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Douglas Arant Alabama Academy of Honor materials

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0081

Abstract

Materials relating to Arant's 1978 induction into the Alabama Academy of Honor, including a scrapbook with pictures from the induction, biographical information on members, and past programs from induction ceremonies.

Dates: 1974-1986

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Archibald Gilchrist to Colonel John McHall Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4847

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a four-page stampless folded letter dated September 12, 1839, from Alabama lawyer Archibald Gilchrist to Colonel John McHall of Washington, Alabama. The letter, annotated “By Boy,” was hand-delivered by an enslaved worker and concerns an upcoming trial involving the Tobin family. Gilchrist expresses concern over the illness of a Mr. Crawford, a potential witness, and speculates on the possibility that this illness might deter others from testifying. The letter...

Dates: 1839

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Archibald McLauchlin Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0961

Abstract

Correspondence, 1860-1869, and diaries, 1854-1870, of this North Carolina native who settled in Upper Peach Tree, Wilcox County.

Dates: 1854 - 1870

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Letters from Archie to Sarah and Brother

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2214

Abstract

Collection consists of family correspondence between Archie and siblings. Discusses education, farming, and family matters.

Dates: 1860 - 1874

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Argentina in the 1890s Photographic Album

Collection

Identifier: 2022-012

Scope and Contents

This collection of 50 black and white photographs depicts everyday life in Buenos Aires, Palermo, and Hurlingham, Argentina during the 1890s. Photographs measure approximately 6¾” x 8¾” and are captioned on versos, though some captions are partly trimmed. Photographs show public celebrations and parades, portraits of Argentinians, and landmarks such as the Banco de la Nación and Central Station of Ferrocarril del Sud.

Dates: 1890 - 1899

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Argument of William H. Seward in Defence of William Freeman

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4975

Scope and Contents This collection contains Argument of William H. Seward in Defence of William Freeman on His Trial for Murder at Auburn, July 21st and 22nd, 1846. A first edition printing of the legal record, the booklet's thirty-one pages contain a full account of Freeman's trial, including details relating to his sanity. In addition to emphasizing Freeman's humanity, Seward's defense recognizes the graphic nature of his crime but asserts that Freeman should not be held...

Dates: 1846-07-21; 1846-07-22

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A.R.H. Ranson Civil War Memoir and Publications

Collection

Identifier: MSS-5068

Scope and Contents This collection contains The Brown Raid and Stories of the War Between the States, the partially published memoirs of A.R.H. Ranson, a Confederate veteran and former slaveholder, who lived near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The typed manuscript is dedicated to Ranson's wife, who is unnamed, and divided into several sections that are listed in a table of contents. Also included in the collection are printed copies of corresponding articles that Ranson...

Dates: 1910

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Armed Forces pocket guides

Collection

Identifier: PM-018

Abstract

Contains foreign language and travel pocket guides for the United States Armed Forces.

Dates: 1946-1967

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edmund Armes papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0086

Abstract

Typed correspondence and telegrams from Armes in his capacity as Birmingham, Alabama chairman of the Sewanee (University of the South) endowment campaign to area Episcopalians, seeking donations for the institution. The collection also contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the campaign, and information on fundraising events.

Dates: 1919

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ethel Marie Armes papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0087

Abstract

Personal letters written by Ethel Armes, a Birmingham journalist and author, primarily to Alice Wiggin of Franklin, Massachusetts.

Dates: between 1890 and 2002

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Armstrong Family Western United States Trip Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4252

Abstract

Scrapbook created by a family in 1936, in a small, 3-ring binder after a family trip west, including postcards and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1936

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Army Specialized Training Program papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3602

Abstract

Panoramic photo and files of an Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) group

Dates: Between 1942 and 1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Arthur Duncan Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4153

Abstract

A copy of the first issue of The Open Post (v. 1, no. 1), the news organ of the 57th College Training Detachment of the Army Air Corps, based on the University of Alabama campus during World War II. Also included is a souvenir folder of the University in 1943.

Dates: 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A.S. Williams III Alabama Banking Collection

Collection

Identifier: W-0196

Dates: 1860; 1915-04-20; 1902; 1916 - 1922

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

AS Williams III Alabama Coal and Iron records

Collection

Identifier: W-0062

Abstract

Correspondence, annual reports and audits, maps, and other material related to coal and iron production in Alabama.

Dates: 1874 - 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Asa Moore Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4792

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a single autograph letter written by Asa Moore on December 31, 1853, in Mobile, Alabama, and addressed to Alpheus Fairfield in Lisbon, Maine. The four-page letter, penned on New Year's Eve, provides a detailed account of Moore’s observations of Mobile’s festive celebrations, modeled after the French Mardi Gras and similar to New Orleans traditions. Moore describes a midnight parade by a secret society composed of Mobile’s wealthy citizens, characterized by...

Dates: 1853 December 31

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ashby and Keifer family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2638

Abstract

The collection contains personal and business correspondence from different members of the Ashby and Kiefer families primarily providing news of daily life from those employed in sales and farming in and around Kentucky and Indiana.

Dates: 1883 - 1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Jason Ashenfelter World War II Artifacts and Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4007

Abstract

World War II memorabilia collected and photographs taken during Ashenfelter's tour of duty in Europe .

Dates: 1942-1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ashville Railroad Company Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0090

Abstract

Photocopies of resolutions about the formation of the company, legal documents, printed maps, certificates of incorporation, and board meeting notices related to the Ashville Railroad Company, 1882-1884.

Dates: 1882 - 1884

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Askew family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0091

Abstract

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.

Dates: 1844-1993

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Atkinson Family Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-193

Abstract

This collection consists of fourteen photographs, possibly portraits of the Atkinson family and their friends, taken by photographers in Anniston, Alabama; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Rochester, Staten Island, and Brooklyn, New York; and Chicago, Illinois.

Dates: 1880 - 1894

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company freight routes

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0093

Abstract

Freight traffic routes for this Georgia railroad company

Dates: after 1857

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Atlanta Grand Opera scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3527

Abstract

Articles clipped primarily from the Atlanta Constitution between 1910 and 1915

Dates: 1910-1959

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Audubon Place (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Historic District collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0094

Abstract

A collection of information compiled in 1981 in the process of applying for historic designation for this Tuscaloosa, Alabama district. It includes historical data, newspaper clippings about houses, lists of previous owners, special features of houses, floor plans, and an historical inventory of various homes.

Dates: 1981 - 1985

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Augusta Evans Wilson papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1563

Abstract

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a bound manuscript of the 19th-century author Augusta Evans Wilson of Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1859-1909

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Augusto César Malta de Campos Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2025-083

Scope and Contents This collection contains five large photographs that document a period of urban renewal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Taken by Augusto Cezar de Malta Campos from July to August 1906, they are captioned on the negatives, which often appear as white script at the bottom of each image. The first photograph is entitled "Rua do Callete - Rio 25-7-06. Adm. do Dr. Passos" and shows tramway tracks on the right side of the street. Two other photographs relate to the Third International Pan-American...

Dates: 1906-07-08 - 1906-08-27

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Augustus Lawyer Letter Commenting on the USS Warren and the "Pastry" War

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4981

Scope and Contents This collection contains a three-page letter dated 1839 from Augustus Lawyer to his father, Thomas Lawyer. Written in 1839 while Augustus was serving as an assistant surgeon aboard the USS Warren, the letter documents Lawyer's personal impressions of the aftermath of the Franco-Mexican "Pastry" War in Tampico, Mexico, where his ship was docked. It includes his criticism of his captain, whom Lawyer describes as "more of a granny than a...

Dates: 1839-08-01

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Aurora Pryor McClellan commonplace and autograph book

Collection

Identifier: W-0015

Abstract

Sketches, quotations, brief journal entries, and several letters.

Dates: 1861-1903

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Austin family collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0095

Abstract

A collection of genealogical information on the Austin, Hutto, Lambert and Knox families. It also contains family correspondence, photographs, and legal documents.

Dates: 1887-1980

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Austin L. Venable Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1498

Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts, research materials (original documents, notes, photostats, and microfilm), and copies of historical journals.

Dates: 1834 - 1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Autobiographical Letter from John Fee to Frederic Howe

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4887

Scope and Contents This collection contains a six-page autographed, autobiographical letter, written by John G. Fee and sent on October 30, 1849, from the Cabin Creek Post Office in Lewis County, Kentucky. The document is addressed to American inventor and manufacturer, Frederic Howe, in Danvers, Massachusetts, and describes Fee's life in Kentucky. It notes his beliefs about slavery, threats of mob violence, and his separation from his family and other white Kentuckians. In addition to noting his separation...

