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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0216
Overview
Letter dated 15 March 1921 from Brotherhood of Trainmen Vice President, Val Fitzpatrick, to union members concerning a strike against the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Atlantic Railway Company.
Dates:
1921 March 16
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cahill Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2282
Abstract
The Cahill Family Papers consist of personal correspondence to and from Clyde M., Michael J., and Belle Mills Cahill of Ohio. Also included in the collection are receipts and miscellaneous financial documents.
Dates:
1886-1935
Andrew Caldcleugh account book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0331
Abstract
A book containing miscellaneous accounts and receipts, 1778- c. 1811. The identifying label states that this is the account book for a sawmill. Many of the entries relate to lumber sales, but others do not, throwing doubt upon the attribution. The cover is inscribed "A Caldcleugh Mill April 28th 1803."
Dates:
1778 - circa 1811
J. F. J. Caldwell letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0257
Overview
Letter written by Caldwell, dated 5 September 1861, to James Simms of Charleston, South Carolina, inquiring about a note and asking for assistance in getting a secretaryship with the Confederate Commissioners being sent to Europe.
Dates:
1861 September 5
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
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
Peter Archibald Carmichael papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0280
Abstract
A collection of this Alabama native and Louisiana State University professor's lecture notes, publications, and professional files on subjects including logic, religion, language, labor arbitration, and civil rights/segregation.
Dates:
1931-1974
Aubrey Toulmin Carney contract
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0281
Overview
A contract dated 20 April 1950, with Charles Scribners Sons for her book, No Odds - No Victory.
Dates:
1950 April 20
William Cash papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0285
Scope and Contents
The contents of both boxes are IBM Quality Control Cards.
Dates:
unknown
Catalog collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0286
Overview
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
Central Iron and Coal Company Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2007-009
Overview
Central Iron and Coal photographic collection consist of images depicting different aspects of coal and iron production, from mining to building a furnace and transporting the material by train, as well as workers' houses, offices, and stores. Some of the photographs have locations identified as Bibbville and Vance, Alabama.
Dates:
1901 - 1903
Central Plank Road Company, Tallassee Branch records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0292
Overview
Charter and organizational information of the Tallassee Branch of the Central Plank Road Company
Dates:
1850-1853
Richard Chanoweth Promissory Note
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2580
Overview
Photocopy of promissory note in which Richard Chanoweth of Kentucky County acknowledges receipt of a barrel of whiskey and promises to deliver deer skins to Philip Engle as payment.
Dates:
1779 July 12
Charles Carter Langdon Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1623
Abstract
A letter dated 6 March 1860 from Mobile to Langdon's brother, that discusses his work in the nursery business, selling fruit trees, expanding his vineyard acreage, and his winery. Langdon also addresses the slavery issue at length.
Dates:
1860-03-06
George Rooks Clayton deeds
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0312
Overview
Conveyances of land in Montgomery, Alabama, to George Whitman, May 20, 1831, and Charles Crommelin, March 26, 1835.
Dates:
1831, 1835
Clements family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0316
Abstract
Papers of a Tuscaloosa family whose members included Hardy Clements, Rufus Hargrove Clements, Martha Lavinia Clements, Frank Bugbee Clements, Luther Morgan Clements, and others. The bulk of the papers relate to Frank Bugbee Clements.
Dates:
1846-1948
Cobb Coal Company records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0322
Overview
This collection contains records from an Alabama coal company.
Dates:
1924-1981
Whitefoord R. Cole papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0332
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to a president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Dates:
1895-1979
Coleman and Coleman mercantile records
Collection
Identifier: W-0051
Overview
Two ledgers documenting sales made at the Coleman, Hearst, and Company mercantile, also named Coleman and Coleman, located in Richmond, Alabama, in the 1860s.
Dates:
1861-1862
Coleman and Company records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0333
Overview
Journals, day books, and cash books for Coleman and Company.
Dates:
1851-1869
Coleman and Duke dry goods receipt book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0334
Abstract
A ledger from a dry goods store in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, containing receipts from various firms and individuals for monies received for accounts, shipping by steamer, etc.
Dates:
1853-1869
John J. Coleman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0338
Abstract
A collection of tax receipts, bills for drygoods items, indenture contracts, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1825-1849
Cooper and Binford records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0355
Overview
Two account books from 1848 and 1849.
Dates:
1848-1849
Peter Courtney indenture
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0363
Overview
Handwritten indenture document, dated 1 January 1704, by which Peter Courtney of Middlesex County, England, leased a property, "Eagle Hollow" or "Parks Suggs," to Samuel Rogers of Cornwall County, England.
Dates:
1704 January 1
L. H. Crumpler records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0380
Overview
A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.
Dates:
1892-1909
Eyre Damer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0392
Overview
A scrapbook and accompanying materials relating to the book “With C.H. Ellis Through Central America and Panama: Quarantine Tour of Central America and Panama by Health Authorities as Guests of the United Fruit Company,” compiled and distributed by that firm.
Dates:
after 1900
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
Thomas Dauser papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0398
Overview
Letters, postcards, photos, newsclipping, and passport of this German shoemaker who emigrated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the 1880s. All material is in German.
Dates:
1882-1921
Jefferson Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract
This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.
Dates:
1823-1917
John Davis mortgage
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0406
Abstract
A mortgage dated 20 June 1835 on slaves made out to Whitman Brane company in Montgomery County, Alabama.
Dates:
1835 June 20
John V. Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0407
Abstract
This collection contains Davis' resume, photographs of plating machines designed by him and Udylite company pamphlets.
Dates:
1963-1988
DeKalb Land and Mining Company minute book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0422
Abstract
This collection contains the company's record and minute book for the period 1911-1920.
Dates:
1911-1920
Jere Clemens Dennis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0428
Overview
Personal, family, and business papers of a Tallapoosa County attorney, including legal case files as well as Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alabama National Guard, and Masonic materials.
Dates:
1841-1935
J. W. Dennis journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0427
Abstract
The accounts for a drug store in Carlowville, Dallas County, Alabama, 1867-68, including records of customers' purchases and amounts paid and owed.
Dates:
1867-1868
Diary of E. Carey Moore in England in 1890
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4337
Scope and Contents
One diary consisting of 205 pages kept by E. Carey Moore from January to July of 1890 as he traveled throughout England on business. The diary makes mention of interactions with politician Robert Todd Lincoln, British diplomat Clement Lloyd Hill, and banker John C. New. Some of the companies mentioned throughout the diary are Colonia Coffee Plantation, Canara and Escuadron Coffee Plantations, and Tepis. The diary is bound, with blank pages dated from July 25, 1890, to the end of the year. The...
Dates:
1890-01-01 - 1890-07-24
Dimon, Fay, and Beers records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0436
Abstract
A collection containing business correspondence and receipts of this Mobile, Alabama, partnership which included the city's Chief of Police, C. A. R. Dimon.
Dates:
1866
J. M. Duncan papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0456
Abstract
A collection of correspondence, financial papers, and artifacts belonging to this Blocton, Alabama, resident.
Dates:
1894-1932
E. Sears Letters and Account
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1238
Abstract
Two letters, dated 25 January and 23 June 1859, to C. E. Hull, M.D., New York, the latter of which includes details of mileage, expenses, and accounts settled, 13-23 June 1859, while selling patent medicine in Alabama.
Dates:
1859
Early Alabama documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0464
Overview
Documents from the mid nineteenth century, including store and tax receipts, court orders, letters, property appraisals, etc., from Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, mainly pertaining to West Alabama
Dates:
1844-1887
Eborn and Peteet Families papers
Collection — Box: 3154
Identifier: MSS-0469
Overview
Letters, written by Benjamin F. Eborn between 1884 and 1885 to his sweetheart (later his wife), Corinne Peteet Eborn. There are also other letters to Corinne from various family members, including her father, W.Y. Peteet, mother-in-law, Bettie Eborn, and her sister, Mary P. Jones.
Dates:
1879-1955
Edward Davison Letters on Early American Merchants in Buenos Aires
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4282
Overview
This collection contains sixteen letters from Massachusetts native Edward Davison in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to his business partner Francis (Frank) Leland in Montevideo, Uruguay, regarding transactions at their commercial firm.
Dates:
1834 - 1835
Elliott and Carl Mill time book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0479
Overview
A ledger of the Elliott and Carl Mill which records days and hours worked by employees as well as accounts and orders for lumber.
Dates:
1886 - 1891
John K. and William M. Elliott daybooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0482
Overview
Photocopies of the daybooks of John K. Elliott and his son, William M. Elliott, of the Payneville, Sumter County, Alabama area, spanning the years from 1870 through 1911.
Dates:
1870-1911
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