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Aileen Kilgore Henderson Papers
Drafts and final manuscripts of the works of this award-winning Alabama children's author, and correspondence with her editor and with her fans. Also a United States Army Women's Corps uniform [not AKH's actual uniform; the attached insignia may or may not be hers either]: jacket, blouse, skirt and garrison cap, circa 1944-1951 and other military recognitions.
A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's Alabama authors collection
Correspondence, manuscripts, signed book pages, publication announcements, catalogs, and newspaper clippings related to the careers of several Alabama authors as well as the Alabama Writers Conclave and the Birmingham Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.
Album of quotations
Album containing handwritten quotations from the Bible, classical authors, and sources, as well as two handwritten copies of notices from the "Times" and "Tuscaloosa Gazette" (1881).
Al Andrews Amateur Journalism Collection
A very large collection of individually-produced fan magazines (fanzines or ‘zines), circular letters, and related materials, principally of science fiction fantasy subjects, named in honor of Birmingham native and science fiction artist, Al Andrews. See the finding aid for a detailed inventory of the contents of the collection.
Augusta Evans Wilson papers
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a bound manuscript of the 19th-century author Augusta Evans Wilson of Mobile, Alabama.
Belle R. Harrison letters
Letters to Harrison, a member of the Tuscaloosa women's literary society, the Kettledrum, relating to her book of poetry. Correspondents include Martha Young and Augusta Evans Wilson.
Billie Jean Young Papers
The collection contains materials related to Billie Jean Young's one-woman show Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light… and other materials produced and gathered by Young.
Black Warrior Review materials
Materials and correspondence of the Black Warrior Review.
George H. Blelock letter
A letter dated 21 June 1865 to Capt. J. M. Cary of Chunnenuggee, Alabama. Blelock, a publisher in New York, offered "the most liberal terms" for the future literary productions of Augusta Jane Evans (Wilson) (1835-1909), an immensely popular sentimental novelist.
George E. Brewer letter
Two typescript copies of a 1919 letter describing Bird H. Young who was the model for nineteenth century author Johnson J. Hooper's (1815-62) character Simon Suggs.
William Edmund Butterworth manuscript
Manuscript of Butterworth's book "Stock Car Racer," which was published by W.W. Norton and Company, 1966
Truman Capote papers
Marie Rudisill cookbook galleys, recipes with Capote comments, John Morris account book, James Johnson account book and the manuscript for the Yellow Drum, a play adapted from a Capote novel.
Carl Lamson Carmer letter
Letter written by this acclaimed author of Stars Fell on Alabama to Mrs. Raymond McClain, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, discussing Mrs. McLain's association with Ruby Pickens Tartt, who Carmer praises for her value to the state of Alabama and her work to raise awareness of the folk traditions of Alabama.
Aubrey Toulmin Carney contract
A contract dated 20 April 1950, with Charles Scribners Sons for her book, No Odds - No Victory.
Mary Tarver Carroll papers
Contains two undated letters written from this Alabama resident to Peter Brannon, most likely the director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History; two hand-written verses; and three printed cards with Christmas illustrations and poems written by Carroll.
Hatchett Chandler correspondence
Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.
Daniel Pinkney Christenberry commonplace book
A list of citations, evidently documenting Christenberry's reading, on various topics, mostly historical and literary
Zitella Cocke papers
The collection contains photocopies of photographs and poems, perhaps written by Cocke.
Elizabeth Tyler Coleman papers
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.
John Smartt Coley manuscript
Uncorrected manuscript of Coley's translation of Le Roman de Thebes, published in 1986 as part of the Garland Library of Medieval Literature.
Mary Elizabeth Counselman collection
A collection of manuscripts and publications from Alabama sci-fi/horror writer Mary Elizabeth Counselman
Ethel Creighton poem and watercolor
A poem and a watercolor by Ethel Creighton featuring the Old Spanish Tower in Mobile, Alabama.
Jennie Kendall Dean papers
Manuscripts of two articles/stories: "Memories that Bless and Burn" and "The Mills of the Gods," with emendations.
Michael Dorman papers
This collection consists principally of research material used in the writing of "The George Wallace Myth." Correspondence, proposals, and the book manuscript are among them. Galley proofs of two other books, "The Second Man," an overview of the changing role of the Vice Presidency and "Stockcar Butterworth," a book about stock car racing, are also part of the collection, as are poems, most of them unpublished, and copies of several published articles.
