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
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