Box OS0008

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and church programs.

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This imprint of the original seal of the University of Alabama was created by Shari DeGraw, an instructor in the University's Book Arts Program. The collection also includes seven unframed copies of the imprint.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains the papers and memorabilia of Eva Tinnesz, a United States Coast Guard Women's Reservist during World War II. Included are telegrams and postcards to and from her sister Katy (who was also in the Women's Reserve which was known as SPARS - an acronym for the Coast Guard motto "Semper Paratus/Always Ready"), her enlistment and discharge papers and certificates, diplomas, photographs, and other papers including a 1918 U. S. Department of Justice Registration Card of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains the papers and photographs from the estate of Thomas Harvey (T. H.) Houston, a Methodist clergyman who served churches in Montgomery, Gadsden, Birmingham, and Huntsville, Alabama, Pensacola, Florida, and a number of other churches.In the folder of photographs of Rev. T.H. Houston there is a sheet identifying Rev. Houston in each photo as there is nothing on the photos to identify him.Among the photographs are pictures and postcards of the...

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The collection contains an 1818 document signed by Alabama territorial governor William W. Bibb appointing Page Windham a constable for Monroe County.

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The collection contains five documents relating to James Collier Foster, including: his license to practice law in Mississippi in 1842; his election as captain of the Rural Guards in Tuscaloosa in 1861; his Warrant of Pardon signed by President Andrew Johnson on September 12, 1865; his acknowledgement of the President's Warrant; and the certification of a true copy of the Warrant on file in the State Department.

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The collection contains papers documenting the early history of the Evolutionary Working Group (EVOWOG) on the University of Alabama campus and ALLELE (Alabama Lectures on Life's Evolution) speaker series.

Content Description From the Collection:

The collection contains papers documenting the early history of the Evolutionary Working Group (EVOWOG) on the University of Alabama campus and ALLELE (Alabama Lectures on Life's Evolution) speaker series.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the business and personal life of Wilfred A. Joubert (1867-1940), an American businessman from Massachusetts. The materials cover Mr. Joubert’s time in Suriname (Dutch Guiana), where he harvested balata (an early latex product) for the American Exploitation Company; and Chiapas, Mexico, where he exported rubber for the Rio Michol Rubber Plantation Company and bananas for the United States Banana Company. The collection contains maps, legal documents,...

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes "Manly's Choice," a hymnbook; draft of rules for the Ereosophic Society at the University of Alabama; ordination paper of David Reeves; July 1908 Bulletin of Marion Institute containing Manly's 1838 commencement address; two letter openers; and a leather pouch.

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes "Manly's Choice," a hymnbook; draft of rules for the Ereosophic Society at the University of Alabama; ordination paper of David Reeves; July 1908 Bulletin of Marion Institute containing Manly's 1838 commencement address; two letter openers; and a leather pouch.