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Alabama Democratic Party, 1860 Delegation minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0057
Overview
Minutes and roll of Alabama's delegation, who were "accredited to the Baltimore and Richmond Democratic convention" in Richmond, Virginia, in 1860.
Dates:
1860
Carl Elliot Sr., Photographs
Collection — Box: 5447
Identifier: 2009-199
Abstract
Black and white publicity photographs showing Congressman Carl Elliott performing official duties. He is seen posing with group from Demopolis High School on the steps of U.S. Capitol building. Also including one portrait of a young Elliott in soldier's uniform.
Dates:
Circa 1950s
John Bickley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2296
Overview
Includes incoming correspondence to John S. Bickley from prominent United States and world leaders, as well as personal materials and those relating to the International Insurance Society.
Dates:
1958-2006
Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of Alabama and other states united under the compact styled "The Constitution of the United States of America" Broadside
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4028
Overview
Alabama's ordinance of secession, 1861
Dates:
1861 January 11
Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4075
Overview
Papers of this group supporting constitutional reform
Dates:
??
Rare vertical file
Collection
Identifier: PM-013
Overview
Contains a variety of rare, published materials. Most notable are the almanacs, biographies, guidebooks, art catalogs, and works of literature.
Dates:
circa 1750-2000
Winston C. Shotts biography of Winston Stidham
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1269
Abstract
Biographical sketch of Winston Stidham, an anti-secessionist from Winston County, Alabama, and a delegate to the Alabama secession convention, January - February 1861.
Dates:
circa 1943
James Q. Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1290
Overview
Contains a certificate from the Marion Military Institute, 1898, letters of correspondence 1892 -1939, financial receipts, newspaper clippings, telegrams 1918, legal documents from his election time period as Attorney General of Alabama 1918-1930, personal papers, notes and remarks as his time as judge 1930-1940's.
Dates:
unknown
Alabama ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3677
Overview
Items relating to Alabama places, politics and segregation.
Dates:
unknown
Presidential political campaign ephemera, 2012
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3703
Overview
Bumper stickers and pins from the Obama/Biden and Romney/Ryan presidential campaigns for 2012.
Dates:
2012
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
James Berney letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0142
Abstract
Letter dated 31 January 1846, from Montgomery, Alabama, to A. Jackson at Mayhew [Mississippi?] on news of Montgomery being voted the state capital and the subsequent celebration.
Dates:
1846 January 31
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
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
Campbell autograph album
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0265
Overview
An "Atlantic Cable Charm Book" autograph album owned by a person named Campbell, containing the signature of Sam Houston and various handwritten poems.
Dates:
1859-1874
William Cash papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0285
Scope and Contents
The contents of both boxes are IBM Quality Control Cards.
Dates:
unknown
Centreville, Alabama, City Council minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0293
Overview
City Council minutes for 1890-1891 of this Bibb County, Alabama, city.
Dates:
1890-1891
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
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
Collective Protection documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0344
Abstract
Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.
Dates:
1941-1945
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
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
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
Cruikshank family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0379
Overview
Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham
Dates:
1848-1909
Jefferson Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract
This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.
Dates:
1823-1917
N. H. R. Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0412
Overview
Newspaper clippings, personal and business correspondence, and an account book.
Dates:
1856-1927
Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0425
Abstract
Record book containing letters, records of members' disputes, meeting minutes, and other materials
Dates:
1892-1899
Hallie Farmer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0503
Overview
Newspaper clippings and other published material by and about Dr. Farmer, including bibliographies, offprints of articles, book reviews, and other materials.
Dates:
1924-1960
Gurley, Madison County, Alabama, Board of Aldermen meeting minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0604
Overview
Minutes of the Board of Alderman, Gurley, Madison County, Alabama from 16 December 1913 through 8 October 1920
Dates:
1913-1920
W. A. Handley letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0618
Overview
Letter written to the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of his term as a member of the House.
