Religion and Spirituality
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
Hopewell Baptist Church Historical Information
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0702
Abstract
A list of original members and some of the pastors of this Alabama church by an unknown author.
Dates:
1822 - 1913
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 Hall and Myra Hall papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0023
Overview
Two copies of Hall's "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826" and a notebook detailing his sermons and revival participation from September 1886 through May 1887; a large portion of the notebook contains Myra Hall's writings
Dates:
1886-1904
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
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
L. O. Dawson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2563
Overview
Contains incoming correspondence to L.O. Dawson, a Baptist minister in west Alabama and east Mississippi at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, including letters from family members and friends as well as correspondence with members of the various religious organizations with which Dawson was affiliated.
Dates:
1893 - 1904
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
Oscar W. Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0010
Abstract
Correspondence of this Birmingham, Alabama, minister of the A.M.E. Zion Church, principally concerning the struggle to remain solvent during the Great Depression. Also includes budget sheets, receipts, reports, and legal documents for this and other A.M.E churches throughout the South.
Dates:
1909 - 1952
Richard Furman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0549
Overview
Photocopied documents, including letters, poetry, news clippings, class work, essays, and journal entries of Alabama school administrator and preacher.
Dates:
1826-1865
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
Thomas J. Scott and Sons Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2552
Overview
Contains primarily the incoming correspondence from companies, firms and lawyers with whom Thomas J. Scott and Sons did business. There is also correspondence between the Scotts and some hand copied letters from the Scotts to others. There are also letters from the Scott's church, clubs and lodges as well as requests for appointments to various post offices in Alabama.
Dates:
1885 - 1943
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 2009001.029: [1006241526]
Identifier: 2009-126
Abstract
This collection consists of three photographs depicting nuns.
Dates:
1920
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-012
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three black and white photographs depicting unidentified nuns and a church.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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 2009001.019: [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