Box 2517
Container
Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Letters, 1854 - 1859
File — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Two letters to King, one from Burwell Boykin Lewis, the other from Richard C. Jones.
Dates:
1854 - 1859
Papers, 1930 - 1980
File — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of a miscellany of items pertaining to the Phillips High School (Birmingham, Alabama) class of 1930, including a program from 'class day' 1930, an invitation to the 1930 commencement exercise, and a notice of the class of 1930's 50th reunion.
Dates:
1930 - 1980
Album
Item — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
An album containing handwritten quotations from the Bible, classical authors, Johnson, Bacon, "The Spectator," and other sources, plus two handwritten copies of notices from the "Times" and "Tuscaloosa Gazette" (1881) concerning the 50th wedding anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Snow.
Dates:
[187?]-1881
Documents
File — Box: 2517
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From the Collection:
The collection contains a form titled "Application for Land of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation," a lease for land through the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation of Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama, and a pamphlet titled "Single Tax Principles That Inspired Fairhope's Founders."
Dates:
1950-1960
Collection
File — Box: 2517
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From the Collection:
The collection includes letters to her from John MacKenzie Cory, director of University of Alabama Libraries, relating to a raise and leave of absence. The bulk of the collection relates to her death and subsequent memorials to her at the University of Alabama; these materials include letters to her parents, obituaries, and programs of a memorial service.
Dates:
1932-1942
Cashier's checks
File — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
Three cashier's checks drawn by Samuel Pickens.
Dates:
1826
Papers
File — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The collection contains copies of correspondence between Tracy and Clement C. Clay, Tracy and his wife, and others. The originals are held by the Perkins Library, Duke University.
Dates:
1861-1863
Tax Form
File — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains a tax-in-kind form for the estimate and assessment of agricultural products, in this case it was cured fodder and corn.
Dates:
1864-1865
Papers
File — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains materials on floriculture in Alabama, including papers on roses and on old English boxwoods, a plant inventory of Fendall Hall, Eufaula, Alabama, and indexes of plants mentioned in books on Alabama and Georgia plantations and homes, plus photos, garden plans, and written descriptions from Stitikus's traveling exhibit, "Alabama : Her People, Houses and Gardens," (1986).
Dates:
1981-1986
Paper
File — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
A 1981 paper titled "John William Abercrombie, Thirteenth President of the University of Alabama, 1902-1911" written for a University of Alabama class by Mary C. Partlow and John C. Pritchitt.
Dates:
1981
Letter
File — Box: 2517
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The collection consists of a 1927 letter from "Miss Ellen" in Cleveland Heights, Ohio to her aunt, Louise Swilley in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1927