Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Santa Fe and Taos Trade Protection Decree from Ministry of War and Navy of the Central Mexican Republic

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4293

Overview One decree from the Ministry of War and Navy of the Central Mexican Republic issued to protect the Sante Fe and Taos trade in the New Mexico territory.

Dates: 1839 April 22

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Photographic Album Depicting Brazil and Argentina

Collection

Identifier: 2021-004

Overview One photographic album containing fifty black-and-white images depicting Lisbon Harbor, Brazil, and Argentina. The images feature two copper mines in the Catamarca region of Argentina, one owned by Samuel Lafone Quevedo and the other owned by Adolfo Carranza; as well as a sugar plantation owned by Alfredo Guzman. Other images depict various members of the Blamey family and the natural landscape of Argentina. The album appears to have been a gift from Henry (potentially Henry Davis Hoskold) to...

Dates: 1893

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Tommy Brakefield Collection of University of Alabama Football Tickets and Ephemera

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4311

Dates: 1892-2021

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

Searcy Family Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1236

Abstract A record of births, marriages and deaths of members of the Searcy family as kept in a Bible; also a list of births, possibly of slaves, 179?-1853.

Dates: 1767 - 1887

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Hillel Foundation Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0672

Overview Records, mostly correspondence of Rabbi Henry A. Fischel (1948-1956), relating to the activities of the Hillel Foundation and its role in student life at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1944 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1956

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Billie Jean Young Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3417

Overview The collection contains materials related to Billie Jean Young's one-woman show Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light… and other materials produced and gathered by Young.

Dates: 1983 - 2002

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Gordy Brule Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4166

Overview Letters written by and to Gordon "Gordy" Brule who served in the 447th Bomb Squad World War II.

Dates: 1943 - 1949

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Roger Hertz Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4167

Overview Almost daily letters written by Hertz and his family between 1944 and 1946 while he was serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Dates: 1944 - 1946

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William A. Lyle Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4164

Overview Letters written by William A. Lyle from 1943 to 1946, primarily to his mother in New York City, while he was serving in the United States Naval Reserves at the U.S. Naval bases in Maryland, California, and Hawaii, during World War II.

Dates: 1943 - 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

L. N. Hitchcock Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0677

Abstract Letter written from Mobile, Alabama, to Gideon Luger, discussing government problems

Dates: 1838-08

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Hillhouse Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0673

Abstract A letter from the minister of the Greensboro Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, Alabama, to an unidentified recipient discussing Hillhouse's wishes for the Presbyterians to reform the Catholic Church.

Dates: 1835-04

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

"Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian Church in Tuskaloosa, Alabama."

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0676

Overview A paper titled "Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian Church in Tuskaloosa, Alabama." It includes lists of pastors, elders, and deacons, 1820-79.

Dates: 1901

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Phil E. Hill General Store Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0671

Abstract An account ledger for a general store in Fairfield, Alabama, possibly owned by Phil E. Hill

Dates: 1873 - 1874

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Emory Peebles Hildreth Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0669

Overview Newspaper clippings and a manuscript written by Hildreth

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James A. Henderson Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0662

Overview Writings of James A. Henderson of the Twelveth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment while stationed at Centre, Alabama, in December 1865.

Dates: 1865-12-1 - 1865-12-4

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

Jerusha Hemphill DIploma

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0660

Overview A diploma for having completed the course of study at Tuscaloosa Female Academy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0657

Overview Letters from seven former students while prisoners of war in northern prison camps, requesting food, clothing, books, tobacco, and money.

Dates: 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Hearst, Dennis and Company Letterbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0656

Abstract The 1871-1872 letterbook of a firm in Richmond, Dallas County, Alabama.

Dates: 1871 - 1872

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

T. A. Walthall and Sons Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1814

Overview This collection contains management records from the business ventures of the Thomas Arthur Walthall, Jr. family in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. These include records from the family’s cotton gins, dairy farm and warehouse. A small number of miscellaneous items are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1912 - 1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach Scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4342

Scope and Contents Two scrapbooks containing seven black and white photographs, about 218 original or photocopied newspaper and magazine clippings, thirty-five teletype reports, and some ephemera documenting Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach’s career and civil rights in the United States from 1962 to 1965. Katzenbach was appointed as United States Deputy Attorney General by John F. Kennedy in April 1962 and later as United States Attorney General appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson in September 1964. He actively...

Dates: 1962 - 1965

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas Payne Thompson Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1405

Overview The collection contains the business and personal papers of the eminent New Orleans businessman and bibliophile, Thomas Payne (T.P.) Thompson, from the mid nineteenth century through the 1930s. Also included are papers representing his work with and interests in various charities, educational institutions, Louisiana Historical Society and other historical institutions, and many other activities.

