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Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 555 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas K. Jackson journals

 Collection
Identifier: W-0021
Overview Four journals documenting the daily life of Thomas K. Jackson.
Dates: 1866-1873

Thomas Payne Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1405
Overview The collection contains the business and personal papers of the eminent New Orleans businessman and bibliophile, Thomas Payne (T.P.) Thompson, from the mid nineteenth century through the 1930s. Also included are papers representing his work with and interests in various charities, educational institutions, Louisiana Historical Society and other historical institutions, and many other activities.
Dates: 1859 - 1937

Thomas W. Johnston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0770
Abstract Photostats of papers relating to Johnson's pension claim, detailing his service in the 2nd Michigan Cavalry during the Civil War.
Dates: 1861 - 1891

Mrs. Dupont Thompson biography

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0135
Abstract This collection contains an unpublished biography of Mrs. Dupont Thompson, a board member of Partlow State School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates: 1951

Three Miscellaneous Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4042
Overview Three early twentieth century ledgers for Tuscaloosa and Pickens county businesses.
Dates: 1908 - 1945

Tom S. Birdsong paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0159
Abstract A paper by Birdsong entitled "The Destruction of the University of the State of Alabama," prepared for presentation to the Alabama Historical Association in 1975.
Dates: 1975

C. L. Townsend letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1419
Abstract Letters to his wife and family sent from Kentucky and Corinth, Mississippi in 1862. The letters give instructions for handling his business affairs and express discontent with the war.
Dates: 1862

Louis W. Turpin plantation store ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1431
Overview Two sales ledgers for a plantation store belonging to Louis W. Turpin of New Berne, Alabama. Contains daily listings by person, listing what they purchased and how much each item cost. One book is from April 21-July 17 1879, and the other is January 1 - March 9, 1880.
Dates: 1879-1880

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Service Men's Center Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1604
Abstract A scrapbook containing photographs, letters, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, activity programs, and other items relating to the Tuscaloosa Service Men's Center for soldiers during World War Two.
Dates: 1943 - 1946

Tuskaloosa Female College commencement programme, 1890

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3726
Overview Program for the 1890 Tuskaloosa Female College commencement exercises.
Dates: 1890 June 10

Tuscumbia, Courtland, and Decatur Railroad records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1444
Overview Legal papers from the Mississippi Circuit Court and an Annual Report for the company from 1836
Dates: 1836-1845

Tuskegee Airmen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1446
Abstract Photocopied articles, clippings, press releases, programs, membership rosters, and memoirs relating to the Tuskegee Airmen, the group of men who participated in the first pilot training program for African-Americans during World War II.
Dates: 1983 - 1989

Henry Tutwiler Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2044
Abstract A letter from Tutwiler recommending a student for a teaching position at an unidentified school in Cahaba, Alabama
Dates: 1834 June 17

Twentieth Century Study Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1453
Overview Minutes and yearbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, women's study club.
Dates: 1923-1993

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee Chapter, letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1470
Overview This collection contains a letter about a meeting and the business of the chapter.
Dates: 1900

United States Civil Works Administration records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1480
Overview Contains the surveys of business records in Alabama from 1931-1936.
Dates: 1931-1936

United States General Land Office records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1481
Abstract This collection consists of ledgers containing: Land Commission correspondence; applications for land in Mississippi and Alabama territories; copies of land grants from England, France and Spain to residents in Mobile; marriage contracts; wills; and plats of grants, 1783-1813. Ledger 17 contains diary entries by James E. Henderson of Co. C, 12th Iowa Infantry, who was assistant provost marshall in Alabama in 1865. Several ledgers have been indexed by names.
Dates: 1738-1903

University of Alabama Women's Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1491
Abstract This collection contains scrapbooks, newspaper articles, yearbooks, minutes, financial records, and photographs pertaining to, along with the constitution of, this Tuscaloosa women's civic organization.
Dates: 1923-1986

Up-To-Date Study Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1492
Overview Minutes, financial records, correspondence, newspaper articles about, and yearbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, women's club.
Dates: 1901-2019

Viscountess Astor letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0092
Abstract A letter dated 5 November 1952, from Astor to Dr. John M. Gallalee, president of the University of Alabama, declining a speaking invitation.
Dates: 1952 November 5

W. S. Hoole Library Broadsides Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3727
Scope and Contents The collection contains a variety of broadsides in the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library.
Dates: 1860

Wade Hall Collection of Civil War Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4273
Overview A variety of materials related to the United States Civil War
Dates: 1861 - 1932

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box 2009001.019: [1006241516]
Identifier: 2009-088
Abstract This collection consists of three photographs of people in Alabama.
Dates: 1924

Carrie Watkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1531
Overview Letters, recipes, and love poems, as well as her diary, written between 1857 and 1864 in Huntsville, Alabama, with her daily thoughts, favorite excerpts from literature and history, math problems, drawings of architecture, and problem solving.
Dates: 1857-1864

