Alabama
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 695 Collections and/or Records:
John Murphy Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2056
Abstract
Two letters, dated February 15, 1827, and September 4, 1828, written by Alabama Governor John Murphy to Secretary of State James J. Thornton regarding the filling of judicial vacancies.
Dates:
1827 - 1828
John Spinks Kennedy Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0807
Abstract
Includes financial and other business related papers of John Spinks Kennedy, a Civil War veteran and lawyer who lived in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
Dates:
1858 - 1892
John Will Johnson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0760
Abstract
A collection of correspondence and other papers. Johnson's correspondents included John H. Bankhead, Albert Boutwell, Carl Elliott, Lister Hill, Albert Rains, James A. Simpson, John Sparkman, and Chauncey Sparks.
Dates:
1936 - 1951
Johnson J. Hooper Notary Bond
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0700
Abstract
A bond dated 27 May 1839, posted in order to serve as notary public in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
Dates:
1839-05-27
John F. Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1806
Abstract
Contains correspondence, financial materials, and material relating to the Grange, Farmers’ Alliance, Agricultural Relief, and other agricultural organizations of this Choctaw County, Mississippi, farmer who was an agent for the Daniel Pratt Company.
Dates:
1856-1888
Jonathon A. Minnice Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0993
Abstract
A letter dated 27 July 1846, from Gainsville, Alabama to Price Williams, Livingston, Alabama, seeking information on claims of Daniel Scott.
Dates:
1846-07-27
Jones family gathered on a porch, circa 1919
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.005157
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Photograph album with 248 photographs depicting World War I scenes in France; photograph of German Army with Kaiser Bill, Crown Prince, and General Von Kluck; cross grave maker of Quentin Roosevelt; tanks, weapons, and prisoners of war; Walter Jones and others at camp; volcanic plug in Italy; Loire River; Mediterranean Sea near the France-Italy border; bridges in New York City; landscape and city views in France; boats in the New York Harbor; USS Lancaster; Cathedral of St. Etienne of Bourges,...
Dates:
circa 1919
Jones Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0773
Abstract
A family bible containing birth and death entries for members of the Jones and Matheson families, plus clippings of obituaries and of poems published by Sallie Jones.
Dates:
1764 - 1864
Jones family standing by a sidewalk, circa 1919
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.005155
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Photograph album with 248 photographs depicting World War I scenes in France; photograph of German Army with Kaiser Bill, Crown Prince, and General Von Kluck; cross grave maker of Quentin Roosevelt; tanks, weapons, and prisoners of war; Walter Jones and others at camp; volcanic plug in Italy; Loire River; Mediterranean Sea near the France-Italy border; bridges in New York City; landscape and city views in France; boats in the New York Harbor; USS Lancaster; Cathedral of St. Etienne of Bourges,...
Dates:
circa 1919
John W. Jones Legal Documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4197
Overview
Photocopies of court documents concerning the sale of property at auction in Fayette County, Alabama.
Dates:
1901 March 22
Jones Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0774
Abstract
A letter dated 26 May 1845, by a Mobile resident named Jones, to William M. Murphy of Greensboro, Alabama, regarding a note held by Murphy.
Dates:
1845-05-26
Joseph H. Bradford Accounts
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0199
Abstract
Business accounts of Coosa County cotton factory owner. Many of the customers were from Talladega, Alabama.
Dates:
1836-1841
Josephine Jones Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0782
Abstract
A letter dated 20 November 1860, from Athens, Alabama, to a former teacher named Mrs. Washburn, containing news of the school and stating how much she misses Washburn.
Dates:
1860-11-20
Joshua Hill Foster Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0535
Overview
Papers of a University of Alabama graduate, Baptist minister, planter, teacher (University of Alabama, 1873-1892) and president of Alabama Central Female College, 1869-1873.
Dates:
1839 - 1904
Joshua L. Martin Commissions
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2053
Abstract
Two printed commissions signed by Alabama Governor Joshua L. Martin commissioning Matthew W. Steele as Aide-de-Camp to the general and commander in chief of the State Militia.
Dates:
1845-12-15 - 1845-12-29
Judson Baptist Association, Henry County, Alabama, Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0793
Abstract
A single record book containing church articles, decorum for the order of business, and minutes for church meetings 1850-1865 of this Henry County, Alabama, Baptist church. The collection also contains a program for the inauguration of James Huey Edmondson as president of Judson College, 1967.
Dates:
1850 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1865
Julia Neely Finch Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0515
Overview
Correspondence by and to Julia Neely Finch, as well as her poetry and short stories, written between 1890 and 1926, as well as a small handwritten and typescript collection of Julia’s poems and short stories and a Common Place Book, which served as a scrapbook of her published pieces.
Dates:
1890 - 1926
Kappa Alpha Fraternity Convention Minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0796
Abstract
Minutes of the fourth annual convention of the Kappa Alpha order, held at Auburn, Alabama, 8 June 1894.
Dates:
1894
Kate Beatty Birmingham Bridal Gift Association membership certificate
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0126
Abstract
Contract making Kate Beatty, a resident of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a member of the Birmingham Bridal Gift Association.
