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Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf

Found in 589 Collections and/or Records:

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

Meeting minutes for this Alabama coal mining company

Dates: 1892 September 16

Calcedonia Cemetery gravestone list

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0259
Abstract

A 1992 list of names found on gravestones in this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, cemetery.

Dates: 1992

John H. Caldwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0258
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

Photocopies of various documents concerning the ancestry of members of the Cantelou family of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

Dates: 1855–1965

Carl Lamson Carmer letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0277
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

City Council minutes for 1890-1891 of this Bibb County, Alabama, city.

Dates: 1890-1891

Hatchett Chandler correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0295
Abstract

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 and Transparencies

 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

Citizens of Macon County Ku Klux Klan letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0303
Abstract

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

J.W. Clapp Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2647
Abstract

Letter from J.W. Clapp in Holly Springs, Mississippi, written on June 9, 1851, to R.C. Brinkley of Florence, Alabama, regarding what appears to be the building of a proposed railroad.

Dates: 1851

I. M. Clark letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0308
Abstract

Letter dated 28 July 1861, from "Clover Bottom" (near Huntsville) to his sister, giving news of crops and weather, and stating his desire to join the army.

Dates: 1861 July 28

Otis M. Clarke papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2302
Abstract

Geology project reports, gold/oil publishing, and materials that discuss minerals and soil properties

Dates: 1950s-1980s

George Rooks Clayton deeds

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0312
Abstract

Conveyances of land in Montgomery, Alabama, to George Whitman, May 20, 1831, and Charles Crommelin, March 26, 1835.

Dates: 1831, 1835

Clements family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0316
Abstract

Papers of a Tuscaloosa family whose members included Hardy Clements, Rufus Hargrove Clements, Martha Lavinia Clements, Frank Bugbee Clements, Luther Morgan Clements, and others. The bulk of the papers relate to Frank Bugbee Clements.

Dates: 1846-1948

Matthew William Clinton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0318
Abstract

Text of a speech on Alabama's state capitals prepared for a 1946 Daughters of the American Revolution meeting and includes a sketch of an architect's plans for improvement of the capitol grounds.

Dates: 1946

Cobb Coal Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0322
Abstract

This collection contains records from an Alabama coal company.

Dates: 1924-1981

Ben I. Coblentz survey

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0324
Abstract

Cultural resources survey of the proposed site of a Bryant Agricultural Corporation soy bean loading facility.

Dates: 1978

B. F. Cochran papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0325
Abstract

The texts of three of Cochran's speeches and a critical essay on the significance of Athens, Greece on later republics.

Dates: 1841

Zitella Cocke papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0329
Abstract

The collection contains photocopies of photographs and poems, perhaps written by Cocke.

Dates: circa 1950

Coleman and Duke dry goods receipt book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0334
Abstract

A ledger from a dry goods store in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, containing receipts from various firms and individuals for monies received for accounts, shipping by steamer, etc.

Dates: 1853-1869

Wade Hampton Coleman, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0339
Abstract

Various documents, including speeches, correspondence, reports, faculty newsletters, alumni magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings of this Alabama native and University of Alabama professor of Romance Languages

Dates: 1924-1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

Wiley Coleman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0340
Abstract

1 Ledger, 2 docket books.

Dates: 1859-1871

C. J. Coley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0341
Abstract

Letters and two versions of a paper titled "Tallapoosa and Elmore Counties Litigants," read before the Alabama Historical Association, 26 April 1963, concerning a dispute over division of tax revenues generated by hydroelectric power from damming the Tallapoosa River.

Dates: 1963

Collective Protection documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0344
Abstract

Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.

Dates: 1941-1945

Confederate States Army, Second Alabama Light Artillery Battalion, Lumsden's Battery, Muster Roll

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0885
Abstract

Muster roll of Lumsden's Battery near the time of its formation in November 1861.

Dates: 1861

Confederate States Army, Third Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company C (Swanson's Company) muster roll

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0351
Abstract

The muster roll of Captain William G. Swanson's Company, Company D, of the Third Alabama Infantry Regiment, 4 May 1861.

Dates: 1861 May 4

Dr. Edward Augustus Cook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0354
Abstract

Collection contains materials relating mainly to Dr. Edward Augustus Cook’s medical practice in Kirk’s Grove, Cherokee County, Alabama including account ledgers, daybooks, register of births and deaths, correspondence, and a photograph.

Dates: 1882 - 1920