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James E. Nunn Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1062
Abstract

Diary of this Mooresville, Limestone County, Alabama resident

Dates: 1854 - 1856

James Elisha Folsom, Sr. Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-012
Abstract

Collection consists of sixteen portraits of Governor James Elisha Folsom, Sr.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

James Gee Oakley Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1065
Abstract

Correspondence pertaining chiefly to cock fighting and gamecocks.

Dates: 1845 - 1901; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1901

James H. McCleary Diary, Letter, and Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1610
Abstract

Collection includes a photograph, letter, and diary of a Civil War soldier from Pennsylvania, who died during the battle of Gettysburg.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

James H. Tombs Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1413
Abstract

A letter dated 23 December 1912 to T. K. Oglesby, discussing naval and submarine warfare during the Civil War.

Dates: 1912 December 23

James Hall and Myra Hall papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0023
Abstract

Two copies of Hall's "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826" and a notebook detailing his sermons and revival participation from September 1886 through May 1887; a large portion of the notebook contains Myra Hall's writings

Dates: 1886-1904

James Harry Cowan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-006
Scope and Contents Collection consists of one photographic album with sixty-two photographs of James Harry Cowan, a University of Alabama student from 1915 - 1918. Scenes include University athletes and sporting events, pre-game activities in front of Woods Hall, in Birmingham and Rickwood Park. Also contains newspaper clippings and memorabilia. The collection contains one card printed on one side with The University of Alabama Alma Mater and on the reverse side the song "God Save, Keep, and Hold Our Men," a...
Dates: 1915 - 1918

James Heyward North Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1056
Abstract

A copy of the 1861 diary written by a former U.S. Navy officer who sided with the Confederacy. It describes his efforts to acquire ships and position coast defenses, and his travels to Ireland, London and Paris. The original is in the University of North Carolina Southern Historical Collection, Chapel Hill.

Dates: 1861

James Hillhouse Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0673
Abstract

A letter from the minister of the Greensboro Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, Alabama, to an unidentified recipient discussing Hillhouse's wishes for the Presbyterians to reform the Catholic Church.

Dates: 1835-04

James J. White regimental history of the Liberty Hall Volunteers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0111
Abstract

Notebook containing a roster and brief history of Company I of the Fourth Virginia Volunteer Infantry, a regiment formed by students enrolled at Washington College (later Washington and Lee University).

Dates: 1860

James Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0737
Abstract

This collection contains accounts of a cotton plantation; records of a farm's cotton crop, including the number of hands employed and the amount picked; and recipes.

Dates: 1814 - 1884

James L. Nicholas Jr. collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4184
Abstract

Papers, photographs, memorabilia, and assorted research of this North Alabama resident

Dates: unknown

James M. Research Materials for The Late Great Johnny Ace

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-004
Abstract

This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio and video recordings all pertaining to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s.

Dates: 1930 - 1979

Perry B. James papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0743
Abstract

Collection includes a letter from James, president of Athens College, Athens, Alabama, to William Stanley Hoole, head of the University of Alabama Libraries, about a paper James had written, "The Counties North of the Tennessee River," and a manuscript of the paper.

Dates: 1959

James S. Zinner Memorandum

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1838
Abstract

One memorandum from James S. Zinner of the Adjutant General's Department at Bowman Field, Kentucky, containing instructions relative to the Officer's and Warrant Officer's Qualification Card, no date.

Dates: 1942 - 1945

James Smith U.S. Army discharge papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0145
Abstract

Military discharge forms for James Smith, a member of the United States Army's Tenth Cavalry Regiment, also known as "Buffalo Soldiers."

Dates: 1872-04 - 1872-05

James Somerville Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1307
Abstract

Letters to his wife, Ellen G. Sommerville, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia while Somerville was on two trips to Alabama and Mississippi, looking for a place to settle. The Somervilles eventually chose Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The letters contain comments on traveling companions, places seen, business conditions, and etc.

Dates: 1835 - 1837

James Strother Caller Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0263
Abstract

Letter written by Caller, dated 2 August 1852, from Gosport, Clarke County, Alabama, to Messrs. Jno. A. Winston &c, commission merchants of Mobile, Alabama, asking for a correction on the account of W. McConnell

Dates: 1852-08-02

James Taylor Jones Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2021
Abstract

Four letters written by James Taylor Jones of Demopolis, Alabama, dated from 1877 to 1884, while he was serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives, concerning his biographical entries in the Congressional Directory.

Dates: 1877 - 1884

James Thomas Heflin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0659
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, press releases, biographical notes, campaign literature, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia of this member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator from Alabama.

Dates: 1895 - 1951

James Thomas Murfee Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1031
Abstract

Letters to L. C. Garland, President of the University of Alabama, and to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter, dealing with requisitions, fortifying the University campus, and cadets during the Civil War.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

James Tipton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4103

James W. Horner Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-212
Abstract

This collection consists of one photograph of the University of Alabama Marching Band on the steps of the Amelia Gorgas Library.

Dates: 1943

James W. Keating Consular Credentials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3426
Abstract

Credentials of James W. Keating's appointment by Secretary of State, John Hay, as Consular Agent to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, in 1902.

Dates: 1902-05-24

James White McClung Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0945
Abstract

This collection includes the personal and business papers of James White McClung (1798-1848), an attorney in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, and state representative for that county, as well as correspondence of various members of his family.

Dates: 1820 - 1891

James William Oakley Jr. Photographs

 Collection — Box: 38034.001
Identifier: 2010-020
Abstract

Photographs taken by James William Oakley Jr. during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956.

Dates: 1956 February

James Woodrow Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1572
Abstract

A letter dated 22 September 1852, from LaFayette, Chambers County, Alabama, requesting a subscription to a journal titled the Presbyterian.

