Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Benjamin T. Barret Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0117

Abstract A collection containing family correspondence, bills, receipts, clippings, and other items.

Dates: 1836 - 1921; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Abstract A miscellaneous collection of Civil War material of this Union soldier from Indiana, including enlistment lists, muster roles, war songs, writings, drawings, a diary, genealogical information, and clippings. All materials are photocopies of originals.

Dates: circa 1862-1899; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1869

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Sam Bennett letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0138

Abstract An 1848 letter written from Chickasaw, Alabama, to his cousin in Tuscumbia, Alabama, discussing the weather of the "sunny South," temperance, sailing to New Orleans, and various family matters.

Dates: 1848 May 7

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W.O. Bennett obituary and ancestry

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3489

Overview Hand written copy of William Osborne Bennett's obituary and ancestry

Dates: 1921 June

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Nimrod E. Benson deeds

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0140

Abstract Two deeds recording the conveyance of land in Montgomery County, Alabama, by Nimrod E. Benson to George Whitman, 19 February 1830 and 2 April 1832.

Dates: 1830, 1832

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Benton Bell Seat memoirs

Collection

Identifier: W-0013

Overview This collection contains a typed copy of Benton Bell Seat's autobiography, which is approximately 200 pages long. Seat wrote the manuscript in 1916, and it was typed and produced in 1939 by the Arkansas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Dates: 1916, 1939

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Benton County, Alabama, land contract

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0141

Abstract Land contract dated 29 July 1834, at White Plains, Benton (later Calhoun) County, Alabama.

Dates: 1834 July 29

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Richard Berendzen letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2792

Overview This collection consists of one letter from Dr. Richard Berendzen to Dr. Joab Thomas.

Dates: 1987 November 9

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Berman Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2329

Overview Contains material created and kept by the Berman family of St. Louis, Missouri. Letters written by Dr. William (Bill) Berman and his wife Marian make up the bulk of the collection. These are primarily letters written, often in Hebrew, by Bill and Marian from Ft. Riley, Kansas, where Bill served as an Army doctor during World War Two.

Dates: 1927-1957

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

James Berney letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0142

Abstract Letter dated 31 January 1846, from Montgomery, Alabama, to A. Jackson at Mayhew [Mississippi?] on news of Montgomery being voted the state capital and the subsequent celebration.

Dates: 1846 January 31

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Bernier papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0143

Abstract This collection contains the correspondence of The University of Alabama's alumni association director, 1920-54, and a proposed constitution for the Alabama Alumni Association (AAUA).

Dates: 1920-1954; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1951

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Berry Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4239

Overview The Berrys were a plantation- and slave-owning family from Coweta County, Georgia. This collection contains correspondence and other materials related to several Berry family members, particularly Judge Andrew J. Berry (1798-1883) and his sons William, Thomas, and Joel Berry. Materials document the family’s economic situation both before and after the US Civil War (1861-1865).

Dates: 1820-1882

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bert Hommel letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0695

Dates: 1942 - 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bert Neville collection of steamboat documents

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1342

Abstract A collection of bills of lading and receipts for freight costs, passage, storage, and other documents, relating to steamboat lines, mostly within Alabama, plus some receipts from stagecoaches, warehouse and storage companies, and railroads.

Dates: 1820-1945

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

Bessemer Civic Music Club records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0144

Abstract Collection of items relating to this club from Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, including programs, press releases, clippings, etc.

Dates: 1949-1954

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0145

Abstract This collection contains much of the business correspondence and records of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, including lists of stock holders, minutes of meetings, maps of mine sites, and correspondence with government entities.

Dates: 1886-1982

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bessemer Land & Improvement Co. and Bessemer Coal, Iron & Land Co. stock certificates

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3712

Overview Early stock certificates from these significant coal and land development companies

Dates: 1887-1918

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bessemer Rolling Mills papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3479

Overview The accounting/cash book #3 of the Bessemer Rolling Mills.

Dates: 1890

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Beta Gamma Sigma records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0146

Abstract This collection contains an account book, receipts, and clippings pertaining to this national scholastic fraternity for commerce and business.

Dates: 1929-1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Beta Phi Mu, Beta Kappa Chapter records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0147

Abstract Correspondence, bank records, scrapbooks, meeting agendas, and minutes, of the University of Alabama chapter of the National Library and Information Studies honorary.

Dates: 1975-1990

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bethany Baptist Church, Buhl, Alabama, records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0149

Abstract Contains original and photocopies of the church records books of Bethany Baptist Church of Buhl (now at Coker), Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, dating from 1832 to 1981, including the Articles of Faith, Rules of Decorum, members names, pastor’s salary, and the constitution of the Bethany Baptist Church.

Dates: 1832 - 1981

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bethel Presbyterian Church records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0151

Abstract Contains “Historical Sketch of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Bullock County, East Alabama Presbytery.” It is dated June 12, 1958, and is six pages in length. Includes a list the tenure of pastors, texts of building dedications, and description of the Presbyterian Church hierarchy.

Dates: 1850-1958; Majority of material found in 1900 - 1900

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Peyton B. Bibb papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0153

Abstract Documents, mainly letters written to or by Peyton B. Bibb. There are also receipts and minutes from unidentified meetings. There is also a copy of the “Complete Rudiments of Music” by A.J. Showalter (©1906) with the name “George Bibb” written on the front cover and on the first page.

