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Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf

Found in 589 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Elizabeth Counselman collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0361
Abstract

A collection of manuscripts and publications from Alabama sci-fi/horror writer Mary Elizabeth Counselman

Dates: 1940 - 1980

County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0362
Abstract

Scrapbook documenting the history of the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Home Demonstration Club and includes photos, newspaper clippings, and club documents.

Dates: 1911

Cowin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0364
Abstract Photocopies of the diary and essays written by John H. Cowin of Green County, Alabama covering events from 22 April through 13 November 1861 as well as a smaller diary for the month of January 1863. There is also a presidential pardon and oaths of allegiance certificates for Samuel Cowin, as well as photocopies of miscellaneous documents including Alabama tax statements from 1875 and 1877 and newspaper clippings, and a Civil War era Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army revolver. Also in the...
Dates: 1861–1921

Creek Indian Land Sales Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0371
Abstract

Documents pertaining to the sale of lands belonging to Ko Yoo Quae, Alpetter Hadjo, Co Choc O Nee, Coch Che Yo Ho Lo, and Pelis-hart-ke - all Creek Indians living in Alabama between 1833 and 1841.

Dates: 1833 - 1841

Creek Land Transfer in the Aftermath of the 1832 Treaty

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4717
Scope and Contents This presidential land patent formalizes the sale of a tract of Alabama land formerly owned by a Creek Indian named No-cose-yoholo, who acquired the land following the Treaty of 1832 between the U.S. government and the Creek people. The document records the transfer of No-cose-yoholo's land to Daniel McDougald, an action approved by President Martin Van Buren and finalized in 1843. It bears the secretarial signature of President John Tyler, signed by his son Robert, and the Recorder of the...
Dates: 1835

Ethel Creighton poem and watercolor

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0365
Abstract

A poem and a watercolor by Ethel Creighton featuring the Old Spanish Tower in Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: between 1880-1953

Walter Henry Crenshaw commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0373
Abstract

A copy of the Lawyers Common-Place Book, profusely annotated by Crenshaw with notes on Alabama statute and case law through 1886, and miscellaneous additional items.

Dates: circa 1835-1886

Creole Social Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0374
Abstract

Insurance policies on the club house, an account book from a Mobile, Alabama, apothecary with the club, and tickets for social events sponsored by this African-American social club.

Dates: 1878-1902

Edward Calvin Crow correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0378
Abstract

Correspondence between E. C. Crow and Dr. John M. Gallalee of the University of Alabama regarding a newspaper article on Gen. Josiah Gorgas, as well as a newspaper article on the oldest judge in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dates: 1952

Cruikshank family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0379
Abstract

Correspondence of an Alabama family, centered in Talladega and Birmingham

Dates: 1848-1909

L. H. Crumpler records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0380
Abstract

A collection of records of Crumpler's general store in Sylacauga, Alabama, and of his activities as justice of the peace.

Dates: 1892-1909

Cubahatchie Baptist Church of Christ records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0381
Abstract

Collection of meeting minutes and membership lists, 1887-1933, for this Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama, church.

Dates: 1887-1933

John M. Cullen court docket

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0382
Abstract

A court room docket recording cases of this Triana, Alabama, justice of the peace.

Dates: 1827-1832

Carey B. Oakley Cultural Resource Reconnaissance reports

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0383
Abstract

Twenty-three reports assessing the cultural and archeological significance of various Alabama sites, 1976-1979.

Dates: 1976-1979

John Cuthbert letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0389
Abstract

Letter, written by John A. Cuthbert from San Souci, Mobile Bay, Alabama, on 29 June 1848 to Governor Reuben Chapman of Alabama, urging the appointment of William R. King to fill a vacant seat in the United States Senate.

Dates: 1848 June 29

D. M. N. Ross Paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1208
Abstract

A paper titled "A brief history of the military department of the University of Alabama, 1860-1936,"written by D.M.N. Ross.

Dates: n.d.

Dadeville, Alabama, Chancery Court records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0390
Abstract

Ledger containing records of the Chancery Court at Dadeville, Alabama (the 17th District of the Middle Division of the State of Alabama), from February 1842 to May 1848.

Dates: 1842-1848

Sam Dale envelope fragment

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3732
Abstract

Fragment of an envelope sent to David Holmes, then governor of the Mississippi Territory (which included the state of Alabama), on 15 May 1817, by Sam Dale at Fort Claiborne, Alabama

Dates: 1817 May 15

Dall-Tardy Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4157
Abstract

Letters from members of the Dall and Tardy families of Baltimore, Maryland, and Mobile, Alabama, written between 1840 and 1908.

Dates: 1840-1908

Dallas County, Alabama, Treasurer records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0391
Abstract

One ledger containing the treasurer’s records pertaining to taxes and other fines and fees paid in Dallas County, Alabama from 1868 to 1873.

Dates: 1868-1873

Daniel R. Hundley Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0716
Abstract

Hundley's diary covers the years 1861-64. The entries discuss secession and preparations for war, wartime service, private thoughts, news from home, and other matters.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

F.M. Dansby diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2744
Abstract

This collection contains the diary of F.M. Dansby, an Episcopalian priest in Birmingham, Jeffereson County, Alabama. The diary only covers the Sundays of each month, where Dansby indicates where he preached and on what texts.

Dates: 1890-1895

Alabama Hall of Fame collection on the nomination of Clarence William Daugette

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0035
Abstract

Materials relating to the nomination of Clarence William Daugette (1873-1942) to the Alabama Hall of Fame. Daugette served for forty-three years as president of Jacksonville State Teachers' College.

