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Henry Conrad Blanford papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0171
Abstract

Bound prayer book and related materials dealing with this Lay Reader of the Episcopal Church's healing missions in Anniston and Ensley, Alabama.

Dates: 1920-1922

George H. Blelock letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0173
Abstract

A letter dated 21 June 1865 to Capt. J. M. Cary of Chunnenuggee, Alabama. Blelock, a publisher in New York, offered "the most liberal terms" for the future literary productions of Augusta Jane Evans (Wilson) (1835-1909), an immensely popular sentimental novelist.

Dates: 1865 June 21

John H. Blitz report

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0174
Abstract

A Cultural Resources Report by Blitz on the archaeological significance of the proposed site for a poultry processing plant in Cullman County, Alabama.

Dates: 1978

Blocton, Alabama Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-004
Abstract

This collection consists of nine photographs of Italian - Americans living in Blocton, Alabama. Photographs were used in the fall 1986 Alabama Heritage article.

Dates: 1900 - 1938

Blocton Home Band photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3632
Abstract

Photographs of this 1914 group

Dates: circa 1914

Winton M. Blount papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0176
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of this Montgomery, Alabama, business leader, during his term as United States Postmaster General (1969-1971).

Dates: 1956-2004

Sarah Blue collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0177
Abstract

A collection of items, most of them relative to the 1915 high school graduation of Sarah Blue of Union Springs, Alabama, including a keepsake book, “My Golden School Days.”

Dates: 1894-circa 1915

Blue Star Salute Foundation Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4051
Abstract

United States Blue Star Service Flag (roughly 8.5" x 14"), membership brochures, and announcements of upcoming events honoring U. S. veterans in the Jefferson and Shelby Counties, Alabama.

Dates: 2014

Bluff Park United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0178
Abstract

A collection of financial records, membership rolls, church directories, and the floor plan of this Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dates: 1978-1981

Janette Goldstein Blum Scrapbook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3913
Abstract

Scrapbooks, print materials, correspondence, and photographs pertaining to Blum and her time at the University of Alabama

Dates: circa 1930s

Board of Physicians and Surgeons of the Montgomery City Infirmary minutes

 Collection
Identifier: W-0076
Abstract

Ledger contains minutes of the Board of Physicians and Surgeons of the Montgomery City Infirmary. Through the years the members discussed issues such as visiting hours, expanding the operating room, controlling patient behavior, and finding a resident physician to work nights and therefore assist with patients in the maternity ward.

Dates: 1888 - 1896

Bobalition of Slavery 1822 Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4323
Scope and Contents

One broadside from an 1816-1837 contemporary Bobalition series that satirized the annual July 14th Abolition Day celebrations for African Americans. This broadside has an imprint from "The Flying Booksellers," a woodcut image, and text in three columns.

Dates: 1822-07-15

Susie L. Meyers Bobb letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3658
Abstract

Correspondence between family and friends of the Bobb, Raymond, and Meyers families of Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Iowa. The letters date from 1873-1922, and most of them are written to Susie L. Meyers Bobb, who was likely also Susie L. Raymond.

Dates: 1873-1922

Erline Bodine papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0179
Abstract

An amalgam of genealogical research done by Bodine into the Bodine and Pate families, and a copy of a letter to Alabama Governor Guy Hunt, dated 21 March 1987, claiming damages of “about 160 A[cres] and one billion dollars” owing to a “stragedy” [sic] concocted by “Big Jim” [Fulsom?] and Franklin Roosevelt “to help the nation with my family’s resources.”

Dates: undated

Olin Boggess Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2004
Abstract

One letter from Olin Boggess, of Lakeland, Florida, to his brother Walter. The letter concerns a trip of Olin's.

Dates: 1929 June 20

Bogy and Smith Families genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0180
Abstract

A miscellany of materials related to the Bogy and Smith families. The former were French immigrants of the early nineteenth century who appear to have settled, variously, in the Vine and Olive Colony of Alabama (Demopolis), around Arkansas Post, and around New Madrid, Missouri, while the latter were the families of Steven and Mary Jane Pitt Smith of Green and Choctaw Counties, Alabama, and Ivy Furman Smith and Mary Jane Morrison Smith of Green and Marengo Counties, Alabama.

Dates: undated

Boid Family Bible

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4089
Abstract

Old Testament portion of a family Bible

Dates: 1818

Boling Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0181
Abstract

Correspondence, receipts, mortgages, wills, indentures, and other materials concerning the property and affairs of the Boling and Saffold families of Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama.

Dates: 1833-1870

George Washington Boman teaching agreement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3547
Abstract

Photocopied teaching and pay agreement

Dates: 1853-1859

Wade Hampton Boman teaching agreement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3550
Abstract

Photocopies of his teaching and pay agreement.

Dates: 1846 February 9

Bone Camp Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0184
Abstract

This collection contains the constitution, membership lists, articles of faith, rules of decorum, records of church activities 1843-1904, and church register, 1862-1935, giving lists of members and of pastors of this Methodist church in Northport, Alabama.

Dates: 1843-1935

Dr. Bonner letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0185
Abstract

Thermo-fax copy of letter dated 19 October 1958 by Dr. Bonner to Professor James H. Newman, executive vice-president University of Alabama, summarizing Bonner's trip to England, also a brief letter dated 21 October by Newman to W.S. Hoole, to whom he forwarded Bonner's letter.

Dates: 1958

Bonney and Bush and Bush and Lobdell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0186
Abstract

Letters to the machinery manufactures Booney and Bush, and Bush and Lobdell, both of Wilmington, Delaware, concerning machinery, cotton gins, and business conditions in Alabama, 1836-1843.

