Community and Place
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 405 Collections and/or Records:
Folder 44
File — Box 76: [1006213229], Folder: 44
Identifier: Folder 44
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting shoe store, family homes, school children, and family Christmas dinner.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 46
File — Box 76: [1006213229], Folder: 46
Identifier: Folder 46
Scope and Contents note
Photographs are depicting school children, family portraits, and other unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 47
File — Box 76: [1006213229], Folder: 47
Identifier: Folder 47
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 48
File — Box 76: [1006213229], Folder: 48
Identifier: Folder 48
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting aerial view of Wallace, Idaho, a grocery store, and unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 49
File — Box 77: [1006213230], Folder: 49
Identifier: Folder 49
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting portraits of unidentified people, grocery store, family picnics, and a farm.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 5, 1950s
File — Box 5276: Series Box 5276 [1006241616], Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Abstract
Images of Zell's family on vacation in Florida.
Dates:
1950s
Folder 50
File — Box 77: [1006213230], Folder: 50
Identifier: Folder 50
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting portraits of unidentified people, a saw mill, and court house in Fort Worth, Texas.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 51
File — Box 77: [1006213230], Folder: 51
Identifier: Folder 51
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people, and places.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 52
File — Box 77: [1006213230], Folder: 52
Identifier: Folder 52
Scope and Contents note
Photographs are depicting framers, outdoor scenes, teachers, and other unidentified places.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 53
File — Box 77: [1006213230], Folder: 53
Identifier: Folder 53
Scope and Contents note
Photographs are depicting a river dam, construction are, unidentified families, and a school building.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 6, 1950s
File — Box 5276: Series Box 5276 [1006241616], Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Abstract
Images of Zell's family in Florida on vacation.
Dates:
1950s
Folder 7, 1950s
File — Box 5276: Series Box 5276 [1006241616], Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Abstract
Images of Zell and Mac's wedding photographs, family and friends.
Dates:
1950s
Folder 8, 1990s
File — Box 5276: Series Box 5276 [1006241616], Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Abstract
Images of Zell Hermann and his wife Mac as an elderly couple, their family, and cemetery scenes.
Dates:
1990s
Folder 8, 1880, 1920
File — Box 6247: [1006235561], Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Overview
Photographs of Tanglewood Plantation, and unidentified people.
Dates:
1880, 1920
Folder 9, 1919 - 1920
File — Box 1: [1006235666], Folder: folder 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A collection of genealogical records.
Dates:
1919 - 1920
Folder 9, 1950s
File — Box 5276: Series Box 5276 [1006241616], Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Abstract
Zell and Mac and their family and friends.
Dates:
1950s
"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
Virginia Oden Foscue Alabama place-name essay collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0529
Overview
Twenty-four essays (including one doctoral dissertation and three master’s theses) on Alabama place-names written by students of Virginia O. Foscue, who was a Professor of English at the University of Alabama from 1963 to 1993.
Dates:
1959-1984
Henry B. Foster deed
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0534
Overview
Warranty deed for property in Alabama given by Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Foster to Mrs. Sallie H. Hester
Dates:
1901 February 28
Franklin Collier Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-033
Overview
This collection consists of 176 photographs depicting road construction in Alabama.
Dates:
1940 - 1959
Gaines Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0550
Overview
Correspondence, legal and business documents relating to the Gaines family, most of it from Mobile, Choctaw, and Jefferson Counties, Alabama.
Dates:
1824-1949
Mrs. John S. Gandy paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0556
Overview
Paper by Gandy titled "History of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Gordo, Alabama, 1838-1938." It actually covers the church's history through 1957 and includes lists of members and pastors.
Dates:
1954
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
George and Eleanor Bridges Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0210
Overview
Letters written to George and Eleanor Bridges, of Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama, and others written by George. There are also newspaper clippings, miscellaneous items and four journals.
Dates:
1932-1965
George H. Thompson plantation records
Collection
Identifier: W-0073
Overview
Ledger documenting the expenses of Russell County, Alabama, planter George H. Thompson.
Dates:
1855 - 1874
Georgia Census 1850 and 1860
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0566
Abstract
Handwritten census records for counties in Georgia. Contains information on numbers of slaves, acres of improved and unimproved land, and value of farms. Summary information provided for some counties. Counties included (1850): Elbert, Franklin, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Greene, Gordon, Hall, Harris, Heard, Henry, and Houston. Counties included (1860): Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Glynn, Gordon, Hall, Harrid, Heard, Houston, Lowndes, and Montgomery.
Dates:
unknown
Louis Gerstman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0567
Overview
Papers of this Selma, Dallas County, Alabama insurance agent and manager of the Edwards Opera House and the Academy of Music, 1879-1896.
Dates:
1879-1896
Marie Giles letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0569
Overview
Letter dated 8 August 1864 to her cousin, a soldier in the Confederate Army, discussing interruptions in railroad service, provisions for the army, and poor people at home.
