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A. C. Roycroft papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1213
Abstract
Papers of a Confederate Army officer and Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama resident, including his diary from the final months of the Civil War.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1866 - 1884
Adam H. Whetstone diary
Collection
Identifier: W-0080
Overview
Contains the diary of Confederate soldier Adam H. Whetstone of Prattville, Alabama
Dates:
1864 - 1865
James Richard Albin Journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4100
Overview
Journal with daily entries from January 1, 1949, through April 2, 1954, kept by James R . Albin, describing his various activities, both at work and at home, and the various trips he and his family take.
Dates:
1949-1959
Alfred Morris diary
Collection
Identifier: W-0115
Overview
Diary written by Union soldier Alfred Morris, containing entries written between October 1862 and September 1863.
Dates:
1862 - 1863
Askew family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0091
Overview
Biographical sketch, ledger, diaries, church histories, newspaper clippings, copies of poetry and pieces written about Confederate history in Alabama, address and appointment books from this Dayton, Alabama, family.
Dates:
1844-1993
William Pitt Ballinger diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0104
Abstract
Diary covering the 1865 negotiations with General E. R.S. Canby and others over the cessation of hostilities between the U.S. and the state of Texas, other legal cases legal and business, as well as personal and family affairs.
Dates:
1864-1868
Baltzell and Bullock families papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0105
Abstract
The papers of two Greene County, Alabama families involved in post-Civil War Alabama politics, including correspondence, a diary, essays, deeds, and financial documents.
Dates:
1839-1921
John Taylor Banks diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0109
Abstract
Diary of druggist who served in the 6th Alabama Regiment. Also includes a biographical sketch and a coroner's report signed by Banks.
Dates:
1862-1893
James C. Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0137
Abstract
A miscellaneous collection of Civil War material of this Union soldier from Indiana, including enlistment lists, muster roles, war songs, writings, drawings, a diary, genealogical information, and clippings. All materials are photocopies of originals.
Dates:
circa 1862-1899; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1869
Richard Branscomb and Lewis Branscomb papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0205
Overview
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
Charles Raven Brockmann diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3757
Overview
The diaries of a librarian, traveling salesman, and committed diarist.
Dates:
1906-1970
Iveson L. Brookes papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0214
Abstract
A large collection of letters to and from this Baptist clergyman, planter and southern sectionalist, including defenses of the South, Brookes's business transactions, and family matters.
Dates:
1811-1911; Majority of material found within 1825 - 1865
Ottokar T. Cadek papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0253
Overview
Correspondence, diaries, genealogies, and various other documents relating to the life of this violinist, conductor, and teacher.
Dates:
unknown
Mr. Canly Scotland and European Travel Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4069
Overview
Detailed travel diary of a young man and his family traveling in Scotland and Europe in 1860.
Dates:
1860
Elizabeth Tyler Coleman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0335
Abstract
A miscellany of materials including genealogy, correspondence, the diary of Priscilla Cooper Tyler, daughter-in-law of President John Tyler, a journal, and Coleman's manuscript of "Priscilla Cooper Tyler and the American Scene: 1816-1889." Includes three letters from President Tyler to his son Robert.
Dates:
1776-1955
R. H. Cook Diary and Poems
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4114
Overview
Diary for the year 1869 written by a young man in Rose Hill, Mississippi.
Dates:
1869-1880
Cowin family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0364
Overview
Photocopies of the diary and essays written by John H. Cowin of Green County, Alabama covering events from 22 April through 13 November 1861 as well as a smaller diary for the month of January 1863. There is also a presidential pardon and oaths of allegiance certificates for Samuel Cowin, as well as photocopies of miscellaneous documents including Alabama tax statements from 1875 and 1877 and newspaper clippings, and a Civil War era Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army revolver. Also in the...
Dates:
1861–1921
Cunningham Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4011
Overview
Correspondence, maps, newspapers, and photographs of this West Alabama family
Dates:
1834-1979
Eyre Damer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0392
Overview
A scrapbook and accompanying materials relating to the book “With C.H. Ellis Through Central America and Panama: Quarantine Tour of Central America and Panama by Health Authorities as Guests of the United Fruit Company,” compiled and distributed by that firm.
Dates:
after 1900
Daniel R. Hundley Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0716
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1861 - 1864
Daphne Cunningham Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0385
Abstract
Diaries whose short entries provide information on the daily activities of this coed from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, member of Kappa Delta sorority, and 1916 University of Alabama graduate.
Dates:
1913 - 1914
David Holmes Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4212
Overview
Collection of two diaries, two sketchbooks, six letters, and other items created by Sergeant David Holmes (1841-1864) of the 20th Michigan Infantry. The materials provide insight into the rigors of daily life for an Civil War soldier
Dates:
1858-1864
Diary of an Alabama Presbyterian Minister, 1832
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2646
Overview
Diary of an unidentified Presbyterian minister from Alabama, recording his travel from Alabama to New York to attend the Presbyterian Church's Assembly in Philadelphia in 1832.
