Government, Law and Politics
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
History of the Alabama Democratic Party Collection
Letters, poll lists, and ephemera relating to the Democratic Party of Alabama.
Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records
This collection contains much of the business correspondence and records of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, including lists of stock holders, minutes of meetings, maps of mine sites, and correspondence with government entities.
Walter P. Billings newspaper clippings
Several newspaper clippings relating to the trial of several white men for the murder of Walter P. Billings, an African-America resident of Sumter County, Alabama, on 1 August 1874, and also a lengthy jury charge by U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ballard decrying violence used by the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations against African-Americans.
Bootlegging Court records
One ledger containing court records of cases relating to bootlegging and illegal distillery operations.
Walter Henry Crenshaw commonplace book
A copy of the Lawyers Common-Place Book, profusely annotated by Crenshaw with notes on Alabama statute and case law through 1886, and miscellaneous additional items.
L. H. Crumpler records
A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.
Letter to Henry Holman Mize
A letter to Henry Holman Mize discussing Judge James J. Mayfield of Tuscaloosa.
Charles H. Scott Papers
Letters written to Charles H. Scott and others concerning Republican party politics in Alabama.