Collections | Special Collections & Archives

University of Alabama Corps of Cadets collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0029

Overview A miscellany of material relating to the University of Alabama Corps of cadets, 1873-1905, including invitations to the 1873 junior exhibition and Corps of Cadets hops (dances) in 1874, 1876, and 1878, and the program for a 1905 reunion of the Corps of Cadets Company E, winner of a 1885 drill competition at the New Orleans Exposition.

Dates: 1873-1905

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Letter to Glady and Gordon

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2951

Overview A letter to Glady and Gordon from their mother in Columbus, Wisconsin about Bob, who plans to enlist after graduation.

Dates: 1945 April 29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Letter from Alexander Scammell

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4348

Scope and Contents One letter from Alexander Scammell (1741-1781) to his brother describing some of the events of the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War. This two-page letter was written in approximately June 1778.

Dates: 1778-06

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Draft letter from General Philip Schuyler to George Washington

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4349

Scope and Contents One sixteen page draft letter written by General Philip Schuyler to be sent to General George Washington. The final version sent to George Washington in the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress is dated May 28, 1780. The text of this draft closely resembles that of the final version. A note on the backside of the final page, in a second handwriting, remarks on the provenance of the letter. Schuyler replies to a request from George Washington for his opinion on strategy during the...

Dates: 1780-05

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall World War I photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-034

Abstract This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.

Dates: 1914 - 1918

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Oliver Jack Kaneft Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0795

Abstract A collection letters from O. Jack Kaneft to his girlfriend, Teddy Love, who later became his wife. Many of the letters were written while Kaneft was a flight instructor for WWII fighter pilots at the Alabama Institute of Aeronautics in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1940 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John M. Potter Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2483

Overview Personal letters addressed to John M. "Jack" Potter, a Private and later Private First Class in the United States Marines, during his duration on Parris Island, North Carolina.

Dates: 1944-1945

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

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

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

Ely Naparstek Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2341

Overview Miscellaneous papers and photographs of PFC Ely Naparstek of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dates: 1938-1945

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

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

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

Collection — Box: 2009001.035

Identifier: 2009-173

Abstract This collection consists of seven photographs depicting people at Hanger One at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Dates: 1920 - 1929

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Aileen Kilgore Henderson Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0661

Overview Drafts and final manuscripts of the works of this award-winning Alabama children's author, and correspondence with her editor and with her fans. Also a United States Army Women's Corps uniform [not AKH's actual uniform; the attached insignia may or may not be hers either]: jacket, blouse, skirt and garrison cap, circa 1944-1951 and other military recognitions.

Dates: 1938 - 2008

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Francis S. Lyon papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2051

Abstract A letter written by Francis S. Lyon, dated March 3, 1837, to M. Dickerson, Secretary of the United States Navy, and an 1858 bill of sale with Lyon's signature as witness.

Dates: 1837-1858

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James H. Mullen letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1029

Overview A letter from Mullen to his family describng his troops' position in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1862 November 23

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Esbon C. Lambert Diary and Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3924

Abstract Diary and letters from Lambert, a United States Navy landsman aboard the USS Itasca from 1863-1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Dates: 1863-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas Haughey letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0648

Overview Letter written by Thomas Haughey of Alabama, dated December 28, 1868 and written from Washington, DC, to Ben Perley Poone providing a short biographical sketch. Mentions having to live in the north during the Civil War due to his anti-secessionist ideals.

Dates: 1868 December 28

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas G. Jones Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3012

Overview A collection of papers written by and related to Thomas G. Jones. Correspondence includes letters written about Jones' service in the Civil War and an open letter to B.B. Comer. Other papers are written about Jones.

Dates: 1864-1911

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Joseph S. Huhn Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3217

Overview Pocket diary of Civil War Union soldier, Joseph S. Huhn of Company "F" of the Ohio 114th Infantry, documenting daily activities between 1 January and 21 August 1865. The remainder of the diary is miscellaneous information and a series of exam questions.

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Francis William Kellogg Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2027

Abstract One letter written by Francis William Kellogg to the secretary of the United States Navy recommending Malcolm Maurice Moore to the Naval School at Annapolis.

Dates: 1861 April 29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Kolb Family Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2132

Overview John Frederick Kolb and Valentine Bruner Kolb were from Frederick County, Maryland, and fought for the Union in the Civil War. Valentine Kolb's letters to his family discuss battles, artillery, and prisoners; John F. Kolb's notification to enroll is included as well as a letter he wrote to his parents. Letters to their father are also included.

Dates: 1861 - 1868

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Ellis diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2819

Overview Diary written by First Sergeant Charles Ellis of the 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The diary contains daily notes concerning regimental duty in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1865.

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

CSS Alabama partial muster roll

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3724

Overview Partial muster roll of the CSS Alabama.

Dates: after 1864 June 19

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jonathon A. B. Allison letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0068

Overview A letter dated 6 March 1862, from "Camp Alabama, near Dumfries, Virginia," to "Dear Uncle," with news of friends and the war.

