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Charles Edward Bridges letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0209
Abstract

A letter dated 24 February 1849, written from the University of Alabama to Sam Houston, advising him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Erosophic Society.

Dates: 1849 February 24

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

Brierfield Ironworks records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0212
Abstract

Financial and legal documents of the Brierfield Ironworks along with some correspondence and printed materials, dating from 1866 to 1882. The materials are divided into two main groups: (A) those materials generated during Josiah Gorgas' control of the ironworks (1866-1869), and (B) those materials generated during Thomas S. Alvis' control of the operations (1869-1873).

Dates: 1864-1897; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1882

Broadnax, Cleavland, and McKerrill account ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0213
Abstract

Ledger recording purchases by customers at this general store in Eutaw, Green County, Alabama.

Dates: 1866

Brookside-Pratt Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0215
Abstract

This collection contains the pay records for W.M. Meadows for the year of 1919 at the Brookside-Pratt Mining Company.

Dates: 1919

Brookwood Silver Liners Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2653
Abstract

The minutes, agenda, newspaper clippings, membership directories, and miscellaneous papers of this Brookwood, Alabama senior citizens organization.

Dates: 1985?-2009

Richard Brough collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3679
Abstract

Prints from original sketches of "famous firsts" of Alabama and a sketch print of Farrah Hall on the University of Alabama campus

Dates: unknown

Donald Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3690
Abstract

The Century War Book: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (People's Pictorial Edition); Alabama Citizens' Commission on Constitutional Reform Collection; Rosenwald Schools in Kentucky, 1917-1932 Papers; and 4) Another Star is Born: Grand Opening Tuscaloosa Mercedes-Benz M-class Press Information packet.

Dates: unknown

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

James Clinton Brown diploma

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3792
Abstract

This collection contains the University of Alabama law degree conferred to James Clinton Brown.

Dates: 1892 June 29

Wilburt Scott Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0221
Abstract

Copies of this University of Alabama graduate and faculty member’s dissertation with other manuscripts and documents

Dates: 1960-1992

W. L. Bruce and Sons records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0223
Abstract

Ledgers and daybooks of this Catherine, Wilcox County, Alabama, country store, reflecting the economic and social conditions of this rural community from 1911 to 1936

Dates: 1911-1936

Richard Trapier Brumby letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0224
Abstract

Letter from Brumby, dated 2 April 1834, from Tuscaloosa, to the firm of Wragg and Stewart in Montgomery, Alabama, concerning a debt owed to the firm

Dates: 1834 April 2

Bryce Hospital Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0225
Abstract

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

Peter Bryce collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0226
Abstract

A small miscellany of materials including Bryce's appointment as medical officer of ship "Yorkshire," clippings about Bryce, among them his obituary, and copy of his "Moral and Criminal Responsibility," 1888

Dates: 1859-1888

John H. Bryson letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0227
Abstract

Letter from Bryson, dated 12 March 1891, from Huntsville, Alabama, to the Rev. A. A. E. Taylor, St. Louis, Missouri, inviting him to visit Huntsville and discussing the inauguration of a Mr. Briggs

Dates: 1891 March 12

Buckner Confederate Hospital Medical Logs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4339
Scope and Contents This collection from Buckner Hospital, dating from April 1862 to April 1865, is comprised of one ledger of patients treated by the hospital’s mobile unit and one ledger of medical orders. The patient ledger is 343 pages and contains patient names, ranks, regiments, companies, complaints and applied treatments, and whether the patient was discharged or died. The medical orders ledger is 141 pages of general and specific orders concerning medical treatment at field hospitals. The ledgers...
Dates: 1862-04 - 1865-04

Bullock County Historical Society papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2589
Abstract

Papers, correspondence and research relating to the establishment of the Bullock County Historical Society, as well as some transcriptions of oral histories, cemetery records, and "genealogical" correspondence about the town of Midway and Bullock County.

Dates: 1977-1987

Maude Buntin collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0229
Abstract

Miscellaneous papers related to Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama, including the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Centennial program, 1937, the 50th anniversary booklet of the Tuesday Study Club, 1964, a Bible Study schedule for 1913, and clippings and photos related to Pickens County landmarks.

Dates: 1913-1976

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

Charles Mitchell Burford letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0231
Abstract

Letter written by Burford, dated 20 October 1847, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his brother in Summerfield [Alabama?]

Dates: 1847 October 20

Jonathan Burford summons

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2212
Abstract

A summons from Jonathan Burford, Circuit Court clerk, to the sheriff of Lawrence County, Alabama, asking the sheriff to compel John P. Broadnax, William F. Broadnax, and William Faxhall to pay debts.

Dates: 1821 May 1

J. M. Burke Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4127
Abstract

Letter from nephew to uncle discussing the chances of various political candidates in the 1860 election

Dates: 1860 September 17

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

Gladys King Burns papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0234
Abstract

Letters and other documents created and gathered while researching her thesis, "The Alabama Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948," at Auburn University.

Dates: 1948-1965

Bush and Lobdell Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0049
Abstract

Five letters and a telegram to a foundry in Delaware from various Alabama railroads concerning purchase of wheels, trucks, pinions, and other items.

Dates: 1860

Business and Professional Women's Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0241
Abstract

Scrapbooks and papers of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club. Papers include treasurer's reports, public relations reports, and other club information. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, programs, club yearbooks, and invitations.

