Social life and customs

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Part of the program and text of the 1940 annual banquet of the Birmingham Real Estate Board, held on 16 January 1941.

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Insurance policies on the club house, an account book from a Mobile, Alabama, apothecary with the club, and tickets for social events sponsored by this African-American social club.

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Items from Curry's tenure at the University of Alabama, including season tickets for sporting events, invitations to social events and organizations, and a binder of correspondence relating to reunions of the University of Alabama class of 1916.

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Diaries whose short entries provide information on the daily activities of this coed from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, member of Kappa Delta sorority, and 1916 University of Alabama graduate.

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A collection including photos used in Huey's History of the Alabama Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

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A collection of copies of newspaper clippings and information about Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and its people.

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Contains newspaper serialization of John Witherspoon DuBose's Chronicles of the Canebreak, as well as photographs, correspondence, biographical sketches and newspaper clippings related to this Alabama historian.

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This document is a letter dated July 2, 1853, from Jasper J. Jones, a senior student at The University of Alabama, to his cousin. In the letter, he writes about his upcoming commencement and shares details about graduation events. He also includes a ticket, inviting her to attend a ball as part of the celebrations. The letter provides insight into student life, social customs, and collegiate traditions at The University of Alabama in the mid-nineteenth century.

Scope and Contents This single-page letter, dated November 3, 1825, is a formal challenge to a duel issued by William McCain to Isaac Owen. In the letter, McCain expresses his outrage over alleged personal insults and attempts to vilify his character, asserting that only a duel can restore his honor. He demands that Owen meet him at six o’clock the following morning in a designated field, with terms to be arranged through his second, Mr. Pettigrew. This document provides insight into the persistence of dueling...