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L. H. Crumpler records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0380
Abstract

A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.

Dates: 1892-1909

C.S.S. Alabama digital collection planning material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3744
Abstract

Documents discussing the C.S.S Alabama digital project.

Dates: circa 1995

CSS Alabama partial muster roll

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3724
Abstract

Partial muster roll of the CSS Alabama.

Dates: after 1864 June 19

C.S.S. Tuscaloosa Logs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0251
Abstract

Portions of the logs for the C.S.S. Alabama and the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa. The logs document the daily weather, longitude and latitude as well as information about engagements with enemy ships. There is also a list of ships captured by the Alabama from 5 September 1862 to 20 June 1863 and copies of the correspondence between Lieutenant John Low as captain of the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa and various authorities of the British colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

Dates: 1862–1864

Cuba Photograph Album and Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4173
Abstract

Part photograph album and part travel log, this album, kept by an American woman while on vacation in Havana, Cuba, in the summer of 1946.

Dates: 1946 July

Cubahatchie Baptist Church of Christ records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0381
Abstract

Collection of meeting minutes and membership lists, 1887-1933, for this Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama, church.

Dates: 1887-1933

Cuban postcards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3695
Abstract

Postcards depicting scenes in Cuba in the early twentieth century.

Dates: circa 1910-1920

John M. Cullen court docket

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0382
Abstract

A court room docket recording cases of this Triana, Alabama, justice of the peace.

Dates: 1827-1832

Carey B. Oakley Cultural Resource Reconnaissance reports

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0383
Abstract

Twenty-three reports assessing the cultural and archeological significance of various Alabama sites, 1976-1979.

Dates: 1976-1979

Minutes of the Talladega Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898-1899

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0384
Abstract

Photocopy of a record book including the minutes, rolls, and mission reports of this Talladega church

Dates: 1891-1899

Cunningham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4011
Abstract

Correspondence, maps, newspapers, and photographs of this West Alabama family

Dates: 1834-1979

W. R. Cunningham papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3516
Abstract

Letter from Birmingham Athletic Club discussing the fall track meet and the meeting minutes, as well as a newspaper clipping also reporting on the track meet.

Dates: 1905

John Cottingham Curry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0387
Abstract

Items from Curry's tenure at the University of Alabama, including season tickets for sporting events, invitations to social events and organizations, and a binder of correspondence relating to reunions of the University of Alabama class of 1916.

Dates: 1916-1971

John E. Curry collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0386
Abstract

Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.

Dates: 1846-1864

Curtis R. Burke journal

 Collection
Identifier: W-0063
Abstract

Typescript of Curtis R. Burke's Civil War journal which includes daily entries from October 1862 to June 1865. Notable journal entries include descriptions of John Hunt Morgan's raid into Ohio in July 1863, and accounts of conditions in prison camps in Indiana and Illinois.

Dates: 1971

John Cuthbert letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0389
Abstract

Letter, written by John A. Cuthbert from San Souci, Mobile Bay, Alabama, on 29 June 1848 to Governor Reuben Chapman of Alabama, urging the appointment of William R. King to fill a vacant seat in the United States Senate.

Dates: 1848 June 29

D. Johnston Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0762
Abstract

A letter dated 24 May 1845, written by Johnston in his capacity as administrator of the estate of Jabez Mitchell, to Dr. Basil Manly, certifying that Manly has notified him of claims against the estate.

Dates: 1845-05-24

D. M. N. Ross Paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1208
Abstract

A paper titled "A brief history of the military department of the University of Alabama, 1860-1936,"written by D.M.N. Ross.

Dates: n.d.

Dadeville, Alabama, Chancery Court records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0390
Abstract

Ledger containing records of the Chancery Court at Dadeville, Alabama (the 17th District of the Middle Division of the State of Alabama), from February 1842 to May 1848.

Dates: 1842-1848

Dale Family History

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3908
Abstract

Typed transcript of a history written from memory by Dale for his grandson, Edward, and includes family history and stories from the American Revolutionary War.

Dates: 1851 May 19

Sam Dale envelope fragment

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3732
Abstract

Fragment of an envelope sent to David Holmes, then governor of the Mississippi Territory (which included the state of Alabama), on 15 May 1817, by Sam Dale at Fort Claiborne, Alabama

Dates: 1817 May 15

Dall-Tardy Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4157
Abstract

Letters from members of the Dall and Tardy families of Baltimore, Maryland, and Mobile, Alabama, written between 1840 and 1908.

Dates: 1840-1908

Dallas County, Alabama, Treasurer records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0391
Abstract

One ledger containing the treasurer’s records pertaining to taxes and other fines and fees paid in Dallas County, Alabama from 1868 to 1873.

Dates: 1868-1873

Dallas Iron Works letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0097
Abstract

Contains the Reconstruction-era letterbook of the Dallas Iron Works in Selma, Alabama.

Dates: 1866-1879

Margaret Dalton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3097
Abstract

Miscellaneous papers, slide carousels, photocopies of primary sources (some in German), and copies of class notes from the School of Library and Information Studies

Dates: after 1950

Eyre Damer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0392
Abstract

A scrapbook and accompanying materials relating to the book “With C.H. Ellis Through Central America and Panama: Quarantine Tour of Central America and Panama by Health Authorities as Guests of the United Fruit Company,” compiled and distributed by that firm.

