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- Transcript of a public meeting held by the Montgomery County Citizens' Council at Garrett Coliseum.
- 1961-06-08
- The meeting was led by Don Hallmark and featured the following speakers: Montgomery Mayor Earl James, Dr. Henry Lyon of Highland Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery Citizens' Council Chairman Carl Herbert Lancaster, and Alabama Attorney General...
- 2011-09-12
- Telegrams to and from Governor George Wallace and John F. Kennedy regarding civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1863-05-00
- 2011-09-08
- HISTORY OF THE ELYTON LAND COMPANY AND BIRMINGHAM, ALA., by H. M. Caldwell, president of the Elyton Land Company.
- 1892
- The pamphlet was originally published in 1892, but it was reprinted in 1926.
- 2009-06-25
- "Map of the Birmingham, Ala. District showing the location of Plants of the Tenn. Coal, Iron & R. R. Co."
- 1900-07-00
- 2010-04-23
- Correspondence written to and by Birmingham businessman Frederick M. Jackson, from 1905 to 1907.
- 1905
- Much of the correspondence is concerned with different coal properties in Alabama and Tennessee that were available for investment. There are also letters from people wanting information on the quality of coal at different mines. Letters from John...
- 2011-10-24
- Letter from Edmund W. Rucker in Birmingham, Alabama, to Joel Barnett in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1905-10-18
- In the letter Rucker writes about his long friendship with Barnett: "You don't know, my dear friend, how much pleasure it gives me to bear testimony to your fidelity and courage as a Confederate Soldier. You were nearer to me, some how or other,...
- 2009-09-18
- Letter from Julia S. Tutwiler in Dothan, Alabama, to Frank S. White in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1913-06-13
- In the letter Tutwiler declines White's the invitation to attend a prison reform conference, but she outlines eight reforms to be considered. First, she hopes that "convicts should not be employed in any occupation where loss of life is far above...
- 2009-09-30
- Letter from N. F. Thompson in Birmingham, Alabama, to Anna Maria Gayle Fry in Selma, Alabama.
- 1915-07-09
- 2011-11-21
- Letter from H. H. Snell, president of the Men's League for Woman's Suffrage in Birmingham, Alabama, to Congressman W. W. Morris in the Alabama House of Representatives in Montgomery.
- 1915-07-12
- In the letter Snell asks why the state legislature will not allow the people to vote on the proposed suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution: "The Legislature is not asked to grant suffrage to women, but is merely requested to permit...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from N. F. Thompson in Birmingham, Alabama, to Anna Maria Gayle Fry in Selma, Alabama.
- 1915-07-14
- A transcript is included.
- 2011-11-21
- Letter from N. F. Thompson in Birmingham, Alabama, to Anna Maria Gayle Fry in Crockett Springs, Virginia.
- 1915-07-28
- A transcript is included.
- 2011-11-21
- Telegram from the Birmingham Printing Pressmen's Union to Senator John Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1916-01
- In the message the union members support the proposed Food and Fuel Control Act and ask Bankhead "to use your influence in trying to get the food administration bill enacted at once." At the time the telegram was sent, Bankhead was representing...
- 2010-12-07
- Letters between Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Barnes in Birmingham, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1916-01
- In the first letter, written January 3, 1916, Mr. and Mrs. Barnes ask Bankhead not to support the proposed selective service legislation, "which the jingoes and newspapers are urging upon Congress". In the second letter, written January 6, Bankhead...
- 2010-12-07
- Letters between Robert Lee in Birmingham, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04
- In the first letter, written April 11, 1917, Lee suggests that United States should build its army through volunteers first, and use conscription only to fill out the lower ranks: "Many a man will volunteer when he would feel disgraced to be...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from H. K. Milner in Birmingham, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04-19
- In the letter Milner asks Bankhead to support a bill that would require six months of military training for all American men at the age of nineteen; this would create an experienced reserve of soldiers who could be called to duty during a defensive...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter and resolution from the Community Club of Birmingham, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04-20
- In the letter and resolution the club members endorse President Wilson's selective service legislation and ask the Alabama congressional delegation to support it. The Selective Service Act, which required men from ages twenty-one to thirty to...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from George B. Ward, president of the Birmingham City Commission, to Senator John Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-05-21
- In the letter Ward encloses the "Official Garden Calendar" that was sent out to encourage citizens to grow their own gardens. The handout includes information about crop rotation, growing seasons, and food preservation; the city plans "to install...
- 2010-12-07
- Telegram from Robert Lee in Birmingham, Alabama, to Senator John Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-07-01
- In the message Lee asks Bankhead not to support the proposed Food and Fuel Control Act: "Government control will not create more food but rather less and will likely demoralize everything." At the time the telegram was sent, Bankhead was...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Dr. P. Colfax Rameau, president of the Southern Federation of Afro-American Industrial Brotherhood in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor Charles Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1918-08-07
- In the letter Rameau discusses his work to strengthen the African American war effort in his area: "I have been organizing local War Councils among the members of my race throughout the district for the conserving man-power in the mines for quite a...
- 2010-12-07
- Advertisement for a furniture sale at the R. B. Broyles Wholesale and Retail House in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1921-02-03
- Specific items for sale include: large record players, chifferobes, refrigerators, strollers ("Lloyd's Sulkies"), gas ranges (oven & stove); mattresses, and living room and dining room furniture.
- 2011-11-21