father