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James Jackson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0737
Abstract
This collection contains accounts of a cotton plantation; records of a farm's cotton crop, including the number of hands employed and the amount picked; and recipes.
Dates:
1814 - 1884
Marengo County, Alabama, Families Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0907
Abstract
Material about families dwelling in Marengo County, Alabama including Jewish families, cemetery surveys, and miscellaneous family records. Copied from material in the Demopolis Public Library.
Dates:
1940 - 1991
R.E. Pettus Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1133
Abstract
Contains a variety of materials belonging to this Huntsville, Alabama, businessman, including maps; letters received from B.H. Meek, Carlos Surish, W.P. Hall; and an invitation to an event at the Alabama Central Female College.
Dates:
1875 - 1921
John H. Pettway Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1134
Abstract
Letter from Pettway in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Professor John L. Calhoun at the University of Alabama regarding the current status of his church membership.
Dates:
1897-02
Robinson Family History
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1201
Abstract
A paper written by Stephanie O. Staten on the history of the Robinshon family from Birmingham, Alabama. Includes a certificate for "Robinson Family Reunion Day"
Dates:
1990
Carl Schurz Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1233
Abstract
This collection contains three letters composed while Schurz was traveling in the South during the summer of 1865, at least one of which was written from Alabama. It also contains a letter of introduction from Major General James H. Wilson.
Dates:
1865
Nelson Smith Paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1293
Abstract
A carbon copy of transcript of a speech titled "History of American Architecture," given by Smith in September 1963, to volunteers at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Dates:
1963
M. Carolyn Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1292
Abstract
The collection contains material created and gathered as research for "A North Alabama Country Boy's Journey into the World of Nuclear Technology." Written for Professor Gary Mills at the University of Alabama, the paper is about Lester Elkin Burkhart, who worked in the United States atomic energy program.
Dates:
1982
James A. Seddon Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1240
Abstract
A letter dated 16 March 1864 to General Joel Briggs, Adjutant and Inspector General of Alabama, declining to detail George Breitenbach as shoemaker for the cadets of the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1864-03-16
Samuel N. Snow Family Genealogical Material
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1304
Abstract
The collection contains photocopies of transcribed letters written by Samuel N. Snow of Alabama and other documents relating to the family's history.
Dates:
1820
Spring Valley Foods, Inc. Stock Sales Book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1329
Overview
Large volume with information about the sale of 300,000 shares of common stock of Spring Valley Foods, Inc. at $1 par value. Includes correspondence with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a prospectus, memorandums, power of attorney information, letters from key parties involved, and certificates in a clearly labeled 72 section volume with table of contents.
Dates:
1969 - 1970
Sesame Club Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1252
Abstract
Minutes, reports, attendance records, and letters of resignation from this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, women's club, which sponsored educational programs and performed community service.
Dates:
1939 - 1943
Martin Luther Stansel Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1336
Abstract
A letter dated 27 April 1863, to his wife, Olivia, written from Manchester, Tennessee. It discusses camp news, rumors of enemy movements, Stansel's wound, and eye surgery on his horse.
Dates:
1863-04-27
Maria B. Brooks Stafford Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1334
Abstract
A letter dated 22 February 1894, to Belle R. Harrison, Danville, Kentucky. Contains general news of self and children.
Dates:
1894-02-22
R. B. Smyer Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1299
Abstract
A letter dated 17 October 1895, acknowledging receipt of fee from W. C. Dantzler.
Dates:
1895-10-17
St. John's Baptist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1331
Abstract
Ledger containing lists of members and some financial records of this Baptist church, possibly in Alabama.
Dates:
1949 - 1951
Talladega Cemetery Association Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1380
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of lists of dues owed and paid by individuals for the upkeep of Oak Hill cemetery in Talladega, Alabama.
Dates:
1920 - 1933
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Preservation Society Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1433
Abstract
A set of scrapbooks containing clippings recording the work and activities of this society,1979-80, including its publication, Heritage Week.
Dates:
1969 - 1978
W. H. Taylor Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1430
Abstract
Letter to Champion T. Turner regarding money he received after Richard L. Turner's death.
Dates:
1863-07
State v. Orr and Stovall Depositions
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1338
Abstract
Unsigned depositions of James B. Tatom and Dr. Henry Pendleton regarding the death of a slave, Jerry, belonging to John Tatom. Location unknown.
Dates:
1848
West Perry Grange Ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1543
Abstract
Minutes, notes, financial records, and other records of this Perry County, Alabama, organization
Dates:
1873 - 1875
Thomas H. Herndon Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0667
Overview
This collection contains letters of correspondence.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
Alto Lee Whitehurst Class Notes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1549
Abstract
Notes for history classes at the University of Alabama during the 1940s, among them U.S. History, World History, and the History of the Old South.
Dates:
1944
Seth Whitcomb Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1546
Scope and Contents
Letter to his wife discussing his daily activities
Dates:
1861
R.M. Brumby Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1825
Abstract
Includes letters written to R.M. Brumby, a University of Alabama graduate, from his mother and son from the late 19th-century through the early 20th-century. It also includes an appointment letter from the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1892 - 1920
Frances Glisson World War II Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2013-008
Abstract
Two photographs of Company D, 167th Infantry Regiment, Thirty-first Division at Camp Blanding, Florida, on April 24, 1941.
