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A. Mercer Daniel Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-003
Scope and Contents This collection is a personal photo album created by A. Mercer Daniel, a law librarian and the first African American member of the American Association of Law Libraries, documenting the 1910s–1960s with an emphasis on the 1930s. There are 216 photographs on 114 pages, mostly black and white and some sepia; most inserted into corner mounts, the rest adhesive mounted. Most photographs measure 2 ¼” x 3” to 5 ½” x 3 ½”, all are captioned. 22 photographs lacking from album and 2 with surface...
Dates: 1910 - 1960

A. S. Williams III Civil Rights Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WP-016
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1920 - 1985

African American Mounted Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WP-014
Abstract

A collection of thirteen black-and-white mounted portraits depicting African Americans.

Dates: 1920 - 1939

Alabama Nurses Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0044
Abstract

This collection includes meeting minutes, 1913-1940, copies of the organization's newsletter, 1958-1972, miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, and correspondence, a few rosters, and papers relating to admitting African Americans to the association, 1949-1950.

Dates: 1913-1977

Athelyne Celest Banks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4105
Abstract

Papers that document the life of a prominent African American educator in Decatur, Alabama.

Dates: 1889-2008

Jesse Beene letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0128
Abstract

Two letters written from Cahawba, Alabama, to Rowland G. Hazard in Peace Dale, Rhode Island. The first, dated 14 July 1839, orders shoes for Beene's sixty-eight slaves and includes a list of slaves and a measurement of their feet in inches. In the second, dated 16 December 1841, Beene expresses dissatisfaction with both shoes and prices.

Dates: 1839-1841

Bill of Sale for Enslaved Man Named Zeke

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0012
Abstract

Bill of sale and warrantee for an enslaved person, Zeke, sold by W. S. Adkins of Lowndes County, Alabama, for $1600. The buyer's name is illegible.

Dates: 1860-02-16

Billie Jean Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3417
Abstract

The collection contains materials related to Billie Jean Young's one-woman show Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light… and other materials produced and gathered by Young.

Dates: 1983 - 2002

Walter P. Billings newspaper clippings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0157
Abstract

Several newspaper clippings relating to the trial of several white men for the murder of Walter P. Billings, an African-America resident of Sumter County, Alabama, on 1 August 1874, and also a lengthy jury charge by U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ballard decrying violence used by the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations against African-Americans.

Dates: 1873

Charlie J. Black papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0167
Abstract

Photocopy of Black’s autobiography, “After The Fact: 20/20 Hindsight,” which covers Black’s youth in Beatrice, Monroe County, Alabama, his upbringing, education, teaching career, and political life in Washington. Also, some correspondence and newspaper articles by Black.

Dates: 1985-1987

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

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

Brien Chapel A.M.E. Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0211
Abstract

Records of this African Methodist Episcopal church in Burnsville, Alabama, from 1924-1973.

Dates: 1924-1973; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1956

Brown Hill School Trustees' minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0217
Abstract

Trustees' minutes, covering 1916-1924 (including parents' rolls), of this school for African American students in Loachapoka, Lee County, Alabama.

Dates: 1916-1924

Bruce A. Hood Paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0696
Abstract

Paper entitled "Some Rambling Thoughts on the American Negro and Current Related Issues," describing life for African Americans since emancipation

Dates: 1965

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands labor contract

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0230
Abstract

Labor contract dated 16 June 1865 with estate of Greene Underwood of Dallas Co., Alabama, binding former slaves to plantation in return for food, clothing and medical care

Dates: 1865 June 16

Joe W. Burleson deposition

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0232
Abstract

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Circuit Court deposition, dated 3 February 1977, of the plaintiff in civil action no. 7984, Joe W. Burleson vs. National Broadcasting Co., et al.

Dates: 1977 February 3

Calhoun School Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0260
Abstract

Photocopy of the songbook "Calhoun Plantation Songs," 3rd ed. (1923) edited by Emily Hollowell, first published in 1901 to raise money for this Lowndes County, Alabama, school for African-Americans, and six postcard views of the school and students, etc.

Dates: 1891-1923

Carriere and Borduzat conveyance

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0282
Abstract

Notarized document dated 22 April 1836, for sale of slaves in New Orleans by (Auguste) Carriere & (Daniel Gregoire) Borduzat to Prosper Foy.

Dates: 1836 April 22

Central Iron and Coal Company Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-009
Abstract

Central Iron and Coal photographic collection consist of images depicting different aspects of coal and iron production, from mining to building a furnace and transporting the material by train, as well as workers' houses, offices, and stores. Some of the photographs have locations identified as Bibbville and Vance, Alabama.

Dates: 1901 - 1903

Charles Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0161
Abstract

Letters concerning Robinson's request for a commission in the "colored service" of the U.S. Army during the Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Collection pertaining to the death of Martin, enslaved earthworks laborer for the Confederacy in Charleston, South Carolina

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4341
Scope and Contents Eleven documents dated between September 14, 1863, and January 21, 1864, related to the conscripted labor and death of Martin, an enslaved man, and the evaluations and repayment to Thomas W. Chiles, a slaveowner. Martin, 24 years old, was conscripted by the Confederate government to build earthworks at a strategic location on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. Provided out of obligation to the Confederate Army, Martin suffered intensive labor and poor, disease-ridden conditions that caused...
Dates: 1863-09-14 - 1864-01-21

Creole Social Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0374
Abstract

Insurance policies on the club house, an account book from a Mobile, Alabama, apothecary with the club, and tickets for social events sponsored by this African-American social club.

