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A. B. McDaniel Journals and Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0951
Abstract
A journal of trips to Europe and western U.S., newspaper clippings about U.S. Army aviators and a flight around South America 1926, photographs, postcards, ticket stubs, and family letters
Dates:
1858 - 1927
Adams Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0006
Abstract
This collection consists principally of correspondence among members of the Adams Family, the majority of which concerns the Confederate service of a son, who wrote many letters detailing army life and conditions. It also contains papers related to Homer and John Adams, prisoners of war who died before returning home, and an Adams Family history by Irving Adams, dated December 18, 1948.
Dates:
1849 - 1926; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1865
W. T. Alexander genealogical papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0061
Abstract
Biographies of William Simeral Alexander of North Carolina (1817-1898) and his descendants, with reference to his ancestors to 1716, compiled in 1930 by W. T. Alexander.
Dates:
1817-1930
Alison family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0062
Abstract
Genealogical information, including typewritten booklets on various families. Individual folders are labeled with family names. The collection includes correspondence, photocopies, and photographs.
Dates:
after 1800
Ann Ayer Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0096
Abstract
A manuscript of Ayers's guide for "Locating and Using Selected Genealogical Sources," written in 1972 and copyrighted in 1978.
Dates:
1972
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
Austin family collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0095
Abstract
A collection of genealogical information on the Austin, Hutto, Lambert and Knox families. It also contains family correspondence, photographs, and legal documents.
Dates:
1887-1980
Aylette Family Tree
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0099
Abstract
A typed copy of the Aylette family pedigree.
Dates:
undated
Athelyne Celest Banks Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4105
Overview
Papers that document the life of a prominent African American educator in Decatur, Alabama.
Dates:
1889-2008
Eutaw Banks... Their Story as Suggested by the WCB Photo Albums (PDF files on CD-ROM)
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4176
Overview
The story of the family of James Oliver Banks II of Eutaw, Alabama, as told in the photographs of his son Wilkes Coleman Banks.
Dates:
1852-1941
Barker Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0112
Overview
Letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, genealogical records and other materials relating to Henry A. Barker (1879-1962), a Methodist Minister in Boaz, Alabama, and his family.
Dates:
undated
Henry R. Benagh letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0136
Abstract
A letter containing genealogical information about the Benagh family.
Dates:
1951
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
W.O. Bennett obituary and ancestry
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3489
Overview
Hand written copy of William Osborne Bennett's obituary and ancestry
Dates:
1921 June
Erline Bodine papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0179
Overview
An amalgam of genealogical research done by Bodine into the Bodine and Pate families, and a copy of a letter to Alabama Governor Guy Hunt, dated 21 March 1987, claiming damages of “about 160 A[cres] and one billion dollars” owing to a “stragedy” [sic] concocted by “Big Jim” [Fulsom?] and Franklin Roosevelt “to help the nation with my family’s resources.”
Dates:
undated
Bogy and Smith Families genealogy
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0180
Abstract
A miscellany of materials related to the Bogy and Smith families. The former were French immigrants of the early nineteenth century who appear to have settled, variously, in the Vine and Olive Colony of Alabama (Demopolis), around Arkansas Post, and around New Madrid, Missouri, while the latter were the families of Steven and Mary Jane Pitt Smith of Green and Choctaw Counties, Alabama, and Ivy Furman Smith and Mary Jane Morrison Smith of Green and Marengo Counties, Alabama.
Dates:
undated
Charles Boyd genealogy
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0195
Abstract
A collection of genealogical records pertaining to Boyd's family.
Dates:
undated
John Burnham papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0233
Abstract
Correspondence and other material relating to the captivity of Captain John Burnham in Algiers, 1793-94, his attempts to buy his freedom and subsequent efforts to secure reimbursement from Congress.
Dates:
1792-1832/1943?
Lucille Dorroh Burton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0239
Overview
A collection of genealogical records.
Dates:
unknown
Rosa Lee Busby papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0240
Overview
Genealogical research and papers compiled by Busby
Dates:
unknown
O. T. Buswell letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0242
Overview
Copy of a letter written by O.T. Buswell on 22 February 1870 from Rockville, Alabama, to George P. Buswell
Dates:
1870 February 22
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
Hamlin Caldwell family genealogy
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0256
Overview
Genealogy completed in 1958 by Daisy Caldwell and Jessie King Cave. The work documents the life of Hamlin Caldwell of Scottsboro, Alabama, and his descendants.
