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12 Days in May Betamax Tapes
Collection contains the Beta Tapes during the student unrest May 1970 at the University of Alabama.
Alto Lee Whitehurst Class Notes
Notes for history classes at the University of Alabama during the 1940s, among them U.S. History, World History, and the History of the Old South.
American Association of University Women, Tuscaloosa Branch records
Includes the Tuscaloosa branch secretary’s notebooks, which contain the association's official correspondence, meeting minutes, by-laws, and other records that vary by year. Also includes the executive board files and scrapbooks
Harry V. Barnard paper
Condensation of a 1954 term paper titled "LaGrange College: A Historical Sketch.
Margaret Chenault papers
Memorabilia of a University of Alabama student, 1930-1934, including a scrapbook, record book, newspapers, and student organization documents
John E. Curry collection
Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.
D. M. N. Ross Paper
A paper titled "A brief history of the military department of the University of Alabama, 1860-1936,"written by D.M.N. Ross.
Daphne Cunningham Diaries
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.
Deborah Nygren Paper
Delta Chi Fraternity Collection
Donn Sanford photographs
Photographs of the first African American student admitted to the University of Alabama, Autherine Lucy, enrolling at The University of Alabama in February 1956.
Jim Edwards papers
Contains correspondence letters of Jim Edwards written to his family and friends, mostly containing information about his daily life. Also contains his grade reports during his time at Miami University, 1934-1938.
Elise Ayers Sanguinetti Papers
This collection consists of the correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs, as well as reviews and notices of Elise Ayers Sanguinetti, the Alabama author of The Last of the Whitfields (1962), The New Girl (1964), The Dowager (1968), and McBee's Station (1972).
Fleta McWhorter Dowling and Gwen McWhorter Papers
This collection consists of letters between Fleta McWhorter Dowling and her sister Gwen McWhorter, 1943-46, chiefly concerning the latter’s doctoral dissertation subject, some letters from others to Gwen McWhorter, and two Gwen McWhorter problem statements on the use of participation in the development of school health programs.
William Baker Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers University of Alabama materials
Items relating to Walter Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers as students at the University of Alabama, including commencement programs, SGA and WSGA ribbons, Triangle ribbon, library card, and invitation to a dance
Bessie Leach Hayden paper
Paper entitled "Then Came the Women: The University in the Nineties," written by Bessie Leach Hayden, Dean of Women, about the first sixty years of coeducation at the University of Alabama.
Edna Lee Holladay Diary
Diary (and transcription) kept by Edna Lee Holladay during her college days at the University of Alabama
James William Oakley Jr. Photographs
Photographs taken by James William Oakley Jr. during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956.
Letter from a University of Alabama Senior to His Cousin
This document is a letter dated July 2, 1853, from Jasper J. Jones, a senior student at The University of Alabama, to his cousin. In the letter, he writes about his upcoming commencement and shares details about graduation events. He also includes a ticket, inviting her to attend a ball as part of the celebrations. The letter provides insight into student life, social customs, and collegiate traditions at The University of Alabama in the mid-nineteenth century.
Lucien Owen Letter
A letter dated 8 October 1857, from a student at the University of Alabama to his father, which dicusses student life.
M. Carolyn Smith Papers
The collection contains material created and gathered as research for "A North Alabama Country Boy's Journey into the World of Nuclear Technology." Written for Professor Gary Mills at the University of Alabama, the paper is about Lester Elkin Burkhart, who worked in the United States atomic energy program.
Margaret Moore Photographic Album of Atlanta University Student Life
One photographic album compiled by Margaret Moore containing eighty-four black-and-white photographs depicting life at Atlanta University between 1917 and 1920.
Mary C. Partlow and John C. Pritchitt paper
A 1981 paper titled "John William Abercrombie, Thirteenth President of the University of Alabama, 1902-1911" written for a University of Alabama class by Mary C. Partlow and John C. Pritchitt.
Carrie T. McLester diploma
Carrie T. McLester's diploma from the Alabama Female Institute
Melpothalian Society Records
This collection contains an account of the society's proceedings, a list of members, and a note for $5,000 to W. P. Douthit dated Oct. 15, 1844.
Natalie Thornton Photograph Album
One photographic album depicting scenes from The University of Alabama featuring coeds at the Kilgore House and the campus. Also scenes from Montgomery, Alabama, New York City, New Orleans, Florida, and Texas.
Oleta Lewis Hardesty Photographs
Collection consists of fourteen photographs of University of Alabama coeds engaged in a variety of activities around campus, probably taken by Hardesty, a 1933 graduate of Alabama.
Marvin T. Ormond papers
UA Glee Club newspaper clippings and a photo
Thomas Waverly Palmer records
Surveys used to gather data for "Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901".
S. A. McPherson Papers
Notes by McPherson while a theological student at Payne University, a college for African Americans founded in 1889 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama, and copies of three commencement addresses at Attalla, Etowah County, and Thomas, Jefferson County, Alabama Public Schools.
Nancy Stallworth Shortridge Memorabilia
Photographs, invitations, dance cards, etc. from a University of Alabama student during the World War II years.
Mollie Sink Alabama Female Institute diploma
Alabama Female Institute diploma of Mollie Sink
Gene Smith Scrapbook
Scrapbook documenting a young woman's enjoyment of her life and times as she moves from high school to college.
Henrietta Thompson papers
This collection contains the papers and correspondence of an University of Alabama Home Economics professor.
Stanley Thrasher paper
A paper written by Stanley Thrasher for a University of Alabama class in American Folklore. The paper relates the history of the Thrasher Brothers gospel music group, of which the author was a member.
University of Alabama Alumni Society Membership Dues Letter
Form letter requesting payment of alumni membership dues to help fund scholarships.
University of Alabama Kappa Alpha Pledge Register and Alumni Directory
Pledge register for the University of Alabama's Alpha Beta Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order, February 1935 - August 1948
University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Portraits
This collection consists of four studio portraits of a soldier.
University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections UA Students Photographs
This collection consists of one photograph of the University of Alabama Women's Chorus.
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 Albert Jones Quarterly Report Card
Photostatic copy of an 1862 report card of this University of Alabama student from Marion, Alabama.
William Columbus Ward Speech Text
The text of Ward's 1858 valedictory address, delivered at the University of Alabama.