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Clarence E. and Minnie McDermaid Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2682
Overview
This collection mainly contains correspondence from Emma O. Lundberg to her nephew Clarence McDermaid planning his educational path and discussing his hobbies of music and gardening, events in her everyday life, family and friends, trips, and holidays. There is a large amount of general correspondence from Katharine Lenroot to both Minnie and Clarence consisting of holiday cards and letters discussing daily events, family members, and the illnesses of Emma Lundberg. Emma Lundberg and...
Dates:
1919 - 1975
John Spinks Kennedy Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0807
Abstract
Includes financial and other business related papers of John Spinks Kennedy, a Civil War veteran and lawyer who lived in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
Dates:
1858 - 1892
John Will Johnson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0760
Abstract
A collection of correspondence and other papers. Johnson's correspondents included John H. Bankhead, Albert Boutwell, Carl Elliott, Lister Hill, Albert Rains, James A. Simpson, John Sparkman, and Chauncey Sparks.
Dates:
1936 - 1951
John S. McGraw Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0956
Abstract
Letters from this soldier in the 57th Indiana Volunteers, stationed near Huntsville, Alabama, to his wife and daughter in Richmond, Indiana, January 1 to March 29, 1865. They describe winter quarters and the city of Huntsville after it had been partially burned.
Dates:
1865
Peter and Rose Swereda Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1817
Abstract
Includes letters written by a World War II bomber pilot and his wife from training facilities in Tennessee and Alabama to his family in New Jersey.
Dates:
1943 - 1944
Thomas S. Jordan Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0791
Abstract
Papers of this Birmingham, Alabama, dentist and his family.
Dates:
1884 - 1928
William Gray Little Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0868
Abstract
A collection of family correspondence, financial and legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia relating to this Livingston, Alabama native who is credited with introducing football at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1837 - 1938
Henry Peter Loding Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0872
Abstract
A collection containing correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, and writings.
Dates:
1888 - 1947
Robert S. Lanier Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0841
Abstract
A letter dated 4 June 1890, to his son, describing his reaction to the nomination of Thomas Goode Jones as Democratic Party candidate for governor of Alabama and to an article his son had written.
Dates:
1890-06-04
Eliza Thomas Nolley Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1052
Abstract
This collection consists of entries taken from Nolley's “Album of Friendship,” copies of outgoings letter to her brother, Edward Dromgoole Nolly and sister Martha Ann Otey, extracts from her theme book, and a letter from a friend, Annie Glascock (?). Except for last, all are from the period when Nolley was a student at Tuscaloosa Female College. The items are annotated with information about her family and Nolley herself. The items by Nolley contain news about the school and school...
Dates:
1862 - 1866
James Gee Oakley Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1065
Abstract
Correspondence pertaining chiefly to cock fighting and gamecocks.
Dates:
1845 - 1901; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1901
Guergen Paepcke Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1093
Abstract
Letters from servicemen from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in Germany, India, and Okinawa during and immediately after WWII.
Dates:
1944 - 1945
John Cecil Persons Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1128
Abstract
This collection consists of papers pertaining to banking, Person's World War II military service,and civic activities, along with correspondence, reports, speeches, scrapbooks, and other materials.
Dates:
1917 - 1970
J. C. Tyson III Stamp Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1455
Abstract
This collection consists chiefly of three stamp albums plus first issue commemorative envelopes. It also contains some correspondence.
Dates:
1938 - 1977
Agnes Ellen Harris Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0635
Overview
Contains correspondence and records, index to student files (1930-1944), and indices to miscellaneous publications. Publication topics include agriculture, home economics, P.T.A., publishing companies, sororities, University of Alabama publications, publications of other Alabama colleges and normal schools, and out-of-state college publications.
Dates:
1919 - 1945
John McKee Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0957
Abstract
A letter to Secretary of the Navy Samuel Southard, recommending the appointment of Henry Francis Toulmin as midshipman. The collection also contains two other letters by McKee and a payroll list of Choctaw Indians who served in the Creek War.
Dates:
1826 - 1827
Benjamin T. Barret Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0117
Abstract
A collection containing family correspondence, bills, receipts, clippings, and other items.
Dates:
1836 - 1921; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1900
Ashville Railroad Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0090
Abstract
Photocopies of resolutions about the formation of the company, legal documents, printed maps, certificates of incorporation, and board meeting notices related to the Ashville Railroad Company, 1882-1884.
Dates:
1882 - 1884
Samuel Pickens Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1148
Abstract
This collection contains Pickens' school notebook, 1858; his friendship book, 1858-59; war letters to his mother; and a typed transcript of his diary, 1862-1865.
Dates:
1858 - 1865
Margaret Manigault Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0899
Abstract
A letter ca. 1814, from Mrs. Margaret Manigault of Philadelphia to an unknown recipient in Camden, South Carolina.
Dates:
1814
John H. Pettway Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1134
Abstract
Letter from Pettway in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Professor John L. Calhoun at the University of Alabama regarding the current status of his church membership.
Dates:
1897-02
Carl Schurz Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1233
Abstract
This collection contains three letters composed while Schurz was traveling in the South during the summer of 1865, at least one of which was written from Alabama. It also contains a letter of introduction from Major General James H. Wilson.
