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Alma Bishop Williams Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-032
Abstract

Collection consists of Bishop and Harry’s family, a family friend’s photographs, and some unidentified photographs.

Dates: 1862 - 1974

Altrusa Club, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, charter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3736
Abstract

Charter of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, branch of this international service organization

Dates: 1966 March 4

American railroad station plans

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3747
Abstract

Over 140 original plans of train stations from the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries, primarily on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Most are in ink on waxed architect's paper and are variously sized.

Dates: 1881-1942

American Revolution Bicentennial Commission papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0074
Abstract

Materials related to Bicentennial celebrations throughout America and pamphlets concerning the American Revolution.

Dates: 1974-1976

American Society manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0154
Abstract

Contains manuscript of American Society textbook written by Lee Bidgood in 1918.

Dates: 1918

Andrew Coleman Hargrove papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0630
Abstract

Personal and business correspondence, class notes, and financial records of attorney and politician, Andrew Coleman Hargrove of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1835-1911

Andrews Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South minute books

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0079
Abstract

This collection consists of a photocopy of a church record book, which contains a register of pastors (1913-1987), marriages (1889-1936), infant baptisms (1924-1988), and members.

Dates: 1913-1990

Ann Jordan Farm papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0080
Abstract

Photocopies of Sidney Z. Mitchell's correspondence, articles relating to his career, and other biographical information. It also includes Jordan family deeds, photographs taken at Ann Jordan Farm, legal documents and correspondence relating to the Jordan Family Cemetery, articles about Ann Jordan Farm and Jordan Dam, and furniture catalogs and floor plans.

Dates: 1874-1950

Audubon Place (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Historic District collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0094
Abstract

A collection of information compiled in 1981 in the process of applying for historic designation for this Tuscaloosa, Alabama district. It includes historical data, newspaper clippings about houses, lists of previous owners, special features of houses, floor plans, and an historical inventory of various homes.

Dates: 1981-1985

Bankston School: a history

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0583
Abstract

Recollections of Bankston School by individuals connected to this school located in Fayette County, Alabama, which opened in 1906 and closed in the mid 1970s, detailing the history of the school's building, school activities, teachers, and principals.

Dates: circa 1906-1970

W.R. Barron paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0119
Abstract

A paper titled "History of Fairview Presbyterian Church from Organization to Present Date (April 23, 1889)," that includes lists of pastors, members, and elders of this Presbyterian Church in Perry County, Alabama, 1823-1889.

Dates: 1889 April 23

Beat 15 Petition

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0708
Abstract

Petition dated 23 March 1898 from citizens of "Beat 15," which included Montgomery and Crenshaw Counties, to the Board of Revenue, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. The petition requests the construction of a road to be called the "Grady Road."

Dates: 1898-03-23

Harvey Beeson letters and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0129
Abstract

Letter and photographs relating to Harvey Beeson’s ancestors in Michigan, August 1939.

Dates: 1939

Nimrod E. Benson deeds

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0140
Abstract

Two deeds recording the conveyance of land in Montgomery County, Alabama, by Nimrod E. Benson to George Whitman, 19 February 1830 and 2 April 1832.

Dates: 1830, 1832

Benton County, Alabama, land contract

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0141
Abstract

Land contract dated 29 July 1834, at White Plains, Benton (later Calhoun) County, Alabama.

Dates: 1834 July 29

James Berney letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0142
Abstract

Letter dated 31 January 1846, from Montgomery, Alabama, to A. Jackson at Mayhew [Mississippi?] on news of Montgomery being voted the state capital and the subsequent celebration.

Dates: 1846 January 31

Bert Neville collection of steamboat documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1342
Abstract

A collection of bills of lading and receipts for freight costs, passage, storage, and other documents, relating to steamboat lines, mostly within Alabama, plus some receipts from stagecoaches, warehouse and storage companies, and railroads.

Dates: 1820-1945

Bessemer Civic Music Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0144
Abstract

Collection of items relating to this club from Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, including programs, press releases, clippings, etc.

Dates: 1949-1954

Birmingham Real Estate Board banquet program

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0164
Abstract

Part of the program and text of the 1940 annual banquet of the Birmingham Real Estate Board, held on 16 January 1941.

Dates: 1941 January 16

Roy E. Blair reports

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0170
Abstract

Reports assessing the archeological and cultural significance of various sites in Alabama.

