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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