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Presidential Pamphlets and Signatures Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WP-030
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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of United States Presidential pamphlets and signatures. Feature presidents are George Washington, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Robert Francis Kennedy, and George W. Bush. Part of this collection is a letter from Elenore Roosevelt to Mr. Rives, a member of the Labor Railway Magazine editors group.

Dates

  • Creation: 1856 - 2002

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are responsible for using the materials in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright claimants in collection materials. Copyright for official University records is held by The University of Alabama. The library claims only physical ownership of many manuscript collections. Anyone wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of literary property rights or copyrights. Please contact Special Collections (archives@ua.edu) with questions regarding specific manuscript collections.

For more information about copyright policy, please visit: https://www.ua.edu/copyright/. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal implications, for which the University of Alabama assumes no responsibility.

Biographical / Historical

A. S. "Steve" Williams III was a native of Eufaula, Alabama. He graduated from The University of Alabama in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, where he was also a member of the Phi Delta Theta social fraternity. He later earned a Bachelor of Law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in 1964. Williams began his banking career with First National Bank of Birmingham in 1959 and joined Protective Life Corporation in 1964. He spent over 30thirty years with the company, retiring in 2001 as executive vice president and treasurer. In the early 1960s, a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, sparked his passion for collecting. Williams developed a growing interest in the founding fathers and the roots history of the United States, leading him to create one of the greatest individual collections of American United States and Southern history ever assembled. The collection represents a lifetime of avid collecting and was presented to The University of Alabama in 2010. Williams was a generous community supporter and has been actively involved with many local organizations including the Alabama Symphony Association, the Vulcan District Boy Scouts of America, the Emmet O’Neal Library, the Birmingham Kiwanis Club, and the Birmingham Historical Society.

Extent

14 items

Language of Materials

English

Title
Guide to Presidential Pamphlets and Signatures Collection
Status
Needs Approval
Author
Marina Klarić
Date
December 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513