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Alston Fitts Letters and Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0520
Abstract

Letters from this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, physician to his wife and children before and after he was shipped to France during World War I, as well as a photograph of Fitts.

Dates: 1917 - 1919

Catalog collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0286
Abstract

Six catalogs of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Three are clothing catalogs, one is a plant catalog, one is an automobile supply catalog, and one is a biography/silverware catalog.

Dates: 1883–1910s

Drayton Doherty Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1641
Abstract

This collection pertains principally the World War One service of Dr. Drayton Doherty (1893-1969) of Selma, Alabama. It contains more than sixty letters from Doherty to his parents during his service in France, in which he served as a medical officer, chiefly with the British Second Army. Other items in the collection include some official correspondence relative to Doherty’s military service, a miscellany of personal papers, and three photographs.

Dates: 1910 - 1927

Durst Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0461
Abstract

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

Earl Elmer Stewart Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1989
Abstract

Letters written by Private Earl Elmer Stewart of the Headquarter Company, 70th Artillery, Coast Artillery Command from April 5, 1918 to March 4, 1919 to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Elmer Stewart of English, Crawford County, Indiana.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

Janie May Eppes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0489
Abstract

Teaching materials and clippings gathered by a Birmingham, Alabama, school teacher for use in her classroom, and in the course of her own education

Dates: 1907-1957

Robert Court Fletcher World War I Correspondence and Dog Tags

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4151
Abstract

Sixteen letters and postcards from this World War I soldier to his sister in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dates: 1918-1919

Four Minute Men, Women's Division, Birmingham, Alabama, scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0539
Abstract

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other materials about this organization, whose members gave speeches in support of World War I.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

Louis Giesler letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2148
Abstract

Letter to brother Albert, from Army sergeant serving during World War I and training in Camp Sherman, Ohio, discussing camp life, training, rifles, and a fire that killed horses and mules. He mentions the possibility of "going over" soon.

Dates: 1918 August 18

Mrs. Oscar Hall scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0611
Abstract

Scrapbook created by Birmingham, Alabama, resident containing clippings and other items related to World War I, particularly Birmingham soldiers and sailors.

Dates: 1918-1919

Wade Hall Collection of Stereocards

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-004
Abstract

Collection consists of 1708 stereocards depicting scenes from all over the world.

Dates: 1874 - 1950

Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0313
Abstract

The personal, legal, military, and administrative papers, of this Alabama politician, Confederate general, and University of Alabama president.

Dates: 1840-1925

Jim Hollingsworth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4195
Abstract

Papers concerning WWI military disability claims

Dates: 1918-1956

Howell F. Hayslette Letter and Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0654
Abstract

Letter and photograph, from Hayslette in Conde, France, to "My Dear Mother," thanking her for a Christmas parcel and expressing longings for home.

Dates: 1919-01-06

Hughes family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3748
Abstract

Letters written by brothers Arley and Eli Hughes while serving in the Army during World War I and late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artifacts of this large, rural Alabama family.

Dates: 1885-1919

Joseph Wilbourn Young letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1596
Abstract

A collection of letters home from Europe, during and immediately after World War I.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

Photographic Album of an African American Family

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-002
Abstract

Small rectangular photo album containing photographs of prominent African American family probably from around Washington, District of Columbia area.

Dates: 1910 - 1955

R. Landesberger letter and music

 Collection
Identifier: W-0121
Abstract

Handwritten letter and sheet of music from Geneva (Switzerland) professor Dr. R. Landesberger to President Woodrow Wilson, dated January 7, 1919. A typed transcript of the letter is also included.

Dates: 1919-01-07

Rare vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: PM-013
Abstract

Contains a variety of rare, published materials. Most notable are the almanacs, biographies, guidebooks, art catalogs, and works of literature.

Dates: circa 1750-2000

Roland Lee Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0011
Abstract

This collection includes documents related to the army service of this York, Alabama, native; an essay; a biographical sketch; and three miscellaneous letters.

Dates: 1891- circa 1919

Roy C. Corbell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0358
Abstract

Miscellaneous financial documents and copy of General Order No. 38-A, American Expeditionary Forces, February 28, 1919 (letter from General John J. Pershing to soldiers at the end of World War I).

Dates: 1919-1952

Schaudies-Banks-Ragland Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-021
Scope and Contents

Thirty seven framed photographs of African Americans in military uniforms, Border War, WWI, and WWII including portraits of Duncan Fields and Rubin Fields; portraits of women and families; large plaque with two photos of military men (Willie L. E. Means and James E. Means, date of their enlistment in the army).

Dates: 1898 - 1959

Roy and Sara Swindell Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2926
Abstract

Letters from Roy Swindell and Sara Swindell to their family, who lived in Chattanooga, and later Nashville, Tennessee. The letters discuss missing home, traveling for work, and Bible verses. One letter is from Sara to their son James, an officer in the armed services during World War II.

Dates: 1918-1935

James T. Tate Journal, Photograph, and Service Ribbons

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4121
Abstract

Journal, photograph, and service ribbons of a young sailor aboard the USS Alabama in the years preceding the United States' entry into World War I.

Dates: after 1918

Victor Hugo Friedman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0545
Abstract

Personal and official correspondence, photographs of a camp in the Alps, lieutenant's commission, Croce al Merito di Guerra, and various items issued by the military to this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native.

Dates: 1918

Wade Hall Collection of World War I Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4251
Abstract

Letters and documents to and from American World War I soldiers and their families

Dates: 1908-1978

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.006
Identifier: 2009-032
Abstract

This collection of 208 black and white photographs depicting unidentified people playing in a snow, on the beach, in the garden, and World War I soldiers.

Dates: 1910 - 1920

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.030
Identifier: 2009-143
Abstract

This collection consists of thirty-four photographs depicting people from Kentucky and Chicago, Illinois engaged in various activities: playing in a snow, playing baseball and driving cars. Also this collection consist of portraits of military men from World War I.

Dates: 1910 - 1940

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.016
Identifier: 2009-061
Abstract

This collection consists of fifty-eight photographs depicting people engaging in various activities.

Dates: 1870 - 1950

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.029
Identifier: 2009-127
Abstract

This collection consists of eleven photographs depicting people and places in Kentucky.

Dates: 1860 - 1930

Wade Hall World War I photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-034
Abstract

This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.

Dates: 1914 - 1918

Wilfred A. Joubert Papers from Suriname and Mexico

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4242
Abstract This collection contains maps, legal documents, correspondence, receipts, photographs, and other materials related to the business ventures of Wilfred Adelbert Joubert (1867-1940), an American businessman. Mr. Joubert moved to Paramaribo, Surinam (Dutch Guiana), from 1891-1899 to harvest balata—an early latex product—for the American Exploitation Company, then to Chiapas, Mexico, to export bananas for the United States Banana Company (1908-1911), and then rubber for the Rio Michol Rubber...
Dates: 1813 - 1925

Willie T. White papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1548
Abstract

Contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, and other materials, the majority of which are related to Willie T. White, who resided in Rockford, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1860-1970

Violet Rochelle Wolford Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4065
Abstract

Diary of young woman in Cordova, Alabama, in 1918.

Dates: 1918

World War I and World War II Photographic Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-001
Abstract

This collection consists of nine photogrpahic albums from World War I and World War II.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1912 - 1947

World War I Military Unit Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4087
Abstract

Photographs of military units in camps in the United States

Dates: 1917-1918

World War I photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2468
Abstract

Three photographs of World War I era soldiers

Dates: circa 1917-1919

World War I Posters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4200
Abstract

A variety of American World War I propaganda posters

Dates: circa 1917 - 1918

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