Box SC1900-1949.009
Container
Contains 10 Collections and/or Records:
Checkbook
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4074.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the 1923 checkbook and cancelled checks for the Albany-Decatur concert band, Arthur F. Dix, treasurer. There are also hand-written notes referring to pages in an unidentified book or publication dealing with the "Soviet problem."
Dates:
1923
Letters
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4110.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains seven letters from Dr. George Denny attempting to coax Counts back to the University of Alabama. Counts apparently left the University at mid-term to go to Florida to be with a girlfriend. In Denny's next to last letter he writes in a postscript, "Do not let this 'girl' 'sweep you off your feet.' Ten years hence you will not regret it if you think and act soberly at this crisis."There is also a grade report for Counts from the George Jacob Davis, dean of...
Dates:
1924
Letters
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4115.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains seven letters from Major Charles M. Dragoo to his wife Lois and daughter Sandra Sue in Muncie, Indiana, telling of his arrival and attempts to find housing for the three of them at Fort McClellan Infantry Replacement Training Center in Alabama. According to his letters, housing off-base is in high demand and hard to get. In his first letter he tells them about an item in the local newspaper reporting that a local realtor was jailed for demanding - and receiving - over...
Dates:
1944 March 12-26
Journal
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4119.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the journal of the daily activities of a young man identified only by initials on the inside cover. He is apparently a machinist on board the Gulf Oil Tanker Gulfmaid and he goes into considerable detail about his work including detailed drawings of some of the parts he makes or repairs. He also describes living aboard a ship and the people he works with.
Dates:
1929-1930
Journal
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4121.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the journal, photograph, and service ribbons of James T. Tate, a young sailor aboard the USS Alabama in the years preceding the United States' entry into World War I. The diary begins with several pages of Navy and patriotic songs and poems, as well as pencil and pen sketches of women. Following these is an autobiographical sketch of Tate's family, his early work life, and his days on the Alabama. In...
Dates:
after 1918
Photograph and service ribbons
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4121.02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the journal, photograph, and service ribbons of James T. Tate, a young sailor aboard the USS Alabama in the years preceding the United States' entry into World War I. The diary begins with several pages of Navy and patriotic songs and poems, as well as pencil and pen sketches of women. Following these is an autobiographical sketch of Tate's family, his early work life, and his days on the Alabama. In...
Dates:
after 1918
Diary
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4122.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the diary of a teenage girl in Jasper, Alabama, during January and February of 1911.
Dates:
1911 January - February
V-mail
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4123.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the almost daily letters and V-mail from Ethel Gardiner Wiggins in Florence, Alabama, to her husband Herbert (Buddy) while he was stationed in Europe serving as a lieutenant in the First Signal Corps during World War II. The bulk of the V-mail is from early April 1943 to mid-March 1944, while most of the letters were written during February and March 1944.
Dates:
1941-1944
Letters
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4123.02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the almost daily letters and V-mail from Ethel Gardiner Wiggins in Florence, Alabama, to her husband Herbert (Buddy) while he was stationed in Europe serving as a lieutenant in the First Signal Corps during World War II. The bulk of the V-mail is from early April 1943 to mid-March 1944, while most of the letters were written during February and March 1944.
Dates:
1941-1944
Journal
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4124.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of the journal of various travels of Dr. F. R. Hill of Tacoma, Washington. The trips were taken during the 1920s but the journal itself was not compiled until sometime later. The journal has a wealth of information on many western national parks as well as interesting people Hill met on his travels. Places he visited include: Tuskegee, Alabama; Hot Springs, Arkansas; Big Horn Mineral Springs at Themoplis, Wyoming; Pike's Peak, Colorado; Teton Mountains; the Grand...
Dates:
circa 1930-1935