Alabama
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 696 Collections and/or Records:
Brookwood Silver Liners Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2653
Overview
The minutes, agenda, newspaper clippings, membership directories, and miscellaneous papers of this Brookwood, Alabama senior citizens organization.
Dates:
1985?-2009
Richard Brough collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3679
Overview
Prints from original sketches of "famous firsts" of Alabama and a sketch print of Farrah Hall on the University of Alabama campus
Dates:
unknown
Donald Brown collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3690
Overview
The Century War Book: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (People's Pictorial Edition); Alabama Citizens' Commission on Constitutional Reform Collection; Rosenwald Schools in Kentucky, 1917-1932 Papers; and
4) Another Star is Born: Grand Opening Tuscaloosa Mercedes-Benz M-class Press Information packet.
Dates:
unknown
Brown Hill School Trustees' minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0217
Overview
Trustees' minutes, covering 1916-1924 (including parents' rolls), of this school for African American students in Loachapoka, Lee County, Alabama.
Dates:
1916-1924
W. L. Bruce and Sons records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0223
Overview
Ledgers and daybooks of this Catherine, Wilcox County, Alabama, country store, reflecting the economic and social conditions of this rural community from 1911 to 1936
Dates:
1911-1936
Richard Trapier Brumby letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0224
Overview
Letter from Brumby, dated 2 April 1834, from Tuscaloosa, to the firm of Wragg and Stewart in Montgomery, Alabama, concerning a debt owed to the firm
Dates:
1834 April 2
Bryce Hospital Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0225
Overview
Various materials on the establishment and history of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, later known as Bryce Hospital.
Dates:
1849-1991
Peter Bryce collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0226
Overview
A small miscellany of materials including Bryce's appointment as medical officer of ship "Yorkshire," clippings about Bryce, among them his obituary, and copy of his "Moral and Criminal Responsibility," 1888
Dates:
1859-1888
John H. Bryson letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0227
Overview
Letter from Bryson, dated 12 March 1891, from Huntsville, Alabama, to the Rev. A. A. E. Taylor, St. Louis, Missouri, inviting him to visit Huntsville and discussing the inauguration of a Mr. Briggs
Dates:
1891 March 12
Buckner Confederate Hospital Medical Logs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4339
Scope and Contents
This collection from Buckner Hospital, dating from April 1862 to April 1865, is comprised of one ledger of patients treated by the hospital’s mobile unit and one ledger of medical orders. The patient ledger is 343 pages and contains patient names, ranks, regiments, companies, complaints and applied treatments, and whether the patient was discharged or died. The medical orders ledger is 141 pages of general and specific orders concerning medical treatment at field hospitals.
The ledgers are...
Dates:
1862-04 - 1865-04
Bullock County Historical Society papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2589
Overview
Papers, correspondence and research relating to the establishment of the Bullock County Historical Society, as well as some transcriptions of oral histories, cemetery records, and "genealogical" correspondence about the town of Midway and Bullock County.
Dates:
1977-1987
Maude Buntin collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0229
Overview
Miscellaneous papers related to Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama, including the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Centennial program, 1937, the 50th anniversary booklet of the Tuesday Study Club, 1964, a Bible Study schedule for 1913, and clippings and photos related to Pickens County landmarks.
Dates:
1913-1976
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands labor contract
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0230
Overview
Labor contract dated 16 June 1865 with estate of Greene Underwood of Dallas Co., Alabama, binding former slaves to plantation in return for food, clothing and medical care
Dates:
1865 June 16
Jonathan Burford summons
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2212
Abstract
A summons from Jonathan Burford, Circuit Court clerk, to the sheriff of Lawrence County, Alabama, asking the sheriff to compel John P. Broadnax, William F. Broadnax, and William Faxhall to pay debts.
