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Bryce Hospital Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0225

Overview Various materials on the establishment and history of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, later known as Bryce Hospital.

Dates: 1849-1991

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Abstract A substantial collection of papers and materials relating to James Bowron, one of the nineteenth century iron and mining pioneers in the Deep South. It includes Bowron's 1632-page, unpublished autobiography, as well as his daily journals, letters, and pictures.

Dates: 1861-1928

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Texas and Mexico Travel Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2020-002

Overview Twenty-six mounted Kodak No. 2 albumen photographs, with images depicting travel in Texas and Mexico in 1890.

Dates: 1890

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Sue Spencer Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1323

Overview This collection chiefly consists of correspondence from Sue Spencer to her family and friends during the time she spent with her husband and three sons living in Africa, an experience from which she published African Creeks I Have Been Up. Both the manuscript and galley proofs are included in this collection, as well as notes and observations for Mrs. Spencer's other publications, and newspaper clippings and other items related to Mrs. Spencer's life as an...

Dates: 1956 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1964

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Crawford Gorgas Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0581

Abstract Correspondence, diaries, writings, and other material of this Alabama native who eradicated yellow fever from the Panama Canal Zone and served as Surgeon General of the U.S. Army

Dates: 1869-1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Daughters of the American Colonists, Colonel George Reade Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2654

Overview Eleven scrapbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama,women's organization, covering the beginning years of organization (1956-1960) through 1998.

Dates: 1956-1998

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jo Tartt Jr. and Judith Tartt Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4303

Overview Collection consists of a variety of materials related to the life of Jo Cowin Tartt Jr. and his wife, Judith Watkins Tartt. The materials are predominately focused on Mr. Tartt's childhood and various careers throughout his life. Of notable interest are his photographs of the Alabama Black Belt during the 1960s through the early 1980s, which depict life and living conditions in small-town Alabama after the Civil Rights movement. In addition to his photographs, other materials include journals,...

Dates: 1890 - 2019

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Thomas Heflin Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0659

Abstract Correspondence, speeches, press releases, biographical notes, campaign literature, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia of this member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator from Alabama.

Dates: 1895 - 1951

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

E. L. Hendrix Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0663

Overview Land survey books and blueprints from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, and Hale County, Alabama.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Howell F. Hayslette Letter and Photograph

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0654

Overview Letter and photograph, from Hayslette in Conde, France, to "My Dear Mother," thanking her for a Christmas parcel and expressing longings for home.

Dates: 1919-01-06

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Daniel Thompson McCall, Jr. collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0393

Overview Three photographs of U. of A. students between 1884-1887 and an article by McCall about Alabamians who went to California during the 1849 "Gold Rush."

Dates: 1849-1887

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bert Neville Collection of Steamboat Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-014

Abstract Photographs of steamboats on Alabama rivers and street scenes from Selma and Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1854 - 1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Tuscaloosa News Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-012

Overview This collection consists of nine photographs depicting the Alabama football game, basketball game, Jerry Rubin speaking at the Foster Auditorium, Governor's Day, and a concert on the Quad.

Dates: 1964 - 1979

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-013

Overview Photographs of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dates: 1960 - 1970

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Photographs by Sandoz Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2008-015

Overview Photographs were taken by Sandoz Photographer.

Dates: 1905

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Fletcher Moore Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-017

Overview This collection depicts photographs of the University of Alabama and men in Ku Klux Klan clothes.

Dates: 1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

ZAP Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-008

Overview This collection consists of photographs relating to the Alabama sororities.

Dates: 1970

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jefferson Jackson Coleman Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-002

Overview This collection consists of fifty-five photographs of the former Director of Alumni Affairs at the University of Alabama. He was closely involved in athletics at the University of Alabama. The photographs show various aspects of his life from 1918 through 1989.

Dates: 1918 - 1989

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections UA Campus Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2021-003

Scope and Contents This collection consists of five photographs of the President's Mansion, Smith Hall, Denny Chimes, and human skull and cadavers at the medical school laboratory.

Dates: 1910 - 1919

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Gulf State Paper Corporation Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-011

Overview This collection consists of thirty-four photographs of Shelby Iron Company from 1958 taken by Public Relations of Gulf State Paper Corporation.

Dates: 1958

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John R. Hodge Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0685

Abstract Paper titled "An Editor Spends a Day with the Army,” [presented to the?] American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 13, 1942. Includes annotated photographs of editors visiting Governors Island, New York, HQ of Eastern Defense Command and First Army and photographs of defense drills somewhere on the East Coast.

Dates: 1942

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Gray Little Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0868

Abstract A collection of family correspondence, financial and legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia relating to this Livingston, Alabama native who is credited with introducing football at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1837 - 1938

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2009-093

Overview The collection consists of eighty copy photographs. Originals were taken by the Farm Security Administration's photographers of Alabama agriculture and industry during the Depression. Primarily images of white and African American sharecropper families and homes, churches, schools, and farm scenes. Photographs were taken around Moundville, Eutaw, Selma, Scottsboro, Greensboro, and Birmingham, Alabama. Originals are stored at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1930 - 1942

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Geological Survey of Alabama Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2007-002

Overview This collection consists of 531 photographs documenting Alabama Geological Survey field trips and the growth of the University of Alabama campus from the 1880s through 1930s.

Dates: 1885 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1930

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Fort Dix Military Base Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2014-008

Abstract Thirteen color prints of the Fort Dix Military Base in New Jersey.

Dates: 1960 - 1961

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Howard Watts Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2014-009

Overview Collection consists of thirty-nine photographs of Howard Watts with his army friends, wife and his child. Also, collection contains images of his funeral.

