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J. W. Worthington report on furnace properties

 Collection
Identifier: W-0082
Abstract

One report notebook containing correspondence, maps, and reports on coal fields and iron furnaces located in Alabama and Tennessee.

Dates: 1899

Jacob Faser letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0506
Abstract

Letters written from Mobile, Alabama, where Faser was working as a sword maker, to his wife in Macon, Mississippi, dealing mainly with personal news and information on the prices of available goods.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

James Bowron papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0193
Abstract

A substantial collection of papers and materials relating to James Bowron, one of the nineteenth century iron and mining pioneers in the Deep South. It includes Bowron's 1632-page, unpublished autobiography, as well as his daily journals, letters, and pictures.

Dates: 1861-1928

James Boykin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0196
Abstract

Papers of an important Dallas County, Alabama, planter family, including correspondence, household and plantation records, materials regarding James Boykin’s cavalry unit during the Civil War, and papers of Boykin's descendants down to the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1833-1967; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1870

James Strother Caller Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0263
Abstract

Letter written by Caller, dated 2 August 1852, from Gosport, Clarke County, Alabama, to Messrs. Jno. A. Winston &c, commission merchants of Mobile, Alabama, asking for a correction on the account of W. McConnell

Dates: 1852-08-02

Jere Clemens Dennis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0428
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1841-1935

John Cocke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0328
Abstract

Business correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and other materials (including the selling and purchasing of slaves) of this 19th century Marengo County, Alabama, plantation owner.

Dates: 1810-1899

John H. Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0009
Abstract

The correspondence of a Birmingham, Alabama, mining engineer, businessman, poet, and public servant. The collection also includes a small group of papers of Adams' son, John R. Adams, an attorney and realtor.

Dates: 1889 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1936

John Horgan Jr. Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-170
Abstract

The collection consists of twenty-three industrial photographs taken around Birmingham, Ensley, Sheffield, Anniston, Bessemer, and Woodward, Alabama in 1889. Photographer from Birmingham, Alabama, John Horgan, Jr. took the photos for Truman H. Aldrich and presented them to him in June 1889.

Dates: 1889-06-01

John Horry Dent papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0430
Abstract There are four typescript documents in the folder also: (1) Commodore John Herbert Dent, U.S. Navy, 1782–1823; (2) Charles I. Graves in Egypt (1875–1878); (3) Cape Guardafui by Lt. Col. Graves (the proceedings of the meeting of October 1880); and (4) Report of Lt. Col. Graves, 4th July 1878.The Plantation Book (or Farm Journal v.1) was written by John Horry Dent from January 1840 through December 1842 to record actual expenditures and incomes from his estate and to provide...
Dates: 1840-1891

Joseph Emerson Brown letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0219
Abstract

Letters from Brown, most of them to his friend and business associate General Ira R. Foster, Quartermaster General of the State of Georgia during the Civil War. Also contains copies of letters between Brown and Georgia politician Howell Cobb, regarding appointing Foster as a special railway postal agent for north Georgia and north Alabama.

Dates: 1857-1867

Joseph H. Bradford Accounts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0199
Abstract

Business accounts of Coosa County cotton factory owner. Many of the customers were from Talladega, Alabama.

Dates: 1836-1841

Joshua Hill Foster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0535
Abstract

Papers of a University of Alabama graduate, Baptist minister, planter, teacher (University of Alabama, 1873-1892) and president of Alabama Central Female College, 1869-1873.

Dates: 1839 - 1904

Kennedy Store ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0802
Abstract

Store ledger of a Florence, Alabama firm.

Dates: Unknown

Knabe and Scott Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0828
Abstract

Two bound volumes, one a daybook covering August 1, 1887 through August 1, 1888, the other an index.

Dates: 1887 - 1888

Labor relations papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3454
Abstract

Miscellaneous labor relations documents

Dates: 1930s-1960s

Lawrence County, Alabama Tavern License

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0847
Scope and Contents

A license dated 23 September 1835, granted to Alexander M. Brooks, Edward Jones, and M. Seuris to operate a tavern in Lawrence County, Alabama.

