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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
James Coleman letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0336
Abstract
A letter written by Coleman, dated 22 February 1842, from Athens, Alabama, to John H. Cocke, of Winnsville, Fluvanna County, Virginia. Discusses local temperance activities, the celebration of Washington's birthday, and family health.
Dates:
1842 February 22
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
Collective Protection documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0344
Abstract
Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.
Dates:
1941-1945
Collins family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0346
Abstract
Photocopies of letters written by various family members, primarily James S. Collins, Martha Louvenia Smyth Collins (Mrs. James S. Collins – second wife of James S.), James “Jim” Madison Collins, Lake Huron Collins Madison, Martin Lomax “Max” Collins, Irene (Mrs. Lomax Collins) and Purser Collins. There are also photocopies of the birth, marriage, and death pages from several family Bibles as well as copies of typed and handwritten pages of genealogical data and obituaries clipped from...
Dates:
1875–1990
William Strong Comstock papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0348
Overview
Business correspondence, account sheets, contracts, miscellaneous receipts, etc., of a Montgomery, Alabama, merchant, 1843-1867.
Dates:
1842-1867
Prices of Domestic Produce in Confederate Treasury Notes from 1 January 1861 to 1 January 1865
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0352
Overview
Prices of domestic produce in Confederate Treasury Notes from 1 January 1861 to 1 January 1865
Dates:
1861-1865
Dr. Edward Augustus Cook collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0354
Overview
Collection contains materials relating mainly to Dr. Edward Augustus Cook’s medical practice in Kirk’s Grove, Cherokee County, Alabama including account ledgers, daybooks, register of births and deaths, correspondence, and a photograph.
Dates:
1882 - 1920
William Cooper Diaries and Photograph
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0357
Abstract
The collection consists of six diaries for 1864, 1867, 1876, 1882, 1884, and 1887, and a photograph of Cooper, an attorney from Tuscumbia, Alabama. The diaries contain daily entries made by Cooper and, in his absence from home, his wife, and give a great deal of information about the community, his activities, and his family.
Dates:
1864-1887
County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0362
Overview
Scrapbook documenting the history of the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Home Demonstration Club and includes photos, newspaper clippings, and club documents.
Dates:
1911
W. G. Croft letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0377
Overview
Letter from W. G. Croft, dated 18 November (circa 1835) from Canebreak, Union Town, Alabama, to his brother, Randall Croft, at Beaufort, South Carolina, discussing cotton crop yields in the area.
Dates:
circa 1835
Cruikshank family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0379
Overview
Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham
Dates:
1848-1909
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
Cubahatchie Baptist Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0381
Overview
Collection of meeting minutes and membership lists, 1887-1933, for this Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama, church.
Dates:
1887-1933
Carey B. Oakley Cultural Resource Reconnaissance reports
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0383
Overview
Twenty-three reports assessing the cultural and archeological significance of various Alabama sites, 1976-1979.
Dates:
1976-1979
Minutes of the Talladega Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898-1899
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0384
Overview
Photocopy of a record book including the minutes, rolls, and mission reports of this Talladega church
Dates:
1891-1899
Dadeville, Alabama, Chancery Court records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0390
Overview
Ledger containing records of the Chancery Court at Dadeville, Alabama (the 17th District of the Middle Division of the State of Alabama), from February 1842 to May 1848.
Dates:
1842-1848
Dallas County, Alabama, Treasurer records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0391
Overview
One ledger containing the treasurer’s records pertaining to taxes and other fines and fees paid in Dallas County, Alabama from 1868 to 1873.
Dates:
1868-1873
Greene County Union Female Institute, Minutes of the meeting of Citizens of Daniel's Prairie, to... establish the female institute at Burton's Hill
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0394
Overview
Typescript copy of the minutes of a meeting to establish a female academy at Burton's Hill, Alabama, and the school's constitution and amendments.
Dates:
1836
Jerry A. Davis, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0405
Abstract
Letters, newspaper clippings, event programs, photographs, and other items reflecting the personal interests of their compiler during his high school and undergraduate years.
Dates:
1973-1988; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1988
Edgar G. Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0410
Abstract
A letter testamentary to Edgar G. Dawson, naming him executor of the estate of William Eliza Terrell, June 3, 1867, one to “My darling,” June 4, 1885 written while on a trip to Italy, and the plantation book for “Ravenswood,” January 1869-January 1, 1873.
Dates:
1867-1885
Dayton Female Institute announcement
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0415
Abstract
An 1867 announcement containing information for students of this Dayton, Alabama girls school overseen by the Rev. J.F. Tarrant and his wife.
