Community and Place
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 405 Collections and/or Records:
John J. Coleman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0338
Abstract
A collection of tax receipts, bills for drygoods items, indenture contracts, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1825-1849
Collective Protection documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0344
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1941-1945
Collins family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0346
Abstract
Photocopies of letters written by various family members, primarily James S. Collins, Martha Louvenia Smyth Collins (Mrs. James S. Collins – second wife of James S.), James “Jim” Madison Collins, Lake Huron Collins Madison, Martin Lomax “Max” Collins, Irene (Mrs. Lomax Collins) and Purser Collins. There are also photocopies of the birth, marriage, and death pages from several family Bibles as well as copies of typed and handwritten pages of genealogical data and obituaries clipped from...
Dates:
1875–1990
Dr. Edward Augustus Cook collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0354
Overview
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.
Dates:
1882 - 1920
County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0362
Overview
Scrapbook documenting the history of the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Home Demonstration Club and includes photos, newspaper clippings, and club documents.
Dates:
1911
Cruikshank family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0379
Overview
Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham
Dates:
1848-1909
L. H. Crumpler records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0380
Overview
A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.
Dates:
1892-1909
Cubahatchie Baptist Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0381
Overview
Collection of meeting minutes and membership lists, 1887-1933, for this Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama, church.
Dates:
1887-1933
Cuban postcards
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3695
Overview
Postcards depicting scenes in Cuba in the early twentieth century.
Dates:
circa 1910-1920
Carey B. Oakley Cultural Resource Reconnaissance reports
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0383
Overview
Twenty-three reports assessing the cultural and archeological significance of various Alabama sites, 1976-1979.
Dates:
1976-1979
Minutes of the Talladega Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898-1899
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0384
Overview
Photocopy of a record book including the minutes, rolls, and mission reports of this Talladega church
Dates:
1891-1899
John Cuthbert letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0389
Overview
Letter, written by John A. Cuthbert from San Souci, Mobile Bay, Alabama, on 29 June 1848 to Governor Reuben Chapman of Alabama, urging the appointment of William R. King to fill a vacant seat in the United States Senate.
Dates:
1848 June 29
Dadeville, Alabama, Chancery Court records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0390
Overview
Ledger containing records of the Chancery Court at Dadeville, Alabama (the 17th District of the Middle Division of the State of Alabama), from February 1842 to May 1848.
Dates:
1842-1848
Dallas County, Alabama, Treasurer records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0391
Overview
One ledger containing the treasurer’s records pertaining to taxes and other fines and fees paid in Dallas County, Alabama from 1868 to 1873.
Dates:
1868-1873
Dan T. Carter Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2009-092
Overview
This collection consists of forty-five photographs depicting former Alabama Governor George Wallace, Jr. used by Dan T. Carter in his book "The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, The Origins of The New Conservatism and The Transformation of American Politics" 1995. Images of the various stages of Wallace's life, his family, and his wife, Lurleen. Many are official photographs released from the Governor's office.
Dates:
1918 - 1974
Daughters of the American Colonists, Colonel George Reade Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2654
Overview
Eleven scrapbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama,women's organization, covering the beginning years of organization (1956-1960) through 1998.
Dates:
1956-1998
Jerry A. Davis, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0405
Abstract
Letters, newspaper clippings, event programs, photographs, and other items reflecting the personal interests of their compiler during his high school and undergraduate years.
Dates:
1973-1988; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1988
Edgar G. Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0410
Abstract
A letter testamentary to Edgar G. Dawson, naming him executor of the estate of William Eliza Terrell, June 3, 1867, one to “My darling,” June 4, 1885 written while on a trip to Italy, and the plantation book for “Ravenswood,” January 1869-January 1, 1873.
Dates:
1867-1885
Dayton Female Institute announcement
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0415
Abstract
An 1867 announcement containing information for students of this Dayton, Alabama girls school overseen by the Rev. J.F. Tarrant and his wife.
Dates:
1867
Elbert Deains deed
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0416
Abstract
A document dated 26 July 1849, recording the gift of one acre of land to the town of Pine Grove in Pike County, Alabama.
Dates:
1849 July 26
W.E. Dearman paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0418
Abstract
Typescript copy of Judge W.E. Dearman's "The Town of Gaston, Alabama," a history of Gaston, an abandoned town in Sumter County, Alabama.
Dates:
undated
J. W. Dennis journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0427
Abstract
The accounts for a drug store in Carlowville, Dallas County, Alabama, 1867-68, including records of customers' purchases and amounts paid and owed.
Dates:
1867-1868
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
Dexter and Abbot letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0434
Abstract
A letter dated 6 May 1848 to Mssrs. Mason and Lawrence, Boston, regarding cotton sales.
Dates:
1848 May 6
H.B. Dugger scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0453
Overview
A scrapbook of essays and poems clipped from Civil War era newspapers.
