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Natalie Thornton Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: 2012-001
Abstract
One photographic album depicting scenes from The University of Alabama featuring coeds at the Kilgore House and the campus. Also scenes from Montgomery, Alabama, New York City, New Orleans, Florida, and Texas.
Dates:
1905-1911
William A. Stickney diary
Collection
Identifier: W-0057
Overview
Diary of Episcopal minister William A. Stickney contains entries dated from 1841-1847. The diary documents Stickney's life as a college student at LaGrange College in Franklin County, Alabama, the University of Alabama, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Entries provide information about Stickney's daily life, as well as descriptions of religious services he attended and led, and a description of his personal devotions.
Dates:
1841-1847
Melpothalian Society Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0977
Abstract
This collection contains an account of the society's proceedings, a list of members, and a note for $5,000 to W. P. Douthit dated Oct. 15, 1844.
Dates:
1836 - 1844; Majority of material found within 1836 - 1837
University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Portraits
Collection
Identifier: 2021-002
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four studio portraits of a soldier.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
D. M. N. Ross Paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1208
Abstract
A paper titled "A brief history of the military department of the University of Alabama, 1860-1936,"written by D.M.N. Ross.
Dates:
n.d.
Delta Chi Fraternity Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4223
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of five scrapbooks for the UA chapter of Delta Chi Fraternity, thirteen issues of the Delta Chi Quarterly, two issues of The Counselor, and a series of publications collected by Charles E. Carlin. The scrapbooks contain photographs, clippings, invitations, correspondence, and notes added by Carlin explaining the state of the scrapbooks. Carlin collected the series of publications in a binder titled "Publications of Historical Interest to the Alabama Chapter of Delta...
Dates:
1952 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1977
University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections UA Students Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2021-001
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one photograph of the University of Alabama Women's Chorus.
Dates:
1929
M. Carolyn Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1292
Abstract
The collection contains material created and gathered as research for "A North Alabama Country Boy's Journey into the World of Nuclear Technology." Written for Professor Gary Mills at the University of Alabama, the paper is about Lester Elkin Burkhart, who worked in the United States atomic energy program.
Dates:
1982
Alto Lee Whitehurst Class Notes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1549
Abstract
Notes for history classes at the University of Alabama during the 1940s, among them U.S. History, World History, and the History of the Old South.
Dates:
1944
William Columbus Ward Speech Text
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1525
Abstract
The text of Ward's 1858 valedictory address, delivered at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1858-07-15
S. A. McPherson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0968
Abstract
Notes by McPherson while a theological student at Payne University, a college for African Americans founded in 1889 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama, and copies of three commencement addresses at Attalla, Etowah County, and Thomas, Jefferson County, Alabama Public Schools.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
Deborah Nygren Paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1063
Abstract
A paper written by Deborah A. Nygren for the University of Alabama's History 567 class in 1976 entitled "The Carpetbaggers of the 1867 Alabama Constitutional Convention: A Study of Personal and County Characteristics on Carpetbaggers in Alabama during the Reconstruction era." It examines the relationship between the popular conceptions of carpetbaggers and the role played by black voters in electing them to office, as they related to pre-war anti-secession sentiment and voting patterns, and to...
Dates:
1976
Lucien Owen Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1085
Abstract
A letter dated 8 October 1857, from a student at the University of Alabama to his father, which dicusses student life.
Dates:
1857-10-08
12 Days in May Betamax Tapes
Collection
Identifier: 2013-027
Overview
Collection contains the Beta Tapes during the student unrest May 1970 at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1970-05
Fleta McWhorter Dowling and Gwen McWhorter Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1643
Abstract
This collection consists of letters between Fleta McWhorter Dowling and her sister Gwen McWhorter, 1943-46, chiefly concerning the latter’s doctoral dissertation subject, some letters from others to Gwen McWhorter, and two Gwen McWhorter problem statements on the use of participation in the development of school health programs.
Dates:
1943 - 1949
Daphne Cunningham Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0385
Abstract
Diaries whose short entries provide information on the daily activities of this coed from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, member of Kappa Delta sorority, and 1916 University of Alabama graduate.
Dates:
1913 - 1914
Nancy Stallworth Shortridge Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4161
Overview
Photographs, invitations, dance cards, etc. from a University of Alabama student during the World War II years.
