Government, Law and Politics
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 179 Collections and/or Records:
Centreville, Alabama, City Council minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0293
Overview
City Council minutes for 1890-1891 of this Bibb County, Alabama, city.
Dates:
1890-1891
Charles W. Edwards research notes on Coffee County, Alabama
Collection
Identifier: W-0106
Overview
This collection contains research notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials compiled by Charles W. Edwards and related to his study of Coffee County. The collection also includes two drafts of his completed report, County Government and County Affairs in Coffee County Alabama.
Dates:
1925 - 1928
Chief Surgeon's General Order No. 107
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0306
Abstract
General Order No. 107 from Chief Surgeon S. Cooper's office in Richmond, Virginia, modifies an earlier order delineating medical officers' reasons for issuing medical furloughs for soldiers.
Dates:
1862 December 17
Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr., letter and biographical sketch
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0309
Overview
Letter written from Tuscaloosa in 1834, to his aunt, Mrs. Robert W. Withers of Erie, Greene County, Alabama, and a biographical sketch, author and date unknown, which includes information on Clay's political career, wedding, and friends.
Dates:
circa 1834
Henry Clay letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0310
Overview
Typescript copy of a letter written by Clay, dated 1 July 1844, from his plantation, Ashland, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Stephen F. Miller of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, commenting on the possible annexation of Texas.
Dates:
1844 July 1
Matthew William Clinton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0318
Abstract
Text of a speech on Alabama's state capitals prepared for a 1946 Daughters of the American Revolution meeting and includes a sketch of an architect's plans for improvement of the capitol grounds.
Dates:
1946
Elizabeth Clitherall letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0320
Abstract
Letter dated 30 July 1863, from Mobile, to her cousin Ann Greenough Burgwyn in North Carolina, extending sympathy on death of Burgwyn's son, Henry King Burgwyn, at Gettysburg, and expressing anti-war sentiments
Dates:
1863 July 30
B. F. Cochran papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0325
Abstract
The texts of three of Cochran's speeches and a critical essay on the significance of Athens, Greece on later republics.
Dates:
1841
Elizabeth Tyler Coleman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0335
Abstract
A miscellany of materials including genealogy, correspondence, the diary of Priscilla Cooper Tyler, daughter-in-law of President John Tyler, a journal, and Coleman's manuscript of "Priscilla Cooper Tyler and the American Scene: 1816-1889." Includes three letters from President Tyler to his son Robert.
Dates:
1776-1955
Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0339
Abstract
Various documents, including speeches, correspondence, reports, faculty newsletters, alumni magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings of this Alabama native and University of Alabama professor of Romance Languages
Dates:
1924-1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960
Wiley Coleman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0340
Abstract
1 Ledger, 2 docket books.
Dates:
1859-1871
C. J. Coley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0341
Abstract
Letters and two versions of a paper titled "Tallapoosa and Elmore Counties Litigants," read before the Alabama Historical Association, 26 April 1963, concerning a dispute over division of tax revenues generated by hydroelectric power from damming the Tallapoosa River.
Dates:
1963
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
Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau, District 10 letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0350
Overview
Letter dated 4 October 1864, from W.H.C. Price, Superintendent of the C.S.A. War Department's Nitre and Mining District 10, to P.J. Weaver, requesting his urgent cooperation in the manufacturing of nitre.
Dates:
1864 October 4
Cowin family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0364
Overview
Photocopies of the diary and essays written by John H. Cowin of Green County, Alabama covering events from 22 April through 13 November 1861 as well as a smaller diary for the month of January 1863. There is also a presidential pardon and oaths of allegiance certificates for Samuel Cowin, as well as photocopies of miscellaneous documents including Alabama tax statements from 1875 and 1877 and newspaper clippings, and a Civil War era Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army revolver. Also in the...
Dates:
1861–1921
Creek Indian Land Sales Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0371
Overview
Documents pertaining to the sale of lands belonging to Ko Yoo Quae, Alpetter Hadjo, Co Choc O Nee, Coch Che Yo Ho Lo, and Pelis-hart-ke - all Creek Indians living in Alabama between 1833 and 1841.
Dates:
1833 - 1841
Walter Henry Crenshaw commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0373
Overview
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.