Dates:
1871 March 8
Willis H. Gibson letter of appointment
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0568
Overview
Letter dated 28 June 1850 from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, appointing Gibson as a U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama
Dates:
1850 June 28
George Washington Goethals letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0575
Overview
Letter from Goethals, former chief engineer of the Panama Canal and civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone, to O.M. Carter regarding Carter's return to the "service."
Dates:
1918 March 27
Joseph B. Graham papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0585
Overview
Correspondence of this delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1901 as well as printed reports from the Convention.
Dates:
1901
Andrew Coleman Hargrove papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0630
Overview
Personal and business correspondence, class notes, and financial records of attorney and politician, Andrew Coleman Hargrove of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1835-1911
W. Stuart Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0643
Overview
Papers and manuscript drafts of this Alabama author.
Dates:
Unknown
Charles Hays papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0653
Overview
Notes that were written by Charles Hays and two copies of a letter that was titled "Temper of the South"
Dates:
after 1834
Cabot Lull papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0884
Abstract
Correspondence, financial records, legal documents and to a lesser extent newspaper clippings, photographs and various miscellaneous material relating to personal, business, political, and official matters of this former blockade runner and Elmore County merchant and probate judge.
Dates:
1816-1935; Majority of material found within 1852 - 1912
Roy L. Nolen correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1051
Abstract
Correspondence between Montgomery, Alabama, postmaster and Democratic Party activist Roy L. Nolen and U.S. Senator Lister Hill as well as a few other persons. The letters address appointments, elections, political campaigns, the war effort, and etc, 1928-1944.
Dates:
1925-1944
Charles Pelham papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1123
Abstract
This collection includes short biographical clippings, letters, and other materials of this Talladega, Alabama, attorney and Congressman.
Dates:
1873-1903
Israel Pickens correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1146
Overview
Correspondence from Pickens containing information about selecting of the University of Alabama seal after the University's incorporation.
Dates:
1822-1825
William Howland Robertson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1200
Overview
Memoir, correspondence, and other miscellaneous papers of this seaman, merchant and diplomat from Alabama.
Dates:
1814 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1859
George Corley Wallace Presidential Campaign Materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1511
Overview
An information pack from Wallace's 1972 presidential campaign.
Dates:
1968
Earl F. Hilliard Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3194
Overview
Correspondence, clippings, notes, and publications from the office of Congressman Earl F. Hilliard, representative for Alabama's 7th Congressional District from 1993-2003.
Dates:
1977, 1995-1998
State of Alabama Candidate Declaration form
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3534
Overview
State of Alabama Candidate Declaration form.
Dates:
1938
G. J. Hubbard letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3807
Overview
Official letters sent to Hubbard during his time as Senator for the state of Alabama
Dates:
1925-1936
Albert M. Rains papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1178
Abstract
Correspondence, texts of speeches, and federal government publications relating to housing, labor, mass transportation, and waterways development, including the Warrior-Tombigbee, Chattahoochee, and Coosa Rivers. Rains's correspondents included Silvio O. Conte, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Conrad M. Fowler, Charles B. Heinz, H. A. Morris and John Sparkman.
Dates:
1902-1966
James F. Doster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0447
Overview
Materials this Tuscaloosa native and history professor at The University of Alabama created and collected.
Dates:
undated
Thomas P. Abernethy manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0004
Abstract
Two galleys with corrections and one type-written manuscript of Abernethy's study, The Formative Period in Alabama, subsequently published as part of the historical series of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. It is a social and political history and originated as Abernethy's doctoral thesis at Harvard University.
Dates:
circa 1965
The American Presidency: An Interpretation: manuscript
Collection
Identifier: W-0122
Overview
Unbound, handwritten manuscript of Harold Joseph Lanski's The American President: An Interpretation.
Dates:
1939
Walter Burgwyn Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0110
Overview
Speeches, pamphlets, correspondence, and other materials related to the life and career of Alabama circuit court judge Walter Burgwyn Jones.
Dates:
1877 - 1981
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