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Joseph Emerson Brown letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0219
Overview
Letters from Brown, most of them to his friend and business associate General Ira R. Foster, Quartermaster General of the State of Georgia during the Civil War. Also contains copies of letters between Brown and Georgia politician Howell Cobb, regarding appointing Foster as a special railway postal agent for north Georgia and north Alabama.
Dates:
1857-1867
Francis Bugbee papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0228
Overview
Consists principally of personal correspondence from Francis Bugbee's family and close friends concerning family and personal news. as well as genealogical materials relating to the Bugbee family and many other Massachusetts and Connecticut families. There is very little business correspondence or any information concerning his years as trustee, judge, or legislator.
Dates:
1818-1879; Majority of material found within 1818 - 1820
James Bowron papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0193
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 It includes Bowron's 1632-page, unpublished autobiography, as well as his daily journals, letters, and pictures.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
Southern Trade and Diplomacy Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4214
Overview
The collection consists of one letter and two pamphlets related to trade and diplomacy in the antebellum South.
Dates:
1837 - 1860
Mabel Smythe-Haith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3117
Overview
Papers, books, and photographs belonging to Mabel Smythe-Haith, former ambassador to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, concerning academics, diplomacy, and civil rights.
Dates:
1950-2004
Mignon Smith and Carol Bennett Alabama Radio Network papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3369
Overview
Newspaper clippings, transcripts of interviews, press releases and presidential convention media packets, covering people and events and their influence on Alabama.
Dates:
1963-2007
Marguerite Le Noir De Rouvray, Comtesse de Lostanges Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0877
Overview
Letters and papers reflecting the social, political and economic disorder in Santo Domingo, where the Comtesse was an important land owner, together with miscellaneous items pertaining to Duke Gaston Pierre Marc de Levis, as well as . The collection also includes references to Comtesse de Lostanges' father, the Marquis Laurent Francois Le Noir de Rouvray. In French.
Dates:
1775 - 1852
Hansford D. Norrell Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4218
Overview
Hansford D. Norrell was a courier for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, transporting currency between Richmond, Virginia, and other Southern locations. This collection contains correspondence, receipts, newspaper clippings, and other materials documenting Norrell's activities on behalf of the Confederate government from 1861-1865.
Dates:
1861-1865, 1922
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
L. N. Hitchcock Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0677
Abstract
Letter written from Mobile, Alabama, to Gideon Luger, discussing government problems
Dates:
1838-08
Republican Conventions Audio Cassettes
Collection
Identifier: 2018-007
Overview
This collection consist of audio cassettes featuring recordings of Republican National Convention 1972; Black Caucus at Republican National Convention in Miami 1972; Telephone interview with Radio Station KCW in Seattle, Washington; Norman E. Jones Political Talk; Roasting of Norman E. Jones; S. Rutledge; Hill-Mason; Wash Marrisett; unidentified.
Dates:
1972 - 1984
Midway, Alabama, city records
Collection
Identifier: W-0046
Overview
Handwritten copy of the town charter with all ordinances from 1882 to 1937, court records, and town council minutes for the town of Midway, Alabama.
Dates:
1882-1937
"Harwell G. Davis: Alabama Statesman and Baptist Leader": typescript
Collection
Identifier: W-0004
Overview
Typescript of Susan Hunt Ingram Ray's master's thesis on Harwell G. Davis.
Dates:
1996
John M. Miller Broadsides
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0990
Abstract
Two political broadsides relating to John M. Miller's campaign for the office of mayor of Cordova, Alabama, possibly in 1947.
Dates:
1947
Thomas K. Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0786
Abstract
This collection contains a miscellany of correspondence, financial papers, cotton sales records, Confederate bonds, and other items.
Dates:
1852 - 1909
Henry Bascom Steagall Speeches
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1341
Abstract
A collection of twenty-seven speech texts, plus a small group of miscellaneous papers and a memorial address to this Alabama congressman.
Dates:
1933 - 1943
Alabama Legislature petition
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0039
Overview
An 1849 petition by several Alabama legislators to Governor Reuben Chapman urging him to veto the act chartering the Central Plank Road, and a typed transcript listing the names of signers and counties that they represented.
