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Tuscaloosa (Ala.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n79133761

Found in 379 Collections and/or Records:

A. L. Anderson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1621
Abstract

A letter dated 19 November 1859, to his sister in the north while he was building the new Alabama Insane Hospital (Bryce Hospital) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In it Anderson expresses regrets at his inability to provide her with financial assistance and his hopes that he can stay in the South, where his prospects have improved.

Dates: 1859-11-19

Abbie Searcy Snow on a sidewalk in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1933

 Item — Box 5253: [Barcode: 1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000426
Identifier: 2012.035.000426
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates: 1933

Abbie Searcy Snow watering plants, 1931

 Item — Box 5253: [Barcode: 1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000459
Identifier: 2012.035.000459
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates: 1931

Adrian Irvine, Asa Raintree, and Harry Riddle at Arch Initiation, photo 1, 1917

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 1006235687], Folder: 2011.004.000084
Identifier: 2011.004.000084
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting Jones and other family members; Jones and others at the Black Warrior River; Tannehill State Park; Jones and others around Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and scenes on The University of Alabama campus.

Dates: 1917

Adrian Irvine, Asa Raintree, and Harry Riddle at Arch Initiation, photo 2, 1917

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 1006235687], Folder: 2011.004.000085
Identifier: 2011.004.000085
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting Jones and other family members; Jones and others at the Black Warrior River; Tannehill State Park; Jones and others around Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and scenes on The University of Alabama campus.

Dates: 1917

Adrian Irvine during Arch Initiation at The University of Alabama, 1917

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 1006235687], Folder: 2011.004.000088
Identifier: 2011.004.000088
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting Jones and other family members; Jones and others at the Black Warrior River; Tannehill State Park; Jones and others around Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and scenes on The University of Alabama campus.

Dates: 1917

Alabama Insane Hospital, later named Bryce Hospital, 1890

 Item — Box 5253: [Barcode: 1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000138
Identifier: 2012.035.000138
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates: 1890

Alabama Music Teachers Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1439
Abstract

Convention programs, correspondence, newsletters, membership lists, scrapbooks, and a photo album of this Alabama organization.

Dates: 1954-1988

Alabama postcards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3715
Abstract

Postcards showing a variety of places in Alabama, including Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery.

Dates: 1918-1970s

Alan V. Weinberg Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-031
Abstract

Two color photographs of a medal presented to Captain [Quarrier] by the Citizens of Tuscaloosa for, "an act that ennobles the man," ca. 1847. Possibly to commemorate a heroic action following a steamboat disaster. See engraved scene on medal. Medal is in Weinberg's private collection.

Dates: 1994

Alice and Algernon Sydney Garnett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0561
Abstract

Letters written by Alice Garnett and her husband Algernon Sydney Garnett, a professor at the University of Alabama, discussing, among other things, the hardships of travel, news of the university, its professors, and their wives, the election of a new superintendent of education, and a rebellion by the University Cadets against the commandant.

Dates: 1850-1873

Allen and Jemison Hardware Company catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0066
Abstract

Two catalogs, 1913 and 1928, of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, hardware store.

Dates: 1913, 1928

Alpha Epsilon Delta records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0069
Abstract

The Alpha Epsilon Delta collection consists of the rules, rituals, petitions, reports, and memorabilia of the University of Alabama's charter chapter of this medical honors society.

Dates: 1926-1951

American Association of University Women, Tuscaloosa Branch records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0073
Abstract

Includes the Tuscaloosa branch secretary’s notebooks, which contain the association's official correspondence, meeting minutes, by-laws, and other records that vary by year. Also includes the executive board files and scrapbooks

Dates: 1928-2002

Andrew Coleman Hargrove papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0630
Abstract

Personal and business correspondence, class notes, and financial records of attorney and politician, Andrew Coleman Hargrove of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1835-1911

Annie Ross Searcy's home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1900

 Item — Box 5253: [Barcode: 1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000053
Identifier: 2012.035.000053
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates: 1900

Annie Ross with daughters, Abbie, Evelyn, Annie, and Julia Searcy, 1900

 Item — Box 5253: [Barcode: 1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000133
Identifier: 2012.035.000133
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates: 1900

Annie Taylor Donoho on the steps of Smith Hall, 1920 May 20

 Item — Box 6195: [Barcode: 1006235746], Folder: 25
Identifier: 2011.004.005630
Scope and Contents note From the Series: 180 photographs depicting World War II; Walter Jones and others in New Guinea; limestone in New Guinea; Tannehill State Park Bicentennial event; Representative Walter Flowers at Tannehill; diagrams of types of shells; Jones family; Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama; ships and boats in New Guinea; landscapes and vegetation in New Guinea; view from Cameron Plateau near Milne Bay in New Guinea; Dobodura Airfield in Papua New Guinea; Spring Cave and other caves in Madison County, Alabama;...
Dates: 1920 May 20

Marion Banks letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0110
Abstract

Letter to Dr. E. H. Moren recommending W. C. Richardson for the professorship of English literature at Alabama A and M College.

