Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Thomas Hubbard Hobbs diaries

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0683

Abstract The collection contains diaries of an Alabama lawyer, planter, and legislator from Athens, Limestone County, Alabama. Included is a three-month diary from 1862, when Hobbs was Captain of Co. F., Ninth Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The diaries also cover his time as a legislator representing Limestone County, Alabama; his support for the railroads; and his work on the family plantation.

Dates: 1840-1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W. E. Hobson, Jr. papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0684

Abstract A large collection of scrapbooks, containing twenty-nine volumes of information on the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area, one volume on historic Tuscaloosa homes, one volume of political information and two volumes on local history.

Dates: 1938-1966

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Barrie Lucien Holt papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0692

Overview Contains the papers of Barrie Lucien Holt, covering his life as a capitalist, planter, financier, and quartermaster general of the Alabama National Guard. Holt was an organizer and majority shareholder in the Prattville Cotton Mills and Banking Company, as well as a partner in D. M. Snow and Company.

Dates: 1841-1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Maysville, Alabama, General Store Purchase Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0937

Overview A record of purchases from a general store in Maysville, Madison County, Alabama

Dates: 1869

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Spencer J. McMorris daybook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0967

Abstract Records of daily sales in a general store in Lafayette, Chambers County, Alabama, 1837.

Dates: 1837

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C. H. Miller Store Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0987

Abstract General merchandise store records, including ledgers, daybooks, correspondence and miscellaneous materials from a business located in Miller, Marengo County, Alabama.

Dates: 1891-1910

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William H. Minot papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0994

Abstract This collection contains pages from Minot's Civil War diary (January-March, 1865), discharge papers, an 1865 edition of Webster's Pocket Dictionary, and a letter regarding a reunion of the 22nd Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. The diary entries describe a few months Minot's service along the coast of the Carolinas.

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mississippi Territory court records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0998

Abstract This collection consists of circuit court records, 1810-1812, the criminal docket of the territorial court, 1810-1816, and the execution docket of the territorial superior circuit court, 23rd district, 1812-1815. It also includes county court minutes, 1822-1850.

Dates: 1810 - 1850; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1816

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Grace Meredith Newhill letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1047

Abstract A letter dated 16 July 1918 to a Mr. Owen on the differences between Ku Klux Klan's original prescript and the revised prescript.

Dates: 1916 July 18

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

S. R. Norton letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1059

Abstract Letters of a Union soldier in the 18th Michigan Infantry to his wife, written from Decatur, Stevenson, and Huntsville, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee, during the Civil War.

Dates: 1864-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J. R. Odom store ledger

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1066

Overview Ledger from a small general store in Nauvoo, Walker County, Alabama, showing sales and expenses of this family business, 1920-37. The ledger includes notations for jury duty and union dues.

Dates: 1920-1937

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Valentine J. Oldshue papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1072

Abstract This collection contains newspaper articles about covering the peace negotiations in Paris after World War One, Memorial Day ceremonies at American cemeteries in the 1920s, letters, photographs, postcards from France and Albania, press credentials, and Oldshue's dog tags.

Dates: 1890-1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alto Vela Lee papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0851

Overview A miscellany of papers and letters relating to this Barbour County, Alabama, lawyer, jurist, and politician and University of Alabama trustee, including some family correspondence, an essay by a Miss Lola Fleming, and papers relating to the estate of S. M. Streater.

Dates: 1861-1890; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1868

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Herbert J. Taylor Jr. Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2652

Overview Correspondence between Major Herbert J. Taylor, Jr. (Battery 13, 136th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces) and his wife, Roberta Dorsey Taylor of Columbus, Ohio, from 1917 to 1920.

Dates: 1917-1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Brookwood Silver Liners Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2653

Overview The minutes, agenda, newspaper clippings, membership directories, and miscellaneous papers of this Brookwood, Alabama senior citizens organization.

