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John A. Vaughn diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1495
Abstract

Civil War diary of a Virginia native who later settled in Alabama. The entries are limited to 1863.

Dates: 1863

John A. Winston Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1609
Abstract

Letters to his father-in-law, Joel W. Jones of Selma, Alabama, from John A. Winston, 1863-64.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

John and Mary Wellborn Cochran Diaries, Letterbook, and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0326
Abstract

Three bound volumes of this Alabama attorney and politician and his wife: John Cochran's diary; Mary Wellborn Cochran's journal; and a miscellany of copies of some of John Cochran's outgoing correspondence, journal entries of his, and copies of some freedman contracts to which he was party. Also includes two unidentified photographs that appear to be from the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1839-1915

John and Phyllis Todd Reel to Reel

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-025
Abstract

Sixty-eight reel to reels of family recordings and assorted music.

Dates: 1957 - 1982

John B. Tomilson Card

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1922
Abstract

One card thanking family and friends for expressing sympathy for the death of the mother of possibly John B. Tomlinson.

Dates: 1932

John Beecher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3226
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a variety of newspaper and periodical clippings about John Beecher, his appearances and poetry readings, and reviews of his published works. Press releases are included as well. Most of the clippings were collected by Barbara Beecher. There are Web pages about John Beecher printed out by Martha Huie included in the collection. There is a small amount of correspondence and three sound recordings of the author reading his poetry.

Dates: unknown

John Bickley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2296
Abstract

Includes incoming correspondence to John S. Bickley from prominent United States and world leaders, as well as personal materials and those relating to the International Insurance Society.

Dates: 1958-2006

John Bragg Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2007
Abstract

Letters written by John Bragg of Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama to the editor of the “Daily Globe” from November 1853 to December 1857 requesting subscriptions to the “globe” during the sessions of Congress.

Dates: 1835-11-28 - 1857-12-22

John C. McRae Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0970
Abstract

This collection contains financial papers and a presidential pardon.

Dates: 1854 - 1893

John Cecil Persons Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1128
Abstract

This collection consists of papers pertaining to banking, Person's World War II military service,and civic activities, along with correspondence, reports, speeches, scrapbooks, and other materials.

Dates: 1917 - 1970

John Cocke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0328
Abstract

Business correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and other materials (including the selling and purchasing of slaves) of this 19th century Marengo County, Alabama, plantation owner.

Dates: 1810-1899

John Collier Foster papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0536
Abstract

A sizeable collection of church correspondence, sermons, and other religious materials, and family correspondence and other personal items of this farmer and Southern Baptist minister in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1841 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1892

John Cowardin Collection on Nelle Harper Lee

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4208
Abstract

The John Cowardin Collection on Nelle Harper Lee contains letters between Florida author John (Jack) Cowardin and Pulitzer-Prize winning Alabama author Nelle Harper Lee. It also includes supplemental materials related to Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

Dates: 1960-1962, 2004-2009

John F. Burnum papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3684
Abstract

Collection of published articles, including correspondence relating to, drafts of, and research for the articles, as well as newspaper and journal articles that interested Dr. Burnum, photographs of colleagues and groups, certificates of achievement, and tax information.

Dates: after 1930

John Forbes and Company land records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0074
Abstract

Three journals recording land sales and transfers in southern Alabama, as well as memoranda and notes concerning the partners of this mercantile firm.

Dates: 1799 - 1849

John Gorman Barr papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0116
Abstract

Contains correspondence to and from John Gorman Barr, as well as other papers of this University of Alabama student, Tuscaloosa attorney, and United States Consul in Australia, known for his humorous writings.

Dates: 1840-1858

John H. Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0009
Abstract

The correspondence of a Birmingham, Alabama, mining engineer, businessman, poet, and public servant. The collection also includes a small group of papers of Adams' son, John R. Adams, an attorney and realtor.

Dates: 1889 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1936

John H. Pettway Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1134
Abstract

Letter from Pettway in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Professor John L. Calhoun at the University of Alabama regarding the current status of his church membership.

Dates: 1897-02

John Heyl Vincent Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1500
Abstract

A note of apology to William Ballantyne for not attending a Bible meeting.

