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University of Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n79139264

Found in 288 Collections and/or Records:

12 Days in May Betamax Tapes

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-027
Abstract

Collection contains the Beta Tapes during the student unrest May 1970 at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1970-05

President John W. Abercrombie Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-248
Abstract

This record group contains the records of University of Alabama president John W. Abercrombie. The records document his years as president, from 1902-1911.

Dates: 1902 - 1911

Agnes Ellen Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0635
Abstract

Contains correspondence and records, index to student files (1930-1944), and indices to miscellaneous publications. Publication topics include agriculture, home economics, P.T.A., publishing companies, sororities, University of Alabama publications, publications of other Alabama colleges and normal schools, and out-of-state college publications.

Dates: 1919 - 1945

Alabama Alumni Association, Cornerstone Committee

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0018
Abstract

This collection includes a committee report; a list of donors to the Crimson Pride membership drive, 1986-1987; histories of the national alumni association and local chapters; information on the rededication of Denny Chimes in 1987; newspaper clippings about coaches Ray Perkins and Paul "Bear" Bryant; and other information on the history and alumni of the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1888 - 1987

Alabama Aurora papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3530
Abstract

Alabama Aurora, 1913, and two issues from 1914-1915, with pictures of the UA campus as well as a school calendar for the year.

Dates: 1913-1915

Alabama Cadet Corps photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3555
Scope and Contents

Photograph and negative of the Alabama Cadet Corps "at Ease"

Dates: after 1831

Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0038
Abstract

Materials relating to the organization, including: meeting minutes, account books, lists of members and officers, and other items.

Dates: 1890 - 1900

Alabama postcards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3715
Abstract

Postcards showing a variety of places in Alabama, including Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery.

Dates: 1918-1970s

Lawrence S. Alexander archaeological surveys

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0060
Abstract

Surveys made by Alexander when he was an employee of the Office of Archaeological Research at the University of Alabama, on lands in Jefferson, Jackson, and Geneva Counties

Dates: 1979

Alice and Algernon Sydney Garnett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0561
Abstract

Letters written by Alice Garnett and her husband Algernon Sydney Garnett, a professor at the University of Alabama, discussing, among other things, the hardships of travel, news of the university, its professors, and their wives, the election of a new superintendent of education, and a rebellion by the University Cadets against the commandant.

Dates: 1850-1873

Allan F. Archer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0082
Abstract

Documents pertaining to the career of Dr. Allan F. Archer from 1932 to 1951 when he worked at the University of Alabama Museum of Natural History and Geological Survey of Alabama. The material primarily focuses on Dr. Archer’s study of spiders, but includes crabs, mollusks, crustacean and matters of ecological and biological importance as well.

Dates: 1932-1951

Alfred Francis Alois Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4094
Abstract

Memorabilia of a 1944 graduate of the University of Alabama, highlighting his athletic activities, A Club, Army ROTC, and Phi Sigma Kappa, as well as family photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1943-2013

Alpha Beta Alpha Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-217
Abstract

One color and five black and white photographs of Alpha Beta Alpha Convention at Illinois State University, showing Miss Jean Nelson (Instructor Illinois State University), Miss Welch (Librarian Illinois State University), Maureen Bray (Illinois State), Hilda Weeks (MSCW), Linda Pinder (West University of Alabama), Mary Kate Meredith (University of Alabama), Suellen Reed (University of Alabama), Dona Wrench, and two photos of Illinois State University.

Dates: 1968-04

Alpha Epsilon Delta records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0069
Abstract

The Alpha Epsilon Delta collection consists of the rules, rituals, petitions, reports, and memorabilia of the University of Alabama's charter chapter of this medical honors society.

Dates: 1926-1951

Alto Lee Whitehurst Class Notes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1549
Abstract

Notes for history classes at the University of Alabama during the 1940s, among them U.S. History, World History, and the History of the Old South.

