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A Georgia Soldier in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Contains an unbound manuscript of Robert Duncan Chapman's published Civil War memoir.
A. L. Willoughby receipt and letter book
Receipts from grocers, clothing sellers, and other Mobile, Alabama, merchants detailing personal expenditures; also includes seventy-six letters, mostly relating family news.
A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's small Civil War manuscript & artifact collections
A variety of individual items and small collections that relate to the Civil War
A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's small manuscript collections
A wide variety of individual and small collections consisting of letters, financial materials, and business records, all of which relate to Alabama or the South.
A. S. Williams III Cartes de Visite Collection
The collection contains approximately 3,400 cartes de visite, small photographs mounted on thin pieces of cardboard popular in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The images primarily depict portraits of individuals, many of which are not identified.
A. S. Williams III Civil Rights Photograph Collection
This collection consists of photographs and manuscripts related to the United States Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968). The images depict major events, key figures, and opposition from hate groups. While the collection focuses heavily on Alabama, there are additional events and locations represented.
A. S. Williams III Collection Acquisition Paperwork
A. S. Williams III Postcard Collection
The collection consists of both black-and-white and color twentieth century postcards collected by Mr. A.S. Williams III. The postcards represent many subjects, including states, foreign countries, civil war battle sites, Confederate monuments, and other Americana.
Adam H. Whetstone diary
Contains the diary of Confederate soldier Adam H. Whetstone of Prattville, Alabama
Alabama Anthropological Society records
Records of this early Alabama society, including correspondence, reports, newsletters, and photographs.
A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's Alabama authors collection
Correspondence, manuscripts, signed book pages, publication announcements, catalogs, and newspaper clippings related to the careers of several Alabama authors as well as the Alabama Writers Conclave and the Birmingham Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.
Alabama hotels and resorts of the past collection
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).
Alabama railroads of the past collection
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.
Albert Taylor Goodwyn Alabama secession essay and notes
Brief narrative and collection of notes related to Alabama secession written by politician Albert Taylor Goodwyn in 1916
Alfred Morris diary
Diary written by Union soldier Alfred Morris, containing entries written between October 1862 and September 1863.
Alfred Parmenter papers
Letters written by Alfred A. Parmenter, a member of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Infantry, describing battles and camp life in the South to his parents
Alice Alison Lide and Margaret Alison Johansen papers
Correspondence, research notes, typescripts, and galley proofs of sisters and Alabama authors Alice Alison Lide and Margaret Allison Johnson.
American Settlement Company letter and constitution
Constitution of the American Settlement Company (a subscription company which sold plots of land to Kansas settlers) and a letter written by a company representative
Andrew Jackson Riddle papers
Papers and photographs by Civil War photographer Andrew Jackson Riddle.
Andrew McClure Jones papers
Patent documents, newspaper clippings, and other papers of Andrew McClure Jones.
AS Williams III Alabama Coal and Iron records
Correspondence, annual reports and audits, maps, and other material related to coal and iron production in Alabama.
Aurora Pryor McClellan commonplace and autograph book
Sketches, quotations, brief journal entries, and several letters.
B. L. Holt correspondence on the 1908 Confederate Veterans Reunion
Holt's correspondence between May and June 1908, relating to his duties as quartermaster general in securing hotels accommodations and horses for Alabama Governor Braxton Bragg Comer and members of his staff who participated in the veteran's parade and other reunion events.
Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860, volume 2, manuscripts
Includes a carbon copy of the manuscript Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860, volume 2, written by William H. Brantley Jr. The bound manuscript is 371 pages long and covers the history of banking in the state from 1837 to 1849; it is part of a two-volume work that covers the years 1816-1860.
J. D. Barron research material on Native Americans
Research notes and correspondence related to J. D. Barron's research on native American place names in Alabama.
Battle family papers
Letters, calling cards, scripture cards, and a small journal of this Tuskegee, Alabama, family.
Bell I. Wiley Civil War articles collection
A variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as bibliographical and general notes, discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals.
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore record book and photographs
Record book of Chaplain Benjamin Franklin Whittemore of the Fifty-Third Massachusetts, describing the military service of its members
Benjamin Rice Holt Papers
Letters and papers of this Confederate soldier and his family during the Civil War and afterwards.
Benton Bell Seat memoirs
This collection contains a typed copy of Benton Bell Seat's autobiography, which is approximately 200 pages long. Seat wrote the manuscript in 1916, and it was typed and produced in 1939 by the Arkansas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Board of Physicians and Surgeons of the Montgomery City Infirmary minutes
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.
Booker T. Washington letter
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.
Brewster and Conley sales records
Contains the sales records from 1838 to 1846 of Brewster and Conley, a buggy and carriage manufacturing company located in antebellum Mobile, Alabama.
C. I. B. DeLage letter
A letter from C. I. B. DeLage, a Mobile, Alabama, commission agent, to Carl G. Schneider detailing the financial history of Mobile during the Civil War.
C. S. Phillips letter
Letter detailing the movement of Union forces following the surrender of Mobile, Alabama, in April 1865.
Charles Edgeworth Jones congressional autograph journal
Autograph book containing signatures of representatives who served as members of the 28th United States Congress during the 1844-1845 legislative session.
Charles Robinson papers
Letters concerning Robinson's request for a commission in the "colored service" of the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
Charles W. Edwards research notes on Coffee County, Alabama
This collection contains research notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials compiled by Charles W. Edwards and related to his study of Coffee County. The collection also includes two drafts of his completed report, County Government and County Affairs in Coffee County Alabama.
China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II : typescript
Unbound typescript of China Marine, written by Eugene Bondurant Sledge. The manuscript is 107 pages long and contains typed publisher's notations about formatting.
Coleman and Coleman mercantile records
Two ledgers documenting sales made at the Coleman, Hearst, and Company mercantile, also named Coleman and Coleman, located in Richmond, Alabama, in the 1860s.
Coleman and Truss family letters
Contains letters written before, during, and after the Civil War by the Coleman family of St. Clair, Alabama
Columbus L. Hadaway memoir
Typescript of Confederate soldier Columbus L. Hadaway's military memoir.
Commonplace book on Christianity and slavery
Commonplace book with entries addressing a number of topics, including church politics, theological concerns, childrearing practices, and slavery.
"Confederate memoirs," volumes II and III
Unpublished typescript of the memoirs of twenty Confederate soldiers
Confederate Military History of Alabama
Manuscript of General Joseph Wheeler's Confederate Military History of Alabama.
Confederate stores ledger for Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi
A handwritten ledger documenting the collection and distribution of foraged and purchased materials by Confederate officers at Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi.
Cowbellion de Rakin Society initiation ceremony script
Handwritten script outlining an 1847 initiation ceremony conducted by Mobile, Alabama's earliest mystic society, the Cowbellian de Rakin Society.
Curtis R. Burke journal
Typescript of Curtis R. Burke's Civil War journal which includes daily entries from October 1862 to June 1865. Notable journal entries include descriptions of John Hunt Morgan's raid into Ohio in July 1863, and accounts of conditions in prison camps in Indiana and Illinois.
Dallas Iron Works letterbook
Contains the Reconstruction-era letterbook of the Dallas Iron Works in Selma, Alabama.