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Box SC1950-1999.002

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Letters, 1971

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 459.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of letters and photographs (including autographs) from the governors of the 50 United States in response to a letter written on March 14, 1971, by Floyd R. Dunn requesting information about each state’s government (number of state senators and representatives), state bird, flower and tree, and the population according to the United States 1970 Census. There is also an introductory letter by Dunn.

Dates: 1971

Theatre in the Mind (2 undated issues)

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2499.04
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains Mathew Winston's papers, grant proposals, program guides, brochures, postcards, photographs and other materials from 1984 to 1986 concerning the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, origianlly based in Anniston, Alabama and moved to Montgomery, Alabama in 1985.The collection includes a grant proposal to the Committee for the Humanities in Alabama for developing and implementing the Alabama Shakespeare Festival: Theatre in the Mind project, a public humanities...
Dates: 1984-1986

Worship Bulletins and Recital Programs

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2500.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains various materials by and about Dr. Harald Rohlig from Sallie Bruchac, probably a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Montgomery, Alabama where Rohlig is the organist and choir master.Included in the collection are several worship bulletins and organ recital programs, two pieces of handwritten sheet music and one published miniature score arranged by Rohlig. The unpublished music pieces are titled "Ephisians I:15-18" (3 copied) and "Prayer of...
Dates: 1962 - 1992

Sheet Music

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2500.02
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains various materials by and about Dr. Harald Rohlig from Sallie Bruchac, probably a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Montgomery, Alabama where Rohlig is the organist and choir master.Included in the collection are several worship bulletins and organ recital programs, two pieces of handwritten sheet music and one published miniature score arranged by Rohlig. The unpublished music pieces are titled "Ephisians I:15-18" (3 copied) and "Prayer of...
Dates: 1962 - 1992

Newspaper Article and Letter

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2565.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a newspaper article entitled "Yankee colonel wavered that terrible day, but orders were to burn U of A to ground" and the carbon copy of a letter from Charles G. Summersell to C.E. Williams about Phi Theta Kappa's presentation, "Vocata," commemorating the burning of the University of Alabama by Yankee soldiers in April, 1865, just weeks before Lee's surrender in Appomattox, Virginia.There are also four photographs to accompany the "Vocata" text with a...
Dates: 1956

Photographs

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2565.02
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a newspaper article entitled "Yankee colonel wavered that terrible day, but orders were to burn U of A to ground" and the carbon copy of a letter from Charles G. Summersell to C.E. Williams about Phi Theta Kappa's presentation, "Vocata," commemorating the burning of the University of Alabama by Yankee soldiers in April, 1865, just weeks before Lee's surrender in Appomattox, Virginia.There are also four photographs to accompany the "Vocata" text with a...
Dates: 1956

Pickett and Williams Family Papers

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2576.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains information about the Pickett and Williams families of Bullock County, Alabama, as well as the 15th Alabama Infantry Division. There are also rough notes from a 1980 interview with Florence Odessa Whittington, notes from a collection of letters (possibly mss_2757), and a list of Confederate markers in the Midway, Alabama cemetery. It also includes a membership application for the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Dates: 1980-2008

Establishment of Society - 1981

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2589.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains papers, correspondence and research relating to the establishment of the Bullock County Historical Society, as well as some transcriptions of oral histories, cemetery records, and "genealogical" correspondence about the town of Midway and Bullock County.

Dates: 1977-1987

Data, Interviews, etc. - 1977-1987

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2589.02
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains papers, correspondence and research relating to the establishment of the Bullock County Historical Society, as well as some transcriptions of oral histories, cemetery records, and "genealogical" correspondence about the town of Midway and Bullock County.

Dates: 1977-1987

Data, Interviews, etc. - No date

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2589.03
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains papers, correspondence and research relating to the establishment of the Bullock County Historical Society, as well as some transcriptions of oral histories, cemetery records, and "genealogical" correspondence about the town of Midway and Bullock County.

Dates: 1977-1987

Miscellaneous Materials

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2589.04
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains papers, correspondence and research relating to the establishment of the Bullock County Historical Society, as well as some transcriptions of oral histories, cemetery records, and "genealogical" correspondence about the town of Midway and Bullock County.

