Tuscaloosa County (Ala.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n80086269
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0033
Overview
The business records of a firm with extensive mine holdings in Alabama, including minutes of stockholders meetings, 1917-1953, minutes of the board of directors, 1927-1953, and miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1917 - 1953
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
Franklin Welsh Bowdon letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0191
Abstract
A letter dated 24 October 1835, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa to the editor of the Weekly Globe requesting a six-month subscription to the newspaper.
Dates:
1835 October 24
Calcedonia Cemetery gravestone list
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0259
Overview
A 1992 list of names found on gravestones in this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, cemetery.
Dates:
1992
Isaac Cannon and Mordecai F. Doughty legal documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0268
Overview
Photocopies of court documents from the Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) Probate Court, regarding the estates of Isaac Cannon and Mordecai F. Doughty
Dates:
1876-1890
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
Early Educational Institutions in the South
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0466
Overview
Tuition receipts, a printed announcement, and a clipping, from several schools, primarily in Alabama.
Dates:
1844-1879
T. J. Farmer family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0504
Overview
Miscellaneous correspondence, mostly among members of this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, farm family, and an 1876 grade report from Alabama Central Female College.
Dates:
1853-1898
Ann and Robert Selvidge Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0531
Overview
Primarily receipts and statements but the collection also includes Robert S. Foster’s will and a deed for 1,274 acres of land from the heirs of Robert S. Foster to Edmond L. Prince in 1859 for the sum of $19,110.00. Most of the statements are for the freight, wharfage, drayage, weighing and storage of cotton shipped by steamboats, and are listed for either Mrs. Ann Foster or the Estate of Robert S. Foster. Other receipts are for the purchase of clothing, books and magazine subscriptions.
Dates:
1833-1859
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1639
Abstract
Includes records of the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church located in the coal mining community of Brookwood, Alabama.
Dates:
1873 - 2004
Guy Ward Hubbs Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0711
Abstract
Includes the manuscripts of two books by Guy Ward Hubbs, who received his doctorate from the University of Alabama. The works include Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: An Illustrated History and Rowdy Tales From Early Alabama
Dates:
1981 - 1987
H. E. Wheeler Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2009-214
Overview
This folder consists of seven black and white photographs of botanical subjects in Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties, including shots of "House of Mystery" (also known as Childs Home) in Gainesville, Alabama.
Dates:
1926 - 1929
James Austin Anderson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0078
Overview
A collection of copies of newspaper clippings and information about Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and its people.
Dates:
1898-1941
John H. Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0009
Abstract
The correspondence of a Birmingham, Alabama, mining engineer, businessman, poet, and public servant. The collection also includes a small group of papers of Adams' son, John R. Adams, an attorney and realtor.
Dates:
1889 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1936
Samuel D. Cameron and Maxwell A. Cameron Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0264
Overview
Papers, primarily letters, of two Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, brothers, Samuel D. Cameron, 2nd Alabama Cavalry and Maxwell A. Cameron, 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment, to their sister, Sarah, and brother-in-law, Isham Robertson, during the Civil War. Additional materials include financial documents and other family letters.
Dates:
1858-1884; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Sander's Ferry papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1228
Overview
License allowing Isham Robertson to captain a ferryboat across the Warrior River at Sander's Ferry, Tuscaloosa County
Dates:
1876