Dates:
1821 May 1
Joe W. Burleson deposition
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0232
Overview
Tuscaloosa, Alabama Circuit Court deposition, dated 3 February 1977, of the plaintiff in civil action no. 7984, Joe W. Burleson vs. National Broadcasting Co., et al.
Dates:
1977 February 3
Gladys King Burns papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0234
Overview
Letters and other documents created and gathered while researching her thesis, "The Alabama Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948," at Auburn University.
Dates:
1948-1965
Bush and Lobdell Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0049
Overview
Five letters and a telegram to a foundry in Delaware from various Alabama railroads concerning purchase of wheels, trucks, pinions, and other items.
Dates:
1860
Jack S. Butler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2485
Overview
Letters written to and from Lt. Jack S. Butler and his wife, Maxine, in 1945, while he was stationed in Italy, and she was in Notasulga and Auburn, AL
Dates:
1945
Bylaws, Policies
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains official AAUW charters and bylaws, as well as policy information of AAUW branch organizations.
Dates:
1928-2002
C. H. Miller Store Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0987
Abstract
General merchandise store records, including ledgers, daybooks, correspondence and miscellaneous materials from a business located in Miller, Marengo County, Alabama.
Dates:
1891-1910
C. N. Henkle Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0664
Abstract
A letter dated January 1878, to Mrs. J. Avery, detailing Henkle's involvement in Croxton's Raid, a spring 1865 Union Army foray into west Central Alabama, and the Union seizure of Tuscaloosa in April 1865.
Dates:
1878-01
Cahaba, Alabama Public Land Office record
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1172
Overview
Public land office records from Cahaba, Alabama, possibly created by George S. Gaines.
Dates:
1825 - 1830
Cahaba Coal Mining Company meeting minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3805
Overview
Meeting minutes for this Alabama coal mining company
Dates:
1892 September 16
Calcedonia Cemetery gravestone list
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0259
Overview
A 1992 list of names found on gravestones in this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, cemetery.
Dates:
1992
John H. Caldwell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0258
Overview
Business correspondence, legal papers, and reports of land agent for state of Alabama. Does not cover his entire term, 1879-1902.
Dates:
1886-1902
Calhoun School Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0260
Overview
Photocopy of the songbook "Calhoun Plantation Songs," 3rd ed. (1923) edited by Emily Hollowell, first published in 1901 to raise money for this Lowndes County, Alabama, school for African-Americans, and six postcard views of the school and students, etc.
Dates:
1891-1923
Callahan Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0262
Overview
A miscellany of materials, primarily genealogical records of a large number of families. The collection also contains files on the Hopewell Baptist Church in Fayette County, Alabama, the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company F, Alabama land records, and on women's suffrage.
Dates:
unknown
Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0478
Overview
Documents, interviews, and source material used by Camille Elebash,in co-producing with Joe Terry, the documentary George Wallace: A Politician’s Legacy.
Dates:
1964-1988
Canebrake collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0267
Overview
Materials relating principally to the community of Dayton in Marengo County, Alabama. It includes land grants, the Dayton city code, town council minutes, and some family records.
Dates:
circa 1837?
Isaac Cannon and Mordecai F. Doughty legal documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0268
Overview
Photocopies of court documents from the Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) Probate Court, regarding the estates of Isaac Cannon and Mordecai F. Doughty
Dates:
1876-1890
John Cannon indenture
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0269
Overview
An agreement dated 10 January 1899 and executed in Elmore County, Alabama, between J. W. Adams and John Cannon, indenturing Archie Cannon, a minor, to five months agricultural labor.
Dates:
1899 January 10
Theron Cannon records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0270
Abstract
The records of a general store in Berry, Fayette County, Alabama, including correspondence, mortgages, invoices, orders, etc.