Dates: 1935-1967

Carleton K. Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2486
Abstract

photocopies of University of Alabama band programs, Alumni Bulletin for the University from 1979, and the Birmingham News (Alabama) from 1979

Dates: 1979

Helen N. Butler scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0244
Abstract

A scrapbook by Helen N., "Nellie," Butler of Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, consisting of clippings of newspaper articles, obituaries, poetry, marriage announcements, invitations, visiting cards, letters, prints and engravings.

Dates: 1857–1888

Jack S. Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2485
Abstract

Letters written to and from Lt. Jack S. Butler and his wife, Maxine, in 1945, while he was stationed in Italy, and she was in Notasulga and Auburn, AL

Dates: 1945

Mike Bynum papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0246
Abstract

Manuscript (photocopy) of Bynum's book "High Tide" (published by Cross Roads Books, 1978) and research notes

Dates: 1978

C. H. Miller Store Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0987
Abstract

General merchandise store records, including ledgers, daybooks, correspondence and miscellaneous materials from a business located in Miller, Marengo County, Alabama.

Dates: 1891-1910

C. N. Henkle Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0664
Abstract

A letter dated January 1878, to Mrs. J. Avery, detailing Henkle's involvement in Croxton's Raid, a spring 1865 Union Army foray into west Central Alabama, and the Union seizure of Tuscaloosa in April 1865.

Dates: 1878-01

Ottokar T. Cadek papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0253
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, genealogies, and various other documents relating to the life of this violinist, conductor, and teacher.

Dates: unknown

Cahaba, Alabama Public Land Office record

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1172
Abstract

Public land office records from Cahaba, Alabama, possibly created by George S. Gaines.

Dates: 1825 - 1830

Cahaba Coal Mining Company meeting minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3805
Abstract

Meeting minutes for this Alabama coal mining company

Dates: 1892 September 16

Calcedonia Cemetery gravestone list

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0259
Abstract

A 1992 list of names found on gravestones in this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, cemetery.

Dates: 1992

John H. Caldwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0258
Abstract

Business correspondence, legal papers, and reports of land agent for state of Alabama. Does not cover his entire term, 1879-1902.

Dates: 1886-1902

Caleb Huse Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0723
Abstract

Six letters dated between July 20, 1859 and December 21, 1904, including two to Mason Graham in 1859, concerning the chair of mathematics and the superintendancy at Louisiana State University; one to Mary Benagh Philip in 1904, regarding a pamphlet he wrote about Confederate Army supply lines; two in 1904 from Thomas M. Owen of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History asking about Huse's memories of being a student at the University of Alabama; and one in reply to Owen.

Dates: 1859 - 1904

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

Callahan Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0262
Abstract

A miscellany of materials, primarily genealogical records of a large number of families. The collection also contains files on the Hopewell Baptist Church in Fayette County, Alabama, the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company F, Alabama land records, and on women's suffrage.

Dates: unknown

Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0478
Abstract

Documents, interviews, and source material used by Camille Elebash,in co-producing with Joe Terry, the documentary George Wallace: A Politician’s Legacy.

Dates: 1964-1988

Camp Aliceville, Alabama, Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4196
Abstract

Papers, letters, and photographs of German prisoners of war during and after their internment at Camp Aliceville, Alabama.

Dates: 1943-1995

Canebrake collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0267
Abstract

Materials relating principally to the community of Dayton in Marengo County, Alabama. It includes land grants, the Dayton city code, town council minutes, and some family records.

Dates: circa 1837?

Isaac Cannon and Mordecai F. Doughty legal documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0268
Abstract

Photocopies of court documents from the Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) Probate Court, regarding the estates of Isaac Cannon and Mordecai F. Doughty

Dates: 1876-1890

John Cannon indenture

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0269
Abstract

An agreement dated 10 January 1899 and executed in Elmore County, Alabama, between J. W. Adams and John Cannon, indenturing Archie Cannon, a minor, to five months agricultural labor.

Dates: 1899 January 10

Theron Cannon records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0270
Abstract

The records of a general store in Berry, Fayette County, Alabama, including correspondence, mortgages, invoices, orders, etc.

Dates: 1914-1952

Cantelou family genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0271
Abstract

Photocopies of various documents concerning the ancestry of members of the Cantelou family of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

Dates: 1855–1965

Canterbury Chapel Christ Episcopal Church scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0272
Abstract

Scrapbooks and newspaper articles highlighting church members who worked for the University and college students who attended Canterbury Chapel.

Dates: 1927-1937

Captain Slick collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0274
Abstract Numerous legal papers pertaining to the slander case of John Berry versus James Latham, in Jackson and Madison Counties, Alabama, 1830-34, and that of Alanson Huff versus Cowart et al., Madison County, 1831-1833. These appear to have been collected by James W. Bragg for a paper delivered to the Alabama Historical Association in 1957. A photocopy of Bragg's paper, "Captain Slick, Arbiter of Early Alabama Morals," and another by Jack K. Williams, "Crime and Punishment in Alabama, 1819-1940"...
Dates: 1830-1834

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Hoole, William Stanley 4
Jemison, Robert, Jr. 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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Clay, Clement Comer 3
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Geological Survey of Alabama 3
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Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 3
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Rose, Frank Anthony 3
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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
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Van de Graaff, Adrian Sebastian 3
Wyman, William Stokes 3
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Alabama Central Female College (Tuscaloosa, Ala) 2
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company 2
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
Bryant, Paul W. 2
Bryce Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 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
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