Dates: 1878-1902

Dillard Family Ledgers

 Collection — Box: 4313.001
Identifier: MSS-4313
Scope and Contents Two account ledger books belonging to the Dillard family of Lovingston, Virginia, containing business and farming records, laborers and slaves’ specific activities, labor contracts, worker wages, and personal opinions from the Dillards on their workers and slaves between 1859-1888.The entries pertaining to labor contracts describe the terms of involuntary servitude placed upon African American workers in exchange for food, meals, and housing. Included in these entries are...
Dates: 1859 - 1888

Don Speed Smith Goodloe Papers

 Collection — Box: 4312.001
Identifier: MSS-4312
Scope and Contents This collection highlights the efforts of African American educator Don Speed Smith Goodloe to improve secondary education for African American students in Maryland’s segregated educational system from 1910 to 1911. The collection is composed of two series: Correspondence, 1910-1911, and Records for the Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie for the Training of Colored Youth, also known as the Maryland State Normal School No. 3. The collection is strong in incoming correspondence as...
Dates: 1910 - 1911

Donn Sanford photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-021
Abstract

Photographs of the first African American student admitted to the University of Alabama, Autherine Lucy, enrolling at The University of Alabama in February 1956.

Dates: 1956 February

W. E. B. Du Bois papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3889
Abstract

Typewritten works by DuBois, including an essay entitled "The Future of Africa in America" as well as a list of "Books on the African American"

Dates: Circa 1940

Ephraim Madison Henry papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0114
Abstract

Correspondence, concert programs, and other documents from this Tuskegee Institute graduate

Dates: 1930 - 1947

Farm Security Administration Photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2009-093
Abstract

The collection consists of eighty copy photographs. Originals were taken by the Farm Security Administration's photographers of Alabama agriculture and industry during the Depression. Primarily images of white and African American sharecropper families and homes, churches, schools, and farm scenes. Photographs were taken around Moundville, Eutaw, Selma, Scottsboro, Greensboro, and Birmingham, Alabama. Originals are stored at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1930 - 1942

Five Certificates Attesting to the Service of African American Sailors during the Civil War

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4149
Abstract

The affidavits in this collection confirm the service of African American sailors during the Civil War

Dates: 1866-1869

Frederick D. Kennedy collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4182
Abstract

Photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, and assorted memorabilia

Dates: Majority of material found within 1864 - 1959

Frederick D. Kennedy Vintage Glass Paperweight Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4181
Abstract

Vintage glass paperweight collection primarily featuring United Methodist or Methodist Episcopal churches around the turn of the twentieth century

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1972

Henry Gant Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4172
Abstract

Scrapbook, which covers over fifty years, focuses on the Gant family of Hiller and Brownsville, Pennsylvania, particularly on Henry Gant and his sons, Gene and Tim.

Dates: 1932-1988

William Gary receipt

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0563
Abstract

Receipt dated 28 January 1836 for a 19 year old slave, Bradley, bought by William Gary from Linoir Lassiter.

Dates: 1836 January 28

George Corley Wallace Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-210
Abstract

Thirty black and white photographs depicting George Wallace at the University of Alabama 1973 19 November during the homecoming activities. It was the Alabama versus Georgia homecoming football game, and Terry Points was the first African American awarded homecoming queen.

Dates: 1973-11-19

Good Samaritan Hospital's School of Nursing Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-006
Abstract

One photographic album containing images and ephemera related to Gertrude Owens' time as a student at the Good Samaritan Hospital's Nursing School in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dates: 1951

Green Family Photographs and Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4285
Abstract

A collection of photographs and ephemera belonging to the Green family of Roanoke and Wedowee, Alabama.

Dates: 1890 - 1972

Bird Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0596
Abstract

Personal papers, mostly involving the activities of this Perry County farmer and justice of the peace.

Dates: 1805-1885

Wade Hall Collection of Stereocards

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-004
Abstract

Collection consists of 1708 stereocards depicting scenes from all over the world.

Dates: 1874 - 1950

W. C. Handy Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1836
Abstract

Contains one letter written from Handy to Columbia Records executive George Avakian and Handy’s answers to a questionnaire sent by Avakian.

Dates: 1955 November 30

Jere Haralson letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0625
Abstract

Letter written in 1876 by African American member of Congress from Alabama to the United States Centennial Commission in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, requesting an additional invitation for his wife to attend the opening of the Centennial International Exhibition of Industry.

Dates: 1876 April 27

Hugh Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1611
Abstract

Extensive correspondence, business records, and receipts of this Marion, Alabama, plantation owner and attorney, and his family.

Dates: 1820 - 1898

Hugh Young Topographical Memoir on East and West Florida

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4280
Abstract

This collection contains a handwritten copy of A Topographical Memoir on East and West Florida with Itineraries, a report written by US Army engineer Hugh Young in preparation for General Andrew Jackson’s 1818 march into Pensacola, West Florida, during the First Seminole War.

Dates: 1818

J. E. Mulkin Collection of African American Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-027
Abstract

This collection consists of 151 photographs and glass plate negatives of African Americans.

Dates: 1910 - 1920

James M. Research Materials for The Late Great Johnny Ace

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-004
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 and video recordings all pertaining to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s.

Dates: 1930 - 1979

James Smith U.S. Army discharge papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0145
Abstract

Military discharge forms for James Smith, a member of the United States Army's Tenth Cavalry Regiment, also known as "Buffalo Soldiers."

Dates: 1872-04 - 1872-05

James William Oakley Jr. Photographs

 Collection — Box: 38034.001
Identifier: 2010-020
Abstract

Photographs taken by James William Oakley Jr. during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956.

Dates: 1956 February

Jennie C. Lee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0113
Abstract

Contains photographs, letters, programs, and other materials created and collected by Lee, who was director of the Tuskegee Choir for twenty-five years (1903-1928).

Dates: 1891 - 1938

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