Dates:
1882
Kathryn Tucker Windham Manuscript, Common Threads
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1820
Abstract
Alabama author’s manuscript for the book, Common Threads.
Dates:
2000
John Percy Kennedy family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2326
Scope and Contents
This collection contains newspapers from 1875 to 1936, educational material, correspondence, photographs of the family, and miscellaneous materials. There are two "Jenness Miller Monthly" which was a magazine that promoted correct dress for women.
Dates:
1837-1920
Keyes Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0813
Abstract
A collection of correspondence, diaries, biographical notes, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia and other papers. It concerns the emigration of the family of John Washington Keyes and his wife Julia Hentz Keyes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after the Civil War, and their subsequent travel all over the world.
Dates:
1846-1944
King family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0817
Overview
Includes the papers of the King family of Perry County, Alabama, who owned plantations and other businesses.
Dates:
1803-1894
Labor relations papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3454
Overview
Miscellaneous labor relations documents
Dates:
1930s-1960s
John S. Lackey papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1780
Abstract
Five legal documents, dated 1821-67, from or about Lawrence County, Alabama, three of which pertain to John. S. Lackey.
Dates:
1821-67
Lamkin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3901
Overview
Deed and survey from 1843 for land in North Carolina, correspondence covering family news and daily life, two family Bibles, as well as three books written by family friends
Dates:
1843 - 1990
Private W. N. Landrun papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3467
Overview
Military charges and specifications against Private W. N. Landrun of the Tenth Alabama Regulars, 1863
Dates:
1863 March 17
Lawrence County, Alabama Tavern License
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0847
Scope and Contents
A license dated 23 September 1835, granted to Alexander M. Brooks, Edward Jones, and M. Seuris to operate a tavern in Lawrence County, Alabama.
Dates:
1835-09-23
William Patrick Lay paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0849
Overview
Typescript copy of a paper titled, "The Water Ways of Alabama."
Dates:
unknown
Letters to Elizabeth J. Coman
Collection
Identifier: W-0047
Overview
Letters to Elizabeth J. Coman of Athens, Alabama, from her husband and sisters between 1834 and 1843.
Dates:
1834-1843
Letters to Laura Pullen
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2125
Overview
Letters to Laura Pullen in Leighton, Alabama, from her husband R.B. Pullen in Tennessee and from Dora, a friend or family member. The letters discuss travel and family.
Dates:
1895
Lewis May Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0934
Abstract
November 1808 letter to Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. agent to the Creek Indians in Alabama and Georgia, regarding a claim for compensation for a stolen horse.
Dates:
1808-11
Lewis Parrish Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1104
Abstract
A letter dated 26 July 1850, to J. R. Koogler, which discusses the people, countryside, and business prospects of Livingston, Alabama.
Dates:
1850-07-26
Lister Hill papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0670
Abstract
Subject files, correspondence, reports, and other materials by, to, and about this Alabama senator who served in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1923- 1938 and the U. S. Senate from 1938-1969.
Dates:
1921-1968
Lena E. Lockhart papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0871
Overview
Autobiographical sketch, inspirational materials, the papers "Woman's Part in Making Alabama History - the Past" presented to the Thomaston, Marengo County, Alabama Study Club, which focuses on female educators, and "History of The Thomaston Parent-Teacher Association", as well as a history of Thomaston, Alabama, by Alma Jean Compton, and materials relating to teaching.
Dates:
1951-1963
S. D. Logan papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0873
Overview
A handmade book celebrating the 25th wedding anniversary of S. D. Logan and his wife Ivey and a Centreville, Alabama, newspaper from 1936
Dates:
1898-1936
Long Pond near Decatur, Alabama, 1922
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004741
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Photograph album with 247 photographs depicting Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City; Tennessee River and other scenes in Alabama; buildings, railroad tracks, and flooding in Texas; Rio Grande in Texas; villages with huts in Mexico; Sierra Madre in Mexico; banana grove in Mexico; people in the cities of Tampico and Veracruz, Mexico; bullfight; coconut grove; El Aguila Camp near Tuxpan on the Tuxpan River; barges; vegetation and landscape views in Mexico; corn fields; Los Naranjos Camp; Walter...
Dates:
1922
Longview Agricultural Club Minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0876
Abstract
A collection containing meeting minutes of this Russell County, Alabama farmers' organizatipn, 1890-92, including the attendance roll and information on crop production and exhibitions.
Dates:
1890 - 1892
Looking across Walker's Island on the Tennesse River, 1922 October
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004149
Scope and Contents note
From the File:
1 Photographic album (257 photographs) depicting geological trips and rock formations; scenes from Ashville, North Carolina; quarries; Jones and Phelps family photos in Alabama; Tennessee River; photos of Rigs Stephenson and Joe Sewell, University of Alabama baseball players; Stone Mountain Georgia; and scenes from North Carolina and Fort Bragg.
Dates:
1922 October
Looking east along bank of Tennessee River at Big Mussel Shoals, 1922 October
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004141
Scope and Contents note
From the File:
1 Photographic album (257 photographs) depicting geological trips and rock formations; scenes from Ashville, North Carolina; quarries; Jones and Phelps family photos in Alabama; Tennessee River; photos of Rigs Stephenson and Joe Sewell, University of Alabama baseball players; Stone Mountain Georgia; and scenes from North Carolina and Fort Bragg.
