Alabama
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 495 Collections and/or Records:
Guild of Professional Writers for Children records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0601
Overview
Materials related to the organization's activities, including its statement of purpose, membership applications and rolls, correspondence, newspaper clippings, works of members, announcements, calendars, newsletters, minutes, and financial records.
Dates:
1977-1999; Majority of material found within 1992 - 1994
Alex Gunn ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0603
Overview
Account and invoice ledgers of Alex Gunn's Thomasville, Clarke County, Alabama store from 1909 to 1914.
Dates:
1909-1914
Gurley, Madison County, Alabama, Board of Aldermen meeting minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0604
Overview
Minutes of the Board of Alderman, Gurley, Madison County, Alabama from 16 December 1913 through 8 October 1920
Dates:
1913-1920
H. C. Harris letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0639
Overview
Letter dated 2 November 1862, from Camp Forney, near Mobile, to his sister in Livingston, Alabama, discussing going into winter quarters, decrying the army and the plight of the common soldier, and vehemently expressing his wish for a substitute to take his place in the army during the Civil War.
Dates:
1862 November 2
Wiley Hagler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0607
Overview
Correspondence, school papers, clippings, and photographs.
Dates:
1901-1972
Edward David Haigler Montgomery Law School materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0608
Overview
Newsletter from the Montgomery County Bar Association that contains information on the history of the Montgomery Law School in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dates:
1972-1980
Mrs. Oscar Hall scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0611
Overview
Scrapbook created by Birmingham, Alabama, resident containing clippings and other items related to World War I, particularly Birmingham soldiers and sailors.
Dates:
1918-1919
Peter Joseph Hamilton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0613
Overview
Biographical documents concerning Peter Joseph Hamilton.
Dates:
1832 - 1900
Rachel Duke Hamilton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0455
Overview
A photocopy of a typed draft of the manuscript of a biography of Judge Peter J. Hamilton written by his youngest daughter, Rachel Duke Hamilton Cannon (sometimes noted as Rachel-Duke).
Dates:
circa 1950
George W. Hamner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0615
Overview
Contains notebooks kept by this Montgomery, Alabama, resident on natural and civic historical topics.
Dates:
1815-1870
W. A. Handley letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0618
Overview
Letter written to the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of his term as a member of the House.
Dates:
1871 March 8
Archimedes Hank petition and letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0619
Overview
Petition to Alabama Governor Clement Comer Clay from the citizens of Morgan County, Alabama, on behalf of Archimedes Hank, to repeal or reduce penalty for forfeiture of bond for failure to appear in court.
Dates:
1836
A. B. Hanson records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0623
Overview
Letterbook from 12 March to 15 May 1888, other correspondence and cases, a ledger labeled "pleadings" between 18 July 1888 to 26 February 1891 containing general correspondence and cases, and other miscellaneous material from 1888.
Dates:
1888-1891
Jere Haralson letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0625
Overview
Letter written in 1876 by African American member of Congress from Alabama to the United States Centennial Commission in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, requesting an additional invitation for his wife to attend the opening of the Centennial International Exhibition of Industry.
Dates:
1876 April 27
Harco Drugs records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0626
Overview
Miscellaneous materials including newsletters, an employee handbook, memoranda, sales, publicity and marketing information, and other items.
Dates:
1974-1997
John G. Hardin crop lien
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0628
Overview
Copy of a crop lien for $50 against the crop John G. Hardin will harvest on a plantation in Elmore County, Alabama, owned by B.S. Walkley.
Dates:
1875 July 19
Marvin P. Harper papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0632
Abstract
A variety of documents covering: slave ownership documents concerning crimes and deaths; Farrah Law Society plaque; UA football picture from 1920s; Church programs; Stamps; Daughters of the Confederacy minutes. McCall diploma, 1879; and Kennedy family papers.
Dates:
1875-1930
Claude Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0637
Overview
This collection contains congressional papers.
Dates:
circa 1980 - 1995
Harris family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0640
Overview
Includes typewritten copies of letters written between James William and Robert Harris, both serving in the Confederate States Army, and their family in Marengo County, Alabama.
Dates:
1861
Sampson W. Harris letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0642
Overview
Letters from Senator Sampson W. Harris of Alabama, dating from 1848 to 1857, written from Washington, DC, to the Congressional Globe and to the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable J.C. Dobbin.
Dates:
1848-1857
T. O. Harris Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0304
Abstract
Materials saved by the chief of Marion, Alabama, police including legislative reports, police reports, photos, newspaper articles, letters, affidavits concerning demonstrations in Marion, Selma, and Montgomery, Alabama.
Dates:
1959-1966
W. Stuart Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0643
Overview
Papers and manuscript drafts of this Alabama author.
Dates:
Unknown
William C. Hayne letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0652
Overview
Letter from William C. Hayne of Charleston, South Carolina, to Lewis Bristol of New Haven, Connecticut, discussing immigrating to Alabama.
Dates:
1837 February 3
Charles Hays papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0653
Overview
Notes that were written by Charles Hays and two copies of a letter that was titled "Temper of the South"
Dates:
after 1834
Hearst, Dennis and Company letterbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0656
Abstract
The 1871-1872 letterbook of a firm in Richmond, Dallas County, Alabama.
