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Tuscaloosa (Ala.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Bressie Vaughan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2283
Overview Papers of both Edward Bressie Vaughan, Sr. and Jr. The majority of the papers are requisitions, receipts, Quartermaster stores, etc. from August through Novemeber 1862 during the Kentucky Campaign signed by or sent to Lieutenant Edward Bressie Vaughan, Jr.. Other papers include both Vaughan, Sr.'s and Jr.'s personal and business correspondence from 1832 through 1869. The collection also contains E.B. Vaughan, Sr.'s Oath of Allegiance (dated 30 June 1865) to the United Stated.
Dates: 1832 - 1867; Majority of material found in 1862 - 1862

Eliza Thomas Nolley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1052
Abstract This collection consists of entries taken from Nolley's “Album of Friendship,” copies of outgoings letter to her brother, Edward Dromgoole Nolly and sister Martha Ann Otey, extracts from her theme book, and a letter from a friend, Annie Glascock (?). Except for last, all are from the period when Nolley was a student at Tuscaloosa Female College. The items are annotated with information about her family and Nolley herself. The items by Nolley contain news about the school and school...
Dates: 1862 - 1866

Woolsey Finnell Response to the Reminiscences of John Little

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4059
Overview Responses to some of John Little's memoirs.
Dates: after 1947

John McKee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0957
Abstract A letter to Secretary of the Navy Samuel Southard, recommending the appointment of Henry Francis Toulmin as midshipman. The collection also contains two other letters by McKee and a payroll list of Choctaw Indians who served in the Creek War.
Dates: 1826 - 1827

Jonathan and William Kelly and Company Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0754
Abstract A letter dated 9 March 1838, introducing Frederick Augustus Porter Bernard to James Hogan of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates: 1838-03-09

Kettledrum Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0811
Abstract The records of this Tuscaloosa literary club for Alabama women, including meeting minutes and scrapbooks. The latter contain photographs of and articles on early members, their husbands, their residences, and club meetings. The collection also includes papers presented at meetings.
Dates: 1888 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1888 - 1965

Kirkman and Jackson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0826
Abstract A letter dated 8 September 1818, to James Penn, transmitting account against Mr. David Miller, “a merchant established at the falls of the Black Warrior” (i.e., Tuscaloosa, Alabama) regarding recovery of a debt owed by Miller.
Dates: 1818-09-08

Moores Bridge Baptist Church Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1016
Abstract Minutes of monthly meetings and lists of members, 1859-1888, of this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Baptist Church.
Dates: 1859 - 1888

Northington Hospital papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2425
Overview Photos, letters, blueprints, newspapers. and a scrapbook from the Northington Naval Reserve located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, during and after World War II.
Dates: 1940-2001

Samuel Henry Sprott, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1829
Abstract Includes examination books and scrapbook of Samuel Henry Sprott, Jr. The materials pertain to Mr. Sprott's years at the University of Alabama.
Dates: 1893 - 1897

Sigma Alpha Epsilon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3512
Overview Sigma Alpha Epsilon materials from 1909 to 1916
Dates: 1909-1916

Historical Record of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1819-1969, Sesquicentennial Souvenir Program

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4031
Overview Souvenir booklet commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dates: 1969 April 15-26

Tuscaloosa History Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-029
Abstract Photographs depicting Tuscaloosa people and places.
Dates: 1890 - 1910

United States General Land Office records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1481
Abstract This collection consists of ledgers containing: Land Commission correspondence; applications for land in Mississippi and Alabama territories; copies of land grants from England, France and Spain to residents in Mobile; marriage contracts; wills; and plats of grants, 1783-1813. Ledger 17 contains diary entries by James E. Henderson of Co. C, 12th Iowa Infantry, who was assistant provost marshall in Alabama in 1865. Several ledgers have been indexed by names.
Dates: 1738-1903

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