Watkins Mercantile and Banking Company, Faunsdale, Alabama, statements

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3729
Overview Statements from the Watkins Mercantile and Banking Company of Faunsdale, Alabama, detailing items purchased by Miss Winnie Walker in the last quarter of 1892.
Dates: 1892

West Blocton, Alabama, Centennial Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1542
Overview A miscellany of materials evidently amassed for the West Blocton, Alabama's centennial.
Dates: circa 1980s

Annie Early Wheeler scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2890
Overview Extensive scrapbook concerning the life and home of Annie Wheeler, daughter of "Fighting" Joe Wheeler.
Dates: 1950

Whitfield Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1628
Overview Papers of this Marengo County, Alabama, plantation family including correspondence, financial papers and business receipts, land sale documents, and Nathan Bryan Whitfield's presidential pardon.
Dates: 1820-1920

Whitley and Handley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2286
Overview Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and church programs
Dates: 1930-1980

William Albert Jones Quarterly Report Card

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0787
Abstract Photostatic copy of an 1862 report card of this University of Alabama student from Marion, Alabama.
Dates: 1862-12-26

William B. "WIllie" Pape Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3689
Overview Two scrapbooks kept by Willie Pape during his years in England as well as a bound volume of his sheet music.
Dates: 1862-1875

William Brantley, Hugh Comer, and Thomas Martin correspondence on the Battle of Horseshoe Bend

 Collection
Identifier: W-0060
Overview Correspondence and other materials regarding the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and Creek Indian leader William Weatherford (Red Eagle)
Dates: 1948 - 1964

William Burnham Woods Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1575
Scope and Contents A letter dated 14 January 1877, to Charles W. Hanler, asking that a brochure be sent to him. At the time Woods was a judge on the United States fifth district court, of which Alabama was a part.
Dates: 1877-01-14

William Gray Little Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0868
Abstract A collection of family correspondence, financial and legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia relating to this Livingston, Alabama native who is credited with introducing football at the University of Alabama.
Dates: 1837 - 1938

William H. Ely letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0484
Overview Letters recounting an 1820-1821 journey to Alabama by William H. Ely, Commissioner of the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. The letters describe both the difficulties of his mission and the lifestyle of the early inhabitants of the state of Alabama.
Dates: 1820 - 1821

William Jesse Robinett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1624
Abstract This collection consists of a handwritten original paper and typescript copy containing the names of family members and stories about the family's experience during Rousseau's Raid, July 10-22, 1864, in which a Union Army force raided from Decatur, Alabama, to the southward.
Dates: 1957

William P. Abrams diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0005
Abstract Diaries of travels from New Hampshire to Alabama; to Havana, Cuba; and to the midwestern United States. The majority of entries were written in Gainesville, Alabama, where this New Hampshire native settled.
Dates: 1839 - 1848

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

William Wright Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2058
Abstract A letter dated December 20, 1849, written by William Wright to Vincent Gravett. In the letter he discusses legislative matters and describes the burning of the capitol building earlier in the month.
Dates: 1849-12-20

Willie T. White papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1548
Abstract Contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, and other materials, the majority of which are related to Willie T. White, who resided in Rockford, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates: 1860-1970

J. E. Windham ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1565
Overview Ledgers of J. E. Windham of Gainesville, Alabama, and photocopies of two volumes of the Gainesville Presbyterian Church records.
Dates: between 1820 and 1900

Mathew Winston Alabama Shakespeare Festival papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2499
Overview Papers, grant proposals, program guides, brochures, postcards, photographs and other materials from 1984 to 1986, concerning the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, originally based in Anniston, Alabama, and moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1985.
Dates: 1984-1986

Sterling Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1570
Overview Contains notes, photograph albums, scrapbooks, notebooks, research notes, geneaology notes, family records, wills and letters on the Wood family from the 1860's-1972.
Dates: 1860-1972

Woodward Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1577
Overview An extensive collection, including business and personal correspondence, financial records, photographs, and other materials of this Birmingham, Alabama, family, which owned and operated the Woodward Iron Company.
Dates: 1829 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1950

Woodward Iron Company records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0061
Overview Correspondence, financial and legal records, annual reports, and employee newsletters produced by the Woodward Iron Company and members of the Woodward Voting Trust, from 1945-1977.
Dates: 1945 - 1977

Wright, Cotten, and Douglass Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1583
Abstract This collection contains diaries, correspondence, and other materials related to four generations of this Tennessee/Alabama family.
Dates: 1798 - 1990

Frances Virginia McLin Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4191
Overview Papers of a Sheffield, Alabama, elementary school teacher, her family, and allied families.
Dates: 1879-1974

W. McK. Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2315
Overview Bound manuscript titled "Alabama and the NYA," a history of the National Youth Administration organization
Dates: 1943