Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85033035
Found in 432 Collections and/or Records:
David Crawford letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0368
Overview
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
Edgar G. Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0410
Abstract
A letter testamentary to Edgar G. Dawson, naming him executor of the estate of William Eliza Terrell, June 3, 1867, one to “My darling,” June 4, 1885 written while on a trip to Italy, and the plantation book for “Ravenswood,” January 1869-January 1, 1873.
Dates:
1867-1885
E. L. Dawson letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0409
Abstract
A letter dated 4 January 1861, certifying that there are no demands against W. L. Trenholm, quartermaster, 4th brigade.
Dates:
1861 January 4
John Charles Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0411
Abstract
Letters and unpublished speeches; photocopies of letters written by Joseph Lakanal, 1762-1845.
Dates:
circa 1930
N. H. R. Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0412
Overview
Newspaper clippings, personal and business correspondence, and an account book.
Dates:
1856-1927
David DeJarnette papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0421
Overview
Photographs related to archaeology and geology, including photos of the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter dig.
Dates:
1935-1975
C. I. B. DeLage letter
Collection
Identifier: W-0156
Overview
A letter from C. I. B. DeLage, a Mobile, Alabama, commission agent, to Carl G. Schneider detailing the financial history of Mobile during the Civil War.
Dates:
after 1865
Delta Kappa Gamma, Beta Chapter, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0424
Abstact
Documentation of the annual activities of the Tuscaloosa chapter of this international education society. The records include minutes, annual reports, financial reports and records, histories, yearbooks, correspondence, directories, and other materials.
Dates:
1939-1999
Jere Clemens Dennis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0428
Overview
Personal, family, and business papers of a Tallapoosa County attorney, including legal case files as well as Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alabama National Guard, and Masonic materials.
Dates:
1841-1935
Dexter and Abbot letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0434
Abstract
A letter dated 6 May 1848 to Mssrs. Mason and Lawrence, Boston, regarding cotton sales.
Dates:
1848 May 6
Columbus C. Dodson letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0440
Abstract
A letter dated 15 February 1848, written from Mexico City to his sister, Miss A. W. Dodson, Telaga Spring, Chatooga County, Georgia.
Dates:
1848 February 15
Don Speed Smith Goodloe Papers
Collection — Box 4312.001: [1005697221]
Identifier: MSS-4312
Scope and Contents
This collection highlights the efforts of African American educator Don Speed Smith Goodloe to improve secondary education for African American students in Maryland’s segregated educational system from 1910 to 1911. The collection is composed of two series: Correspondence, 1910-1911, and Records for the Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie for the Training of Colored Youth, also known as the Maryland State Normal School No. 3. The collection is strong in incoming correspondence as it...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
Michael Dorman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0445
Abstract
This collection consists principally of research material used in the writing of "The George Wallace Myth." Correspondence, proposals, and the book manuscript are among them. Galley proofs of two other books, "The Second Man," an overview of the changing role of the Vice Presidency and "Stockcar Butterworth," a book about stock car racing, are also part of the collection, as are poems, most of them unpublished, and copies of several published articles.
Dates:
1968-1976
James J. and Mabel Cowart Doster Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4125
Overview
Contains the personal and family records, as well as photos, correspondence, and other files during his time as an educator.
Dates:
1870-1943
Thomas Dudley letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0452
Abstract
A letter dated 9 July 1862, to S. Price Edwards, Collector of Customs at Liverpool, regarding a gunboat (C.S.S. Alabama) being built in the yard of Mssrs. Laird. Holograph copy.
Dates:
1862 July 9
C. W. Duke letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0454
Overview
Typescript copy of a letter written by C.W. Duke in Smith County, Texas, to Mr. D.W. Walkley describing life in Texas.
Dates:
1870 April 20
J. M. Duncan papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0456
Abstract
A collection of correspondence, financial papers, and artifacts belonging to this Blocton, Alabama, resident.
Dates:
1894-1932
Floyd R. Dunn papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0459
Overview
Letters and photographs from the governors of the 50 United States providing general information about each state, including each state’s government (number of state senators and representatives), the state flower, bird, and tree, and the population according to the United States Census of 1970
Dates:
1971
Durst Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0461
Overview
Letters, newspapers, and miscellaneous documents from the Durst family. There is also a World War One era panoramic photograph and United Stated Service, or Blue Star Mother's flag.
Dates:
1708-1977; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1868
Samuel Earle papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0463
Overview
Correspondence dealing with Earle's tenure as a congressman representing South Carolina, and genealogical papers of Earle's grandson, Samuel M. Earle.
Dates:
1780-1907
Eborn and Peteet Families papers
Collection — Box 3154: [1005585077]
Identifier: MSS-0469
Overview
Letters, written by Benjamin F. Eborn between 1884 and 1885 to his sweetheart (later his wife), Corinne Peteet Eborn. There are also other letters to Corinne from various family members, including her father, W.Y. Peteet, mother-in-law, Bettie Eborn, and her sister, Mary P. Jones.
Dates:
1879-1955
Lista Geil Eddins papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0472
Overview
Diaries, clippings, photographs, correspondence, sheet music, and church bulletins belonging to this University of Alabama music department head.