Dates:
1865
James A. Seddon Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1240
Abstract
A letter dated 16 March 1864 to General Joel Briggs, Adjutant and Inspector General of Alabama, declining to detail George Breitenbach as shoemaker for the cadets of the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1864-03-16
Spring Valley Foods, Inc. Stock Sales Book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1329
Overview
Large volume with information about the sale of 300,000 shares of common stock of Spring Valley Foods, Inc. at $1 par value. Includes correspondence with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a prospectus, memorandums, power of attorney information, letters from key parties involved, and certificates in a clearly labeled 72 section volume with table of contents.
Dates:
1969 - 1970
Martin Luther Stansel Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1336
Abstract
A letter dated 27 April 1863, to his wife, Olivia, written from Manchester, Tennessee. It discusses camp news, rumors of enemy movements, Stansel's wound, and eye surgery on his horse.
Dates:
1863-04-27
Maria B. Brooks Stafford Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1334
Abstract
A letter dated 22 February 1894, to Belle R. Harrison, Danville, Kentucky. Contains general news of self and children.
Dates:
1894-02-22
R. B. Smyer Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1299
Abstract
A letter dated 17 October 1895, acknowledging receipt of fee from W. C. Dantzler.
Dates:
1895-10-17
W. H. Taylor Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1430
Abstract
Letter to Champion T. Turner regarding money he received after Richard L. Turner's death.
Dates:
1863-07
Thomas H. Herndon Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0667
Overview
This collection contains letters of correspondence.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
Seth Whitcomb Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1546
Scope and Contents
Letter to his wife discussing his daily activities
Dates:
1861
R.M. Brumby Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1825
Abstract
Includes letters written to R.M. Brumby, a University of Alabama graduate, from his mother and son from the late 19th-century through the early 20th-century. It also includes an appointment letter from the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1892 - 1920
Frank Ragan King Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0818
Abstract
Two letters to King, one from Burwell Boykin Lewis, the other from Richard C. Jones.
Dates:
1854 - 1859
W. C. Revis Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1187
Abstract
A letter dated 8 February 1832 to Jonathan Rutherford. Discusses "our own Virginia," Revis's health, his views of the political situation, slavery and "Cousin Emily" (apparently Rutherford's wife).
Dates:
1832-02-08
C. C. Sale and Sallie Sale Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1223
Abstract
This collection contains two letters, one by C. C. Sale from Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 26 May [1864] to his wife, and one from Sallie Sale from Culpeper Courthouse, Virginia 30 July [1864] to her sister.
Dates:
1860
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
Caroline Virginia Samuel Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1227
Abstract
Letters from Tuscaloosa to Samuel's cousin Edmond W. Samuel, with news, social and otherwise, of Tuscaloosa, the aftermath of the Civil War, and much else.
Dates:
1865 - 1871
Holland M. Smith Letter and Clipping
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1287
Abstract
A 1955 letter written to T. H. Bethea, furnishing information about Smith's family, and a newspaper clipping reporting his death.
Dates:
1955 - 1967
James Somerville Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1307
Abstract
Letters to his wife, Ellen G. Sommerville, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia while Somerville was on two trips to Alabama and Mississippi, looking for a place to settle. The Somervilles eventually chose Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The letters contain comments on traveling companions, places seen, business conditions, and etc.
Dates:
1835 - 1837
Roemol Henry Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0666
Abstract
A letter containing genealogical information about St. Sauveur Francois Bonfils, a Napoleonic exile who served as professor of modern languages and literature at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1847-1849.
Dates:
1951
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
Hugh Gantt Lollar Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0874
Abstract
A small collection of letters from Oregonia, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to his cousin Hugh Robinson, Level Land, Abeville, South Carolina. The chief subjects are agricultural conditions and prices.
Dates:
1859 - 1860
B. V. Horne Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0704
Abstract
Letter to Elizabeth (possibly his wife) explaining his financial situation.
Dates:
1853-12-27
Francis Scott Key Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0812
Abstract
A letter dated 4 February 1834, to Alabama Governor John Gayle, thanking him for a nice visit to Tuscaloosa, probably during Key's mission to resolve a dispute between the U.S. government and Alabama over the dispostion of lands taken from the Creek Indians. Key's letter also discusses congressional debates on the Bank of the United States.
Dates:
1834-02-04
A. L. Anderson Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1621
Abstract
A letter dated 19 November 1859, to his sister in the north while he was building the new Alabama Insane Hospital (Bryce Hospital) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In it Anderson expresses regrets at his inability to provide her with financial assistance and his hopes that he can stay in the South, where his prospects have improved.
Dates:
1859-11-19
Reverend James Young Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1599
Overview
Two letters to Reverend James M. Young, in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, both from friends. One thanking him for his kind letter after a death in the family and discusses her newborn son. The other discussing an upcoming trip and details about their life and the lives of friends.
Dates:
1844 - 1848
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
Thomas Bayley Lawson Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1622
Abstract
Written from Mobile, Alabama, by Thomas Bayley Lawson, a portrait and miniature painter active primarily in Massachusetts, to Rufus Spaulding, in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Speaks in great detail about business conditions and the high cost of living in Mobile. Makes observations on the treatment of slaves in the city.
Dates:
1838-01-19
John Heyl Vincent Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1500
Abstract
A note of apology to William Ballantyne for not attending a Bible meeting.
Dates:
1850
Elizabeth Cherry Weir Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1538
Abstract
This collection contains the will and estate papers of Mrs. Elizabeth Cherry Weir (d. 1821) of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; letters to Pauline Jones Gandrud regarding the Cherry family genealogy; and and estate paper for John Warner of Tuscaloosa, 1824.
Dates:
1821 - 1960
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
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