Dates: 1850

John Hollis Bankhead, Jr. Silhouette

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2006
Abstract

An autographed silhouette of John Hollis Bankhead, Jr., dated 1941 just before his final term as a United States Senator.

Dates: 1941

John Horgan Jr. Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-170
Abstract

The collection consists of twenty-three industrial photographs taken around Birmingham, Ensley, Sheffield, Anniston, Bessemer, and Woodward, Alabama in 1889. Photographer from Birmingham, Alabama, John Horgan, Jr. took the photos for Truman H. Aldrich and presented them to him in June 1889.

Dates: 1889-06-01

John Horry Dent, Jr., Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0431
Abstract Collection contains letters written by John Horry Dent, Jr. (signed J. Horry Dent) of Barbour County, Alabama, from 1861 March 15 to 1864 July 1 to his father, John Horry Dent of Eufaula, Alabama. There are also two letters written by Dent Jr.’s fellow officers to Dent's father detailing information of Dent Jr.’s part aboard the C.S.S. McRae during the battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and his subsequent capture and internment at Fort Warren in May...
Dates: 1861 - 1864

John Horry Dent papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0430
Abstract There are four typescript documents in the folder also: (1) Commodore John Herbert Dent, U.S. Navy, 1782–1823; (2) Charles I. Graves in Egypt (1875–1878); (3) Cape Guardafui by Lt. Col. Graves (the proceedings of the meeting of October 1880); and (4) Report of Lt. Col. Graves, 4th July 1878.The Plantation Book (or Farm Journal v.1) was written by John Horry Dent from January 1840 through December 1842 to record actual expenditures and incomes from his estate and to provide...
Dates: 1840-1891

John J. Sparkman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1319
Abstract Democratic congressman John J. Sparkman (1899-1985) represented the state of Alabama in the House of Representatives from 1937-1946 and in the Senate from 1946-January 3, 1979. He was known for his support of the Tennessee Valley Authority, military personnel, and space exploration, and served on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, the Small Business Committee, and the Banking Committee. Materials in this collection include correspondence, legislation, newsletters, press releases,...
Dates: 1917-2001, bulk 1937-1978

John L. Blackburn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2605
Abstract

Contains personal papers, documents, records, and accomplishments of John L. Blackburn.

Dates: 1945-2000

John M. Miller Broadsides

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0990
Abstract

Two political broadsides relating to John M. Miller's campaign for the office of mayor of Cordova, Alabama, possibly in 1947.

Dates: 1947

John Mason Dill Archive: Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WP-006
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs, drawings and graphic materials depicting John Mason Dill and his coworkers at the end of his working career as one of the draftsman at the engineering office at the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company in Birmingham and Fairfield, Alabama.

Dates: 1911 - 1951

John Matthews Land Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0927
Abstract

Papers pertaining to the land purchases of John Mathews, a Sumter Coutny, Alabama planter between 1836 and 1856.

Dates: 1836 - 1856

John McKee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0957
Abstract

A letter to Secretary of the Navy Samuel Southard, recommending the appointment of Henry Francis Toulmin as midshipman. The collection also contains two other letters by McKee and a payroll list of Choctaw Indians who served in the Creek War.

Dates: 1826 - 1827

John Murphy Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2056
Abstract

Two letters, dated February 15, 1827, and September 4, 1828, written by Alabama Governor John Murphy to Secretary of State James J. Thornton regarding the filling of judicial vacancies.

Dates: 1827 - 1828

John R. Hodge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0685
Abstract

Paper titled "An Editor Spends a Day with the Army,” [presented to the?] American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 13, 1942. Includes annotated photographs of editors visiting Governors Island, New York, HQ of Eastern Defense Command and First Army and photographs of defense drills somewhere on the East Coast.

Dates: 1942

John S. McGraw Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0956
Abstract

Letters from this soldier in the 57th Indiana Volunteers, stationed near Huntsville, Alabama, to his wife and daughter in Richmond, Indiana, January 1 to March 29, 1865. They describe winter quarters and the city of Huntsville after it had been partially burned.

