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Bedford H. Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3683
Overview
Legal documents, financial records, correspondence, and other personal papers of this Tuscaloosa County probate judge in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Dates:
1830-1945
Midway, Alabama, city records
Collection
Identifier: W-0046
Overview
Handwritten copy of the town charter with all ordinances from 1882 to 1937, court records, and town council minutes for the town of Midway, Alabama.
Dates:
1882-1937
Letters to Elizabeth J. Coman
Collection
Identifier: W-0047
Overview
Letters to Elizabeth J. Coman of Athens, Alabama, from her husband and sisters between 1834 and 1843.
Dates:
1834-1843
Rice, Chilton, and Jones, attorneys, letterbook
Collection
Identifier: W-0049
Overview
Letterbook containing copies of correspondence written by Montgomery, Alabama, lawyers Samuel F. Rice, John M. Chilton, Thomas G. Jones, and Ariosto A. Wiley, between 1871-1873.
Dates:
1871-1873
Howard Weeden papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0008
Overview
Three composition books filled with collections of quotations and illustrations and one book of devotions.
Dates:
between 1735 and 1905
Albert Taylor Goodwyn Alabama secession essay and notes
Collection
Identifier: W-0037
Overview
Brief narrative and collection of notes related to Alabama secession written by politician Albert Taylor Goodwyn in 1916
Dates:
1916
B. L. Holt correspondence on the 1908 Confederate Veterans Reunion
Collection
Identifier: W-0044
Overview
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
Francis L. Constantine ledger and letter book
Collection
Identifier: W-0045
Overview
Journal includes ledger entries, transcriptions of letters, and recipes, as well as a few letters and newspaper clippings
Dates:
1866-1889
Wallace Marshall manuscripts and research material
Collection
Identifier: W-0003
Overview
Correspondence, research notes, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts related to "Tensas Doctor" and "Noise of Great Waters" by Marshall Wallace
Dates:
1947 - 1948
"Harwell G. Davis: Alabama Statesman and Baptist Leader": typescript
Collection
Identifier: W-0004
Overview
Typescript of Susan Hunt Ingram Ray's master's thesis on Harwell G. Davis.
Dates:
1996
Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860, volume 2, manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: W-0007
Overview
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
William B. "WIllie" Pape Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3689
Overview
Two scrapbooks kept by Willie Pape during his years in England as well as a bound volume of his sheet music.
Dates:
1862-1875
Captain Slick collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0274
Overview
Numerous legal papers pertaining to the slander case of John Berry versus James Latham, in Jackson and Madison Counties, Alabama, 1830-34, and that of Alanson Huff versus Cowart et al., Madison County, 1831-1833. These appear to have been collected by James W. Bragg for a paper delivered to the Alabama Historical Association in 1957. A photocopy of Bragg's paper, "Captain Slick, Arbiter of Early Alabama Morals," and another by Jack K. Williams, "Crime and Punishment in Alabama, 1819-1940" are...
Dates:
1830-1834
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
Wright, Cotten, and Douglass Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1583
Abstract
This collection contains diaries, correspondence, and other materials related to four generations of this Tennessee/Alabama family.
Dates:
1798 - 1990
Wynn Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1590
Abstract
An extensive collection of correspondence, diaries and legal and financial papers relating to John Henry Irby Wynn (1787-1854), teacher and farmer in Limestone County, Alabama, and his son Alexander Montgomery (1823-1897), daughter-in-law Martha (Curtis) Wynn (1826-1907), and grandson John Robert Wynn (ca. 1860-1896). The diaries include accounts of Alexander Wynn's trip to Arkansas in the 1850s.
Dates:
1845 - 1913
Washington Daniel Miller Letter and Photograph
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0991
Abstract
A letter dated 12 July 1883, to his sister, Caroline Miller, about examinations of students at Tuscaloosa Female Academy, the examination of the senior class at the University of Alabama, and his recent activities in Tuscaloosa. The collection also contains photograph of Miller copied from the original at the University of Texas Institute of Texas Culture
Dates:
1833-07-12
William MacMillan Petition and Report
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0966
Abstract
The report of the naturalist hired by the trustees of the University of Alabama to acquire specimens for the proposed Museum of Natural History. It includes a list of specimens acquired, proposals for further acquisitions and collection development, and a request for additional funding.
Dates:
1830 - 1831
Francis Johnson Keene Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0798
Abstract
Ledger sheets of accounts recording the sale of lumber, flour, corn, and other commodities. The collection also contains poems written by and arithmetic exercises done by Frances Johnson Keene.
Dates:
1843 - 1855
Lawrence County, Alabama Tavern License
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0847
Scope and Contents
A license dated 23 September 1835, granted to Alexander M. Brooks, Edward Jones, and M. Seuris to operate a tavern in Lawrence County, Alabama.
Dates:
1835-09-23
Judson Baptist Association, Henry County, Alabama, Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0793
Abstract
A single record book containing church articles, decorum for the order of business, and minutes for church meetings 1850-1865 of this Henry County, Alabama, Baptist church. The collection also contains a program for the inauguration of James Huey Edmondson as president of Judson College, 1967.
Dates:
1850 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1865
Johnne Bryant Willbern Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1556
Abstract
A series of letters written from May to September 1954, by the wife of the chair of the political science department at the University of Alabama while accompanying her husband to New Zealand, where he was teaching. They were written to family and friends and contain accounts of the family's experiences and descriptions of local customs. One newspaper clipping is also included.
Dates:
1954
Montgomery, Alabama, Cemetery Register
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1010
Abstract
A record of the sale of lots in the Montgomery, Alabama, city cemetery, 1856-78. Sales were entered in a “Registration Oath” ledger. Also includes a sample deed.
Dates:
1856 - 1878
John M. Miller Broadsides
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0990
Abstract
Two political broadsides relating to John M. Miller's campaign for the office of mayor of Cordova, Alabama, possibly in 1947.
Dates:
1947
Methodist Episcopal Church, South Russellville District, Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0984
Abstract
Record of the annual conference of this northwest Alabama circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Records of numbers of members gained, lost, new Sunday schools, and etc.Record of the annual conference of this northwest Alabama circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, including numbers of members gained and lost, new Sunday schools established, and other information.
Dates:
1926 - 1930
Merrimack Baptist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0981
Abstract
A ledger containing the church roll, 1903-1909; meeting minutes, 1903-1908; and scattered financial records, 1904-1906, 1909 of this African-American church in Huntsville, Alabama
Dates:
1903 - 1909
Maysville, Alabama, Methodist Church Circuit Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0982
Abstract
This collection consists of two record books for the Maysville Circuit Methodist Conference. They contain meeting minutes and financial notes. The first book begins on April 10, 1880 and ends in 1884. Two pages, dated 22 July and 29 August 1891 have been inserted. The second book begins in 1885 and ends on December 9, 1889.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Methodist Episcopal Church, North Alabama Conference, Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0983
Abstract
Records of the quarterly conference meetings of this Methodist Episcopal Church, South, circuit in Madison County, Alabama, including lists of new members, baptisms, and deaths.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Alabama Homes Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-001
Overview
219 color photographs depicting Alabama homes.
Dates:
1970 - 1979
W. T. Ogle Testimony
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1067
Abstract
Statement dated 18 March 1878 concerning the actions of General John T. Croxton's Union Army forces in seizing Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 1865.
Dates:
1878-03-18
Dr. James Anderson Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-002
Overview
This collection consists of seven photographs of the University of Alabama Centennial Pageant at the Denny Stadium.
Dates:
1931-05-11
J. P. McQueen Letterbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0969
Abstract
A letterbook containing copies of the correspondence of attorney J. P. McQueen to legal clients and others.
Dates:
1887 - 1888
Deborah Nygren Paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1063
Abstract
A paper written by Deborah A. Nygren for the University of Alabama's History 567 class in 1976 entitled "The Carpetbaggers of the 1867 Alabama Constitutional Convention: A Study of Personal and County Characteristics on Carpetbaggers in Alabama during the Reconstruction era." It examines the relationship between the popular conceptions of carpetbaggers and the role played by black voters in electing them to office, as they related to pre-war anti-secession sentiment and voting patterns, and to...
Dates:
1976
New River Primitive Baptist Church Minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1043
Abstract
Church register of this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Baptist church including lists of members and minutes of monthly meetings.
Dates:
1826 - 1911
New Hope Baptist Church of Christ Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1041
Abstract
This collection consists of photocopies of the Wiley, Alabama New Hope Baptist Church of Christ meeting minutes, letter of faith, and financal records, 1881-83.
Dates:
1881 - 1903
National Alliance of Postal Employees. District Four, Birmingham Branch, Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1036
Abstract
Material related to the Birmingham chapter of this organization of African-American postal employees, 1951-53.
Dates:
1951 - 1953
Hopewell Baptist Church Historical Information
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0702
Abstract
A list of original members and some of the pastors of this Alabama church by an unknown author.
Dates:
1822 - 1913
Inge Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0726
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1833 - 1968
George W. Oliver Receipt
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1080
Abstract
A receipt for slave named Anderson, aged about 8 years, sold to Jonathan Orr of Morgan County, Alabama.
Dates:
1833-01-12
Order of the Eastern Star, Grand Chapter Register of Visitors
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1074
Abstract
Register of visitors at the 33rd annual session of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star of Alabama, October 17-19, 1933. It includes the names of visitors, grand officers, 1932-1933, past grand matrons, section chairs, pages, and the general membership, plus chapter names, numbers, and locations.
Dates:
1933
Lucien Owen Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1085
Abstract
A letter dated 8 October 1857, from a student at the University of Alabama to his father, which dicusses student life.
Dates:
1857-10-08
Lewis May Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0934
Abstract
November 1808 letter to Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. agent to the Creek Indians in Alabama and Georgia, regarding a claim for compensation for a stolen horse.
Dates:
1808-11
Doy L. McCall Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0942
Overview
Typescript copy of an article on General Lafayette's visit to Alabama, subsequently published in the Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 17, nos. 1 and 2 (Spring/Summer 1955), pp. 33-77. The collection also contains carbon copies of the author's transcripts of original documents relating to Lafayette's visit.
Dates:
1955
Thomas Maxwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0933
Abstract
Letters, texts of speeches about the importance of railroads for the economic development of the Birmingham-Tuscaloosa area (1855), and abstracts of the journal of this early Tuscaloosa businessman.
Dates:
1852 - 1865
Guy Ward Hubbs Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0711
Abstract
Includes the manuscripts of two books by Guy Ward Hubbs, who received his doctorate from the University of Alabama. The works include Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: An Illustrated History and Rowdy Tales From Early Alabama
Dates:
1981 - 1987
National Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company Deposit Book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0717
Abstract
National Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, Huntsville, Alabama branch, deposit book.
Dates:
1870 - 1874
Beat 15 Petition
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0708
Abstract
Petition dated 23 March 1898 from citizens of "Beat 15," which included Montgomery and Crenshaw Counties, to the Board of Revenue, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. The petition requests the construction of a road to be called the "Grady Road."
Dates:
1898-03-23
Masonic Order Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0924
Abstract
Records of Masonic lodges,1909-21, including the names of some members in Alabama.
Dates:
1909 - 1921
R. M. Patton Documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1111
Abstract
This collection consists of a letter regarding lands due the Wills Valley Railroad Co. (part of Northeast and Southwest Alabama RR) upon completion of 20 miles of track, also an offer to purchase mineral rights to the same from Governor (military?) R. M. Patton, who was also President of the Board of Directors of the Central Mining and Petroleum Company of Alabama. Also contains a copy of some legislation.
Dates:
1866
Lewis Parrish Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1104
Abstract
A letter dated 26 July 1850, to J. R. Koogler, which discusses the people, countryside, and business prospects of Livingston, Alabama.
Dates:
1850-07-26
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