Dates: 1835-09-23

Lehmann, Ullman and Barclay Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0852
Scope and Contents

The Lehmann, Ullman and Barclay Records consists of business records, including client financial statements, which are arranged alphabetically by client name and then chronologically by year ranging from 1920-1972. These records provide insight into the firm’s financial services, including auditing, tax consulting, and bookkeeping, across a range of industries such as manufacturing, construction, and financial services.

Dates: ca 1920s-1970

Letter from Rowland G. Hazard to Isaac P. Hazard

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4825
Scope and Contents This collection contains a single handwritten letter dated May 10, 1843, from Rowland G. Hazard (signed “R.G.H.”) to his brother Isaac P. Hazard of Peace Dale, Rhode Island. The letter was mailed from Mobile, Alabama, and arrived folded into its own envelope. The postmark reads “MOBILE 11, Ala.” A notation on the verso references the sender traveling by steamer from New Orleans to Mobile and discusses a commission from a relative, Ed Hazard, which had not yet been read. The contents suggest...
Dates: 1843

Letter to Servant Cokeram

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1733
Abstract

Letter from unknown writer to his servant Cokeram, instructing to provide provisions for an impending visit by the queen. Undated.

Dates: no date; possibly 1600s

Lister Hill papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0670
Abstract

Subject files, correspondence, reports, and other materials by, to, and about this Alabama senator who served in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1923- 1938 and the U. S. Senate from 1938-1969.

Dates: 1921-1968

John Kerr Little papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0866
Abstract

The John K. Little collection contains papers and memorabilia of John K. Little - a member of a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, pioneer family, and himself a long time resident of Tuscaloosa.

Dates: 1937 - 1947

L. M. Falk and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0833
Abstract

A ledger and cash book.

Dates: unknown

Madison County, Alabama, Probate Court Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0894
Abstract

Records of the granting of letters testamentary, settling estates and guardianships, and other matters, 1863.

Dates: 1863

Hugh Mallory Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2649
Abstract

Letter written by Hugh Mallory of Selma, Alabama, on August 15, 1932 to an unidentified person asking for names of others in the recipient's community whom Mallory could contact regarding the use of the highways by busses and trucks being operated for personal profit. Also included is a letter to the State Legistlature requesting that body to regulate such usage.

Dates: 1932

Edward F. McCrossin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0950
Abstract

Contains personal papers and company records.

Dates: Unknown

Earl McGowin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0955
Abstract

Contains family papers and business records.

Dates: Unknown

Milner Coal and Railroad Company meeting minutes

 Collection
Identifier: W-0101
Abstract

Minutes of directors and stockholders' meetings between 1900 and 1910

Dates: 1900-1910

Mississippi, New Orleans, Mobile records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1000
Abstract

Miscellaneous manuscripts from the Gulf Coast; business related, bills, receipts, pricing lists

Dates: 1836 - 1876

Early Huntsville, Alabama, letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0100
Abstract

Two unrelated letters, dated from 1822 and 1831, containing information about Huntsville, Alabama.

Dates: 1822, 1831

Mobile Terminal and Railway Company circular

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1783
Abstract

A prospectus and preliminary circular for the Mobile Terminal and Railway Company, with the details of the company and bonds that would mature on 1 September 1935.

Dates: circa 1911

Nehemiah Denton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1602
Abstract

Correspondence and other business materials of this Brooklyn, New York, resident with business interests in Mobile, Alabama. Aside from extensive business correspondence, it includes detailed descriptions of Mobile's antebellum social life, and accounts of yellow fever epidemics and fires.

