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Air pollution legislation papers
Essays and research on air pollution and air pollution legislation from 1961 through 1971 from various authors.
J. D. Barron research material on Native Americans
Research notes and correspondence related to J. D. Barron's research on native American place names in Alabama.
Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers
Documents, interviews, and source material used by Camille Elebash,in co-producing with Joe Terry, the documentary George Wallace: A Politician’s Legacy.
Peter Archibald Carmichael papers
A collection of this Alabama native and Louisiana State University professor's lecture notes, publications, and professional files on subjects including logic, religion, language, labor arbitration, and civil rights/segregation.
Charles W. Edwards research notes on Coffee County, Alabama
This collection contains research notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials compiled by Charles W. Edwards and related to his study of Coffee County. The collection also includes two drafts of his completed report, County Government and County Affairs in Coffee County Alabama.
Cobb Coal Company records
This collection contains records from an Alabama coal company.
Cowin family papers
Walter R. Crane notebooks
Two bound notebooks of handwritten lecture notes made by Walter R. Crane
Walter Henry Crenshaw commonplace book
A copy of the Lawyers Common-Place Book, profusely annotated by Crenshaw with notes on Alabama statute and case law through 1886, and miscellaneous additional items.
Margaret Dalton papers
Miscellaneous papers, slide carousels, photocopies of primary sources (some in German), and copies of class notes from the School of Library and Information Studies
Eyre Damer papers
A scrapbook and accompanying materials relating to the book “With C.H. Ellis Through Central America and Panama: Quarantine Tour of Central America and Panama by Health Authorities as Guests of the United Fruit Company,” compiled and distributed by that firm.
Alex Van Hoose Davies family papers
Photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. There are also some personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, augmented with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies, as well as copies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.
Jennie Kendall Dean papers
Manuscripts of two articles/stories: "Memories that Bless and Burn" and "The Mills of the Gods," with emendations.
W.E. Dearman paper
Typescript copy of Judge W.E. Dearman's "The Town of Gaston, Alabama," a history of Gaston, an abandoned town in Sumter County, Alabama.
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.
Lista Geil Eddins papers
Diaries, clippings, photographs, correspondence, sheet music, and church bulletins belonging to this University of Alabama music department head.
Edward Eppes notebook
Notebook containing handwritten notes, including billing and account information, property dimensions, worklogs, and sketches of tools, of this Georgia-based civil engineer.
Janie May Eppes papers
Teaching materials and clippings gathered by a Birmingham, Alabama, school teacher for use in her classroom, and in the course of her own education
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).
James M. Faircloth papers
Includes student papers and personal papers of J. M. Faircloth, a professor of civil engineering at The University of Alabama during the years 1961 through 1969.
G. H. Osterhout Paper
A paper titled "The Sites of the French and Spanish Forts in Port Royal Sound," composed some time after 1931. The collection also includes nine black and white photographs of excavations of Charles Fort, Parris Island, South Carolina, conducted by Osterhout in 1923.
Marian Gallaway papers
Collection of play scripts, theatre notes, research, programs, and photographs compiled by the long-time director of the University of Alabama Theater.
George Benagh promissory note
Promissory note dated January 1, 1858, in which The University of Alabama agreed to pay $150 to W. J. Hays for the use of a slave named Paul for one year. The note was signed by George Benagh, a professor acting on behalf of the University.
Collection of Alabama governors materials
Correspondence, certificates, programs, and other documents signed by twenty-six Alabama governors serving between 1820 and 1970.
Virginia Chapman Green genealogical research
Folders containing Green's personal genealogical research.
Wade Hall's Abraham Lincoln papers
Hall's Abraham Lincoln research material containing newspapers, handwritten notes, and a draft of his play.
Robert Shattuck Hodges papers
Quizzes/ notes for biogeography and cell physiology classes and a biochemistry class syllabus
B.J. Hollars research notes
Research notes on civil rights in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
James Holt carpentry notebook
This collection consists of an account book created by this Montgomery, Alabama, carpenter, with notes and entries relating primarily to the purchase of construction items such as nails, plaster, boards, etc.
Shaler Houser papers
This collection contains the notes, sketches, postcards, letters, and other materials of Shaler Houser.
John R. Hodge Papers
Paper titled "An Editor Spends a Day with the Army,” [presented to the?] American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 13, 1942. Includes annotated photographs of editors visiting Governors Island, New York, HQ of Eastern Defense Command and First Army and photographs of defense drills somewhere on the East Coast.
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.
Julia Praytor Killingsworth Paper
Two versions of an article, "Vienna on the Tombigbee River" written by Julia Prayter Killingsworth about this Pickens County, Alabama town, published in 1964 as part of a series she wrote about Pickens County.
Willie D. Shelby Livingston papers
Composition and essay booklets that contain lectures, poetry, and notes that are in multiple languages (English, German, Greek, and a type of shorthand).
John Rankin McLure papers
Contains records created by this University of Alabama College of Education dean
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.
Kate Speake Penny commonplace book
A commonplace book of Kate's favorite literary authors, which includes her own notes, quotes, and reflections.
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.
Thomas Minott Peters papers
A collection of Thomas Minott Peters' notes on the study of Alabama's lichens, a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanbacteria living among fungus. The notes are handwritten by Thomas in the scientific form of Latin. Also includes his original typed paper titled, "Cataloge of Lichens in Alabama," 1881.
Carolyn Elizabeth Shepherd Price papers
Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes, instructions and essays Carolyn Shepherd Price collected and used as teaching materials in her home economics class. They include a broad range of topics including child development, clothing, health and home management and decoration.
R. D. Spratt "Notes on the Choctaw Indians, their language, etc."
Nineteenth century volumes by R. D. Spratt dealing with the history, legends, significant members, and language of the Choctaw Indians
Ralph M. Lyons Paper
A paper written by Ralph M. Lyons documenting the history of the Livingston Presbyterian Church in Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama.
Red River Land Survey
A set of surveyor's notes describing a tract of land along a "Red River," probably relating to a land grant, circa 1840.
Robinson Family History
A paper written by Stephanie O. Staten on the history of the Robinshon family from Birmingham, Alabama. Includes a certificate for "Robinson Family Reunion Day"
I. Willis Russell papers
Contains the note files on his new words, meanings, and usages. I. Willis Russell was a linguist professor at the University of Alabama.
Sacred Harp Singing records
Contains the records of this organization.
James M. Salem research materials for The Late Great Johnny Ace
This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes, and documents, all pertaining to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s.
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.
Grover Cleveland Smith Obituary Articles, Funeral Bulletin, and Letters of Condolence
Funeral bulletin and photocopies of three obituary articles and four letters of condolence
James Q. Smith papers
Contains a certificate from the Marion Military Institute, 1898, letters of correspondence 1892 -1939, financial receipts, newspaper clippings, telegrams 1918, legal documents from his election time period as Attorney General of Alabama 1918-1930, personal papers, notes and remarks as his time as judge 1930-1940's.