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William Edward Kimbrough Thesis

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0816
Abstract

Kimbrough's 1940 University of Alabama MFA thesis, titled "From Hell to Breakfast: A Novel."

Dates: 1940

William Gray Little Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0868
Abstract

A collection of family correspondence, financial and legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia relating to this Livingston, Alabama native who is credited with introducing football at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1837 - 1938

William H. Ely letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0484
Abstract

Letters recounting an 1820-1821 journey to Alabama by William H. Ely, Commissioner of the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. The letters describe both the difficulties of his mission and the lifestyle of the early inhabitants of the state of Alabama.

Dates: 1820 - 1821

William Jesse Robinett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1624
Abstract

This collection consists of a handwritten original paper and typescript copy containing the names of family members and stories about the family's experience during Rousseau's Raid, July 10-22, 1864, in which a Union Army force raided from Decatur, Alabama, to the southward.

Dates: 1957

William MacMillan Petition and Report

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0966
Abstract

The report of the naturalist hired by the trustees of the University of Alabama to acquire specimens for the proposed Museum of Natural History. It includes a list of specimens acquired, proposals for further acquisitions and collection development, and a request for additional funding.

Dates: 1830 - 1831

William March Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0266
Abstract

Correspondence, literary papers, clippings, criticism, photos, and memorabilia of this author.

Dates: 1897 - 1980

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

William Russell Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1298
Abstract

This collection consists of letters to his wife and others written while serving in the Alabama secession convention, and a holograph manuscript book of poetry.

Dates: 1834 - 1865

William Stanley Hoole Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0699
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, speeches, clippings, research materials, manuscripts of published monographs, and other materials written or collected by this historian and dean of the University of Alabama Libraries.

Dates: 1920 - 1989

William Strong Comstock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0348
Abstract

Business correspondence, account sheets, contracts, miscellaneous receipts, etc., of a Montgomery, Alabama, merchant, 1843-1867.

Dates: 1842-1867

William Wingate Boggan Writ of Guardianship

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4778
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a single manuscript writ of guardianship dated August 8, 1847, issued in Wilcox County, Alabama. The document appoints Joshua Betts as the legal guardian of his grandson, William Wingate Boggan, following the deaths of William's father, Robert Lowey Boggan, and paternal grandfather, Solomon Boggan. It further specifies that William Wingate Boggan is to inherit an unnamed enslaved African male, referred to in the text as a "negro boy," from Solomon Boggan’s estate....
Dates: 1847-08-08

William Wright Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2058
Abstract

A letter dated December 20, 1849, written by William Wright to Vincent Gravett. In the letter he discusses legislative matters and describes the burning of the capitol building earlier in the month.

Dates: 1849-12-20

Willie T. White papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1548
Abstract

Contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, and other materials, the majority of which are related to Willie T. White, who resided in Rockford, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1860-1970

J. E. Windham ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1565
Abstract

Ledgers of J. E. Windham of Gainesville, Alabama, and photocopies of two volumes of the Gainesville Presbyterian Church records.

Dates: between 1820 and 1900

Mathew Winston Alabama Shakespeare Festival papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2499
Abstract

Papers, grant proposals, program guides, brochures, postcards, photographs and other materials from 1984 to 1986, concerning the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, originally based in Anniston, Alabama, and moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1985.

Dates: 1984-1986

George and Suzanne Wolfe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4062
Abstract

Papers of this University of Alabama English professor and those of his wife, former editor of Alabama Heritage.

Dates: 1985-2014

Collection on women in Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: W-0005
Abstract

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

Women’s Missionary Society, Uniontown Methodist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1619
Abstract

This collection consists of a ledger and two papers, one a history of the society and the other about missions. The ledger contains meeting minutes from 1878 through 1885.

Dates: 1879 - 1885

Sterling Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1570
Abstract

Contains notes, photograph albums, scrapbooks, notebooks, research notes, geneaology notes, family records, wills and letters on the Wood family from the 1860's-1972.

Dates: 1860-1972

Woods Hall Student Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-033
Abstract

Black and white photographs of students housed in Woods Hall in early 1900s.

Dates: 1900

Woodward Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1577
Abstract

An extensive collection, including business and personal correspondence, financial records, photographs, and other materials of this Birmingham, Alabama, family, which owned and operated the Woodward Iron Company.

Dates: 1829 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1950

Woodward Iron Company records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0061
Abstract

Correspondence, financial and legal records, annual reports, and employee newsletters produced by the Woodward Iron Company and members of the Woodward Voting Trust, from 1945-1977.

