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A. B. McDaniel Journals and Scrapbook
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
Adams Family papers
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.
W. T. Alexander genealogical papers
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.
Alison family papers
Genealogical information, including typewritten booklets on various families. Individual folders are labeled with family names. The collection includes correspondence, photocopies, and photographs.
Ann Ayer Manuscript
A manuscript of Ayers's guide for "Locating and Using Selected Genealogical Sources," written in 1972 and copyrighted in 1978.
Askew family papers
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.
Austin family collection
A collection of genealogical information on the Austin, Hutto, Lambert and Knox families. It also contains family correspondence, photographs, and legal documents.
Aylette Family Tree
A typed copy of the Aylette family pedigree.
Athelyne Celest Banks Papers
Papers that document the life of a prominent African American educator in Decatur, Alabama.
Eutaw Banks... Their Story as Suggested by the WCB Photo Albums (PDF files on CD-ROM)
The story of the family of James Oliver Banks II of Eutaw, Alabama, as told in the photographs of his son Wilkes Coleman Banks.
Barker Family papers
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.
Henry R. Benagh letter
A letter containing genealogical information about the Benagh family.
James C. Bennett papers
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.
W.O. Bennett obituary and ancestry
Hand written copy of William Osborne Bennett's obituary and ancestry
Erline Bodine papers
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.”
Bogy and Smith Families genealogy
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.
Charles Boyd genealogy
A collection of genealogical records pertaining to Boyd's family.
John Burnham papers
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.
Lucille Dorroh Burton papers
A collection of genealogical records.
Rosa Lee Busby papers
Genealogical research and papers compiled by Busby
O. T. Buswell letter
Copy of a letter written by O.T. Buswell on 22 February 1870 from Rockville, Alabama, to George P. Buswell
Ottokar T. Cadek papers
Correspondence, diaries, genealogies, and various other documents relating to the life of this violinist, conductor, and teacher.
Hamlin Caldwell family genealogy
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.
Callahan Family papers
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.
C. L. Clawson Letter
Letter with family news and talk of growing cotton in Alabama versus in South Carolina, as well as some genealogical information.
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.
Collins family papers
Daughters of the American Revolution. Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) records
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.
Jefferson Carroll Davis Papers
World War II letters, scrapbook, and genealogical materials
Dorman and Noel family papers
A genealogical record of the ancestors of Lily Dorman Ramsey, plus family correspondence of the Dormans and Noels of Greensboro and Mobile, Alabama.
Durst Family papers
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.
Samuel Earle papers
Correspondence dealing with Earle's tenure as a congressman representing South Carolina, and genealogical papers of Earle's grandson, Samuel M. Earle.
Alice Estill papers
Extensive genealogy notes collected by Alice Estill of Miami, Florida (probably for the purpose of joining the Daughters of the American Revolution).
Francis Bugbee papers
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.
Eddy Lanier King Gilmore papers
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.
Henry Roland Godson genealogy
Genealogy and family history of this C.S.S. Alabama sailor
Virginia Chapman Green genealogical research
Folders containing Green's personal genealogical research.
Myrtis Parker Handley papers
Alphabetical folders of genealogies and genealogy research, including notebooks, newspaper clippings, and photos.
Hardee family papers
Financial documents, letters, and genealogical documents
Humphries Family Ancestor Book and Story Collection (PDF file on CD-ROM)
Family history of the Humphries of Mississippi and Alabama.
Inge Family Papers
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.
George B. Inge papers
Research material for the book, The Herndon and Inge Families: Genealogical, Historical, Biographical.
John Cocke Papers
Business correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and other materials (including the selling and purchasing of slaves) of this 19th century Marengo County, Alabama, plantation owner.
John Collier Foster papers
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.
Henry P. Johnston papers
Genealogical documents concerning the Johnston family including a large German family tree and copies of photographs
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.
Junkins Family Papers
A collection of genealogical material including correspondence between family members, clippings of obituaries, and of newspaper stories about a family reunion.
Kathrina Brown James Genealogical Notes
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.
Krecker-Jobe family history
Contains genealogical materials and pages (possibly from a scrapbook) that include 19th-century photos.
Alton Lambert papers
A collection of genealogical information, cemetery records, photos, clippings, correspondence, and other materials.