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Roland Lee Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0011
Abstract

This collection includes documents related to the army service of this York, Alabama, native; an essay; a biographical sketch; and three miscellaneous letters.

Dates: 1891- circa 1919

Rosalie Tutwiler Interview

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1452
Abstract

Photocopy typed transcript of an interview of Rosalie Tutwiler conducted by Marvin Rogers on 6 February 1976. The subject of the interview was Tutwiler's relative, the prison reformer Julia Tutwiler.

Dates: 1975-02-06

Rose Quong Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-022
Abstract

Nineteen black and white publicity photographs of Australian born Chinese stage and screen actress, Rose Quong. Most of the images bearing photographer stamps on reverse of images.

Dates: 1940 - 1949

Rose Towers construction photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2765
Abstract

This collection contains two photographs taken during the construction of Rose Towers on the University of Alabama campus.

Dates: 1969

Rosenstihl Jewelry store records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0053
Abstract

Ledger recording sales between 1888 and 1904 at the Rosenstihl Jewelry Store in Union Springs, Alabama.

Dates: 1888-1904

Sheldon Rosenzweig Collection of Publications about Israel

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4101
Abstract

Collection of published materials commemorating the twentieth, twenty-fifth, and thirtieth anniversaries of the founding of the Jewish state of Israel.

Dates: 1968-1978

Ross Lee Finney Audio and Video Cassettes

 Collection — Box: 14
Identifier: 2014-015
Abstract

Contains audio recordings and a video recording of this composer's music.

Dates: 1930 - 1980

Rotary Club, Montgomery, Alabama, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1210
Abstract

Brochures, multiple member lists, and history of the organization

Dates: 1915-1966

ROTC uniform and Franklin County (Ala.) honor roll

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2427
Abstract

ROTC uniform jacket, pants, belt and hat and an honor roll for Franklin County (Alabama) of men and women serving in the Armed Forces of The United States of America - October 1944

Dates: 1940-1944

Roy C. Corbell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0358
Abstract

Miscellaneous financial documents and copy of General Order No. 38-A, American Expeditionary Forces, February 28, 1919 (letter from General John J. Pershing to soldiers at the end of World War I).

Dates: 1919-1952

Roy C. Corbell Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-201
Abstract

The collection consists of one photograph of R.C. Corbell of Bidford, Alabama, in World War I soldiers' uniform.

Dates: 1919

Roycroft Family genealogy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2535
Abstract

Contains the genealogical notes for the Roycroft family, including information on other branches of the family tree. It also contains many newspaper clippings (some laminated) of engagement and wedding announcements as well as obituaries.

Dates: unknown

Rufus W. Cobb Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2011
Abstract

Letter, dated November 18, 1879 written by Rufus W. Cobb, Governor of Alabama, to General A. McD. McCook, declining an invitation to attend the 11th reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and the unveiling of the memorial statue of General George H. Thomas.

Dates: 1879-11-18

I. Willis Russell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1216
Abstract

Contains the note files on his new words, meanings, and usages. I. Willis Russell was a linguist professor at the University of Alabama.

Dates: Unknown

Irwin B. Rutledge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4138
Abstract

Papers (including a family history, a short story, and an essay) and daily logs of this engineer in the early days of the Alabama Highway Department.

Dates: 1928-1939

S. A. McPherson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0968
Abstract

Notes by McPherson while a theological student at Payne University, a college for African Americans founded in 1889 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama, and copies of three commencement addresses at Attalla, Etowah County, and Thomas, Jefferson County, Alabama Public Schools.

Dates: 1920 - 1929

S. E. Elmore Audio and Video Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-005
Abstract 42 8mm film of S. E. Elmore; various trips to Mexico 1935, Mobile 1938, Houston, TX, Bellingarth Gardens, Alabama State Stocks Memorial Park, Grandmother Elmor's 80th birthday 1932, Coca-Cola Plant at Montgomery, AL, Graduation 1947, 1948 and 1949, May Day 1947, Queen Elizabeth Ship June 1959, X-Mass 1935, Panama City Fishing Trip, April 27 and 28, 1954, Swim Pool at Millbrook, Western Tour, and 37 LP's featuring various artists. 42 8mm film of S. E. Elmore; various trips to Mexico 1935,...
Dates: 1935 - 1959

S. R. Norton letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1059
Abstract

Letters of a Union soldier in the 18th Michigan Infantry to his wife, written from Decatur, Stevenson, and Huntsville, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee, during the Civil War.

