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Box 1261.885

 Container

Contains 33 Collections and/or Records:

Contract with Confederate States of America

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: Contains material created by and relating to the Board of Trustees and other high-ranking administrators, as well as company stockholders. In addition to charters, by-laws, maps, stock records, Board of Directors meeting minutes, and tax records, this series also contains land records. Some general and miscellaneous materials include child labor records. This series contains the following subseries: By-laws and Articles of Incorporation; Board of Directors; Tax and Financial Records; Stocks;...
Dates: circa 1860-1924
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Administrative Records / Legal records

Letters regarding contracts, 1862

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 22
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1862
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Colin McRae, orders

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 23
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: circa 1860-circa 1930
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Colin McRae, slave labor, 1862

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 24
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1862
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Colin McRae, miscellaneous letters, 1862

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 25
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1862
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Correspondence and other documents, labor, supplies, and payroll, 1864-1865

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 14
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1864-1865
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Incoming correspondence, labor, 1861-1864

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1861-1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Incoming correspondence and other documents, slave labor, 1862-1864

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 10
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1862-1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Outgoing correspondence and other documents, labor, 1861-1863

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 11
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1861-1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Outgoing correspondence, labor, 1862

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 12
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1862
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Supplies and receipts, circa 1862

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 15
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: circa 1862
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Supplies, outgoing, 1863

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 13
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / Topical and Specific Company/Position

Correspondence and financial statements with J. M. Tillman, 1862-1866

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1862-1866
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / General and Miscellaneous

Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and price lists, 1854-1864

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1854-1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / General and Miscellaneous

Correspondence and receipt, 1862-1863

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1862-1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / General and Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous, 1863-1866

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1863-1866
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / General and Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous, 1864-1865

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1864-1865
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / General and Miscellaneous

Contracts, 1867-1878

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...
Dates: 1867-1878
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Correspondence / General and Miscellaneous

Orders, Colin McRae, 1862-1863

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 27
Series Description From the Series: Includes the company's general financial records such as payroll records, timebooks, vouchers, bank statements, and other materials. This series is divided into the following subseries: Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; Bankbooks, Cancelled Checks, Check Stubs; Cash Books; General and Accounting; Inventory; Invoices; Market Records; Memoranda and Office Blotters; Orders and Purchase Orders; Payroll and Timebooks; Personnel/Labor; Receipts; Requisitions; Statements of Accounts and...
Dates: 1862-1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / General Financial Records / Orders and Purchase Orders

Receipts, invoices, and letters, 1862-1865

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 30
Series Description From the Series: Includes the company's general financial records such as payroll records, timebooks, vouchers, bank statements, and other materials. This series is divided into the following subseries: Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; Bankbooks, Cancelled Checks, Check Stubs; Cash Books; General and Accounting; Inventory; Invoices; Market Records; Memoranda and Office Blotters; Orders and Purchase Orders; Payroll and Timebooks; Personnel/Labor; Receipts; Requisitions; Statements of Accounts and...
Dates: 1862-1865
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / General Financial Records / Receipts

Letters and various financial records, 1862-1866

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 31
Series Description From the Series: Includes the company's general financial records such as payroll records, timebooks, vouchers, bank statements, and other materials. This series is divided into the following subseries: Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; Bankbooks, Cancelled Checks, Check Stubs; Cash Books; General and Accounting; Inventory; Invoices; Market Records; Memoranda and Office Blotters; Orders and Purchase Orders; Payroll and Timebooks; Personnel/Labor; Receipts; Requisitions; Statements of Accounts and...
Dates: 1862-1866
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / General Financial Records / Receipts

Receipts, 1862-1864

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 32
Series Description From the Series: Includes the company's general financial records such as payroll records, timebooks, vouchers, bank statements, and other materials. This series is divided into the following subseries: Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; Bankbooks, Cancelled Checks, Check Stubs; Cash Books; General and Accounting; Inventory; Invoices; Market Records; Memoranda and Office Blotters; Orders and Purchase Orders; Payroll and Timebooks; Personnel/Labor; Receipts; Requisitions; Statements of Accounts and...
Dates: 1862-1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / General Financial Records / Receipts

Letters and various financial records, 1862-1865

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 33
Series Description From the Series: Includes the company's general financial records such as payroll records, timebooks, vouchers, bank statements, and other materials. This series is divided into the following subseries: Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; Bankbooks, Cancelled Checks, Check Stubs; Cash Books; General and Accounting; Inventory; Invoices; Market Records; Memoranda and Office Blotters; Orders and Purchase Orders; Payroll and Timebooks; Personnel/Labor; Receipts; Requisitions; Statements of Accounts and...
Dates: 1862-1865
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / General Financial Records / Receipts

