Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Espy Williams papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1558

Overview Contains the original copy of Espy Williams, "The Last Quest of Merlin" play. Given at the Round Table Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1908. Also includes the signatures of the actors and a photograph of Espy Williams.

Dates: 1908

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Williams Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4278

Overview Papers related to the Williams family of Atlanta, Georgia. Of particular interest are two notebooks belonging to Barabara Adeline Williams, one of which she kept while in nursing school and the other while she was attaining her high school diploma.

Dates: 1891 - 1999

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Willie T. White papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1548

Abstract Contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, and other materials, the majority of which are related to Willie T. White, who resided in Rockford, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1860-1970

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cunningham Wilson papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3810

Overview Wilson's writings during his medical practice in the late 1890's

Dates: after 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J. E. Windham ledgers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1565

Overview Ledgers of J. E. Windham of Gainesville, Alabama, and photocopies of two volumes of the Gainesville Presbyterian Church records.

Dates: between 1820 and 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mathew Winston Alabama Shakespeare Festival papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2499

Overview Papers, grant proposals, program guides, brochures, postcards, photographs and other materials from 1984 to 1986, concerning the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, originally based in Anniston, Alabama, and moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1985.

Dates: 1984-1986

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Winston Smith papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1630

Overview The collection contains manuscripts, research notes and photographs collected by Winston Smith of Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama, relating to the early history of Demopolis and Marengo County, early photographers and his own family heritage. There is also a record book of Henry Tutwiler’s Green Springs Academy from 1852 – 1864.

Dates: 1850-1998

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Winter & Pond Postcards

Collection

Identifier: 2014-020

Abstract Three postcard depicting scenes from Alaska.

Dates: 1930 - 1939

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

WLW radio station records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2254

Overview Records from WLW, the Cincinnati, Ohio, radio station

Dates: circa 1930-circa 1940

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George and Suzanne Wolfe Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4062

Overview Papers of this University of Alabama English professor and those of his wife, former editor of Alabama Heritage.

Dates: 1985-2014

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Violet Rochelle Wolford Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4065

Overview Diary of young woman in Cordova, Alabama, in 1918.

Dates: 1918

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Women, Dean of - Harris, Agnes Ellen

Collection

Identifier: RG-153

Dates: ?

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Collection on women in Alabama

Collection

Identifier: W-0005

Overview A variety of materials related to several Alabama women, some of whom are well-known in Alabama and the nation, while others were simple women going about their daily lives. This is also the affirmative side of a debate speech presented by Benjamin F. Eborn at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama, on the question "Is Woman Really Better Than Man?"

Dates: 1853-1957

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Women’s Missionary Society, Uniontown Methodist Church Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1619

Abstract This collection consists of a ledger and two papers, one a history of the society and the other about missions. The ledger contains meeting minutes from 1878 through 1885.

Dates: 1879 - 1885

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Lyon Wood manuscript

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1568

Overview Manuscript of Wood's "Historic Lowndes: an outline," a history of Lowndes County, Mississippi, which surveys early explorers, settlers, soldiers, politicians and prominent men of this eastern Mississippi county.

Dates: 1925

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Loubel Wood Manuscript and Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3900

Overview Manuscript of poetry and a letter providing news of health and comments on poetry

Dates: 1973-1977

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Sterling Wood papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1570

Overview Contains notes, photograph albums, scrapbooks, notebooks, research notes, geneaology notes, family records, wills and letters on the Wood family from the 1860's-1972.

Dates: 1860-1972

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

Woods Hall Student Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2012-033

Abstract Black and white photographs of students housed in Woods Hall in early 1900s.

Dates: 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Woodward Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1577

Overview An extensive collection, including business and personal correspondence, financial records, photographs, and other materials of this Birmingham, Alabama, family, which owned and operated the Woodward Iron Company.

Dates: 1829 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Woodward Iron Company records

Collection

Identifier: W-0061

Overview Correspondence, financial and legal records, annual reports, and employee newsletters produced by the Woodward Iron Company and members of the Woodward Voting Trust, from 1945-1977.

Dates: 1945 - 1977

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wool Dyeing Instructions

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2643

Overview Wool dyeing instructions from an unknown author in Paisley, Scotland, detail recipes and instructions for black, blue, red, and yellow wool dyes.