Dates:
1922 October
Lorraine Standish Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1636
Abstract
Columns, poems, songs, and other materials of this Lillian, Alabama, poet and songwriter.
Dates:
1970 - 2010
Macon and Miles Abernathy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0003
Overview
This collection consists Abernathy family correspondence discussing the outbreak of the Civil War and the return of Macon, a University of Alabama student, to his hometown of Jacksonville, Alabama, to enlist in a local company. Also contains an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles W. Abernathy.
Dates:
1861 - 1878
Hugh Mallory Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2649
Overview
Letter written by Hugh Mallory of Selma, Alabama, on August 15, 1932 to an unidentified person asking for names of others in the recipient's community whom Mallory could contact regarding the use of the highways by busses and trucks being operated for personal profit. Also included is a letter to the State Legistlature requesting that body to regulate such usage.
Dates:
1932
Man at Jacobs Mine in Alabama, photo 1, circa 1960
Item — Box 34: [1006063579], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011.004.003815
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
110 photographs depicting work scenes around Huntsville, Alabama; bluffs and other rural areas; Dr. Douglas E. Jones at the Jacob's Coal Mine entrance and at Pollard Field; fields at Blackwell Run; farm fields; quarry; and portrait of Walter B. Jones. Photograph album with 96 photographs, 1900-1920, depicting ships on the Long Island sound; road trip; Big Cove Pike quarry; iron bridges in Madison County, Alabama; 4th of July parade in Huntsville, Alabama; Hales Bar Dam on Tennessee River; Dixie...
Dates:
circa 1960
Man at Jacobs Mine in Alabama, photo 2, circa 1960
Item — Box 34: [1006063579], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011.004.003816
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
110 photographs depicting work scenes around Huntsville, Alabama; bluffs and other rural areas; Dr. Douglas E. Jones at the Jacob's Coal Mine entrance and at Pollard Field; fields at Blackwell Run; farm fields; quarry; and portrait of Walter B. Jones. Photograph album with 96 photographs, 1900-1920, depicting ships on the Long Island sound; road trip; Big Cove Pike quarry; iron bridges in Madison County, Alabama; 4th of July parade in Huntsville, Alabama; Hales Bar Dam on Tennessee River; Dixie...
Dates:
circa 1960
Man by a ledge of Selma chalk in front of a house, 1924 September 21
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004245
Scope and Contents note
From the File:
1 Photographic album (257 photographs) depicting geological trips and rock formations; scenes from Ashville, North Carolina; quarries; Jones and Phelps family photos in Alabama; Tennessee River; photos of Rigs Stephenson and Joe Sewell, University of Alabama baseball players; Stone Mountain Georgia; and scenes from North Carolina and Fort Bragg.
Dates:
1924 September 21
Man in a boat on a river or lake, circa 1917
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.005162
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Photograph album with 248 photographs depicting World War I scenes in France; photograph of German Army with Kaiser Bill, Crown Prince, and General Von Kluck; cross grave maker of Quentin Roosevelt; tanks, weapons, and prisoners of war; Walter Jones and others at camp; volcanic plug in Italy; Loire River; Mediterranean Sea near the France-Italy border; bridges in New York City; landscape and city views in France; boats in the New York Harbor; USS Lancaster; Cathedral of St. Etienne of Bourges,...
Dates:
circa 1917
Man on a horse at Searcy family's house in Samantha, Alabama, 1940
Item — Box 5253: [1006241587], Folder: 2012.035.000480
Identifier: 2012.035.000480
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...
Dates:
1940
Man standing on the side of a cliff by a gravel road, photo 1, circa 1960
Item — Box 34: [1006063579], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011.004.003822
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
110 photographs depicting work scenes around Huntsville, Alabama; bluffs and other rural areas; Dr. Douglas E. Jones at the Jacob's Coal Mine entrance and at Pollard Field; fields at Blackwell Run; farm fields; quarry; and portrait of Walter B. Jones. Photograph album with 96 photographs, 1900-1920, depicting ships on the Long Island sound; road trip; Big Cove Pike quarry; iron bridges in Madison County, Alabama; 4th of July parade in Huntsville, Alabama; Hales Bar Dam on Tennessee River; Dixie...
Dates:
circa 1960
Man standing on the side of a cliff by a gravel road, photo 2, circa 1960
Item — Box 34: [1006063579], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011.004.003823
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
110 photographs depicting work scenes around Huntsville, Alabama; bluffs and other rural areas; Dr. Douglas E. Jones at the Jacob's Coal Mine entrance and at Pollard Field; fields at Blackwell Run; farm fields; quarry; and portrait of Walter B. Jones. Photograph album with 96 photographs, 1900-1920, depicting ships on the Long Island sound; road trip; Big Cove Pike quarry; iron bridges in Madison County, Alabama; 4th of July parade in Huntsville, Alabama; Hales Bar Dam on Tennessee River; Dixie...
Dates:
circa 1960