Dates:
1864 August 8
Samuel S. Goodman hotel ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0578
Overview
Guest register from 11 July 1889 through 31 January 1890 of this Scottsville, Virginia, hotel.
Dates:
1889-1890
Gorgas Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-014
Abstract
Collection consists of forty-nine photographs of William Crawford Gorgas (1854 - 1920) family, son of Josiah and Amelia Gayle Gorgas. Collection includes formal portraits of William Crawford Gorgas from infancy to adulthood, wife Marie, daughter Aileen and her children, Amelia Gayle Gorgas, friends of the Gorgas family, and interior and exterior scenes of the Gorgas homes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Cuba and Panama. Collection also includes a portrait photograph entitled "Hood's Children" that...
Dates:
1854 - 1920
Joseph B. Graham papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0585
Overview
Correspondence of this delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1901 as well as printed reports from the Convention.
Dates:
1901
Greene County Union Female Institute, Minutes of the meeting of Citizens of Daniel's Prairie, to... establish the female institute at Burton's Hill
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0394
Overview
Typescript copy of the minutes of a meeting to establish a female academy at Burton's Hill, Alabama, and the school's constitution and amendments.
Dates:
1836
Greene Springs School records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0592
Overview
Ledger of standings, studies, and absences of the students from 1847 through 1870 as well as an honor roll of the Humanitarian Society of this Hale County, Alabama, school.
Dates:
1847-1884
Bird Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0596
Overview
Personal papers, mostly involving the activities of this Perry County farmer and justice of the peace.
Dates:
1805-1885
Vernon Grosse collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0599
Overview
Collection of pre- and post- Civil War letters and genealogies (all photocopies), as well as minutes for the New River Baptist Church, in Fayette County, Alabama, from 1826-1911.
Dates:
1801-1911
Alex Gunn ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0603
Overview
Account and invoice ledgers of Alex Gunn's Thomasville, Clarke County, Alabama store from 1909 to 1914.
Dates:
1909-1914
Gurley, Madison County, Alabama, Board of Aldermen meeting minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0604
Overview
Minutes of the Board of Alderman, Gurley, Madison County, Alabama from 16 December 1913 through 8 October 1920
Dates:
1913-1920
Guy Ward Hubbs Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0711
Abstract
Includes the manuscripts of two books by Guy Ward Hubbs, who received his doctorate from the University of Alabama. The works include Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: An Illustrated History and Rowdy Tales From Early Alabama
Dates:
1981 - 1987
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.031: [1006241528]
Identifier: 2009-146
Overview
Thirteen photographs depicting scenes of everyday activities in various places.
Dates:
1900 - 1930
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-022
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of five photographs depicting unidentified people in Kentucky.
Dates:
1900s
Mary M. Hallowell letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0612
Overview
Letters written to Mary Hallowell from various government officials in Washington, DC, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, regarding her request for help for "refugees" from Tennessee during and immediately after the Civil War. These refugees were Tennessee residents who had remained loyal to the Union and had moved farther north during the War.
Dates:
1864-1865
George W. Hamner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0615
Overview
Contains notebooks kept by this Montgomery, Alabama, resident on natural and civic historical topics.
Dates:
1815-1870
W. F. Hanby pension application
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0616
Overview
Application, dated 8 July 1907, filed in Jefferson County, Alabama, for a Confederate veterans' pension.
Dates:
1907 July 8
Archimedes Hank petition and letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0619
Overview
Petition to Alabama Governor Clement Comer Clay from the citizens of Morgan County, Alabama, on behalf of Archimedes Hank, to repeal or reduce penalty for forfeiture of bond for failure to appear in court.
Dates:
1836
A. B. Hanson records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0623
Overview
Letterbook from 12 March to 15 May 1888, other correspondence and cases, a ledger labeled "pleadings" between 18 July 1888 to 26 February 1891 containing general correspondence and cases, and other miscellaneous material from 1888.
Dates:
1888-1891
Jere Haralson letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0625
Overview
Letter written in 1876 by African American member of Congress from Alabama to the United States Centennial Commission in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, requesting an additional invitation for his wife to attend the opening of the Centennial International Exhibition of Industry.
Dates:
1876 April 27
Sampson W. Harris letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0642
Overview
Letters from Senator Sampson W. Harris of Alabama, dating from 1848 to 1857, written from Washington, DC, to the Congressional Globe and to the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable J.C. Dobbin.
Dates:
1848-1857
W. Stuart Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0643
Overview
Papers and manuscript drafts of this Alabama author.
Dates:
Unknown
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
Hendrix Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-019
Overview
This collection consists of twenty-four photographs showing railroad workers using heavy equipment built by American Hoist & Derrick Company and groups of people from various counties in Alabama.
Dates:
1905 - 1909