Dates:
1958 December 1
Callahan Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0262
Overview
A miscellany of materials, primarily genealogical records of a large number of families. The collection also contains files on the Hopewell Baptist Church in Fayette County, Alabama, the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company F, Alabama land records, and on women's suffrage.
Dates:
unknown
C. L. Clawson Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4135
Overview
Letter with family news and talk of growing cotton in Alabama versus in South Carolina, as well as some genealogical information.
Dates:
1850 August 5
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
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
Daughters of the American Revolution. Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0397
Overview
One photocopied and bound ledger, two ledgers and five loose leaf notebooks containing the minutes of the membership and board of the Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1901 to 1988.
Dates:
1901-1988
Jefferson Carroll Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4232
Overview
World War II letters, scrapbook, and genealogical materials
Dates:
1884-1945
Dorman and Noel family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0443
Abstract
A genealogical record of the ancestors of Lily Dorman Ramsey, plus family correspondence of the Dormans and Noels of Greensboro and Mobile, Alabama.
Dates:
1831-1866
Durst Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0461
Overview
Letters, newspapers, and miscellaneous documents from the Durst family. There is also a World War One era panoramic photograph and United Stated Service, or Blue Star Mother's flag.
Dates:
1708-1977; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1868
Samuel Earle papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0463
Overview
Correspondence dealing with Earle's tenure as a congressman representing South Carolina, and genealogical papers of Earle's grandson, Samuel M. Earle.
Dates:
1780-1907
Alice Estill papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0494
Overview
Extensive genealogy notes collected by Alice Estill of Miami, Florida (probably for the purpose of joining the Daughters of the American Revolution).
Dates:
1948-1950
Francis Bugbee papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0228
Overview
Consists principally of personal correspondence from Francis Bugbee's family and close friends concerning family and personal news. as well as genealogical materials relating to the Bugbee family and many other Massachusetts and Connecticut families. There is very little business correspondence or any information concerning his years as trustee, judge, or legislator.
Dates:
1818-1879; Majority of material found within 1818 - 1820
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
Henry Roland Godson genealogy
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4035
Overview
Genealogy and family history of this C.S.S. Alabama sailor
Dates:
1995
Virginia Chapman Green genealogical research
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0589
Overview
Folders containing Green's personal genealogical research.
Dates:
unknown
Myrtis Parker Handley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0617
Overview
Alphabetical folders of genealogies and genealogy research, including notebooks, newspaper clippings, and photos.
Dates:
unknown
Hardee family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3815
Overview
Financial documents, letters, and genealogical documents
Dates:
1852-1889
Humphries Family Ancestor Book and Story Collection (PDF file on CD-ROM)
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4175
Overview
Family history of the Humphries of Mississippi and Alabama.
Dates:
2008
Inge Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0726
Abstract
A copy of the will of Richard Inge, Sr., 1883; a copy of a letter from W.S. Wyman to a Mr. Inge, 1906, regarding Inge family genealogy; and correspondence between the University of Alabama library and Mrs. Z. M. P. Inge regarding the family's papers.
Dates:
1833 - 1968
George B. Inge papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0728
Overview
Research material for the book, The Herndon and Inge Families: Genealogical, Historical, Biographical.
Dates:
1862 - 1975
John Cocke Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0328
Overview
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 Collier Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0536
Overview
A sizeable collection of church correspondence, sermons, and other religious materials, and family correspondence and other personal items of this farmer and Southern Baptist minister in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1841 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1892
Henry P. Johnston papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0765
Abstract
Genealogical documents concerning the Johnston family including a large German family tree and copies of photographs
Dates:
Unknown
Josiah and Amelia Gorgas family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0580
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1820-1920
Junkins Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0794
Abstract
A collection of genealogical material including correspondence between family members, clippings of obituaries, and of newspaper stories about a family reunion.
Dates:
1878 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1878 - 1884
Kathrina Brown James Genealogical Notes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0742
Abstract
Genealogical information on the James family, much of it written by Mrs. James, including family documents, lineage charts, and articles about her husband, William K. E. James, a pastor in Tuscaloosa.
Dates:
1754 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1978
Krecker-Jobe family history
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0830
Overview
Contains genealogical materials and pages (possibly from a scrapbook) that include 19th-century photos.
Dates:
circa 1900-1970s
Alton Lambert papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0837
Abstract
A collection of genealogical information, cemetery records, photos, clippings, correspondence, and other materials.
Dates:
circa 1980s
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