Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Sydnia Keene Smyth Antebellum Architecture of Tuscaloosa Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2007-006

Overview This collection consists of thirty-two photographs of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, antebellum architecture, taken by Sydnia Keene Smyth for her thesis in 1929.

Dates: 1929

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Natalie Thornton Photograph Album

Collection

Identifier: 2012-001

Abstract One photographic album depicting scenes from The University of Alabama featuring coeds at the Kilgore House and the campus. Also scenes from Montgomery, Alabama, New York City, New Orleans, Florida, and Texas.

Dates: 1905-1911

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edwin H. Abbott papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0001

Abstract Files relating to the "Alabama Claims" handled by this Boston attorney concerning damage inflicted by the Confederate commerce raider C.S.S. Shenandoah during the final months of the Civil War.

Dates: circa 1873-1883

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William P. Abrams diaries

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0005

Abstract Diaries of travels from New Hampshire to Alabama; to Havana, Cuba; and to the midwestern United States. The majority of entries were written in Gainesville, Alabama, where this New Hampshire native settled.

Dates: 1839 - 1848

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama historical documents collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0037

Overview Miscellaneous deeds, certificates, bills of sale, legal suits, court orders, and bonds pertaining to various regions or persons in Alabama. Includes a copy of the post-Civil War loyalty oath.

Dates: 1826-1866

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Martha Jane Coleman Banks commonplace book

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0111

Abstract Commonplace book containing diary entries, recipes, miscellaneous writings, newspaper clippings, and poems; created by Martha Jane Coleman Banks of Columbus, Mississippi.

Dates: Circa 1848-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Boling Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0181

Overview 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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Joseph Emerson Brown letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0219

Overview Letters from Brown, most of them to his friend and business associate General Ira R. Foster, Quartermaster General of the State of Georgia during the Civil War. Also contains copies of letters between Brown and Georgia politician Howell Cobb, regarding appointing Foster as a special railway postal agent for north Georgia and north Alabama.

Dates: 1857-1867

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bryce Hospital Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0225

Overview Various materials on the establishment and history of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, later known as Bryce Hospital.

Dates: 1849-1991

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Francis Bugbee papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0228

Overview Consists principally of personal correspondence from Francis Bugbee's family and close friends concerning family and personal news. as well as genealogical materials relating to the Bugbee family and many other Massachusetts and Connecticut families. There is very little business correspondence or any information concerning his years as trustee, judge, or legislator.

Dates: 1818-1879; Majority of material found within 1818 - 1820

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Bowron papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0193

Abstract A substantial collection of papers and materials relating to James Bowron, one of the nineteenth century iron and mining pioneers in the Deep South. It includes Bowron's 1632-page, unpublished autobiography, as well as his daily journals, letters, and pictures.

Dates: 1861-1928

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C.S.S. Tuscaloosa Logs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0251

Overview Portions of the logs for the C.S.S. Alabama and the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa. The logs document the daily weather, longitude and latitude as well as information about engagements with enemy ships. There is also a list of ships captured by the Alabama from 5 September 1862 to 20 June 1863 and copies of the correspondence between Lieutenant John Low as captain of the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa and various authorities of the British colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

Dates: 1862–1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A. and R. Cain Tannery and General Store records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0254

Overview Daybooks and an accounts ledger kept by the owners of a tannery and general store on Tanyard Street, Northport, Alabama

Dates: 1869-1880

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Citizens of Macon County Ku Klux Klan letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0303

Overview A letter dated July 1870 and signed by "Citizens of Macon County K. K. K.", threatening W. B. Bowen of Macon County, Alabama.

Dates: 1870 July

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Cocke Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0328

Overview 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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama vertical files

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3437

Overview This collection contains materials, both published and unpublished, that document the history of the state of Alabama. Materials include items such as reprints, pamphlets, typescripts, and photocopies of documents relating to individuals, organizations, cities, and a large number of other topics.

Dates: circa 1859-2011

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Book of Newspaper Clippings

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3442

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

Dates: circa 1845

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

American Cast Iron Pipe Company nomination binder

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3456

Scope and Contents The collection contains a binder of materials and photographs nominating the American Cast Iron Pipe Company for Birmingham, Alabama's fifth annual Beautification Award.

Dates: 1975

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Miller-Stephens GLBTQ UA Student Organization Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3594

Overview The Miller-Stephens GLBTQ UA Student Organization Collection documents the history of the Queer Student Association, the undergraduate LGBTQ student group at The University of Alabama that was first established in 1983. The collection includes meeting minutes, newspapers, correspondence, electronic records, photographs, and other materials.

Dates: 1974-2012

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3685

Overview The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of stories about the University of Alabama or her alumni.

Dates: 1906-1917

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Autograph Albums and Diaries

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3686

Overview Autograph albums and diaries from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Dates: 1876-1987

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Benjamin J. Gaston Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3915

Overview Letters written by Benjamin J. Gaston, who served as a first lieutenant with the Independent 2nd Battalion Alabama Volunteers and as a private in the 10th Alabama Cavalry.

Dates: 1859 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wynne Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3918

Overview Letters and papers of this Hale County, Alabama, family. Also included are autographed copies of Alice Coleman Griffin three books: Laura's Letters, Laura's and Her Children's Letters, and Laura's Family's Letters.

Dates: 1804-2009

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Emmett Dendy World War II Air Mission Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3922

Overview World War II air mission diary used by a ball turret gunner with the Eighth Air Force's 467th Bomb Group flying B-24s, to record his 22 air missions, from 24 February to 25 April 1945. Each entry includes information about the target, bomb load, bomb run, flak, time, gas, and altitude. He also included remarks concerning each mission.

