Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Cruikshank family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0379

Overview Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham

Dates: 1848-1909

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

L. H. Crumpler records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0380

Overview A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.

Dates: 1892-1909

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C.S.S. Alabama digital collection planning material

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3744

Overview Documents discussing the C.S.S Alabama digital project.

Dates: circa 1995

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

CSS Alabama partial muster roll

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3724

Overview Partial muster roll of the CSS Alabama.

Dates: after 1864 June 19

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Overview Portions of the logs for the C.S.S. Alabama and the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa. The logs document the daily weather, longitude and latitude as well as information about engagements with enemy ships. There is also a list of ships captured by the Alabama from 5 September 1862 to 20 June 1863 and copies of the correspondence between Lieutenant John Low as captain of the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa and various authorities of the British colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

Dates: 1862–1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cuba Photograph Album and Journal

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4173

Overview Part photograph album and part travel log, this album, kept by an American woman while on vacation in Havana, Cuba, in the summer of 1946.

Dates: 1946 July

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cubahatchie Baptist Church of Christ records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0381

Overview Collection of meeting minutes and membership lists, 1887-1933, for this Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama, church.

Dates: 1887-1933

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cuban postcards

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3695

Overview Postcards depicting scenes in Cuba in the early twentieth century.

Dates: circa 1910-1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John M. Cullen court docket

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0382

Overview A court room docket recording cases of this Triana, Alabama, justice of the peace.

Dates: 1827-1832

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Carey B. Oakley Cultural Resource Reconnaissance reports

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0383

Overview Twenty-three reports assessing the cultural and archeological significance of various Alabama sites, 1976-1979.

Dates: 1976-1979

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Minutes of the Talladega Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898-1899

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0384

Overview Photocopy of a record book including the minutes, rolls, and mission reports of this Talladega church

Dates: 1891-1899

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cunningham Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4011

Overview Correspondence, maps, newspapers, and photographs of this West Alabama family

Dates: 1834-1979

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W. R. Cunningham papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3516

Overview Letter from Birmingham Athletic Club discussing the fall track meet and the meeting minutes, as well as a newspaper clipping also reporting on the track meet.

Dates: 1905

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Cottingham Curry papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0387

Overview Items from Curry's tenure at the University of Alabama, including season tickets for sporting events, invitations to social events and organizations, and a binder of correspondence relating to reunions of the University of Alabama class of 1916.

Dates: 1916-1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John E. Curry collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0386

Overview Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.

Dates: 1846-1864

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

John Cuthbert letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0389

Overview Letter, written by John A. Cuthbert from San Souci, Mobile Bay, Alabama, on 29 June 1848 to Governor Reuben Chapman of Alabama, urging the appointment of William R. King to fill a vacant seat in the United States Senate.

Dates: 1848 June 29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

D. Johnston Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0762

Abstract A letter dated 24 May 1845, written by Johnston in his capacity as administrator of the estate of Jabez Mitchell, to Dr. Basil Manly, certifying that Manly has notified him of claims against the estate.

Dates: 1845-05-24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

D. M. N. Ross Paper

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1208

Abstract A paper titled "A brief history of the military department of the University of Alabama, 1860-1936,"written by D.M.N. Ross.

Dates: n.d.

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dadeville, Alabama, Chancery Court records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0390

Overview Ledger containing records of the Chancery Court at Dadeville, Alabama (the 17th District of the Middle Division of the State of Alabama), from February 1842 to May 1848.

Dates: 1842-1848

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dale Family History

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3908

Overview Typed transcript of a history written from memory by Dale for his grandson, Edward, and includes family history and stories from the American Revolutionary War.

Dates: 1851 May 19

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Sam Dale envelope fragment

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3732

Overview Fragment of an envelope sent to David Holmes, then governor of the Mississippi Territory (which included the state of Alabama), on 15 May 1817, by Sam Dale at Fort Claiborne, Alabama

Dates: 1817 May 15

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dall-Tardy Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4157

Overview Letters from members of the Dall and Tardy families of Baltimore, Maryland, and Mobile, Alabama, written between 1840 and 1908.

Dates: 1840-1908

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dallas County, Alabama, Treasurer records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0391

Overview One ledger containing the treasurer’s records pertaining to taxes and other fines and fees paid in Dallas County, Alabama from 1868 to 1873.

Dates: 1868-1873

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dallas Iron Works letterbook

Collection

Identifier: W-0097

Overview Contains the Reconstruction-era letterbook of the Dallas Iron Works in Selma, Alabama.

Dates: 1866-1879

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Margaret Dalton papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3097

Overview Miscellaneous papers, slide carousels, photocopies of primary sources (some in German), and copies of class notes from the School of Library and Information Studies

Dates: after 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Eyre Damer papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0392

Overview A scrapbook and accompanying materials relating to the book “With C.H. Ellis Through Central America and Panama: Quarantine Tour of Central America and Panama by Health Authorities as Guests of the United Fruit Company,” compiled and distributed by that firm.

