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Robert H. Smith legal notebook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0016
Abstract

Handwritten definitions and summaries of legal cases tried between 1869 and 1877, relating primarily to railroad interests and personal property law.

Dates: circa 1870

Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0753
Abstract The Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers span the period from 1797 to 1960 and include both the personal and business papers of Robert Jemison Jr., along with papers of Robert Jemison (grandfather), William Jemison (father), Priscilla Jemison (wife), Cherokee Jemison Hargrove (daughter), and Andrew Coleman Hargrove (son-in-law), and Robert Jemison Jr. (IV) of Birmingham (1878-1973). Included are the records of his grist and lumber mills, plantations, stage line, the Tuskaloosa Plank Road, toll...
Dates: 1797 - 1973

Robert Loveman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0879
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of correspondence, 1884-1923, to and from a University of Alabama graduate, author, and poet.

Dates: 1884 - 1981

Robert N. Kirk Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0825
Abstract

A copy of a letter dated 23 June 1848, from Pickens County, Alabama, to his uncle Matthew Biggert Kirk, Lancaster Court House, South Carolina in which he tells of setting up his medical practice and recounts family news.

Dates: 1848-06-23

Robert S. Lanier Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0841
Abstract

A letter dated 4 June 1890, to his son, describing his reaction to the nomination of Thomas Goode Jones as Democratic Party candidate for governor of Alabama and to an article his son had written.

Dates: 1890-06-04

O.M. Roberts reminiscences while a student of the University of Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1199
Abstract

Contains a bound, typewritten recollection of this Texas governor's life as a student of the University of Alabama, 1833-1836. He presented this to the Erosophic Society of the University of Alabama in 1892. The work includes a photograph of a painting of him in approximately 1835.

Dates: 1892

Paula E. Robertson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3601
Abstract

Early history of Northport, Ala. (1931, photocopy); Brief history of Gorgas House with 1962 Inventory; - T.A. Dearson Inventory

Dates: after 1900

Eric Rodgers papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1206
Abstract

Newspaper clippings, a telegram, and a placard from a University of Alabama honor society to Eric Rodgers

Dates: 1957-1966

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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 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

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

Sardis Baptist Church, Heiberger, Alabama, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1232
Abstract

This collection contains records, 1846-1951, including lists of members, pastors, dismissals, and minutes of monthly meetings, as well as a short history of the church. Baptist church in Heiberger, Perry County, Alabama, established 1846.

Dates: 1846-1951

Saul Gordon Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-013
Abstract Collection consists of one photo album with one hundred and forty-three photographs of Saul Gordon, a University of Alabama student in the early 1930s. Album contains scenes of campus life, including coeds, buildings, football, the band, ROTC and dorm life. Several photographs are depicting devastation caused by the March 22, 1932 Northport tornado. These photographs are accompanied by clippings relating details of the disaster. Album also includes photographs with scenes from the 1932 New...
Dates: 1930 - 1932

Schaudies and Banks Families Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4190
Abstract

Papers of two prominent mixed-race families in north Alabama.

Dates: unknown

Schaudies-Banks-Ragland Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-021
Scope and Contents

Thirty seven framed photographs of African Americans in military uniforms, Border War, WWI, and WWII including portraits of Duncan Fields and Rubin Fields; portraits of women and families; large plaque with two photos of military men (Willie L. E. Means and James E. Means, date of their enlistment in the army).

Dates: 1898 - 1959

J. H. Schraebel Bill of Sale

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4020
Abstract

Bill of sale for four slaves, Spotswood, Eacly, and two children, William and Thomas.

Dates: 1841 January 30

University of Alabama Libraries Science and Engineering Library time capsule collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1410
Abstract Contains a letter to the librarians of University of Alabama Science and Engineering Library in the year 2090 of what this time capsule contains from the year 1990. Also, an autobiography of Eric Rodgers, "Intellectual Autobiography", given by him to the library in 1981. As well as brochures, reports, and research on the departments of: Geography, Aerospace Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology, Physic and Astronomy from the years in...
Dates: 1990

Charles H. Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3060
Abstract

Letters written to Charles H. Scott and others concerning Republican party politics in Alabama.

Dates: 1889-1906

Jennie B. Scott Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4108
Abstract

Papers of a freeborn African American family who lived in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama, in the latter half of the nineteenth century and through the mid-1960s

Dates: 1910-1965

Scott Logan Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-008
Abstract

This collection consists of thirty-seven photographs depicting the University of Alabama sporting events.

