This record group contains the records of University of Alabama president Oliver C. Carmichael. The records document his years as president, from 1953-1957, and include information on the attempt by Autherine Lucy to end racial segration at The University of Alabama in 1956.

This collection consists of United States Presidential pamphlets and signatures. Feature presidents are George Washington, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Robert Francis Kennedy, and George W. Bush. Part of this collection is a letter from Elenore Roosevelt to Mr. Rives, a member of the Labor Railway Magazine editors group.

Bumper stickers and pins from the Obama/Biden and Romney/Ryan presidential campaigns for 2012.

Typed account of one of the first Americans allowed to enter the U.S.S.R. in 1930, during the first "Five Year Plan."

Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes, instructions and essays Carolyn Shepherd Price collected and used as teaching materials in her home economics class. They include a broad range of topics including child development, clothing, health and home management and decoration.

Letter from Dan Price, a white Alabaman who taught freed African-American students, to his Congressman, Charles Wilson Pierce, about the vicious activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Sumter County, Alabama, in 1868.

A letter dated 20 March 1973, from Louisville, Barbour County, Alabama, to Joyce Lamont, acquisitions librarian at the University of Alabama Library, asking for prepayment for his forthcoming book, "Alabama Politics--Tell It Like It Is".

Prices of domestic produce in Confederate Treasury Notes from 1 January 1861 to 1 January 1865

Pages from a religious paper that contains letters to a Elder of the church discussing evangelism

A letter dated 4 November 1860, from Claremont, Esher, Surrey (England), to an unidentified recipient, respecting warships and armaments.

Autograph album belonging to Priscilla D. Kimbrough and Mary Iwanna Garnett

One broadside of a poem written by a Union soldier held at the Confederate Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, on 8 November 1861. The poem describes the food provided and the ways it was prepared at the prison in satirical verse.

Contains a single white convention/reunion type ribbon bearing an image of an eagle with a shield, ribbon and olive branch in its talons, surrounded by the following text: "Prisoners of War Reunion - Toledo, O., 1879".

The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Collection consists of forty photographs of Private James Proctor during his service in the army: Yokohama base in Japan, Germany, and United States bases.

Photocopy of a typescript paper titled "Private Rosser's Colt" on the history of a Colt pistol carried by Henry Preston Rosser in the Civil War as a member of Shockley’s Independent Escort Company, from Alabama.

Proposals for reorganizing the Continental Army

Letters, one of which is hand written and describes the purchase of land

Minutes, yearbooks, members' correspondence, newspaper clippings, photos, event programs, and scrapbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, young women's civic organization.

Contains financial records; letters of correspondence (ranging from letters of the farm, personal letters, and from "the service men" in 1942-1945); as well as memorabilia records such as: photos, postcards, address lists, notes, newsletters; professional organizations records; teaching materials: lecture notes, writings, and presentations; and a collection of 144 original photographs.

Scrapbook primarily covering the club's activities and meetings from 1926 to 1947, although there are a few items from the 1980s tucked inside.

A letter dated 17 October 1895, acknowledging receipt of fee from W. C. Dantzler.

Nineteenth century volumes by R. D. Spratt dealing with the history, legends, significant members, and language of the Choctaw Indians

Handwritten letter and sheet of music from Geneva (Switzerland) professor Dr. R. Landesberger to President Woodrow Wilson, dated January 7, 1919. A typed transcript of the letter is also included.

This collection consists of a letter regarding lands due the Wills Valley Railroad Co. (part of Northeast and Southwest Alabama RR) upon completion of 20 miles of track, also an offer to purchase mineral rights to the same from Governor (military?) R. M. Patton, who was also President of the Board of Directors of the Central Mining and Petroleum Company of Alabama. Also contains a copy of some legislation.

May 1858 letter from a student at Green Springs School, Havana, Alabama, describing school life.

Documents from Thomas Rabbit's courses in Creative Writing

Original and typed copy from Radford to Lieutenant Commander T. C. Harris, discussing a possible attempt to rescue Jefferson Davis, a prisoner at Fortress Monroe.

Zines created by southern young women, on a variety of personal and political topics, including art, drugs, education, gender and sexuality, mental health, music, people and society, popular culture, race and ethnicity, religion and spirituality, and sex. There are approximately 150 titles from the 1990s-2000s.

This collection contains two broadsides distributed by Guatemalan President José Rafael Carrera y Turcios in 1857 that announce battle results against William Walker in Nicaragua. One broadside announces the surrender of William Walker and one broadside welcomes home troops from the battlefront. Both broadsides are written in Spanish.

18 images of Ragland family.

Clara H. Rall of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania writes to a friend about her recent marriage and gives details about the furnished brick house into which she has recently moved.

Contains letters written by Ralph J. Ratcliff and Mary Elizabeth McIlvain of Kentucky during Ralph's service in the Army. Letters cover their courtship, engagement, and marriage, in addition to the birth of their first child. Also included are correspondence from friends and family, pamphlets, envelopes, cards, and a photo album.

A paper written by Ralph M. Lyons documenting the history of the Livingston Presbyterian Church in Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama.

Collection contains a photocopied manuscript of Ralph Bradley’s Above Mortal: Novel in Three Parts and three letters of condolences to R. S. Bradley, Jr. after the death of Ralph S. Bradley, Sr.

The legal papers of the lawyer hire to represent the New York Times in defense of the libel suit stemming from an article by Harrison Salisbury , published on 12 April 1960, entitled "Fear and Hatred Grip Birmingham."

Correspondence, financial records, and bank statements

Manuscript of a four act play presented in 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts

Three small ledgers, compiled by Dr. Charles Edward Ford of Roanoke, Alabama, from 1920-1952, listing birth records for Randolph County, Alabama.

This collection consists of the proceedings of an 1868 military commission trial of Randolph at Selma, Alabama, for the assault and battery of a Freedman named Balus Eddins.

Typescript copy of information found on tombstones and grave markers in small Madison County (Ala.) cemeteries, prepared by John P. Rankin and Percy B. Keel.

Contains a variety of rare, published materials. Most notable are the almanacs, biographies, guidebooks, art catalogs, and works of literature.

Articles and other writings of this Mobile, Alabama, artist, journalist, folklorist, and muralist who was known for his work to increase awareness of Mobilian Joe Cain who revived Mardi Gras after the Civil War.

Seventeen photographs taken by Raymond Hunt of the C.S.S. Alabama model constructed by him. Images are showing the finished model, various stages of construction, and close-up showing details on the model.

Contains a variety of materials belonging to this Huntsville, Alabama, businessman, including maps; letters received from B.H. Meek, Carlos Surish, W.P. Hall; and an invitation to an event at the Alabama Central Female College.

Materials from three generations of the Reade family

This collection contains a recipe to help with the symptoms of lung diseases, particularly consumption.

Manuscript volume of poetry, rebound in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. It contains poetry and epigrams, often political, in different hands. The title translates as " Collection of All Kinds of Pieces."

A set of surveyor's notes describing a tract of land along a "Red River," probably relating to a land grant, circa 1840.