Religion and Spirituality
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:
Hillel Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0672
Overview
Records, mostly correspondence of Rabbi Henry A. Fischel (1948-1956), relating to the activities of the Hillel Foundation and its role in student life at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1944 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1956
"Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian Church in Tuskaloosa, Alabama."
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0676
Overview
A paper titled "Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian Church in Tuskaloosa, Alabama." It includes lists of pastors, elders, and deacons, 1820-79.
Dates:
1901
J. Wheaton Smith Letter, 1855 January 10
File — Box 4257.001: [1006214226], Folder: 34
Scope and Contents
A "form letter" written by J. Wheaton Smith on behalf of the Pennsylvania Baptist Convention of 1855, reporting on the large number of baptisms and finishes by requesting contributions.
Dates:
1855 January 10
James Hillhouse Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0673
Abstract
A letter from the minister of the Greensboro Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, Alabama, to an unidentified recipient discussing Hillhouse's wishes for the Presbyterians to reform the Catholic Church.
Dates:
1835-04
John Collier Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0536
Overview
A sizeable collection of church correspondence, sermons, and other religious materials, and family correspondence and other personal items of this farmer and Southern Baptist minister in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1841-1892; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1892
Andrew McClure Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0070
Overview
Patent documents, newspaper clippings, and other papers of Andrew McClure Jones.
Dates:
1879-1892
Joshua Hill Foster Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0535
Overview
Papers of a University of Alabama graduate, Baptist minister, planter, teacher (University of Alabama, 1873-1892) and president of Alabama Central Female College, 1869-1873.
Dates:
1839 - 1904
Kennedy Baptist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3886
Overview
Photocopies of the records of this Kennedy, Alabama, Baptist church, including business meeting notes, budget notes, and records of daily church activities
Dates:
1981-1985
Little Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0863
Abstract
A collection of papers of a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, family, including some correspondence, financial papers, clippings, and sketches.
Dates:
1857 - 1950
Methodist Episcopal Church, Uniontown, Ala., church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0302
Overview
Membership registers, a ledger of church giving, and minutes and records of the Woman's Missionary Society of this Methodist church in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama, from 1869 to 1966
Dates:
1869-1966
Thomas Morrow Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3904
Overview
Letter from Morrow to William Mitchell discussing a quarrel between the two and a typewritten tract by Morrow addressed to the Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, outlining ten grievances he has against it
Dates:
1849 February 12
Newbern (Ala.) Methodist Church membership register
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1045
Overview
The signatures of the members of this Methodist Church in Newbern, Perry County, Alabama, in 1950
Dates:
1950
Newbern Circuit, Alabama Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, church registers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1044
Overview
A register of members of several churches in this Perry County, Alabama, circuit and minutes of quarterly conferences. The collection includes records pertaining to Newbern, Craig's Chapel, Flatwoods, Hamburg, Mt. Carmel, Wesley's Chapel, and Scott's Station churches.
Dates:
1858-1951
Samuel Richmond Caffee Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2114
Abstract
Diary (and photocopies) and other documents written by Samuel Richmond Caffee, physician and founding member of Avondale Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. There are also documents written by others about Dr. Caffee.
Dates:
1858-1977
James McClung Sieg Congo mission journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3745
Overview
Journal kept by Presbyterian missionary to Africa in 1907-1908.
Dates:
1907-1910
Eldred Burder Teague papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1390
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of the religious compositions of an 1840 graduate of the University of Alabama who became a prominent Baptist minister.
Dates:
1844-1883
Stanley Thrasher paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1406
Abstract
A paper written by Stanley Thrasher for a University of Alabama class in American Folklore. The paper relates the history of the Thrasher Brothers gospel music group, of which the author was a member.
Dates:
1979
Uniontown Methodist Church Women's Missionary Society records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1465
Abstract
This collection consists of a ledger containing meeting minutes, membership rolls, dues, and etc., for the early 1880s. It also contains a copy of an inspirational talk on missions and a photocopy of a history of the Women's Missionary Society.
Dates:
1880-1940; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1885
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.010: [1006241507]
Identifier: 2009-043
Abstract
This collection consists of three black and white photographs depicting monks at an unidentified monastery.
Dates:
1910
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.029: [1006241526]
Identifier: 2009-126
Abstract
This collection consists of three photographs depicting nuns.
Dates:
1920
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box 2009001.019: [1006241516]
Identifier: 2009-095
Abstract
This collection consists of nine photographs depicting religious noon services at the L&N train station in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dates:
1952 - 1954
William A. Stickney diary
Collection
Identifier: W-0057
Overview
Diary of Episcopal minister William A. Stickney contains entries dated from 1841-1847. The diary documents Stickney's life as a college student at LaGrange College in Franklin County, Alabama, the University of Alabama, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Entries provide information about Stickney's daily life, as well as descriptions of religious services he attended and led, and a description of his personal devotions.
Dates:
1841-1847
William R. Cole Letter, 1833 March 12
File — Box 4257.004: [1006214229], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Letter from William R. Cole of Wilmington, Ohio, to M. Winany of Greene City, Ohio, discussing religious issues as well as a situation between two men within the church. He explains that a committee was formed and both men were found to be in the wrong.
Dates:
1833 March 12
Wright, Cotten, and Douglass Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1583
Abstract
This collection contains diaries, correspondence, and other materials related to four generations of this Tennessee/Alabama family.
Dates:
1798-1990
J. W. Young Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4134
Overview
Letter from Alabama cotton grower to his cousin, a doctor in North Carolina
Dates:
1835 May 18