Dates:
1867
Elbert Deains deed
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0416
Abstract
A document dated 26 July 1849, recording the gift of one acre of land to the town of Pine Grove in Pike County, Alabama.
Dates:
1849 July 26
W.E. Dearman paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0418
Abstract
Typescript copy of Judge W.E. Dearman's "The Town of Gaston, Alabama," a history of Gaston, an abandoned town in Sumter County, Alabama.
Dates:
undated
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
Denny Chimes Renovation papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0429
Abstract
Materials relating to the 1986 renovation of the University of Alabama bell tower and the fund drive to purchase a new 25-bell carillon, kept by Sandee Gibson. The collection includes a fund drive notebook, photographs of the restoration and rededication, and an information pack for fundraisers.
Dates:
undated
Dexter and Abbot letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0434
Abstract
A letter dated 6 May 1848 to Mssrs. Mason and Lawrence, Boston, regarding cotton sales.
Dates:
1848 May 6
H.B. Dugger scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0453
Overview
A scrapbook of essays and poems clipped from Civil War era newspapers.
Dates:
1865-1869
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
Dunn's Creek Baptist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0458
Overview
Records of members, deeds to church land, enrollments and dismissals, deaths, and expenses of this Baptist church in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Dates:
1834-1979
Harold Dunn paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0460
Overview
Paper by Dunn entitled "The Annual Miss Winterboro High School Beauty Pageant and its Significance to the Community."
Dates:
1991 April 8
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
Early Educational Institutions in the South
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0466
Overview
Tuition receipts, a printed announcement, and a clipping, from several schools, primarily in Alabama.
Dates:
1844-1879
Old Ebenezer Church history
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0468
Overview
Paper providing a brief history of the church and its founders. Also includes a list of members and description of church teachings.
Dates:
1909
Echola School papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0470
Overview
Photocopies of attendance and tuition records, as well as a short history of the school written by one of its teachers.
Dates:
1883-1976
Elmore County, Alabama, Jury Board ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0483
Overview
Ledger kept by the Elmore County, Alabama Jury Board from 1931 to 1935.
Dates:
1931-1935
Estes Embroidery Circle records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0491
Overview
Letters, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, photos, scrapbooks, and diaries of members of this social club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dates:
1928-1996
Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, account book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0495
Overview
A ledger detailing accounts of a dry goods store in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama between 1922 and 1924.
Dates:
1922-1924
Ezell Store ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0498
Abstract
Record book for store located in either Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama, or Mobile, Alabama.
Dates:
1879-1910
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0501
Overview
Documents related to this single tax colony settled in 1894 in Baldwin County, Alabama, by reformers from Des Moines, Iowa.
Dates:
1950-1960
John Falconer deed
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0502
Overview
A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, from John Falconer to Jonathan Mayhew, in 1823
Dates:
1823 May 3
City of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0509
Overview
Letters created and received by the city of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, mainly relating to routine matters in this small town, including city maintenance concerns.
Dates:
1927-1933
First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0517
Overview
List of pastors, rules of decorum, the church covenant, and baptism lists, 1838-1904. It also includes an article, "Chronicles of the First Baptist Church," by Tom Garner, clerk.
Dates:
1818-1927
First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0518
Overview
Contains record books, 1820-1948; list of baptisms, 1845-1894; Board of Trustees record books, 1838-1911; Board of Deacons minute book, 1886-1888; and miscellaneous other documents for this Tuscaloosa, Alabama church.
Dates:
1820-1948
"Origin of Fort Toulouse" essay
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0528
Overview
An essay on the history of Fort Toulouse, constructed in 1717 near Wetumpka, Alabama
Dates:
after 1900
Virginia Oden Foscue Alabama place-name essay collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0529
Overview
Twenty-four essays (including one doctoral dissertation and three master’s theses) on Alabama place-names written by students of Virginia O. Foscue, who was a Professor of English at the University of Alabama from 1963 to 1993.
Dates:
1959-1984
Henry B. Foster deed
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0534
Overview
Warranty deed for property in Alabama given by Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Foster to Mrs. Sallie H. Hester
Dates:
1901 February 28
Gaines Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0550
Overview
Correspondence, legal and business documents relating to the Gaines family, most of it from Mobile, Choctaw, and Jefferson Counties, Alabama.
Dates:
1824-1949
Mrs. John S. Gandy paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0556
Overview
Paper by Gandy titled "History of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Gordo, Alabama, 1838-1938." It actually covers the church's history through 1957 and includes lists of members and pastors.
Dates:
1954
Bird Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0596
Overview
Personal papers, mostly involving the activities of this Perry County farmer and justice of the peace.
Dates:
1805-1885
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