Dates: after 1900

Dan T. Carter Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-092
Abstract

This collection consists of forty-five photographs depicting former Alabama Governor George Wallace, Jr. used by Dan T. Carter in his book "The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, The Origins of The New Conservatism and The Transformation of American Politics" 1995. Images of the various stages of Wallace's life, his family, and his wife, Lurleen. Many are official photographs released from the Governor's office.

Dates: 1918 - 1974

Daniel Geary scrapbook on the history of the Mobile Volunteer Fire Companies

 Collection
Identifier: W-0024
Abstract

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, illustrations, and handwritten notes related to the history of volunteer firefighter companies in Mobile, Alabama, compiled by Daniel Geary.

Dates: 1830-1924

Daniel R. Hundley Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0716
Abstract

Hundley's diary covers the years 1861-64. The entries discuss secession and preparations for war, wartime service, private thoughts, news from home, and other matters.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

Daniel T. McCall, Jr. Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-197
Abstract

This collection consists of four cabinet cards of University of Alabama students from the 1880s, three taken by W. E. Magee, a Tuscaloosa photographer, and one taken by Clary, a Birmingham photographer.

Dates: 1886 - 1887

Handwritten Sales Inventory of the Property of Thomas G. Danner

 Collection
Identifier: W-0167
Abstract

Handwritten inventory of the estate of Thomas G, Danner, including clocks, side boards, beds, books, saddles, farm tools, and eighteen slaves

Dates: 1845 January 1

F.M. Dansby diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2744
Abstract

This collection contains the diary of F.M. Dansby, an Episcopalian priest in Birmingham, Jeffereson County, Alabama. The diary only covers the Sundays of each month, where Dansby indicates where he preached and on what texts.

Dates: 1890-1895

Daphne Cunningham Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0385
Abstract

Diaries whose short entries provide information on the daily activities of this coed from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, member of Kappa Delta sorority, and 1916 University of Alabama graduate.

Dates: 1913 - 1914

Luther Fairfax Dashiell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0396
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, and writings, relating to his work as a surgeon with the 1st Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers, stationed in Tampico, Mexico, during the Mexican War.

Dates: 1844-1887; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1848

Alabama Hall of Fame collection on the nomination of Clarence William Daugette

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0035
Abstract

Materials relating to the nomination of Clarence William Daugette (1873-1942) to the Alabama Hall of Fame. Daugette served for forty-three years as president of Jacksonville State Teachers' College.

Dates: 1954

Daughters of the American Colonists, Colonel George Reade Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2654
Abstract

Eleven scrapbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama,women's organization, covering the beginning years of organization (1956-1960) through 1998.

Dates: 1956-1998

Daughters of the American Revolution. Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0397
Abstract

One photocopied and bound ledger, two ledgers and five loose leaf notebooks containing the minutes of the membership and board of the Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1901 to 1988.

Dates: 1901-1988

Dauphin Island, Alabama, public development papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0148
Abstract

Papers and plat maps of real estate developments in Dauphin Island, Alabama, in 1953, 1958, and 1961.

Dates: 1953 - 1961

Thomas Dauser papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0398
Abstract

Letters, postcards, photos, newsclipping, and passport of this German shoemaker who emigrated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the 1880s. All material is in German.

Dates: 1882-1921

David B. McElroy Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-203
Abstract

This collection consists of ten color photographs of the Ramsey Award Party, held at the University of Alabama University Club, 1986.

Dates: 1986

David Crawford letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0368
Abstract

Letter dated 30 November 1829, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his wife, Caroline, in Mobile, telling her of his election as Solicitor of the First Judicial Circuit.

Dates: 1829 November 30

David Criswell Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1649
Abstract

A letter from David Criswell, farmer, to Joel Lynn of Hartford, Indiana, February 17, 1862.

Dates: 1862-02-17

David Holmes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4212
Abstract

Collection of two diaries, two sketchbooks, six letters, and other items created by Sergeant David Holmes (1841-1864) of the 20th Michigan Infantry. The materials provide insight into the rigors of daily life for an Civil War soldier

Dates: 1858-1864

David Hubbard Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0709
Abstract

Letter dated 8 October 1841, from Alabama congressman David Hubbard to John M. Read, Philadelphia, concerning the late Bank of the United States and the power of Congress to grant a charter for it.

Dates: 1841-10-08

David "Tutt" Lott Yarbrough, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1594
Abstract

A collection of photographs, scrapbooks, business cards, letters, union dues receipts, and contracts of this lifelong musician that sheds light on the music business during the "Big band" era.

Dates: 1933 - 1961

David W. Aiken, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3448
Abstract

Two copies of "John Gayle Aiken, M.D." by Dr. David W. Aiken, Sr., a small booklet that relates the story of his grandfather, John Gayle Aiken who was the son of Mary Gayle (sister of Amelia Gayle Gorgas)

Dates: 1900

William Davidson paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0401
Abstract

A paper titled "Brigadier General James Holt Clanton, Alabama's Rash Gallant" and delivered to the Alabama Historical Association, April 17, 1959.

Dates: 1959 April 17

Alex Van Hoose Davies family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0402
Abstract

Photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. There are also some personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, augmented with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies, as well as copies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1925-1980

Jefferson Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract

This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.

Dates: 1823-1917

Jefferson Carroll Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4232
Abstract

World War II letters, scrapbook, and genealogical materials

Dates: 1884-1945

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United Daughters of the Confederacy 5
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Geological Survey of Alabama 3
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Kappa Alpha Order 3
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