Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Segregationist propaganda collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1242

Abstract Broadsides and other literature handed out in and around Birmingham, Alabama, by opponents of desegregation. Groups represented were: Alabama Committee for Conservative Government, Birmingham Committee to Preserve the American Republic, Citizens Councils of Alabama, Freedom Educational Foundation, National States Rights Party, and the United Americans for Constitutional Government.

Dates: circa 1962-1963, 1964

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Harry Shaffer papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1259

Abstract Contains newslippings relating to desegregation of the University of Alabama, 1956-1957; various publications and writings by Shaffer relating to desegregation; letter from Tuscaloosa News editor Buford Boone to Shaffer; and six photographs

Dates: 1956-1981

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A.Y. Sharpe and Son, Demopolis, Alabama, records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1260

Abstract Partial records of a Demopolis, Alabama, general store, including amounts brought forward, 1880-1892; and purchases, 1893-1911. Some loose pages are laid in to the account book.

Dates: 1880-1911

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Shelby Iron Company Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1261

Abstract Contains records of the Shelby Iron Company from 1862 to 1930, including correspondence, directors' minutes, stockholder records, manufacturing records (charcoal reports, stable reports, mining, time books, payrolls by department), commissary records, grist mill toll books, furnace record books, and many other records. It also includes records of a subsidiary, Shelby Manufacturing and Improvement Company, 1890-1923. The virtually complete set of manufacturing records also parallels the birth...

Dates: 1862-1930

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Asa Shelton and J.R. Love General Store Daybook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1262

Abstract 1845-46 daybook of a Whitesburg, Madison County, Alabama general store, which contains a record of purchases by customers.

Dates: 1845-1846

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Paoli Ashe Smith papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1294

Abstract This collection consists mainly of personal correspondence from this jorunalist and Greensboro, Alabama, native to his mother during World War I, letters received from several of his cousins, financial and legal papers, and photographs. It also contains materials relating to other members of his family.

Dates: 1882-1970

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

Hudson Strode Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1361

Overview Hudson Strode (1892-1976) was a literature and creative writing professor at The University of Alabama from 1916-1963, and a writer of more than a dozen nonfiction books. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, artifacts, prints, newspaper clippings, and other materials related to his travels and literary career.

Dates: 1753-1986

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

E. W. Tarrant letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1383

Abstract Two letters written from Aransas Pass, Texas, to a Mrs. Brown in October 1914, containing extensive reminiscences of the Warrior Guards (Company A of the Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment) and Fowler's Artillery Battery. Both units were organized at Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1914 October

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas Jones Taylor letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1389

Abstract This collection consists primarily of letters written to his family during the Civil War. Taylor was captured at Port Hudson in July 1863, and many of the letters were composed while a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio.

Dates: 1862-1886

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Eldred Burder Teague papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1390

Abstract The collection consists primarily of the religious compositions of an 1840 graduate of the University of Alabama who became a prominent Baptist minister.

Dates: 1844-1883

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John F. Thompson papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1404

Abstract This collection consists principally of correspondence concerning the Alabama Militia, 1836-1839, and records of the 14th Brigade, Alabama Militia, 1837-1839.

Dates: 1836-1839

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Carlyle Tillery book typescript

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1408

Abstract Galley proofs of Tillery's novel Red Bone Woman, published by the New York firm of J. Day in 1950.

Dates: 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Henry Timrod papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1411

Abstract This collection contains letters, some of them Civil War related, and poems to Rachel Lyons, of Columbia, South Carolina, primarily from the period 1861-1863.

Dates: 1854-1940

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James H. Tombs Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1413

Abstract A letter dated 23 December 1912 to T. K. Oglesby, discussing naval and submarine warfare during the Civil War.

Dates: 1912 December 23

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Alabama Division, records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1472

Overview This collection contains biographies of thirty-nine prominent Civil War-era figures from Alabama and correspondence to and from Mrs. Annie Daugette, chair of the committee in charge of the project.

