Architecture and Landscape
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Alabama Alumni Association, Cornerstone Committee
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0018
Overview
This collection includes a committee report; a list of donors to the Crimson Pride membership drive, 1986-1987; histories of the national alumni association and local chapters; information on the rededication of Denny Chimes in 1987; newspaper clippings about coaches Ray Perkins and Paul "Bear" Bryant; and other information on the history and alumni of the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1888 - 1987
Appleton's Almanac for the Million, for the Year of our Lord, 1868 (Washington, DC: French & Richardson), 1868
Item
Dates:
1868
Audubon Place (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Historic District collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0094
Overview
A collection of information compiled in 1981 in the process of applying for historic designation for this Tuscaloosa, Alabama district. It includes historical data, newspaper clippings about houses, lists of previous owners, special features of houses, floor plans, and an historical inventory of various homes.
Dates:
1981-1985
Bert Neville collection of steamboat documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1342
Abstract
A collection of bills of lading and receipts for freight costs, passage, storage, and other documents, relating to steamboat lines, mostly within Alabama, plus some receipts from stagecoaches, warehouse and storage companies, and railroads.
Dates:
1820-1945
Hugo F. Biedermann papers
Collection — Box 5041
Identifier: MSS-0155
Abstract
The collection includes copies of patents granted Biedermann, as well as contracts and some scattered miscellaneous papers. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of projects worked on by the firm of Skinner and Biedermann, including the Anniston Army Depot and many buildings on the University of Alabama campus, including the Engineering building, Lloyd Hall, Denny Chimes, Denny Stadium, Doster Hall, Graves Hall, and others.
Dates:
circa 1940s
Roy E. Blair reports
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0170
Abstract
Reports assessing the archeological and cultural significance of various sites in Alabama.
Dates:
1978-1979
Bluff Park United Methodist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0178
Overview
A collection of financial records, membership rolls, church directories, and the floor plan of this Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates:
1978-1981
C. Robert Churchill Collection Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-001
Overview
In 1938, the University of Alabama acquired the personal library of Thomas Payne Thomson, a New Orleans businessman and bibliophile: Houses in Louisiana circa 1915.
Dates:
1913 - 1915
John H. Caldwell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0258
Overview
Business correspondence, legal papers, and reports of land agent for state of Alabama. Does not cover his entire term, 1879-1902.
Dates:
1886-1902
Alabama Hall of Fame collection on the nomination of Clarence William Daugette
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0035
Overview
Materials relating to the nomination of Clarence William Daugette (1873-1942) to the Alabama Hall of Fame. Daugette served for forty-three years as president of Jacksonville State Teachers' College.
Dates:
1954
Denny Chimes Renovation papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0429
Abstract
Materials relating to the 1986 renovation of the University of Alabama bell tower and the fund drive to purchase a new 25-bell carillon, kept by Sandee Gibson. The collection includes a fund drive notebook, photographs of the restoration and rededication, and an information pack for fundraisers.
Dates:
undated
Dr. James Anderson Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-002
Overview
This collection consists of seven photographs of the University of Alabama Centennial Pageant at the Denny Stadium.
Dates:
1931-05-11
Eugene Allen Smith Glass Negatives
Collection
Identifier: 2007-005
Overview
This collection consists of glass plate negatives depicting Eugene Allen Smith's geological survey trips; various scenes from the University of Alabama campus, building the Smith Hall, Central Iron & Coal in Holt, Alabama, and mining sites, museum artifacts, maps, pages from books, and his family.
Dates:
1861 - 1932
Eugene Allen Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1286
Overview
Contains field notes, correspondence letters, receipts, newspaper clippings, photographs, memorandum, notebooks, copy of the Crimson White (Commencement edition), and dinner guest list for E.A. Smith's 70th birthday party.
Dates:
1837-1921
Eugene Allen Smith Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-024
Abstract
This collection consist of two hundred and sixty nine photographs depicting buildings around The University of Alabama campus; Tombigbee and other river's in Alabama; trains; Eugene Allen Smith house on campus and his family; Alabama State Capitol; steamboats; University of Alabama baseball team; scene's from University of Mississippi; and scene's from Wetumka Penitentiary.
Dates:
1813 - 1927
James M. Faircloth papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0500
Overview
Includes student papers and personal papers of J. M. Faircloth, a professor of civil engineering at The University of Alabama during the years 1961 through 1969.
Dates:
1961-1969
"Origin of Fort Toulouse" essay
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0528
Overview
An essay on the history of Fort Toulouse, constructed in 1717 near Wetumpka, Alabama
Dates:
after 1900
Geological Survey of Alabama Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2007-002
Overview
This collection consists of 531 photographs documenting Alabama Geological Survey field trips and the growth of the University of Alabama campus from the 1880s through 1930s.
Dates:
1885 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1930
Ralph Hammond Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0614
Abstract
Ralph Hammond was the author of numerous books, press secretary to Alabama governor James ("Big Jim") Folsom, and poet laureate of Alabama from 1992 to 1995. This collection contains clippings, correspondence, legislative documents, recordings, photographs, negatives, poetry, memorabilia, and other items related to his activities, including a large number of materials about the Folsom administration and about antebellum mansions in Alabama.
Dates:
1815-2008
Harry Neal Eddins Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-010
Abstract
Collection consists of eighty-seven photographs of Eddins family of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Largely portraits of family members, snapshots of family and friends, and the Eddins home. Includes photographs of a young Hudson Strode and an architectural drawing of the Hendricks's home on the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1890 - 1960
W. E. Hobson, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0684
Abstract
A large collection of scrapbooks, containing twenty-nine volumes of information on the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area, one volume on historic Tuscaloosa homes, one volume of political information and two volumes on local history.
