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Montgomery (Ala.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n50007517

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

A. S. Williams III Civil Rights Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WP-016
Overview 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.
Dates: 1920 - 1985

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

James Berney letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0142
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1846 January 31

Board of Physicians and Surgeons of the Montgomery City Infirmary minutes

 Collection
Identifier: W-0076
Overview 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.
Dates: 1888 - 1896

George Rooks Clayton deeds

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0312
Overview Conveyances of land in Montgomery, Alabama, to George Whitman, May 20, 1831, and Charles Crommelin, March 26, 1835.
Dates: 1831, 1835

Collective Protection documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0344
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1941-1945

John Falconer deed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0502
Overview A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, from John Falconer to Jonathan Mayhew, in 1823
Dates: 1823 May 3

Zachariah Fields deed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0512
Overview A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, dated 3 March 1833, to Jonathan Mayhew and George Whitman.
Dates: 1833 March 2

Green and Hopper deed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0588
Overview A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, dated 30 August 1832, by Moses Green and Joseph D. Hopper to George Whitman.
Dates: 1832 August 30

Edward David Haigler Montgomery Law School materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0608
Overview Newsletter from the Montgomery County Bar Association that contains information on the history of the Montgomery Law School in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dates: 1972-1980

George W. Hamner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0615
Overview Contains notebooks kept by this Montgomery, Alabama, resident on natural and civic historical topics.
Dates: 1815-1870

James Holt carpentry notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0693
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1848

Knabe and Scott Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0828
Abstract Two bound volumes, one a daybook covering August 1, 1887 through August 1, 1888, the other an index.
Dates: 1887 - 1888

Montgomery, Alabama, Cemetery Register

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1010
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1856 - 1878

Montgomery, Alabama, hospital records ledger

 Collection
Identifier: W-0031
Overview Ledger documenting expenses, admittances, and discharges at a Montgomery, Alabama, hospital from 1 April to 4 November 1861.
Dates: 1861

Mechanics' Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 (Montgomery, Ala.) records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0096
Overview Contains records of the Montgomery Mechanics' Hook and Ladder Company.
Dates: 1867-1899

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

Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1040
Abstract Records of this organization dedicated to the coordination of academic library resources in Alabama.
Dates: 1983 - 1991

E.D. Nixon article reprints

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2963
Overview A collection of reproductions of articles concerning E.D. Dixon, the organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott.
Dates: 1955-1982

Roy L. Nolen correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1051
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1925-1944

Peter Brannon papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0009
Overview Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.
Dates: 1900-1966

Rice, Chilton, and Jones, attorneys, letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0049
Overview 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.
Dates: 1871-1873

Rotary Club, Montgomery, Alabama, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1210
Overview Brochures, multiple member lists, and history of the organization
Dates: 1915-1966

Sidney Lanier High School Oracle Newspaper

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Identifier: MSS-1723
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1925-12-17

South Alabama Education Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1311
Abstract Contains minutes, reports, member information, notes, and a flyer of this Montgomery, Alabama, and possibly Brewton, Alabama, organization
Dates: 1901 - 1902

T. J. Scott and Sons letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0130
Overview 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.
Dates: 1904

George Alfred Trenholm letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1422
Abstract 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.
Dates: 1861 March 4

L. M. Waddel Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4136
Overview Newsy letter from a woman in Montgomery, Alabama, to a friend in Tallahassee, Florida, where she used to live.
Dates: 1850 February 27

Wilhelmina Simpson Robinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1203
Abstract This collection contains materials relating to Simpson's participation in the Rural Project, a 1930s "program of supervised student teaching in selected crowded rural Negro schools of Montgomery County [Alabama]." It includes photographs of Tankersley, Peoples Village, Ramer, Little Zion, Jericho, and Pine Grove schools, and information about students' activities.
Dates: 1937 - 1938

William Strong Comstock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0348
Overview Business correspondence, account sheets, contracts, miscellaneous receipts, etc., of a Montgomery, Alabama, merchant, 1843-1867.
Dates: 1842-1867