Dates: 1938-1957

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas B. Strong bankruptcy papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1478

Abstract A collection of documents relating to the bankruptcy case of Thomas B. Strong of Madison County, Alabama, conducted in the United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama.

Dates: 1868-1874

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Up-To-Date Study Club records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1492

Overview Minutes, financial records, correspondence, newspaper articles about, and yearbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, women's club.

Dates: 1901-2019

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John A. Vaughn diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1495

Abstract Civil War diary of a Virginia native who later settled in Alabama. The entries are limited to 1863.

Dates: 1863

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Frank Walter letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1522

Abstract A letter dated 5 April 1935, to James A. Anderson regarding the raid on Tuscaloosa, Alabama by Union Army forces under the command of General John Croxton in April 1865. The author, at the time seven years old, witnessed the incident.

Dates: 1935 April 5

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Walters and Calhoun families papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1523

Abstract This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and genealogical material relating to the Walters and Calhoun families.

Dates: 1862-1951

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Willie T. White papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1548

Abstract Contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, and other materials, the majority of which are related to Willie T. White, who resided in Rockford, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1860-1970

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Augusta Evans Wilson papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1563

Abstract Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a bound manuscript of the 19th-century author Augusta Evans Wilson of Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1859-1909

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Fletcher and Jean Howington Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1627

Overview Correspondence, writings, sermons, church bulletins, and personal financial papers relating to this Methodist minister and his wife in Alabama.

Dates: 1826 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1978

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Horry Dent, Jr., Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0431

Overview Collection contains letters written by John Horry Dent, Jr. (signed J. Horry Dent) of Barbour County, Alabama, from 1861 March 15 to 1864 July 1 to his father, John Horry Dent of Eufaula, Alabama. There are also two letters written by Dent Jr.’s fellow officers to Dent's father detailing information of Dent Jr.’s part aboard the C.S.S. McRae during the battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and his subsequent capture and internment at Fort Warren in May 1862.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alex Gunn ledgers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0603

Overview Account and invoice ledgers of Alex Gunn's Thomasville, Clarke County, Alabama store from 1909 to 1914.

Dates: 1909-1914

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

Jesse Griffin letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0597

Overview A letter dated 5 September 1813, from St. Stephens, Alabama, to his parents, describing the Creek attack on Fort Mims during the Creek War of 1813-1814.

Dates: 1813 September 5

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

H. C. Harris letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0639

Overview Letter dated 2 November 1862, from Camp Forney, near Mobile, to his sister in Livingston, Alabama, discussing going into winter quarters, decrying the army and the plight of the common soldier, and vehemently expressing his wish for a substitute to take his place in the army during the Civil War.

Dates: 1862 November 2

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Samuel Richmond Caffee Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2114

Abstract Diary (and photocopies) and other documents written by Samuel Richmond Caffee, physician and founding member of Avondale Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. There are also documents written by others about Dr. Caffee.

Dates: 1858-1977

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J.C. Faulkner Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2134

Abstract This collection contains correspondence between Tuscaloosa, Alabama, resident J.C. Faulkner and many of his family and friends over a span of about a year, between December 1944 and December 1945, while he served in the U.S. Navy at Camp San Bruno, California and Guam.

Dates: 1944 - 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Meriwether Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2217

Abstract Family letters written by Juliet Bestor Coleman, her daughter, Alice Coleman Meriwether, and her son-in-law, John Samuel Meriwether, between 1833 and 1864. The bulk of the correspondence is between Alice and her husband, John, while he was serving in the 38th and 40th Alabama Infantry Regiments during the Civil War.

Dates: 1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Abby Hazard Snow Family Memorabilia

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2604

Overview Scrapbook, journals and autograph books of three generations of women in the Snow and Hogan families of Tuscaloosa, Alabama during the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Abby Hazard Snow; daughter, Caroline Snow Hogan; Caroline's sister-in-law, Mary S. Hogan; and Abby's granddaughters, Abby and Mazie Hogan.