Dates: 1943-2010; Majority of material found in 1945 - 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

OAR Building Reports

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3923

Overview Contains reports on and photographs of UA campus buildings that were slated for destruction.

Dates: 2012

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

University of Alabama Army ROTC scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3925

Overview This collection contains twenty-eight scrapbooks created by The University of Alabama Army ROTC program from 1953-1982. The number of photographs in each scrapbook ranges from three to 610. In addition to holding photographs of cadets, sponsors, and professors, the scrapbooks document activities such as commissioning ceremonies, training excursions, and balls.

Dates: 1953-1982

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

President Richard C. Foster Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-008

Overview This record group contains the presidential records of Dr. Richard C. Foster, University of Alabama president from 1937 to 1941.

Dates: 1923-1948

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

President Raymond R. Paty Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-011

Overview This record group contains the records of University of Alabama president Raymond R. Paty. The records document his years as president from 1942-1947.

Dates: 1942-1954

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

President John M. Gallalee Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-012

Overview This record group contains the presidental records of John M. Gallalee, president of The University of Alabama from 1948 to 1953.

Dates: 1927-1975

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

President Landon C. Garland Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-027

Overview This record group contains the correspondence of Landon C. Garland, University of Alabama president from 1855-1865.

Dates: 1852 - 1865; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Sneed Comic Book Collection

Collection

Identifier: PM-022

Overview Contains around 3600 comic books, graphic novels, and comic strip anthologies, 1940s-2010s.

Dates: 1937-2017

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Early University of Alabama Administrative Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-001

Overview The record group contains many early extant records of The University of Alabama and includes materials documenting a wide range of functions, persons, and aspects of the University.

Dates: 1820 - 1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

University of Alabama Faculty Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-154

Overview This record group contains records of The University of Alabama faculty from 1831-1922, including early correspondence and minutes of faculty meetings.

Dates: 1831 - 1922

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Collection on women in Alabama

Collection

Identifier: W-0005

Overview A variety of materials related to several Alabama women, some of whom are well-known in Alabama and the nation, while others were simple women going about their daily lives. This is also the affirmative side of a debate speech presented by Benjamin F. Eborn at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama, on the question "Is Woman Really Better Than Man?"

Dates: 1853-1957

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cowbellion de Rakin Society initiation ceremony script

Collection

Identifier: W-0035

Overview Handwritten script outlining an 1847 initiation ceremony conducted by Mobile, Alabama's earliest mystic society, the Cowbellian de Rakin Society.

Dates: 1847

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J. Zelinski Camp O'Neal sketchbook

Collection

Identifier: W-0038

Overview This sketchbook contains nineteen pen and ink drawings that depict training drills, camp life, and social events held at Camp O'Neal, a training base located in Frascati Park in Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1883 June

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama hotels and resorts of the past collection

Collection

Identifier: W-0041

Overview Letters, receipts, and transcribed copies of newspaper articles pertaining to notable Alabama hotels, including the Exchange Hotel (Montgomery), the Morris Hotel (Birmingham), the Battle House (Mobile), the DeKalb Hotel (Fort Payne), Fruithurst Inn (Fruithurst), the Alabama Inn (Livingston), Mansion House (Mobile), the Green Bottom Inn (Huntsville), and the Point Clear Hotel (Point Clear).

Dates: 1830-1836

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama railroads of the past collection

Collection

Identifier: W-0042

Overview Stock certificates, shipping receipts, and correspondence related to the operation and history of seven Alabama railroads: the Mobile & Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company, the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad, the Mobile & Girard Railroad Company, the Montgomery Southern Railway, the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad, the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, and the Montgomery Traction Company.

Dates: 1855-1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, No. 39, Birmingham, Alabama, records

Collection

Identifier: W-0048

Overview Records of the United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, in Birmingham, Alabama, between 1906 and 1919.

Dates: 1906-1919

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mobile, Alabama, Confederate newspaper scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: W-0050

Overview Scrapbook of newspaper articles from Confederate newspapers (probably in Mobile, Alabama) documenting Civil War battles including the First Battle of Bull Run, the Siege of Lexington, and the Battle of Leesburg.

Dates: 1861-1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Coleman and Coleman mercantile records

Collection

Identifier: W-0051

Overview Two ledgers documenting sales made at the Coleman, Hearst, and Company mercantile, also named Coleman and Coleman, located in Richmond, Alabama, in the 1860s.

Dates: 1861-1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Rosenstihl Jewelry store records

Collection

Identifier: W-0053

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

Dates: 1888-1904

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Collection of Alabama governors materials

Collection

Identifier: W-0054

Overview Correspondence, certificates, programs, and other documents signed by twenty-six Alabama governors serving between 1820 and 1970.

Dates: 1820-1970

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate Military History of Alabama

Collection

Identifier: W-0056

Overview Manuscript of General Joseph Wheeler's Confederate Military History of Alabama.

Dates: 1899

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William A. Stickney diary

Collection

Identifier: W-0057

Overview Diary of Episcopal minister William A. Stickney contains entries dated from 1841-1847. The diary documents Stickney's life as a college student at LaGrange College in Franklin County, Alabama, the University of Alabama, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Entries provide information about Stickney's daily life, as well as descriptions of religious services he attended and led, and a description of his personal devotions.

Dates: 1841-1847

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Battle family papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0010

Overview Letters, calling cards, scripture cards, and a small journal of this Tuskegee, Alabama, family.

Dates: 1855-1871

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

"Confederate memoirs," volumes II and III

Collection

Identifier: W-0012

Overview Unpublished typescript of the memoirs of twenty Confederate soldiers

Dates: 1861-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate stores ledger for Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi

Collection

Identifier: W-0014

Overview A handwritten ledger documenting the collection and distribution of foraged and purchased materials by Confederate officers at Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi.

Dates: 1862-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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