Dates:
between 1910-1971
S.W. Eddins appointment letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0474
Overview
Letter dated 1 September 1864 appointing S. W. Eddins of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the University of Alabama's Alabama Corps of Cadets.
Dates:
1864 September 1
Jim Edwards papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2936
Overview
Contains correspondence letters of Jim Edwards written to his family and friends, mostly containing information about his daily life. Also contains his grade reports during his time at Miami University, 1934-1938.
Dates:
1934-1947
Eleanor Drenth Dodson Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4165
Overview
Letters written in the 1940s to Eleanor ("Ellie" or "Elly") Drenth Dodson of Portland, Oregon, and San Diego, California, from her mother, Mabel Anderson Drenth, who lived in Fresno, California.
Dates:
1942 - 1946
Elise Ayers Sanguinetti Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0098
Abstract
This collection consists of the correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs, as well as reviews and notices of Elise Ayers Sanguinetti, the Alabama author of The Last of the Whitfields (1962), The New Girl (1964), The Dowager (1968), and McBee's Station (1972).
Dates:
1929 - 2003
Elisha Wolsey Peck papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1120
Overview
Correspondence and financial papers of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, attorney, as well as material relating to the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1867, of which Peck was chairman.
Dates:
1837-1887
Elizabeth Harwood Katz Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3661
Overview
A collection of letters sent to Elizabeth Harwood from friends, family, and others from 1934 to 1984. They deal primarily with personal lives of Elizabeth, her sister, her friends, and her first husband Richard. For more letters, see Donald and Betty Katz letters, mss_3666.
Dates:
1934 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1942
O. B. Emerson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0485
Overview
The collection chiefly consists of correspondence between O. B. Emerson and various individuals including authors, former students, and other faculty and staff from The University of Alabama. The collection also includes materials about different authors and subjects on which Dr. Emerson either taught or published, as well as a significant amount of materials related to professional organizations in which he was involved.
Dates:
1945-1990
Ensley Merchants Association records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0487
Overview
Minutes, bank statements, correspondence, news clippings, and other materials of this Birmingham, Alabama, area organization
Dates:
1929-1944
Ephraim Madison Henry papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0114
Overview
Correspondence, concert programs, and other documents from this Tuskegee Institute graduate
Dates:
1930-1947
Epps and Calloway family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3031
Overview
A mix of materials from the Eppes and Calloway families at various points of time. Most of the materials are letters with some photographs
Dates:
undated
Esbon C. Lambert Diary and Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3924
Abstract
Diary and letters from Lambert, a United States Navy landsman aboard the USS Itasca from 1863-1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Dates:
1863-1864
Estes Embroidery Circle records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0491
Overview
Letters, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, photos, scrapbooks, and diaries of members of this social club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dates:
1928-1996
Evans family letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3655
Overview
Collection of letters describing daily life of a mother to her daughter during pre- and post-Depression America
Dates:
1919-circa 1942
Richard V. Evans correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0496
Overview
A collection of Judge Evans' incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Dates:
1925-1952
Everett B. Andrews Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4170
Overview
Letters describing camp life written by Everett B. Andrews to his sister Lillian in St. Albans, Vermont, while he was stationed on the Island of Tinian in the Marianas after Allied forces captured it in 1944.
Dates:
1945
T. J. Farmer family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0504
Overview
Miscellaneous correspondence, mostly among members of this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, farm family, and an 1876 grade report from Alabama Central Female College.
Dates:
1853-1898
Margaret Faulk collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0507
Overview
Letters and other materials regarding this University of Alabama librarian; most of the collection relates to her illness and death.
Dates:
1932-1942
J. C. Faulkner postcard and letter collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0508
Overview
Postcards and letters collected by this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native.
Dates:
1808-1968; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1920
City of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0509
Overview
Letters created and received by the city of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, mainly relating to routine matters in this small town, including city maintenance concerns.
Dates:
1927-1933
Myer L. Feldman Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3687
Overview
Letters from Myer L. Feldman to his wife, Ida, and baby daughter, Sally Ann, while he was in the United States Navy, stationed at the Sampson Naval Training Base near Seneca, New York, and aboard the USS LSM(R)-197 amphibious ship.
Dates:
1944-1945
Sarah Healey Fenton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0510
Overview
Newspaper clippings, letters, and photographs.
Dates:
1950s- 1980s
Bethel Fite Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4106
Overview
Papers of Bethel Fite, longtime employee of the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1928-1978
Fitts and Alston Families Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4198
Overview
Papers, correspondence, and photographs from three generations of two Tuscaloosa, Alabama, families.
Dates:
1900 - 1966
H. P. and Elisa K. Fleischman Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0521
Overview
Letters of a commission merchant in the Caribbean and on the Mississippi River, and his family.
Dates:
1827-1850
Stewart Flowers collection of 19th century photographs, letters, journals, and artifacts
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3708
Overview
Collection of 19th century photographs, letters, journals, and artifacts
Dates:
1860-1920
Edwin Hardy Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0532
Overview
Letters written by and to Foster between 1907 and 1938, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence written by Foster’s family members and members of the United States House of Representatives concerning his application to the Consular Services. There is also a small collection of letters written in German; Foster’s report cards from Male High School (1875-1881) and his first semester grades from The University of Alabama in 1882; reports cards for his brothers, Sumner B., Thomas J., Henry...
Dates:
1872-1938