Dates: 1851-1933

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II Scrapbook--CLOSED FOR PROJECT

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2561

Overview A scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings covering World War II. Newspapers include the Dothan Eagle, the Montgomery Advertiser, the Birmingham News, the Alabama Journal, and the New York Times; the magazines include Life, ...

Dates: 1940-1985

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mary Dees Scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2562

Overview Two scrapbooks created by and featuring Mary Dees, a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Hollywood actress of the 1930s. The larger scrapbook of photos and newspaper clippings is related to Dees' work as Jean Harlow's stand-in and double in the Hollywood movie Saratoga. When Harlow died before finishing Saratoga, Dees filled in to complete the film in her place. There are also photographs, newspaper clippings and playbills, a...

Dates: 1933-2004

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ashby and Keifer family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2638

Overview The collection contains personal and business correspondence from different members of the Ashby and Kiefer families primarily providing news of daily life from those employed in sales and farming in and around Kentucky and Indiana.

Dates: 1883 - 1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Haydn Neal Thompson Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2713

Overview Haydn Neal Thompson’s family members, including mother, Marie Thompson, and sister, Janet Thompson, as well as a few aunts and cousins, write to Thompson while he is away at military school and later, college. There is also a large representation of friends, primarily girlfriends, socializing through correspondence, discussing entertainments and dating.

Dates: 1924 - 1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

King family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2865

Overview Collection contains mostly personal correspondence among the King family of Dayton, Ohio, in addition to letters from assorted friends and relatives, newspaper clippings, and other items.

Dates: 1899-1977; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ralph and Mary Ratcliff Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2867

Overview Contains letters written by Ralph J. Ratcliff and Mary Elizabeth McIlvain of Kentucky during Ralph's service in the Army. Letters cover their courtship, engagement, and marriage, in addition to the birth of their first child. Also included are correspondence from friends and family, pamphlets, envelopes, cards, and a photo album.

Dates: 1941-1964; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

University of Alabama Alumni Association Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2889

Overview A scrapbook of Alumni Association meetings, events, and related articles and materials.

Dates: 1954-1959

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ada Belle Parker Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2962

Overview Scrapbook containing correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera concerning civil rights, Christianity, and centenarians gathered by Ada Belle Parker.

Dates: 1962-1983

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Allen and Jemison Hardware Company ledgers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3193

Overview Two business ledgers of the Allen and Jemison Hardware Company of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1929 October - 1962 September

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Frederick B. Prentice papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3203

Overview Letters, musical compositions, programs, and choral music of Frederick B. Prentice, associate professor of music at The University of Alabama from 1969 to 1989.

Dates: 1954-1997

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

University of Alabama Institute for Book Arts Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3216

Overview Correspondence, administrative papers, and production materials from the early years of the Institute for Book Arts.

Dates: 1974 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1983

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate Flag, Ku Klux Klan Klavern, Crenshaw County, Alabama

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3275

Overview Reproduction confederate flag last used by the Ku Klux Klan Klavern of Crenshaw County, Alabama, in the early 1960s.

Dates: between 1950 and 1961

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Hurricane Plotting Map, Florida Living

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3280

Overview Pages from the 22 August 1954, Florida Living magazine, with hurricane information in the Miami/Miami Beach area of Florida, and includes a map of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, between 1926 and 1950, plotting their courses through the area.

Dates: 1954 August 22

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Shannon Family Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3296

Overview This collection contains one letter written by Howard P. Ruff to Reverend Robert A. (R. A.) Shannon and one letter written from John (J. C.) to his aunt, Leone Shannon, wife of R.A. Shannon.

Dates: 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Huston Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0724

Abstract This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other materials created by the Huston family in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, and extended family in Mobile, Alabama. Most materials center around George Waring Huston, who was killed in World War One.

Dates: 1831-1937

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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