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Work Progress Administration Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-016
Overview
This collection consists of four photographs depicting the exterior and interior of Tutwiler Hall at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1935
George Lang Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0840
Abstract
A collection containing correspondence, clippings, and, materials relative to clubs and organizations to which this University of Alabama Ph.D. graduate and president of the Alabama Writers Conclave belonged.
Dates:
1923 - 1957
Winter & Pond Postcards
Collection
Identifier: 2014-020
Abstract
Three postcard depicting scenes from Alaska.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
Photographic Album of an African American Family
Collection
Identifier: 2016-002
Abstract
Small rectangular photo album containing photographs of prominent African American family probably from around Washington, District of Columbia area.
Dates:
1910 - 1955
Victor Hugo Friedman Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-020
Abstract
Collection consists of one photo album with ninety-nine photographs depicting Victor Hugo Friedman, a native of Tuscaloosa and local philanthropist, and his friends.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
University of Alabama Board of Trustees Portraits
Collection
Identifier: 2014-013
Abstract
Fifteen photographs of University of Alabama Board of Trustee portraits.
Dates:
1990 - 1999
Drayton Doherty Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1641
Abstract
This collection pertains principally the World War One service of Dr. Drayton Doherty (1893-1969) of Selma, Alabama. It contains more than sixty letters from Doherty to his parents during his service in France, in which he served as a medical officer, chiefly with the British Second Army. Other items in the collection include some official correspondence relative to Doherty’s military service, a miscellany of personal papers, and three photographs.
Dates:
1910 - 1927
I. A. Winter's Canoe Trip Photographic Album
Collection
Identifier: 2014-002
Abstract
This collection consists of one photographic album with forty-three images recording the canoe trip through Alabama and Tennessee, by I. A. Winter in 1914.
Dates:
1914
James M. Research Materials for The Late Great Johnny Ace
Collection
Identifier: 2015-004
Overview
This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio and video recordings all pertaining to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s.
Dates:
1930 - 1979
Captain Raphael Semmes Signed Carte de Visite
Collection
Identifier: 2015-003
Scope and Contents
Captain Raphael Semmes signed Carte de Visite.
Dates:
1860
Frank Everard Ardrey, Jr. Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-022
Overview
This collection consists chiefly of photographs relating to the railroads, trolleys, and railroad stations throughout Alabama.
Dates:
1912 - 1974
Dedications: American War Memorials in Europe, 1937
Collection
Identifier: 2013-014
Overview
“Dedications American War Memorials in Europe 1937” by The American Battle Monuments Commission depicting dedication ceremonies of American War Memorials in Europe.
Dates:
1937-08
Savage Family Photographic Album
Collection
Identifier: WP-020
Overview
This collection consists of Savage family photographs documenting their travels and everyday life.
Dates:
1909 - 1910
University of Alabama Football Photographs, Negatives, and Transparencies
Collection
Identifier: 2022-001
Overview
This collection consists of photographs, negatives, transparencies, and contact sheets depicting the University of Alabama football.
Dates:
1970 - 2002
Scott Logan Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2021-008
Overview
This collection consists of thirty-seven photographs depicting the University of Alabama sporting events.
Dates:
1952 - 1953
Postcards
Collection
Identifier: 2012-039
Overview
Postcards collection depicting places from Alabama, United States, and around the world.
Dates:
1890 -1970
Harold Gibson Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-010
Overview
Collection consists of eight photographs depicting a ship going through a lock and dam.
Dates:
1900 - 1909
Pacific Aerial Surveys Inc. Postcards
Collection
Identifier: 2014-019
Abstract
Three postcards depicting scenes from Alaska.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
Ralph Wyckoff Libel Suit Legal Files
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3636
Overview
The legal papers of the lawyer hire to represent the New York Times in defense of the libel suit stemming from an article by Harrison Salisbury , published on 12 April 1960, entitled "Fear and Hatred Grip Birmingham."
Dates:
1960 - 1964
David W. Aiken, Sr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3448
Overview
Two copies of "John Gayle Aiken, M.D." by Dr. David W. Aiken, Sr., a small booklet that relates the story of his grandfather, John Gayle Aiken who was the son of Mary Gayle (sister of Amelia Gayle Gorgas)
Dates:
1900
Henry L. Stone Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3765
Scope and Contents
This collections contains correspondence and special orders received by Henry L. Stone during his time in the Union army. Of note are materials concerning his appointment to the United States Colored Troops in 1865 and a letter of introduction to General Ambrose Burnside in 1863.
Dates:
1863 - 1875
Indigenous Census in 1670 Colombia Decree
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4330
Scope and Contents
This broadside from Boyacá, New Granada, (present day Colombia) describes a 1670 follow up visit concerning an Indigenous man living with his mother originally reported in a census conducted thirty- four years prior. The broadside is signed by the magistrate Rodrigo Zapata who certified the details. Written in Spanish.
Dates:
1670-06-25
Rafael Carrera Announcements Broadsides
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4331
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two broadsides distributed by Guatemalan President José Rafael Carrera y Turcios in 1857 that announce battle results against William Walker in Nicaragua. One broadside announces the surrender of William Walker and one broadside welcomes home troops from the battlefront. Both broadsides are written in Spanish.
