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Commercial correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85028925

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Alabama Association for Young Children records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0020
Abstract

A collection containing meeting minutes, correspondence, the organization's constitution and by-laws, photographs, and other materials.

Dates: 1959 - 1987

Alabama Democratic Party, 1860 Delegation minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0057
Abstract

Minutes and roll of Alabama's delegation, who were "accredited to the Baltimore and Richmond Democratic convention" in Richmond, Virginia, in 1860.

Dates: 1860

Alabama Manufacturing Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0041
Abstract

Includes membership information, correspondence to members, newsletters, data on industrial growth, and civic booster brochures from various Alabama cities.

Dates: 1953 - 1979

Alabama Marble Quarries prospectus/stock subscription form

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0042
Abstract

A prospectus describing the marble quarried by the firm in Talladega County, Alabama, and the demand for it. At the bottom of the second page is a stock subscription form.

Dates: 1910

Allen and Jemison Hardware Company catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0066
Abstract

Two catalogs, 1913 and 1928, of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, hardware store.

Dates: 1913, 1928

Ashville Railroad Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0090
Abstract

Photocopies of resolutions about the formation of the company, legal documents, printed maps, certificates of incorporation, and board meeting notices related to the Ashville Railroad Company, 1882-1884.

Dates: 1882 - 1884

Harry Mell Ayers papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0097
Abstract Contains the correspondence of this New Deal Democrat and Civil Rights supporter who owned the newspaper, the Anniston Star. The correspondence deals with local, state, and national political campaigns, elections, education, civil rights, editorials, letters to the editor, and events of the times. The collection also contains personal correspondence with other newspapermen, educators, and statesmen; copies of editorials and clippings on Alabama politics, Anniston, education, the Federal...
Dates: 1918-1956

Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0145
Abstract

This collection contains much of the business correspondence and records of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, including lists of stock holders, minutes of meetings, maps of mine sites, and correspondence with government entities.

Dates: 1886-1982

Bill of Sale for Enslaved Man Named Zeke

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0012
Abstract

Bill of sale and warrantee for an enslaved person, Zeke, sold by W. S. Adkins of Lowndes County, Alabama, for $1600. The buyer's name is illegible.

Dates: 1860-02-16

Boling Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0181
Abstract

Correspondence, receipts, mortgages, wills, indentures, and other materials concerning the property and affairs of the Boling and Saffold families of Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama.

Dates: 1833-1870

Gerard C. Brandon letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0204
Abstract

Letter from the Governor of Mississippi to Alabama Governor John Murphy regarding an unsettled financial transaction between the two states.

Dates: 1828 October 29

Brierfield Ironworks records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0212
Abstract

Financial and legal documents of the Brierfield Ironworks along with some correspondence and printed materials, dating from 1866 to 1882. The materials are divided into two main groups: (A) those materials generated during Josiah Gorgas' control of the ironworks (1866-1869), and (B) those materials generated during Thomas S. Alvis' control of the operations (1869-1873).

Dates: 1864-1897; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1882

Iveson L. Brookes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0214
Abstract

A large collection of letters to and from this Baptist clergyman, planter and southern sectionalist, including defenses of the South, Brookes's business transactions, and family matters.

Dates: 1811-1911; Majority of material found within 1825 - 1865

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0216
Abstract

Letter dated 15 March 1921 from Brotherhood of Trainmen Vice President, Val Fitzpatrick, to union members concerning a strike against the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Atlantic Railway Company.

Dates: 1921 March 16

Richard Trapier Brumby letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0224
Abstract

Letter from Brumby, dated 2 April 1834, from Tuscaloosa, to the firm of Wragg and Stewart in Montgomery, Alabama, concerning a debt owed to the firm

Dates: 1834 April 2

Bush and Lobdell Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0049
Abstract

Five letters and a telegram to a foundry in Delaware from various Alabama railroads concerning purchase of wheels, trucks, pinions, and other items.

Dates: 1860

Dimon, Fay, and Beers records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0436
Abstract

A collection containing business correspondence and receipts of this Mobile, Alabama, partnership which included the city's Chief of Police, C. A. R. Dimon.

Dates: 1866

Joseph J. Elliott letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0481
Abstract

A copy book of letters, primarily to his fiance/wife, Maud Hoskinson of Weogufka, Coosa County, Alabama.

Dates: 1900-1902

John H. Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0009
Abstract

The correspondence of a Birmingham, Alabama, mining engineer, businessman, poet, and public servant. The collection also includes a small group of papers of Adams' son, John R. Adams, an attorney and realtor.

Dates: 1889 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1936

William H. Ely letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0484
Abstract

Letters recounting an 1820-1821 journey to Alabama by William H. Ely, Commissioner of the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. The letters describe both the difficulties of his mission and the lifestyle of the early inhabitants of the state of Alabama.

Dates: 1820 - 1821

Woodward Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1577
Abstract

An extensive collection, including business and personal correspondence, financial records, photographs, and other materials of this Birmingham, Alabama, family, which owned and operated the Woodward Iron Company.

Dates: 1829 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1950