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Depressions -- 1929 -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85037059

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Cahill Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2282
Abstract

The Cahill Family Papers consist of personal correspondence to and from Clyde M., Michael J., and Belle Mills Cahill of Ohio. Also included in the collection are receipts and miscellaneous financial documents.

Dates: 1886-1935
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Collins family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0346
Abstract Photocopies of letters written by various family members, primarily James S. Collins, Martha Louvenia Smyth Collins (Mrs. James S. Collins – second wife of James S.), James “Jim” Madison Collins, Lake Huron Collins Madison, Martin Lomax “Max” Collins, Irene (Mrs. Lomax Collins) and Purser Collins. There are also photocopies of the birth, marriage, and death pages from several family Bibles as well as copies of typed and handwritten pages of genealogical data and obituaries clipped from...
Dates: 1875–1990
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ersie Walker Neely Diaries and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1039
Abstract

A diary kept by this noted Selma, Alabama vocalist, 1925-31. It includes clippings about concerts and performances, impressions of Depression life, and accounts of trips to Florida and Cuba in 1931.

Dates: 1925 - 1931
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Evans family letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3655
Abstract

Collection of letters describing daily life of a mother to her daughter during pre- and post-Depression America

Dates: 1919-circa 1942
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Oscar W. Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0010
Abstract

Correspondence of this Birmingham, Alabama, minister of the A.M.E. Zion Church, principally concerning the struggle to remain solvent during the Great Depression. Also includes budget sheets, receipts, reports, and legal documents for this and other A.M.E churches throughout the South.

Dates: 1909 - 1952
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections