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Greensboro (Ala.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n81097187

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Cowin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0364
Overview Photocopies of the diary and essays written by John H. Cowin of Green County, Alabama covering events from 22 April through 13 November 1861 as well as a smaller diary for the month of January 1863. There is also a presidential pardon and oaths of allegiance certificates for Samuel Cowin, as well as photocopies of miscellaneous documents including Alabama tax statements from 1875 and 1877 and newspaper clippings, and a Civil War era Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army revolver. Also in the...
Dates: 1861–1921
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Cowin family papers

Dorman and Noel family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0443
Abstract A genealogical record of the ancestors of Lily Dorman Ramsey, plus family correspondence of the Dormans and Noels of Greensboro and Mobile, Alabama.
Dates: 1831-1866
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Dorman and Noel family papers

Farm Security Administration Photographs

 Collection — Box 1: [1006235609]
Identifier: 2009-093
Overview The collection consists of eighty copy photographs. Originals were taken by the Farm Security Administration's photographers of Alabama agriculture and industry during the Depression. Primarily images of white and African American sharecropper families and homes, churches, schools, and farm scenes. Photographs were taken around Moundville, Eutaw, Selma, Scottsboro, Greensboro, and Birmingham, Alabama. Originals are stored at the Library of Congress.
Dates: 1930 - 1942
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Farm Security Administration Photographs

James Hillhouse Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0673
Abstract A letter from the minister of the Greensboro Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, Alabama, to an unidentified recipient discussing Hillhouse's wishes for the Presbyterians to reform the Catholic Church.
Dates: 1835-04
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / James Hillhouse Letter

Magnolia Hall Contract

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0895
Abstract Contract between David F. McCrary, builder, and Benjamin F. Parsons, architect, for the construction of Magnolia Hall, Greensboro, Alabama
Dates: 1855
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Magnolia Hall Contract

Nuckols Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-013
Abstract Three black and white mounted photographs, possibly from Greensboro, Alabama. Scenes include sawmill, a group of female students in commencement attire and the interior of an office building.
Dates: 1900
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Nuckols Family Photographs

Armistead I. Selden Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1244
Abstract Papers of this Greensboro, Alabama, native who served Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1953-1969 and was appointed U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa in 1974.
Dates: 1953-1979
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Armistead I. Selden Jr. Papers

William E. W. Yerby papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2316
Overview Handwritten notes on events in Greensboro, Alabama
Dates: 1885-1905
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / William E. W. Yerby papers