Dates: 1985?-2009

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

Southside Baptist Church Records, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2726

Overview The by-laws (with amendments) and minutes of regular and special called meetings of the Southside Baptist Church of Tuscalooas, Alabama, from 1961 through 1995.

Dates: 1961-1995

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James B. Luckie Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2738

Overview Short, handwritten biography of this Alabama physician and congressman.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Francis Wayland Lull Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2739

Overview Biographical sketches and obituary of this Wetumpka, Alabama native.

Dates: 1914-1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas J. Smitherman papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2740

Overview Papers, primarily business, of this Centreville, Alabama, attorney.

Dates: 1840s-1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

McWhorter family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2742

Overview Contains a biographical sketch of A.M. McWhorter (1828-1892), of Cherokee County, Alabama, the 1822 marriage announcement of A.A. McWhorter and Sarah Smith of Coosawda, Alabama, and a newspaper clipping of the 1952 McWhorter family reunion in Blount County, Alabama.

Dates: 1822-1952

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

McWilliams family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2743

Overview Contains a letter from and two biographical sketches of the Andrew L. McWilliams family of Jefferson County, Alabama.

Dates: 1894

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

F.M. Dansby diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2744

Overview This collection contains the diary of F.M. Dansby, an Episcopalian priest in Birmingham, Jeffereson County, Alabama. The diary only covers the Sundays of each month, where Dansby indicates where he preached and on what texts.

Dates: 1890-1895

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John F. Johnson papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1806

Abstract Contains correspondence, financial materials, and material relating to the Grange, Farmers’ Alliance, Agricultural Relief, and other agricultural organizations of this Choctaw County, Mississippi, farmer who was an agent for the Daniel Pratt Company.

Dates: 1856-1888

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Andrew Lipscomb Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1818

Abstract Includes one letter written by Andrew A. Lipscomb, president of the University of Georgia, to Benson J. Lossing and contains overt references to the contemporary political divisions between the North and South.

Dates: 1861 March 18

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Angela Davis Ephemera Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1823

Abstract Includes materials related to the Alabama-born activist Angela Davis and the early 1970s movement to have her freed from prison along with materials related to her campaigns to win the seat of U.S. vice-president as part of the Communist ticket in the 1980s.

Dates: 1970 - circa 1987

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Henry Washington Hilliard correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0674

Abstract Contains photocopies of correspondence of Henry Washington Hilliard with others, regarding his various diplomatic appointments, as Foreign Minister to Belgium and Berlin.

Dates: 1841-1887

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

German/Nazi Artifact Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3400

Overview A collection of German military artifacts from 1914 to 1944, including a World War I Iron Cross ring and World War II Marine belt buckle, Nazi SS long service medal, and concentration camp armband.

Dates: between 1914 and 1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Drawing of Martin Luther King, Jr. by C. Downey with Poem He Changed the Course of History by Tommye Nious

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3404

Overview Color print of a drawing of Martin Luther King, Jr., by C. Downey that includes the poem He Changed the Course of History by Tommye Nious.

Dates: 1991

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Washington Carver Poster

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3409

Overview Poster (37" x 25") of George Washington Carver by Betsy Graves Reyneau.

Dates: after 1942

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Burton R. Morley Certificates

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3410

Overview Two certificates awarded to Burton R. Morley, a faculty member in the College of Commerce and Business Administration, in 1968.

Dates: 1968

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Columbum W. Mitchell Philomathic Society Diploma

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3412

Overview Diploma awarded to Columbum W. Mitchell in 1835, by the Philomathic Society of The University of Alabama.

Dates: 1835 August 6

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Laurence Crowley World's Great War for Freedom Roll of Honor Certificate

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3419

Overview Large certificate featuring a picture of Laurence Crowley in uniform with the information of the place and date of his enlistment in World War II.

Dates: after 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Drawing of an Unidentified Man

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3420

Overview Drawing of an unidentified man. Picture is extremely fragile, handle only if necessary.

