Illinois

Overview One color and five black and white photographs of Alpha Beta Alpha Convention at Illinois State University, showing Miss Jean Nelson (Instructor Illinois State University), Miss Welch (Librarian Illinois State University), Maureen Bray (Illinois State), Hilda Weeks (MSCW), Linda Pinder (West University of Alabama), Mary Kate Meredith (University of Alabama), Suellen Reed (University of Alabama), Dona Wrench, and two photos of Illinois State University.

Abstract Photographs, majority are iconographic, filmstrips, slides, audio cassettes, hand-written notebooks, microfilms and negatives, bulk dates: 1860-mid 1900s. A procedure is now underway of accessing and housing the ‘photographic’ collection. Photographs originally stored in 22 cartons and one Hollinger boxes; other items include 7 cartons of Alabama filmstrips, 5 Hollinger boxes containing filmstrips and audio tapes relating to history of Alabama, Florida, Illinois, California, Ohio and...

Overview Thirteen photographs depicting scenes of everyday activities in various places.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of thirty-one letters from John A. Jungwirth, United States Navy, to his girlfriend, Marie Andres, in Detroit, Michigan, during World War I. He also signed his name Jackie and Jack. These letters are dated from 7 June 1918 to 13 September 1919. He described being at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. He wrote about having to learn and execute wig-wagging (flag signals used by the US Navy), visiting Chicago, and tells of his daily activities. He states in the 5 July...

Scope and Contents note From the File: 1 Photographic album (99 photographs) depicting Nelson and Phelps families.

Scope and Contents note From the File: 1 Photographic album (99 photographs) depicting Nelson and Phelps families.

Scope and Contents note From the File: 1 Photographic album (99 photographs) depicting Nelson and Phelps families.

Scope and Contents note From the File: 1 Photographic album (99 photographs) depicting Nelson and Phelps families.

Scope and Contents note From the File: 1 Photographic album (99 photographs) depicting Nelson and Phelps families.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of three albums containing 184 photographs of the Snow family of Tuscaloosa. Images include scenes of Snow family members, their Tuscaloosa home, friends, and family vacations. Albums include a Carte de Visite of family friends, F. A. P. Barnard, University of Alabama professor of Chemistry, Philosophy, and Astronomy. Of interest are photographs of a vertical lift bridge possibly spanning the Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.

Overview This collection contains letters to and from Illinois soldier Charles B. Safford, who served as a captain in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War, and his wife Clara Safford. Many of the letters date from the time of her second marriage to Thomas S. Brooke.

Abstract Transcript of a diary created by a Union soldier who served in Company H of the 124th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry and mustered out in 1865.

Overview This collection consists of two photographic albums with 230 photographs showcasing highlights of W. A. Mair travels with his friends and family through Michigan, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Mexico, and Tennessee.

Abstract This collection consists of seven photographs depicting city of Alton, Illinois and scenes along a river: a bridge, a steamboat, and the shoreline.

Abstract This collectin consists of thirty-six photographs depicting people and places in Kentucky, Texas, Missouri, and Maryland engaged in everyday activities.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.

Abstract Typescript and illustrations for the book, "Civil War Letters of William Nazareth Mitchell," edited by his grandson, William C. Etherton. The letters were written to Mitchell's wife, Rachel Caroline Mitchell, while he was serving in Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, and north Alabama. The original letters are at the University of Illinois, Carbondale.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.