Correspondence

Papers of two prominent mixed-race families in north Alabama.

Papers of a freeborn African American family who lived in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama, in the latter half of the nineteenth century and through the mid-1960s

The Robert Smith papers contain correspondence between Robert Smith and his family during his military training in 1942 and his deployment to England and France in 1944 during World War II.

The Sidney Smith family papers contain the business records, including work-related blueprints and material delivery receipts, for Sidney A. Smith during his career as a plumber from 1921 to 1955.