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Huntsville (Ala.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n79063439

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

A. F. Hopkins Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0703
Abstract A letter from Hopkins to Silas Parsons of Huntsville, Alabama, about the debt and finances of clients
Dates: 1844-12-11

Alabama hotels and resorts of the past collection

 Collection
Identifier: W-0041
Overview Letters, receipts, and transcribed copies of newspaper articles pertaining to notable Alabama hotels, including the Exchange Hotel (Montgomery), the Morris Hotel (Birmingham), the Battle House (Mobile), the DeKalb Hotel (Fort Payne), Fruithurst Inn (Fruithurst), the Alabama Inn (Livingston), Mansion House (Mobile), the Green Bottom Inn (Huntsville), and the Point Clear Hotel (Point Clear).
Dates: 1830-1836

John H. Bryson letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0227
Overview Letter from Bryson, dated 12 March 1891, from Huntsville, Alabama, to the Rev. A. A. E. Taylor, St. Louis, Missouri, inviting him to visit Huntsville and discussing the inauguration of a Mr. Briggs
Dates: 1891 March 12

I. M. Clark letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0308
Overview Letter dated 28 July 1861, from "Clover Bottom" (near Huntsville) to his sister, giving news of crops and weather, and stating his desire to join the army.
Dates: 1861 July 28

John J. Coleman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0338
Abstract A collection of tax receipts, bills for drygoods items, indenture contracts, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates: 1825-1849

Eliza Williams Chotard Gould memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0582
Overview Two typescript copies of an 1868 memoirs written by early Tuscaloosa resident of French ancestry, whose family were Natchez, Mississippi pioneers.
Dates: 1868

Howard Weeden papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0008
Overview Three composition books filled with collections of quotations and illustrations and one book of devotions.
Dates: between 1735 and 1905

Huntsville, Alabama receipts, 1916-1917

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3700
Overview Two receipts from Huntsville, Alabama, for groceries in 1916 and 1917
Dates: 1916-1917

Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama, paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0432
Abstract A paper containing a list of trades and professions in Huntsville, Alabama, and describing the geography of Huntsville and Madison County. Includes original, typewritten copy, and photocopy.
Dates: circa 1809

Louis Lucet papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0880
Abstract A collection of personal correspondence of this native of France who emigrated to the United States and lived in Huntsville, Alabama. Also includes documents dealing with the history of France in the first half of the nineteenth century
Dates: 1803-1887

Maysville, Alabama, Methodist Church Circuit Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0982
Abstract This collection consists of two record books for the Maysville Circuit Methodist Conference. They contain meeting minutes and financial notes. The first book begins on April 10, 1880 and ends in 1884. Two pages, dated 22 July and 29 August 1891 have been inserted. The second book begins in 1885 and ends on December 9, 1889.
Dates: 1880 - 1889

Merrimack Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0981
Abstract A ledger containing the church roll, 1903-1909; meeting minutes, 1903-1908; and scattered financial records, 1904-1906, 1909 of this African-American church in Huntsville, Alabama
Dates: 1903 - 1909

Early Huntsville, Alabama, letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0100
Overview Two unrelated letters, dated from 1822 and 1831, containing information about Huntsville, Alabama.
Dates: 1822, 1831

Natalie Thornton Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-001
Abstract One photographic album depicting scenes from The University of Alabama featuring coeds at the Kilgore House and the campus. Also scenes from Montgomery, Alabama, New York City, New Orleans, Florida, and Texas.
Dates: 1905-1911

National Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company Deposit Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0717
Abstract National Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, Huntsville, Alabama branch, deposit book.
Dates: 1870 - 1874

Kate Speake Penny commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1125
Overview A commonplace book of Kate's favorite literary authors, which includes her own notes, quotes, and reflections.
Dates: 1879

R.E. Pettus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1133
Abstract Contains a variety of materials belonging to this Huntsville, Alabama, businessman, including maps; letters received from B.H. Meek, Carlos Surish, W.P. Hall; and an invitation to an event at the Alabama Central Female College.
Dates: 1875 - 1921

L. W. Shepherd letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1263
Abstract A letter dated 6 December 1863, from a camp near Dalton, Georgia, to S. D. Cabaniss, Huntsville attorney.
Dates: 1863 December 6

Surveyor's District of Northern Alabama papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1371
Overview Survey of a unknown town from a surveyors office in Huntsville, Alabama
Dates: 1820

Taylor versus Robinson bill of complaint

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1384
Abstract Bill of complaint with appended exhibits in the case of Taylor vs. Robinson, involving the alleged misuse or misappropriation of monies and property by the administrator of the estate of Byrd Brandon.
Dates: Undated; post 1865

Thomas B. Strong bankruptcy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1478
Abstract A collection of documents relating to the bankruptcy case of Thomas B. Strong of Madison County, Alabama, conducted in the United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama.
Dates: 1868-1874

Edward Dorr Tracy correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1421
Abstract Copies of correspondence between Tracy and Clement C. Clay, Tracy and his wife, and others. The originals are held by the Perkins Library, Duke University.
Dates: 1861-1863

Yeatman and Kent Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1595
Abstract A letter dated 11 July 1826, from this law firm in Huntsville, Alabama to John Gill, Jr., a Philadelphia merchant, transmitting payment on a note.
Dates: 1826-07-11