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Family papers

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0064
Abstract

The business and personal papers of John G. Allen (1810- 1891) and his son Charles Edward (1860-1943), planters of Marengo County, Alabama, including Civil War letters, tenant farmer contracts, mortgages and indentures, bills and receipts, personal letters, insurance policies, and miscellaneous items relating to the family.

Dates: 1848-1906

Askew family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0091
Abstract

Biographical sketch, ledger, diaries, church histories, newspaper clippings, copies of poetry and pieces written about Confederate history in Alabama, address and appointment books from this Dayton, Alabama, family.

Dates: 1844-1993

Austin family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0095
Abstract

A collection of genealogical information on the Austin, Hutto, Lambert and Knox families. It also contains family correspondence, photographs, and legal documents.

Dates: 1887-1980

Canebrake collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0267
Abstract

Materials relating principally to the community of Dayton in Marengo County, Alabama. It includes land grants, the Dayton city code, town council minutes, and some family records.

Dates: circa 1837?

Survilla Moore Clardy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4194
Abstract

Financial records of this Pickens County, Alabama, family

Dates: 1904-1996

Clements family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0316
Abstract

Papers of a Tuscaloosa family whose members included Hardy Clements, Rufus Hargrove Clements, Martha Lavinia Clements, Frank Bugbee Clements, Luther Morgan Clements, and others. The bulk of the papers relate to Frank Bugbee Clements.

Dates: 1846-1948

Dale Family History

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3908
Abstract

Typed transcript of a history written from memory by Dale for his grandson, Edward, and includes family history and stories from the American Revolutionary War.

Dates: 1851 May 19

James J. and Mabel Cowart Doster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4125
Abstract

Contains the personal and family records, as well as photos, correspondence, and other files during his time as an educator.

Dates: 1870-1943

Old Ebenezer Church history

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0468
Abstract

Paper providing a brief history of the church and its founders. Also includes a list of members and description of church teachings.

Dates: 1909

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

Foster Mark Kirksey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0827
Abstract

An extensive collection of business and personal papers and correspondence of this Greene County, Alabama planter, commission merchant, sheriff, and Confederate commissary agent, and his extended family.

Dates: 1795 - 1953

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

Marvin P. Harper papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0632
Abstract

A variety of documents covering: slave ownership documents concerning crimes and deaths; Farrah Law Society plaque; UA football picture from 1920s; Church programs; Stamps; Daughters of the Confederacy minutes. McCall diploma, 1879; and Kennedy family papers.

Dates: 1875-1930

James White McClung Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0945
Abstract

This collection includes the personal and business papers of James White McClung (1798-1848), an attorney in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, and state representative for that county, as well as correspondence of various members of his family.

Dates: 1820 - 1891

John Will Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0760
Abstract

A collection of correspondence and other papers. Johnson's correspondents included John H. Bankhead, Albert Boutwell, Carl Elliott, Lister Hill, Albert Rains, James A. Simpson, John Sparkman, and Chauncey Sparks.

Dates: 1936 - 1951

Johnson Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0758
Abstract

This collection contains bills, family records, and wills of the Johnson family.

Dates: unknown

Joshua Hill Foster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0535
Abstract

Papers of a University of Alabama graduate, Baptist minister, planter, teacher (University of Alabama, 1873-1892) and president of Alabama Central Female College, 1869-1873.

Dates: 1839 - 1904

Kathrina Brown James Genealogical Notes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0742
Abstract

Genealogical information on the James family, much of it written by Mrs. James, including family documents, lineage charts, and articles about her husband, William K. E. James, a pastor in Tuscaloosa.

Dates: 1754 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1978

Lamkin Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3901
Abstract

Deed and survey from 1843 for land in North Carolina, correspondence covering family news and daily life, two family Bibles, as well as three books written by family friends

Dates: 1843 - 1990

Marr, Carson, and McCormick family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0914
Abstract

Papers relating to family of Dr. Thomas Carson McCormick and family genealogical notes.

Dates: 1814-1952

McAdory and Huey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0069
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, and ledgers written by members of the McAdory and Huey families of Bessemer, Marion, and Talladega, Alabama

Dates: 1863 - 1929

Miller Farm Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1857
Abstract

Collection contains one farm journal kept by the Millers. The journal includes tasks completed in both the AM and the PM.

Dates: 1919 - 1922

Morris E. Boss letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0078
Abstract

Thirteen letters written by Morris E. Boss and members of the Boss family of Binghamton, New York.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Patton and Steele Families genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1113
Abstract

Record of Patton and Steele families. Photocopy of a book titled the "John Bunyan Book." Records of Dr. William Patton. Ancestors and descendants of Dr. William Patton, Green County, Alabama. Patton family letters (photocopies) and the will of Alexander Steele. Documents dealing with the genealogy of the Spencer and Nicholls families.

Dates: 1759 - 1890

Peter Brannon papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0009
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.

Dates: 1900-1966

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

Sterling Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1570
Abstract

Contains notes, photograph albums, scrapbooks, notebooks, research notes, geneaology notes, family records, wills and letters on the Wood family from the 1860's-1972.

Dates: 1860-1972