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Subject: Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950

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- Certificate from the Alabama secretary of state, verifying Frank Boykin's election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 1950-11-04
- 2009-09-15
- Incomplete draft of an address by Alpheus Baker to the African American delegates of the Alabama House of Representatives, concerning their allegiance to the Republican Party.
- 1872
- 2012-01-27
- "Homes Searched! Stores Searched!"
- 1909
- "White Men Thrown Into Jail With Negro Criminals, Their Baggage Seized and Searched. For What?" Broadside opposing the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution; it includes statements from several Alabama citizens whose property...
- 2010-04-23
- "My Compliments to All G.I.'s and Veterans on This Armistice Day."
- 1950-11-10
- Advertisement by Frank W. Boykin, from the Alabama Veterans Journal.
- 2009-09-15
- Alabama Constitution of 1875.
- 1875-10-06
- Also known as the "Bourbon," "Conservative," or "Redeemer Constitution." The constitution includes the following articles: declaration of rights; state and county boundaries; distribution of powers of government; executive department; legislative...
- 2011-10-07
- Alabama Constitution of 1868.
- 1867-11-05
- Also known as the "Radical" or "Reconstruction Constitution." The document was revised by the constitutional convention on November 5, 1867, and was ratified in 1868. The constitution includes the following articles: declaration of rights; state...
- 2011-10-11
- "Opposing Woman Suffrage."
- 1919
- Anonymous flier listing domestic, political, commercial, and moral reasons to oppose women's suffrage. The underlying message is the same throughout the thirteen points: "The contentment of the men is necessary to the welfare of the country," but...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from John E. Norcross in Montgomery, Alabama, to his grandfather.
- 1868-01-11
- Before the Civil War, Norcross was a reporter in Philadelphia, and he served in several regiments of the Union Army during war. He moved to Alabama in 1867 to take advantage of business and political opportunities during reconstruction, but he left...
- 2009-09-11
- Vote with the South / Help Keep Alabama Free.
- 1960-05
- Card issued by the Committee for Free Democratic Electors, encouraging voters to choose electors who will defend "Southern tradition" when participating in the 1960 presidential election: "If the Los Angeles Democratic Convention adopts a program...
- 2013-05-30
- Letter from Carrie Chapman Catt in New York, to Joel D. Murphree in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1901-06-14
- Catt was president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and Miller was a delegate to the Alabama constitutional convention in 1901. In this letter she expresses her hope that women's suffrage will be addressed at the convention: "At...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Carrie Chapman Catt in New York, to Charles H. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1901-06-14
- Catt was president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and Miller was a delegate to the Alabama constitutional convention in 1901. In this letter she expresses her hope that women's suffrage will be addressed at the convention: "At...
- 2010-11-12
- Inaugural program for Governor William W. Brandon of Alabama.
- 1923-01-15
- Charles S. McDowell, Jr., served as Brandon's lieutenant governor.
- 2010-11-12
- "To the Republicans of Dallas!"
- Flier addressed to freedmen in Dallas County, Alabama, warning them of "recent converts to Republicanism" who will compete for their vote in the upcoming county elections. All the questionable candidates are mentioned, with evidence of their...
- 2009-06-25
- "Rooms of the Republican Executive Committee!"
- 1872
- Flier announcing the candidates for legislative office, which were chosen at a recent meeting of the Dallas County committee. Also included is a list of times and locations of meetings that will be held "[i]n order that all may be more enlightened...
- 2009-06-25
- "To All Honest Republicans of Dallas County, And especially those who met or are in sympathy with the Republican Conference held in the City of Selma, on the 11th day of May, 1878, in the interest of Reconciliation Among Republicans!"
- 1878
- Flier calling party members across the county to select delegates for the Republican County Convention, to be held on June 29, 1878. Also included is an account of the last meeting of the Republican County Executive Committee, when different sects...
- 2009-06-25
- "Votes for Women!"
- 1919
- Flier from the Alabama Equal Suffrage Association, relating women's suffrage to the fight for independence during the American Revolution: "The Declaration of Independence was the direct result of taxation without representation. Either exempt...
- 2009-09-15
- "Will the Suffrage Amendment be Ratified?"
- 1919
- Flier from the Alabama headquarters of the National Woman's Party, listing states in favor of adding the amendment to the United States Constitution: "The Suffrage Amendment Will Be Ratified by More than Thirty-Six States / Will Alabama Be One of...
- 2009-09-15
- "Get Out the Vote."
- 1924
- Flier from the Alabama League of Women Voters, encouraging citizens to vote on November 4, 1924. It explains who is eligible to vote and gives reasons for participating in the election (for example, "Non-voters take the advantages and shirk the...
- 2009-09-30
- "You Must Vote - If We're to Keep Alabama White!
- 1960-05
- Flier issued by the Committee for Free Democratic Electors, encouraging voters to choose electors who "will protect to the utmost our Southern Way of Life" when participating in the 1960 presidential election. They oppose the "National 'Loyalist'...
- 2013-05-30
- Brief and opinion of the court pertaining to Alabama, et al. v. United States, et al. filed in the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1963-05
- Following the May 1963 civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, the State of Alabama asked the Supreme Court to prevent the federal government "from deploying troops of the Armed Forces in the State of Alabama to suppress domestic...
- 2013-06-07