Dates:
1871-1872
Joseph Zeb Hearst and Company Daybook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0792
Abstract
A ledger contains daily entries for purchases from this Carlowville and Richmond, Dallas County, Alabama general store owned by Joseph Zeb Hearst.
Dates:
1859-1862
Aileen Kilgore Henderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0661
Overview
Drafts and final manuscripts of the works of this award-winning Alabama children's author, and correspondence with her editor and with her fans. Also a United States Army Women's Corps uniform [not AKH's actual uniform; the attached insignia may or may not be hers either]: jacket, blouse, skirt and garrison cap, circa 1944-1951 and other military recognitions.
Dates:
1938-2008
James A. Henderson papers
Collection — Box 640: [1006212293]
Identifier: MSS-0662
Overview
Writings of James A. Henderson of the Twelveth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment while stationed at Centre, Alabama, in December 1865.
Dates:
1865 December 1-4
Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr., papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0314
Overview
The majority of this collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence. It also contains speeches, newspaper clippings, legal documents, personal letters, and a scrapbook related to Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr's death.
Dates:
1887-1952
Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0313
Abstract
The personal, legal, military, and administrative papers, of this Alabama politician, Confederate general, and University of Alabama president.
Dates:
1840-1925
G. W. Hewitt letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0668
Abstract
A 1876 letter to the editor of the Congressional directory.
Dates:
1876, no date
Lister Hill papers
Record Group
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
Phil E. Hill general store records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0671
Abstract
An account ledger for a general store in Fairfield, Alabama, possibly owned by Phil E. Hill
Dates:
1873-1874
Historical Atlas of Alabama Cemeteries collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3773
Overview
List of cemeteries by county within the state of Alabama
Dates:
2005
Samuel Francis Hobbs papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0682
Abstract
Correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, government publications and other materials concerning Samuel Francis Hobbs's career as the U.S. Congressman (1934-1951) from the 4th district of Alabama.
Dates:
1921-1952; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1950
W. E. Hobson, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0684
Abstract
A large collection of scrapbooks, containing twenty-nine volumes of information on the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area, one volume on historic Tuscaloosa homes, one volume of political information and two volumes on local history.
Dates:
1938-1966
Ann Hollis letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1789
Abstract
Letters, postcards, and telegrams from World War II pen pals to this former Montreat College student and resident of Headland, Henry County, Alabama.
Dates:
1943-1946
John L. Hollis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4003
Overview
Autobiography of John Lawrence Hollis who was a superintendent at Mitchell Dam on the Coosa River near Verbena, Alabama, in the early and mid- twentieth century.
Dates:
1940-1960
B. L. Holt correspondence on the 1908 Confederate Veterans Reunion
Collection
Identifier: W-0044
Overview
Holt's correspondence between May and June 1908, relating to his duties as quartermaster general in securing hotels accommodations and horses for Alabama Governor Braxton Bragg Comer and members of his staff who participated in the veteran's parade and other reunion events.
Dates:
1908
Hotchkiss' Premium Vertical Waterwheel and Appendages broadside
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3731
Overview
Broadside with wood-engraved and letterpress elements, addressed in ms. on verso to Elijah Fuller, Esq. of Fayetteville, Georgia.
Dates:
1846 February 20
Mattie McAdory Huey papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0713
Overview
A collection including photos used in Huey's History of the Alabama Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Dates:
Unknown
Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama, paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0432
Abstract
A paper containing a list of trades and professions in Huntsville, Alabama, and describing the geography of Huntsville and Madison County. Includes original, typewritten copy, and photocopy.
Dates:
circa 1809
Huston Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0724
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other materials created by the Huston family in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, and extended family in Mobile, Alabama. Most materials center around George Waring Huston, who was killed in World War One.
Dates:
1831-1937
George B. Inge papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0728
Overview
Research material for the book, The Herndon and Inge Families: Genealogical, Historical, Biographical.
Dates:
1862 - 1975
J. R. Odom store ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1066
Overview
Ledger from a small general store in Nauvoo, Walker County, Alabama, showing sales and expenses of this family business, 1920-37. The ledger includes notations for jury duty and union dues.
Dates:
1920-1937
Jefferson Franklin Jackson family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0736
Overview
This collection contains the letters of correspondence, financial papers, and a Phi Beta Kappa invitation.
Dates:
1847-1921
Miss T. Jackson Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4068
Overview
Primitive diary of a young lady of Gainesville, Alabama.
Dates:
circa 1860
Thomas K. Jackson journals
Collection
Identifier: W-0021
Overview
Four journals documenting the daily life of Thomas K. Jackson.
Dates:
1866-1873
Jacob Faser letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0506
Overview
Letters written from Mobile, Alabama, where Faser was working as a sword maker, to his wife in Macon, Mississippi, dealing mainly with personal news and information on the prices of available goods.
Dates:
1861-1865
James A. Goble diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0574
Overview
Civil War diary of a soldier in the First Alabama Infantry who was born in New York and later lived in Auburn, Alabama, before moving to Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1862-1863