Williams, A. S., III

Joseph B. Graham speeches and letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0095

Overview Contains copies of four speeches written by Talladega educator Joseph B. Graham and presented to various civic and social clubs; also contains one letter signed by Selma politician Edmund Pettus

Dates: 1884-1902

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Joseph B. Graham speeches and letter

John Temple Graves II papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0109

Overview Manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings written by and related to Birmingham newspaper columnist John Temple Graves II.

Dates: 1910-1967

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / John Temple Graves II papers

Columbus L. Hadaway memoir

Collection

Identifier: W-0118

Overview Typescript of Confederate soldier Columbus L. Hadaway's military memoir.

Dates: 1913

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Columbus L. Hadaway memoir

James Hall and Myra Hall papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0023

Overview Two copies of Hall's "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826" and a notebook detailing his sermons and revival participation from September 1886 through May 1887; a large portion of the notebook contains Myra Hall's writings

Dates: 1886-1904

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / James Hall and Myra Hall papers

Virginia J. Hanson papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0018

Overview Contains a memory book documenting the senior year of Virginia J. Hanson, a 1912 graduate of Birmingham High School. Also contains research notes, correspondence and manuscripts related to Hanson's thesis, "Alabama in Legend and Lore."

Dates: 1912-1937

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Virginia J. Hanson papers

Joseph Zebulon Hearst letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0123

Overview Typescript transcriptions of twenty-one letters written by Confederate soldier Joseph Zebulon Hearst between May 1862 and December 1864.

Dates: 1931

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Joseph Zebulon Hearst letters

Townsend Heaton letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0091

Overview Letters written by Dr. Townsend Heaton, a member of the 70th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War

Dates: 1861-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Townsend Heaton letters

B. L. Holt correspondence on the 1908 Confederate Veterans Reunion

Collection

Identifier: W-0044

Overview Holt's correspondence between May and June 1908, relating to his duties as quartermaster general in securing hotels accommodations and horses for Alabama Governor Braxton Bragg Comer and members of his staff who participated in the veteran's parade and other reunion events.

Dates: 1908

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / B. L. Holt correspondence on the 1908 Confederate Veterans Reunion

"The Home of the Brownings"

Collection

Identifier: W-0092

Overview Handwritten notes Octavia Walton Le Vert used during her lecture, "Home of the Brownings," which described her 1855 visit to the home of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning.

Dates: circa 1870

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / "The Home of the Brownings"

Sarah Shorter Hunter commonplace book

Collection

Identifier: W-0019

Overview Commonplace book of Eufaula, Alabama, resident containing handwritten recipes, poems, quotations, and notes. In addition, the book includes a small number of newspaper clippings.

Dates: approximately 1835-1894

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Sarah Shorter Hunter commonplace book

J. Zelinski Camp O'Neal sketchbook

Collection

Identifier: W-0038

Overview This sketchbook contains nineteen pen and ink drawings that depict training drills, camp life, and social events held at Camp O'Neal, a training base located in Frascati Park in Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1883 June

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / J. Zelinski Camp O'Neal sketchbook

Jack D. L. Holmes papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0001

Overview Correspondence, manuscripts, journal articles, newspaper clippings, and maps of this professor and Alabama author.

Dates: 1963-1988

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Jack D. L. Holmes papers

Thomas K. Jackson journals

Collection

Identifier: W-0021

Overview Four journals documenting the daily life of Thomas K. Jackson.

Dates: 1866-1873

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Thomas K. Jackson journals

Jennie C. Lee Papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0113

Overview Contains photographs, letters, programs, and other materials created and collected by Lee, who was director of the Tuskegee Choir for twenty-five years (1903-1928).

Dates: 1891 - 1938

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Jennie C. Lee Papers

John Forbes and Company land records

Collection

Identifier: W-0074

Overview Three journals recording land sales and transfers in southern Alabama, as well as memoranda and notes concerning the partners of this mercantile firm.

Dates: 1799-1849

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / John Forbes and Company land records

John Mason Dill Archive: Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Photographic Collection

Collection

Identifier: WP-006

Overview This collection consists of photographs, drawings and graphic materials depicting John Mason Dill and his coworkers at the end of his working career as one of the draftsman at the engineering office at the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company in Birmingham and Fairfield, Alabama.

Dates: 1911 - 1951

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / John Mason Dill Archive: Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Photographic Collection

Andrew McClure Jones papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0070

Overview Patent documents, newspaper clippings, and other papers of Andrew McClure Jones.

