Awards
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Aileen Kilgore Henderson Papers
Drafts and final manuscripts of the works of this award-winning Alabama children's author, and correspondence with her editor and with her fans. Also a United States Army Women's Corps uniform [not AKH's actual uniform; the attached insignia may or may not be hers either]: jacket, blouse, skirt and garrison cap, circa 1944-1951 and other military recognitions.
British nineteenth-century naval pay documents (Power of Attorney, etc.)
Power of attorney, dated 4 December 1809, and drafts, dated 10 August 1816 and 28 October 1816, for prize money for sailors of the British navy.
Eddy Lanier King Gilmore papers
Compositions, scrapbooks, correspondence, and clippings of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Eddy Lanier King Gilmore, of Selma, Alabama, and his Russian-born wife, Tamara Kolb-Chernashovaya, a ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet. The bulk of material is from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
John L. Blackburn papers
Contains personal papers, documents, records, and accomplishments of John L. Blackburn.
Spell family papers
A Jefferson Davis Medal Certificate awarded to Mrs. T.R. Spell
Victor Hugo Friedman papers
Personal and official correspondence, photographs of a camp in the Alps, lieutenant's commission, Croce al Merito di Guerra, and various items issued by the military to this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native.