Montgomery (Ala.)

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This collection consists of photographs and manuscripts related to the United States Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968). The images depict major events, key figures, and opposition from hate groups. While the collection focuses heavily on Alabama, there are additional events and locations represented.

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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).

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...

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Letter dated 31 January 1846, from Montgomery, Alabama, to A. Jackson at Mayhew [Mississippi?] on news of Montgomery being voted the state capital and the subsequent celebration.

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Ledger contains minutes of the Board of Physicians and Surgeons of the Montgomery City Infirmary. Through the years the members discussed issues such as visiting hours, expanding the operating room, controlling patient behavior, and finding a resident physician to work nights and therefore assist with patients in the maternity ward.

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Conveyances of land in Montgomery, Alabama, to George Whitman, May 20, 1831, and Charles Crommelin, March 26, 1835.

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Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.

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A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, from John Falconer to Jonathan Mayhew, in 1823

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A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, dated 3 March 1833, to Jonathan Mayhew and George Whitman.

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100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

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A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, dated 30 August 1832, by Moses Green and Joseph D. Hopper to George Whitman.

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Newsletter from the Montgomery County Bar Association that contains information on the history of the Montgomery Law School in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Contains notebooks kept by this Montgomery, Alabama, resident on natural and civic historical topics.

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This collection consists of an account book created by this Montgomery, Alabama, carpenter, with notes and entries relating primarily to the purchase of construction items such as nails, plaster, boards, etc.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

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Two bound volumes, one a daybook covering August 1, 1887 through August 1, 1888, the other an index.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

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A record of the sale of lots in the Montgomery, Alabama, city cemetery, 1856-78. Sales were entered in a “Registration Oath” ledger. Also includes a sample deed.

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Ledger documenting expenses, admittances, and discharges at a Montgomery, Alabama, hospital from 1 April to 4 November 1861.

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Contains records of the Montgomery Mechanics' Hook and Ladder Company.

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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.

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Records of this organization dedicated to the coordination of academic library resources in Alabama.

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A collection of reproductions of articles concerning E.D. Dixon, the organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott.

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Correspondence between Montgomery, Alabama, postmaster and Democratic Party activist Roy L. Nolen and U.S. Senator Lister Hill as well as a few other persons. The letters address appointments, elections, political campaigns, the war effort, and etc, 1928-1944.

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Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.

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This collection consists of three albums containing 184 photographs of the Snow family of Tuscaloosa. Images include scenes of Snow family members, their Tuscaloosa home, friends, and family vacations. Albums include a Carte de Visite of family friends, F. A. P. Barnard, University of Alabama professor of Chemistry, Philosophy, and Astronomy. Of interest are photographs of a vertical lift bridge possibly spanning the Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of three albums containing 184 photographs of the Snow family of Tuscaloosa. Images include scenes of Snow family members, their Tuscaloosa home, friends, and family vacations. Albums include a Carte de Visite of family friends, F. A. P. Barnard, University of Alabama professor of Chemistry, Philosophy, and Astronomy. Of interest are photographs of a vertical lift bridge possibly spanning the Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of three albums containing 184 photographs of the Snow family of Tuscaloosa. Images include scenes of Snow family members, their Tuscaloosa home, friends, and family vacations. Albums include a Carte de Visite of family friends, F. A. P. Barnard, University of Alabama professor of Chemistry, Philosophy, and Astronomy. Of interest are photographs of a vertical lift bridge possibly spanning the Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

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Letterbook containing copies of correspondence written by Montgomery, Alabama, lawyers Samuel F. Rice, John M. Chilton, Thomas G. Jones, and Ariosto A. Wiley, between 1871-1873.

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Brochures, multiple member lists, and history of the organization

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A copy of vol. 1, no 5 (December 17, 1925) of the Oracle News, a newspaper published by the students of Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, Alabama.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one mounted print, showing four members of the Tuscaloosa Searcy family (Evie, James T., Stella, and George), seated in chairs on a porch. Two photograph albums contain scenes from and around The University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County, including Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa Centennial celebrations, the Warrior River (bridge and flooding), hunting, fishing, and transportation. There are also travel images from the western United States and Florida. The images...

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Contains minutes, reports, member information, notes, and a flyer of this Montgomery, Alabama, and possibly Brewton, Alabama, organization

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This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.

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Two letters written by farmers in Hayneville, Alabama, to Montgomery merchants T. J. Scott and Sons. The 1904 letters describe the sale of mules and ask for refunds from the company, which provided defective livestock.

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A letter dated 4 March 1861, from Charleston, South Carolina to his son, W. L. Trenholm, in Montgomery, Alabama introducing the bearer, a Mr. Cathers, his wife, and her sister, Mrs. Pennnington.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting scenes at Camp A-Z and duck hunting; Jones family; Alabama Kiwanis meetings; Walter Jones’s house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and turkey hunting Choctaw Bluff, Alabama.