Collections | Special Collections & Archives

John W. Betterley Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4299

Overview This diary by John W. Betterley, a US Marine serving on board the USS Michigan, describes the United States' invasion and occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, in 1914.

Dates: 1914

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Joseph J. France and A. Sims Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4300

Overview Two letters from Jos. (Joseph?) J. France, a nineteenth-century medical school student from Ghana at the University of Pennsylvania, to his benefactor Dr. Sims in Leopoldville in the Congo. There is also one letter from A. Sims to a Dr. Beckley that discusses France.

Dates: 1892

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mogiana Railway Photographic Album

Collection — Box: 2022-005

Identifier: 2022-005

Scope and Contents Collection contains one photograph album from 1900 of 39 gelatin silver prints by photographer O. Sainati of Campinas-based Mogiana Railway stations, bridges, locomotives, and surrounding everyday life. The album is comprised of 39 card stock leaves with one photograph per page, mounted with original captions. The Mogiana stations focused primarily on the railway line between Jaguarina and Cravinhos in the Sao Paulo state of Brazil.

Dates: 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A. Mercer Daniel Photographic Album

Collection

Identifier: 2022-003

Scope and Contents This collection is a personal photo album created by A. Mercer Daniel, a law librarian and the first African American member of the American Association of Law Libraries, documenting the 1910s–1960s with an emphasis on the 1930s. There are 216 photographs on 114 pages, mostly black and white and some sepia; most inserted into corner mounts, the rest adhesive mounted. Most photographs measure 2 ¼” x 3” to 5 ½” x 3 ½”, all are captioned. 22 photographs lacking from album and 2 with surface loss...

Dates: 1910 - 1960

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dillard Family Ledgers

Collection — Box: 4313.001

Identifier: MSS-4313

Scope and Contents Two account ledger books belonging to the Dillard family of Lovingston, Virginia, containing business and farming records, laborers and slaves’ specific activities, labor contracts, worker wages, and personal opinions from the Dillards on their workers and slaves between 1859-1888.The entries pertaining to labor contracts describe the terms of involuntary servitude placed upon African American workers in exchange for food, meals, and housing. Included in these entries are instances...

Dates: 1859 - 1888

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Life in Mexico during the 1940s Photographic Album

Collection

Identifier: 2022-006

Scope and Contents This collection of 14 black and white photographs depicts everyday life in western Mexico during the 1940s. Photographs measure approximately 6 ½” x 4 ¾” and are captioned on versos. Photographs show Sierra Madres imagery and market and street seller scenes.

Dates: 1940

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Temple Graves II papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0109

Overview Manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings written by and related to Birmingham newspaper columnist John Temple Graves II.

Dates: 1910 - 1967

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Walter Burgwyn Jones papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0110

Overview Speeches, pamphlets, correspondence, and other materials related to the life and career of Alabama circuit court judge Walter Burgwyn Jones.

Dates: 1877 - 1981

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

T. B. Rush general store daybook

Collection

Identifier: W-0107

Overview Contains almost daily entries written between April 1835 and July 1836, recording daily sales at a general store in Mount Willing, Alabama.

Dates: 1835 - 1836

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

USS Winnebago medical log

Collection

Identifier: W-0108

Overview The medical log of the USS Winnebago, a Union river monitor stationed in Mobile Bay from 1864 to 1865.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

T. J. Scott and Sons letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0130

Overview Two letters written by farmers in Hayneville, Alabama, to Montgomery merchants T. J. Scott and Sons. The 1904 letters describe the sale of mules and ask for refunds from the company, which provided defective livestock.

Dates: 1904

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Tyler Morgan letter

Collection

Identifier: W-0131

Overview An undated letter from Senator John Tyler Morgan to Alabama governor Joseph F. Johnston regarding the transfer of Major Barnard Goldsmith West from the Birmingham state troops to the staff of General Wheeler.

Dates: 1896 - 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Edgeworth Jones congressional autograph journal

Collection

Identifier: W-0128

Overview Autograph book containing signatures of representatives who served as members of the 28th United States Congress during the 1844-1845 legislative session.

