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- "Communism Is Our Mutual Enemy / Help Us to Fight It."
- Flier describing the mission and activities of Alpha 66, a paramilitary group formed by Cuban exiles in Puerto Rico.
- 2009-09-11
- Brochure from the Deutschland Ordnance Company in Santa Rosa, California, advertising weapons, ammunition, and uniforms.
- Included are advertisements for a 20-millimeter Solothurn S18-1000, a 20-millimeter Finnish Lahti, and a 20-millimeter M42 recoilless rifle. The first two guns are anti-tank rifles.
- 2009-09-11
- "Ballots, Bullets and Blood."
- "How Blacks Have Died for the Right to Vote." Leaflet issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Inside is a list of African Americans who were killed from 1955 to 1968: Lamar Smith, George W. Lee, Herbert Lee, Medgar...
- 2009-09-11
- Letter from Bob Boykin to Frank W. Boykin.
- Bob wrote this note to his father when he was a child.
- 2009-09-15
- "U.S. Engineers' Efficiency Shown in Conducting Tour of Congressmen; Boykin of Alabama Adds Much Zest."
- This article by Richard Koepke describes a tour of the St. Lawrence River that the U.S. Engineer Department gave to a group of congressmen. Boykin, one of the group, is mentioned specifically for his colorful personality and behavior.
- 2009-09-15
- "$1,500,000 Cement Plant Assured Mobile as RFC, WAC Accept Bid."
- In this article Boykin announces the opening of a new cement plant, which he worked to secure for Mobile.
- 2009-09-15
- "17 Deer Fall Before Guns on Boykin's Preserve."
- This article describes a hunt Boykin held for his colleagues at his lodge in McIntosh, Alabama.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt from the Democratic National Committee.
- This receipt confirms a donation Boykin made to the Democratic National Committee.
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Mrs. Sidney G. Weil to the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser.
- In the letter Mrs. Weil discusses the need for Montgomery to incorporate surrounding towns in order to increase its population and attract large businesses to the area: "There is surely a way to incorporate into the City it's [sic] natural growth,...
- 2009-10-16
- Journal kept by Raphael Semmes while he served as commanding officer aboard the C.S.S. Alabama.
- 1862
- 2011-10-07
- Journal kept by Raphael Semmes while he served as commanding officer aboard the C.S.S. Alabama.
- 1863
- 2011-10-07
- Table of contents and introduction to A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- In the introduction, Pickett explains his method of gathering information: "I have taken many of the following notes down on paper in a great hurry, as fast as the people narrating would speak, and there are many mistakes in grammar, spelling &...
- 2010-05-12
- Section 1 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from Colonel Jeremiah Austill, "in relation to the 'Canoe Fight' & other engagements in which he was concerned in the memorable years 1813, 1814." Austill's account includes sketches of relevant forts and waterways in...
- 2010-05-12
- Section 2 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from Colonel G. W. Creagh of Clarke County, "in relation to the 'Burnt Corn fight' & many other things which happened in the years 1813, 1814." A transcript is included.
- 2010-05-12
- Section 4 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from Doctor Thomas G. Holmes of Baldwin county, "in relation to the 'Burnt Corn expedition' 'the massacre of 553 men women & children at Fort Mims' and other things which happened in the trying times of 1813, 1814." A...
- 2010-05-12
- Section 23 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from Colonel Jeremiah Austill, "in relation to a smugling [sic] party in 1814."
- 2010-05-12
- Section 26 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from A. Phistor of Montgomery, "in relation to the French Vine Company who settled in Alabama in 1818."
- 2010-05-12
- Flier issued by the Cullen A. Battle Klan in Tuskegee, Alabama, listing the issues the Ku Klux Klan stands for and against.
- In addition to predictable tenets such as "White Supremacy" and "Protection of our pure womanhood," the "Stands For" column includes "Separation of Church and State" and "Freedom of speech and press." The "Stands Against" column includes "Religious...
- 2010-06-09
- Diary kept by Edward Harris while on a nature expedition with John Audubon along the Missouri River.
- 1843
- The diary includes detailed descriptions and lists of wildlife, especially birds, seen on the trip. Harris also gives accounts of the animals hunted and killed by the men on the expedition.
- 2011-10-12
- Letter from George Burgess in New York to Edward Harris in Moorestown, New Jersey.
- In the letter Burgess discusses the shipment of a picture for Harris from Lucy Audubon. The picture was drawn by the naturalist John Audubon, Lucy's deceased husband.
- 2010-07-15