Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Winafred Bird letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0158

Abstract A letter from Bird dated 5 May 1822, from Lower Salem, Sumter District, South Carolina to her son John Goodson Falls of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Bird asked that he visit her and that she might join him in Tuscaloosa.

Dates: 1822 May 5

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham Examiner financial records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0162

Abstract Financial records ledger and checkbook from this Birmingham, Alabama, newspaper

Dates: 1963-1964

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Blackwell deed

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0168

Abstract A deed recording a transfer of land in Montgomery County, Alabama, dated 25 September 1828, from John Blackwell to Thomas Mastin.

Dates: 1828 September 25

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A. M. Blair letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0169

Abstract A letter dated 30 November 1843, to Blair's brother Edwin in Williamstown, Massachusetts, describing a sea voyage from New York, to Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1843 November 30

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charity Sophia Rutland Brett commonplace book

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0206

Overview Mid-nineteenth-century combination cookbook and scrapbook that includes a "Cure for Cancer," a "New broth for the sick," and a "remedy for cholera," among others.

Dates: 1851-1856

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Broadnax, Cleavland, and McKerrill account ledger

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0213

Overview Ledger recording purchases by customers at this general store in Eutaw, Green County, Alabama.

Dates: 1866

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

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

Maude Buntin collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0229

Overview Miscellaneous papers related to Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama, including the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Centennial program, 1937, the 50th anniversary booklet of the Tuesday Study Club, 1964, a Bible Study schedule for 1913, and clippings and photos related to Pickens County landmarks.

Dates: 1913-1976

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

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

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

Lucille Dorroh Burton papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0239

Overview A collection of genealogical records.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Rosa Lee Busby papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0240

Overview Genealogical research and papers compiled by Busby

Dates: unknown

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

Hamlin Caldwell family genealogy

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0256

Overview Genealogy completed in 1958 by Daisy Caldwell and Jessie King Cave. The work documents the life of Hamlin Caldwell of Scottsboro, Alabama, and his descendants.

Dates: 1958 December 1

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

Callahan Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0262

Overview A miscellany of materials, primarily genealogical records of a large number of families. The collection also contains files on the Hopewell Baptist Church in Fayette County, Alabama, the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company F, Alabama land records, and on women's suffrage.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Samuel D. Cameron and Maxwell A. Cameron Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0264

Overview Papers, primarily letters, of two Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, brothers, Samuel D. Cameron, 2nd Alabama Cavalry and Maxwell A. Cameron, 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment, to their sister, Sarah, and brother-in-law, Isham Robertson, during the Civil War. Additional materials include financial documents and other family letters.

Dates: 1858-1884; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Canebrake collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0267

Overview Materials relating principally to the community of Dayton in Marengo County, Alabama. It includes land grants, the Dayton city code, town council minutes, and some family records.

Dates: circa 1837?

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Cannon indenture

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0269

Overview An agreement dated 10 January 1899 and executed in Elmore County, Alabama, between J. W. Adams and John Cannon, indenturing Archie Cannon, a minor, to five months agricultural labor.

Dates: 1899 January 10

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

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

Mary M. Foster fire insurance policy

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0291

Overview A fire insurance policy dated 22 December 1881, taken out by Mary M. Foster of Clayton, Alabama, on her "frame dwelling house part one & half story & part one story, & dining room & kitchen attached, occupied by her. . . . "

Dates: 1881 December 22

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

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

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

Clements family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0316

Abstract Papers of a Tuscaloosa family whose members included Hardy Clements, Rufus Hargrove Clements, Martha Lavinia Clements, Frank Bugbee Clements, Luther Morgan Clements, and others. The bulk of the papers relate to Frank Bugbee Clements.

Dates: 1846-1948

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

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

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

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

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

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

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

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

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

David Crawford letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0368

Overview Letter dated 30 November 1829, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his wife, Caroline, in Mobile, telling her of his election as Solicitor of the First Judicial Circuit.

Dates: 1829 November 30

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

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

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

Thomas Dauser papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0398

Overview Letters, postcards, photos, newsclipping, and passport of this German shoemaker who emigrated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the 1880s. All material is in German.

Dates: 1882-1921

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jere Clemens Dennis papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0428

Overview Personal, family, and business papers of a Tallapoosa County attorney, including legal case files as well as Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alabama National Guard, and Masonic materials.

Dates: 1841-1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Horry Dent papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0430

Overview There are four typescript documents in the folder also: (1) Commodore John Herbert Dent, U.S. Navy, 1782–1823; (2) Charles I. Graves in Egypt (1875–1878); (3) Cape Guardafui by Lt. Col. Graves (the proceedings of the meeting of October 1880); and (4) Report of Lt. Col. Graves, 4th July 1878.The Plantation Book (or Farm Journal v.1) was written by John Horry Dent from January 1840 through December 1842 to record actual expenditures and incomes from his estate and to provide...

Dates: 1840-1891

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Columbus C. Dodson letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0440

Abstract A letter dated 15 February 1848, written from Mexico City to his sister, Miss A. W. Dodson, Telaga Spring, Chatooga County, Georgia.

Dates: 1848 February 15

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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