Dates: 1859 - 1937

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ralph S. Bradley Manuscript and Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1824

Abstract Collection contains a photocopied manuscript of Ralph Bradley’s Above Mortal: Novel in Three Parts and three letters of condolences to R. S. Bradley, Jr. after the death of Ralph S. Bradley, Sr.

Dates: 1998

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Samuel Henry Sprott, Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1829

Abstract Includes examination books and scrapbook of Samuel Henry Sprott, Jr. The materials pertain to Mr. Sprott's years at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1893 - 1897

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Unidentified Account Book

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2308

Overview An account book from the 1930s in Eufaula, Alabama

Dates: 1936 - 1938

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jarvis Turner Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3477

Scope and Contents This collection contains 3 invoices from 1849, 1850, and 1856 from the Mobile Marble Works.

Dates: 1849 - 1856

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

West Alabama AIDS Outreach Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2817

Overview Papers of West Alabama AIDS Outreach, including organizational materials and scrapbooks as well as documentation of charity events and educational programs.

Dates: 1989 - 2010

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Michael Tuomey Naturalization Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1427

Abstract This collection contains the originals, photocopy, and typed transcription of Tuomey's naturalization papers.

Dates: circa 1853

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Bressie Vaughan Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2283

Overview Papers of both Edward Bressie Vaughan, Sr. and Jr. The majority of the papers are requisitions, receipts, Quartermaster stores, etc. from August through Novemeber 1862 during the Kentucky Campaign signed by or sent to Lieutenant Edward Bressie Vaughan, Jr.. Other papers include both Vaughan, Sr.'s and Jr.'s personal and business correspondence from 1832 through 1869. The collection also contains E.B. Vaughan, Sr.'s Oath of Allegiance (dated 30 June 1865) to the United Stated.

Dates: 1832 - 1867; Majority of material found in 1862 - 1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Unidentified Store Ledger

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2304

Overview Probably a company store ledger from the 1930s and 1940s

Dates: 1936 - 1948

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Marion Wilson Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3153

Overview Letter from Marion Wilson of Jakarta, Indonesia, to Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Britton of Alaska, recounting the events of the past year.

Dates: 1978-12-06

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Clarence E. and Minnie McDermaid Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2682

Overview This collection mainly contains correspondence from Emma O. Lundberg to her nephew Clarence McDermaid planning his educational path and discussing his hobbies of music and gardening, events in her everyday life, family and friends, trips, and holidays. There is a large amount of general correspondence from Katharine Lenroot to both Minnie and Clarence consisting of holiday cards and letters discussing daily events, family members, and the illnesses of Emma Lundberg. Emma Lundberg and...

Dates: 1919 - 1975

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ian Brown Cemeteries Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3155

Overview Papers submitted by students for credit in the Blount Program's seminar "Marking Graves: Self and Society in Death" and ANT 444/544 "Anthropology and Cemeteries" at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The papers consider how individuals and society are reflected in burial practices and the differences between Anglo-American and African-American graveyards. The papers may examine burial patterns, customs, ornamentation, or simply be lists of interments.

Dates: 2001 - 2005

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Spinks Kennedy Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0807

Abstract Includes financial and other business related papers of John Spinks Kennedy, a Civil War veteran and lawyer who lived in Lauderdale County, Alabama.

Dates: 1858 - 1892

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Melpothalian Society Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0977

Abstract This collection contains an account of the society's proceedings, a list of members, and a note for $5,000 to W. P. Douthit dated Oct. 15, 1844.

Dates: 1836 - 1844; Majority of material found within 1836 - 1837

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Will Johnson Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0760

Abstract A collection of correspondence and other papers. Johnson's correspondents included John H. Bankhead, Albert Boutwell, Carl Elliott, Lister Hill, Albert Rains, James A. Simpson, John Sparkman, and Chauncey Sparks.

Dates: 1936 - 1951

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Hurtel Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0721

Abstract The collection relating to this Mobile, Alabama, family consists of a family history by Caroline Garrett and newspaper clippings on Mobile Mardi Gras celebrations, dedication of the Confederate war memorial, and various other items of general Mobile interest.

Dates: 1877 - 1948

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John S. McGraw Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0956

Abstract Letters from this soldier in the 57th Indiana Volunteers, stationed near Huntsville, Alabama, to his wife and daughter in Richmond, Indiana, January 1 to March 29, 1865. They describe winter quarters and the city of Huntsville after it had been partially burned.

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Peter and Rose Swereda Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1817

Abstract Includes letters written by a World War II bomber pilot and his wife from training facilities in Tennessee and Alabama to his family in New Jersey.

Dates: 1943 - 1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Kathryn Tucker Windham Manuscript, Common Threads

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1820

Abstract Alabama author’s manuscript for the book, Common Threads.

Dates: 2000

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

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