Birmingham (Ala.)
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
A. S. Williams III Civil Rights Photograph Collection
This collection consists of photographs and manuscripts related to the United States Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968). The images depict major events, key figures, and opposition from hate groups. While the collection focuses heavily on Alabama, there are additional events and locations represented.
Alabama Forum Records
This collection consists of records pertaining to the creation of this LGBT newsletter published in Birmingham, Alabama. The materials include administrative records, community involvement papers, audio and visual materials, and newspaper production files.
Alabama hotels and resorts of the past collection
Letters, receipts, and transcribed copies of newspaper articles pertaining to notable Alabama hotels, including the Exchange Hotel (Montgomery), the Morris Hotel (Birmingham), the Battle House (Mobile), the DeKalb Hotel (Fort Payne), Fruithurst Inn (Fruithurst), the Alabama Inn (Livingston), Mansion House (Mobile), the Green Bottom Inn (Huntsville), and the Point Clear Hotel (Point Clear).
Alabama Labor Union Ledgers, 1888-1903
Alabama Nurses Association records
This collection includes meeting minutes, 1913-1940, copies of the organization's newsletter, 1958-1972, miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, and correspondence, a few rosters, and papers relating to admitting African Americans to the association, 1949-1950.
Album, 1930 - 1932
American Cast Iron Pipe Company nomination binder
The collection contains a binder of materials and photographs nominating the American Cast Iron Pipe Company for Birmingham, Alabama's fifth annual Beautification Award.
B. L. Holt correspondence on the 1908 Confederate Veterans Reunion
Holt's correspondence between May and June 1908, relating to his duties as quartermaster general in securing hotels accommodations and horses for Alabama Governor Braxton Bragg Comer and members of his staff who participated in the veteran's parade and other reunion events.
Birmingham Examiner financial records
Financial records ledger and checkbook from this Birmingham, Alabama, newspaper
Birmingham Printing Pressman's Union minutes
One ledger that records the association's meetings from 1913-1916.
Bluff Park United Methodist Church records
A collection of financial records, membership rolls, church directories, and the floor plan of this Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama.
City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Yearbook
This printed item is the Year Book of the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Birmingham, Alabama, for the year 1950-1951. Published by Forniss Printing Company, this twenty-seven page pamphlet provides an overview of the organization's activities, membership, and governance. It includes a brief history of the Federation, lists of affiliated clubs, members, and committees, as well as a month-by-month calendar of events for the year.
Collective Protection documents
Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.
Edward Calvin Crow correspondence
Correspondence between E. C. Crow and Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, as well as a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.
Cruikshank family papers
Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham
W. R. Cunningham papers
Letter from Birmingham Athletic Club discussing the fall track meet and the meeting minutes, as well as a newspaper clipping also reporting on the track meet.
Ensley Merchants Association records
Minutes, bank statements, correspondence, news clippings, and other materials of this Birmingham, Alabama, area organization
Janie May Eppes papers
Teaching materials and clippings gathered by a Birmingham, Alabama, school teacher for use in her classroom, and in the course of her own education
Farm Security Administration Photographs
The collection consists of eighty copy photographs. Originals were taken by the Farm Security Administration's photographers of Alabama agriculture and industry during the Depression. Primarily images of white and African American sharecropper families and homes, churches, schools, and farm scenes. Photographs were taken around Moundville, Eutaw, Selma, Scottsboro, Greensboro, and Birmingham, Alabama. Originals are stored at the Library of Congress.
Folder 16, 1958
Images of Heramnn family in Birmingham, December 1958; unidentified elderly woman.
Will Franke paper
A paper titled "Jefferson County 1850," written by this Birmingham, Alabama, native at the request of the Birmingham Historical Society and includes a detailed listing of the county's merchants and political leaders circa 1850.
Mrs. Oscar Hall scrapbook
Scrapbook created by Birmingham, Alabama, resident containing clippings and other items related to World War I, particularly Birmingham soldiers and sailors.
A. B. Hanson records
Letterbook from 12 March to 15 May 1888, other correspondence and cases, a ledger labeled "pleadings" between 18 July 1888 to 26 February 1891 containing general correspondence and cases, and other miscellaneous material from 1888.