Dates:
1849
Andrew and Charles Talcott Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4343
Content Description
One letter from Andrew Talcott and ten letters to and from Charles Talcott written between 1852 and 1867. Father and son, both Andrew and Charles worked as civil engineers on railroads in the United States and Mexico. Andrew writes about railroad work, and he is mentioned in Charles’ letters concerning engineering work and some personal affairs. Most of the letters are from Charles Talcott to his wife, Theodosia “Thedie” Talcott, discussing their moves to Mexico in 1865, and the domestic...
Dates:
1852-04-17 - 1867-06-08
E.D. Nixon article reprints
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2963
Overview
A collection of reproductions of articles concerning E.D. Dixon, the organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott.
Dates:
1955-1982
Alabama Election Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3022
Overview
Several articles and flyers about Alabama elections from the early 20th century.
Dates:
1916-1930
Joseph C. Manning letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3818
Overview
Letters showing Manning's efforts to stop the disenfranchisement of African American voters in Alabama in early twentieth century.
Dates:
1902 - 1912; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1906
Letters from U.S. Senators regarding the "Telepost Bill" of 1910
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3730
Overview
Letters from three U.S. Senators from Alabama to constituents in 1910 regarding the "Telepost Bill" before the 61st Congress.
Dates:
1910
Republican Party Letters of Recommendation
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3895
Overview
Two unsigned letters providing reasons why L. J. Bryan and Attorney Reese should not be given federal appointments
Dates:
circa 1905
Marion, Alabama, Democratic Party Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3896
Overview
One Tally Sheet and one Certificate of Results for the offices of Mayor, Councilmen, and members of the City Democratic Executive Committee
Dates:
1932 May 31
Will Franke paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0540
Overview
A paper titled "Jefferson County 1850," written by this Birmingham, Alabama, native at the request of the Birmingham Historical Society and includes a detailed listing of the county's merchants and political leaders circa 1850.
Dates:
1950
History of the Alabama Democratic Party Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3025
Overview
Letters, poll lists, and ephemera relating to the Democratic Party of Alabama.
Dates:
1896-1946
Alabama Political Figures Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0045
Overview
Letters and documents signed by various Alabama political figures, including William Brockman Bankhead, Ruben Chapman, Clement Comer Clay, and Henry Watkins Collier.
Dates:
unknown
Hestor L. Stevens Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4237
Overview
The collection consists of twelve letters written by Hestor L. Stevens (1803-1864), a representative from Michigan, detailing his law business in Washington, DC, during the election of 1860 and the beginning of the Civil War.
Dates:
1860 - 1861
William Winter Payne Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2057
Abstract
A letter written by William Winter Payne, dated February 10, 1847, to John G. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, recommending Alexander J. Simms to a lieutenancy in the United States Marine Corps.
Dates:
1847-02-10
William A. Howard Letter on Edwin M. Stanton
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4268
Overview
William Alanson Howard (1813-1880) was a member of the US House of Representatives between 1855 and 1861. This collection contains one seven-page letter written by Howard in 1870 to Attorney General Ebenezer Hoar refuting suggestions of disloyalty made against politician Edwin M. Stanton in regard to his conduct near the outbreak of the US Civil War.
Dates:
1870 February 7
De Benneville Randolph Keim Papers
Collection — Box: 4314.001
Identifier: MSS-4314
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two bound manuscript volumes and approximately 70 loose manuscript letters dating from late 1870-early 1872 from De Benneville Randolph Keim who, as an envoy for President Ulysses Grant, reported on the condition of the United States consulates in Asia, Egypt, and South America. One bound manuscript collection consists of correspondence primarily between Keim and their mother, friends, government officials abroad and at home, and President Grant. The second bound...
Dates:
1870 - 1872
Letter from Edmund Randolph to John Nicholson
Item
Identifier: MSS-4347
Content Description
One letter from Edmund Randolf to John Nicholson sent on October 19, 1791. The letter, consisting of one page, discusses items related to the establishment of the First Bank of the United States of America.
Dates:
1791-10-19
Wade Hall Collection of American Political Materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4258
Overview
The Wade Hall Collection of American Political Materials includes letters from political officials and constituents, as well as photographs and memorabilia related to former United States presidents.
Dates:
1841-1992
University of Alabama Reel to Reel Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2012-038
Abstract
Reel to Reels of events on the University of Alabama campus, such as: Alumni recordings; Board of Trustees; Bear Bryant Show; Senator Jim Allen; Congressman Hale Boggs; Governor John Love; Leftenant Governor Jere Beasley; Leftenant Governor Albert Brewer; Winton Blount; Hilaritas 1971 - 1974; 1960s Honors Days; Interview with Vivian Malone, Robert Kennedy's visit to University of Alabama; Jane Fonda's visit to University of Alabama; interview with Yitzak Rabin; Maintenance strike; Capstone...
