University of Alabama
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n79139264
Found in 232 Collections and/or Records:
Mike Bynum papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0246
Overview
Manuscript (photocopy) of Bynum's book "High Tide" (published by Cross Roads Books, 1978) and research notes
Dates:
1978
Ottokar T. Cadek papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0253
Overview
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
Overview
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
Cantelou family genealogy
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0271
Overview
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
Overview
Scrapbooks and newspaper articles highlighting church members who worked for the University and college students who attended Canterbury Chapel.
Dates:
1927-1937
Eddie Carideo scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0275
Overview
Souvenirs and mementoes of University of Alabama football, with some boxing and baseball memorabilia, 1932-1948, including photos of players, many of them signed, and newspaper clippings, as well as some 1935 Rose Bowl materials and photos.
Dates:
1932-1948
Oliver Cromwell Carmichael collection
Collection — Box 2356
Identifier: MSS-0279
Overview
A miscellany of material relating to this University of Alabama president, including a newspaper clipping, a Carmichael writing entitled "The Function of Instinct in Education," and a scrapbook.
Dates:
unknown
Carl Cecil papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2390
Overview
Cecil's files about the University of Alabama Faculty Senate from 1975-1980
Dates:
1975-1980
Cemeteries and Local History collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0289
Overview
Papers submitted for credit in University of Alabama course EXT318 “Cemeteries and Local History,” a course in the New College Life Track. The focus of the papers is on cemeteries as reflecting the history of a locale and may examine burial patterns, customs, ornamentation, or simply be an inventory of interments.
Dates:
1989-2009
University of Alabama Centennial Celebration program
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3536
Overview
University of Alabama Centennial Celebration program, 11 May 1931.
Dates:
1931 May 11
Margaret Chenault papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0296
Overview
Memorabilia of a University of Alabama student, 1930-1934, including a scrapbook, record book, newspapers, and student organization documents
Dates:
1930-1934
Margaret Christy Memorial Service collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3718
Overview
Letters from Miriam Schneider to friends and students of Margaret Christy asking for "testimonials" that could be read at Christy's memorial service.
Dates:
1996
Thomas P. Clinton letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0319
Overview
Letters about the burning of the University of Alabama, April 1865, which Clinton witnessed as a young boy.
Dates:
Unknown
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
William Allen Cochrane diploma
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0327
Abstract
A handwritten copy of Cochrane's University of Alabama diploma.
Dates:
1840
Joseph Cocke papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3678
Overview
Photos, programs, and other materials related to UA theater and student life in the mid-1950s
Dates:
circa 1950
John Coglin absence report
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0343
Overview
University of Alabama report, dated 24 December 1831, stating the absences of John Colgin for the month of December.
Dates:
1831 December 24
Jefferson Jackson Coleman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0337
Abstract
Souvenirs from various events, as well as awards and honors bestowed upon Coleman, who served The University in many capacities for almost 50 years.
Dates:
1961-1974
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
John M. Counts Letters from Dr. George Denny
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4110
Overview
Seven letters from Dr. George Denny attempting to coax Counts back to the University of Alabama
Dates:
1924
Sarah Ann (Gayle) and William B. Crawford Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0369
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Sarah Ann Gayle Crawford, sister to Amelia Gayle Gorgas, and William B. Crawford.
Dates:
1833-1889
T. H. Crenshaw, Jr., papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0372
Overview
Photocopies of the papers of the Crenshaw family, including personal and business correspondence, bills, receipts, etc.
Dates:
1810-1884
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
Crimson Theatre radio plays collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0375
Overview
Scripts for several radio plays performed by the Crimson Theatre on the WABP radio station on the University of Alabama campus.
Dates:
circa 1953
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
Carey B. Oakley Cultural Resource Reconnaissance reports
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0383
Overview
Twenty-three reports assessing the cultural and archeological significance of various Alabama sites, 1976-1979.
Dates:
1976-1979
John Cottingham Curry papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0387
Overview
Items from Curry's tenure at the University of Alabama, including season tickets for sporting events, invitations to social events and organizations, and a binder of correspondence relating to reunions of the University of Alabama class of 1916.
Dates:
1916-1971
John E. Curry collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0386
Overview
Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.
