Daily Life and Family
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 499 Collections and/or Records:
Edwin Hardy Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0532
Overview
Letters written by and to Foster between 1907 and 1938, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence written by Foster’s family members and members of the United States House of Representatives concerning his application to the Consular Services. There is also a small collection of letters written in German; Foster’s report cards from Male High School (1875-1881) and his first semester grades from The University of Alabama in 1882; reports cards for his brothers, Sumner B., Thomas J., Henry...
Dates:
1872-1938
Mary M. Foster fire insurance policy
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0291
Overview
A fire insurance policy dated 22 December 1881, taken out by Mary M. Foster of Clayton, Alabama, on her "frame dwelling house part one & half story & part one story, & dining room & kitchen attached, occupied by her. . . . "
Dates:
1881 December 22
William Lovelace Foster letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0538
Overview
Typescript copies of a lengthy and detailed letter from Foster during the siege of Vicksburg, to his wife, begun before communications were cut off and continued at intervals throughout the siege (June 1863) until the city's surrender to Union forces on 4 July 1863.
Dates:
1863 June 20
Francis Bugbee papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0228
Overview
Consists principally of personal correspondence from Francis Bugbee's family and close friends concerning family and personal news. as well as genealogical materials relating to the Bugbee family and many other Massachusetts and Connecticut families. There is very little business correspondence or any information concerning his years as trustee, judge, or legislator.
Dates:
1818-1879; Majority of material found within 1818 - 1820
Francis L. Constantine ledger and letter book
Collection
Identifier: W-0045
Overview
Journal includes ledger entries, transcriptions of letters, and recipes, as well as a few letters and newspaper clippings
Dates:
1866-1889
Fred and Agnes Blazek Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2599
Overview
This collection contains the correspondence of Fred and Agnes Blazek, residents of Chicago, Illinois. They discuss their romantic relationship as well as daily events happening in their lives while Fred is serving in the military and stationed in Rockford, Illinois.
Dates:
1921 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1924
Gaillard and Hurtel families papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0090
Overview
Commonplace book, letters, and other documents and items collected by these Mobile and Claiborne, Alabama, families.
Dates:
1838-1885
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
Henry Gant Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4172
Overview
Scrapbook, which covers over fifty years, focuses on the Gant family of Hiller and Brownsville, Pennsylvania, particularly on Henry Gant and his sons, Gene and Tim.
Dates:
1932-1988
James R. Garber correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0557
Overview
Personal and professional letters to and from Dr. James R. Garber
Dates:
1950-1955
Garner Family scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0559
Overview
A scrapbook of local news and events compiled by Mrs. J. T. Garner of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
after 1892
Thomas Henry Garner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0560
Overview
Correspondence, postcards, invitations, and other items, including letters (1887-1892) from Alston Fitts while he was in Europe.
Dates:
1887-?1913
Garner family letters
Collection
Identifier: W-0030
Overview
Typed transcripts of correspondence written by the extended Garner family between 1832 and 1886.
Dates:
1832-1886
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 Nichols Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-035
Overview
This collection consists of black and white photographs depicting the life of George Nichols as a student at the University of Alabama and some years after his graduation.
Dates:
1940 - 1959
George O. Baker and Joseph M. Baker papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0066
Overview
Correspondence, ledgers, and other papers of Selma, Alabama, businessmen, George O. Baker, his son, Joseph M. Baker, and their various companies and businesses.
Dates:
1886 - 1898
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
Guy Gilliland papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0570
Overview
Letters between Gilliland and his sweetheart (later wife) Josie, church materials from Trinity United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, greeting cards, and photographs
Dates:
1909-1981
Eddy Lanier King Gilmore papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0572
Overview
Compositions, scrapbooks, correspondence, and clippings of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Eddy Lanier King Gilmore, of Selma, Alabama, and his Russian-born wife, Tamara Kolb-Chernashovaya, a ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet. The bulk of material is from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Dates:
circa 1940 - 1967
Letter to Glady and Gordon
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2951
Overview
A letter to Glady and Gordon from their mother in Columbus, Wisconsin about Bob, who plans to enlist after graduation.
Dates:
1945 April 29
Ruth Bealle Glass Memory Book and UA Athletic Association membership ticket
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3868
Overview
The Ruth Bealle Glass Memory Book is from Glass's senior year at Tuscaloosa High School and includes notes from classmates and faculty, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, invitations, programs, and other mementos.
Dates:
1926 - 1927
Louisa Goffe letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0576
Overview
Letter dated 28 April 1837, from Tuscaloosa, to her sister, Mary Wyckoff, discussing Louisa's move to Tuscaloosa, the failure of her husband to visit Mary while in New York, and fashions.
