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Redden-Lancaster Families World War II Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4163
Abstract

Letters from Lloyd D. (Don) and Sergeant Glen C. Redden, and Robert Lancaster to the Redden's sister and brother-in-law and Lancaster's brother and sister-in-law, Barbara and James Lancaster. The letters illustrate the similar and differing experiences the men had during the war and depict a soldier's life from basic training to deployment.

Dates: 1941 - 1945

William F. Reekstin Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4113
Abstract

Nine photograph albums of William F. Reekstin, a student at the University of Alabama in the early 1930s documenting a variety of campus venues and activities.

Dates: 1933-1935

Regional Composers' Forum records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1185
Abstract

Photographs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and programs of the organization

Dates: 1950-1971

Nell Marshall Reid Postcards and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4132
Abstract

Postcards and photographs documenting the travels of the Marshall and Reid families of Alabama.

Dates: 1900 - 1938

Republic Steel records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1186
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, security and insurance records, and other materials of this Birmingham steel company.

Dates: circa 1930-circa 1980

Republican Conventions Audio Cassettes

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-007
Abstract

This collection consist of audio cassettes featuring recordings of Republican National Convention 1972; Black Caucus at Republican National Convention in Miami 1972; Telephone interview with Radio Station KCW in Seattle, Washington; Norman E. Jones Political Talk; Roasting of Norman E. Jones; S. Rutledge; Hill-Mason; Wash Marrisett; unidentified.

Dates: 1972 - 1984

Republican Party Letters of Recommendation

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3895
Abstract

Two unsigned letters providing reasons why L. J. Bryan and Attorney Reese should not be given federal appointments

Dates: circa 1905

Reverend James Young Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1599
Abstract

Two letters to Reverend James M. Young, in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, both from friends. One thanking him for his kind letter after a death in the family and discusses her newborn son. The other discussing an upcoming trip and details about their life and the lives of friends.

Dates: 1844 - 1848

Reward Broadside for Runaway Slaves

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3761
Abstract

Early broadside offering a reward for two runaway slaves.

Dates: 1833-04-09

Reward Notice collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1188
Abstract

Contains a collection of reward notices posted in Alabama for persons wanted for crimes committed in Alabama and other states. Various formats of notices are represented, including broadsides, letters, postcards, and telegrams. A large number of them are not dated.

Dates: 1876-1905

Rex Milford Wallace Jr. Paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1515
Abstract

A copy of a paper, "The University of Alabama: From the Beginning to the End. A Comparison of the Experiences of Members of the War Classes of the University of Alabama, 1861-1865 in the Confederate Army with that of Other Southerners," written for History 415: The New South at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1980

Reuben Oscar Reynolds Papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0163
Abstract

Correspondence and records of military service (photocopies) of Reuben O. Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment.

Dates: 1861-1887

Elmer E. Rhode Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2550
Abstract

Bernice Shelly writes from Tracy and Oakland, California, to P.F.C. Elmer E. Rhode, stationed in San Francisco, California, about her work as a waitress and at a factory to aid the war effort. A third letter makes a third-party reference to an encounter with Elmer Rhode written by Fred Kimball of San Francisco, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Payne of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1942 - 1943

Rice, Chilton, and Jones, attorneys, letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0049
Abstract

Letterbook containing copies of correspondence written by Montgomery, Alabama, lawyers Samuel F. Rice, John M. Chilton, Thomas G. Jones, and Ariosto A. Wiley, between 1871-1873.

Dates: 1871-1873

Richard Delafulo Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2715
Abstract

A letter from Richard Delafulo of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John Hunt in Pensacola, Florida, about Hunt's request for a steam engine for a saw mill.

Dates: 1836-06-27

Richard Furman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0549
Abstract

Photocopied documents, including letters, poetry, news clippings, class work, essays, and journal entries of Alabama school administrator and preacher.

Dates: 1826-1865

Richard Holmes Powell papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0079
Abstract

Correspondence, essays, and speeches written by and to Richard Holmes Powell of Union Springs,Alabama, and includes the essay "On the Management of Slaves."

Dates: 1833 - 1905

Richard Parish Deed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1100
Abstract

A deed dated 14 December 1846, conveying 80 acres in Pike County, Alabama to William P. Segars.

Dates: 1846-12-14

E. F. Richards lecture papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3634
Abstract

Lecture "The Origin of the Earth" by 1936 UA instructor of Geology

Dates: 1936 February 9

Warfield Creath Richardson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1194
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of Richardson's literary output, dating from 1842 to 1914. Included are poems, short stories, essays, plays, and lectures in handwritten and printed drafts, proof sheets, pamphlets, and clippings. There is also a small collection of letters. It contains a letter from Henry Wordsworth Longfellow and two from Thomas M. Owen.

Dates: 1842-1937

William K. Richardson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3533
Abstract

H.J. Resolution 92 in the 75th Congress, 1st Session, 6 January 1937, for the relief of William K. Richardson

Dates: 1937 January 6

J.J. Ricks and William Hines plantation rental agreement with Martha Jones

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2211
Abstract

A legal contract in which J.J. Ricks and William Hines rent Martha Jones' plantation in Lawrence County, Alabama.

Dates: 1825 November 22

Rifle Team list, 1907

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3728
Abstract

List of 1907 Alabama state rifle team.

Dates: 1907

Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-017
Scope and Contents

This photographic album contains 33 black and white photographs of Rio de Janeiro buildings and landmarks during the 1920s taken by three unidentified photographers. Images include panoramas of Rio de Janeiro, Sugarloaf Mountain, and Copacabana neighborhoods. All photographs are captioned with the creator's stamp except for two. Photographs measure 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" and are mounted except for three that are loosely inserted.

