Box OS0007

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The collection consists of a ledger page describing the land selected by the commissioners appointed by the Governor of the State of Alabama, under Act of Congress approved April 23rd 1884, entitled an Act to increase the endowment of the University of Alabama.

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The collection contains the 1893 birth and baptism certificate of Anson Peter Stern. The certificate is written in an old German type and lavishly illustrated with Biblical scenes and verses.

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The collection contains a lithographic copy of the State of Alabama's ordinance that severed its ties with the United States on January 11, 1861.

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The collection contains the papers of George Wolfe relating to his documentaries on Marcel Proust and William Faulkner, as well as papers of Suzanne Rau Wolfe relating to her editorship of Alabama Heritage from 1985-2001.

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The collection consists of a mounted 16" x 13" print of the Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview, Kentucky, Davis' birthplace. The monument is reported to be the largest poured in place concrete obelisk in the world and the fourth tallest monument in the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains two Air Warning Service certificates awarded to Mrs. Arthur Comstock (Mae). The first is a Certificate of Appointment as an Observer at Avon 44 of the General Observer Corps, Aircraft Warning Service, III Fighter Command, U. S. Army Air Forces, dated July 1, 1943; signed by A.H. Gilkeson(?), Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding, and Isaac Molella, Acting Regional Commander. The second is a Certificate of Service, stating that she served in the capacity of...