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Carl Cecil papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2390

Overview Cecil's files about the University of Alabama Faculty Senate from 1975-1980

Dates: 1975-1980

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jackson Napoleon Chadwick Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4168

Overview A bill of sale for five slaves, a soft leather wallet, and a letter regarding a pre-Civil War bond, belonging to Jackson Napoleon Chadwick and his heirs.

Dates: 1839-1907

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Hatchett Chandler correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0295

Overview Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.

Dates: 1960-1963

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles C. Smith Collection on Tools and Machinery

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4310

Overview Collection consists of seventy items related to the history of tools and machinery from 1881 to 1956.

Dates: 1881 - 1956

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Robinson papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0161

Overview Letters concerning Robinson's request for a commission in the "colored service" of the U.S. Army during the Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles W. Cook Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4335

Scope and Contents This collection of ninety-one letters between Charles W. Cook and his wife, Esther, was sent between September and December 1952 while Charles was working for the United States Army Chemical Corps on Project Ivy at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Proving Grounds. Eighty-three of the letters are between Charles and Esther, the remaining eight are from Charles' mother, father, sister, and other military colonels. The correspondence is about the daily life of the writers as they keep in...

Dates: 1952-09-05 - 1952-12-12

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Waldron Buckley Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2010

Abstract Letters written by Charles Waldron Buckley, United States Congressman for the Montgomery, Alabama area, to the editors of the Congressional Globe requesting copies be sent to various people and Alabama newspapers and to be charged to his account.

Dates: 1869-02-18 - 1870-02-10

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Wiggins Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1553

Abstract A collection of a Jasper, Alabama attorney's correspondence and legal documents, 1916-23.

Dates: 1916 - 1923

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Chris Peterson Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3037

Overview Two letters from J. W. Culley of Leeton, Missouri. He discusses putting in a well and renting out his home. A third letter is from R. H. Peterson of Endicott, Nebraska and is written in Danish.

Dates: 1908 - 1930

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Citizens of Macon County Ku Klux Klan letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0303

Overview A letter dated July 1870 and signed by "Citizens of Macon County K. K. K.", threatening W. B. Bowen of Macon County, Alabama.

Dates: 1870 July

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

I. M. Clark letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0308

Overview Letter dated 28 July 1861, from "Clover Bottom" (near Huntsville) to his sister, giving news of crops and weather, and stating his desire to join the army.

Dates: 1861 July 28

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C. L. Clawson Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4135

Overview Letter with family news and talk of growing cotton in Alabama versus in South Carolina, as well as some genealogical information.

Dates: 1850 August 5

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr., letter and biographical sketch

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0309

Overview Letter written from Tuscaloosa in 1834, to his aunt, Mrs. Robert W. Withers of Erie, Greene County, Alabama, and a biographical sketch, author and date unknown, which includes information on Clay's political career, wedding, and friends.

Dates: circa 1834

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Henry Clay letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0310

Overview Typescript copy of a letter written by Clay, dated 1 July 1844, from his plantation, Ashland, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Stephen F. Miller of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, commenting on the possible annexation of Texas.

Dates: 1844 July 1

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Hugh Lawson Clay letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0311

Overview Letter written by Clay from Richmond, Virginia, to an unidentified person in response to a request for help in locating Mr. Mayhew, a mutual friend.

Dates: 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Nelson Clayton papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0315

Abstract Papers reflecting the activities of a cotton planter in Lee County, Alabama, 1808-1868.

Dates: 1808-1868; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1860

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas H. Clements letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0317

Abstract Letters to an Alabama farmer from 1866 to 1870

Dates: 1866-1870

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cleophus Thomas Jr. Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3887

Overview Cleophus (Cleo) Thomas Jr. is an Alabama attorney and was the first African American president of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama. The collection contains letters sent to Thomas by noted authors and artists, materials related to special events on The University of Alabama campus, and a map and photographs presented to politician Nicholas Katzenbach.

Dates: 1966-2015

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas P. Clinton letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0319

Overview Letters about the burning of the University of Alabama, April 1865, which Clinton witnessed as a young boy.

Dates: Unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Elizabeth Clitherall letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0320

Abstract Letter dated 30 July 1863, from Mobile, to her cousin Ann Greenough Burgwyn in North Carolina, extending sympathy on death of Burgwyn's son, Henry King Burgwyn, at Gettysburg, and expressing anti-war sentiments

Dates: 1863 July 30

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cobb Coal Company records

Collection

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

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Elizabeth Tyler Coleman papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0335

Abstract A miscellany of materials including genealogy, correspondence, the diary of Priscilla Cooper Tyler, daughter-in-law of President John Tyler, a journal, and Coleman's manuscript of "Priscilla Cooper Tyler and the American Scene: 1816-1889." Includes three letters from President Tyler to his son Robert.

