Community and Place

Collection consists of Bishop and Harry’s family, a family friend’s photographs, and some unidentified photographs.

Charter of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, branch of this international service organization

Over 140 original plans of train stations from the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries, primarily on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Most are in ink on waxed architect's paper and are variously sized.

Materials related to Bicentennial celebrations throughout America and pamphlets concerning the American Revolution.

Contains manuscript of American Society textbook written by Lee Bidgood in 1918.

Personal and business correspondence, class notes, and financial records of attorney and politician, Andrew Coleman Hargrove of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

This collection consists of a photocopy of a church record book, which contains a register of pastors (1913-1987), marriages (1889-1936), infant baptisms (1924-1988), and members.

Photocopies of Sidney Z. Mitchell's correspondence, articles relating to his career, and other biographical information. It also includes Jordan family deeds, photographs taken at Ann Jordan Farm, legal documents and correspondence relating to the Jordan Family Cemetery, articles about Ann Jordan Farm and Jordan Dam, and furniture catalogs and floor plans.

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.

Recollections of Bankston School by individuals connected to this school located in Fayette County, Alabama, which opened in 1906 and closed in the mid 1970s, detailing the history of the school's building, school activities, teachers, and principals.

A paper titled "History of Fairview Presbyterian Church from Organization to Present Date (April 23, 1889)," that includes lists of pastors, members, and elders of this Presbyterian Church in Perry County, Alabama, 1823-1889.

Petition dated 23 March 1898 from citizens of "Beat 15," which included Montgomery and Crenshaw Counties, to the Board of Revenue, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. The petition requests the construction of a road to be called the "Grady Road."

Letter and photographs relating to Harvey Beeson’s ancestors in Michigan, August 1939.

Two deeds recording the conveyance of land in Montgomery County, Alabama, by Nimrod E. Benson to George Whitman, 19 February 1830 and 2 April 1832.

Land contract dated 29 July 1834, at White Plains, Benton (later Calhoun) County, Alabama.

Letter dated 31 January 1846, from Montgomery, Alabama, to A. Jackson at Mayhew [Mississippi?] on news of Montgomery being voted the state capital and the subsequent celebration.

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.

Collection of items relating to this club from Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, including programs, press releases, clippings, etc.

Part of the program and text of the 1940 annual banquet of the Birmingham Real Estate Board, held on 16 January 1941.

Reports assessing the archeological and cultural significance of various sites in Alabama.

A Cultural Resources Report by Blitz on the archaeological significance of the proposed site for a poultry processing plant in Cullman County, Alabama.

This collection consists of nine photographs of Italian - Americans living in Blocton, Alabama. Photographs were used in the fall 1986 Alabama Heritage article.

Photocopies of records, including board meeting minutes, the covenant, rules of decorum, lists of members, of members received, and resolutions by this Caledonia, Mississippi church.

Lists of members, pastors, marriages, baptisms, and deceased members, as well as church directories of this Methodist church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Diary, travel journals, and account book of Richard Edwin Branscomb (1902-1980), Methodist Minister from Guin, Alabama, and Condensed Minute Book for Presiding Elders of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church belonging to Branscomb’s father, Lewis Capers Branscomb (1865-1930).

Records of this African Methodist Episcopal church in Burnsville, Alabama, from 1924-1973.

Ledger recording purchases by customers at this general store in Eutaw, Green County, Alabama.

The minutes, agenda, newspaper clippings, membership directories, and miscellaneous papers of this Brookwood, Alabama senior citizens organization.

Ledgers and daybooks of this Catherine, Wilcox County, Alabama, country store, reflecting the economic and social conditions of this rural community from 1911 to 1936

Letter from Bryson, dated 12 March 1891, from Huntsville, Alabama, to the Rev. A. A. E. Taylor, St. Louis, Missouri, inviting him to visit Huntsville and discussing the inauguration of a Mr. Briggs

Miscellaneous papers related to Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama, including the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Centennial program, 1937, the 50th anniversary booklet of the Tuesday Study Club, 1964, a Bible Study schedule for 1913, and clippings and photos related to Pickens County landmarks.

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.

A 1992 list of names found on gravestones in this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, cemetery.

This collection consists of seven photographs of men on a camping trip.

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.

The records of a general store in Berry, Fayette County, Alabama, including correspondence, mortgages, invoices, orders, etc.

Papers submitted for credit in University of Alabama course EXT318 “Cemeteries and Local History,” a course in the New College Life Track. The focus of the papers is on cemeteries as reflecting the history of a locale and may examine burial patterns, customs, ornamentation, or simply be an inventory of interments.

City Council minutes for 1890-1891 of this Bibb County, Alabama, city.

Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.

Black and white photographs taken by Charles Scott and exhibited at the World's Fair in New York, 1936. Scenes of rural people and life, New York City and Jersey City, and industrial scenes in the northeastern United States.

A ledger from a dry goods store in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, containing receipts from various firms and individuals for monies received for accounts, shipping by steamer, etc.

A letter written by Coleman, dated 22 February 1842, from Athens, Alabama, to John H. Cocke, of Winnsville, Fluvanna County, Virginia. Discusses local temperance activities, the celebration of Washington's birthday, and family health.

A collection of tax receipts, bills for drygoods items, indenture contracts, and miscellaneous papers.

Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.

Collection contains materials relating mainly to Dr. Edward Augustus Cook’s medical practice in Kirk’s Grove, Cherokee County, Alabama including account ledgers, daybooks, register of births and deaths, correspondence, and a photograph.

Scrapbook documenting the history of the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Home Demonstration Club and includes photos, newspaper clippings, and club documents.

Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham

A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.

Collection of meeting minutes and membership lists, 1887-1933, for this Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama, church.