Dates: 1878 May 24

Barton and Stewart law firm records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0121
Abstract

Daybook and docket, 1827-32, of this Tuscaloosa law firm.

Dates: 1827-1832; Majority of material found within 1827 - 1829

Betty Thomas and Faye Harper in an office at Smith Hall, 1958

 Item — Box 32: [Barcode: 1006063578], Folder: 4
Identifier: 2011.004.003264
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Forty-three photographs depicting camping; boating; cave exploration; and Walter Jones and boat race at Pickwick Dam dedication.

Dates: 1958

Betty Thomas and Julia Leatherwood at Smith Hall, 1958

 Item — Box 32: [Barcode: 1006063578], Folder: 4
Identifier: 2011.004.003262
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Forty-three photographs depicting camping; boating; cave exploration; and Walter Jones and boat race at Pickwick Dam dedication.

Dates: 1958

Betty Thomas in an office at Smith Hall, 1958

 Item — Box 32: [Barcode: 1006063578], Folder: 4
Identifier: 2011.004.003265
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Forty-three photographs depicting camping; boating; cave exploration; and Walter Jones and boat race at Pickwick Dam dedication.

Dates: 1958

Betty Thomas sitting at a desk in Smith Hall, 1958

 Item — Box 32: [Barcode: 1006063578], Folder: 4
Identifier: 2011.004.003267
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Forty-three photographs depicting camping; boating; cave exploration; and Walter Jones and boat race at Pickwick Dam dedication.

Dates: 1958

Billy Vann near Woods Quad at The University of Alabama, 1917 October

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 1006235687], Folder: 2011.004.000090
Identifier: 2011.004.000090
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting Jones and other family members; Jones and others at the Black Warrior River; Tannehill State Park; Jones and others around Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and scenes on The University of Alabama campus.

Dates: 1917 October

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

Birmingham News Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-007
Abstract

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

Dates: 1835 - 1974

Janette Goldstein Blum Scrapbook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3913
Abstract

Scrapbooks, print materials, correspondence, and photographs pertaining to Blum and her time at the University of Alabama

Dates: circa 1930s

Buford Boone papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0187
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, litigation papers, speeches, editorials, etc., of this Pulitzer Prize winner and long-time Tuscaloosa News editor.

Dates: 1935-1968; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968

Brandon Memorial United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0202
Abstract

Lists of members, pastors, marriages, baptisms, and deceased members, as well as church directories of this Methodist church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1911-1991

Brothers, Petter, Battle, and Harvey Searcy, 1892

 Item — Box 5253: [Barcode: 1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000134
Identifier: 2012.035.000134
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates: 1892

Bryce Hospital Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0225
Abstract

Various materials on the establishment and history of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, later known as Bryce Hospital.

Dates: 1849-1991

Business and Professional Women's Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0241
Abstract

Scrapbooks and papers of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club. Papers include treasurer's reports, public relations reports, and other club information. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, programs, club yearbooks, and invitations.

Dates: 1935-1967

C. N. Henkle Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0664
Abstract

A letter dated January 1878, to Mrs. J. Avery, detailing Henkle's involvement in Croxton's Raid, a spring 1865 Union Army foray into west Central Alabama, and the Union seizure of Tuscaloosa in April 1865.

Dates: 1878-01

Canterbury Chapel Christ Episcopal Church scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0272
Abstract

Scrapbooks and newspaper articles highlighting church members who worked for the University and college students who attended Canterbury Chapel.

Dates: 1927-1937

Caroline Virginia Samuel Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1227
Abstract

Letters from Tuscaloosa to Samuel's cousin Edmond W. Samuel, with news, social and otherwise, of Tuscaloosa, the aftermath of the Civil War, and much else.

Dates: 1865 - 1871

Child and Katharin Snedecor, 1920

 Item — Box 5253: [Barcode: 1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000345
Identifier: 2012.035.000345
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates: 1920

Child and Katharin Snedecor standing near a tree, 1920

 Item — Box 5253: [Barcode: 1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000346
Identifier: 2012.035.000346
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...
Dates: 1920

'Cile holding Nelson Bolling Jones on Nelson's first birthday, 1927 March 27

 Item — Box 4: [Barcode: 1006235690], Folder: 2011.004.000369
Identifier: 2011.004.000369
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting students, buildings, and scenes at The University of Alabama campus; Walter, Hazel, and Nelson Jones; Dismals Canyon, Franklin County, Alabama; scenes around Huntsville, Alabama; Jessie Gorgas's grave at Evergreen Cemetery; Colonel Butler's war table, ROTC, The University of Alabama; other Jones family members; plants in Mobile County, Alabama; houses at the Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama; and fraternity pin and other items.

