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Robert L. Bass Collection of University of Alabama Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-001
Overview This collection consists of glass plate negatives, nitrate negatives, and several gelatin developing-out paper photographs depicting The University of Alabama campus, football and baseball teams, sororities and fraternities, and students, as well as negatives of Stillman College and Tuscaloosa.
Dates: 1929 - 1943

James S. P. Beck collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1795
Abstract A miscellany of materials relating to Dr. James S. P. Beck, University of Alabama graduate (1924), including two co-authored articles about radiation burns among survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bomb blast and three photos of burn victims.
Dates: 1924-1947

Bethel Presbyterian Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0151
Abstract Contains “Historical Sketch of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Bullock County, East Alabama Presbytery.” It is dated June 12, 1958, and is six pages in length. Includes a list the tenure of pastors, texts of building dedications, and description of the Presbyterian Church hierarchy.
Dates: 1850-1958; Majority of material found in 1900 - 1900

Bluff Park United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0178
Overview A collection of financial records, membership rolls, church directories, and the floor plan of this Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates: 1978-1981

Briquet, Granat, and Waite Album of Commercial Photographs of Mexico City and Its Environs

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-005
Overview One photographic album containing fifty-eight black-and-white photographs of turn of the century Mexico taken by three photographers: Abel Briquet, Jacob Granat, and Charles Betts Waite.
Dates: circa 1890s-1905

Canterbury Chapel Christ Episcopal Church scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0272
Overview Scrapbooks and newspaper articles highlighting church members who worked for the University and college students who attended Canterbury Chapel.
Dates: 1927-1937

Hatchett Chandler correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0295
Overview Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.
Dates: 1960-1963

Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0339
Abstract Various documents, including speeches, correspondence, reports, faculty newsletters, alumni magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings of this Alabama native and University of Alabama professor of Romance Languages
Dates: 1924-1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

Ethel Creighton poem and watercolor

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0365
Overview A poem and a watercolor by Ethel Creighton featuring the Old Spanish Tower in Mobile, Alabama.
Dates: between 1880-1953

Denny Chimes Renovation papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0429
Abstract Materials relating to the 1986 renovation of the University of Alabama bell tower and the fund drive to purchase a new 25-bell carillon, kept by Sandee Gibson. The collection includes a fund drive notebook, photographs of the restoration and rededication, and an information pack for fundraisers.
Dates: undated

Dominique Doux Fiquet Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-028
Overview Photograph album containing images of students and faculty at The University of Alabama in 1859 and includes the oldest known photograph of the campus.
Dates: 1859

Douthitt scrapbook materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0399
Overview Material, mostly photocopies, from a nineteenth-century scrapbook. The most significant item is a pencil sketch of the Rotunda on the campus of The University of Alabama.
Dates: 1865 - 1877

Frederick D. Kennedy Vintage Glass Paperweight Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4181
Overview 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

Gulf State Paper Corporation Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-011
Overview This collection consists of thirty-four photographs of Shelby Iron Company from 1958 taken by Public Relations of Gulf State Paper Corporation.
Dates: 1958

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

Hendrix Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-019
Overview This collection consists of twenty-four photographs showing railroad workers using heavy equipment built by American Hoist & Derrick Company and groups of people from various counties in Alabama.
Dates: 1905 - 1909

Jacob Frederic Goossen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0579
Overview Correspondence, writings, teaching materials, and musical compositions of this former faculty member of the University of Alabama.
Dates: 1940-1995

Lamar McCarty Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-196
Overview This collection consists of twelve photographs of homecoming festivities at the University of Alabama, probably taken by Lamar McCarty, University of Alabama Graduate (1938).
Dates: 1937 - 1938

Leslie Porch Kerlin Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: WP-005
Overview Approximately 2,500 black-and-white photographs taken by Leslie Porch Kerlin in Alabama and the Southeast United States, depicting well-known landmarks and natural settings.
Dates: 1915 - 1974

Oscar D. Cully Jr. Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-008
Overview This collection consists of sixty-seven photographs of the University of Alabama campus and buildings, a scene of the downtown Tuscaloosa parade, and Nitrate Plant No. 2 with Wilson Dam in the background.
Dates: 1935 - 1936

Postcards

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-039
Overview Postcards collection depicting places from Alabama, United States, and around the world.
Dates: 1890 -1970

Rives Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-209
Abstract Two photographs from Rives Family Papers depicting Tutwiler and Little Hall in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates: 1910 - 1919

Paula E. Robertson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3601
Overview Early history of Northport, Ala. (1931, photocopy); Brief history of Gorgas House with 1962 Inventory; - T.A. Dearson Inventory
Dates: after 1900

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

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

Sydnia Keene Smyth Antebellum Architecture of Tuscaloosa Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-006
Overview This collection consists of thirty-two photographs of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, antebellum architecture, taken by Sydnia Keene Smyth for her thesis in 1929.
Dates: 1929

United States Capitol collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1474
Overview Books, letters, articles, and descriptions about the architecture, art, and location of the United States Capitol from the 1950's.
Dates: 1950-1960's