Dates: 1977-1987

Letter

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 1836
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Contains one letter written from Handy to Columbia Records executive George Avakian and Handy’s answers to a questionnaire sent by Avakian. The collection does not include the original questionnaire, but his answers and his letter, which discusses Bessie Smith, Emmett Till, and Mississippi’s influence on his song “Yellow Dog Blues,” clearly show that Avakian had asked questions relating to race and music.

Dates: 1955 November 30

Mary Bess Paluzzi collection on Eugene Walter

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2045.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Collection contains various items relating to Eugene Walter that Paluzzi collected and created, including correspondence between the two. Other items include magazine articles, a program for a celebration of Walter's life, a magazine containing some of his recipes, and other related materials.

Dates: 1987 - 1998

National States Rights Party broadside

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2111.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

A broadside by this racist organization, with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, that warned members of a splinter group, the American States Rights Party.

Dates: circa 1960

Harry Belafonte and SNCC circular regarding Sammy Younge

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2112.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

A circular letter written and distributed by Harry Belafonte and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It describes the January 3, 1966, murder of Sammy Younge, Jr., an African American student and member of SNCC, who was killed by a gas station attendant in Tuskegee, Alabama, for protesting the segregated restrooms at the gas station. The circular asks for donations to continue its work for Civil Rights.

Dates: 1966

Selma marches broadsides

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2113.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Broadsides were published in support of the Civil Rights marches in Selma, Alabama. One is for a march and rally in New York City in support of a Selma march, and the other broadside is a call for President Lyndon Johnson to use federal troops to protect the marchers in Selma.

Dates: 1965

Stamp and Program

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2775.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of a stamp and program commemorating the issuing of a Dinah Washington stamp. The event was held on June 16, 1993, in Tuscaloosa.

Dates: 1993 June 16

The Courier-Journal Newspaper Article, 1983-06-28

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2613
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This newspaper article from The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky appeared in the newspaper on June 28, 1983. The article is titled" REUNION: Old grads find new day for Bethlehem Academy offers a flavor of its own. Bethlehem Academy was a Catholic boarding school for girls open between at least the 1870s and 1950s in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The school eventually closed. The article talks of the renovation of the school in 1982 by Mrs. Edith Ray and the reunion opportunity it...
Dates: 1983-06-28

Virginia Delegation to National Association of Colored Women (NACW) Itinerary, 1952 August 01-1952 August 09

 Item — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 4307.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of an itinerary, a ticket envelope, identification certificate, a ticket stub, and three reservation coupons pertaining to a cross-country railroad tour Mary Hairston took to attend the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in Los Angeles, California in 1952. The tour included sightseeing tours of Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Tijuana, San Francisco, and the Grand Canyon.

Dates: 1952 August 01-1952 August 09

Norfolk and Western Railway Identification Certificate for Mary Hairston, 1952 July 18

 Item — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 4307.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of an itinerary, a ticket envelope, identification certificate, a ticket stub, and three reservation coupons pertaining to a cross-country railroad tour Mary Hairston took to attend the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in Los Angeles, California in 1952. The tour included sightseeing tours of Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Tijuana, San Francisco, and the Grand Canyon.

Dates: 1952 July 18

Norfolk and Western Railway Ticket Envelope, 1952

 Item — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 4307.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of an itinerary, a ticket envelope, identification certificate, a ticket stub, and three reservation coupons pertaining to a cross-country railroad tour Mary Hairston took to attend the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in Los Angeles, California in 1952. The tour included sightseeing tours of Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Tijuana, San Francisco, and the Grand Canyon.

Dates: 1952

Three Coach Reservation Coupons, 1952

 Item — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 4307.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of an itinerary, a ticket envelope, identification certificate, a ticket stub, and three reservation coupons pertaining to a cross-country railroad tour Mary Hairston took to attend the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in Los Angeles, California in 1952. The tour included sightseeing tours of Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Tijuana, San Francisco, and the Grand Canyon.

Dates: 1952

Union Pacific Railroad Ticket Stub, circa 1952

 Item — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 4307.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of an itinerary, a ticket envelope, identification certificate, a ticket stub, and three reservation coupons pertaining to a cross-country railroad tour Mary Hairston took to attend the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in Los Angeles, California in 1952. The tour included sightseeing tours of Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Tijuana, San Francisco, and the Grand Canyon.

Dates: circa 1952