Dates:
1837 April 28
James Lockhart Goodloe letterbook
Collection
Identifier: W-0089
Overview
Contains one letterbook, which includes the autobiography of James Lockhart Goodloe, a Tennessee lawyer.
Dates:
1876
Goodloe, Lane, Pride, Barton and Rutland Families Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0838
Overview
Correspondence, receipts, photographs, sheet music, and genealogies of the Goodloe family and several branches of the family.
Dates:
1833 - 1909
Walter Goodman letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2508
Overview
This collection contains letters from Walter Goodman in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to his sweetheart, Corinne Acklen, in Huntsville, Alabama, with hopes to see her soon.
Dates:
1858-1859
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
Eliza Williams Chotard Gould memoirs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0582
Overview
Two typescript copies of an 1868 memoirs written by early Tuscaloosa resident of French ancestry, whose family were Natchez, Mississippi pioneers.
Dates:
1868
J. B. Grayson letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0587
Overview
Letter written by Grayson on 22 March 1880 in Demopolis, Alabama, to Belmont Perry in Woodbury, New Jersey.
Dates:
1880 March 22
Reminiscence of Julius C. Greene
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0595
Overview
Photocopy of a typescript copy of an essay by the descendant of the early settlers of Jefferson County, Alabama.
Dates:
after 1904
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
Frank L. Grove reminiscence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0600
Overview
Typescript reminiscences of the years when he was a "paying guest" at Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce's house.
Dates:
after 1917
H. C. Harris letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0639
Overview
Letter dated 2 November 1862, from Camp Forney, near Mobile, to his sister in Livingston, Alabama, discussing going into winter quarters, decrying the army and the plight of the common soldier, and vehemently expressing his wish for a substitute to take his place in the army during the Civil War.
Dates:
1862 November 2
Wiley Hagler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0607
Overview
Correspondence, school papers, clippings, and photographs.
Dates:
1901-1972
Edward Hall letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0609
Overview
Business letters to Addin Lewis in New Haven, Connecticut, from Hall in Mobile, Alabama, 10 March and 15 April 1837 and 17 August 1840.
Dates:
1837, 1840
Mrs. Oscar Hall scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0611
Overview
Scrapbook created by Birmingham, Alabama, resident containing clippings and other items related to World War I, particularly Birmingham soldiers and sailors.
Dates:
1918-1919
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
Peter Joseph Hamilton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0613
Overview
Biographical documents concerning Peter Joseph Hamilton.
Dates:
1832 - 1900
Rachel Duke Hamilton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0455
Overview
A photocopy of a typed draft of the manuscript of a biography of Judge Peter J. Hamilton written by his youngest daughter, Rachel Duke Hamilton Cannon (sometimes noted as Rachel-Duke).
Dates:
circa 1950
W. A. Handley letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0618
Overview
Letter written to the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of his term as a member of the House.
Dates:
1871 March 8
Marvin P. Harper papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0632
Abstract
A variety of documents covering: slave ownership documents concerning crimes and deaths; Farrah Law Society plaque; UA football picture from 1920s; Church programs; Stamps; Daughters of the Confederacy minutes. McCall diploma, 1879; and Kennedy family papers.
Dates:
1875-1930
Harriet Anna Kennedy papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0117
Overview
Notebook of poems written by Harriet Anna Kennedy between 1863-1864. A letter and a small collection of later poems written by Kennedy and members of her extended family are also included.
Dates:
1863 - 1903
Crittenden Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0638
Overview
Receipts from Greensboro, Alabama, stores and notes concerning the opening of the local telephone company in Greensboro in 1909.
Dates:
1909, 1949
Harris family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0640
Overview
Includes typewritten copies of letters written between James William and Robert Harris, both serving in the Confederate States Army, and their family in Marengo County, Alabama.
Dates:
1861
Jephta Harrison letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0646
Overview
Letters to Harrison's father and brother.
Dates:
1822-1847
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
Hattie R. Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3862
Overview
The collection contains two letters from Hattie R. in Illinois, to her friend Georgia giving news of daily life, recipes, and teaching.
Dates:
1888
Ralph Murray Havens papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0650
Overview
Diaries, letters, and other papers related to Havens's service in the European Theater of Operations, 1944-1945.
Dates:
1943-1946
William C. Hayne letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0652
Overview
Letter from William C. Hayne of Charleston, South Carolina, to Lewis Bristol of New Haven, Connecticut, discussing immigrating to Alabama.
Dates:
1837 February 3
Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0313
Abstract
The personal, legal, military, and administrative papers, of this Alabama politician, Confederate general, and University of Alabama president.
Dates:
1840-1925