Dates: 1940 - 1949

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Private James Proctor Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2014-010

Overview The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Collection consists of forty photographs of Private James Proctor during his service in the army: Yokohama base in Japan, Germany, and United States bases.

Dates: 1930 - 1960

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Tuscaloosa History Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2014-029

Abstract Photographs depicting Tuscaloosa people and places.

Dates: 1890 - 1910

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

S. E. Elmore Audio and Video Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2018-005

Overview 42 8mm film of S. E. Elmore; various trips to Mexico 1935, Mobile 1938, Houston, TX, Bellingarth Gardens, Alabama State Stocks Memorial Park, Grandmother Elmor's 80th birthday 1932, Coca-Cola Plant at Montgomery, AL, Graduation 1947, 1948 and 1949, May Day 1947, Queen Elizabeth Ship June 1959, X-Mass 1935, Panama City Fishing Trip, April 27 and 28, 1954, Swim Pool at Millbrook, Western Tour, and 37 LP's featuring various artists. 42 8mm film of S. E. Elmore; various trips to Mexico 1935, Mobile...

Dates: 1935 - 1959

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Kappa Alpha Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-062

Abstract This collection consists chiefly of photographs relating to the Kappa Alpha Order members at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1951 - 1988

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Benjamin T. Barret Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0117

Abstract A collection containing family correspondence, bills, receipts, clippings, and other items.

Dates: 1836 - 1921; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Myrtis Parker Handley Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2010-016

Abstract Collection consists of thirty-eight photographs of students and teachers at Mt. Olive School in Mt. Olive, Alabama, where Handley was a teacher.

Dates: 1947 - 1963

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J. E. Mulkin Collection of African American Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-027

Overview This collection consists of 151 photographs and glass plate negatives of African Americans.

Dates: 1910 - 1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Oscar D. Cully Jr. Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2010-008

Overview This collection consists of sixty-seven photographs of the University of Alabama campus and buildings, a scene of the downtown Tuscaloosa parade, and Nitrate Plant No. 2 with Wilson Dam in the background.

Dates: 1935 - 1936

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Marie Ball Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2010-003

Overview This collection consists of twenty-seven photographs of Tuscaloosa area scenes, including the Washington Moody House before and after restoration, the Homan Home, and Alvin Hudson's photographs of Tuscaloosa trolleys.

Dates: 1934 - 1977

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Miriam Houston Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-218

Overview This collection consists of nineteen photographs of Miriam Houston and other women modeling.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Blocton, Alabama Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2010-004

Overview This collection consists of nine photographs of Italian - Americans living in Blocton, Alabama. Photographs were used in the fall 1986 Alabama Heritage article.

Dates: 1900 - 1938

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Farris Dale Beason Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-216

Overview This collection consists of twenty-four photographs of two homecoming parades at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1963 - 1964

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alpha Beta Alpha Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-217

Overview One color and five black and white photographs of Alpha Beta Alpha Convention at Illinois State University, showing Miss Jean Nelson (Instructor Illinois State University), Miss Welch (Librarian Illinois State University), Maureen Bray (Illinois State), Hilda Weeks (MSCW), Linda Pinder (West University of Alabama), Mary Kate Meredith (University of Alabama), Suellen Reed (University of Alabama), Dona Wrench, and two photos of Illinois State University.

Dates: 1968-04

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Vijay Parekh Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-208

Overview This collection consists of ten color and thirty-eight black and white photographs of the residents of the International House at the University of Alabama, Shyhming Chang August 2, 1962, Christmas 1963, and different stage performances.

Dates: 1960 - 1964

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Corley Wallace Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-210

Abstract Thirty black and white photographs depicting George Wallace at the University of Alabama 1973 19 November during the homecoming activities. It was the Alabama versus Georgia homecoming football game, and Terry Points was the first African American awarded homecoming queen.

Dates: 1973-11-19

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James W. Horner Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-212

Overview This collection consists of one photograph of the University of Alabama Marching Band on the steps of the Amelia Gorgas Library.

Dates: 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Tom McVey Cabinet Cards

Collection

Identifier: 2009-211

Overview This collection consists of two cabinet cards of Brett Rutledge Brown ATΩ class of 1898, University of Alabama, Birmingham, and Johns Rather, Jr. KA class of 1897, University of Alabama.

Dates: 1897 - 1898

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

H. E. Wheeler Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-214

Overview This folder consists of seven black and white photographs of botanical subjects in Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties, including shots of "House of Mystery" (also known as Childs Home) in Gainesville, Alabama.

Dates: 1926 - 1929

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Frank Jones Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-213

Overview This collection consists of eight black and white photographs of Shelby Iron Company, Shelby, Alabama, also photographs of the workers, a store, and a hotel.

Dates: 1900 - 1909

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

University of Alabama Marching Band Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-215

Overview This collection consists of three black and white photographs of the University of Alabama Marching Band, possibly taken at the University of Alabama in 1938.

Dates: 1938

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Brant Crawley Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-206

Abstract Collection consists of twenty-nine photographs of Sardis Cemetery in Bullock County, Alabama.

Dates: 1993

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert E. Johnson photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-205

Abstract Prints and one original snapshots of wedding of Dr. and Mrs. R.E. Johnson. He was a professor of history at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Rives Family Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-209

Abstract Two photographs from Rives Family Papers depicting Tutwiler and Little Hall in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1910 - 1919

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Harry Neal Eddins Family Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2010-010

Abstract Collection consists of eighty-seven photographs of Eddins family of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Largely portraits of family members, snapshots of family and friends, and the Eddins home. Includes photographs of a young Hudson Strode and an architectural drawing of the Hendricks's home on the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1890 - 1960

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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