Dates: 1862 March 6

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Chamberlin letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0294

Overview Letters written to his mother and brother while serving with the 52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Peninsular Campaign and the Charleston Expedition

Dates: 1861-1898; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1863

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William M. Pratt letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1163

Overview Letter dated 22 April 1864, from Head Quarters, Sub-district of the Pamlico, Washington, North Carolina, to Commander Renshaw, warning him of enemy troop movements

Dates: 1864 April 22

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Radford letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1177

Overview Original and typed copy from Radford to Lieutenant Commander T. C. Harris, discussing a possible attempt to rescue Jefferson Davis, a prisoner at Fortress Monroe.

Dates: 1865 July 15

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Flight of Doodle! broadside

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3710

Overview Small broadside of the 14-verse poem, Flight of Doodle! about the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), with each Confederate state's performance in the battle making up a stanza.

Dates: 1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Union Bark Conrad proof of ownership and registration

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3725

Overview Photocopies of the 1861 Proof of Ownership and Registration forms for the Bark Conrad which was later captured by the C.S.S. Alabama and recommissioned as the Tuscaloosa

Dates: 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Elmer E. Rhode Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2550

Overview Bernice Shelly writes from Tracy and Oakland, California, to P.F.C. Elmer E. Rhode, stationed in San Francisco, California, about her work as a waitress and at a factory to aid the war effort. A third letter makes a third-party reference to an encounter with Elmer Rhode written by Fred Kimball of San Francisco, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Payne of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1942 - 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Askew family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0091

Overview Biographical sketch, ledger, diaries, church histories, newspaper clippings, copies of poetry and pieces written about Confederate history in Alabama, address and appointment books from this Dayton, Alabama, family.

Dates: 1844-1993

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William K. Bachman ordnance return and muster roll

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0101

Abstract Monthly return of ordnance and ordnance stores received and expended during the month of November 1864; muster roll of Bachman's company of the German Artillery Regiment of Hampton's Legion, August 31-October 31, 1864.

Dates: 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Pitt Ballinger diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0104

Abstract Diary covering the 1865 negotiations with General E. R.S. Canby and others over the cessation of hostilities between the U.S. and the state of Texas, other legal cases legal and business, as well as personal and family affairs.

Dates: 1864-1868

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Taylor Banks diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0109

Abstract Diary of druggist who served in the 6th Alabama Regiment. Also includes a biographical sketch and a coroner's report signed by Banks.

Dates: 1862-1893

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Robert Bell letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0134

Abstract A letter dated 29 May 1864 from a Confederate soldier to his mother and sister while stationed in Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Dates: 1864 May 29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James C. Bennett papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0137

Abstract A miscellaneous collection of Civil War material of this Union soldier from Indiana, including enlistment lists, muster roles, war songs, writings, drawings, a diary, genealogical information, and clippings. All materials are photocopies of originals.

Dates: circa 1862-1899; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1869

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Macon and Miles Abernathy papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0003

Overview This collection consists Abernathy family correspondence discussing the outbreak of the Civil War and the return of Macon, a University of Alabama student, to his hometown of Jacksonville, Alabama, to enlist in a local company. Also contains an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles W. Abernathy.

Dates: 1861 - 1878

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Rucker Agee papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0013

Abstract [None]

Dates: 1861 - 1977

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama Warriors speech text

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0053

Overview Text of a speech describing the contribution of Emma Sansom, Joseph Wheeler, Raphael Semmes, and John Pelham to Alabama history, read at the February 2, 1933, meeting of the Canebreak Rifle Guard Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Dates: 1933

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Lamar Aldridge papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0059

Overview Letters home written while Aldridge was in training in Georgia and then serving in France during World War I.

Dates: 1917-1919

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ellsworth Hults diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3735

Overview The diary of the paymaster's clerk aboard the USS Galena from February through November 1864. There is also a transcription of the diary and a photograph of Admiral James Forsyth "the tallest man in the American Navy, 6 ft 6."

Dates: 1864 February - November

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Yuille Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1601

Abstract A collection of correspondence, 1861-1865, and other personal papers, as well as bills, receipts, and orders of this bakery in Mobile, Alabama, operated by Gavin Yuille (?-1849) and his sons John C. and Robert Lang Yuille (1822-?). Includes the loyalty oath taken by John C. Yuille in 1865.

Dates: 1827 - 1871

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

Johnny Reb and Billy Yank: Manuscript

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4010

Overview Manuscript of Alexander Hunter's Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, his narrative of service in the Confederate Army, under the working title, "Four Years in the Ranks."

Dates: 1905

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

George Doherty Johnston Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4018

Overview Letters to and from this Confederate brigadier general.

Dates: 1845-1885

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert Smith Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4096

Overview The Robert Smith papers contain correspondence between Robert Smith and his family during his military training in 1942 and his deployment to England and France in 1944 during World War II.

Dates: 1942-1956

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Michael Schwartz Collection of Army of the Republic of Vietnam Patches

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4158

Overview FIfty-five military (airborne) patches from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam

Dates: between 1955 and 1975

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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