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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85033035

Found in 499 Collections and/or Records:

Ethel Armes letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0146
Abstract

Letter to Robert Jemison Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama, about uncredited copying of material from her book, The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama, and a letter to her brother about a promotion.

Dates: 1921 - 1944

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

Richard V. Evans correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0496
Abstract

A collection of Judge Evans' incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Dates: 1925-1952

Everett B. Andrews Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4170
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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

Sarah Healey Fenton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0510
Abstract

Newspaper clippings, letters, and photographs.

Dates: 1950s- 1980s

Bethel Fite Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4106
Abstract

Papers of Bethel Fite, longtime employee of the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1928-1978

Fitts and Alston Families Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4198
Abstract

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
Abstract

Letters of a commission merchant in the Caribbean and on the Mississippi River, and his family.

Dates: 1827-1850

Fleta McWhorter Dowling and Gwen McWhorter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1643
Abstract

This collection consists of letters between Fleta McWhorter Dowling and her sister Gwen McWhorter, 1943-46, chiefly concerning the latter’s doctoral dissertation subject, some letters from others to Gwen McWhorter, and two Gwen McWhorter problem statements on the use of participation in the development of school health programs.

Dates: 1943 - 1949

Stewart Flowers collection of 19th century photographs, letters, journals, and artifacts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3708
Abstract

Collection of 19th century photographs, letters, journals, and artifacts

Dates: 1860-1920

Edwin Hardy Foster papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0532
Abstract 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

Fred and Agnes Blazek Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2599
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence of Fred and Agnes Blazek, residents of Chicago, Illinois. They discuss their romantic relationship as well as daily events happening in their lives while Fred is serving in the military and stationed in Rockford, Illinois.

Dates: 1921 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1924

Frederick George Bromberg Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2008
Abstract

Letter to the publsiher of the Congressional Directory, dated February 20, 1875 and written by Frederick George Bromberg on United States House of Representatives stationery correcting two addresses listed in the Directory.

Dates: 1875-02-20

G. W. Hewitt Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0668
Abstract

A 1876 letter to the editor of the Congressional directory.

Dates: 1876

Gaillard and Hurtel families papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0090
Abstract

Commonplace book, letters, and other documents and items collected by these Mobile and Claiborne, Alabama, families.

Dates: 1838-1885

Gaines Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0550
Abstract

Correspondence, legal and business documents relating to the Gaines family, most of it from Mobile, Choctaw, and Jefferson Counties, Alabama.

Dates: 1824-1949

Marian Gallaway papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0554
Abstract

Collection of play scripts, theatre notes, research, programs, and photographs compiled by the long-time director of the University of Alabama Theater.

Dates: after 1948

James R. Garber correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0557
Abstract

Personal and professional letters to and from Dr. James R. Garber

Dates: 1950-1955

Thomas Henry Garner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0560
Abstract

Correspondence, postcards, invitations, and other items, including letters (1887-1892) from Alston Fitts while he was in Europe.

Dates: 1887-?1913

Garner family letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0030
Abstract

Typed transcripts of correspondence written by the extended Garner family between 1832 and 1886.

Dates: 1832-1886

George Doherty Johnston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4018
Abstract

Letters to and from this Confederate brigadier general.

Dates: 1845-1885

George O. Baker and Joseph M. Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0066
Abstract

Correspondence, ledgers, and other papers of Selma, Alabama, businessmen, George O. Baker, his son, Joseph M. Baker, and their various companies and businesses.

Dates: 1886 - 1898

George Smith Houston Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2013
Abstract Letters, dated from 1842 to 1861 (five holograph and three typescript copies) written by George Smith Houston. The holographs are recommendations for various positions and the three typescripts are copies of letters and may be copies of letters in the Alabama Department of Archives and History. One is to D.S. Dalton that contains Houston’s corrections to Dalton’s biographical sketch. The other two letters are written to Governor A. B. Moore of Alabama in which he reports on the political...
Dates: 1842 - 1861

George Woodard and Gene Smith letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0112
Abstract

Letters between Union soldier George Woodard, Company D, Eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and his fiancee Gene Smith, of Burnett, Wisconsin. Woodard served at the battle of Corinth and the Vicksburg Campaign. He died at a Memphis hospital in 1864.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Louis Giesler letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2148
Abstract

Letter to brother Albert, from Army sergeant serving during World War I and training in Camp Sherman, Ohio, discussing camp life, training, rifles, and a fire that killed horses and mules. He mentions the possibility of "going over" soon.

Dates: 1918 August 18

Marie Giles letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0569
Abstract

Letter dated 8 August 1864 to her cousin, a soldier in the Confederate Army, discussing interruptions in railroad service, provisions for the army, and poor people at home.