J.D. Hughes papers
Floor plans with some detailed drawings, foundation plans, and elevations for approximately 400 house designs by this Birmingham, Alabama, designer
James Bowron papers
A substantial collection of papers and materials relating to James Bowron, one of the nineteenth century iron and mining pioneers in the Deep South. It includes Bowron's 1632-page, unpublished autobiography, as well as his daily journals, letters, and pictures.
John Mason Dill Archive: Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Photographic Collection
This collection consists of photographs, drawings and graphic materials depicting John Mason Dill and his coworkers at the end of his working career as one of the draftsman at the engineering office at the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company in Birmingham and Fairfield, Alabama.
Judson Dowling Papers
The collection consists of materials relative to Dr. Judson Dowling’s activities as Birmingham, Alabama's first permanent Public Health Officer, 1917-1941, biographical materials about Dowling’s career, and materials concerning posthumous tributes and memorials to Dowling’s life and achievements.
Lehmann, Ullman and Barclay Records
The Lehmann, Ullman and Barclay Records consists of business records, including client financial statements, which are arranged alphabetically by client name and then chronologically by year ranging from 1920-1972. These records provide insight into the firm’s financial services, including auditing, tax consulting, and bookkeeping, across a range of industries such as manufacturing, construction, and financial services.
Leslie Porch Kerlin Photographs
Approximately 2,500 black-and-white photographs taken by Leslie Porch Kerlin in Alabama and the Southeast United States, depicting well-known landmarks and natural settings.
"Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Contains Martin Luther King's "Birmingham Jail Treatise" or as it is commonly known, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," originally written by King on scraps of paper. This iteration is a copy transcribed and then sent to various clergymen in Birmingham, Alabama, including Reverend Joe C. Higginbotham, and includes the original envelope and transcription control sheet.
Mable B. Murphy Papers
This collections contains two letters to Murphy, agendas for guidance committee meetings and teacher in-service programs, a bibliography of guidance literature for African-American students, and a 1961 club schedule for Cobb Avenue High School.
Moore Glass Company Financial Records
A short record of work performed by a Birmingham, Alabama glass company in 1958.
Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama Records
The meeting minutes (1931-1957), membership roll (1949), building fund, and other accounts (1936-1938) of this African-American church in North Birmingham.
Collection on the Murder of Father Coyle
Contains an affidavit, newspaper clipping and the research notes compiled by lawyer John C. Morrow related to the 1921 murder of Birmingham priest Father James Coyle and the subsequent trial of Edwin Stephenson.
Nelson Smith Paper
A carbon copy of transcript of a speech titled "History of American Architecture," given by Smith in September 1963, to volunteers at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Oak Hill Memorial Association papers
Correspondence and documents from the Oak Hill Memorial Association, caretakers of Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama.
Oscar W. Adams papers
Phillips High School Collection
This collection consists of a miscellany of items pertaining to the Phillips High School (Birmingham, Alabama) class of 1930.
Postcards
Postcards collection depicting places from Alabama, United States, and around the world.
Ralph Wyckoff Libel Suit Legal Files
The legal papers of the lawyer hire to represent the New York Times in defense of the libel suit stemming from an article by Harrison Salisbury , published on 12 April 1960, entitled "Fear and Hatred Grip Birmingham."
Republic Steel records
This collection contains correspondence, security and insurance records, and other materials of this Birmingham steel company.
Robinson Family History
A paper written by Stephanie O. Staten on the history of the Robinshon family from Birmingham, Alabama. Includes a certificate for "Robinson Family Reunion Day"
Saul Gordon Photographic Album
Nicholas B. Stack papers
Scrapbooks and other documents of this Birmingham, Alabama, politician dealing with Birmingham politics, mining strikes, and other business endeavors.
J. D. Sutter papers
Contains the plans, letters, lists of supplies needed, and other personal notes of J.D. Sutter, a landscape contractor in Birmingham, Alabama, from the late 1920s through the 1950s.
"Tall Shadows: Origins and Operations of McGriff, Seibels, and Williams, Inc., Insurance Brokers"
Unpublished corporate history of McGriff, Seibels and Williams Inc., one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
Frank Marion Taylor papers
A collection of correspondence, memos and documents related to the military service of this Birmingham resident, including a scrapbook containing newspaper headlines and clippings about World War II, and personal mementos.
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company documents
A miscellany of materials relating to the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railway Comapny's Fairfield Steelworks, later a part of the United States Steel Company's industrial empire.