Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Alice Alison Lide and Margaret Alison Johansen papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0058

Overview Correspondence, research notes, typescripts, and galley proofs of sisters and Alabama authors Alice Alison Lide and Margaret Allison Johnson.

Dates: 1917-1959

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Benjamin Rice Holt Papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0159

Overview Letters and papers of this Confederate soldier and his family during the Civil War and afterwards.

Dates: 1860 - 1939

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jennie C. Lee Papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0113

Overview Contains photographs, letters, programs, and other materials created and collected by Lee, who was director of the Tuskegee Choir for twenty-five years (1903-1928).

Dates: 1891 - 1938

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Townsend Heaton letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0091

Overview Letters written by Dr. Townsend Heaton, a member of the 70th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War

Dates: 1861-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Mason Dill Archive: Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Photographic Collection

Collection

Identifier: WP-006

Overview This collection consists of photographs, drawings and graphic materials depicting John Mason Dill and his coworkers at the end of his working career as one of the draftsman at the engineering office at the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company in Birmingham and Fairfield, Alabama.

Dates: 1911 - 1951

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Andrew Jackson Riddle papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0162

Overview Papers and photographs by Civil War photographer Andrew Jackson Riddle.

Dates: 1864 - 1956

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's small manuscript collections

Collection

Identifier: W-0129

Overview A wide variety of individual and small collections consisting of letters, financial materials, and business records, all of which relate to Alabama or the South.

Dates: 1800 - 1970

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's small Civil War manuscript & artifact collections

Collection

Identifier: W-0150

Overview A variety of individual items and small collections that relate to the Civil War

Dates: 1860 - 2007

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Reuben Oscar Reynolds Papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0163

Overview Correspondence and records of military service (photocopies) of Reuben O. Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment.

Dates: 1861-1887

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Brewster and Conley sales records

Collection

Identifier: W-0075

Overview Contains the sales records from 1838 to 1846 of Brewster and Conley, a buggy and carriage manufacturing company located in antebellum Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1838 - 1846

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Board of Physicians and Surgeons of the Montgomery City Infirmary minutes

Collection

Identifier: W-0076

Overview Ledger contains minutes of the Board of Physicians and Surgeons of the Montgomery City Infirmary. Through the years the members discussed issues such as visiting hours, expanding the operating room, controlling patient behavior, and finding a resident physician to work nights and therefore assist with patients in the maternity ward.

Dates: 1888 - 1896

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

McAdory and Huey family papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0069

Overview Correspondence, manuscripts, and ledgers written by members of the McAdory and Huey families of Bessemer, Marion, and Talladega, Alabama

Dates: 1863 - 1929

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Forbes and Company land records

Collection

Identifier: W-0074

Overview Three journals recording land sales and transfers in southern Alabama, as well as memoranda and notes concerning the partners of this mercantile firm.

Dates: 1799 - 1849

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Andrew McClure Jones papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0070

Overview Patent documents, newspaper clippings, and other papers of Andrew McClure Jones.

Dates: 1879 - 1892

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Shelby Iron Company correspondence during the Civil War

Collection

Identifier: W-0071

Overview Correspondence, contracts, and receipts related to the production of iron at the Shelby Iron Works from 1863-1865.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert H. McKenzie dissertation, correspondence, and notes

Collection

Identifier: W-0072

Overview Copy of Robert H. McKenzie's dissertation, "A History of the Shelby Iron Company, 1865-1881," and a small collection of correspondence and research notes related to the dissertation.

Dates: 1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George H. Thompson plantation records

Collection

Identifier: W-0073

Overview Ledger documenting the expenses of Russell County, Alabama, planter George H. Thompson.

Dates: 1855 - 1874

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Adam H. Whetstone diary

Collection

Identifier: W-0080

Overview Contains the diary of Confederate soldier Adam H. Whetstone of Prattville, Alabama

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Benjamin Franklin Whittemore record book and photographs

Collection

Identifier: W-0077

Overview Record book of Chaplain Benjamin Franklin Whittemore of the Fifty-Third Massachusetts, describing the military service of its members

Dates: 1863 - 1887

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Morris E. Boss letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0078

Overview Thirteen letters written by Morris E. Boss and members of the Boss family of Binghamton, New York.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Richard Holmes Powell papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0079

Overview Correspondence, essays, and speeches written by and to Richard Holmes Powell of Union Springs,Alabama, and includes the essay "On the Management of Slaves."

Dates: 1833 - 1905

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dauphin Island, Alabama, public development papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0148

Overview Papers and plat maps of real estate developments in Dauphin Island, Alabama, in 1953, 1958, and 1961.

Dates: 1953 - 1961

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

"The Federal raid into central Alabama"

Collection

Identifier: W-0040

Overview Text of a speech presented by James A. Anderson on April 3, 1935, at a meeting of the Kiwanis club of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, commemorating the seventieth anniversary of Union raids in Selma, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa.

Dates: 1935 April 3

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Virginia J. Hanson papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0018

Overview Contains a memory book documenting the senior year of Virginia J. Hanson, a 1912 graduate of Birmingham High School. Also contains research notes, correspondence and manuscripts related to Hanson's thesis, "Alabama in Legend and Lore."

Dates: 1912-1937

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Sarah Shorter Hunter commonplace book

Collection

Identifier: W-0019

Overview Commonplace book of Eufaula, Alabama, resident containing handwritten recipes, poems, quotations, and notes. In addition, the book includes a small number of newspaper clippings.

Dates: approximately 1835-1894

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas K. Jackson journals

Collection

Identifier: W-0021

Overview Four journals documenting the daily life of Thomas K. Jackson.

Dates: 1866-1873

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Philip P. Neely scrapbook of fugitive fiction

Collection

Identifier: W-0022

Overview Scrapbook containing handwritten notes and newspaper clippings related to Philip P. Neely's writings

Dates: 1851-1856

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Hall and Myra Hall papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0023

Overview Two copies of Hall's "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826" and a notebook detailing his sermons and revival participation from September 1886 through May 1887; a large portion of the notebook contains Myra Hall's writings

Dates: 1886-1904

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Lola Higginbotham memory book, McAdory High School, McCalla, Alabama

Collection

Identifier: W-0033

Overview Memory book documenting the senior year of Lola Higginbotham, a 1924 graduate of McAdory High School.

Dates: 1924

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Woodward Iron Company records

Collection

Identifier: W-0061

Overview Correspondence, financial and legal records, annual reports, and employee newsletters produced by the Woodward Iron Company and members of the Woodward Voting Trust, from 1945-1977.

Dates: 1945 - 1977

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Robinson papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0161

Overview Letters concerning Robinson's request for a commission in the "colored service" of the U.S. Army during the Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Oliver T. Reilly papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0158

Overview Papers and guidebook covering the Battle of Antietam, created by this childhood witness

Dates: 1906-1930

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bell I. Wiley Civil War articles collection

Collection

Identifier: W-0160

Overview A variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as bibliographical and general notes, discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals.

Dates: 1859 - 1979

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C. I. B. DeLage letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0156

Overview A letter from C. I. B. DeLage, a Mobile, Alabama, commission agent, to Carl G. Schneider detailing the financial history of Mobile during the Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Vernon archive of Co. F, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Collection

Identifier: W-0157

Overview Papers documenting the history of Co. F of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, including Company demographics and rosters, obituaries, and hand-drawn maps of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863.

Dates: 1883 - 1918

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

O. T. Brown letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0154

Overview Letter from O. T. Brown to the president of the Texas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy describing his experiences as a soldier during the Civil War.

Dates: 1898-05-26

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C. S. Phillips letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0155

Overview Letter detailing the movement of Union forces following the surrender of Mobile, Alabama, in April 1865.

Dates: 1865-04-18

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Joseph Zebulon Hearst letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0123

Overview Typescript transcriptions of twenty-one letters written by Confederate soldier Joseph Zebulon Hearst between May 1862 and December 1864.

Dates: 1931

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Lavinia Hetherling Leinau commonplace book

Collection

Identifier: W-0124

Overview Tennessee resident Lavinia Heatherling Leinau's commonplace book, containing poetry and notes from friends

Dates: 1831 - 1879; Majority of material found within 1831 - 1836

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II : typescript

Collection

Identifier: W-0120

Overview Unbound typescript of China Marine, written by Eugene Bondurant Sledge. The manuscript is 107 pages long and contains typed publisher's notations about formatting.

Dates: 2002

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

R. Landesberger letter and music

Collection

Identifier: W-0121

Overview 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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

The American Presidency: An Interpretation: manuscript

Collection

Identifier: W-0122

Overview Unbound, handwritten manuscript of Harold Joseph Lanski's The American President: An Interpretation.

Dates: 1939

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Columbus L. Hadaway memoir

Collection

Identifier: W-0118

Overview Typescript of Confederate soldier Columbus L. Hadaway's military memoir.

Dates: 1913

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Smith U.S. Army discharge papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0145

Overview Military discharge forms for James Smith, a member of the United States Army's Tenth Cavalry Regiment, also known as "Buffalo Soldiers."

Dates: 1872-04 - 1872-05

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ethel Armes letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0146

Overview Letter to Robert Jemison Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama, about uncredited copying of material from her book, The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama, and a letter to her brother about a promotion.

Dates: 1921 - 1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Booker T. Washington letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0136

Overview Letter from Booker T. Washington asking for financial support for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. The letter is dated November 12, 1915, two days before Washington's death.

Dates: 1915-11-01

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J. O. Campbell diary

Collection

Identifier: W-0139

Overview Diary of J. O. Campbell, a young man employed as a stenographer and typist in Montgomery, Alabama

Dates: 1895-01 - 1895-05

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

American Settlement Company letter and constitution

Collection

Identifier: W-0135

Overview Constitution of the American Settlement Company (a subscription company which sold plots of land to Kansas settlers) and a letter written by a company representative

Dates: 1855-06-11

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Aurora Pryor McClellan commonplace and autograph book

Collection

Identifier: W-0015

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

Dates: 1861-1903

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert H. Smith legal notebook

Collection

Identifier: W-0016

Overview Handwritten definitions and summaries of legal cases tried between 1869 and 1877, relating primarily to railroad interests and personal property law.

Dates: circa 1870

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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