Dates: 1952 - 1953

Framed Imprint of the Original Seal for the University of Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4112
Abstract

Imprint of the original seal of the University of Alabama's first seal which was lost for 125 years.

Dates: 2015

Segco Mine Number One papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1241
Abstract

Final inspection report and blueprints for Segco Mine Number One

Dates: 1966

Segregationist propaganda collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1242
Abstract

Broadsides and other literature handed out in and around Birmingham, Alabama, by opponents of desegregation. Groups represented were: Alabama Committee for Conservative Government, Birmingham Committee to Preserve the American Republic, Citizens Councils of Alabama, Freedom Educational Foundation, National States Rights Party, and the United Americans for Constitutional Government.

Dates: circa 1962-1963, 1964

James Benson Sellers manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1245
Abstract

Copy of Sellers' manuscript "History of the University of Alabama" as well as a copy of "University of Alabama Library News," Dec. 1, 1948.

Dates: unknown

Selma and Meridian Railroad ledger and journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1778
Abstract

Two corporate account books for the Selma and Meridian Railroad, 1885: the ledger, which details payments and receipts by date, and the journal, which records them by firm or individual.

Dates: 1880-1885

Septimus D. Cabaniss papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0252
Abstract

Legal and personal papers of the Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, attorney, S.D. Cabaniss, who served as executor for the estate of Samuel Townsend. Also includes materials of other Huntsville attorneys and of the S.D. Cabaniss family.

Dates: 1820-1937

Sesquicentennial Ball Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-023
Abstract

This collection consists of fourty two color prints capturing the celebration of hundred and fifty years of The University of Alabama.

Dates: 1981-04

Shackelford and McMahon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1256
Abstract

Contains account records, letters of correspondence, and contracts.

Dates: 1830-1860s

Shackelford Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1255
Abstract

Contains customers' names, goods and services provided, and amount paid at this Courtland, Alabama, blacksmith shop.

Dates: 1856 - 1859

James H. Shaw Correspondence with George Wallace

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4071
Abstract

Letter to and one from former governor George C. Wallace

Dates: 1991-1998

Shelby Iron Company correspondence during the Civil War

 Collection
Identifier: W-0071
Abstract

Correspondence, contracts, and receipts related to the production of iron at the Shelby Iron Works from 1863-1865.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Shelby Iron Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1261
Abstract Contains records of the Shelby Iron Company from 1862 to 1930, including correspondence, directors' minutes, stockholder records, manufacturing records (charcoal reports, stable reports, mining, time books, payrolls by department), commissary records, grist mill toll books, furnace record books, and many other records. It also includes records of a subsidiary, Shelby Manufacturing and Improvement Company, 1890-1923. The virtually complete set of manufacturing records also parallels the...
Dates: 1862-1930

John Gill Shorter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1267
Abstract

Copies of official papers, including correspondence, speeches, and miscellaneous materials, including approximately thirty items concerning the University of Alabama and the Alabama Corps of Cadets during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1872

Sidney Lanier High School Oracle Newspaper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1723
Abstract

A copy of vol. 1, no 5 (December 17, 1925) of the Oracle News, a newspaper published by the students of Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, Alabama.

Dates: 1925-12-17

Sigma Alpha Epsilon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3512
Abstract

Sigma Alpha Epsilon materials from 1909 to 1916

Dates: 1909-1916

George Herman Simmons family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2220
Abstract

Correspondence written by and related to the Simmons family, primarily George Herman Simmons.

Dates: 1915 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1922

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University of Alabama. "Million Dollar Band" 4
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Rose, Frank Anthony 3
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United Confederate Veterans 3
United Daughters of the Confederacy 3
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Van de Graaff, Adrian Sebastian 3
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Alabama Central Female College (Tuscaloosa, Ala) 2
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Alabama Women's Hall of Fame 2
Anderson, James Austin 2
Armes, Edmund 2
Armes, Ethel 2
Arnoldy, Gray Humphries 2
Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company 2
Bagby, Arthur P. (Arthur Pendleton) 2
Banks, Athelyne Celest 2
Bass, Sterling, Sr. 2
Battle, Junius K. 2
Bibb, William Wyatt 2
Birmingham News 2
Bishop/Tanglewood 2
Blackburn, John L. 2
Brandon, William Woodward 2
Brantley, William H. (William Henderson) 2
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Bryce Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 2
Carmer, Carl 2
Carmichael, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell) 2
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