Dates:
circa 1835-1886
Edward Calvin Crow correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0378
Overview
Correspondence between E. C. Crow and Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, as well as a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates:
1952
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
John M. Cullen court docket
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0382
Overview
A court room docket recording cases of this Triana, Alabama, justice of the peace.
Dates:
1827-1832
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
David Crawford letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0368
Overview
Letter dated 30 November 1829, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his wife, Caroline, in Mobile, telling her of his election as Solicitor of the First Judicial Circuit.
Dates:
1829 November 30
David Hubbard Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0709
Abstract
Letter dated 8 October 1841, from Alabama congressman David Hubbard to John M. Read, Philadelphia, concerning the late Bank of the United States and the power of Congress to grant a charter for it.
Dates:
1841-10-08
Alex Van Hoose Davies family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0402
Overview
Photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. There are also some personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, augmented with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies, as well as copies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1925-1980
Jefferson Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract
This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.
Dates:
1823-1917
John Charles Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0411
Abstract
Letters and unpublished speeches; photocopies of letters written by Joseph Lakanal, 1762-1845.
Dates:
circa 1930
James T. and Margaret R. Deas paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0419
Abstract
Probate document, dated 26 November 1864.
Dates:
1864
Jere Clemens Dennis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0428
Overview
Personal, family, and business papers of a Tallapoosa County attorney, including legal case files as well as Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alabama National Guard, and Masonic materials.
Dates:
1841-1935
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
Frank Murray Dixon papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0439
Abstract
Family correspondence, newsclippings, financial records, and photos of this Alabama governor and his family.
Dates:
1938-1981
Michael Dorman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0445
Abstract
This collection consists principally of research material used in the writing of "The George Wallace Myth." Correspondence, proposals, and the book manuscript are among them. Galley proofs of two other books, "The Second Man," an overview of the changing role of the Vice Presidency and "Stockcar Butterworth," a book about stock car racing, are also part of the collection, as are poems, most of them unpublished, and copies of several published articles.
Dates:
1968-1976
Jack Drake, Ralph Knowles, and George Dean statement
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0450
Overview
Joint statement made by Jack Drake, Ralph Knowles and George Dean relating to an alleged undercover informant/agent provocateur during student unrest in 1971(?).
Dates:
1971?
Thomas Dudley letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0452
Abstract
A letter dated 9 July 1862, to S. Price Edwards, Collector of Customs at Liverpool, regarding a gunboat (C.S.S. Alabama) being built in the yard of Mssrs. Laird. Holograph copy.
Dates:
1862 July 9
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
Samuel Earle papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0463
Overview
Correspondence dealing with Earle's tenure as a congressman representing South Carolina, and genealogical papers of Earle's grandson, Samuel M. Earle.
Dates:
1780-1907
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 Alabama Land Grants and Applications for Purchase
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0465
Overview
Applications for grants and for the purchase of land, mainly in Marengo and Washington counties in Alabama. There are also a few other legal documents pertaining to disputed applications.
Dates:
1812 - 1846
Johnnie M. Edwards paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0477
Overview
Paper titled "Inventory of Public Records in the Cherokee County Courthouse" containing an inventory of public records in the Cherokee County, Alabama, courthouse, 1882-1930.
Dates:
1980
Edwin H. Abbott papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0001
Abstract
Files relating to the "Alabama Claims" handled by this Boston attorney concerning damage inflicted by the Confederate commerce raider C.S.S. Shenandoah during the final months of the Civil War.
Dates:
circa 1873-1883
Elisha Wolsey Peck papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1120
Overview
Correspondence and financial papers of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, attorney, as well as material relating to the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1867, of which Peck was chairman.
Dates:
1837 - 1887
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
Richard V. Evans correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0496
Overview
A collection of Judge Evans' incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Dates:
1925-1952
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
Hallie Farmer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0503
Overview
Newspaper clippings and other published material by and about Dr. Farmer, including bibliographies, offprints of articles, book reviews, and other materials.
Dates:
1924-1960
Albert John Farrah manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0505
Overview
Typescript manuscripts of two textbooks (two copies of each) created by Albert John Farrah, Dean of the University of Alabama Law School from 1912 until shortly before his death in June of 1944.
Dates:
1934
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
Four Minute Men, Women's Division, Birmingham, Alabama, scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0539
Overview
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other materials about this organization, whose members gave speeches in support of World War I.
Dates:
1918 - 1919