Dates: circa 1920s

Samuel D. Risley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4141
Abstract

Papers documenting the military service of Samuel D. Risley and his brother John Risley in the 20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.

Dates: 1822-1909; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865

Rives Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1195
Abstract

Contains theatre programs, letters, photos, and other materials.

Dates: circa 1940

Rives Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-209
Abstract

Two photographs from Rives Family Papers depicting Tutwiler and Little Hall in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1910 - 1919

R.M. Brumby Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1825
Abstract

Includes letters written to R.M. Brumby, a University of Alabama graduate, from his mother and son from the late 19th-century through the early 20th-century. It also includes an appointment letter from the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1892 - 1920

Robert A. Patterson Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4334
Scope and Contents

This collection of six letters to family members was written by Robert A. Patterson, who was traveling with Company F of the 57th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry through Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama between 1862-1864. The letters describe the unit's actions and movements, interactions with locals, and encounters with enslaved persons escaping slaveholders.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

Robert D. Lilley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2458
Abstract

Letters to or concerning Robert D. Lilley of Hillsboro, Ohio, and Jane Telfair of Staunton, Virginia, from 1804 to 1851.

Dates: 1804 - 1851

Robert E. Johnson photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-205
Abstract

Prints and one original snapshots of wedding of Dr. and Mrs. R.E. Johnson. He was a professor of history at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Robert E. Tidwell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1407
Abstract

This collection includes papers, some written by Tidwell, correspondence, invitations, and bulletins.

Dates: 1941 - 1974

Robert H. Lafferty, III, Archaeological Surveys

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0836
Scope and Contents

Contains two reports: survey of Sixmile Creek Easement, Lauderdale County, Alabama, and survey of the Page Steam Plant in Bell County, Kentucky

Dates: 1976

Robert H. McKenzie dissertation, correspondence, and notes

 Collection
Identifier: W-0072
Abstract

Copy of Robert H. McKenzie's dissertation, "A History of the Shelby Iron Company, 1865-1881," and a small collection of correspondence and research notes related to the dissertation.

Dates: 1971

Robert H. Smith legal notebook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0016
Abstract

Handwritten definitions and summaries of legal cases tried between 1869 and 1877, relating primarily to railroad interests and personal property law.

Dates: circa 1870

Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0753
Abstract The Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers span the period from 1797 to 1960 and include both the personal and business papers of Robert Jemison Jr., along with papers of Robert Jemison (grandfather), William Jemison (father), Priscilla Jemison (wife), Cherokee Jemison Hargrove (daughter), and Andrew Coleman Hargrove (son-in-law), and Robert Jemison Jr. (IV) of Birmingham (1878-1973). Included are the records of his grist and lumber mills, plantations, stage line, the Tuskaloosa Plank Road, toll...
Dates: 1797 - 1973

Robert Loveman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0879
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of correspondence, 1884-1923, to and from a University of Alabama graduate, author, and poet.

Dates: 1884 - 1981

Robert N. Kirk Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0825
Abstract

A copy of a letter dated 23 June 1848, from Pickens County, Alabama, to his uncle Matthew Biggert Kirk, Lancaster Court House, South Carolina in which he tells of setting up his medical practice and recounts family news.

Dates: 1848-06-23

Robert Owen Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1086
Abstract

A letter dated 24 June 1847, to British Foreign Secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), concerning the situation in Ireland.

Dates: 1847-06-24

Robert S. Lanier Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0841
Abstract

A letter dated 4 June 1890, to his son, describing his reaction to the nomination of Thomas Goode Jones as Democratic Party candidate for governor of Alabama and to an article his son had written.

Dates: 1890-06-04

O.M. Roberts reminiscences while a student of the University of Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1199
Abstract

Contains a bound, typewritten recollection of this Texas governor's life as a student of the University of Alabama, 1833-1836. He presented this to the Erosophic Society of the University of Alabama in 1892. The work includes a photograph of a painting of him in approximately 1835.

Dates: 1892

Paula E. Robertson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3601
Abstract

Early history of Northport, Ala. (1931, photocopy); Brief history of Gorgas House with 1962 Inventory; - T.A. Dearson Inventory

Dates: after 1900

William Howland Robertson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1200
Abstract

Memoir, correspondence, and other miscellaneous papers of this seaman, merchant and diplomat from Alabama.

Dates: 1814 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1859

Robinson Family History

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1201
Abstract

A paper written by Stephanie O. Staten on the history of the Robinshon family from Birmingham, Alabama. Includes a certificate for "Robinson Family Reunion Day"

Dates: 1990

Robinson Jeffers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0749
Abstract

Letters, manuscripts of unpublished poems, first editions and published pieces by this California poet.

Dates: 1904 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1948

Miles Rock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4209
Abstract

Miles Rock was an assistant astronomer with the US Naval Observatory and was the chief of the Guatemalan Boundary Commission from 1883-1898. This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, cartographic sketches, and other materials primarily related to his work on demarcating the Mexico-Guatemala border.

Dates: 1883-1920

Eric Rodgers papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1206
Abstract

Newspaper clippings, a telegram, and a placard from a University of Alabama honor society to Eric Rodgers

Dates: 1957-1966

Roemol Henry Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0666
Abstract

A letter containing genealogical information about St. Sauveur Francois Bonfils, a Napoleonic exile who served as professor of modern languages and literature at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1847-1849.

Dates: 1951

Roger Hertz Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4167
Abstract

Almost daily letters written by Hertz and his family between 1944 and 1946 while he was serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Dates: 1944 - 1946

Bert Rogers letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3616
Abstract

Letter written to Rogers' brother

Dates: 1904 June 22

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Geological Survey of Alabama 3
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