Box 193

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The collection contains photocopies of various documents and letters relating to Alfred Boyd (1814-82), born in Newberry District, South Carolina, and died in Troy, Alabama, and his descendants. The collection also contains a typescript history of the family of Joel Willis, Sr., and a typescript paper by Bruce L. Bennett of Ohio State University titled, "Sports and Physical Education in Colonial Times."

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Circuit Court deposition, dated 3 February 1977, of the plaintiff in civil action no. 7984, Joe W. Burleson vs. National Broadcasting Co., et al. The deposition concerns his role in the trial of the Scottsboro Boys and the portrayal of the incident in a television documentary.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of : personal and military correspondence from notable Alabamians, including Peter Bryce, N. H. R. Dawson, L. C. Garland, and John Gayle; the corrected manuscript and corrected page proofs of Harris’s book, Alabama Place Names (Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1982); and corrected manuscript and corrected page proofs of Harris’s book, Dead Towns of Alabama