Dates:
1857
John Beecher Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3226
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of newspaper and periodical clippings about John Beecher, his appearances and poetry readings, and reviews of his published works. Press releases are included as well. Most of the clippings were collected by Barbara Beecher. There are Web pages about John Beecher printed out by Martha Huie included in the collection. There is a small amount of correspondence and three sound recordings of the author reading his poetry.
Dates:
unknown
Mazie Hogan Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3469
Overview
Newspaper clippings of stories written by Mazie Hogan
Dates:
1894
Robert Loveman Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0879
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of correspondence, 1884-1923, to and from a University of Alabama graduate, author, and poet.
Dates:
1884 - 1981
First Baptist Church of Chalkville Postcard
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3465
Overview
Postcard showing the First Baptist Church of Chalkville, Alabama, in 1884 and again one hundred years later in 1984
Dates:
1984
Mable B. Murphy Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1032
Abstract
This collections contains two letters to Murphy, agendas for guidance committee meetings and teacher in-service programs, a bibliography of guidance literature for African-American students, and a 1961 club schedule for Cobb Avenue High School.
Dates:
1953 - 1969
Georgia Census 1850 and 1860
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0566
Abstract
Handwritten census records for counties in Georgia. Contains information on numbers of slaves, acres of improved and unimproved land, and value of farms. Summary information provided for some counties. Counties included (1850): Elbert, Franklin, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Greene, Gordon, Hall, Harris, Heard, Henry, and Houston. Counties included (1860): Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Glynn, Gordon, Hall, Harrid, Heard, Houston, Lowndes, and Montgomery.
Dates:
unknown
Roy C. Corbell Photograph
Collection
Identifier: 2009-201
Overview
The collection consists of one photograph of R.C. Corbell of Bidford, Alabama, in World War I soldiers' uniform.
Dates:
1919
Unidentified Carte de Visites and Tintypes
Collection
Identifier: 2012-027
Abstract
Collection contains eleven Cartes de visite and tintypes. Portraits of unidentified people. One photograph identified as, "Ruby, Age 14."
Dates:
1863 - 1920
Special Collections Library papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2295
Overview
The old card catalog for the Special Collections Library of the University of Alabama Libraries
Dates:
Unknown
William Edward Kimbrough Thesis
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0816
Abstract
Kimbrough's 1940 University of Alabama MFA thesis, titled "From Hell to Breakfast: A Novel."
Dates:
1940
Booth Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3170
Overview
Letters to and from members of the Booth family. Family and friends write about their experiences farming and raising livestock in Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa from 1857 to 1886.
Dates:
1857 - 1886
Jeanette F. Yackle paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1593
Overview
A 1980 "Bibliography of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1826-46," “prepared at the request and with the support of Dean Thomas Christopher of the University of Alabama School of Law. It is an attempt to bring together all the primary and secondary material dealing with Tuscaloosa while it was Alabama’s state capital." (p. 2)
Dates:
1980
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
E. A. Poe Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1152
Abstract
Clippings, photographs, programs, and letters from the life and career of reporter Edgar A Poe from the New Orleans Times-Picayune
Dates:
1940 - 1992
Joanne H. Smith Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1288
Abstract
A letter dated 11 October 1835, from Boston to Miss Susan C. Farley, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Smith, a former pupil of Farley's, discusses the latter's intention to go to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to teach at the Tuscaloosa Female Institute.
Dates:
1835-10-11
Mobile, Alabama, Police Department Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1005
Abstract
This collection consists of alphabetically arranged employment applications from discharged soldiers, other applications for positions on the police force, bills and receiptsc correspondence with city officers, and other items. It includes the correspondence of chiefs of police Stephen Charpentier and A. A. R. Dimon.
Dates:
1865 - 1869
Stone and Franklin Families Ration Books
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1787
Abstract
World War Two ration books of these Tuscaloosa, Alabama, families
Dates:
1942 - 1944
Tertullus and Hiram Richardson Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1193
Abstract
Letter from these brothers at a Confederate Army training camp at Talladega, Alabama, to their father. Discusses the latest news and everyday life at the camp
Dates:
1862-10
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
Garnett Stancil Bibb County, Alabama, Court Record
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1335
Scope and Contents
Stancil's "Criminal Docket and Fee Book" from the Bibb County, Alabama, Justice Court, 1945-1950. It includes a Justice of the Peace docket, 1950, records, one case, and a list of marriages, 1947-1948.
Dates:
1945 - 1950
Tuskegee Airmen Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1446
Abstract
Photocopied articles, clippings, press releases, programs, membership rosters, and memoirs relating to the Tuskegee Airmen, the group of men who participated in the first pilot training program for African-Americans during World War II.
Dates:
1983 - 1989
Richard Furman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0549
Overview
Photocopied documents, including letters, poetry, news clippings, class work, essays, and journal entries of Alabama school administrator and preacher.
Dates:
1826-1865
John Collier Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0536
Overview
A sizeable collection of church correspondence, sermons, and other religious materials, and family correspondence and other personal items of this farmer and Southern Baptist minister in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1841 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1892
Four Minute Men, Women's Division, Birmingham, Alabama, scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0539
Overview
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other materials about this organization, whose members gave speeches in support of World War I.
Dates:
1918 - 1919
Julia Neely Finch Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0515
Overview
Correspondence by and to Julia Neely Finch, as well as her poetry and short stories, written between 1890 and 1926, as well as a small handwritten and typescript collection of Julia’s poems and short stories and a Common Place Book, which served as a scrapbook of her published pieces.
Dates:
1890 - 1926
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