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James E. Nunn Diary
Diary of this Mooresville, Limestone County, Alabama resident
James Heyward North Diary
A copy of the 1861 diary written by a former U.S. Navy officer who sided with the Confederacy. It describes his efforts to acquire ships and position coast defenses, and his travels to Ireland, London and Paris. The original is in the University of North Carolina Southern Historical Collection, Chapel Hill.
John A. Vaughn diary
Civil War diary of a Virginia native who later settled in Alabama. The entries are limited to 1863.
John and Mary Wellborn Cochran Diaries, Letterbook, and Photographs
Three bound volumes of this Alabama attorney and politician and his wife: John Cochran's diary; Mary Wellborn Cochran's journal; and a miscellany of copies of some of John Cochran's outgoing correspondence, journal entries of his, and copies of some freedman contracts to which he was party. Also includes two unidentified photographs that appear to be from the early twentieth century.
Josiah and Amelia Gorgas family papers
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Josiah Gorgas, chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance and president of the University of Alabama, and his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, librarian at the University of Alabama and daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle.
King family papers
Includes the papers of the King family of Perry County, Alabama, who owned plantations and other businesses.
Porter King papers
Contains personal materials of this Civil War veteran. King was a member of the Marion Light Infantry.
Louise Lacy Diary
Diary of a teenage girl in Jasper, Alabama, during January and February of 1911.
Fred Lawrence diary
Photocopies of a Diary
Libba Mayo papers
Excerpts from the diary of John G. Traylor (1817-43), an early Dallas County, Alabama resident, a genealogy of the Traylor family, and a history of the town of Pleasant Hill, Dallas County, Alabama.
Mildred McCollum Diary
Diary of young woman in Depression-era Alabama.
McCorvey and Tutwiler families papers
A collection of correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs created by these families.
Nathaniel C. Kenyon Diary
Contains a photocopy of a typescript of the diary this Union officer with the 11th Illinois Infantry kept from before and during his capture in Tennessee. He provides fairly detailed descriptions of life as a prisoner of war in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and other southern cities.
James Neff Civil War Diary
Diary of Union soldier during the final year of the Civil War.
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Autograph Albums and Diaries
Autograph albums and diaries from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Winifred Ruth O'Rear Diaries
Mid-1930s diaries of a northeast Alabama woman
P. H. P. Typed Diaries and Letter
Typed diary of a northern women who moved to Alabama when her husband was relocated to an Army base there.
Peter Brannon papers
Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.
Florence Marks Pratt diaries
Three diaries
Samuel D. Risley Papers
Papers documenting the military service of Samuel D. Risley and his brother John Risley in the 20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
Rudolph H.F. Roessel Diary
Samuel Pickens Papers
This collection contains Pickens' school notebook, 1858; his friendship book, 1858-59; war letters to his mother; and a typed transcript of his diary, 1862-1865.
John C. C. Sanders papers
Contains copies of diaries, letters of correspondence, and newspapers.
Sarah Ann (Gayle) and William B. Crawford Papers
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford, sister to Amelia Gayle Gorgas, and William B. Crawford.
Elizabeth Schmenk composition book
Elizabeth Schmenk composition book contains letters to her brother and various writings.
James McClung Sieg Congo mission journal
Journal kept by Presbyterian missionary to Africa in 1907-1908.
Alma Simpson Travel Journals
A detailed account of a family's travels during the early 1920s as described by an independent young college woman during her summer vacations.
Charles Henry Snedeker diary
Transcript of a diary created by a Union soldier who served in Company H of the 124th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry and mustered out in 1865.
Sue Spencer Papers
W. H. Storey Papers
Correspondence, diaries, educational materials, and genealogical documents of Storey and his family
James T. Tate Journal, Photograph, and Service Ribbons
Journal, photograph, and service ribbons of a young sailor aboard the USS Alabama in the years preceding the United States' entry into World War I.
Thomas Hubbard Hobbs diaries
The collection contains diaries of an Alabama lawyer, planter, and legislator from Athens, Limestone County, Alabama. Included is a three-month diary from 1862, when Hobbs was Captain of Co. F., Ninth Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The diaries also cover his time as a legislator representing Limestone County, Alabama; his support for the railroads; and his work on the family plantation.
Thomas K. Jackson journals
Four journals documenting the daily life of Thomas K. Jackson.
Thomas S. Jordan Papers
Papers of this Birmingham, Alabama, dentist and his family.
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Arkansas Division, Confederate veterans' documents
Typescript copies of legal and financial documents filed in Arkansas between 1848 and 1873, as well as typescript copies of letters, diaries, and military service accounts written primarily by Confederate soldiers. The legal documents are mainly deeds of conveyance, tax records, and deeds for swampland.
United States Corps of Engineers Records
Correspondence, log books, and project maps from the United States Corps of Engineers
Paul Turner Vaughn diary
Civil War diary of a soldier from Marengo County, Alabama. It contains entries describing camp life, marching, and fighting in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia; including the Battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and Lookout Mountain.
Wade Hall Collection of Diaries and Scrapbooks
This collection consists of diaries, scrapbooks, and other personal books belonging to various individuals across the United States.
Carrie Watkins papers
Letters, recipes, and love poems, as well as her diary, written between 1857 and 1864 in Huntsville, Alabama, with her daily thoughts, favorite excerpts from literature and history, math problems, drawings of architecture, and problem solving.
William A. Stickney diary
Diary of Episcopal minister William A. Stickney contains entries dated from 1841-1847. The diary documents Stickney's life as a college student at LaGrange College in Franklin County, Alabama, the University of Alabama, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Entries provide information about Stickney's daily life, as well as descriptions of religious services he attended and led, and a description of his personal devotions.
William Cooper Diaries and Photograph
The collection consists of six diaries for 1864, 1867, 1876, 1882, 1884, and 1887, and a photograph of Cooper, an attorney from Tuscumbia, Alabama. The diaries contain daily entries made by Cooper and, in his absence from home, his wife, and give a great deal of information about the community, his activities, and his family.
William Crawford Gorgas Papers
Correspondence, diaries, writings, and other material of this Alabama native who eradicated yellow fever from the Panama Canal Zone and served as Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
William Henderson Wood Journal and Will
A daily journal by and last will and testament of this Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama resident.
Cunningham Wilson papers
Wilson's writings during his medical practice in the late 1890's
Violet Rochelle Wolford Diary
Diary of young woman in Cordova, Alabama, in 1918.
Woodward Family Papers
An extensive collection, including business and personal correspondence, financial records, photographs, and other materials of this Birmingham, Alabama, family, which owned and operated the Woodward Iron Company.