Dreams and nightmares Fifty-one, manuscript
Manuscript copy of the 51st issue of the Dreams and Nightmares magazines.
Albert John Farrah manuscripts
Typescript manuscripts of two textbooks (two copies of each) created by Albert John Farrah, Dean of the University of Alabama Law School from 1912 until shortly before his death in June of 1944.
Fifth Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature papers
Papers from the fifth Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature
Margaret Gillis Figh papers
This collection consists mainly of folklore and tales contributed by students in Figh's folklore and English classes at Huntingdon College, plus miscellaneous contributions from family and friends.
Frank Finnerty papers
Papers and radio scripts written by this University of Alabama graduate.
Will Glickman papers
Copies of Glickman's plays, musicals, and television scripts, as well as clippings.
Frank L. Grove reminiscence
Typescript reminiscences of the years when he was a "paying guest" at Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce's house.
Guild of Professional Writers for Children records
Materials related to the organization's activities, including its statement of purpose, membership applications and rolls, correspondence, newspaper clippings, works of members, announcements, calendars, newsletters, minutes, and financial records.
Guy Ward Hubbs Manuscripts
Includes the manuscripts of two books by Guy Ward Hubbs, who received his doctorate from the University of Alabama. The works include Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: An Illustrated History and Rowdy Tales From Early Alabama
Ruth Hannas letters
Letters from Frieda Lawrence and Angelino Ravagli to Hannas from 1924 through 1958.
George G. Hardin poems and song
Religious poems and hymn written by Hardin when he was in his 80s and 90s
Henry Timrod papers
This collection contains letters, some of them Civil War related, and poems to Rachel Lyons, of Columbia, South Carolina, primarily from the period 1861-1863.
"The Home of the Brownings"
Handwritten notes Octavia Walton Le Vert used during her lecture, "Home of the Brownings," which described her 1855 visit to the home of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning.
Howard Weeden papers
Three composition books filled with collections of quotations and illustrations and one book of devotions.
J. T. Wiswall papers
Two notebooks, containing mathematical equations and scientific essays, as well as the handwritten manuscripts of J. T. Wiswall's works "The African" and "Iliad of the Family," neither of which were ever published.
Julia Neely Finch Papers
Correspondence by and to Julia Neely Finch, as well as her poetry and short stories, written between 1890 and 1926, as well as a small handwritten and typescript collection of Julia’s poems and short stories and a Common Place Book, which served as a scrapbook of her published pieces.
Kentucky Poetry Review records
Papers and correspondence chiefly relative to the production of individual volumes of the Kentucky Poetry Review, 1973-1991, during the editorship of Wade Hall. The collection contains letters and poems by many very distinguished authors. It also contains a small amount of material relative to other undertakings by Hall.
Lorraine Standish Papers
Columns, poems, songs, and other materials of this Lillian, Alabama, poet and songwriter.
Mable B. Murphy Papers
This collections contains two letters to Murphy, agendas for guidance committee meetings and teacher in-service programs, a bibliography of guidance literature for African-American students, and a 1961 club schedule for Cobb Avenue High School.
Martha Young papers
The collection contains many of the works, both published and unpublished, many in the dialect of Southern African Americans, written by Martha Young of Greensboro, Alabama, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, as well as correspondence, photographs and pictures, genealogical information on the Tutwiler and Young families, and other miscellaneous items. Martha Young was the granddaughter of Henry Tutwiler and niece of Julia Tutwiler.
Mary Carlyle Aitken Letter
A letter dated 5 November 1873 to an unidentified recipient from Thomas Carlyle's niece, Mary Aitken, concerning an error in Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.
Monroe F. Cockrell research notes
Research notes and synopses on Emma Sansom, General Pickett at Gettysburg, "The Bivouac of the Dead," and General Forrest's crossing of the Sipsey River, March 29, 1865.
O. B. Emerson Papers
The collection chiefly consists of correspondence between O. B. Emerson and various individuals including authors, former students, and other faculty and staff from The University of Alabama. The collection also includes materials about different authors and subjects on which Dr. Emerson either taught or published, as well as a significant amount of materials related to professional organizations in which he was involved.
Kate Speake Penny commonplace book
A commonplace book of Kate's favorite literary authors, which includes her own notes, quotes, and reflections.
William Howland Robertson papers
Memoir, correspondence, and other miscellaneous papers of this seaman, merchant and diplomat from Alabama.
Samuel Gholson Woolf papers
A collection of personal correspondence and essays on various Southern topics by this Marengo County attorney and politician.