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Box 193

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Deposition

 File — Box: 193
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.

Dates: 1977 February 3
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Joe W. Burleson deposition

Papers

 Item — 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."

Dates: 1816-1943; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1859
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Boyd family papers

Correspondence (photocopies)

 File — Box: 193
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

Dates: Unknown
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / W. Stuart Harris papers