Dates: 1945 - 1977

Work Progress Administration Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-016
Abstract

This collection consists of four photographs depicting the exterior and interior of Tutwiler Hall at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1935

Wright, Cotten, and Douglass Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1583
Abstract

This collection contains diaries, correspondence, and other materials related to four generations of this Tennessee/Alabama family.

Dates: 1798 - 1990

Frances Virginia McLin Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4191
Abstract

Papers of a Sheffield, Alabama, elementary school teacher, her family, and allied families.

Dates: 1879-1974

W. McK. Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2315
Abstract

Bound manuscript titled "Alabama and the NYA," a history of the National Youth Administration organization

Dates: 1943

William S. Wright letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2210
Abstract

A letter from William S. Wright of Pittsford, Vermont, to Emerson R. Wright in Greenville, Alabama. The letter discusses education, family matters, and the evils of slavery.

Dates: 1840 February 24

Lolla Wurtele's University of Alabama ROTC Cadet Lieutenant Colonel sponsor's uniform

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2490
Abstract

Lolla Wurtele's University of Alabama ROTC Cadet Lieutenant Colonel sponsor's uniform

Dates: 1935

Wylheme H. Ragland Collection of Genealogical Research

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4186
Abstract

Genealogical research material on several successful families of North Alabama in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Dates: Unknown

Wynn Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1590
Abstract

An extensive collection of correspondence, diaries and legal and financial papers relating to John Henry Irby Wynn (1787-1854), teacher and farmer in Limestone County, Alabama, and his son Alexander Montgomery (1823-1897), daughter-in-law Martha (Curtis) Wynn (1826-1907), and grandson John Robert Wynn (ca. 1860-1896). The diaries include accounts of Alexander Wynn's trip to Arkansas in the 1850s.

Dates: 1845 - 1913

Wynne Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3918
Abstract

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

Y.M.C.A. Tuscaloosa Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1592
Abstract

This collection includes meeting minutes, bylaws, the constitution, and other papers.

Dates: 1886 - 1890

Young-White Mercantile Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1600
Abstract

Records of this Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama, general store which operated 1905 to 1933.

Dates: 1905 - 1933

Yuille Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1601
Abstract

A collection of correspondence, 1861-1865, and other personal papers, as well as bills, receipts, and orders of this bakery in Mobile, Alabama, operated by Gavin Yuille (?-1849) and his sons John C. and Robert Lang Yuille (1822-?). Includes the loyalty oath taken by John C. Yuille in 1865.

Dates: 1827 - 1871

Y.W.C.A. at University of Alabama, Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1591
Abstract

Includes notes, minutes, sermons, member information, and other records kept by Pearl Bayler, secretary.

Dates: 1902 - 1905

Zachary Meriwether Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0980
Abstract

Papers of a Greene County, Alabama, physician and plantation owner.

Dates: 1819 - 1865

ZAP Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-008
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs relating to the Alabama sororities.

Dates: 1970

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Lucy, Autherine, 1930-2022 5
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Garland, Landon C. (Landon Cabell) 4
Hoole, William Stanley 4
Jemison, Robert, Jr. 4
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 4
Tutwiler, Julia 4
University of Alabama. "Million Dollar Band" 4
University of Alabama. Department of Music 4
University of Alabama. Office of Archaeological Research 4
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Bryce, Peter 3
Clay, Clement Comer 3
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Dixon, Frank M. (Frank Murray) 3
Episcopal Church 3
Geological Survey of Alabama 3
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Howard, Elizabeth 3
Howard, Ronald 3
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Rose, Frank Anthony 3
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Smith, Eugene Allen 3
Strode, Hudson 3
Summersell, Charles Grayson 3
Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company 3
Tuscaloosa Public LIbrary 3
United Confederate Veterans 3
United Daughters of the Confederacy 3
University of Alabama. Army ROTC 3
University of Alabama. National Alumni Association 3
University of Alabama. School of Law 3
Van de Graaff, Adrian Sebastian 3
Wyman, William Stokes 3
Abercrombie, John William, 1866-1940 2
Alabama Central Female College (Tuscaloosa, Ala) 2
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company 2
Alabama Women's Hall of Fame 2
American Red Cross 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
Bryant, Paul W. 2
Carmer, Carl 2
Carmichael, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell) 2
Clayton, Henry De Lamar 2
Coleman, Jefferson Jackson 2
Collier, H. W. (Henry Watkins) 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 1st 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Shockley's Alabama Escort Company 2
Cunningham, Daphne 2
Daughters of the American Revolution 2
Davis, Jerry A., Jr. 2
Doster, James Fletcher 2
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