Box 18

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains photocopies of the papers, including personal correspondence, bills, receipts, business correspondence, etc., of the Crenshaw family. There is also a list of Crenshaw family letters available at the state archives, a typed transcript of a letter from Edward Crenshaw, written from the University of Alabama, 28 November 1858, and biographical information on the Crenshaw family.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains an 1834 letter written from Tuscaloosa to his aunt, Mrs. Robert W. Withers of Erie, Greene County, Alabama and a biographical sketch, author and date unknown, which includes information on Clay's political career, wedding, and friends.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a mid-nineteenth-century cookbook and extracts from scrapbook of Mrs. Alexander (Charity Sophia) Brett. Includes a "Cure for Cancer," a "New broth for the sick," a "remedy for cholera," etc.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains two typescript copies of a letter, dated 15 October 1919, to Peter A. Brannon, state archivist, describing Bird H. Young, model for nineteenth century author Johnson J. Hooper's (1815-1862) character Simon Suggs. Copied 5 May 1948, from the original in the possession of Peter A. Brannon.