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Walter Goodman letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2508

Overview This collection contains letters from Walter Goodman in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to his sweetheart, Corinne Acklen, in Huntsville, Alabama, with hopes to see her soon.

Dates: 1858-1859

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J.M. Craft Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2539

Overview J.M. Craft, a veteran living in a U.S. Soldier's Home in Kansas City, Missouri, writes about his daily life.

Dates: 1940 January 9

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Overview Contains incoming correspondence to L.O. Dawson, a Baptist minister in west Alabama and east Mississippi at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, including letters from family members and friends as well as correspondence with members of the various religious organizations with which Dawson was affiliated.

Dates: 1893 - 1904

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

1926 Bridal shower booklet

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2751

Overview A 1926 bridal shower booklet created for the bride, Bernice, by the women who attended the party.

Dates: 1926

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Roy and Sara Swindell Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2926

Overview Letters from Roy Swindell and Sara Swindell to their family, who lived in Chattanooga, and later Nashville, Tennessee. The letters discuss missing home, traveling for work, and Bible verses. One letter is from Sara to their son James, an officer in the armed services during World War II.

Dates: 1918-1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Fred M. Owen letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3004

Overview A letter to Joshua P. Eyre from his friend, Fred M. Owen in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1868 August 6

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Grace Lykens correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3243

Overview Courtship letters between Ira Keagy and Grace Lykens of Pennsylvania. There are also letters to Grace from several other pen pals.

Dates: 1905-1945; 1908-1913

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Russell F. Trask letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1993

Abstract Letters written mainly to Russell F. Trask, E.M. 1/c aboard the U.S.S. Apollo (A.S. 25) by his wife, LeElda “Lee” Trask of Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Some of the letters are written to Trask by his mother and other family member. Twenty-eight of the letters are written to Lee by Trask.

Dates: 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Olin Boggess Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2004

Overview One letter from Olin Boggess, of Lakeland, Florida, to his brother Walter. The letter concerns a trip of Olin's.

Dates: 1929 June 20

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Joseph Booth Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2124

Overview Contains Joseph Booth of Carroll County, Ohio wrote to his brother Jeremiah Booth, of Arlington, Illinois, discussing the death of their mother and other personal issues.

Dates: 1876-09-10

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Letter from E.J. to Mrs. Gould

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2180

Abstract Letter to Mrs. Gould from E.J. in Madison, Georgia, discussing rumors about an engaged couple and another rumor about a doctor. Letter marked "Private."

Dates: 1848-07-03

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cahill Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2282

Abstract The Cahill Family Papers consist of personal correspondence to and from Clyde M., Michael J., and Belle Mills Cahill of Ohio. Also included in the collection are receipts and miscellaneous financial documents.

Dates: 1886-1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Berman Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2329

Overview Contains material created and kept by the Berman family of St. Louis, Missouri. Letters written by Dr. William (Bill) Berman and his wife Marian make up the bulk of the collection. These are primarily letters written, often in Hebrew, by Bill and Marian from Ft. Riley, Kansas, where Bill served as an Army doctor during World War Two.

Dates: 1927-1957

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Andrew William Johnson Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2356

Overview Correspondence, photographs, diary, books, stationery set, newspaper clippings, and dog tags of Andrew William Johnson Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, during the 1940s, before and after he was in the Army.

Dates: 1940-1949

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Susie L. Meyers Bobb letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3658

Overview Correspondence between family and friends of the Bobb, Raymond, and Meyers families of Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Iowa. The letters date from 1873-1922, and most of them are written to Susie L. Meyers Bobb, who was likely also Susie L. Raymond.

Dates: 1873-1922

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Elizabeth Harwood Katz Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3661

Overview A collection of letters sent to Elizabeth Harwood from friends, family, and others from 1934 to 1984. They deal primarily with personal lives of Elizabeth, her sister, her friends, and her first husband Richard. For more letters, see Donald and Betty Katz letters, mss_3666.

Dates: 1934 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1942

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Reade family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3674

Overview Materials from three generations of the Reade family

Dates: 1917-1982

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

M. H. Milton Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3928

Overview Letters from friends, family and business associates

Dates: 1861 - 1872

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Good Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3959

Overview Three postcards dealing with daily life and family and one letter appears to be a scam-type chain letter

Dates: 1952 - 1966

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Goodloe, Lane, Pride, Barton and Rutland Families Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0838

Overview Correspondence, receipts, photographs, sheet music, and genealogies of the Goodloe family and several branches of the family.

Dates: 1833 - 1909

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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