Dates:
1865-1869
J. M. Duncan papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0456
Abstract
A collection of correspondence, financial papers, and artifacts belonging to this Blocton, Alabama, resident.
Dates:
1894-1932
Floyd R. Dunn papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0459
Overview
Letters and photographs from the governors of the 50 United States providing general information about each state, including each state’s government (number of state senators and representatives), the state flower, bird, and tree, and the population according to the United States Census of 1970
Dates:
1971
Harold Dunn paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0460
Overview
Paper by Dunn entitled "The Annual Miss Winterboro High School Beauty Pageant and its Significance to the Community."
Dates:
1991 April 8
Dunn's Creek Baptist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0458
Overview
Records of members, deeds to church land, enrollments and dismissals, deaths, and expenses of this Baptist church in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Dates:
1834-1979
Early Alabama documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0464
Overview
Documents from the mid nineteenth century, including store and tax receipts, court orders, letters, property appraisals, etc., from Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, mainly pertaining to West Alabama
Dates:
1844-1887
Early Educational Institutions in the South
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0466
Overview
Tuition receipts, a printed announcement, and a clipping, from several schools, primarily in Alabama.
Dates:
1844-1879
Old Ebenezer Church history
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0468
Overview
Paper providing a brief history of the church and its founders. Also includes a list of members and description of church teachings.
Dates:
1909
Echola School papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0470
Overview
Photocopies of attendance and tuition records, as well as a short history of the school written by one of its teachers.
Dates:
1883-1976
Elmore County, Alabama, Jury Board ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0483
Overview
Ledger kept by the Elmore County, Alabama Jury Board from 1931 to 1935.
Dates:
1931-1935
Estes Embroidery Circle records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0491
Overview
Letters, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, photos, scrapbooks, and diaries of members of this social club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dates:
1928-1996
Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, account book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0495
Overview
A ledger detailing accounts of a dry goods store in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama between 1922 and 1924.
Dates:
1922-1924
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
Ezell Store ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0498
Abstract
Record book for store located in either Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama, or Mobile, Alabama.
Dates:
1879-1910
John Henry Faber papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0499
Overview
Photocopies of reports and biographical sketches written by John Henry Faber after his retirement from the Eastman Kodak Company, as well as a section on early Alabama television.
Dates:
1933 - 1988
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0501
Overview
Documents related to this single tax colony settled in 1894 in Baldwin County, Alabama, by reformers from Des Moines, Iowa.
Dates:
1950-1960
John Falconer deed
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0502
Overview
A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, from John Falconer to Jonathan Mayhew, in 1823
Dates:
1823 May 3
Farm Security Administration Photographs
Collection — Box 1: [1006235609]
Identifier: 2009-093
Overview
The collection consists of eighty copy photographs. Originals were taken by the Farm Security Administration's photographers of Alabama agriculture and industry during the Depression. Primarily images of white and African American sharecropper families and homes, churches, schools, and farm scenes. Photographs were taken around Moundville, Eutaw, Selma, Scottsboro, Greensboro, and Birmingham, Alabama.
Originals are stored at the Library of Congress.
Dates:
1930 - 1942
City of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0509
Overview
Letters created and received by the city of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, mainly relating to routine matters in this small town, including city maintenance concerns.
Dates:
1927-1933
First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0517
Overview
List of pastors, rules of decorum, the church covenant, and baptism lists, 1838-1904. It also includes an article, "Chronicles of the First Baptist Church," by Tom Garner, clerk.
Dates:
1818-1927
First Mortgage Company, Inc., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Annual Report
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4032
Overview
Annual report for 1959 of the First Mortgage Company, Inc., of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
circa 1959
First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0518
Overview
Contains record books, 1820-1948; list of baptisms, 1845-1894; Board of Trustees record books, 1838-1911; Board of Deacons minute book, 1886-1888; and miscellaneous other documents for this Tuscaloosa, Alabama church.
Dates:
1820-1948
Flight of Doodle! broadside
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3710
Overview
Small broadside of the 14-verse poem, Flight of Doodle! about the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), with each Confederate state's performance in the battle making up a stanza.
Dates:
1862
William Baker Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers University of Alabama materials
Collection — Box 2339
Identifier: MSS-0523
Overview
Items relating to Walter Flowers and Jennie Shaw Flowers as students at the University of Alabama, including commencement programs, SGA and WSGA ribbons, Triangle ribbon, library card, and invitation to a dance
Dates:
1943-1946
Folder 1, 1940s, 1943 January 13, 1963 and 1990s
File — Box 5276: Series Box 5276 [1006241616], Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Abstract
Zell George Herman as a young man in uniform, with his wife; photo of Jeb Lee Lawson, and Zell and his wife as an elderly couple; Zell and his wife as an elderly couple and young woman name Macky.
Dates:
1940s, 1943 January 13, 1963 and 1990s
Folder 10, 1921
File — Box 1: [1006235666], Folder: folder 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A collection of genealogical records.
Dates:
1921