Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883
Dates
- Existence: 1818 - 1883
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Brierfield Ironworks records
Financial and legal documents of the Brierfield Ironworks along with some correspondence and printed materials, dating from 1866 to 1882. The materials are divided into two main groups: (A) those materials generated during Josiah Gorgas' control of the ironworks (1866-1869), and (B) those materials generated during Thomas S. Alvis' control of the operations (1869-1873).
Edward Calvin Crow correspondence
Correspondence between E. C. Crow and Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, as well as a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.
John E. Curry collection
Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.
Josiah and Amelia Gorgas family papers
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.
Presidents Nathaniel T. Lupton, Josiah Gorgas, and William S. Wyman Records
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.
Sarah Ann (Gayle) and William B. Crawford Papers
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford, sister to Amelia Gayle Gorgas, and William B. Crawford.
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- Government, Law and Politics 2
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- Alabama -- Industries 1
- Architecture and Landscape 1
- Bibb County (Ala.) 1
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- Business records 1
- Civil War 1
- College students -- United States 1
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- Creek Indian War 1
- Deeds 1
- Drawings (visual works) 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- Family histories 1
- Financial records 1
- Genealogy 1
- Governors -- Alabama 1
- Hotels 1
- Insurance policies 1
- Invitations 1
- Iron industry and trade 1
- Jefferson County (Ala.) 1
- Journals (periodicals) 1
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- Legal documents 1
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