Box SC1900-1949.010

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The collection contains two diaries written in 1936 and 1937 by Winifred Ruth O'Rear of Mentone, Alabama. The diaries have entries for each day listing chores done, visitors, going to church, sewing, cooking, etc.

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The collection contains sixteen postcards and letters from Robert C. Fletcher of Birmingham, Alabama, to his sister Fay. Each letter starts with "My Darling Sister" and are mostly requests for more mail; he does not give much information about the fledgling Tank Corps. Fletcher's dog tags are also included.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains sixteen postcards and letters from Robert C. Fletcher of Birmingham, Alabama, to his sister Fay. Each letter starts with "My Darling Sister" and are mostly requests for more mail; he does not give much information about the fledgling Tank Corps. Fletcher's dog tags are also included.

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The collection contains a copy of the first issue of The Open Post, volume 1, number 1, April 24, 1943, the news organ of the 57th College Training Detachment of the Army Air Corps, based on the University of Alabama campus during World War II. Also included is a souvenir folder of the University in 1943.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains a copy of the first issue of The Open Post, volume 1, number 1, April 24, 1943, the news organ of the 57th College Training Detachment of the Army Air Corps, based on the University of Alabama campus during World War II. Also included is a souvenir folder of the University in 1943.

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The collection contains postcards to and from Stella Long of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as well as to and from her family and friends, covering the first half of the twentieth century. There are also delegate and guest tickets to the Republican National Conventions of 1908 and 1916 held in Chicago, Illinois, and a travel brochure from Havana, Cuba.

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The collection contains a twelve-page typed account of Mary Elizabeth Streit Preston of her trip to Russia in August 1931, when she was part of the first group of Americans allowed to enter the U.S.S.R. after the October Revolution during the first "FIve Year Plan." There are also two undated newspaper clippings about television programs filmed in the U.S.S.R.; the envelope they were in is dated July 16, 1963.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains photographs, invitations, dance cards, and other memorabilia from Nancy Stallworth Shortridge, a student at the University of Alabama during the World War II years. The invitations and dance cards are primarily from fraternity or sorority dances. The photographs include a photograph of her father Claud Stallworth (who "ran the dining room at Woods Hall as was very good friends with Dr. Denny") and Johnny Mack Brown in 1937, as well as a group photograph of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains photographs, invitations, dance cards, and other memorabilia from Nancy Stallworth Shortridge, a student at the University of Alabama during the World War II years. The invitations and dance cards are primarily from fraternity or sorority dances. The photographs include a photograph of her father Claud Stallworth (who "ran the dining room at Woods Hall as was very good friends with Dr. Denny") and Johnny Mack Brown in 1937, as well as a group photograph of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains photographs, invitations, dance cards, and other memorabilia from Nancy Stallworth Shortridge, a student at the University of Alabama during the World War II years. The invitations and dance cards are primarily from fraternity or sorority dances. The photographs include a photograph of her father Claud Stallworth (who "ran the dining room at Woods Hall as was very good friends with Dr. Denny") and Johnny Mack Brown in 1937, as well as a group photograph of...

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The collection contains the congressional papers of Carl Atwood Elliott who represented Alabama for eight consecutive terms from 1949 to 1965. Also included are the papers and supporting documents nominating him for the first John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains the congressional papers of Carl Atwood Elliott who represented Alabama for eight consecutive terms from 1949 to 1965. Also included are the papers and supporting documents nominating him for the first John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.