Dates: 1831 - 1844

New Weatherly Funeral Home Grand Opening Program

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4820
Scope and Contents This collection includes a twenty-page proof copy of a profusely illustrated program titled Grand Opening of the New Weatherly Funeral Home Serving Central, South and Southwestern Alabama, published in Birmingham, Alabama by Rapid Printing Co. in 1954. The program was produced to commemorate the reopening of the Weatherly Funeral Home, an African American–owned business in York, Alabama.The text includes a short note on the owner of the funeral...
Dates: 1954

Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Alabama Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-003
Abstract This collection consists of one thousand seventy five photographs depicting street scenes in Tuscaloosa, Selma, and other cities in Alabama; portraits of famous people: Will Chambers, Augusta Evans Wilson, Margaret Zehmer Searcy, Roger Lee, Booker T. Washington, Samuel M. Stafford, George C. Wallace, Carl Elliot, Sr., Winton M. Blount, Jefferson Davis, and many others. Also collection consists of numerous images of Alabama rivers steam boats, Joe Sewell and Lou Gehrig in 1933 World Series;...
Dates: 1823 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1945

Perry County, Alabama, papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0139
Abstract Letters and other documents donated by a source in Perry County, Alabama. The collection consists of eight letters to Elias Benson. There is also one summons order included in the Elias Benson series. Another series contains the will of Philip Smith of South Carolina. The Thomas and Mary Jones series contains three statements of debt made to John E. Cook, along with an indenture statement and draft. The final series includes miscellaneous documents including deed certification, court...
Dates: 1796 - 1898

Phil E. Hill General Store Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0671
Abstract

An account ledger for a general store in Fairfield, Alabama, possibly owned by Phil E. Hill

Dates: 1873 - 1874

Phillips-Lester Manufacturing Company

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1140
Abstract

Contains the records of this clothing company including: papers on the correct measurement styles and clothing type for menswear, safety manual, audit records, and transaction booklet.

Dates: unknown

Phoenix Hotel, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1144
Abstract

This collection contains the hotels ledgers, of whom visited the hotel: date visited, their name, where they're from, and room numbers. Inside the ledgers are some of the hotels bills and certificates, including Alabama Power bill and Health Inspection certificates, as well as some other clippings the hotel may have received from their customers. Dates of the ledgers range from September 1929 - 1938.

Dates: 1909-1948

Pla-Gem Company papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1149
Abstract

Brochures for the Pla-Gem Steel Furniture Company of Cullman, Alabama, selling children.s steel gym sets.

Dates: 1964

Plantation Patterns, Inc. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1150
Abstract

Brochures from the late 1950s for Arlington House wrought iron furniture

Dates: 1965-1968

Cameron McRae Plummer book list

 Collection
Identifier: W-0087
Abstract

Contains a list of books compiled by Haunted House Book Shop owner Cameron McRae Plummer.

Dates: 1950-1961

Prices of Domestic Produce in Confederate Treasury Notes from 1 January 1861 to 1 January 1865

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0352
Abstract

Prices of domestic produce in Confederate Treasury Notes from 1 January 1861 to 1 January 1865

Dates: 1861-1865

Republic Steel records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1186
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, security and insurance records, and other materials of this Birmingham steel company.

Dates: circa 1930-circa 1980

Elmer E. Rhode Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2550
Abstract

Bernice Shelly writes from Tracy and Oakland, California, to P.F.C. Elmer E. Rhode, stationed in San Francisco, California, about her work as a waitress and at a factory to aid the war effort. A third letter makes a third-party reference to an encounter with Elmer Rhode written by Fred Kimball of San Francisco, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Payne of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1942 - 1943

Robert H. McKenzie dissertation, correspondence, and notes

 Collection
Identifier: W-0072
Abstract

Copy of Robert H. McKenzie's dissertation, "A History of the Shelby Iron Company, 1865-1881," and a small collection of correspondence and research notes related to the dissertation.

Dates: 1971

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

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

Sander's Ferry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1228
Abstract

License allowing Isham Robertson to captain a ferryboat across the Warrior River at Sander's Ferry, Tuscaloosa County

Dates: 1876

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

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

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