Personal correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/gf2014026141
Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:
George L. Kittredge letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3808
Overview
Letters between Kittredge and his wife, including a copy of their marriage certificate as well as poetry sent in honor of his birthday
Dates:
1886-1888
Letter from Martin to Julia C. Glasscock
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0917
Abstract
A letter dated 19 July 1866 to Miss Julia C. Glasscock of Tuscaloosa, Alabama from Martin. Mentions Selma, Philadelphia, and New York.
Dates:
1866-07-19
Letter from Matilda to Sallie
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0925
Abstract
A letter written from "Cedar Hills," ca. 1864, to her sister, Sallie. It discusses their brother in the 17th Mississippi Regiment, crops, and her children.
Dates:
1864
Letters to Laura Pullen
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2125
Overview
Letters to Laura Pullen in Leighton, Alabama, from her husband R.B. Pullen in Tennessee and from Dora, a friend or family member. The letters discuss travel and family.
Dates:
1895
Levi Welbourne Lawler Letterbooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0846
Abstract
Bound typescripts of two letterbooks containing copies of outgoing letters on politics and business, 1873-76. The pagination of these copies corresponds to that of the originals.
Dates:
1873 - 1876
Lewis May Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0934
Abstract
November 1808 letter to Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. agent to the Creek Indians in Alabama and Georgia, regarding a claim for compensation for a stolen horse.
Dates:
1808-11
Lewis Parrish Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1104
Abstract
A letter dated 26 July 1850, to J. R. Koogler, which discusses the people, countryside, and business prospects of Livingston, Alabama.
Dates:
1850-07-26
Louis Lucet papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0880
Abstract
A collection of personal correspondence of this native of France who emigrated to the United States and lived in Huntsville, Alabama. Also includes documents dealing with the history of France in the first half of the nineteenth century
Dates:
1803-1887
Lucien Owen Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1085
Abstract
A letter dated 8 October 1857, from a student at the University of Alabama to his father, which dicusses student life.
Dates:
1857-10-08
M. Smith Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2215
Abstract
A letter from M. Smith in Autaga County, Alabama, to her aunt, Isabella McLauchlin, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The letter discusses current whereabouts and disposition of family members.
Dates:
1841-05-06
Macon and Miles Abernathy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0003
Overview
This collection consists Abernathy family correspondence discussing the outbreak of the Civil War and the return of Macon, a University of Alabama student, to his hometown of Jacksonville, Alabama, to enlist in a local company. Also contains an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles W. Abernathy.
Dates:
1861 - 1878
Margaret Manigault Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0899
Abstract
A letter ca. 1814, from Mrs. Margaret Manigault of Philadelphia to an unknown recipient in Camden, South Carolina.
Dates:
1814
Maria B. Brooks Stafford Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1334
Abstract
A letter dated 22 February 1894, to Belle R. Harrison, Danville, Kentucky. Contains general news of self and children.
Dates:
1894-02-22
Mary Ann Starkey Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1866
Abstract
Handwritten letters from Mary Ann Starkey to her husband Horace Starkey in New York. She writes of family members, the Sabbath, church, and general well-being.
Dates:
1840
Mary Carlyle Aitken Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0015
Abstract
A letter dated 5 November 1873 to an unidentified recipient from Thomas Carlyle's niece, Mary Aitken, concerning an error in Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.
Dates:
1873-11-05
New accession: Box temp.86
File — Box temp 86
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Two letters from Macon at Tuscaloosa to his father and sister in Jacksonville, both dated 1861, discussing his denied requests for furloughs home, and a letter from his father, Miles, to his son in Tuscaloosa, encouraging him to return home to join a local company being raised to fight in the Civil War. The collection also includes an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles Abernathy.Addition received in 2012 includes one letter dated April 14, 1861, written by Macon to his...
Dates:
1861 - 1878
P. H. McBride Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0938
Abstract
An 1863 letter from Columbia, Tennessee, to his wife and children, while serving in an unnamed Confederate regiment under General N. B. Forrest.
Dates:
1863
Walter H. Powers letterbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1779
Abstract
A single letterbook containing copies of Gurley, Alabama businessman Walter H. Powers's outgoing correspondence, March-October 1938
Dates:
1938
R. B. Smyer Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1299
Abstract
A letter dated 17 October 1895, acknowledging receipt of fee from W. C. Dantzler.
Dates:
1895-10-17
R. W. Withers Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1567
Abstract
May 1858 letter from a student at Green Springs School, Havana, Alabama, describing school life.
Dates:
1858-05
Ralph S. Bradley Manuscript and Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1824
Abstract
Collection contains a photocopied manuscript of Ralph Bradley’s Above Mortal: Novel in Three Parts and three letters of condolences to R. S. Bradley, Jr. after the death of Ralph S. Bradley, Sr.