Dates: 1864 August 8

Eddy Lanier King Gilmore papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0572
Abstract

Compositions, scrapbooks, correspondence, and clippings of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Eddy Lanier King Gilmore, of Selma, Alabama, and his Russian-born wife, Tamara Kolb-Chernashovaya, a ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet. The bulk of material is from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Dates: circa 1940 - 1967

George Washington Goethals letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0575
Abstract

Letter from Goethals, former chief engineer of the Panama Canal and civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone, to O.M. Carter regarding Carter's return to the "service."

Dates: 1918 March 27

Louisa Goffe letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0576
Abstract

Letter dated 28 April 1837, from Tuscaloosa, to her sister, Mary Wyckoff, discussing Louisa's move to Tuscaloosa, the failure of her husband to visit Mary while in New York, and fashions.

Dates: 1837 April 28

Goodloe, Lane, Pride, Barton and Rutland Families Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0838
Abstract

Correspondence, receipts, photographs, sheet music, and genealogies of the Goodloe family and several branches of the family.

Dates: 1833 - 1909

Walter Goodman letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2508
Abstract

This collection contains letters from Walter Goodman in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to his sweetheart, Corinne Acklen, in Huntsville, Alabama, with hopes to see her soon.

Dates: 1858-1859

Gordy Brule Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4166
Abstract

Letters written by and to Gordon "Gordy" Brule who served in the 447th Bomb Squad World War II.

Dates: 1943 - 1949

Gorff and Krahenbuhl Family Postcards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3882
Abstract

Illustrated postcards addressed to George and Elizabeth Gorff in Ensley (Birmingham), Alabama, their two daughters, Gertrude and Margarete, and Elizabeth's family members who were residing with the Gorffs at the time.

Dates: 1907 - 1923

Collection of Alabama governors materials

 Collection
Identifier: W-0054
Abstract

Correspondence, certificates, programs, and other documents signed by twenty-six Alabama governors serving between 1820 and 1970.

Dates: 1820-1970

David D. Greene papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0593
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence that discusses labor union issues.

Dates: 1919-1936

Bird Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0596
Abstract

Personal papers, mostly involving the activities of this Perry County farmer and justice of the peace.

Dates: 1805-1885

Vernon Grosse collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0599
Abstract

Collection of pre- and post- Civil War letters and genealogies (all photocopies), as well as minutes for the New River Baptist Church, in Fayette County, Alabama, from 1826-1911.

Dates: 1801-1911

Guild of Professional Writers for Children records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0601
Abstract

Materials related to the organization's activities, including its statement of purpose, membership applications and rolls, correspondence, newspaper clippings, works of members, announcements, calendars, newsletters, minutes, and financial records.

Dates: 1977-1999; Majority of material found within 1992 - 1994

H. C. Harris letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0639
Abstract

Letter dated 2 November 1862, from Camp Forney, near Mobile, to his sister in Livingston, Alabama, discussing going into winter quarters, decrying the army and the plight of the common soldier, and vehemently expressing his wish for a substitute to take his place in the army during the Civil War.

Dates: 1862 November 2

Wiley Hagler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0607
Abstract

Correspondence, school papers, clippings, and photographs.

Dates: 1901-1972

Edward Hall letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0609
Abstract

Business letters to Addin Lewis in New Haven, Connecticut, from Hall in Mobile, Alabama, 10 March and 15 April 1837 and 17 August 1840.

Dates: 1837, 1840

Mary M. Hallowell letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0612
Abstract

Letters written to Mary Hallowell from various government officials in Washington, DC, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, regarding her request for help for "refugees" from Tennessee during and immediately after the Civil War. These refugees were Tennessee residents who had remained loyal to the Union and had moved farther north during the War.

Dates: 1864-1865

W. A. Handley letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0618
Abstract

Letter written to the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of his term as a member of the House.

Dates: 1871 March 8

Archimedes Hank petition and letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0619
Abstract

Petition to Alabama Governor Clement Comer Clay from the citizens of Morgan County, Alabama, on behalf of Archimedes Hank, to repeal or reduce penalty for forfeiture of bond for failure to appear in court.

Dates: 1836

Ruth Hannas letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0621
Abstract

Letters from Frieda Lawrence and Angelino Ravagli to Hannas from 1924 through 1958.

Dates: 1924-1958

Hans Höchersteiger Papers, 1938 - 1944

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Scope and Contents The collection contains letters and postcards of Hans Höchersteiger, a technical sergeant of the Luftwaffe during World War II. Höchersteiger was captured in May 1941 and was held first in England and then in Ottawa, Canada. All the letters and postcards from Höchersteiger are to his family in Stuttgart, Germany, and are written in German. There is no translation for them at this time. There are also letters from the German Red Cross to Höchersteiger's family (probably his father) concerning...
Dates: 1938 - 1944