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George Woodard and Gene Smith letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0112
Overview Letters between Union soldier George Woodard, Company D, Eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and his fiancee Gene Smith, of Burnett, Wisconsin. Woodard served at the battle of Corinth and the Vicksburg Campaign. He died at a Memphis hospital in 1864.
Dates: 1861 - 1865
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Joshua Hill Foster Papers

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Identifier: MSS-0535
Overview Papers of a University of Alabama graduate, Baptist minister, planter, teacher (University of Alabama, 1873-1892) and president of Alabama Central Female College, 1869-1873.
Dates: 1839 - 1904
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Thomas Murfee Letters

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Identifier: MSS-1031
Abstract Letters to L. C. Garland, President of the University of Alabama, and to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter, dealing with requisitions, fortifying the University campus, and cadets during the Civil War.
Dates: 1863 - 1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jack D. L. Holmes papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0001
Overview Correspondence, manuscripts, journal articles, newspaper clippings, and maps of this professor and Alabama author.
Dates: 1963-1988
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Southern Alabama Emigration and Development Company letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0002
Overview Letters of this Chicago, Illinois, based company to their agents in Montgomery, Alabama, concerning land development projects in southern Alabama in the late nineteenth century.
Dates: 1897
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Foster Mark Kirksey Papers

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Identifier: MSS-0827
Abstract An extensive collection of business and personal papers and correspondence of this Greene County, Alabama planter, commission merchant, sheriff, and Confederate commissary agent, and his extended family.
Dates: 1795 - 1953
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Brierfield Ironworks records

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Identifier: MSS-0212
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

Sarah Ann (Gayle) and William B. Crawford Papers

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Identifier: MSS-0369
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford, sister to Amelia Gayle Gorgas, and William B. Crawford.
Dates: 1833-1889
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Calvin Crow correspondence

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Identifier: MSS-0378
Overview Correspondence between E. C. Crow and Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, as well as a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates: 1952
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John E. Curry collection

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Identifier: MSS-0386
Overview Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.
Dates: 1846-1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Josiah and Amelia Gorgas family papers

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Identifier: MSS-0580
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Josiah Gorgas, chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance and president of the University of Alabama, and his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, librarian at the University of Alabama and daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle.
Dates: 1820-1920
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mary Carlyle Aitken Letter

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Identifier: MSS-0015
Abstract A letter dated 5 November 1873 to an unidentified recipient from Thomas Carlyle's niece, Mary Aitken, concerning an error in Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.
Dates: 1873-11-05
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Hughes family papers

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Identifier: MSS-3748
Overview Letters written by brothers Arley and Eli Hughes while serving in the Army during World War I and late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artifacts of this large, rural Alabama family.
Dates: 1885-1919
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James J. and Mabel Cowart Doster Papers

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Identifier: MSS-4125
Overview Contains the personal and family records, as well as photos, correspondence, and other files during his time as an educator.
Dates: 1870-1943
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ann Waldron Papers

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Identifier: MSS-3098
Overview Ann Waldron was born on December 14, 1924, in Birmingham, Alabama. She attended the University of Alabama, serving as editor of the Crimson White and earning a degree in journalism in 1945. She went on to work forThe Atlanta Constitution, where she met her husband Martin Waldron. The collection predominantly consists of correspondence between Ann Waldron and various individuals, as well as materials related to her work as an...
Dates: 1945 - 2010
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers

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Identifier: MSS-0753
Abstract The Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers span the period from 1797 to 1960 and include both the personal and business papers of Robert Jemison Jr., along with papers of Robert Jemison (grandfather), William Jemison (father), Priscilla Jemison (wife), Cherokee Jemison Hargrove (daughter), and Andrew Coleman Hargrove (son-in-law), and Robert Jemison Jr. (IV) of Birmingham (1878-1973). Included are the records of his grist and lumber mills, plantations, stage line, the Tuskaloosa Plank Road, toll bridges,...
Dates: 1797 - 1973
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Redden-Lancaster Families World War II Letters