Dates: 1852-09-22

Janet Fuller Poll Tax Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0752
Abstract

Receipt dated 1 February 1963 for poll tax paid by Janet Fuller.

Dates: 1963-02-01

Jarvis Turner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3477
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 3 invoices from 1849, 1850, and 1856 from the Mobile Marble Works.

Dates: 1849 - 1856

Jason's Jamboree scripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2791
Abstract

This collection consists of two scrips submitted as part of applications to participate in the 1951 Jason's Jamboree.

Dates: 1951

Jasons scrapbook, 1961-1963

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0747
Abstract

This collection contains a scrapbook.

Dates: 1961-1963

J.C. Faulkner Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2134
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence between Tuscaloosa, Alabama, resident J.C. Faulkner and many of his family and friends over a span of about a year, between December 1944 and December 1945, while he served in the U.S. Navy at Camp San Bruno, California and Guam.

Dates: 1944 - 1945

Jeanette F. Yackle paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1593
Abstract

A 1980 "Bibliography of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1826-46," “prepared at the request and with the support of Dean Thomas Christopher of the University of Alabama School of Law. It is an attempt to bring together all the primary and secondary material dealing with Tuscaloosa while it was Alabama’s state capital." (p. 2)

Dates: 1980

Jeff Sessions Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1744
Abstract

A letter from Jeff Sessions, US Senator for Alabama, to Earl Hinson, mayor of Union Springs, Alabama, thanking him for securing a copy of Wade hall's Conecuh People, 5 September 2003.

Dates: 2003-09-05

Jefferson Brown Ore Company

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0750
Abstract

This collection contains a ledger of the Jefferson Brown Ore Company.

Dates: unknown

Jefferson Jackson Coleman Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-002
Abstract

This collection consists of fifty-five photographs of the former Director of Alumni Affairs at the University of Alabama. He was closely involved in athletics at the University of Alabama. The photographs show various aspects of his life from 1918 through 1989.

Dates: 1918 - 1989

John Rufus Jefferson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3883
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written from Jefferson in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Postmaster of New Orleans, Louisiana, requesting employment, as well as photocopies of documents issued between Jefferson’s widow and the United States War Department debating his service in the First Alabama Cavalry during the American Civil War. This collection also contains images relating to John Rufus Jefferson and the 1st Alabama Cavalry.

Dates: 1863-1961

Jennie C. Lee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0113
Abstract

Contains photographs, letters, programs, and other materials created and collected by Lee, who was director of the Tuskegee Choir for twenty-five years (1903-1928).

Dates: 1891 - 1938

Jennie Shaw Flowers Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-202
Abstract

This collection consists of one photograph of an unidentified football game, possibly at the University of Alabama, where Shaw graduated in 1946. A stamped label on the back reads, "Hammond Photo Service, Meridian, Mississippi".

Dates: 1936

Jerome T. Fuller Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0546
Abstract

Letter to J. G. Oakley written in 1934 in support of Frank M. Dixon for Governor of Alabama.

Dates: 1934 May 25

Jerry A. Davis, Jr. Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-200
Abstract

This collection consists of eighty-five photographs of Jerry A. Davis, Jr. (UA, MA, 1991), his friends and family, school pictures of Tuscaloosa Academy students, University of Alabama Sigma Chi fraternity parties, and vacation scenes.

Dates: 1979 - 1989

Jerry Oldshue Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-014
Abstract

Color snapshots of John Thomas Croxton grave marker in Paris, Kentucky, taken by University of Alabama Archivist, Jerry C. Oldshue.

Dates: 1992-07

Jerusha Hemphill DIploma

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0660
Abstract

A diploma for having completed the course of study at Tuscaloosa Female Academy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Dates: 1865

Jesse B. Hearin Paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1265
Abstract

Text of a speech or paper on William Tecumseh Sherman.

Dates: unknown

Jesse Griffin letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0597
Abstract

A letter dated 5 September 1813, from St. Stephens, Alabama, to his parents, describing the Creek attack on Fort Mims during the Creek War of 1813-1814.

Dates: 1813 September 5

Jimmy Lee Sudduth Slides

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2013-013
Abstract

This collection consist of color slides depicting folk artist Jimmy Lee Sudduth at his home, gathering clay, and his art work.

Dates: 1977

Jo Tartt Jr. and Judith Tartt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4303
Abstract Collection consists of a variety of materials related to the life of Jo Cowin Tartt Jr. and his wife, Judith Watkins Tartt. The materials are predominately focused on Mr. Tartt's childhood and various careers throughout his life. Of notable interest are his photographs of the Alabama Black Belt during the 1960s through the early 1980s, which depict life and living conditions in small-town Alabama after the Civil Rights movement. In addition to his photographs, other materials include...
Dates: 1890 - 2019

Joanne H. Smith Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1288
Abstract

A letter dated 11 October 1835, from Boston to Miss Susan C. Farley, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Smith, a former pupil of Farley's, discusses the latter's intention to go to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to teach at the Tuscaloosa Female Institute.

Dates: 1835-10-11

Joe A. Simpson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1276
Abstract

Documents pertaining to Simpson's personal and professional life.

Dates: unknown

Joel Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0781
Abstract

Copies of newspaper articles written by Jones, most of them on historical or social topics.

Dates: 1939 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1946

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Hughes Books 5
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United Daughters of the Confederacy 5
University of Alabama. "Million Dollar Band" 5
University of Alabama. Department of Music 5
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Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. 4
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Geological Survey of Alabama 3
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Kappa Alpha Order 3
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Nicholas, James L., Jr. 3
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Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877 3
Shelby Iron Company 3
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Tuskaloosa Female College 3
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