Dates: 1844 - 1845

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Tentative register of Robert E. Lee books in Lexington, Virginia : typescript

Collection

Identifier: W-0126

Overview Seventy-one page typescript identifies books in Lexington, Virginia, that were once part of Robert E. Lee's personal library

Dates: 1978

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Curtis R. Burke journal

Collection

Identifier: W-0063

Overview Typescript of Curtis R. Burke's Civil War journal which includes daily entries from October 1862 to June 1865. Notable journal entries include descriptions of John Hunt Morgan's raid into Ohio in July 1863, and accounts of conditions in prison camps in Indiana and Illinois.

Dates: 1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

State of Louisiana troop expenses ledger

Collection

Identifier: W-0067

Overview Expenses ledger for Louisiana state troops from 1862 to 1863.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J. A. Montgomery business records

Collection

Identifier: W-0068

Overview Correspondence, time book, and ledger of Birmingham, Alabama, industrialist J. A. Montgomery.

Dates: 1889 - 1898

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George O. Baker and Joseph M. Baker papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0066

Overview Correspondence, ledgers, and other papers of Selma, Alabama, businessmen, George O. Baker, his son, Joseph M. Baker, and their various companies and businesses.

Dates: 1886 - 1898

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Valley Creek Canal, West Jefferson County, Alabama, reports

Collection

Identifier: W-0065

Overview Two reports on a proposed canal project on the Valley and Warrior Rivers in Jefferson County, Alabama.

Dates: 1917 - 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alfred Parmenter papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0153

Overview Letters written by Alfred A. Parmenter, a member of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Infantry, describing battles and camp life in the South to his parents

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

"Valor on the Eastern Shore": typescript

Collection

Identifier: W-0151

Overview Typescript copy of B. L. Roberson's unpublished "Valor on the Eastern Shore."

Dates: 1965

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

"To Arms in the Valley" program and script

Collection

Identifier: W-0152

Overview Program, cast list, and script of To Arms in the Valley, an historical play about the Civil War set in northern Alabama and presented by the Tennessee Valley Historical Society and the Colbert-Lauderdale Civil War Centennial Commemoration Committee in 1961.

Dates: 1961

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Green Family Photographs and Ephemera

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4285

Overview A collection of photographs and ephemera belonging to the Green family of Roanoke and Wedowee, Alabama.

Dates: 1890 - 1972

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Emmett A. Parrish Photographic Album of Panama and Native Populations in World War II

Collection

Identifier: 2020-008

Overview One photographic album containing 137 black-and-white photographs depicting Emmett A. Parrish's life in Panama working as military radar technician.

Dates: 1943 - 1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jonathan Plimpton Green Diaries and Account Books

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4283

Overview A loose set of travel diaries and account books kept by Dr. Jonathan Plimpton Green describing his journey to and from Valparaiso, Chile, and documenting the medical work he did while living there in the mid-nineteenth century.

Dates: 1847 - 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Davison Letters on Early American Merchants in Buenos Aires

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4282

Overview This collection contains sixteen letters from Massachusetts native Edward Davison in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to his business partner Francis (Frank) Leland in Montevideo, Uruguay, regarding transactions at their commercial firm.

Dates: 1834 - 1835

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles H. Howe Civil War Diary and Map

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4284

Overview Civil War diary, kept by Private Charles H. Howe, written on the verso and margins of a printed Civil War-era map on which he outlined the route he traveled.

Dates: 1862-09 - 1863-09

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Coleman and Truss family letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0103

Overview Contains letters written before, during, and after the Civil War by the Coleman family of St. Clair, Alabama

Dates: 1860 - 1868

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles W. Edwards research notes on Coffee County, Alabama

Collection

Identifier: W-0106

Overview This collection contains research notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials compiled by Charles W. Edwards and related to his study of Coffee County. The collection also includes two drafts of his completed report, County Government and County Affairs in Coffee County Alabama.

Dates: 1925 - 1928

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward R. Norville diary

Collection

Identifier: W-0105

Overview Diary of Edward R. Norville, a Mobile, Alabama, river pilot.

Dates: 1873 - 1891

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ephraim Madison Henry papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0114

Overview Correspondence, concert programs, and other documents from this Tuskegee Institute graduate

Dates: 1930 - 1947

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alfred Morris diary

Collection

Identifier: W-0115

Overview Diary written by Union soldier Alfred Morris, containing entries written between October 1862 and September 1863.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Woodard and Gene Smith letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0112

Overview Letters between Union soldier George Woodard, Company D, Eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and his fiancee Gene Smith, of Burnett, Wisconsin. Woodard served at the battle of Corinth and the Vicksburg Campaign. He died at a Memphis hospital in 1864.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Harriet Anna Kennedy papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0117

Overview Notebook of poems written by Harriet Anna Kennedy between 1863-1864. A letter and a small collection of later poems written by Kennedy and members of her extended family are also included.