Dates: after 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dan T. Carter Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-092

Overview This collection consists of forty-five photographs depicting former Alabama Governor George Wallace, Jr. used by Dan T. Carter in his book "The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, The Origins of The New Conservatism and The Transformation of American Politics" 1995. Images of the various stages of Wallace's life, his family, and his wife, Lurleen. Many are official photographs released from the Governor's office.

Dates: 1918 - 1974

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Daniel Geary scrapbook on the history of the Mobile Volunteer Fire Companies

Collection

Identifier: W-0024

Overview Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, illustrations, and handwritten notes related to the history of volunteer firefighter companies in Mobile, Alabama, compiled by Daniel Geary.

Dates: 1830-1924

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Daniel R. Hundley Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0716

Abstract Hundley's diary covers the years 1861-64. The entries discuss secession and preparations for war, wartime service, private thoughts, news from home, and other matters.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Daniel T. McCall, Jr. Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-197

Overview This collection consists of four cabinet cards of University of Alabama students from the 1880s, three taken by W. E. Magee, a Tuscaloosa photographer, and one taken by Clary, a Birmingham photographer.

Dates: 1886 - 1887

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Handwritten Sales Inventory of the Property of Thomas G. Danner

Collection

Identifier: W-0167

Overview Handwritten inventory of the estate of Thomas G, Danner, including clocks, side boards, beds, books, saddles, farm tools, and eighteen slaves

Dates: 1845 January 1

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

Daphne Cunningham Diaries

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0385

Abstract Diaries whose short entries provide information on the daily activities of this coed from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, member of Kappa Delta sorority, and 1916 University of Alabama graduate.

Dates: 1913 - 1914

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Luther Fairfax Dashiell papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0396

Overview Correspondence, speeches, and writings, relating to his work as a surgeon with the 1st Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers, stationed in Tampico, Mexico, during the Mexican War.

Dates: 1844-1887; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1848

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alabama Hall of Fame collection on the nomination of Clarence William Daugette

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0035

Overview Materials relating to the nomination of Clarence William Daugette (1873-1942) to the Alabama Hall of Fame. Daugette served for forty-three years as president of Jacksonville State Teachers' College.

Dates: 1954

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

Daughters of the American Revolution. Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0397

Overview One photocopied and bound ledger, two ledgers and five loose leaf notebooks containing the minutes of the membership and board of the Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1901 to 1988.

Dates: 1901-1988

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dauphin Island, Alabama, public development papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0148

Overview Papers and plat maps of real estate developments in Dauphin Island, Alabama, in 1953, 1958, and 1961.

Dates: 1953 - 1961

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas Dauser papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0398

Overview Letters, postcards, photos, newsclipping, and passport of this German shoemaker who emigrated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the 1880s. All material is in German.

Dates: 1882-1921

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

David B. McElroy Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-203

Overview This collection consists of ten color photographs of the Ramsey Award Party, held at the University of Alabama University Club, 1986.

Dates: 1986

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

David Crawford letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0368

Overview Letter dated 30 November 1829, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his wife, Caroline, in Mobile, telling her of his election as Solicitor of the First Judicial Circuit.

Dates: 1829 November 30

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

David Criswell Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1649

Abstract A letter from David Criswell, farmer, to Joel Lynn of Hartford, Indiana, February 17, 1862.

Dates: 1862-02-17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

David Holmes Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4212

Overview Collection of two diaries, two sketchbooks, six letters, and other items created by Sergeant David Holmes (1841-1864) of the 20th Michigan Infantry. The materials provide insight into the rigors of daily life for an Civil War soldier

Dates: 1858-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

David Hubbard Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0709

Abstract Letter dated 8 October 1841, from Alabama congressman David Hubbard to John M. Read, Philadelphia, concerning the late Bank of the United States and the power of Congress to grant a charter for it.

Dates: 1841-10-08

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

David "Tutt" Lott Yarbrough, Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1594

Abstract A collection of photographs, scrapbooks, business cards, letters, union dues receipts, and contracts of this lifelong musician that sheds light on the music business during the "Big band" era.

Dates: 1933 - 1961

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

David W. Aiken, Sr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3448

Overview Two copies of "John Gayle Aiken, M.D." by Dr. David W. Aiken, Sr., a small booklet that relates the story of his grandfather, John Gayle Aiken who was the son of Mary Gayle (sister of Amelia Gayle Gorgas)

Dates: 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Davidson paper

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0401

Abstract A paper titled "Brigadier General James Holt Clanton, Alabama's Rash Gallant" and delivered to the Alabama Historical Association, April 17, 1959.

Dates: 1959 April 17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alex Van Hoose Davies family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0402

Overview Photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. There are also some personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, augmented with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies, as well as copies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1925-1980

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jefferson Davis Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0404

Abstract This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.

Dates: 1823-1917

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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