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Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 696 Collections and/or Records:

Southern Alabama Emigration and Development Company letters

 Collection
Identifier: W-0002
Abstract

Letters of this Chicago, Illinois, based company to their agents in Montgomery, Alabama, concerning land development projects in southern Alabama in the late nineteenth century.

Dates: 1897

Spencer J. McMorris daybook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0967
Abstract

Records of daily sales in a general store in Lafayette, Chambers County, Alabama, 1837.

Dates: 1837

Spring Valley Foods, Inc. Stock Sales Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1329
Abstract

Large volume with information about the sale of 300,000 shares of common stock of Spring Valley Foods, Inc. at $1 par value. Includes correspondence with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a prospectus, memorandums, power of attorney information, letters from key parties involved, and certificates in a clearly labeled 72 section volume with table of contents.

Dates: 1969 - 1970

St. John's Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1331
Abstract

Ledger containing lists of members and some financial records of this Baptist church, possibly in Alabama.

Dates: 1949 - 1951

Steamboat ferry, Huntsville, on the Tennessee River, 1917

 Item
Identifier: 2011.004.005158
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...
Dates: 1917

Donald W. Stewart papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1349
Abstract

Contains the papers of state congressman.

Dates: circa 1975 - 1990

George H. Stewart papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3507
Abstract

"Bastard Checks" from 1918 to 1921 issued by Judge George H. Stewart (Rockford, Alabama) for the care of illegitimate children on behalf of others.

Dates: 1918-1921

George Stiggins papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1352
Abstract

Contains a copy of "The Stiggins Manuscript", which was copied from the original historical narrative in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Collection, 1901. This is a narrative of the genealogical traditions and down fall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indians, written by one of its members of the tribe. Also contains letters of correspondence and a copy of Alabama Highways vol. VII, July - August 1933.

Dates: unknown

Stone and Franklin Families Ration Books

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1787
Abstract

World War Two ration books of these Tuscaloosa, Alabama, families

Dates: 1942 - 1944

Oliver Day Street papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1358
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and other papers. They concern his activities as a candidate for Congress (1898 and 1902), as U. S. district attorney for northern Alabama (1907-1914), special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General (1914-1920), chairman of the Republican executive committee for the Seventh Congressional District (1904-1908), delegate to two Republican national conventions (1912 and 1916), and member of the Republican National Committee (1916-1920).

Dates: 1888-1944

George Stritikus papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1360
Abstract

This collection contains materials on floriculture in Alabama, including papers on roses and on old English boxwoods, a plant inventory of Fendall Hall, Eufaula, Alabama, and indexes of plants mentioned in books on Alabama and Georgia plantations and homes, plus photos, garden plans, and written descriptions from Stitikus's traveling exhibit, "Alabama : Her People, Houses and Gardens," (1986).

Dates: 1981-1986

W. C. Strong letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0132
Abstract

A January 1927 letter by W. C. Strong of Mobile, Alabama, recounting the circumstances surrounding the death of Robert F. Bell, Jr., an employee of the Munson Steam Ship Company docks who died on the job in late 1926.

Dates: 1927

Mary Rebecca Strudwick memory book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3633
Abstract

Memory book from Demopolis (Ala.) High School 1909 graduate

Dates: 1909

David Crockett Stuart memoir

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1364
Abstract

A copy of Stuart's 1913 memoir, which discusses his early life, Civil War service in the Fourth Alabama Cavalry Regiment, and his move to Utah in 1872.

Dates: 1913

Surveyor's District of Northern Alabama papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1371
Abstract

Survey of a unknown town from a surveyors office in Huntsville, Alabama

Dates: 1820

Sydnia Keene Smyth Antebellum Architecture of Tuscaloosa Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-006
Abstract

This collection consists of thirty-two photographs of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, antebellum architecture, taken by Sydnia Keene Smyth for her thesis in 1929.

Dates: 1929

T. A. Smith holding a bass at Don Drennen's house, 1956 August 17

 Item — Box 19: [Barcode: 1006235742], Folder: 2011.004.001978
Identifier: 2011.004.001978
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting Jones's house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Camp A-Z in the Mobile Delta; camp at Elk River, Alabama; drilling pump in the woods; Raymond W. Jones's gravestone; Walter Jones’s pipe collection; and George Walter Jones's grave at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.

