Essays
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85044914
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Air pollution legislation papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3522
Overview
Essays and research on air pollution and air pollution legislation from 1961 through 1971 from various authors.
Dates:
1961-1971
Alice A. Lide Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0127
Abstract
This collection consists of a typescript copy of a paper titled "Franklin K. Beck," by Alice A. Lide, recounting his life and accomplishments. It is based largely on secondary sources.
Dates:
undated
Baltzell and Bullock families papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0105
Abstract
The papers of two Greene County, Alabama families involved in post-Civil War Alabama politics, including correspondence, a diary, essays, deeds, and financial documents.
Dates:
1839-1921
Harry V. Barnard paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0114
Abstract
Condensation of a 1954 term paper titled "LaGrange College: A Historical Sketch.
Dates:
1954
W.R. Barron paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0119
Abstract
A paper titled "History of Fairview Presbyterian Church from Organization to Present Date (April 23, 1889)," that includes lists of pastors, members, and elders of this Presbyterian Church in Perry County, Alabama, 1823-1889.
Dates:
1889 April 23
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
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
Commonplace book on Christianity and slavery
Collection
Identifier: W-0032
Overview
Commonplace book with entries addressing a number of topics, including church politics, theological concerns, childrearing practices, and slavery.
Dates:
between 1840 and 1851
Cowin family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0364
Overview
Photocopies of the diary and essays written by John H. Cowin of Green County, Alabama covering events from 22 April through 13 November 1861 as well as a smaller diary for the month of January 1863. There is also a presidential pardon and oaths of allegiance certificates for Samuel Cowin, as well as photocopies of miscellaneous documents including Alabama tax statements from 1875 and 1877 and newspaper clippings, and a Civil War era Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army revolver. Also in the...
Dates:
1861–1921
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
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
Essay Fragments
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4016
Overview
Two fragments of essays, one quoting a speech by Adrian Sebastian Van de Graaff.
Dates:
after 1865
"Origin of Fort Toulouse" essay
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0528
Overview
An essay on the history of Fort Toulouse, constructed in 1717 near Wetumpka, Alabama
Dates:
after 1900
Virginia Oden Foscue Alabama place-name essay collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0529
Overview
Twenty-four essays (including one doctoral dissertation and three master’s theses) on Alabama place-names written by students of Virginia O. Foscue, who was a Professor of English at the University of Alabama from 1963 to 1993.
Dates:
1959-1984
George and Eleanor Bridges Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0210
Overview
Letters written to George and Eleanor Bridges, of Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama, and others written by George. There are also newspaper clippings, miscellaneous items and four journals.
Dates:
1932-1965
Staci Niemeyer paper "Folk Dancing at the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education"
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0525
Overview
Essay about folk dancing at the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education, a school founded in 1907 by progressive educator Marietta Johnson in Fairhope, Alabama.
Dates:
1990 April 1
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
Richard Holmes Powell papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0079
Overview
Correspondence, essays, and speeches written by and to Richard Holmes Powell of Union Springs,Alabama, and includes the essay "On the Management of Slaves."
Dates:
1833 - 1905
Warfield Creath Richardson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1194
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of Richardson's literary output, dating from 1842 to 1914. Included are poems, short stories, essays, plays, and lectures in handwritten and printed drafts, proof sheets, pamphlets, and clippings. There is also a small collection of letters. It contains a letter from Henry Wordsworth Longfellow and two from Thomas M. Owen.
Dates:
1842-1937
Roland Lee Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0011
Abstract
This collection includes documents related to the army service of this York, Alabama, native; an essay; a biographical sketch; and three miscellaneous letters.
Dates:
1891- circa 1919
Samuel Shepard Conner Manuscript Essay
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4350
Scope and Contents
Thirty-four pages of a manuscript essay dated January 25, 1807, attributed to Samuel Shepard Conner. There is a note in a later hand on the first page that states “Leaves found in an old blank book belonging to Samuel S. Conner dated January 26th, 1807.” The two-part essay discusses United States political affairs especially concerned with the military and conflict with France and other European Nations. The author discusses potential revolts of enslaved people in the southern United States and...
Dates:
1807-01-25
Rose Marie Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1295
Overview
Contains her essay, "Solidarity: A Study in Republican Voter Constancy in South Lamar County Alabama," 1994 at University of Alabama, as well as Along with genealogy papers on various peoples, in chronological order.
Dates:
unknown
Thomas Chalmers McCorvey Essay on Robert Burns
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0948
Abstract
An essay on Scottish poet Robert Burns delivered by Colonel Thomas C. McCorvey to the Druid City Literary Club, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 11 November 1878.
Dates:
1878-11-11
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Chapter, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1469
Abstract
Records of this Tuscaloosa chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, including meeting minutes; a 1942 scrapbook; newspaper articles; an essay titled "A Sketch of the Life of General Josiah Gorgas;" and correspondence concerning the chapter.
Dates:
1942-2010