Dates: 1776-1955

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jefferson Jackson Coleman papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0337

Abstract Souvenirs from various events, as well as awards and honors bestowed upon Coleman, who served The University in many capacities for almost 50 years.

Dates: 1961-1974

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0339

Abstract Various documents, including speeches, correspondence, reports, faculty newsletters, alumni magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings of this Alabama native and University of Alabama professor of Romance Languages

Dates: 1924-1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C. J. Coley papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0341

Abstract Letters and two versions of a paper titled "Tallapoosa and Elmore Counties Litigants," read before the Alabama Historical Association, 26 April 1963, concerning a dispute over division of tax revenues generated by hydroelectric power from damming the Tallapoosa River.

Dates: 1963

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau, District 10 letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0350

Overview Letter dated 4 October 1864, from W.H.C. Price, Superintendent of the C.S.A. War Department's Nitre and Mining District 10, to P.J. Weaver, requesting his urgent cooperation in the manufacturing of nitre.

Dates: 1864 October 4

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John M. Counts Letters from Dr. George Denny

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4110

Overview Seven letters from Dr. George Denny attempting to coax Counts back to the University of Alabama

Dates: 1924

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A.J. Cousins papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3768

Overview Newspapers clippings, sermons, letters, telegrams, and cabinet card photographs.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cousins papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2289

Overview Sermons, photographs, correspondence, and church programs

Dates: 1883-1910

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cowin family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0364

Overview Photocopies of the diary and essays written by John H. Cowin of Green County, Alabama covering events from 22 April through 13 November 1861 as well as a smaller diary for the month of January 1863. There is also a presidential pardon and oaths of allegiance certificates for Samuel Cowin, as well as photocopies of miscellaneous documents including Alabama tax statements from 1875 and 1877 and newspaper clippings, and a Civil War era Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army revolver. Also in the...

Dates: 1861–1921

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

H. Cox Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4126

Overview Letter from uncle in Mt. Vernon, Alabama, to niece in Brooklyn, New York, telling her about the yellow fever outbreak in Mobile.

Dates: 1839 October 17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Charles Cravner papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0367

Overview Legal papers, correspondence, photos, geneology, sheet music, blueprints, sermons, postcards, and journals all related to the Cravner family.

Dates: 1803-1963

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James P. Creath letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0370

Overview Letter written by a Uniontown, Alabama, businessman dated 29 April 1893, to his fiancée.

Dates: 1893 April 29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

T. H. Crenshaw, Jr., papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0372

Overview Photocopies of the papers of the Crenshaw family, including personal and business correspondence, bills, receipts, etc.

Dates: 1810-1884

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Oliver Harlan Cross papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3478

Overview Papers include a CD and a photograph

Dates: after 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Calvin Crow correspondence

Collection

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 Crowley papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2895

Overview A collection of manuscripts and correspondence relating to the writing and publishing of three works by John Crowley.

Dates: 1969-1978

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cruikshank family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0379

Overview Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham

Dates: 1848-1909

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C.S.S. Tuscaloosa Logs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0251

Overview Portions of the logs for the C.S.S. Alabama and the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa. The logs document the daily weather, longitude and latitude as well as information about engagements with enemy ships. There is also a list of ships captured by the Alabama from 5 September 1862 to 20 June 1863 and copies of the correspondence between Lieutenant John Low as captain of the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa and various authorities of the British colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

Dates: 1862–1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cunningham Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4011

Overview Correspondence, maps, newspapers, and photographs of this West Alabama family

Dates: 1834-1979

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John E. Curry collection

Collection

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

D. Johnston Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0762

Abstract A letter dated 24 May 1845, written by Johnston in his capacity as administrator of the estate of Jabez Mitchell, to Dr. Basil Manly, certifying that Manly has notified him of claims against the estate.

Dates: 1845-05-24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Sam Dale envelope fragment

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3732

Overview Fragment of an envelope sent to David Holmes, then governor of the Mississippi Territory (which included the state of Alabama), on 15 May 1817, by Sam Dale at Fort Claiborne, Alabama

Dates: 1817 May 15

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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