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Dr. Bonner letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0185

Abstract Thermo-fax copy of letter dated 19 October 1958 by Dr. Bonner to Professor James H. Newman, executive vice-president University of Alabama, summarizing Bonner's trip to England, also a brief letter dated 21 October by Newman to W.S. Hoole, to whom he forwarded Bonner's letter.

Dates: 1958

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bonney and Bush and Bush and Lobdell collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0186

Abstract Letters to the machinery manufactures Booney and Bush, and Bush and Lobdell, both of Wilmington, Delaware, concerning machinery, cotton gins, and business conditions in Alabama, 1836-1843.

Dates: 1836-1843

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Buford Boone papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0187

Abstract Correspondence, scrapbooks, litigation papers, speeches, editorials, etc., of this Pulitzer Prize winner and long-time Tuscaloosa News editor.

Dates: 1935-1968; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Booth Family Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3170

Overview Letters to and from members of the Booth family. Family and friends write about their experiences farming and raising livestock in Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa from 1857 to 1886.

Dates: 1857 - 1886

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Amelia Boswell letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0190

Abstract Letter dated 13 August 1847, from Boswell of El Dorado, Arkansas, to her cousin, Elizabeth A. Boswell of Pike County, Alabama, discussing the health of family members, crops, and weather.

Dates: 1847 August 13

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Franklin Welsh Bowdon letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0191

Abstract A letter dated 24 October 1835, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa to the editor of the Weekly Globe requesting a six-month subscription to the newspaper.

Dates: 1835 October 24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Boyd family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0194

Abstract Photocopies of various documents and letters relating to Alfred Boyd (1814-82) and his descendants as well as a typescript history of the family of Joel Willis, Sr., and a typescript paper by Bruce L. Bennett of Ohio State University titled, "Sports and Physical Education in Colonial Times."

Dates: 1816-1943; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1859

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Braxton Bragg Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4174

Overview Letter written by Bragg from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to his wife.

Dates: 1853 June 3

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Walter Lawrence Bragg letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0200

Overview Copies of incoming letters dated 1881-1882, from the Alabama state archives.

Dates: 1881-1882

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Gerard C. Brandon letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0204

Overview Letter from the Governor of Mississippi to Alabama Governor John Murphy regarding an unsettled financial transaction between the two states.

Dates: 1828 October 29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Woodward Brandon papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0203

Overview Documents concerning Alabama governor William Woodward Brandon, including letters, news clippings, postcards, and transcripts of speeches.

Dates: 1920-1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Branscomb Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4017

Overview Letters, land grants, diplomas, certificates, scrapbook, daguerreotype, and other miscellaneous documents, as well as quilts and other textiles (including a wedding dress from the early 20th century)

Dates: after 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George E. Brewer letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0207

Overview Two typescript copies of a 1919 letter describing Bird H. Young who was the model for nineteenth century author Johnson J. Hooper's (1815-62) character Simon Suggs.

Dates: 1919 October 15

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Brierfield Ironworks records

Collection

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

Iveson L. Brookes papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0214

Abstract A large collection of letters to and from this Baptist clergyman, planter and southern sectionalist, including defenses of the South, Brookes's business transactions, and family matters.

Dates: 1811-1911; Majority of material found within 1825 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alfred A. Brown letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0218

Overview Letter dated 16 January 1863, from Canterbury, New Hampshire, to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Burroughs, West Acton, Massachusetts, concerning friends and family

Dates: 1863 January 16

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mrs. Sue Brown Correspondence and Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4039

Overview Correspondence to Sue Brown from friends and relatives, as well as a scrapbook and miscellaneous documents and correspondence.

Dates: 1833-1943

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

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

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

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

John Burnham papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0233

Abstract Correspondence and other material relating to the captivity of Captain John Burnham in Algiers, 1793-94, his attempts to buy his freedom and subsequent efforts to secure reimbursement from Congress.

Dates: 1792-1832/1943?

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

Sallie Burt letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0238

Overview Letter written by Burt on 12 February 1850, from Columbus [Georgia?], to friend her Lizzie, with news of family and friends

Dates: 1850 February 12

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

O. T. Buswell letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0242

Overview Copy of a letter written by O.T. Buswell on 22 February 1870 from Rockville, Alabama, to George P. Buswell

Dates: 1870 February 22

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

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C. I. B. DeLage letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0156

Overview A letter from C. I. B. DeLage, a Mobile, Alabama, commission agent, to Carl G. Schneider detailing the financial history of Mobile during the Civil War.

Dates: 1865

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

C. S. Phillips letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0155

Overview Letter detailing the movement of Union forces following the surrender of Mobile, Alabama, in April 1865.

Dates: 1865-04-18

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

Cadwallader Jones Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0775

Abstract A letter dated 29 November 1862, from Orange Court House, Virginia to Jones's daughter, Fanny Iredell Erwin. It details a Confederate army march from north of Winchester to Orange Court House, and expresses delight in the scenery and admiraltion of an especially fine farm.

Dates: 1862-11-29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

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

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

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

Carl S. Auerbach World War II letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4202

Overview Letters from this WWII sailor to his wife and family.

Dates: 1936-1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Carl Lamson Carmer letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0277

Overview Letter written by this acclaimed author of Stars Fell on Alabama to Mrs. Raymond McClain, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, discussing Mrs. McLain's association with Ruby Pickens Tartt, who Carmer praises for her value to the state of Alabama and her work to raise awareness of the folk traditions of Alabama.

Dates: 1972 August 9

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mary Tarver Carroll papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0283

Overview Contains two undated letters written from this Alabama resident to Peter Brannon, most likely the director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History; two hand-written verses; and three printed cards with Christmas illustrations and poems written by Carroll.

Dates: circa 1930s

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jesse Carter commonplace and letterbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0284

Overview Commonplace and letterbook, with early entries dating from 1823, includes hand-written poetry and by authors such as Shakespeare and Lord Byron. Later entries date from at least 1843 and include copies of letters that mention Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras societies.

Dates: 1823-1882

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Catherine Hixon Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0679

Abstract A letter dated 17 July 1853, from Pike County, Alabama to her friend, Mrs. Elizabeth Horn at St. Andrews Bay, Florida. It discusses family matters and health.

Dates: 1853-07-17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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