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Dallas County, Alabama, Treasurer records
One ledger containing the treasurer’s records pertaining to taxes and other fines and fees paid in Dallas County, Alabama from 1868 to 1873.
Daniel R. Hundley Diary
Hundley's diary covers the years 1861-64. The entries discuss secession and preparations for war, wartime service, private thoughts, news from home, and other matters.
De Soto Expedition Commission Records
Correspondence, publications, maps, and ephemera relating to Hernando de Soto, his expedition of 1540, and the effects of Spanish exploration and colonization in Alabama and the Southeastern United States.
W.E. Dearman paper
Typescript copy of Judge W.E. Dearman's "The Town of Gaston, Alabama," a history of Gaston, an abandoned town in Sumter County, Alabama.
John C. Deason papers
A collection of copies of Civil War muster rolls including those of the Forty-fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. B (15 March 1862), the Twentieth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. H (16 September 1861), the Thirty-sixth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. F (13 May 1862), and the First Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. A (nd).
Delta Delta Delta Pledge Cards
These are the original pledge cards for the Delta Delta Delta sorority at The University of Alabama.
Jere Clemens Dennis papers
Personal, family, and business papers of a Tallapoosa County attorney, including legal case files as well as Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alabama National Guard, and Masonic materials.
Depositions of Peyton and Jane Graves in the Case of Elva v. Edwin Jenkins
These depositions, which total fourteen pages, contain the August 1853 testimony of plantation owner Peyton L. Graves and his wife, Jane, regarding the case brought by their neighbor Elva Jenkins against her husband Edwin Jenkins, in Wilcox County, Alabama. The depositions include accounts of a violent dog attack against Elva, as well as her resentment over Edwin’s favoritism toward their slave Becky.
Frank Murray Dixon papers
Family correspondence, newsclippings, financial records, and photos of this Alabama governor and his family.
Lewy Dorman papers
Papers that discuss Barbour County, Alabama, history.
Michael Dorman papers
This collection consists principally of research material used in the writing of "The George Wallace Myth." Correspondence, proposals, and the book manuscript are among them. Galley proofs of two other books, "The Second Man," an overview of the changing role of the Vice Presidency and "Stockcar Butterworth," a book about stock car racing, are also part of the collection, as are poems, most of them unpublished, and copies of several published articles.
James F. Doster papers
Materials this Tuscaloosa native and history professor at The University of Alabama created and collected.
Doy L. McCall Papers
Typescript copy of an article on General Lafayette's visit to Alabama, subsequently published in the Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 17, nos. 1 and 2 (Spring/Summer 1955), pp. 33-77. The collection also contains carbon copies of the author's transcripts of original documents relating to Lafayette's visit.
Early Alabama documents
Documents from the mid nineteenth century, including store and tax receipts, court orders, letters, property appraisals, etc., from Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, mainly pertaining to West Alabama
Early Alabama Land Grants and Applications for Purchase
Applications for grants and for the purchase of land, mainly in Marengo and Washington counties in Alabama. There are also a few other legal documents pertaining to disputed applications.
Early Educational Institutions in the South
Tuition receipts, a printed announcement, and a clipping, from several schools, primarily in Alabama.
Edward Bressie Vaughan Papers
Papers of both Edward Bressie Vaughan, Sr. and Jr. The majority of the papers are requisitions, receipts, Quartermaster stores, etc. from August through Novemeber 1862 during the Kentucky Campaign signed by or sent to Lieutenant Edward Bressie Vaughan, Jr.. Other papers include both Vaughan, Sr.'s and Jr.'s personal and business correspondence from 1832 through 1869. The collection also contains E.B. Vaughan, Sr.'s Oath of Allegiance (dated 30 June 1865) to the United Stated.
Johnnie M. Edwards paper
Paper titled "Inventory of Public Records in the Cherokee County Courthouse" containing an inventory of public records in the Cherokee County, Alabama, courthouse, 1882-1930.
Elliott and Carl Mill time book
A ledger of the Elliott and Carl Mill which records days and hours worked by employees as well as accounts and orders for lumber.
James M. Faircloth papers
Includes student papers and personal papers of J. M. Faircloth, a professor of civil engineering at The University of Alabama during the years 1961 through 1969.
John Falconer deed
A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, from John Falconer to Jonathan Mayhew, in 1823
City of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, correspondence
Letters created and received by the city of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, mainly relating to routine matters in this small town, including city maintenance concerns.
Zachariah Fields deed
A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, dated 3 March 1833, to Jonathan Mayhew and George Whitman.