Dates:
1914-1952
Cantelou family genealogy
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0271
Overview
Photocopies of various documents concerning the ancestry of members of the Cantelou family of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
Dates:
1855–1965
Carl, Aunt Clara, Elvalena Jones, and Mrs. Okes by a house, circa 1917
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.005216
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
Carl Lamson Carmer letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0277
Overview
Letter written by this acclaimed author of Stars Fell on Alabama to Mrs. Raymond McClain, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, discussing Mrs. McLain's association with Ruby Pickens Tartt, who Carmer praises for her value to the state of Alabama and her work to raise awareness of the folk traditions of Alabama.
Dates:
1972 August 9
Emmett Bryan Carmichael collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0278
Overview
Approximately 300 letters sent to Emmett Carmichael by "renowned Americans," primarily from prominent physicians and university administrators from Alabama.
Dates:
unknown
Cemeteries and Local History collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0289
Overview
Papers submitted for credit in University of Alabama course EXT318 “Cemeteries and Local History,” a course in the New College Life Track. The focus of the papers is on cemeteries as reflecting the history of a locale and may examine burial patterns, customs, ornamentation, or simply be an inventory of interments.
Dates:
1989 - 2009
Central Iron and Coal Company Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2007-009
Overview
Central Iron and Coal photographic collection consist of images depicting different aspects of coal and iron production, from mining to building a furnace and transporting the material by train, as well as workers' houses, offices, and stores. Some of the photographs have locations identified as Bibbville and Vance, Alabama.
Dates:
1901 - 1903
Central Plank Road Company, Tallassee Branch records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0292
Overview
Charter and organizational information of the Tallassee Branch of the Central Plank Road Company
Dates:
1850-1853
Centreville, Alabama, City Council minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0293
Overview
City Council minutes for 1890-1891 of this Bibb County, Alabama, city.
Dates:
1890-1891
Chalmer and Carl on a horse in a pond, circa 1917
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.005215
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
Chalmer standing on a sidewalk, circa 1917
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.005220
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
Hatchett Chandler correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0295
Overview
Letters written to other members of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission concerning the fort and Chandler's "Little Gems" project.
Dates:
1960-1963
Charles E. Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0007
Abstract
Materials on the Jewish synagogue in West Blocton, Alabama; a copy of his paper, "The 'Ah Goodies Ah Chem' Jewish Congregation of West Blocton, Alabama, 1905-1913," and 6 photos of the Blocton Home Band.
Dates:
1892 - 1982
Charles Summersell Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2012-025
Abstract
Photographs, majority are iconographic, filmstrips, slides, audio cassettes, hand-written notebooks, microfilms and negatives, bulk dates: 1860-mid 1900s. A procedure is now underway of accessing and housing the ‘photographic’ collection. Photographs originally stored in 22 cartons and one Hollinger boxes; other items include 7 cartons of Alabama filmstrips, 5 Hollinger boxes containing filmstrips and audio tapes relating to history of Alabama, Florida, Illinois, California, Ohio and...
Dates:
1860 - 1900
Charles Theodor Mohr Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1009
Abstract
Letters to and replies from Dr. Eugene Allen Smith, director of the Alabama State Geological Survey, regarding the identification and cataloging of the plant life, forest reserves and mineral wealth of Alabama. The collection also includes some correspondence with family members.
Dates:
1878 - 1906
Charles Waldron Buckley Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2010
Abstract
Letters written by Charles Waldron Buckley, United States Congressman for the Montgomery, Alabama area, to the editors of the Congressional Globe requesting copies be sent to various people and Alabama newspapers and to be charged to his account.
Dates:
1869-02-18 - 1870-02-10
Charles Wiggins Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1553
Abstract
A collection of a Jasper, Alabama attorney's correspondence and legal documents, 1916-23.
Dates:
1916 - 1923
Cheaha Mountain in the distance, near Talladega, Alabama, 1924 August 21
Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004241
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 August 21
Citizens of Macon County Ku Klux Klan letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0303
Overview
A letter dated July 1870 and signed by "Citizens of Macon County K. K. K.", threatening W. B. Bowen of Macon County, Alabama.
Dates:
1870 July