Dates:
1938-1966
The Molton Apartments, Birmingham, Alabama, Year 1913
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3717
Overview
Booklet about the Molton Apartments in Birmingham, Alabama, built in 1913, describing the apartments and their conveniences.
Dates:
1913
University of Alabama, Frank M. Moody Music Building articles
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3702
Overview
Articles covering the construction and dedication of the Frank M. Moody Music Building on the University of Alabama campus in 1987 and 1988.
Dates:
1987-1988
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Alabama Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2007-003
Abstract
This collection consists of one thousand seventy five photographs depicting street scenes in Tuscaloosa, Selma, and other cities in Alabama; portraits of famous people: Will Chambers, Augusta Evans Wilson, Margaret Zehmer Searcy, Roger Lee, Booker T. Washington, Samuel M. Stafford, George C. Wallace, Carl Elliot, Sr., Winton M. Blount, Jefferson Davis, and many others. Also collection consists of numerous images of Alabama rivers steam boats, Joe Sewell and Lou Gehrig in 1933 World Series;...
Dates:
1823 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1945
OAR Building Reports
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3923
Overview
Contains reports on and photographs of UA campus buildings that were slated for destruction.
Dates:
2012
Sarah Ann (Gayle) and William B. Crawford Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0369
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford, sister to Amelia Gayle Gorgas, and William B. Crawford.
Dates:
1833-1889
J. D. Sutter papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1372
Overview
Contains the plans, letters, lists of supplies needed, and other personal notes of J.D. Sutter, a landscape contractor in Birmingham, Alabama, from the late 1920s through the 1950s.
Dates:
1928-1961
Sydnia Keene Smyth Antebellum Architecture of Tuscaloosa Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2007-006
Overview
This collection consists of thirty-two photographs of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, antebellum architecture, taken by Sydnia Keene Smyth for her thesis in 1929.
Dates:
1929
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.016: [1006241513]
Identifier: 2009-067
Abstract
This collection consists of six photographs depicting scenes along the Hudson River.
Dates:
1913-07
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.016: [1006241513]
Identifier: 2009-063
Abstract
Six photographs of Saint Louis, Missouri.
Dates:
1913
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.031: [1006241528]
Identifier: 2009-148
Overview
This collection consists of twelve photographs depicting people engaged in an everyday activities in Nebraska.
Dates:
1940
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.010: [1006241507]
Identifier: 2009-039
Abstract
This collection consists of six photographs depicting scenes from Mexico City, Mexico.
Dates:
1910
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.012: [1006241509]
Identifier: 2009-052
Abstract
This collection consists of eighteen black and white photographs depicting scenes from San Francisco, California; Ohio River; Huntington, West Virginia, and some unknown locations.
Dates:
1920 - 1937
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.019: [1006241516]
Identifier: 2009-090
Abstract
This collection depicts buildings and monuments in Washington, District of Columbia.
Dates:
1914-08
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-177
Abstract
This collection consists of six photographs depicting scenes from rivers and Niagara Falls.
Dates:
1900 - 1909
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.025: [1006241522]
Identifier: 2009-105
Overview
This collection consists of thirty-five photographs depicting scenes from Philippines, such as Manila Harbor, lighthouse, Philippines National Bank, Manila Jockey Club, etc., and China.
Dates:
1945
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-144
Abstract
This collection consists of ninety-four photographs depicting scenes from Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Massachusetts and Canada.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.031: [1006241528]
Identifier: 2009-145
Overview
Five photographs depicting scenes from Nashville, Tennessee.
Dates:
1910
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.035: [1006241532]
Identifier: 2009-167
Abstract
This collection consists of eleven photographs depicting people and places in Ohio.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1910 - 1922
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.035: [1006241532]
Identifier: 2009-168
Overview
This collection consists of twenty-three photographs depicting scenes from Louisville, Kentucky.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.022: [1006241519]
Identifier: 2009-099
Overview
This collection consists of two photographs depicting scenes from Hartford, Connecticut.
Dates:
1913
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-017
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of seven black and white photographs depicting unidentified people outside of City Hall building in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Dates:
1917
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-026
Abstract
This collection consists of seventy-seven black and white photographs depicting scenes, mostly from Tampa, Florida; from Louisville, Kentucky, Litchfield, Illinois, Toledo, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan. Most of the people are unidentified, some are identified.
Dates:
1900 - 1923
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-025
Abstract
This collection consists of sixteen black and white photographs depicting various scenes from Jacksonville, Florida.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-016
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three black and white photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1900 - 1909
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.001: [1006241534]
Identifier: 2009-002
Abstract
This collection consists of eighty-one black and white photographs depicting scenes from Seneca, Westminster, and Charleston, South Carolina. This collection also depicts members of an unidentified family, possibly from South Carolina.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-013
Abstract
This collection consists of ten black and white photographs depicting unidentified people and places as well as scenes of Daytona Speedway, Peace Bridge at the United State and Canada border, and scenes from Wyoming.
Dates:
1920 - 1940
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.005: [1006241502]
Identifier: 2009-027
Abstract
This collection consist of ninety-six photographs people and places from Kentucky and Louisiana.
Dates:
1910 - 1936
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.015: [1006241512]
Identifier: 2009-060
Abstract
This collection consists of eighty-one photographs depicting unidentified people and scenes from Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington, New York, Wyoming, Wisconsin, California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon and England.
Dates:
1915 - 1940