Box SC1900-1949.006
Container
Contains 19 Collections and/or Records:
Papers
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 402.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one member of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. The collection includes personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, as well as a sketch of the same for a proposed movie script with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies. There are also photocopies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1925-1980
Letter
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3637.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains a letter from University of Alabama Recorder, Teresa Pradat, advising Minor that her application to attend UA has been accepted. There is also a form letter with detailed instructions to students prior to registration.
Dates:
1945 November 17
Capt. Lewis B. Reade letters
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3674.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains materials from three generations of the Reade family. There is a scrapbook and daily planner from 1917 for Reverend Charles G. Reade. For Captain Lewis B. Read there is a collection of mostly work related letters from 1951 to 1974. For Cornelia Reade there is a collection of personal letters from 1973 to 1982 and a scrapbook containing clippings, pictures, and pamphlets relating to riverboats, especially the Delta Queen.
Dates:
1917-1982
Cornelia Reade letters
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3674.02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains materials from three generations of the Reade family. There is a scrapbook and daily planner from 1917 for Reverend Charles G. Reade. For Captain Lewis B. Read there is a collection of mostly work related letters from 1951 to 1974. For Cornelia Reade there is a collection of personal letters from 1973 to 1982 and a scrapbook containing clippings, pictures, and pamphlets relating to riverboats, especially the Delta Queen.
Dates:
1917-1982
Postcards and notecards of Cornelia Reade
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3674.03
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains materials from three generations of the Reade family. There is a scrapbook and daily planner from 1917 for Reverend Charles G. Reade. For Captain Lewis B. Read there is a collection of mostly work related letters from 1951 to 1974. For Cornelia Reade there is a collection of personal letters from 1973 to 1982 and a scrapbook containing clippings, pictures, and pamphlets relating to riverboats, especially the Delta Queen.
Dates:
1917-1982
Daily Reminder - Charles G. Reade
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3674.04
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains materials from three generations of the Reade family. There is a scrapbook and daily planner from 1917 for Reverend Charles G. Reade. For Captain Lewis B. Read there is a collection of mostly work related letters from 1951 to 1974. For Cornelia Reade there is a collection of personal letters from 1973 to 1982 and a scrapbook containing clippings, pictures, and pamphlets relating to riverboats, especially the Delta Queen.
Dates:
1917-1982
Journal - What J.M. Bradshaw dun in 1912
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3693.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
J. M. Bradshaw's farm journals for 1912 through 1916, with a typed transcript.
Dates:
1912-1916
Journal - Record of J.M. Bradshaw's work, 1915
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3693.02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
J. M. Bradshaw's farm journals for 1912 through 1916, with a typed transcript.
Dates:
1912-1916
Journal Transcripts
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3963.03
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
J. M. Bradshaw's farm journals for 1912 through 1916, with a typed transcript.
Dates:
1912-1916
Postcards
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3695.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection includes twenty postcards depicting scenes in Cuba in the early twentieth century. The postcards show images of rural life as well as the city of Havana and include images of shark fishing, a boneyard, and a man milking a burro.
Dates:
circa 1910-1920
Veterans Hospital News article about "Bease"
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3697.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the U.S. Army Air Corps dress uniform worn by William George Forsyth during World War II. This uniform was a precursor to the uniforms developed by the military when the United States Army Air Corps morphed into the United States Air Force. The uniform in this collection consists of only the tunic and pants; there are no rank or unit insignia.The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the forerunner of the United States Air Force. Renamed from the Air...
Dates:
circa 1941
Receipts
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3700.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains two receipts from Huntsville, Alabama, for groceries in 1916 and 1917. The receipts are possibly for the same person, but because the receipt from W.L. Wall Grocery Co. is made out to J.W. Smith (dated 17 February 1916) and the receipt from F.& O. Gudenrath Wholesale Groceries and Produce is made out to John Smith (dated 13 June 1917), it would be impossible to verify.
Dates:
1916-1917
Postcards
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3715.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains postcards showing a variety of places in Alabama, including Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Huntsville, Cheaha State Park, and Mobile.
Dates:
1918-1970s
Booklet
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3717.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the booklet by Harry B. Wheelock (architect) and Fred A. Jones Building Co. (Contractor) about the Molton Apartments being built in 1913, describing the apartments and their conveniences.
Dates:
1913
Photographs
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3723.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains newspapers and magazines from about 1915 through 1954. Some of the papers include the Birmingham News for December 8, 1941 (headline: U.S. DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN); the Birmingham Age-Herald (Rotogravure Section for February 20, 1916 which includes a picture of the Russian Imperial family at Tsarkoe Selo); and the Centreville Press (various issues). The magazines include...
Dates:
1915-1954
Envelopes and document fragments
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3723.02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains newspapers and magazines from about 1915 through 1954. Some of the papers include the Birmingham News for December 8, 1941 (headline: U.S. DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN); the Birmingham Age-Herald (Rotogravure Section for February 20, 1916 which includes a picture of the Russian Imperial family at Tsarkoe Selo); and the Centreville Press (various issues). The magazines include...
Dates:
1915-1954
List
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3728.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains a list of the 1907 state rifle team of Alabama. The list includes Bibb Graves (Adjutant General of the State of Alabama), H. N. Coleman, J.C. Coleman, and S.C. Pelham, and is written on letterhead from the Office of Adjutant General, State of Alabama.
Dates:
1907
Letters
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 3730.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains letters from three U.S. Senators from Alabama to constituents in 1910 regarding the "Telepost Bill" before the 61st Congress. The senators are John Hollis Bankhead, Oscar W. Underwood, and Stanley Hubert Dent.
Dates:
1910
Notebook
File — Box: SC1900-1949.006, Folder: 4029.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the notebook used as a guest book from the first Julia Tutwiler Tea on August 12, 1934, in Doster Hall on the campus of the University of Alabama. The tea, sponsored by the Tuscaloosa Chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club, celebrated the life of Julia Tutwiler and was the occasion of the presentation of the first Julia Tutwiler scholarship.
Dates:
1934 August 12