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Identifier: MSS-4163
Overview Letters from Lloyd D. (Don) and Sergeant Glen C. Redden, and Robert Lancaster to the Redden's sister and brother-in-law and Lancaster's brother and sister-in-law, Barbara and James Lancaster. The letters illustrate the similar and differing experiences the men had during the war and depict a soldier's life from basic training to deployment.
Dates: 1941 - 1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jacob Frederic Goossen papers

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Identifier: MSS-0579
Overview Correspondence, writings, teaching materials, and musical compositions of this former faculty member of the University of Alabama.
Dates: 1940-1995
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records

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Identifier: MSS-0145
Abstract This collection contains much of the business correspondence and records of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, including lists of stock holders, minutes of meetings, maps of mine sites, and correspondence with government entities.
Dates: 1886-1982
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Collection on American Life

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Identifier: MSS-4257
Overview Letters and documents to and from friends, family, and business associates around the United States and the world, discussing ordinary life.
Dates: 1803 - 1946
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Peter Brannon papers

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Identifier: W-0009
Overview Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.
Dates: 1900-1966
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama railroads of the past collection

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Identifier: W-0042
Overview Stock certificates, shipping receipts, and correspondence related to the operation and history of seven Alabama railroads: the Mobile & Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company, the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad, the Mobile & Girard Railroad Company, the Montgomery Southern Railway, the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad, the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, and the Montgomery Traction Company.
Dates: 1855-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's Alabama authors collection

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Identifier: W-0064
Overview Correspondence, manuscripts, signed book pages, publication announcements, catalogs, and newspaper clippings related to the careers of several Alabama authors as well as the Alabama Writers Conclave and the Birmingham Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.
Dates: 1868-1989
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cobb Coal Company records

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Identifier: MSS-0322
Overview This collection contains records from an Alabama coal company.
Dates: 1924-1981
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jesse Smith Family Archive

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Identifier: WP-025
Overview This collection comprises documents related to Captain Jesse Smith, his son, and his grandson, both named Jesse Smith. Captain Jesse Smith had a long Revolutionary War service record. At the end of the war, he was a member of Washington's headquarters guard and escort. This collection contains his official Revolutionary War record and his obituary. Also, this collection comprises service records from his son and grandson's naval careers and original family letters.
Dates: 1775 - 1897
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Collection of World War II Materials

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Identifier: MSS-4253
Overview Letters and documents to and from World War II soldiers and their families
Dates: 1940 - 1950
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama Association for Continuing Education and Service papers

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Identifier: MSS-3468
Overview Records for the association including papers from the annual meeting and a directory
Dates: 1973-1975
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Frank A. Rose Papers

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Identifier: MSS-1207
Overview Personal correspondence, files, and memorabilia collected by Dr. Rose during his tenure as President of The University of Alabama.
Dates: 1957-1969
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Collection of Military Materials

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Identifier: MSS-4256
Overview The Wade Hall Collection of Military Materials contains correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to American soldiers stationed on military bases and ships in the United States and around the world.
Dates: 1783-1970
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jeanie Thompson papers

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Identifier: MSS-2511
Overview Contains the papers of Alabama author and publisher, Jeanie Thompson. Includes poems and drafts by Thompson, as well as her Master's thesis and books How to Enter the River, Witness, and Litany for a Vanishing Landscape. There are no special restrictions placed on access to the Jeani Thompson papers, although literary and copyrights to her published and unpublished writings have not been...
Dates: 1974-1977
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jones and Callaway Family Papers

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Identifier: MSS-3031
Overview Family papers containing letters, a farm journal, and writings of members of the Jones and Callaway families in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida
Dates: 1845-1940; Majority of material found in 1860-1900
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Collection of World War I Materials

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Identifier: MSS-4251
Overview Letters and documents to and from American World War I soldiers and their families
Dates: 1908-1978
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Collection of Civil War Materials

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Identifier: MSS-4273
Overview A variety of materials related to the United States Civil War
Dates: 1861 - 1932
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Schaudies and Banks Families Papers

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Identifier: MSS-4190
Overview Papers of two prominent mixed-race families in north Alabama.
Dates: unknown
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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