Dates:
1941
John and Phyllis Todd Reel to Reel
Collection
Identifier: 2014-025
Abstract
Sixty-eight reel to reels of family recordings and assorted music.
Dates:
1957 - 1982
World War I and World War II Photographic Albums
Collection
Identifier: 2017-001
Overview
This collection consists of nine photogrpahic albums from World War I and World War II.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1912 - 1947
Franklin Collier Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-033
Overview
This collection consists of 176 photographs depicting road construction in Alabama.
Dates:
1940 - 1959
Harry Garrett Phillips Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2536
Overview
Musical compositions, correspondence, photographs, and recordings by Harry Garrett Phillips.
Dates:
1941 - 1991
Truman S. Smith Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2012-020
Abstract
Family photos of Truman A. Smith (son of Eugene Allen Smith) and his wife Pearl Boyles of Mobile.
Dates:
1890 - 1910
C. Robert Churchill Collection Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-001
Overview
In 1938, the University of Alabama acquired the personal library of Thomas Payne Thomson, a New Orleans businessman and bibliophile: Houses in Louisiana circa 1915.
Dates:
1913 - 1915
Frank Ragan King Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0818
Abstract
Two letters to King, one from Burwell Boykin Lewis, the other from Richard C. Jones.
Dates:
1854 - 1859
Sarah E. King Trust Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0821
Abstract
Contains financial records kept by the Sarah E. King trust in Marion, Perry County, Alabama, and includes receipts for household purchases as well as payment to physicians for treatment of King and her slaves
Dates:
1852 - 1860
Mary Lee Coal and Railway Company Financial Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0922
Abstract
Net earnings of this Alabama company for 1893, from sales of coal and coke, investments in property, and railroad operations.
Dates:
1893
Fourth Alabama Regiment Newspaper Article Transcriptions
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1189
Overview
Typewritten transcriptions of articles about the 4th Alabama Regiment. Original articles were in unnamed Huntsville, Alabama, newspapers
Dates:
1861 - 1862
W. C. Revis Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1187
Abstract
A letter dated 8 February 1832 to Jonathan Rutherford. Discusses "our own Virginia," Revis's health, his views of the political situation, slavery and "Cousin Emily" (apparently Rutherford's wife).
Dates:
1832-02-08
Phillips High School Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1141
Abstract
This collection consists of a miscellany of items pertaining to the Phillips High School (Birmingham, Alabama) class of 1930.
Dates:
1930 - 1980
Joshua Busby Oden Arithmetic Book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1283
Abstract
Arithmetic textbook/workbook used by Joshua Busby Oden. A 1956 note inside the front cover says the book was presented to Dr. A.B. Moore, University of Alabama history professor and dean of the Graduate School
Dates:
1845
C. C. Sale and Sallie Sale Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1223
Abstract
This collection contains two letters, one by C. C. Sale from Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 26 May [1864] to his wife, and one from Sallie Sale from Culpeper Courthouse, Virginia 30 July [1864] to her sister.
Dates:
1860
E. Sears Letters and Account
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1238
Abstract
Two letters, dated 25 January and 23 June 1859, to C. E. Hull, M.D., New York, the latter of which includes details of mileage, expenses, and accounts settled, 13-23 June 1859, while selling patent medicine in Alabama.
Dates:
1859
Caroline Virginia Samuel Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1227
Abstract
Letters from Tuscaloosa to Samuel's cousin Edmond W. Samuel, with news, social and otherwise, of Tuscaloosa, the aftermath of the Civil War, and much else.
Dates:
1865 - 1871
Jesse B. Hearin Paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1265
Overview
Text of a speech or paper on William Tecumseh Sherman.
Dates:
unknown
Holland M. Smith Letter and Clipping
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1287
Abstract
A 1955 letter written to T. H. Bethea, furnishing information about Smith's family, and a newspaper clipping reporting his death.
Dates:
1955 - 1967
James Somerville Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1307
Abstract
Letters to his wife, Ellen G. Sommerville, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia while Somerville was on two trips to Alabama and Mississippi, looking for a place to settle. The Somervilles eventually chose Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The letters contain comments on traveling companions, places seen, business conditions, and etc.
Dates:
1835 - 1837
Southern States Art League Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1318
Overview
Typewritten accounts of artists and their works in Southern States Art League exhibitions, 1938-1940.
Dates:
unknown
Roemol Henry Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0666
Abstract
A letter containing genealogical information about St. Sauveur Francois Bonfils, a Napoleonic exile who served as professor of modern languages and literature at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1847-1849.
Dates:
1951
C. N. Henkle Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0664
Abstract
A letter dated January 1878, to Mrs. J. Avery, detailing Henkle's involvement in Croxton's Raid, a spring 1865 Union Army foray into west Central Alabama, and the Union seizure of Tuscaloosa in April 1865.
Dates:
1878-01
Hugh Gantt Lollar Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0874
Abstract
A small collection of letters from Oregonia, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to his cousin Hugh Robinson, Level Land, Abeville, South Carolina. The chief subjects are agricultural conditions and prices.
Dates:
1859 - 1860
J. G. Lewis Account Book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0856
Abstract
Ledger containing accounts relating to the settlement of Lewis' estate, including accounts of customers at his Forkland, Alabama store. Previously misidentified as Thornhill Commissary ledger.
Dates:
1891 - 1898
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