Dates: 1927 March 27

Clarence Beasley in uniform at The University of Alabama, 1916

 Item — Box 6195: [Barcode: 1006235746], Folder: 19
Identifier: 2011.004.005624
Scope and Contents note From the Series: 180 photographs depicting World War II; Walter Jones and others in New Guinea; limestone in New Guinea; Tannehill State Park Bicentennial event; Representative Walter Flowers at Tannehill; diagrams of types of shells; Jones family; Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama; ships and boats in New Guinea; landscapes and vegetation in New Guinea; view from Cameron Plateau near Milne Bay in New Guinea; Dobodura Airfield in Papua New Guinea; Spring Cave and other caves in Madison County, Alabama;...
Dates: 1916

Clarence Beasley in uniform on campus, 1916

 Item — Box 6195: [Barcode: 1006235746], Folder: 20
Identifier: 2011.004.005625
Scope and Contents note From the Series: 180 photographs depicting World War II; Walter Jones and others in New Guinea; limestone in New Guinea; Tannehill State Park Bicentennial event; Representative Walter Flowers at Tannehill; diagrams of types of shells; Jones family; Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama; ships and boats in New Guinea; landscapes and vegetation in New Guinea; view from Cameron Plateau near Milne Bay in New Guinea; Dobodura Airfield in Papua New Guinea; Spring Cave and other caves in Madison County, Alabama;...
Dates: 1916

Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr., letter and biographical sketch

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0309
Abstract

Letter written from Tuscaloosa in 1834, to his aunt, Mrs. Robert W. Withers of Erie, Greene County, Alabama, and a biographical sketch, author and date unknown, which includes information on Clay's political career, wedding, and friends.

Dates: circa 1834

Clements family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0316
Abstract

Papers of a Tuscaloosa family whose members included Hardy Clements, Rufus Hargrove Clements, Martha Lavinia Clements, Frank Bugbee Clements, Luther Morgan Clements, and others. The bulk of the papers relate to Frank Bugbee Clements.

Dates: 1846-1948

Thomas P. Clinton letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0319
Abstract

Letters about the burning of the University of Alabama, April 1865, which Clinton witnessed as a young boy.

Dates: Unknown

Constantine Caldwell in uniform on campus, 1916

 Item — Box 6195: [Barcode: 1006235746], Folder: 18
Identifier: 2011.004.005623
Scope and Contents note From the Series: 180 photographs depicting World War II; Walter Jones and others in New Guinea; limestone in New Guinea; Tannehill State Park Bicentennial event; Representative Walter Flowers at Tannehill; diagrams of types of shells; Jones family; Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama; ships and boats in New Guinea; landscapes and vegetation in New Guinea; view from Cameron Plateau near Milne Bay in New Guinea; Dobodura Airfield in Papua New Guinea; Spring Cave and other caves in Madison County, Alabama;...
Dates: 1916

Constantine Caldwell on campus, 1916

 Item — Box 6195: [Barcode: 1006235746], Folder: 17
Identifier: 2011.004.005622
Scope and Contents note From the Series: 180 photographs depicting World War II; Walter Jones and others in New Guinea; limestone in New Guinea; Tannehill State Park Bicentennial event; Representative Walter Flowers at Tannehill; diagrams of types of shells; Jones family; Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama; ships and boats in New Guinea; landscapes and vegetation in New Guinea; view from Cameron Plateau near Milne Bay in New Guinea; Dobodura Airfield in Papua New Guinea; Spring Cave and other caves in Madison County, Alabama;...
Dates: 1916

Daughters of the American Revolution. Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0397
Abstract

One photocopied and bound ledger, two ledgers and five loose leaf notebooks containing the minutes of the membership and board of the Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1901 to 1988.

Dates: 1901-1988

David B. McElroy Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-203
Abstract

This collection consists of ten color photographs of the Ramsey Award Party, held at the University of Alabama University Club, 1986.

Dates: 1986

David Crawford letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0368
Abstract

Letter dated 30 November 1829, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his wife, Caroline, in Mobile, telling her of his election as Solicitor of the First Judicial Circuit.

Dates: 1829 November 30

Jerry A. Davis, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0405
Abstract

Letters, newspaper clippings, event programs, photographs, and other items reflecting the personal interests of their compiler during his high school and undergraduate years.

Dates: 1973-1988; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1988