Dates: 1944

American Association of University Professors, University of Alabama Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0072
Abstract

A collection of meeting minutes, committee reports, correspondence, membership information, constitutions, and other material.

Dates: 1949-1975; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

Ann Jordan Farm papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0080
Abstract

Photocopies of Sidney Z. Mitchell's correspondence, articles relating to his career, and other biographical information. It also includes Jordan family deeds, photographs taken at Ann Jordan Farm, legal documents and correspondence relating to the Jordan Family Cemetery, articles about Ann Jordan Farm and Jordan Dam, and furniture catalogs and floor plans.

Dates: 1874-1950

Arthur Bagby papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0102
Abstract

Contains materials, mostly photocopies, created by or relating to Arthur Bagby, the tenth governor of Alabama.

Dates: 1837

Frederick A. P. Barnard letter and speech

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0113
Abstract

An address to the "Gentlemen of the Erosophic Society" in 1848 at The University of Alabama and a letter to Barnard from his brother, John G. Barnard, regarding a pass for travel in 1862.

Dates: 1848, 1862

E. Scott Barr papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2430
Abstract

Bound copies of his letters and publications

Dates: 1924-1987

Robert L. Bass Collection of University of Alabama Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-001
Abstract

This collection consists of glass plate negatives, nitrate negatives, and several gelatin developing-out paper photographs depicting The University of Alabama campus, football and baseball teams, sororities and fraternities, and students, as well as negatives of Stillman College and Tuscaloosa.

Dates: 1929 - 1943

Junius K. Battle commencement address text

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0124
Abstract

Commencement address titled "Footprints of the Creator," delivered on July 15, 1858, at the University of Alabama.

Dates: 1858 July 15

James S. P. Beck collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1795
Abstract

A miscellany of materials relating to Dr. James S. P. Beck, University of Alabama graduate (1924), including two co-authored articles about radiation burns among survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bomb blast and three photos of burn victims.

Dates: 1924-1947

Jasper Luther Beeson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0130
Abstract

A miscellany of materials including the text of Beeson's address to the fifty-seventh anniversary meeting of the Philomatic Society and at The University of Alabama commencement in 1889, photographs of him, newspaper clipping, a copy of a physics exam for seniors, and other items.

Dates: 1889-1890

Robert K. Bell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0133
Abstract

Unpublished manuscript of the 167th U.S. Infantry, Fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment ("The Fighting Fourth") titled "The Warrior Guards from the Reconstruction to the Great War" along with some newspaper clippings, transcripts, etc. on the "Warrior Guards."

Dates: 1840-1935

Henry R. Benagh letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0136
Abstract

A letter containing genealogical information about the Benagh family.

Dates: 1951

Benjamin Franklin Meek lecture notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0974
Abstract

A volume of lectures, notes, and examinations by this University of Alabama professor of English literature.

Dates: 1872-1873

Charles Bernier papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0143
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence of The University of Alabama's alumni association director, 1920-54, and a proposed constitution for the Alabama Alumni Association (AAUA).

Dates: 1920-1954; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1951

Beta Phi Mu, Beta Kappa Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0147
Abstract

Correspondence, bank records, scrapbooks, meeting agendas, and minutes, of the University of Alabama chapter of the National Library and Information Studies honorary.

Dates: 1975-1990

Hugo F. Biedermann papers

 Collection — Box 5041: [Barcode: 1006929939]
Identifier: MSS-0155
Abstract

The collection includes copies of patents granted Biedermann, as well as contracts and some scattered miscellaneous papers. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of projects worked on by the firm of Skinner and Biedermann, including the Anniston Army Depot and many buildings on the University of Alabama campus, including the Engineering building, Lloyd Hall, Denny Chimes, Denny Stadium, Doster Hall, Graves Hall, and others.

Dates: circa 1940s

Birmingham News Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-007
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs depicting the Alabama football, basketball, and civil rights movement in the 1950s.

Dates: 1835 - 1974

Winton M. Blount papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0176
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of this Montgomery, Alabama, business leader, during his term as United States Postmaster General (1969-1971).