Dates:
1960 - 1979
John Cuthbert letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0389
Overview
Letter, written by John A. Cuthbert from San Souci, Mobile Bay, Alabama, on 29 June 1848 to Governor Reuben Chapman of Alabama, urging the appointment of William R. King to fill a vacant seat in the United States Senate.
Dates:
1848 June 29
Sampson W. Harris letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0642
Overview
Letters from Senator Sampson W. Harris of Alabama, dating from 1848 to 1857, written from Washington, DC, to the Congressional Globe and to the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable J.C. Dobbin.
Dates:
1848-1857
James Abercrombie Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2005
Abstract
Letter of recommendation written on March 8, 1849 by James Abercrombie, then serving as Senator in the Alabama Senate, to the Honorable William B Preston, Secretary of the Navy under President Zachary Taylor.
Dates:
1849-10-08
George Smith Houston Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2013
Abstract
Letters, dated from 1842 to 1861 (five holograph and three typescript copies) written by George Smith Houston. The holographs are recommendations for various positions and the three typescripts are copies of letters and may be copies of letters in the Alabama Department of Archives and History. One is to D.S. Dalton that contains Houston’s corrections to Dalton’s biographical sketch. The other two letters are written to Governor A. B. Moore of Alabama in which he reports on the political...
Dates:
1842 - 1861
John Murphy Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2056
Abstract
Two letters, dated February 15, 1827, and September 4, 1828, written by Alabama Governor John Murphy to Secretary of State James J. Thornton regarding the filling of judicial vacancies.
Dates:
1827 - 1828
J. R. John Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0756
Abstract
Typescript copies of 1863 letters, written from Selma to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter, concerning John's efforts to stop cadets from leaving the University to fight in the Civil War, and on preparations for the defense of Tuscaloosa.
Dates:
1863
Charles H. Scott Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3060
Overview
Letters written to Charles H. Scott and others concerning Republican party politics in Alabama.
Dates:
1889-1906
Alfred Eliab Buck Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2009
Abstract
Two letters, dated in 1870, written by Alfred E. Buck of Mobile, Alabama while he was serving in the United States House of Representatives, to the editor of the Congressional Directory.
Dates:
1870
Rufus W. Cobb Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2011
Abstract
Letter, dated November 18, 1879 written by Rufus W. Cobb, Governor of Alabama, to General A. McD. McCook, declining an invitation to attend the 11th reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and the unveiling of the memorial statue of General George H. Thomas.
Dates:
1879-11-18
Orange Town Common School Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3910
Overview
Notebook documenting the financial and statistical makeup of the Common Schools in he Town of Orange, Rockland County, New York
Dates:
1821-1828
J. M. Burke Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4127
Overview
Letter from nephew to uncle discussing the chances of various political candidates in the 1860 election
Dates:
1860 September 17
Oliver Day Street papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1358
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence and other papers. They concern his activities as a candidate for Congress (1898 and 1902), as U. S. district attorney for northern Alabama (1907-1914), special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General (1914-1920), chairman of the Republican executive committee for the Seventh Congressional District (1904-1908), delegate to two Republican national conventions (1912 and 1916), and member of the Republican National Committee (1916-1920).
Dates:
1888-1944
Harry Mell Ayers papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0097
Abstract
Contains the correspondence of this New Deal Democrat and Civil Rights supporter who owned the newspaper, the Anniston Star. The correspondence deals with local, state, and national political campaigns, elections, education, civil rights, editorials, letters to the editor, and events of the times. The collection also contains personal correspondence with other newspapermen, educators, and statesmen; copies of editorials and clippings on Alabama politics, Anniston, education, the Federal...
Dates:
1918-1956
Baltzell and Bullock families papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0105
Abstract
The papers of two Greene County, Alabama families involved in post-Civil War Alabama politics, including correspondence, a diary, essays, deeds, and financial documents.
Dates:
1839-1921
Arthur Bagby papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0102
Abstract
Contains materials, mostly photocopies, created by or relating to Arthur Bagby, the tenth governor of Alabama.
Dates:
1837
Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0030
Overview
Minutes of the Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee meetings from 1892-1894.
Dates:
1892-1894
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