Dates: 1978-1979

John H. Blitz report

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0174
Abstract

A Cultural Resources Report by Blitz on the archaeological significance of the proposed site for a poultry processing plant in Cullman County, Alabama.

Dates: 1978

Blocton, Alabama Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-004
Abstract

This collection consists of nine photographs of Italian - Americans living in Blocton, Alabama. Photographs were used in the fall 1986 Alabama Heritage article.

Dates: 1900 - 1938

Border Springs Baptist Church of Christ records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0189
Abstract

Photocopies of records, including board meeting minutes, the covenant, rules of decorum, lists of members, of members received, and resolutions by this Caledonia, Mississippi church.

Dates: 1900-1949; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1949

Brandon Memorial United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0202
Abstract

Lists of members, pastors, marriages, baptisms, and deceased members, as well as church directories of this Methodist church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1911-1991

Richard Branscomb and Lewis Branscomb papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0205
Abstract

Diary, travel journals, and account book of Richard Edwin Branscomb (1902-1980), Methodist Minister from Guin, Alabama, and Condensed Minute Book for Presiding Elders of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church belonging to Branscomb’s father, Lewis Capers Branscomb (1865-1930).

Dates: 1922-1935

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

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

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

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

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

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

C. Robert Churchill Collection Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-001
Abstract

In 1938, the University of Alabama acquired the personal library of Thomas Payne Thomson, a New Orleans businessman and bibliophile: Houses in Louisiana circa 1915.

Dates: 1913 - 1915

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

Camping Trip Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-204
Abstract

This collection consists of seven photographs of men on a camping trip.

Dates: 1920 - 1939

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?

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

Cemeteries and Local History collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0289
Abstract

Papers submitted for credit in University of Alabama course EXT318 “Cemeteries and Local History,” a course in the New College Life Track. The focus of the papers is on cemeteries as reflecting the history of a locale and may examine burial patterns, customs, ornamentation, or simply be an inventory of interments.

Dates: 1989 - 2009

Centreville, Alabama, City Council minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0293
Abstract

City Council minutes for 1890-1891 of this Bibb County, Alabama, city.

Dates: 1890-1891

Hatchett Chandler correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0295
Abstract

Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.

Dates: 1960-1963

Charles Scott Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-017
Abstract

Black and white photographs taken by Charles Scott and exhibited at the World's Fair in New York, 1936. Scenes of rural people and life, New York City and Jersey City, and industrial scenes in the northeastern United States.

Dates: 1888 - 1930

Coleman and Duke dry goods receipt book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0334
Abstract

A ledger from a dry goods store in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, containing receipts from various firms and individuals for monies received for accounts, shipping by steamer, etc.

Dates: 1853-1869

James Coleman letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0336
Abstract

A letter written by Coleman, dated 22 February 1842, from Athens, Alabama, to John H. Cocke, of Winnsville, Fluvanna County, Virginia. Discusses local temperance activities, the celebration of Washington's birthday, and family health.

Dates: 1842 February 22

John J. Coleman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0338
Abstract

A collection of tax receipts, bills for drygoods items, indenture contracts, and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1825-1849

Collective Protection documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0344
Abstract

Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.

Dates: 1941-1945

Collins family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0346
Abstract Photocopies of letters written by various family members, primarily James S. Collins, Martha Louvenia Smyth Collins (Mrs. James S. Collins – second wife of James S.), James “Jim” Madison Collins, Lake Huron Collins Madison, Martin Lomax “Max” Collins, Irene (Mrs. Lomax Collins) and Purser Collins. There are also photocopies of the birth, marriage, and death pages from several family Bibles as well as copies of typed and handwritten pages of genealogical data and obituaries clipped from...
Dates: 1875–1990

Dr. Edward Augustus Cook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0354
Abstract

Collection contains materials relating mainly to Dr. Edward Augustus Cook’s medical practice in Kirk’s Grove, Cherokee County, Alabama including account ledgers, daybooks, register of births and deaths, correspondence, and a photograph.

Dates: 1882 - 1920

County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0362
Abstract

Scrapbook documenting the history of the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Home Demonstration Club and includes photos, newspaper clippings, and club documents.

Dates: 1911

Cruikshank family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0379
Abstract

Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham

Dates: 1848-1909

L. H. Crumpler records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0380
Abstract

A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.

Dates: 1892-1909

Cubahatchie Baptist Church of Christ records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0381
Abstract

Collection of meeting minutes and membership lists, 1887-1933, for this Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama, church.

Dates: 1887-1933

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