Dates: 1865

John Spinks Kennedy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0807
Abstract

Includes financial and other business related papers of John Spinks Kennedy, a Civil War veteran and lawyer who lived in Lauderdale County, Alabama.

Dates: 1858 - 1892

John Temple Graves II papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0109
Abstract

Manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings written by and related to Birmingham newspaper columnist John Temple Graves II.

Dates: 1910 - 1967

John Tyler Morgan letter

 Collection
Identifier: W-0131
Abstract

An undated letter from Senator John Tyler Morgan to Alabama governor Joseph F. Johnston regarding the transfer of Major Barnard Goldsmith West from the Birmingham state troops to the staff of General Wheeler.

Dates: 1896 - 1900

John W. Betterley Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4299
Abstract

This diary by John W. Betterley, a US Marine serving on board the USS Michigan, describes the United States' invasion and occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, in 1914.

Dates: 1914

John Will Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0760
Abstract

A collection of correspondence and other papers. Johnson's correspondents included John H. Bankhead, Albert Boutwell, Carl Elliott, Lister Hill, Albert Rains, James A. Simpson, John Sparkman, and Chauncey Sparks.

Dates: 1936 - 1951

John Witherspoon DuBose papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0086
Abstract

Contains newspaper serialization of John Witherspoon DuBose's Chronicles of the Canebreak, as well as photographs, correspondence, biographical sketches and newspaper clippings related to this Alabama historian.

Dates: 1893 - 1918

Johnne Bryant Willbern Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1556
Abstract

A series of letters written from May to September 1954, by the wife of the chair of the political science department at the University of Alabama while accompanying her husband to New Zealand, where he was teaching. They were written to family and friends and contain accounts of the family's experiences and descriptions of local customs. One newspaper clipping is also included.

Dates: 1954

Johnny Reb and Billy Yank: Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4010
Abstract

Manuscript of Alexander Hunter's Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, his narrative of service in the Confederate Army, under the working title, "Four Years in the Ranks."

Dates: 1905

E. W. Johns letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0757
Abstract

A letter dated 20 August 1863, from Johns in Richmond, to Messers M. and E. Myers, Petersburg, Virginia, requesting them to deliver whiskey to the Confederate Army's medical department.

Dates: 1863 August 20

Bernard, F.C., and John G. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0759
Abstract

A small collection of legal papers contains a letter of administration and a summons for Bernard Johnson, F.C. Johnson's commission as Captain in the Alabama state militia, and an oath of allegiance signed by John G. Johnson.

Dates: 1836-1865

Johnson Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0758
Abstract

This collection contains bills, family records, and wills of the Johnson family.

Dates: unknown

Johnson J. Hooper Notary Bond

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0700
Abstract

A bond dated 27 May 1839, posted in order to serve as notary public in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

Dates: 1839-05-27

John F. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1806
Abstract

Contains correspondence, financial materials, and material relating to the Grange, Farmers’ Alliance, Agricultural Relief, and other agricultural organizations of this Choctaw County, Mississippi, farmer who was an agent for the Daniel Pratt Company.

Dates: 1856-1888

Robert Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2284
Abstract

Materials related to naval history, including manuscripts, research notes, and photographs

Dates: circa 1950-2008

T. Earl Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0761
Abstract

A bibliography of works relating to speechmaking, debate, public speaking, and oratory. Additionally, multiple, unorganized copies of Johnson's thesis, "A Multiple-Choice of Hearing."

Dates: 1900-1965

Henry P. Johnston papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0765
Abstract

Genealogical documents concerning the Johnston family including a large German family tree and copies of photographs

Dates: Unknown

Jon Charles Acker Collection of Commemorative Event Covers and First Day of Issue Stamped Envelopes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4093
Abstract

U.S.S. Tuscaloosa commemorative covers, including "First Day in Commission" and "Shakedown Cruise" covers, several miscellaneous first day of issue stamped envelopes and other commemorative covers postmarked from the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa, and ten first day of issue stamps, most of which relate to the State of Alabama in some way

Dates: 1929-1993

Jonathan and William Kelly and Company Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0754
Abstract

A letter dated 9 March 1838, introducing Frederick Augustus Porter Bernard to James Hogan of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1838-03-09

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Geological Survey of Alabama 3
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