Dates: 1879-1892

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Andrew McClure Jones papers

Charles Edgeworth Jones congressional autograph journal

Collection

Identifier: W-0128

Overview Autograph book containing signatures of representatives who served as members of the 28th United States Congress during the 1844-1845 legislative session.

Dates: 1844-1845

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Charles Edgeworth Jones congressional autograph journal

Walter Burgwyn Jones papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0110

Overview Speeches, pamphlets, correspondence, and other materials related to the life and career of Alabama circuit court judge Walter Burgwyn Jones.

Dates: 1877 - 1981

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Walter Burgwyn Jones papers

Mary C. Kelly scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: W-0036

Overview Originally used by R. G. Betsill, a physician in Pike County, Alabama, as a record of his patients' treatments and accounts in 1855, the volume was used by Mary C. Kelly as a scrapbook in 1866.

Dates: 1855 - 1866

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Mary C. Kelly scrapbook

Harriet Anna Kennedy papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0117

Overview Notebook of poems written by Harriet Anna Kennedy between 1863-1864. A letter and a small collection of later poems written by Kennedy and members of her extended family are also included.

Dates: 1863-1903

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Harriet Anna Kennedy papers

R. Landesberger letter and music

Collection

Identifier: W-0121

Overview Handwritten letter and sheet of music from Geneva (Switzerland) professor Dr. R. Landesberger to President Woodrow Wilson, dated January 7, 1919. A typed transcript of the letter is also included.

Dates: 1919 January 7

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / R. Landesberger letter and music

Lavinia Hetherling Leinau commonplace book

Collection

Identifier: W-0124

Overview Tennessee resident Lavinia Heatherling Leinau's commonplace book, containing poetry and notes from friends

Dates: 1831 - 1879; Majority of material found within 1831 - 1836

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Lavinia Hetherling Leinau commonplace book

Alice Alison Lide and Margaret Alison Johansen papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0058

Overview Correspondence, research notes, typescripts, and galley proofs of sisters and Alabama authors Alice Alison Lide and Margaret Allison Johnson.

Dates: 1917-1959

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Alice Alison Lide and Margaret Alison Johansen papers

Lincoln Normal School Photographic Albums

Collection

Identifier: WP-2013001

Overview This collection consists of two personal albums with photographs of teachers, administrators, and students at the Lincoln Normal School, an early African-American school in Marion, Alabama. The albums include formal group portraits, informal photographs from everyday life, and images of the school's surroundings.

Dates: 1909 - 1924

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Lincoln Normal School Photographic Albums

Lola Higginbotham memory book, McAdory High School, McCalla, Alabama

Collection

Identifier: W-0033

Overview Memory book documenting the senior year of Lola Higginbotham, a 1924 graduate of McAdory High School.

Dates: 1924

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Lola Higginbotham memory book, McAdory High School, McCalla, Alabama

State of Louisiana troop expenses ledger

Collection

Identifier: W-0067

Overview Expenses ledger for Louisiana state troops from 1862 to 1863.

Dates: 1862-1863

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / State of Louisiana troop expenses ledger

"Mammy stories"

Collection

Identifier: W-0026

Overview Handwritten manuscript by Birmingham author Julia Neely Finch describing "an old-time Southern Mammy."

Dates: between 1900 and 1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / "Mammy stories"

Wallace Marshall manuscripts and research material

Collection

Identifier: W-0003

Overview Correspondence, research notes, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts related to "Tensas Doctor" and "Noise of Great Waters" by Marshall Wallace

Dates: 1947 - 1948

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wallace Marshall manuscripts and research material

Ferdinand Masendorff financial notebook

Collection

Identifier: W-0039

Overview Financial notebook includes lists of prices and shipping rates for items such as cotton, sugar, coffee and corn, as well as lists of currency exchange rates, United States cotton production rates, and Mobile cotton brokers.

Dates: 1849-1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Ferdinand Masendorff financial notebook

McAdory and Huey family papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0069

Overview Correspondence, manuscripts, and ledgers written by members of the McAdory and Huey families of Bessemer, Marion, and Talladega, Alabama

Dates: 1863-1929

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / McAdory and Huey family papers

Aurora Pryor McClellan commonplace and autograph book

Collection

Identifier: W-0015

Overview Sketches, quotations, brief journal entries, and several letters.

Dates: 1861-1903

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Aurora Pryor McClellan commonplace and autograph book

"Tall Shadows: Origins and Operations of McGriff, Seibels, and Williams, Inc., Insurance Brokers"

Collection

Identifier: W-0028

Overview Unpublished corporate history of McGriff, Seibels and Williams Inc., one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dates: 1985

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / "Tall Shadows: Origins and Operations of McGriff, Seibels, and Williams, Inc., Insurance Brokers"

Robert H. McKenzie dissertation, correspondence, and notes

Collection

Identifier: W-0072

Overview Copy of Robert H. McKenzie's dissertation, "A History of the Shelby Iron Company, 1865-1881," and a small collection of correspondence and research notes related to the dissertation.