Dates: 1956-2004

Boling Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0181
Abstract

Correspondence, receipts, mortgages, wills, indentures, and other materials concerning the property and affairs of the Boling and Saffold families of Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama.

Dates: 1833-1870

Dr. Bonner letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0185
Abstract

Thermo-fax copy of letter dated 19 October 1958 by Dr. Bonner to Professor James H. Newman, executive vice-president University of Alabama, summarizing Bonner's trip to England, also a brief letter dated 21 October by Newman to W.S. Hoole, to whom he forwarded Bonner's letter.

Dates: 1958

Buford Boone papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0187
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, litigation papers, speeches, editorials, etc., of this Pulitzer Prize winner and long-time Tuscaloosa News editor.

Dates: 1935-1968; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968

Franklin Welsh Bowdon letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0191
Abstract

A letter dated 24 October 1835, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa to the editor of the Weekly Globe requesting a six-month subscription to the newspaper.

Dates: 1835 October 24

Branscomb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4017
Abstract

Letters, land grants, diplomas, certificates, scrapbook, daguerreotype, and other miscellaneous documents, as well as quilts and other textiles (including a wedding dress from the early 20th century)

Dates: after 1865

Glenda Brewer research paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0208
Abstract

Research paper titled "Integration at the University of Alabama," submitted for seminar in African American history at the University of Alabama in 1975.

Dates: 1975

Charles Edward Bridges letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0209
Abstract

A letter dated 24 February 1849, written from the University of Alabama to Sam Houston, advising him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Erosophic Society.

Dates: 1849 February 24

James Clinton Brown diploma

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3792
Abstract

This collection contains the University of Alabama law degree conferred to James Clinton Brown.

Dates: 1892 June 29

Wilburt Scott Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0221
Abstract

Copies of this University of Alabama graduate and faculty member’s dissertation with other manuscripts and documents

Dates: 1960-1992

Charles Mitchell Burford letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0231
Abstract

Letter written by Burford, dated 20 October 1847, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his brother in Summerfield [Alabama?]

Dates: 1847 October 20

Carleton K. Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2486
Abstract

photocopies of University of Alabama band programs, Alumni Bulletin for the University from 1979, and the Birmingham News (Alabama) from 1979

Dates: 1979

Mike Bynum papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0246
Abstract

Manuscript (photocopy) of Bynum's book "High Tide" (published by Cross Roads Books, 1978) and research notes

Dates: 1978

C. N. Henkle Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0664
Abstract

A letter dated January 1878, to Mrs. J. Avery, detailing Henkle's involvement in Croxton's Raid, a spring 1865 Union Army foray into west Central Alabama, and the Union seizure of Tuscaloosa in April 1865.

Dates: 1878-01

Ottokar T. Cadek papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0253
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, genealogies, and various other documents relating to the life of this violinist, conductor, and teacher.

Dates: unknown

Caleb Huse Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0723
Abstract

Six letters dated between July 20, 1859 and December 21, 1904, including two to Mason Graham in 1859, concerning the chair of mathematics and the superintendancy at Louisiana State University; one to Mary Benagh Philip in 1904, regarding a pamphlet he wrote about Confederate Army supply lines; two in 1904 from Thomas M. Owen of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History asking about Huse's memories of being a student at the University of Alabama; and one in reply to Owen.

Dates: 1859 - 1904

Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0478
Abstract

Documents, interviews, and source material used by Camille Elebash,in co-producing with Joe Terry, the documentary George Wallace: A Politician’s Legacy.

Dates: 1964-1988

Cantelou family genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0271
Abstract

Photocopies of various documents concerning the ancestry of members of the Cantelou family of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

Dates: 1855–1965

Canterbury Chapel Christ Episcopal Church scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0272
Abstract

Scrapbooks and newspaper articles highlighting church members who worked for the University and college students who attended Canterbury Chapel.

Dates: 1927-1937