Alabama

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.

Includes financial and other business related papers of John Spinks Kennedy, a Civil War veteran and lawyer who lived in Lauderdale County, Alabama.

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.

A bond dated 27 May 1839, posted in order to serve as notary public in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

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.

A letter dated 27 July 1846, from Gainsville, Alabama to Price Williams, Livingston, Alabama, seeking information on claims of Daniel Scott.

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.

Photocopies of court documents concerning the sale of property at auction in Fayette County, Alabama.

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.

Business accounts of Coosa County cotton factory owner. Many of the customers were from Talladega, Alabama.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Minutes of the fourth annual convention of the Kappa Alpha order, held at Auburn, Alabama, 8 June 1894.

Contract making Kate Beatty, a resident of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a member of the Birmingham Bridal Gift Association.

Alabama author’s manuscript for the book, Common Threads.

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.

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.

Includes the papers of the King family of Perry County, Alabama, who owned plantations and other businesses.

Miscellaneous labor relations documents

Five legal documents, dated 1821-67, from or about Lawrence County, Alabama, three of which pertain to John. S. Lackey.

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

Military charges and specifications against Private W. N. Landrun of the Tenth Alabama Regulars, 1863

A license dated 23 September 1835, granted to Alexander M. Brooks, Edward Jones, and M. Seuris to operate a tavern in Lawrence County, Alabama.

Typescript copy of a paper titled, "The Water Ways of Alabama."

Letters to Elizabeth J. Coman of Athens, Alabama, from her husband and sisters between 1834 and 1843.

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.

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.

A letter dated 26 July 1850, to J. R. Koogler, which discusses the people, countryside, and business prospects of Livingston, Alabama.

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.

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.

A handmade book celebrating the 25th wedding anniversary of S. D. Logan and his wife Ivey and a Centreville, Alabama, newspaper from 1936

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.

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.

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.

Columns, poems, songs, and other materials of this Lillian, Alabama, poet and songwriter.

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.

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.

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.