Dates:
1931-1992
William Baker Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers University of Alabama materials
Collection — Box: 2339
Identifier: MSS-0523
Overview
Items relating to Walter Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers as students at the University of Alabama, including commencement programs, SGA and WSGA ribbons, Triangle ribbon, library card, and invitation to a dance
Dates:
1943-1946
Oleta Lewis Hardesty Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-017
Abstract
Collection consists of fourteen photographs of University of Alabama coeds engaged in a variety of activities around campus, probably taken by Hardesty, a 1933 graduate of Alabama.
Dates:
1931 - 1933
University of Alabama Kappa Alpha Pledge Register and Alumni Directory
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4140
Overview
Pledge register for the University of Alabama's Alpha Beta Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order, February 1935 - August 1948
Dates:
1935-1964
William Albert Jones Quarterly Report Card
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0787
Abstract
Photostatic copy of an 1862 report card of this University of Alabama student from Marion, Alabama.
Dates:
1862-12-26
Elise Ayers Sanguinetti Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0098
Abstract
This collection consists of the correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs, as well as reviews and notices of Elise Ayers Sanguinetti, the Alabama author of The Last of the Whitfields (1962), The New Girl (1964), The Dowager (1968), and McBee's Station (1972).
Dates:
1929 - 2003
American Association of University Women, Tuscaloosa Branch records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0073
Overview
Includes the Tuscaloosa branch secretary’s notebooks, which contain the association's official correspondence, meeting minutes, by-laws, and other records that vary by year. Also includes the executive board files and scrapbooks
Dates:
1928-2002
Harry V. Barnard paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0114
Abstract
Condensation of a 1954 term paper titled "LaGrange College: A Historical Sketch.
Dates:
1954
Carrie T. McLester diploma
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3789
Overview
Carrie T. McLester's diploma from the Alabama Female Institute
Dates:
1872 June 12
University of Alabama Alumni Society Membership Dues Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3998
Overview
Form letter requesting payment of alumni membership dues to help fund scholarships.
Dates:
1903 April 1
Gene Smith Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4116
Overview
Scrapbook documenting a young woman's enjoyment of her life and times as she moves from high school to college.
Dates:
1937-1941
Henrietta Thompson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1403
Abstract
This collection contains the papers and correspondence of an University of Alabama Home Economics professor.
Dates:
1910-1966
Stanley Thrasher paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1406
Abstract
A paper written by Stanley Thrasher for a University of Alabama class in American Folklore. The paper relates the history of the Thrasher Brothers gospel music group, of which the author was a member.
Dates:
1979
Marvin T. Ormond papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3630
Overview
UA Glee Club newspaper clippings and a photo
Dates:
Between 1900 and 1925
Margaret Chenault papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0296
Overview
Memorabilia of a University of Alabama student, 1930-1934, including a scrapbook, record book, newspapers, and student organization documents
Dates:
1930-1934
Bessie Leach Hayden paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0651
Overview
Paper entitled "Then Came the Women: The University in the Nineties," written by Bessie Leach Hayden, Dean of Women, about the first sixty years of coeducation at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
circa 1953
Thomas Waverly Palmer records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1097
Abstract
Surveys used to gather data for "Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901".
Dates:
1890
Mary C. Partlow and John C. Pritchitt paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1107
Abstract
A 1981 paper titled "John William Abercrombie, Thirteenth President of the University of Alabama, 1902-1911" written for a University of Alabama class by Mary C. Partlow and John C. Pritchitt.
Dates:
1981
Mollie Sink Alabama Female Institute diploma
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2400
Overview
Alabama Female Institute diploma of Mollie Sink
Dates:
1861 June 26
Jim Edwards papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2936
Overview
Contains correspondence letters of Jim Edwards written to his family and friends, mostly containing information about his daily life. Also contains his grade reports during his time at Miami University, 1934-1938.
Dates:
1934-1947
Margaret Moore Photographic Album of Atlanta University Student Life
Collection
Identifier: 2020-006
Overview
One photographic album compiled by Margaret Moore containing eighty-four black-and-white photographs depicting life at Atlanta University between 1917 and 1920.
Dates:
1917 - 1920
James William Oakley Jr. Photographs
Collection — Box: 38034.001
Identifier: 2010-020
Abstract
Photographs taken by James William Oakley Jr. during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956.
Dates:
1956 February
Donn Sanford photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-021
Abstract
Photographs of the first African American student admitted to the University of Alabama, Autherine Lucy, enrolling at The University of Alabama in February 1956.
Dates:
1956 February
Edna Lee Holladay Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4044
Overview
Diary (and transcription) kept by Edna Lee Holladay during her college days at the University of Alabama
Dates:
1936-1939
John E. Curry collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0386
Overview
Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.
Dates:
1846-1864
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