Dates: 1836-1843

Book Arts Broadsides and Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3917

Book of Newspaper Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3442
Abstract

Scrapbook of poems and short stories clipped from unidentified newspapers, circa 1845.

Dates: circa 1845

Booker T. Washington letter

 Collection
Identifier: W-0136
Abstract

Letter from Booker T. Washington asking for financial support for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. The letter is dated November 12, 1915, two days before Washington's death.

Dates: 1915-11-01

Buford Boone papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0187
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, litigation papers, speeches, editorials, etc., of this Pulitzer Prize winner and long-time Tuscaloosa News editor.

Dates: 1935-1968; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968

Booth Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3170
Abstract

Letters to and from members of the Booth family. Family and friends write about their experiences farming and raising livestock in Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa from 1857 to 1886.

Dates: 1857 - 1886

Bootlegging Court records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0188
Abstract

One ledger containing court records of cases relating to bootlegging and illegal distillery operations.

Dates: 1871-1881

Border Springs Baptist Church of Christ records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0189
Abstract

Photocopies of records, including board meeting minutes, the covenant, rules of decorum, lists of members, of members received, and resolutions by this Caledonia, Mississippi church.

Dates: 1900-1949; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1949

Amelia Boswell letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0190
Abstract

Letter dated 13 August 1847, from Boswell of El Dorado, Arkansas, to her cousin, Elizabeth A. Boswell of Pike County, Alabama, discussing the health of family members, crops, and weather.

Dates: 1847 August 13

Franklin Welsh Bowdon letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0191
Abstract

A letter dated 24 October 1835, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa to the editor of the Weekly Globe requesting a six-month subscription to the newspaper.

Dates: 1835 October 24

Charles Boyd genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0195
Abstract

A collection of genealogical records pertaining to Boyd's family.

Dates: undated

Boyd family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0194
Abstract

Photocopies of various documents and letters relating to Alfred Boyd (1814-82) and his descendants as well as a typescript history of the family of Joel Willis, Sr., and a typescript paper by Bruce L. Bennett of Ohio State University titled, "Sports and Physical Education in Colonial Times."

Dates: 1816-1943; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1859

C. L. Boynton maps

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0197
Abstract

Printed maps of Georgia with additions showing routes taken for "botanical tours."

Dates: 1895-1902

L.O. Brackeen paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0451
Abstract

Paper titled Enoch Hooper Cook, Sr., of Wilcox County, Alabama, presented to the Alabama Historical Association by Mrs. Ralph Draughon.

Dates: 1962 April 26

Arthur F. Bradley Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3287
Abstract

Letter from Private Arthur F. Bradley, written on 18 May 1944, while stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia, to his parents in Dubuque, Iowa.

Dates: 1944 May 18

J. M. Bradshaw Farm Journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3693
Abstract

The journals of this Luverne, Alabama, farmer.

Dates: 1912-1916

Braxton Bragg Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4174
Abstract

Letter written by Bragg from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to his wife.

Dates: 1853 June 3

Walter Lawrence Bragg letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0200
Abstract

Copies of incoming letters dated 1881-1882, from the Alabama state archives.

Dates: 1881-1882

Gerard C. Brandon letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0204
Abstract

Letter from the Governor of Mississippi to Alabama Governor John Murphy regarding an unsettled financial transaction between the two states.

Dates: 1828 October 29

Brandon Memorial United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0202
Abstract

Lists of members, pastors, marriages, baptisms, and deceased members, as well as church directories of this Methodist church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1911-1991

William Woodward Brandon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0203
Abstract

Documents concerning Alabama governor William Woodward Brandon, including letters, news clippings, postcards, and transcripts of speeches.

Dates: 1920-1935

Branscomb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4017
Abstract

Letters, land grants, diplomas, certificates, scrapbook, daguerreotype, and other miscellaneous documents, as well as quilts and other textiles (including a wedding dress from the early 20th century)

Dates: after 1865

Richard Branscomb and Lewis Branscomb papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0205
Abstract

Diary, travel journals, and account book of Richard Edwin Branscomb (1902-1980), Methodist Minister from Guin, Alabama, and Condensed Minute Book for Presiding Elders of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church belonging to Branscomb’s father, Lewis Capers Branscomb (1865-1930).

Dates: 1922-1935

Brant Crawley Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-206
Abstract

Collection consists of twenty-nine photographs of Sardis Cemetery in Bullock County, Alabama.

Dates: 1993

Brazilian Community Building During the 1960s Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-009
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 147 black and white or sepia toned photographs of Daniel K. Ludwig’s business ventures in 1960s Brazil. Photographs measure between 2 ½”x 3” and 4”x5” and are captioned with simple descriptions such as “transportation” and “arriving on ranch.” The photographs show building an airstrip and infrastructure, cattle ranching, and land clearing. Many photographs show Ludwig’s employees and locals posing with bi-planes, animals, and their community while undertaking...
Dates: circa 1960s

Charity Sophia Rutland Brett commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0206
Abstract

Mid-nineteenth-century combination cookbook and scrapbook that includes a "Cure for Cancer," a "New broth for the sick," and a "remedy for cholera," among others.

Dates: 1851-1856

George E. Brewer letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0207
Abstract

Two typescript copies of a 1919 letter describing Bird H. Young who was the model for nineteenth century author Johnson J. Hooper's (1815-62) character Simon Suggs.

Dates: 1919 October 15

Glenda Brewer research paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0208
Abstract

Research paper titled "Integration at the University of Alabama," submitted for seminar in African American history at the University of Alabama in 1975.

Dates: 1975

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United Daughters of the Confederacy 5
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