Fourth Alabama Regiment Newspaper Article Transcriptions
Typewritten transcriptions of articles about the 4th Alabama Regiment. Original articles were in unnamed Huntsville, Alabama, newspapers
William Fulton letter
Typescript copy of a letter dated 12 April 1865, written by Fulton to his sister, Mrs. Theodora Fulton Pettus, describing the surrender of Mobile, Alabama, to Union forces.
Gabriel Jacoby, March of Triump Musical Score
A handwritten score with lyrics of Jacoby's composition "March of Triumph," bearing the inscription "Sincerely Dedicated to my Alma Mater The University of Alabama and the Famous Crimson Tide of 1931." That year also witnessed the publication of Jacoby's "March of Triumph: March fox-trot" (New York: Thornton W. Allen).
Mrs. John S. Gandy paper
Paper by Gandy titled "History of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Gordo, Alabama, 1838-1938." It actually covers the church's history through 1957 and includes lists of members and pastors.
General Grand Accepted Order of Brothers & Sisters certificate
Certificate establishing "a Tabernacle to be known by the Name and Title of Venus Tabernacle No. 56" in 1907.
George Burke Johnston Papers
This collection contains the text of a speech delivered to the Alabama Press Association in 1898, a 1922 letter from Carl L. Larmer (?) to Thomas McCorvey, copies of Johnston's works "What the University of Alabama Has Meant to My Life," and "A Book for General Lee," and an advertisement for an 1889 British production of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.
George Woodard and Gene Smith letters
Letters between Union soldier George Woodard, Company D, Eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and his fiancee Gene Smith, of Burnett, Wisconsin. Woodard served at the battle of Corinth and the Vicksburg Campaign. He died at a Memphis hospital in 1864.
Willis H. Gibson letter of appointment
Letter dated 28 June 1850 from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, appointing Gibson as a U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama
Goodloe, Lane, Pride, Barton and Rutland Families Collection
Correspondence, receipts, photographs, sheet music, and genealogies of the Goodloe family and several branches of the family.
Eliza Williams Chotard Gould memoirs
Two typescript copies of an 1868 memoirs written by early Tuscaloosa resident of French ancestry, whose family were Natchez, Mississippi pioneers.
Greene County, Alabama, Democratic Party ballot
Ballot with tallies of votes for the 1 May 1934 Democratic Party Primary in Greene County, Alabama.
H. C. Harris letter
Letter dated 2 November 1862, from Camp Forney, near Mobile, to his sister in Livingston, Alabama, discussing going into winter quarters, decrying the army and the plight of the common soldier, and vehemently expressing his wish for a substitute to take his place in the army during the Civil War.
Rachel Duke Hamilton papers
A photocopy of a typed draft of the manuscript of a biography of Judge Peter J. Hamilton written by his youngest daughter, Rachel Duke Hamilton Cannon (sometimes noted as Rachel-Duke).
W. A. Handley letter
Letter written to the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of his term as a member of the House.
Jere Haralson letter
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.
W. Stuart Harris papers
Papers and manuscript drafts of this Alabama author.
Townsend Heaton letters
Letters written by Dr. Townsend Heaton, a member of the 70th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War
Henry Clifton Pannell Papers
Correspondence and other material pertaining to Pannell's work in the field of education.
Henry Tutwiler papers
Contains three notebooks: an account book recording tuition payments at Greensboro Academy; a second account book documenting Henry Tutwiler's personal expenses; and a commonplace book containing book reviews, weather reports, and very brief entries about the Civil War.
Henry Watkins Collier inaugural address before the two houses of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama at its second biennial session
The inaugural address given by Governor Henry W. Collier in 1849.
"Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian Church in Tuskaloosa, Alabama."
A paper titled "Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian Church in Tuskaloosa, Alabama." It includes lists of pastors, elders, and deacons, 1820-79.
W. E. Hobson, Jr. papers
A large collection of scrapbooks, containing twenty-nine volumes of information on the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area, one volume on historic Tuscaloosa homes, one volume of political information and two volumes on local history.
Hosea Holcombe papers
Letter written by Holcombe asking a bookseller in Pennsylvania to send him two books by a Dr. Gills.
Holliman and Stewart families letters
Civil War letters and miscellaneous documents of James Franklin Holliman and William Stewart, to and from their families between 1862-1911.
Ronald and Elizabeth Howard collection of George Corley Wallace materials
Campaign materials and other memorabilia of George Corley Wallace's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns.
Joseph S. Huhn Diary
Pocket diary of Civil War Union soldier, Joseph S. Huhn of Company "F" of the Ohio 114th Infantry, documenting daily activities between 1 January and 21 August 1865. The remainder of the diary is miscellaneous information and a series of exam questions.
Humphries Family Ancestor Book and Story Collection (PDF file on CD-ROM)
Family history of the Humphries of Mississippi and Alabama.