Dates: 1954

Daughters of the American Colonists, Colonel George Reade Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2654
Abstract

Eleven scrapbooks of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama,women's organization, covering the beginning years of organization (1956-1960) through 1998.

Dates: 1956-1998

Daughters of the American Revolution. Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0397
Abstract

One photocopied and bound ledger, two ledgers and five loose leaf notebooks containing the minutes of the membership and board of the Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1901 to 1988.

Dates: 1901-1988

Thomas Dauser papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0398
Abstract

Letters, postcards, photos, newsclipping, and passport of this German shoemaker who emigrated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the 1880s. All material is in German.

Dates: 1882-1921

David Crawford letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0368
Abstract

Letter dated 30 November 1829, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his wife, Caroline, in Mobile, telling her of his election as Solicitor of the First Judicial Circuit.

Dates: 1829 November 30

Alex Van Hoose Davies family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0402
Abstract

Photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. There are also some personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, augmented with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies, as well as copies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1925-1980

Jerry A. Davis, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0405
Abstract

Letters, newspaper clippings, event programs, photographs, and other items reflecting the personal interests of their compiler during his high school and undergraduate years.

Dates: 1973-1988; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1988

John Davis mortgage

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0406
Abstract

A mortgage dated 20 June 1835 on slaves made out to Whitman Brane company in Montgomery County, Alabama.

Dates: 1835 June 20

Dayton Female Institute announcement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0415
Abstract

An 1867 announcement containing information for students of this Dayton, Alabama girls school overseen by the Rev. J.F. Tarrant and his wife.

Dates: 1867

Elbert Deains deed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0416
Abstract

A document dated 26 July 1849, recording the gift of one acre of land to the town of Pine Grove in Pike County, Alabama.

Dates: 1849 July 26

W.E. Dearman paper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0418
Abstract

Typescript copy of Judge W.E. Dearman's "The Town of Gaston, Alabama," a history of Gaston, an abandoned town in Sumter County, Alabama.

Dates: undated

John C. Deason papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0420
Abstract

A collection of copies of Civil War muster rolls including those of the Forty-fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. B (15 March 1862), the Twentieth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. H (16 September 1861), the Thirty-sixth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. F (13 May 1862), and the First Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. A (nd).

Dates: 1861-1862

DeKalb Land and Mining Company minute book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0422
Abstract

This collection contains the company's record and minute book for the period 1911-1920.

Dates: 1911-1920

Delta Kappa Gamma, Beta Chapter, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0424
Abstact

Documentation of the annual activities of the Tuscaloosa chapter of this international education society. The records include minutes, annual reports, financial reports and records, histories, yearbooks, correspondence, directories, and other materials.

Dates: 1939-1999

J. W. Dennis journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0427
Abstract

The accounts for a drug store in Carlowville, Dallas County, Alabama, 1867-68, including records of customers' purchases and amounts paid and owed.

Dates: 1867-1868

Dexter and Abbot letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0434
Abstract

A letter dated 6 May 1848 to Mssrs. Mason and Lawrence, Boston, regarding cotton sales.

Dates: 1848 May 6

Diary of an Alabama Presbyterian Minister, 1832

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2646
Abstract

Diary of an unidentified Presbyterian minister from Alabama, recording his travel from Alabama to New York to attend the Presbyterian Church's Assembly in Philadelphia in 1832.

Dates: 1832

Dimon, Fay, and Beers records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0436
Abstract

A collection containing business correspondence and receipts of this Mobile, Alabama, partnership which included the city's Chief of Police, C. A. R. Dimon.

Dates: 1866

Dixie Art Colony newsletters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0438
Abstract

Newsletters of the Dixie Art Colony, 1940-1942, which was located between Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama.

Dates: circa 1940-1942

Frank Murray Dixon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0439
Abstract

Family correspondence, newsclippings, financial records, and photos of this Alabama governor and his family.

Dates: 1938-1981

Donoho family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3704
Abstract

Letters between members of a close Tuscaloosa family written primarily during the Civil War.

Dates: 1838-1914

Dorman and Noel family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0443
Abstract

A genealogical record of the ancestors of Lily Dorman Ramsey, plus family correspondence of the Dormans and Noels of Greensboro and Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1831-1866

Douthitt scrapbook materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0399
Abstract

Material, mostly photocopies, from a nineteenth-century scrapbook. The most significant item is a pencil sketch of the Rotunda on the campus of The University of Alabama.

Dates: 1865 - 1877

Charles M. Dragoo Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4115
Abstract

Letters from Dragoo to his wife Lois and daughter Sandra Sue in Muncie, Indiana, telling of his arrival and attempts to find housing for the three of them at Fort McClellan Infantry Replacement Training Center in Alabama.

Dates: 1944 March 12-26

H.B. Dugger scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0453
Abstract

A scrapbook of essays and poems clipped from Civil War era newspapers.

Dates: 1865-1869

J. M. Duncan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0456
Abstract

A collection of correspondence, financial papers, and artifacts belonging to this Blocton, Alabama, resident.

Dates: 1894-1932

Thomas Duncan ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0457
Abstract

Five ledgers covering the constitution, by-laws, and minutes of the Ft. Deposit Institution Reading Club (1889-1893), lecture notes, patient's accounts, and what appears to be an accountant's or executor's ledger of payments from at least one estate (1943-1956)

Dates: 1889-1926

Dunn's Creek Baptist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0458
Abstract

Records of members, deeds to church land, enrollments and dismissals, deaths, and expenses of this Baptist church in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Dates: 1834-1979