Dates: 1864-1865

S.A. and M. Railway survey notes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0076
Abstract

Material relating to Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery (S.A. & M.) Railway

Dates: after 1888

Sacred Harp Singing records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1218
Abstract

Contains the records of this organization.

Dates: Unknown

Charles B. Safford and Clara Safford Brooke Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4288
Abstract

This collection contains letters to and from Illinois soldier Charles B. Safford, who served as a captain in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War, and his wife Clara Safford. Many of the letters date from the time of her second marriage to Thomas S. Brooke.

Dates: 1853-1886 and undated

Judith Ann Saks papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1222
Abstract

This collection contains materials pertaining to the bicentennial project for the Port Authority of Houston, Texas, including six signed prints and and explanatory booklet. The prints depict scenes in the development of the port of Houston.

Dates: circa 1977

Salem Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1224
Abstract

Photocopies of two record books containing articles of faith, rules of decorum, church meeting minutes 1824-1895, maps, and church meeting minutes of this New Lexington, Alabama, church.

Dates: 1824-1895

James M. Salem research materials for The Late Great Johnny Ace

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2494
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 recordings, correspondence, research notes, and documents, all pertaining to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s.

Dates: 1929-2003

Sallie Bruchac Collection of Dr. Harald Rohlig Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2500
Abstract

The collection consists of recital programs and worship bulletins, sheet music, photographs, audiocassettes, reel-to-reel audio tapes, and one LP record featuring the music and performance of Dr. Harald Rohlig.

Dates: 1962 - 1992

Sallie Hill paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0032
Abstract

A typescript copy of an address delivered by Sallie Hill at the April 20, 1960, meeting of the Alabama Historical Association. The address, "Alabama Food Ways," describes traditional southern food and food history.

Dates: 1960

Sallie Hooper Morrow Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4244
Abstract

Sallie Hooper Morrow (1872-1927) was a member of a prominent family from Nashville, Tennessee. This collection contains one hundred and thirty letters she wrote from 1891-1895 to her future husband, Thomas Ludlow Chrystie, while he was in New York City training to be a lawyer.

Dates: 1891-1895

Sallie J. Marchbanks Lacy Journal Abstracts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0904
Abstract

Transcribed abstracts of the journal of Sallie J. Marchbanks Lacy, a schoolteacher in Lamar County, Alabama. These cover the years 1858-79 and include lists of students, poetry, genealogical notes, and a funeral notice.

Dates: 1858 - 1879

Leverett Saltonstall papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1225
Abstract

Letters between Ralph Cowert and U.S. Senator Leverett Saltonstall about Saltonstall's family for the Tuscaloosa Historical Society

Dates: 1963

Salvation Army in India Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-004
Abstract

This album consist of 199 photographs documenting Salvation Army work in India beginning of 20th Century.

Dates: 1910 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1923

Sam H. Coffman Genealogical Research

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3470
Abstract

Hand-written genealogical research

Dates: circa 1800s

Samuel D. Cameron and Maxwell A. Cameron Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0264
Abstract

Papers, primarily letters, of two Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, brothers, Samuel D. Cameron, 2nd Alabama Cavalry and Maxwell A. Cameron, 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment, to their sister, Sarah, and brother-in-law, Isham Robertson, during the Civil War. Additional materials include financial documents and other family letters.

Dates: 1858-1884; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864

Samuel Frances Hobbs Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-005
Abstract

One photographic album, labeled on the cover “Poison a Farce” theater production. Scenes show individuals in costume for theatrical production, probably at the University of Alabama, where Hobbs was a law student in 1907.