Payroll, Bills, Correspondence, 1861-1863

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 28
Series Description From the Series: Includes the company's general financial records such as payroll records, timebooks, vouchers, bank statements, and other materials. This series is divided into the following subseries: Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; Bankbooks, Cancelled Checks, Check Stubs; Cash Books; General and Accounting; Inventory; Invoices; Market Records; Memoranda and Office Blotters; Orders and Purchase Orders; Payroll and Timebooks; Personnel/Labor; Receipts; Requisitions; Statements of Accounts and...
Dates: 1861-1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / General Financial Records / Miscellaneous

Payroll, Shipping Documents, Misc., 1865-1868

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 29
Series Description From the Series: Includes the company's general financial records such as payroll records, timebooks, vouchers, bank statements, and other materials. This series is divided into the following subseries: Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; Bankbooks, Cancelled Checks, Check Stubs; Cash Books; General and Accounting; Inventory; Invoices; Market Records; Memoranda and Office Blotters; Orders and Purchase Orders; Payroll and Timebooks; Personnel/Labor; Receipts; Requisitions; Statements of Accounts and...
Dates: 1865-1868
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / General Financial Records / Miscellaneous

Invoices and Notes, 1863

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 17
Series Description From the Series: Includes materials that relate to the sale of iron ore and the receipt of necessary provisions. Throughout the company's records the areas of sales and purchasing often overlap with the shipping and receiving records. Therefore these records are combined into one series. The series includes bills of lading, waybills, invoices, iron shipment records, orders, railroad records, receipts, requisitions, sales records, and other general records. This series contains the following subseries: Bills...
Dates: 1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Sales and Purchasing/Shipping and Receiving / Invoices

Invoices and Notes, 1863

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 18
Series Description From the Series: Includes materials that relate to the sale of iron ore and the receipt of necessary provisions. Throughout the company's records the areas of sales and purchasing often overlap with the shipping and receiving records. Therefore these records are combined into one series. The series includes bills of lading, waybills, invoices, iron shipment records, orders, railroad records, receipts, requisitions, sales records, and other general records. This series contains the following subseries: Bills...
Dates: 1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Sales and Purchasing/Shipping and Receiving / Invoices

Invoices and Notes, 1863

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 19
Series Description From the Series: Includes materials that relate to the sale of iron ore and the receipt of necessary provisions. Throughout the company's records the areas of sales and purchasing often overlap with the shipping and receiving records. Therefore these records are combined into one series. The series includes bills of lading, waybills, invoices, iron shipment records, orders, railroad records, receipts, requisitions, sales records, and other general records. This series contains the following subseries: Bills...
Dates: 1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Sales and Purchasing/Shipping and Receiving / Invoices

Invoices and Notes, 1863-1868

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 20
Series Description From the Series: Includes materials that relate to the sale of iron ore and the receipt of necessary provisions. Throughout the company's records the areas of sales and purchasing often overlap with the shipping and receiving records. Therefore these records are combined into one series. The series includes bills of lading, waybills, invoices, iron shipment records, orders, railroad records, receipts, requisitions, sales records, and other general records. This series contains the following subseries: Bills...
Dates: 1863-1868
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Sales and Purchasing/Shipping and Receiving / Invoices

invoices and Receipts, 1862-1866

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 21
Series Description From the Series: Includes materials that relate to the sale of iron ore and the receipt of necessary provisions. Throughout the company's records the areas of sales and purchasing often overlap with the shipping and receiving records. Therefore these records are combined into one series. The series includes bills of lading, waybills, invoices, iron shipment records, orders, railroad records, receipts, requisitions, sales records, and other general records. This series contains the following subseries: Bills...
Dates: 1862-1866
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Sales and Purchasing/Shipping and Receiving / Invoices

Commissary Records, circa 1865

 Item — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: In addition to the manufacturing operations that supported iron production, Shelby Iron Company either had contracts with local businesses or operated their own businesses that their employees and their families patronized in the communities where Shelby had facilities, such as Coosa, Lamar, or Bolling. Records relating to the stores or commissaries make up the bulk of this series, but other functions include housing, hotel, grist mill, post office, and a school. This series includes the...
Dates: circa 1865
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Services / Commissary General Records

Correspondence, invoices, and miscellaneous, 1863-1864

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 16
Series Description From the Series: Contains a variety of materials that were not part of Shelby Iron Company or lacked enough information to identify them as Shelby Iron Company materials.
Dates: 1863-1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous, Colin McRae

 File — Box: 1261.885, Folder: 26
Series Description From the Series: Contains a variety of materials that were not part of Shelby Iron Company or lacked enough information to identify them as Shelby Iron Company materials.
Dates: 1859-circa 1925
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1261, Shelby Iron Company Records / Miscellaneous