Dates: 1863 - 1903

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James J. White regimental history of the Liberty Hall Volunteers

Collection

Identifier: W-0111

Overview Notebook containing a roster and brief history of Company I of the Fourth Virginia Volunteer Infantry, a regiment formed by students enrolled at Washington College (later Washington and Lee University).

Dates: 1860

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham (Alabama) News-Age Herald, University of Alabama, 1931 Rose Bowl Photo-essay

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3429

Overview A Birmingham (Alabama) News-Age Herald photo-essay of the University of Alabama's 1931 Rose Bowl game against Washington State University.

Dates: 1931-01-11

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

"Expansion and Contraction as Witnessed in the Senate" Political Cartoon

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3430

Overview Political cartoon depicting United States Senator Dixon Hall Lewis of Alabama, and Francis P. Blair, editor of the Washington Globe, discussing President James Buchanan's remarks to the Senate on the currency.

Dates: 1840

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James W. Keating Consular Credentials

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3426

Overview Credentials of James W. Keating's appointment by Secretary of State, John Hay, as Consular Agent to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, in 1902.

Dates: 1902-05-24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C.C. Clay Alfalfa Land Company, Scenes in the Demopolis Alfalfa Section Advertisement

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3427

Overview A pictorial advertisement of the farming benefits in the Demopolis, Alabama, alfalfa section.

Dates: 1900 - 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Stella M. Searcy Testimonial

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3424

Overview Testimonial awarded to Stella M. Searcy in 1854 by the Alabama Female Institute in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1859-07-06

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Susan E. Kean Diploma

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3425

Overview Diploma awarded in 1858 to Susan E. Kean, by the La Grange Female College in La Grange, Tennessee.

Dates: 1858-06-24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Stella Searcy Harris Diploma

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3423

Overview Mistress of Arts diploma awarded to Stella Searcy Harris in 1884 by the Tuskaloosa Female College.

Dates: 1884-06-11

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Woods and Young families papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1576

Overview This collection contains a miscellany of material, including letters by Thomas Moore Woods, Company K, 16th Alabama Infantry; James M. Springfield, Company L, 24th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers; and G. W. Woods, 9th Alabama Cavalry, Selma. It also includes a collection of biographical abstracts of various Revolutionary soldiers and families; store receipts from Columbus and Caledonia, Mississippi, and Vernon, Alabama; land deeds; and church records from various congregations in Mississippi...

Dates: 1834 - 1918

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Henry B. Wood correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1569

Abstract A collection of letters exchanged between Henry B. and Sarah Wood during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Service Men's Center Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1604

Abstract A scrapbook containing photographs, letters, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, activity programs, and other items relating to the Tuscaloosa Service Men's Center for soldiers during World War Two.

Dates: 1943 - 1946

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Nehemiah Denton Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1602

Abstract Correspondence and other business materials of this Brooklyn, New York, resident with business interests in Mobile, Alabama. Aside from extensive business correspondence, it includes detailed descriptions of Mobile's antebellum social life, and accounts of yellow fever epidemics and fires.

Dates: 1831 - 1844

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Benagh promissory note

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1603

Abstract Promissory note dated January 1, 1858, in which The University of Alabama agreed to pay $150 to W. J. Hays for the use of a slave named Paul for one year. The note was signed by George Benagh, a professor acting on behalf of the University.

Dates: 1858-01-01

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Albert A. Hartzell Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2810

Overview A letter to Albert A. Hartzell, a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and a member of Delta Kappa Episilon fraternity, from his mother about his father's writings.

Dates: 1882 May 17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Clara H. Rall Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2809

Overview Clara H. Rall of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania writes to a friend about her recent marriage and gives details about the furnished brick house into which she has recently moved.

Dates: 1902 May 13

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Thompson Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2803

Overview A letter from James Thompson of El Paso, Illinois, to W. O. Ensign of Rutland, Illinois, about business and the illness of a mutual friend.

Dates: 1889 March 5

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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