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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, 1919 - 1954

 File — Box 5275: Series Box 5275 [1006100292], Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Abstract Images of Zell George Hermann as a baby,August 20, 1919; family members (Betty Rose, Johnny Shores, Curtis Steel Lawson); Curtis Steel Lawson.
Dates: 1919 - 1954