Dates:
1832
Diary of an unidentified author
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3649
Overview
Missionary or church related diary
Dates:
1895
Diary of E. Carey Moore in England in 1890
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4337
Scope and Contents
One diary consisting of 205 pages kept by E. Carey Moore from January to July of 1890 as he traveled throughout England on business. The diary makes mention of interactions with politician Robert Todd Lincoln, British diplomat Clement Lloyd Hill, and banker John C. New. Some of the companies mentioned throughout the diary are Colonia Coffee Plantation, Canara and Escuadron Coffee Plantations, and Tepis. The diary is bound, with blank pages dated from July 25, 1890, to the end of the year. The...
Dates:
1890-01-01 - 1890-07-24
Lista Geil Eddins papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0472
Overview
Diaries, clippings, photographs, correspondence, sheet music, and church bulletins belonging to this University of Alabama music department head.
Dates:
between 1910-1971
Edward R. Norville diary
Collection
Identifier: W-0105
Overview
Diary of Edward R. Norville, a Mobile, Alabama, river pilot.
Dates:
1873 - 1891
Eliza Ann McCants Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4211
Overview
The collection consists of two diaries kept by Eliza Ann McCants (1817-1844) in the antebellum South. Volume One contains 160 pages and covers the years 1840-1842. Volume Two contains 136 pages and covers the years 1843-1844.
Dates:
1840-1844
John K. and William M. Elliott daybooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0482
Overview
Photocopies of the daybooks of John K. Elliott and his son, William M. Elliott, of the Payneville, Sumter County, Alabama area, spanning the years from 1870 through 1911.
Dates:
1870-1911
Charles Ellis diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2819
Overview
Diary written by First Sergeant Charles Ellis of the 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The diary contains daily notes concerning regimental duty in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1865.
Dates:
1865
Ellsworth Hults diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3735
Overview
The diary of the paymaster's clerk aboard the USS Galena from February through November 1864. There is also a transcription of the diary and a photograph of Admiral James Forsyth "the tallest man in the American Navy, 6 ft 6."
Dates:
1864 February - November
Esbon C. Lambert Diary and Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3924
Abstract
Diary and letters from Lambert, a United States Navy landsman aboard the USS Itasca from 1863-1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Dates:
1863-1864
Estes Embroidery Circle records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0491
Overview
Letters, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, photos, scrapbooks, and diaries of members of this social club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dates:
1928-1996
George and Eleanor Bridges Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0210
Overview
Letters written to George and Eleanor Bridges, of Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama, and others written by George. There are also newspaper clippings, miscellaneous items and four journals.
Dates:
1932-1965
George O. Baker and Joseph M. Baker papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0066
Overview
Correspondence, ledgers, and other papers of Selma, Alabama, businessmen, George O. Baker, his son, Joseph M. Baker, and their various companies and businesses.
Dates:
1886 - 1898
Eddy Lanier King Gilmore papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0572
Overview
Compositions, scrapbooks, correspondence, and clippings of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Eddy Lanier King Gilmore, of Selma, Alabama, and his Russian-born wife, Tamara Kolb-Chernashovaya, a ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet. The bulk of material is from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Dates:
circa 1940 - 1967
Charles S. Goodrich Diary and World War I Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4097
Overview
Diary, banquet programs and menus, uniform insignia, and miscellaneous medals of a World War I veteran of the 167th Infantry, part of the Rainbow Division.
Dates:
1918-1951
Harold Bank papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0108
Abstract
A Battalion log of the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division while stationed in Mindanao, Philippine Islands, from 15 July 1944, until 10 October 1945, and the front portion of the Chicago Daily Tribune, from Tuesday, 8 May 1945. The headline reads “V. E. Day – Today”.
Dates:
1944-1945
Ralph Murray Havens papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0650
Overview
Diaries, letters, and other papers related to Havens's service in the European Theater of Operations, 1944-1945.
Dates:
1943-1946
Herman Packard journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1092
Abstract
Diary of a Pennsylvania minister and agent of the American Tract Society, written while he was in New Orleans and Greenville, Louisiana, in 1839 and 1846.
Dates:
1837-1847
Thomas Wade Herren Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4154
Overview
Papers, correspondence, and photographs documenting the life and military career of Lieutenant General Thomas W. Herren of Dadeville, Alabama
Dates:
1942-1985
Edna Lee Holladay Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4044
Overview
Diary (and transcription) kept by Edna Lee Holladay during her college days at the University of Alabama
Dates:
1936-1939
Fletcher and Jean Howington Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1627
Overview
Correspondence, writings, sermons, church bulletins, and personal financial papers relating to this Methodist minister and his wife in Alabama.
Dates:
1826 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1978
Joseph S. Huhn Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3217
Overview
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.
Dates:
1865
J. J. Magee diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3764
Overview
Civil War diary of Captain J. J. Magee of Company D, Eighth Alabama Infantry.
Dates:
1861
J. O. Campbell diary
Collection
Identifier: W-0139
Overview
Diary of J. O. Campbell, a young man employed as a stenographer and typist in Montgomery, Alabama
Dates:
1895-01 - 1895-05
Miss T. Jackson Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4068
Overview
Primitive diary of a young lady of Gainesville, Alabama.
Dates:
circa 1860
James A. Goble diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0574
Overview
Civil War diary of a soldier in the First Alabama Infantry who was born in New York and later lived in Auburn, Alabama, before moving to Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1862-1863
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 E. Nunn Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1062
Abstract
Diary of this Mooresville, Limestone County, Alabama resident
Dates:
1854 - 1856
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