University of Alabama -- History -- 19th century

Personal and business correspondence, class notes, and financial records of attorney and politician, Andrew Coleman Hargrove of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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.

Letters about the burning of the University of Alabama, April 1865, which Clinton witnessed as a young boy.

A paper titled "A brief history of the military department of the University of Alabama, 1860-1936,"written by D.M.N. Ross.

This collection contains the text of a speech delivered to the Alabama Press Association in 1898, a 1922 letter from Carl L. Larmer (?) to Thomas McCorvey, copies of Johnston's works "What the University of Alabama Has Meant to My Life," and "A Book for General Lee," and an advertisement for an 1889 British production of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.

A letter dated 11 October 1835, from Boston to Miss Susan C. Farley, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Smith, a former pupil of Farley's, discusses the latter's intention to go to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to teach at the Tuscaloosa Female Institute.

Letter from Pettway in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Professor John L. Calhoun at the University of Alabama regarding the current status of his church membership.

This record group contains a letterbook with correspondence to and from three Unversity of Alabama presidents, Nathaniel T. Lupton, Josiah Gorgas, and William S. Wyman, from 1871 to 1879.

This collection contains an account of the society's proceedings, a list of members, and a note for $5,000 to W. P. Douthit dated Oct. 15, 1844.

This record group contains the correspondence of Landon C. Garland, University of Alabama president from 1855-1865.

Imprint of the original seal of the University of Alabama's first seal which was lost for 125 years.

Photostats of papers relating to Johnson's pension claim, detailing his service in the 2nd Michigan Cavalry during the Civil War.

This record group contains records of The University of Alabama faculty from 1831-1922, including early correspondence and minutes of faculty meetings.

Depicting history of the University of Alabama.

Photostatic copy of an 1862 report card of this University of Alabama student from Marion, Alabama.