Dates: 1849-10-30

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Axalla John Hoole Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0698

Abstract

This collection consists of a manuscript written by W.S. Hoole, read to the Darlington Historical Society, October 7, 1967.

Dates: 1856 - 1967

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A.Y. Sharpe and Son, Demopolis, Alabama, records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1260

Abstract

Partial records of a Demopolis, Alabama, general store, including amounts brought forward, 1880-1892; and purchases, 1893-1911. Some loose pages are laid in to the account book.

Dates: 1880-1911

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Harry Mell Ayers papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0097

Abstract Contains the correspondence of this New Deal Democrat and Civil Rights supporter who owned the newspaper, the Anniston Star. The correspondence deals with local, state, and national political campaigns, elections, education, civil rights, editorials, letters to the editor, and events of the times. The collection also contains personal correspondence with other newspapermen, educators, and statesmen; copies of editorials and clippings on Alabama politics, Anniston, education, the Federal...

Dates: 1918-1956

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Aylette Family Tree

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0099

Abstract

A typed copy of the Aylette family pedigree.

Dates: undated

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

B. F. Cochran papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0325

Abstract

The texts of three of Cochran's speeches and a critical essay on the significance of Athens, Greece on later republics.

Dates: 1841

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

B. H. B. Latrobe St. Louis Cathedral Contract

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0845

Abstract

1819 contract for construction of the central tower on the St. Louis Cathedral.

Dates: 1819

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

B. L. Holt correspondence on the 1908 Confederate Veterans Reunion

Collection

Identifier: W-0044

Abstract

Holt's correspondence between May and June 1908, relating to his duties as quartermaster general in securing hotels accommodations and horses for Alabama Governor Braxton Bragg Comer and members of his staff who participated in the veteran's parade and other reunion events.

Dates: 1908

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

B. V. Horne Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0704

Abstract

Letter to Elizabeth (possibly his wife) explaining his financial situation.

Dates: 1853-12-27

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A. Babbitt letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0100

Abstract

Letter from Babbitt to his cousin William H. Babbitt of Princeton, New Jersey, describing an ocean voyage from New York to Mobile, and Babbitt's subsequent doings in Alabama.

Dates: circa 1843 December

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Arthur Bagby papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0102

Abstract

Contains materials, mostly photocopies, created by or relating to Arthur Bagby, the tenth governor of Alabama.

Dates: 1837

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bailey Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4297

Scope and Contents The Bailey Family Papers include letters created and received by multiple generations of family members. The bulk of the letters contains Reconstruction-era content, but there are also other later letters of interest written from Texas and Japan. Samuel Bailey wrote ten letters to his son George from 1865-1869. Although Samuel wrote most of the letters while in Macon, Georgia, he was in South Charlestown, New Hampshire, when he wrote the earliest one on June 10, 1865. The letters were...

Dates: 1859 - 1905

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Pitt Ballinger diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0104

Abstract

Diary covering the 1865 negotiations with General E. R.S. Canby and others over the cessation of hostilities between the U.S. and the state of Texas, other legal cases legal and business, as well as personal and family affairs.

Dates: 1864-1868

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Baltzell and Bullock families papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0105

Abstract

The papers of two Greene County, Alabama families involved in post-Civil War Alabama politics, including correspondence, a diary, essays, deeds, and financial documents.

Dates: 1839-1921

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

R. H. Banister industrial scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3798

Abstract

Industrial scrapbook containing articles and images pertaining to the Woodward Iron Company

Dates: 1902

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bank of the State of Alabama cashier's checks

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0106

Abstract

Three cashier's checks drawn by Samuel Pickens.

Dates: 1826

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bank of the State of Alabama, Huntsville Branch, Notices of Protest

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0107

Abstract

Notarized notices of protest against writers of drafts, bills of exchange, and promissory notes for which there were no funds available upon their due dates. Microfilmed by Alabama State Department of Archives and History, 1954.

Dates: 1836 - 1837

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860, volume 2, manuscripts

Collection

Identifier: W-0007

Abstract

Includes a carbon copy of the manuscript Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860, volume 2, written by William H. Brantley Jr. The bound manuscript is 371 pages long and covers the history of banking in the state from 1837 to 1849; it is part of a two-volume work that covers the years 1816-1860.

Dates: 1967

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections