Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Charles Edward Bridges letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0209

Overview A letter dated 24 February 1849, written from the University of Alabama to Sam Houston, advising him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Erosophic Society.

Dates: 1849 February 24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Brien Chapel A.M.E. Church records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0211

Overview Records of this African Methodist Episcopal church in Burnsville, Alabama, from 1924-1973.

Dates: 1924-1973; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1956

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Overview Financial and legal documents of the Brierfield Ironworks along with some correspondence and printed materials, dating from 1866 to 1882. The materials are divided into two main groups: (A) those materials generated during Josiah Gorgas' control of the ironworks (1866-1869), and (B) those materials generated during Thomas S. Alvis' control of the operations (1869-1873).

Dates: 1864-1897; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1882

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Broadnax, Cleavland, and McKerrill account ledger

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0213

Overview Ledger recording purchases by customers at this general store in Eutaw, Green County, Alabama.

Dates: 1866

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Brookside-Pratt Mining Company records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0215

Overview This collection contains the pay records for W.M. Meadows for the year of 1919 at the Brookside-Pratt Mining Company.

Dates: 1919

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Brookwood Silver Liners Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2653

Overview The minutes, agenda, newspaper clippings, membership directories, and miscellaneous papers of this Brookwood, Alabama senior citizens organization.

Dates: 1985?-2009

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Richard Brough collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3679

Overview Prints from original sketches of "famous firsts" of Alabama and a sketch print of Farrah Hall on the University of Alabama campus

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Donald Brown collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3690

Overview The Century War Book: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (People's Pictorial Edition); Alabama Citizens' Commission on Constitutional Reform Collection; Rosenwald Schools in Kentucky, 1917-1932 Papers; and 4) Another Star is Born: Grand Opening Tuscaloosa Mercedes-Benz M-class Press Information packet.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Brown Hill School Trustees' minutes

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0217

Overview Trustees' minutes, covering 1916-1924 (including parents' rolls), of this school for African American students in Loachapoka, Lee County, Alabama.

Dates: 1916-1924

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Clinton Brown diploma

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3792

Overview This collection contains the University of Alabama law degree conferred to James Clinton Brown.

Dates: 1892 June 29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wilburt Scott Brown papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0221

Overview Copies of this University of Alabama graduate and faculty member’s dissertation with other manuscripts and documents

Dates: 1960-1992

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W. L. Bruce and Sons records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0223

Overview Ledgers and daybooks of this Catherine, Wilcox County, Alabama, country store, reflecting the economic and social conditions of this rural community from 1911 to 1936

Dates: 1911-1936

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Richard Trapier Brumby letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0224

Overview Letter from Brumby, dated 2 April 1834, from Tuscaloosa, to the firm of Wragg and Stewart in Montgomery, Alabama, concerning a debt owed to the firm

Dates: 1834 April 2

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bryce Hospital Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0225

Overview Various materials on the establishment and history of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, later known as Bryce Hospital.

Dates: 1849-1991

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Peter Bryce collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0226

Overview A small miscellany of materials including Bryce's appointment as medical officer of ship "Yorkshire," clippings about Bryce, among them his obituary, and copy of his "Moral and Criminal Responsibility," 1888

Dates: 1859-1888

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John H. Bryson letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0227

Overview Letter from Bryson, dated 12 March 1891, from Huntsville, Alabama, to the Rev. A. A. E. Taylor, St. Louis, Missouri, inviting him to visit Huntsville and discussing the inauguration of a Mr. Briggs

Dates: 1891 March 12

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Buckner Confederate Hospital Medical Logs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4339

Scope and Contents This collection from Buckner Hospital, dating from April 1862 to April 1865, is comprised of one ledger of patients treated by the hospital’s mobile unit and one ledger of medical orders. The patient ledger is 343 pages and contains patient names, ranks, regiments, companies, complaints and applied treatments, and whether the patient was discharged or died. The medical orders ledger is 141 pages of general and specific orders concerning medical treatment at field hospitals. The ledgers are...

Dates: 1862-04 - 1865-04

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bullock County Historical Society papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2589

Overview Papers, correspondence and research relating to the establishment of the Bullock County Historical Society, as well as some transcriptions of oral histories, cemetery records, and "genealogical" correspondence about the town of Midway and Bullock County.

Dates: 1977-1987

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Maude Buntin collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0229

Overview Miscellaneous papers related to Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama, including the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Centennial program, 1937, the 50th anniversary booklet of the Tuesday Study Club, 1964, a Bible Study schedule for 1913, and clippings and photos related to Pickens County landmarks.

Dates: 1913-1976

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands labor contract

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0230

Overview Labor contract dated 16 June 1865 with estate of Greene Underwood of Dallas Co., Alabama, binding former slaves to plantation in return for food, clothing and medical care

Dates: 1865 June 16

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Mitchell Burford letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0231

Overview Letter written by Burford, dated 20 October 1847, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his brother in Summerfield [Alabama?]

Dates: 1847 October 20

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jonathan Burford summons

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2212

Abstract A summons from Jonathan Burford, Circuit Court clerk, to the sheriff of Lawrence County, Alabama, asking the sheriff to compel John P. Broadnax, William F. Broadnax, and William Faxhall to pay debts.

Dates: 1821 May 1

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J. M. Burke Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4127

Overview Letter from nephew to uncle discussing the chances of various political candidates in the 1860 election

Dates: 1860 September 17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Joe W. Burleson deposition

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0232

Overview Tuscaloosa, Alabama Circuit Court deposition, dated 3 February 1977, of the plaintiff in civil action no. 7984, Joe W. Burleson vs. National Broadcasting Co., et al.

Dates: 1977 February 3

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Gladys King Burns papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0234

Overview Letters and other documents created and gathered while researching her thesis, "The Alabama Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948," at Auburn University.

Dates: 1948-1965

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bush and Lobdell Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0049

Overview Five letters and a telegram to a foundry in Delaware from various Alabama railroads concerning purchase of wheels, trucks, pinions, and other items.

Dates: 1860

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Business and Professional Women's Club records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0241

Abstract Scrapbooks and papers of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club. Papers include treasurer's reports, public relations reports, and other club information. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, programs, club yearbooks, and invitations.

Dates: 1935-1967

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Carleton K. Butler papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2486

Overview photocopies of University of Alabama band programs, Alumni Bulletin for the University from 1979, and the Birmingham News (Alabama) from 1979

Dates: 1979

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Helen N. Butler scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0244

Overview A scrapbook by Helen N., "Nellie," Butler of Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, consisting of clippings of newspaper articles, obituaries, poetry, marriage announcements, invitations, visiting cards, letters, prints and engravings.

Dates: 1857–1888

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jack S. Butler papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2485

Overview Letters written to and from Lt. Jack S. Butler and his wife, Maxine, in 1945, while he was stationed in Italy, and she was in Notasulga and Auburn, AL

Dates: 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mike Bynum papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0246

Overview Manuscript (photocopy) of Bynum's book "High Tide" (published by Cross Roads Books, 1978) and research notes

Dates: 1978

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C. H. Miller Store Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0987

Abstract General merchandise store records, including ledgers, daybooks, correspondence and miscellaneous materials from a business located in Miller, Marengo County, Alabama.

Dates: 1891-1910

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C. N. Henkle Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0664

Abstract A letter dated January 1878, to Mrs. J. Avery, detailing Henkle's involvement in Croxton's Raid, a spring 1865 Union Army foray into west Central Alabama, and the Union seizure of Tuscaloosa in April 1865.

Dates: 1878-01

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ottokar T. Cadek papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0253

Overview Correspondence, diaries, genealogies, and various other documents relating to the life of this violinist, conductor, and teacher.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cahaba, Alabama Public Land Office record

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1172

Overview Public land office records from Cahaba, Alabama, possibly created by George S. Gaines.

Dates: 1825 - 1830

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cahaba Coal Mining Company meeting minutes

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3805

Overview Meeting minutes for this Alabama coal mining company

Dates: 1892 September 16

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Calcedonia Cemetery gravestone list

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0259

Overview A 1992 list of names found on gravestones in this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, cemetery.

Dates: 1992

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John H. Caldwell papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0258

Overview Business correspondence, legal papers, and reports of land agent for state of Alabama. Does not cover his entire term, 1879-1902.

Dates: 1886-1902

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Caleb Huse Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0723

Overview Six letters dated between July 20, 1859 and December 21, 1904, including two to Mason Graham in 1859, concerning the chair of mathematics and the superintendancy at Louisiana State University; one to Mary Benagh Philip in 1904, regarding a pamphlet he wrote about Confederate Army supply lines; two in 1904 from Thomas M. Owen of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History asking about Huse's memories of being a student at the University of Alabama; and one in reply to Owen.

Dates: 1859 - 1904

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Calhoun School Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0260

Overview Photocopy of the songbook "Calhoun Plantation Songs," 3rd ed. (1923) edited by Emily Hollowell, first published in 1901 to raise money for this Lowndes County, Alabama, school for African-Americans, and six postcard views of the school and students, etc.

Dates: 1891-1923

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Callahan Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0262

Overview A miscellany of materials, primarily genealogical records of a large number of families. The collection also contains files on the Hopewell Baptist Church in Fayette County, Alabama, the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company F, Alabama land records, and on women's suffrage.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0478

Overview Documents, interviews, and source material used by Camille Elebash,in co-producing with Joe Terry, the documentary George Wallace: A Politician’s Legacy.

Dates: 1964-1988

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Camp Aliceville, Alabama, Materials

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4196

Overview Papers, letters, and photographs of German prisoners of war during and after their internment at Camp Aliceville, Alabama.

Dates: 1943-1995

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Canebrake collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0267

Overview Materials relating principally to the community of Dayton in Marengo County, Alabama. It includes land grants, the Dayton city code, town council minutes, and some family records.

Dates: circa 1837?

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Isaac Cannon and Mordecai F. Doughty legal documents

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0268

Overview Photocopies of court documents from the Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) Probate Court, regarding the estates of Isaac Cannon and Mordecai F. Doughty

Dates: 1876-1890

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Cannon indenture

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0269

Overview An agreement dated 10 January 1899 and executed in Elmore County, Alabama, between J. W. Adams and John Cannon, indenturing Archie Cannon, a minor, to five months agricultural labor.

Dates: 1899 January 10

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Theron Cannon records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0270

Abstract The records of a general store in Berry, Fayette County, Alabama, including correspondence, mortgages, invoices, orders, etc.

Dates: 1914-1952

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cantelou family genealogy

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0271

Overview Photocopies of various documents concerning the ancestry of members of the Cantelou family of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

Dates: 1855–1965

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Canterbury Chapel Christ Episcopal Church scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0272

Overview Scrapbooks and newspaper articles highlighting church members who worked for the University and college students who attended Canterbury Chapel.

Dates: 1927-1937

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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