Dates:
1998
Reverend James Young Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1599
Overview
Two letters to Reverend James M. Young, in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, both from friends. One thanking him for his kind letter after a death in the family and discusses her newborn son. The other discussing an upcoming trip and details about their life and the lives of friends.
Dates:
1844 - 1848
Samuel D. Risley Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4141
Overview
Papers documenting the military service of Samuel D. Risley and his brother John Risley in the 20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
Dates:
1822-1909; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865
R.M. Brumby Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1825
Abstract
Includes letters written to R.M. Brumby, a University of Alabama graduate, from his mother and son from the late 19th-century through the early 20th-century. It also includes an appointment letter from the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1892 - 1920
Seth Whitcomb Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1546
Scope and Contents
Letter to his wife discussing his daily activities
Dates:
1861
George Herman Simmons family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2220
Abstract
Correspondence written by and related to the Simmons family, primarily George Herman Simmons.
Dates:
1915 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1922
Jesse Smith Family Archive
Collection
Identifier: WP-025
Overview
This collection comprises documents related to Captain Jesse Smith, his son, and his grandson, both named Jesse Smith. Captain Jesse Smith had a long Revolutionary War service record. At the end of the war, he was a member of Washington's headquarters guard and escort. This collection contains his official Revolutionary War record and his obituary. Also, this collection comprises service records from his son and grandson's naval careers and original family letters.
Dates:
1775 - 1897
St. John family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1330
Overview
Legal papers related to property, as well as personal and business letters
Dates:
1852-1907
J. F. Stewart letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3802
Overview
Lletters to various friends and family members
Dates:
1845-1899
Charles Tait papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1378
Overview
Letter from Tait to his son about the acquisition of land within what would become Alabama
Dates:
1819 January 15
Hugh Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1387
Abstract
Contains personal papers including civic organization materials, church material (Covenant Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama), business records, personal correspondence, genealogical materials, and 22 photographs of this University of Alabama School of Education professor.
Dates:
1959-1975
Thomas K. Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0786
Abstract
This collection contains a miscellany of correspondence, financial papers, cotton sales records, Confederate bonds, and other items.
Dates:
1852 - 1909
Thomas Maxwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0933
Abstract
Letters, texts of speeches about the importance of railroads for the economic development of the Birmingham-Tuscaloosa area (1855), and abstracts of the journal of this early Tuscaloosa businessman.
Dates:
1852 - 1865
Virginia Tingle papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3482
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a letter written on May 22, 1953, from L. B. Gilbert, protestant Chaplain at the VA hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, as well as an Electrolux receipt froom 1954.
Dates:
1953 May 22
Mary Torrey papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1415
Overview
Two letters to Mary Torrey about her upcoming marriage
Dates:
1893
W. C. Revis Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1187
Abstract
A letter dated 8 February 1832 to Jonathan Rutherford. Discusses "our own Virginia," Revis's health, his views of the political situation, slavery and "Cousin Emily" (apparently Rutherford's wife).
Dates:
1832-02-08
W. L. Palfrey Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1095
Abstract
Letter dated 29 June 1865, from St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana to his brother, in an attempt to reconcile, they having parted over this issue of slavery. Addresses the war's effect on him and his family, his reduction to poverty, and his present circumstances.
Dates:
1865-06-29
Washington Daniel Miller Letter and Photograph
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0991
Abstract
A letter dated 12 July 1883, to his sister, Caroline Miller, about examinations of students at Tuscaloosa Female Academy, the examination of the senior class at the University of Alabama, and his recent activities in Tuscaloosa. The collection also contains photograph of Miller copied from the original at the University of Texas Institute of Texas Culture
Dates:
1833-07-12
William H. Ely letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0484
Overview
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
William Joseph Mims Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0992
Abstract
Material on Mims' family history and materials relating to Weevilnip Company of Macon, Georgia. The collection includes correspondence with the U.S. Department of Agriculture relating to false labeling, as well as company advertising. The collection also contains two small notepads, one with notes on teaching and one with notes on history, boll weevils, and other subjects.
Dates:
1886 - 1924
William Russell Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1298
Abstract
This collection consists of letters to his wife and others written while serving in the Alabama secession convention, and a holograph manuscript book of poetry.
Dates:
1834 - 1865
William Stokes Wyman Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1588
Abstract
This collection contains letters and notes about an 1848 trip to the Alabama coal fields; scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Indian languages, the early history of Tuscaloosa and Alabama; the University of Alabama's history, and copies of newspaper clippings from the Choctaw language paper "The Vindicator", published 1875 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
Dates:
1847 - 1915
Willie T. White papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1548
Abstract
Contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, and other materials, the majority of which are related to Willie T. White, who resided in Rockford, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1860-1970
Woodward Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1577
Overview
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