Dates: 1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Robert H. McKenzie dissertation, correspondence, and notes

Midway, Alabama, city records

Collection

Identifier: W-0046

Overview Handwritten copy of the town charter with all ordinances from 1882 to 1937, court records, and town council minutes for the town of Midway, Alabama.

Dates: 1882-1937

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Midway, Alabama, city records

Milner Coal and Railroad Company meeting minutes

Collection

Identifier: W-0101

Overview Minutes of directors and stockholders' meetings between 1900 and 1910

Dates: 1900-1910

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Milner Coal and Railroad Company meeting minutes

Early Huntsville, Alabama, letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0100

Overview Two unrelated letters, dated from 1822 and 1831, containing information about Huntsville, Alabama.

Dates: 1822, 1831

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Early Huntsville, Alabama, letters

Mobile, Alabama, Confederate newspaper scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: W-0050

Overview Scrapbook of newspaper articles from Confederate newspapers (probably in Mobile, Alabama) documenting Civil War battles including the First Battle of Bull Run, the Siege of Lexington, and the Battle of Leesburg.

Dates: 1861-1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Mobile, Alabama, Confederate newspaper scrapbook

Mobile, Alabama, business correspondence

Collection

Identifier: W-0098

Overview Letters, dated between 1821 and 1838, describing business conditions in Mobile, Alabama, written by Mobile lawyers to northern merchants Enoch Silsby and William R. Bowers, updating them on the status of legal cases they had filed in Mobile and updates on the sale and production of cotton.

Dates: 1821-1838

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Mobile, Alabama, business correspondence

Montgomery, Alabama, hospital records ledger

Collection

Identifier: W-0031

Overview Ledger documenting expenses, admittances, and discharges at a Montgomery, Alabama, hospital from 1 April to 4 November 1861.

Dates: 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Montgomery, Alabama, hospital records ledger

Montgomery and West Point Railroad minute books

Collection

Identifier: W-0102

Overview Contains two minute books, with entries from directors' and stockholders' meetings of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad from March 1846 to June 1870.

Dates: 1846-1870

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Montgomery and West Point Railroad minute books

J. A. Montgomery business records

Collection

Identifier: W-0068

Overview Correspondence, time book, and ledger of Birmingham, Alabama, industrialist J. A. Montgomery.

Dates: 1889-1898

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / J. A. Montgomery business records

Mechanics' Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 (Montgomery, Ala.) records

Collection

Identifier: W-0096

Overview Contains records of the Montgomery Mechanics' Hook and Ladder Company.

Dates: 1867-1899

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Mechanics' Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 (Montgomery, Ala.) records

John Tyler Morgan letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0131

Overview An undated letter from Senator John Tyler Morgan to Alabama governor Joseph F. Johnston regarding the transfer of Major Barnard Goldsmith West from the Birmingham state troops to the staff of General Wheeler.

Dates: circa 1896-1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / John Tyler Morgan letter

Alfred Morris diary

Collection

Identifier: W-0115

Overview Diary written by Union soldier Alfred Morris, containing entries written between October 1862 and September 1863.

Dates: 1862-1863

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Alfred Morris diary

Morris E. Boss letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0078

Overview Thirteen letters written by Morris E. Boss and members of the Boss family of Binghamton, New York.

Dates: 1861-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Morris E. Boss letters

Collection on the Murder of Father Coyle

Collection

Identifier: W-0094

Overview Contains an affidavit, newspaper clipping and the research notes compiled by lawyer John C. Morrow related to the 1921 murder of Birmingham priest Father James Coyle and the subsequent trial of Edwin Stephenson.

Dates: 1921

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Collection on the Murder of Father Coyle

Joseph Murrell letterbook

Collection

Identifier: W-0084

Overview Letterbook containing the correspondence of Mobile cotton broker Joseph Murrell, dated from June to October 1861.

Dates: 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Joseph Murrell letterbook

Philip P. Neely scrapbook of fugitive fiction

Collection

Identifier: W-0022

Overview Scrapbook containing handwritten notes and newspaper clippings related to Philip P. Neely's writings

Dates: 1851-1856

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Philip P. Neely scrapbook of fugitive fiction

Edward R. Norville diary

Collection

Identifier: W-0105

Overview Diary of Edward R. Norville, a Mobile, Alabama, river pilot.

Dates: 1873-1891

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Edward R. Norville diary

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