Dates: 1858 August 31

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Woolf watercolor "An Indian of the Creek Nation Sketched from Nature at Mobile Alabama"

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3737

Overview Watercolor sketch of a Creek Indian painted by Edward Woolf

Dates: circa 1837

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Work Progress Administration Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-016

Overview This collection consists of four photographs depicting the exterior and interior of Tutwiler Hall at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War I Military Unit Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4087

Overview Photographs of military units in camps in the United States

Dates: 1917-1918

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War I photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2468

Overview Three photographs of World War I era soldiers

Dates: circa 1917-1919

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War I Posters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4200

Overview A variety of American World War I propaganda posters

Dates: circa 1917 - 1918

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II - U.S. military language guides and phrase books

Collection

Identifier: PM-017

Overview Contains foreign language phrase and guide books for the use of the military.

Dates: 1943-1944

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

World War II Photograph Album

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4091

Overview Photograph album containing mainly 2.5" x 2.5" snapshots of an unidentified African American soldier during the 1940s

Dates: between 1941 and 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II Posters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4220

Overview Examples of World War II posters

Dates: 1939-1942

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II Scrapbook--CLOSED FOR PROJECT

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2561

Overview A scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings covering World War II. Newspapers include the Dothan Eagle, the Montgomery Advertiser, the Birmingham News, the Alabama Journal, and the New York Times; the magazines include Life, ...

Dates: 1940-1985

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W. P. A. Federal Writers Project

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1503

Overview Photocopies of records compiled in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) Federal Writers' Project, District 6, Mobile, Ala., I.D. # OI49-5073, concerning with historically significant individuals, geographical areas, monuments, parks, buildings, ceremonies, forts, squares, social customs, theatres, folklore, and art.

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Camille Wright dance invitation

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2832

Overview An invitation to a high school dance from Camille Wright to J.D. Robertson.

Dates: 1939 April

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wright, Cotten, and Douglass Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1583

Abstract This collection contains diaries, correspondence, and other materials related to four generations of this Tennessee/Alabama family.

Dates: 1798 - 1990

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Frances Virginia McLin Wright Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4191

Overview Papers of a Sheffield, Alabama, elementary school teacher, her family, and allied families.

Dates: 1879-1974

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Marcus Joseph Wright memoirs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1585

Overview An incomplete typescript copy (18 pp.) of, "Memoirs of Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright, CSA."

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W. McK. Wright papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2315

Overview Bound manuscript titled "Alabama and the NYA," a history of the National Youth Administration organization

Dates: 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William S. Wright letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2210

Abstract A letter from William S. Wright of Pittsford, Vermont, to Emerson R. Wright in Greenville, Alabama. The letter discusses education, family matters, and the evils of slavery.

Dates: 1840 February 24

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Lolla Wurtele's University of Alabama ROTC Cadet Lieutenant Colonel sponsor's uniform

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2490

Overview Lolla Wurtele's University of Alabama ROTC Cadet Lieutenant Colonel sponsor's uniform

Dates: 1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wylheme H. Ragland Collection of Funeral Bulletins

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3763

Overview Funeral and memorial service worship bulletins primarily featuring African Americans from northern Alabama area.

Dates: 1930s-2016

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wylheme H. Ragland Collection of Genealogical Research

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4186

Overview Genealogical research material on several successful families of North Alabama in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Dates: Unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wynn Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1590

Abstract An extensive collection of correspondence, diaries and legal and financial papers relating to John Henry Irby Wynn (1787-1854), teacher and farmer in Limestone County, Alabama, and his son Alexander Montgomery (1823-1897), daughter-in-law Martha (Curtis) Wynn (1826-1907), and grandson John Robert Wynn (ca. 1860-1896). The diaries include accounts of Alexander Wynn's trip to Arkansas in the 1850s.

Dates: 1845 - 1913

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wynne Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3918

Overview Letters and papers of this Hale County, Alabama, family. Also included are autographed copies of Alice Coleman Griffin three books: Laura's Letters, Laura's and Her Children's Letters, and Laura's Family's Letters.

Dates: 1804-2009

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Della Yaretzky Photograph

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2013-009

Abstract Portrait of Alabama schoolteacher Della Yaretzky.

Dates: circa 1890

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

The Year of Secession, 1861 Civil War letter collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0305

Overview Photocopies of sixteen letters written during the first year of the Civil War, and includes letters from William J. Hardee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Robert A. Toombs among others

Dates: 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Yeatman and Kent Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1595

Abstract A letter dated 11 July 1826, from this law firm in Huntsville, Alabama to John Gill, Jr., a Philadelphia merchant, transmitting payment on a note.

Dates: 1826-07-11

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William E. W. Yerby papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2316

Overview Handwritten notes on events in Greensboro, Alabama

Dates: 1885-1905

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Y.M.C.A. Tuscaloosa Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1592

Abstract This collection includes meeting minutes, bylaws, the constitution, and other papers.

Dates: 1886 - 1890

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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