Dates: 1907

Samuel Gholson Woolf papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1578
Abstract

A collection of personal correspondence and essays on various Southern topics by this Marengo County attorney and politician.

Dates: 1930 - 1931

Samuel Henry Sprott, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1829
Abstract

Includes examination books and scrapbook of Samuel Henry Sprott, Jr. The materials pertain to Mr. Sprott's years at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1893 - 1897

Samuel Ledford Civil War Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4236
Abstract

Samuel Ledford (1828-1863) served as a private for the Confederacy in the US Civil War as part of the North Carolina 55th Infantry Regiment. This collection consists of fifty letters Ledford wrote to his wife Lucinda from May 1862 to June 1863 while his regiment was engaged in campaigns throughout North Carolina and Virginia.

Dates: 1862-1863

Samuel N. Snow Family Genealogical Material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1304
Abstract

The collection contains photocopies of transcribed letters written by Samuel N. Snow of Alabama and other documents relating to the family's history.

Dates: 1820

Samuel Pickens Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1148
Abstract

This collection contains Pickens' school notebook, 1858; his friendship book, 1858-59; war letters to his mother; and a typed transcript of his diary, 1862-1865.

Dates: 1858 - 1865

Samuel Richmond Caffee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2114
Abstract

Diary (and photocopies) and other documents written by Samuel Richmond Caffee, physician and founding member of Avondale Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. There are also documents written by others about Dr. Caffee.

Dates: 1858-1977

Samuel Shepard Conner Manuscript Essay

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4350
Scope and Contents Thirty-four pages of a manuscript essay dated January 25, 1807, attributed to Samuel Shepard Conner. There is a note in a later hand on the first page that states “Leaves found in an old blank book belonging to Samuel S. Conner dated January 26th, 1807.” The two-part essay discusses United States political affairs especially concerned with the military and conflict with France and other European Nations. The author discusses potential revolts of enslaved people in the southern United States...
Dates: 1807-01-25

Samuel W. Mardis Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2052
Abstract

A letter written by Samuel W. Mardis of Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama, on March 13, 1834, in reply to a letter published in the Charleston Mercury. The letter also asks F. P. Blair, editor of the Globe, to print it.

Dates: 1834-03-14

Samuel Walker Journal on the USS Kineo

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4296
Abstract

Journal kept by US Navy sailor on the USS Kineo as it patrolled the Mississippi River during the Civil War

Dates: 1863

Samuel Williams Inge Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2014
Abstract

Two letters written by Samuel Williams Inge during his term in the United States House of Representatives requesting services to constituents and self.

Dates: 1848 - 1850

Sander's Ferry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1228
Abstract

License allowing Isham Robertson to captain a ferryboat across the Warrior River at Sander's Ferry, Tuscaloosa County

Dates: 1876

John C. C. Sanders papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1229
Abstract

Contains copies of diaries, letters of correspondence, and newspapers.

Dates: 1896-1906

Santa Fe and Taos Trade Protection Decree from Ministry of War and Navy of the Central Mexican Republic

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4293
Abstract

One decree from the Ministry of War and Navy of the Central Mexican Republic issued to protect the Sante Fe and Taos trade in the New Mexico territory.

Dates: 1839 April 22

Sara Browne Mediterranean and North African Travels Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-032
Abstract

This photographic album contains images depicting Sara Browne's Mediterranean and North African travels, winter 1930 - 1931.

Dates: 1930 - 1931

Sarah Ann (Gayle) and William B. Crawford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0369
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford, sister to Amelia Gayle Gorgas, and William B. Crawford.

Dates: 1833-1889

Sarah E. King Trust Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0821
Abstract

Contains financial records kept by the Sarah E. King trust in Marion, Perry County, Alabama, and includes receipts for household purchases as well as payment to physicians for treatment of King and her slaves

Dates: 1852 - 1860

Sarah Shorter Hunter commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: W-0019
Abstract

Commonplace book of Eufaula, Alabama, resident containing handwritten recipes, poems, quotations, and notes. In addition, the book includes a small number of newspaper clippings.

Dates: approximately 1835-1894

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