Dates: after 1850

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham (Alabama) News-Age Herald, Gravure Section, University of Alabama Centennial Pictorial

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3421

Overview Two pages of the 24 August 1930 issue of the Gravure Section of the Birmingham (Alabama) News-Age Herald newspaper, depicting the UA campus as it began its centennial year.

Dates: 1930 August 24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II letters collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3688

Overview Collection of letters to and from service men and women during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Miles Rock Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4209

Overview Miles Rock was an assistant astronomer with the US Naval Observatory and was the chief of the Guatemalan Boundary Commission from 1883-1898. This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, cartographic sketches, and other materials primarily related to his work on demarcating the Mexico-Guatemala border.

Dates: 1883-1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Eliza Ann McCants Diaries

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4211

Overview The collection consists of two diaries kept by Eliza Ann McCants (1817-1844) in the antebellum South. Volume One contains 160 pages and covers the years 1840-1842. Volume Two contains 136 pages and covers the years 1843-1844.

Dates: 1840-1844

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Hope Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4215

Overview Charles Hope (1763-1851) was a judge and politician in Edinburgh, Scotland. This collection contains a cover letter and memorandum that Hope wrote to another Scottish politician, Henry Dundas, on October 22, 1804, proposing wartime strategies for British commercial advancement in Latin America. The memorandum is titled "Hints as to the Conduct of this Country, in the event of a Spanish war."

Dates: 1804 October 22

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Peter Reeder Fortney Civil War Diaries

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4266

Overview Peter Reeder Fortney (1843-1919) was a Union soldier from Ohio who fought in the US Civil War between 1862-1865. This collection contains two diaries he kept during 1864-1865, when his company served in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama.

Dates: 1860-1865, 1915

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Correspondence on Boston Relief Mission to Savannah, Georgia

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4269

Overview This collection contains correspondence and other documentation regarding a mission by citizens of Boston to send supplies to Savannah, Georgia, in January 1865, while the city was occupied by William Tecumseh Sherman and his Union troops during the US Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3691

Overview The Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition (TLC) began as a community-based production company dedicated to bringing popular lesbian artists and other lesbian cultural events to Tuscaloosa in 1986 by Rose Gladney and Marcia Winter. The collection mainly consists of materials related to the activities of the organization, including correspondence, the monthly newsletter, and the National Lesbian Conference (1991). Other materials include publications from regional lesbian or women's groups, materials...

Dates: 1986 - 2010

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Letters to Lemuel P. Foss

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4304

Overview This collection contains letters sent to Lemuel P. Foss, a Union soldier during the US Civil War, from his family and friends in New Hampshire.

Dates: 1862-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Documents of African American Revolutionary War Soldiers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4305

Overview This collection contains legal and financial documents related to two African American Revolutionary War soldiers from Connecticut, Cash Palatine and Liverpool Wadsworth.

Dates: 1781 - 1789

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bill and Doris Leapard Collection of Nelle Harper Lee Materials

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4210

Overview The collection consists of two notecards from Nelle Harper Lee, the book John Singer Sargent by Carter Ratcliff, and a pair of Airoldi earrings in the shape of leopard heads with the original Brighton jewelry bag in which they were sent. The materials were gifts to the Leapards from Nelle Harper Lee.

Dates: circa 1980s

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Travel Diary by Witness of Jefferson Davis Bail Hearing

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4238

Dates: 1867 - 1871

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Captain William McMicken Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4241

Overview Captain William McMicken (1827-1899) was a farmer, Recorder of Dodge County, Union soldier in the Civil War, Assessor of Internal Revenue of the First Congressional District of Minnesota, an employee of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and United States Surveyor General and Territorial Treasurer for the Washington Territory. He appears to have received the diary as a gift in December of 1864. Captain McMicken created entries for January through May of 1865, with a few scattered entries in...

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A la Magnanima Nacion Mexicana

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4292

Overview One Mexican political broadsheet discussing events associated with the Pastry War that took place from 1838-1839.

Dates: 1838

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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