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Governors -- Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

American Bicentennial Theater Invitation and Ticket, 1975 June 23

 File — Box 4265.001: [Barcode: 1006233187], Folder: 54
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an invitation from Governor and Mrs. George Wallace, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Volker, and Mr. and Mrs. David Roberts, II, to attend the opening performance of the American Bicentennial Theater's production of Thornton Wilder's play, The Skin of Our Teeth, performed at the Birmingham-Jefferson County Civic Center, and to the supper following, at the Birmingham Hyatt House Hotel, June 23, 1975. A ticket for the supper accompanies the invitation.

Dates: 1975 June 23

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

Gerard C. Brandon letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0204
Abstract

Letter from the Governor of Mississippi to Alabama Governor John Murphy regarding an unsettled financial transaction between the two states.

Dates: 1828 October 29

William Woodward Brandon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0203
Abstract

Documents concerning Alabama governor William Woodward Brandon, including letters, news clippings, postcards, and transcripts of speeches.

Dates: 1920-1935

Gladys King Burns papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0234
Abstract

Letters and other documents created and gathered while researching her thesis, "The Alabama Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948," at Auburn University.

Dates: 1948-1965

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

John Cuthbert letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0389
Abstract

Letter, written by John A. Cuthbert from San Souci, Mobile Bay, Alabama, on 29 June 1848 to Governor Reuben Chapman of Alabama, urging the appointment of William R. King to fill a vacant seat in the United States Senate.

Dates: 1848 June 29

Dan T. Carter Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-092
Abstract

This collection consists of forty-five photographs depicting former Alabama Governor George Wallace, Jr. used by Dan T. Carter in his book "The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, The Origins of The New Conservatism and The Transformation of American Politics" 1995. Images of the various stages of Wallace's life, his family, and his wife, Lurleen. Many are official photographs released from the Governor's office.

Dates: 1918 - 1974

Jefferson Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract

This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.

Dates: 1823-1917

Frank Murray Dixon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0439
Abstract

Family correspondence, newsclippings, financial records, and photos of this Alabama governor and his family.

Dates: 1938-1981

Michael Dorman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0445
Abstract

This collection consists principally of research material used in the writing of "The George Wallace Myth." Correspondence, proposals, and the book manuscript are among them. Galley proofs of two other books, "The Second Man," an overview of the changing role of the Vice Presidency and "Stockcar Butterworth," a book about stock car racing, are also part of the collection, as are poems, most of them unpublished, and copies of several published articles.

Dates: 1968-1976

Collection of Alabama governors materials

 Collection
Identifier: W-0054
Abstract

Correspondence, certificates, programs, and other documents signed by twenty-six Alabama governors serving between 1820 and 1970.

Dates: 1820-1970

Archimedes Hank petition and letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0619
Abstract

Petition to Alabama Governor Clement Comer Clay from the citizens of Morgan County, Alabama, on behalf of Archimedes Hank, to repeal or reduce penalty for forfeiture of bond for failure to appear in court.

Dates: 1836

Henry Watkins Collier inaugural address before the two houses of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama at its second biennial session

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3760
Abstract

The inaugural address given by Governor Henry W. Collier in 1849.

Dates: 1849 November 17

Ira Stark Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-023
Abstract

Sixteen black and white photographs of University of Alabama scenes, including students, football parade, ROTC functions and Governor Bibb Graves. Photographs were probably taken by Ira Stark, a University of Alabama student and graduate of 1940.

Dates: 1930 - 1947

James Elisha Folsom, Sr. Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-012
Abstract

Collection consists of sixteen portraits of Governor James Elisha Folsom, Sr.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Josiah and Amelia Gorgas family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0580
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Josiah Gorgas, chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance and president of the University of Alabama, and his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, librarian at the University of Alabama and daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle.

Dates: 1820-1920

George W. Owen letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1083
Abstract

A collection of three letters, 1823-36, one to Israel Pickens, seeking advice about resigning from the University of Alabama Board of Trustees, one to politician Francis P. Blair, and one to the Globe newspaper.

Dates: 1823-1836

Israel Pickens correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1146
Abstract

Correspondence from Pickens containing information about selecting of the University of Alabama seal after the University's incorporation.

Dates: 1822-1825

John Gill Shorter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1267
Abstract

Copies of official papers, including correspondence, speeches, and miscellaneous materials, including approximately thirty items concerning the University of Alabama and the Alabama Corps of Cadets during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1872

University of Alabama Reel to Reel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-038
Abstract Reel to Reels of events on the University of Alabama campus, such as: Alumni recordings; Board of Trustees; Bear Bryant Show; Senator Jim Allen; Congressman Hale Boggs; Governor John Love; Leftenant Governor Jere Beasley; Leftenant Governor Albert Brewer; Winton Blount; Hilaritas 1971 - 1974; 1960s Honors Days; Interview with Vivian Malone, Robert Kennedy's visit to University of Alabama; Jane Fonda's visit to University of Alabama; interview with Yitzak Rabin; Maintenance strike; Capstone...
Dates: 1960 - 1979