Dates: 1956 August 17

T. A. Walthall and Sons Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1814
Abstract

This collection contains management records from the business ventures of the Thomas Arthur Walthall, Jr. family in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. These include records from the family’s cotton gins, dairy farm and warehouse. A small number of miscellaneous items are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1912 - 1971

Talbot, Jones, and Company letter and promissory notes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1379
Abstract

An 1839 letter to E. L. Woodward of Jacksonville, Alabama, with instructions to collect on an enclosed promissory note from James M. Mitchell, deceased.

Dates: 1837-1839

Talladega Cemetery Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1380
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of lists of dues owed and paid by individuals for the upkeep of Oak Hill cemetery in Talladega, Alabama.

Dates: 1920 - 1933

Eldred Burder Teague papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1390
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of the religious compositions of an 1840 graduate of the University of Alabama who became a prominent Baptist minister.

Dates: 1844-1883

Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama, 1922

 Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004742
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;...
Dates: 1922

Thomas B. Strong bankruptcy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1478
Abstract

A collection of documents relating to the bankruptcy case of Thomas B. Strong of Madison County, Alabama, conducted in the United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama.

Dates: 1868-1874

Thomas E. Kilby Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2028
Abstract

A letter written by Thomas E. Kilby, as Governor of Alabama, dated April 20, 1921, to F. T. Raiford, the editor of the Selma Times.

Dates: 1921-04-20

Thomas H. Dodd, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4315
Scope and Contents The collection is mostly comprised of correspondence between American botanists Roland McMillan Harper and John Kunkel Small between 1897-1935 and copies of articles, journal interviews, and various other publications written by both botanists during their careers. The correspondence was compiled by Thomas H. Dodd, Jr. of Semmes, Alabama, a prominent horticulturalist, nursery owner, and colleague of Harper. There is a small collection of correspondence between Thomas H. Dodd, Jr. and Marie...
Dates: 1897 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1937

Thomas H. Herndon Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0667
Abstract

This collection contains letters of correspondence.

Dates: 1850 - 1879

Thomas Haughey letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0648
Abstract

Letter written by Thomas Haughey of Alabama, dated December 28, 1868 and written from Washington, DC, to Ben Perley Poone providing a short biographical sketch. Mentions having to live in the north during the Civil War due to his anti-secessionist ideals.

Dates: 1868 December 28

Thomas Hubbard Hobbs diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0683
Abstract

The collection contains diaries of an Alabama lawyer, planter, and legislator from Athens, Limestone County, Alabama. Included is a three-month diary from 1862, when Hobbs was Captain of Co. F., Ninth Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The diaries also cover his time as a legislator representing Limestone County, Alabama; his support for the railroads; and his work on the family plantation.

Dates: 1840-1862

Thomas K. Jackson journals

 Collection
Identifier: W-0021
Abstract

Four journals documenting the daily life of Thomas K. Jackson.

Dates: 1866-1873

Thomas Payne Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1405
Abstract

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
Abstract

Three early twentieth century ledgers for Tuscaloosa and Pickens county businesses.

Dates: 1908 - 1945

To the People of Alabama: anti-secession document signed by Robert Jemison Jr. and thirty-two other members of Alabama's 1861 secession convention

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3788
Abstract

Document to the people of Alabama from thirty-three men at the 1861 secession convention explaining why they did not sign the Ordinance of Secession

Dates: 1861

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

Tornado damaged timber at Slade place near McIntosh, Alabama, 1942 January 2

 Item — Box 9: [Barcode: 1006235697], Folder: 2011.004.000841
Identifier: 2011.004.000841
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

100 photographs depicting New Guinea; Walter Jones during World War II; Camp A-Z in the Mobile Delta; Walter Jones’s family; tornado damage near McIntosh, Alabama; ducks and other birds at Chocalata Bay in the Mobile Delta; and Drake Farm from Monte Sano in Huntsville, Alabama.

Dates: 1942 January 2

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

Program for the 1890 Tuskaloosa Female College commencement exercises.

Dates: 1890 June 10

Tuscumbia, Courtland, and Decatur Railroad records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1444
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

Minutes, financial records, correspondence, newspaper articles about, and yearbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, women's club.

Dates: 1901-2019

U.S. Land Office at Montgomery, Alabama, July 1884, Commissioners' Land Selection Descriptions for the University of Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4015
Abstract

Ledger page describing the land selected for the University of Alabama in 1884

Dates: 1884