Dates:
1846-1864
Daphne Cunningham Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0385
Abstract
Diaries whose short entries provide information on the daily activities of this coed from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, member of Kappa Delta sorority, and 1916 University of Alabama graduate.
Dates:
1913-1914
Alabama Hall of Fame collection on the nomination of Clarence William Daugette
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0035
Overview
Materials relating to the nomination of Clarence William Daugette (1873-1942) to the Alabama Hall of Fame. Daugette served for forty-three years as president of Jacksonville State Teachers' College.
Dates:
1954
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
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
David DeJarnette papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0421
Overview
Photographs related to archaeology and geology, including photos of the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter dig.
Dates:
1935-1975
Delta Chi Fraternity Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4223
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of five scrapbooks for the UA chapter of Delta Chi Fraternity, thirteen issues of the Delta Chi Quarterly, two issues of The Counselor, and a series of publications collected by Charles E. Carlin. The scrapbooks contain photographs, clippings, invitations, correspondence, and notes added by Carlin explaining the state of the scrapbooks. Carlin collected the series of publications in a binder titled "Publications of Historical Interest to the Alabama Chapter of Delta...
Dates:
1952 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1977
Denny Chimes Renovation papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0429
Abstract
Materials relating to the 1986 renovation of the University of Alabama bell tower and the fund drive to purchase a new 25-bell carillon, kept by Sandee Gibson. The collection includes a fund drive notebook, photographs of the restoration and rededication, and an information pack for fundraisers.
Dates:
undated
Donn Sanford photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2010-021
Abstract
Photographs of the first African American student admitted to the University of Alabama, Autherine Lucy, enrolling at The University of Alabama in February 1956.
Dates:
1956 February
James F. Doster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0447
Overview
Materials this Tuscaloosa native and history professor at The University of Alabama created and collected.
Dates:
undated
James J. and Mabel Cowart Doster Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4125
Overview
Contains the personal and family records, as well as photos, correspondence, and other files during his time as an educator.
Dates:
1870-1943
Douthitt scrapbook materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0399
Overview
Material, mostly photocopies, from a nineteenth-century scrapbook. The most significant item is a pencil sketch of the Rotunda on the campus of The University of Alabama.
Dates:
circa 1865-1877
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?
Durst Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0461
Overview
Letters, newspapers, and miscellaneous documents from the Durst family. There is also a World War One era panoramic photograph and United Stated Service, or Blue Star Mother's flag.
Dates:
1708-1977; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1868
Early University of Alabama Administrative Records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-001
Overview
The record group contains many early extant records of The University of Alabama and includes materials documenting a wide range of functions, persons, and aspects of the University.
Dates:
1820 - 1920
William Graham Echols papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0471
Overview
Contains articles written about and by this Methodist minister and professor of religion at the University of Alabama
Dates:
after 1892
Lista Geil Eddins papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0472
Overview
Diaries, clippings, photographs, correspondence, sheet music, and church bulletins belonging to this University of Alabama music department head.
Dates:
between 1910-1971
S.W. Eddins appointment letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0474
Overview
Letter dated 1 September 1864 appointing S. W. Eddins of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the University of Alabama's Alabama Corps of Cadets.
Dates:
1864 September 1
Educational Media Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2008-003
Overview
This collection consists of 435 photographs of different activities at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1963 - 1966
Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0478
Overview
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
Elise Ayers Sanguinetti Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0098
Abstract
This collection consists of the correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs, as well as reviews and notices of Elise Ayers Sanguinetti, the Alabama author of The Last of the Whitfields (1962), The New Girl (1964), The Dowager (1968), and McBee's Station (1972).
Dates:
1929 - 2003
O. B. Emerson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0485
Overview
The collection chiefly consists of correspondence between O. B. Emerson and various individuals including authors, former students, and other faculty and staff from The University of Alabama. The collection also includes materials about different authors and subjects on which Dr. Emerson either taught or published, as well as a significant amount of materials related to professional organizations in which he was involved.
Dates:
1945-1990
Eugene Allen Smith Glass Negatives
Collection
Identifier: 2007-005
Overview
This collection consists of glass plate negatives depicting Eugene Allen Smith's geological survey trips; various scenes from the University of Alabama campus, building the Smith Hall, Central Iron & Coal in Holt, Alabama, and mining sites, museum artifacts, maps, pages from books, and his family.
Dates:
1861 - 1932