Dates: 1886–1906

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Hugo F. Biedermann papers

Collection — Box: 5041

Identifier: MSS-0155

Abstract The collection includes copies of patents granted Biedermann, as well as contracts and some scattered miscellaneous papers. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of projects worked on by the firm of Skinner and Biedermann, including the Anniston Army Depot and many buildings on the University of Alabama campus, including the Engineering building, Lloyd Hall, Denny Chimes, Denny Stadium, Doster Hall, Graves Hall, and others.

Dates: circa 1940s

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Big Creek Baptist Church Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0156

Abstract Deed for land, lists of members, and monthly meeting minutes of this Baptist church in Coker, Alabama.

Dates: 1821 - 1913

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bill and Doris Leapard Collection of Nelle Harper Lee Materials

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4210

Overview The collection consists of two notecards from Nelle Harper Lee, the book John Singer Sargent by Carter Ratcliff, and a pair of Airoldi earrings in the shape of leopard heads with the original Brighton jewelry bag in which they were sent. The materials were gifts to the Leapards from Nelle Harper Lee.

Dates: circa 1980s

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bill of Sale for Enslaved Man Named Zeke

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0012

Abstract Bill of sale and warrantee for an enslaved person, Zeke, sold by W. S. Adkins of Lowndes County, Alabama, for $1600. The buyer's name is illegible.

Dates: 1860-02-16

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

Walter P. Billings newspaper clippings

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0157

Abstract Several newspaper clippings relating to the trial of several white men for the murder of Walter P. Billings, an African-America resident of Sumter County, Alabama, on 1 August 1874, and also a lengthy jury charge by U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ballard decrying violence used by the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations against African-Americans.

Dates: 1873

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Billy Jack Gaither Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3618

Overview This collection contains material related to and owned by Billy Jack Gaither (1960-1999), a man from Sylacauga, Alabama, murdered for his sexual orientation.

Dates: 1999 - 2009

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Billy Lightelle Vaudeville Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3870

Overview The collection contains one scrapbook with items collected by Lightelle, vaudeville performer, and contains receipts for payments for performances; employment contracts; photographs; programs; song lyrics and scripts; plot ideas and storylines; and two pieces of handwritten sheet music.

Dates: 1912 - 1928

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Bird Pearson Letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1116

Abstract A letter dated 28 December 1838, to R. S. Hazard of Rhode Island, ordering clothing for his slaves. Includes measurements.

Dates: 1838-12-28

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Winafred Bird letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0158

Abstract A letter from Bird dated 5 May 1822, from Lower Salem, Sumter District, South Carolina to her son John Goodson Falls of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Bird asked that he visit her and that she might join him in Tuscaloosa.

Dates: 1822 May 5

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham (Alabama) News-Age Herald, Gravure Section, University of Alabama Centennial Pictorial

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3421

Overview Two pages of the 24 August 1930 issue of the Gravure Section of the Birmingham (Alabama) News-Age Herald newspaper, depicting the UA campus as it began its centennial year.

Dates: 1930 August 24

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

Birmingham Coal and Coke Company shipping records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0160

Abstract Ledger of shipping records including destinations, prices and kinds of coal, dates, etc.

Dates: 1920-1923

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham Dental College minutes

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0161

Abstract A collection of board minutes, including some organizational information.

Dates: 1893-1899

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham Examiner financial records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0162

Abstract Financial records ledger and checkbook from this Birmingham, Alabama, newspaper

Dates: 1963-1964

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham News Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2008-007

Overview This collection consists of photographs depicting the Alabama football, basketball, and civil rights movement in the 1950s.

Dates: 1835 - 1974

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham Printing Pressman's Union minutes

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0163

Overview One ledger that records the association's meetings from 1913-1916.

Dates: 1913-1916

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Birmingham Real Estate Board banquet program

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0164

Abstract Part of the program and text of the 1940 annual banquet of the Birmingham Real Estate Board, held on 16 January 1941.

Dates: 1941 January 16

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Johnnie Nicholene Bishop papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3480

Overview Correspondence, greeting cardds, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers

Dates: unknown

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charlie J. Black papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0167

Overview Photocopy of Black’s autobiography, “After The Fact: 20/20 Hindsight,” which covers Black’s youth in Beatrice, Monroe County, Alabama, his upbringing, education, teaching career, and political life in Washington. Also, some correspondence and newspaper articles by Black.

Dates: 1985-1987

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama, lock records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1214

Overview Ledgers indicating commercial boat traffic through the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers locks

Dates: 1896-1939

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Black Warrior Review materials

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2394

Overview Materials and correspondence of the Black Warrior Review.

Dates: 1974-2001

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Black Warrior Review posters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3460

Overview Posters advertising issues of the Black Warrior Review

Dates: 1981-2000

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Blackwell deed

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0168

Abstract A deed recording a transfer of land in Montgomery County, Alabama, dated 25 September 1828, from John Blackwell to Thomas Mastin.

Dates: 1828 September 25

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

A. M. Blair letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0169

Abstract A letter dated 30 November 1843, to Blair's brother Edwin in Williamstown, Massachusetts, describing a sea voyage from New York, to Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1843 November 30

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Roy E. Blair reports

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0170

Abstract Reports assessing the archeological and cultural significance of various sites in Alabama.

Dates: 1978-1979

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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