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Bogy and Smith Families genealogy

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0180

Abstract A miscellany of materials related to the Bogy and Smith families. The former were French immigrants of the early nineteenth century who appear to have settled, variously, in the Vine and Olive Colony of Alabama (Demopolis), around Arkansas Post, and around New Madrid, Missouri, while the latter were the families of Steven and Mary Jane Pitt Smith of Green and Choctaw Counties, Alabama, and Ivy Furman Smith and Mary Jane Morrison Smith of Green and Marengo Counties, Alabama.

Dates: undated

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Boling Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0181

Overview Correspondence, receipts, mortgages, wills, indentures, and other materials concerning the property and affairs of the Boling and Saffold families of Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama.

Dates: 1833-1870

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

Charles Boyd genealogy

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0195

Abstract A collection of genealogical records pertaining to Boyd's family.

Dates: undated

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

L.O. Brackeen paper

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0451

Overview Paper titled Enoch Hooper Cook, Sr., of Wilcox County, Alabama, presented to the Alabama Historical Association by Mrs. Ralph Draughon.

Dates: 1962 April 26

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Charles Scott Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2012-017

Abstract Black and white photographs taken by Charles Scott and exhibited at the World's Fair in New York, 1936. Scenes of rural people and life, New York City and Jersey City, and industrial scenes in the northeastern United States.

Dates: 1888 - 1930

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Survilla Moore Clardy Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4194

Overview Financial records of this Pickens County, Alabama, family

Dates: 1904-1996

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

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

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

Coleman and Truss family letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0103

Overview Contains letters written before, during, and after the Civil War by the Coleman family of St. Clair, Alabama

Dates: 1860 - 1868

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

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

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

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