University Libraries Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-029
Abstract Color and black and white photographs, negatives, and transparencies depicting different events taken place at the University Libraries such as: retirements parties (1992 for Gunetta Rich; 1994 June 20 for Ann Elmore, Mary Henderson, Joyce Lamont, and Joyce Mizer) held at the University Club; 1991 service award; 1994 Tutwiler award; moving a coca cola machine; construction of Hoole Special Collections and moving in to it; 1990 Wade Hall; Amelia II photographs in box# 6142 appeared in issues of...
Dates: 1968 - 2003

University of Alabama Architecture Drawings

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2012-042
Scope and Contents Drawings of the buildings at University of Alabama. Some are drawn in black ink, while others are painted.
Dates: 1827 - 1869

University of Alabama Reel to Reel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-038
Abstract Reel to Reels of events on the University of Alabama campus, such as: Alumni recordings; Board of Trustees; Bear Bryant Show; Senator Jim Allen; Congressman Hale Boggs; Governor John Love; Leftenant Governor Jere Beasley; Leftenant Governor Albert Brewer; Winton Blount; Hilaritas 1971 - 1974; 1960s Honors Days; Interview with Vivian Malone, Robert Kennedy's visit to University of Alabama; Jane Fonda's visit to University of Alabama; interview with Yitzak Rabin; Maintenance strike; Capstone...
Dates: 1960 - 1979

University of Alabama Rotunda excavation materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1211
Overview This collection contains materials relating to the 1984 excavation of the Rotunda, the building which originally housed the University of Alabama library, natural history collection, and assembly room. It was destroyed by United States Army forces on 4 April 1865. Included are newspaper clippings, memoranda, notes on the history of the campus, placement of buildings, surface surveys, and photographs, as well as material on the Pratt house and Madison and Jefferson Halls.
Dates: circa 1984

University of Alabama Souvenir Photographic Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-007
Abstract Two souvenir photograph albums from University of Alabama, showing campus and buildings, including Garland-Clark-Manly, Morgan, Comer, Smith (interior and exterior), Woods, President's Mansion, and fraternity houses. Also Bibb Graves Hall, Morgan Hall, Tutwiler Dorm, Gorgas House, President’s Mansion, Bryce entrance, Union building, Quad and Chimes, and Fraternity row from 1930s.
Dates: 1900 - 1920

University of Alabama Woods Hall rededication letters and pamphlets

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1573
Overview A collection of material concerning the 1976 rededication of Woods Hall on the University of Alabama campus which was orginally constructed in the late 1860s.
Dates: 1976

W. A. Mair Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-025
Overview This collection consists of two photographic albums with 230 photographs showcasing highlights of W. A. Mair travels with his friends and family through Michigan, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Mexico, and Tennessee.
Dates: 1900 - 1901

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-012
Scope and Contents This collection consists of three black and white photographs depicting unidentified nuns and a church.
Dates: 1920 - 1929

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-053
Abstract Collection consists of twenty-five images depicting New York City, New York in 1913.
Dates: 1913

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-047
Abstract This collection consists of thirty-eight black and white photographs depicting scenes from Panama.
Dates: 1935 - 1937

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.001
Identifier: 2009-002
Abstract This collection consists of eighty-one black and white photographs depicting scenes from Seneca, Westminster, and Charleston, South Carolina. This collection also depicts members of an unidentified family, possibly from South Carolina.
Dates: 1920 - 1929

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.001
Identifier: 2009-005
Abstract This collections consists of seventy-three black and white photographs depicting unidentified family and scenes from Kentucky and Indiana.
Dates: 1915 - 1961; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1950

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.016
Identifier: 2009-066
Abstract This collection consists of twelve photographs depicting scenes from Virginia, such as Fort Monroe, Blue Ridge Mountain, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Old Point Comfort.
Dates: 1913

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.016
Identifier: 2009-068
Abstract This collection consists of thirteen photographs depicting scenes from Pensacola and surrounding area, including Fort Pickens, Fort McRae, Fort Barrancas, and the Pensacola Navy Yard. This collection also depicts scenes from DeFuniak Spring, Florida.
Dates: 1890

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.019
Identifier: 2009-084
Abstract This collection consists of fifteen photographs of people and places.
Dates: 1880 - 1910

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.025
Identifier: 2009-110
Overview This collection consists of twenty-six photographs depicting unidentified people in Ohio.
Dates: 1910 - 1919

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.034
Identifier: 2009-160
Overview This collection consists of three photographs depicting scenes after the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 March 10.
Dates: 1933-03

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.035
Identifier: 2009-168
Overview This collection consists of twenty-three photographs depicting scenes from Louisville, Kentucky.
Dates: 1940 - 1949

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.035
Identifier: 2009-175
Abstract This collection consists of eight photographs depicting scenes of cities, towns, and landscapes.
Dates: 1900 - 1909

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.036
Identifier: 2009-181
Abstract This collection consists of three photographs depicting people in Kentucky.
Dates: 1890 - 1899

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.031
Identifier: 2009-145
Overview Five photographs depicting scenes from Nashville, Tennessee.
Dates: 1910

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.031
Identifier: 2009-149
Abstract This collection consists of three photographs depicting scenes from Wilburn Brothers Company in Texas.
Dates: 1920

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.032
Identifier: 2009-150
Abstract This collection consists of 213 photographs depicting scenes from various places, such as cities, farms, tourist attractions, and rivers in Ireland, Scotland, France, and New York.
Dates: 1900