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- Gubernatorial campaign flier for Albert Brewer, featuring football schedules for the University of Alabama and Auburn University.
- 1978
- 2009-09-11
- Speech George Wallace made during his "stand in the schoolhouse door," when he attempted to prevent the desegregation of the University of Alabama.
- 1963-06-11
- 2009-09-11
- Draft of the inaugural address delivered by Governor Lurleen Wallace at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1967-01-16
- 2010-05-12
- "Wallace" bumper stickers issued during the 1970 gubernatorial campaign.
- 1970-00-00
- 2010-11-08
- Proclamation by Governor John Patterson, declaring a state of martial rule in Montgomery, "as a result of outside agitators coming into Alabama to violate our laws and customs" which has led to "outbreaks of lawlessness and mob action."
- 1961-05-21
- 2012-01-27
- "Wallace" sticker issued before the Democratic primary runoff during the 1970 gubernatorial campaign.
- 1970-00-0
- "Alabama Will Answer on June 2."
- 2010-11-08
- Letter from O. K. Freeman in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Governor Clement C. Clay in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- 1836-03-05
- After learning from an acquaintance that the "indians intended to go to war, when the trees put out their leaves," Freeman traveled through the Creek nation in Alabama to observe their behavior. In the letter he reports activities among the Indians...
- 2010-11-12
- Inaugural program for Governor John Patterson of Alabama.
- 1959-01-19
- Albert Boutwell served as Patterson's lieutenant governor. The program also lists and pictures all the state department heads and executive officers.
- 2010-11-12
- "Joe Reed Says Negro Vote Will Decide Winner of Every Alabama State Office."
- 1970-04-25
- Article from the Alabama Journal, reporting on the recent gathering of the Alabama Democratic Conference (an African American political organization). The group met to decide which candidates to endorse in the upcoming election. The article quotes...
- 2010-11-08
- "They're After Wallace."
- 1970-04-13
- Article from The Dothan Eagle, which quotes several newspaper columns to "substantiate what Governor George Wallace has been saying all along--that outside money, pressures and influences are being used within Alabama to defeat him, that the...
- 2010-11-08
- "Alabama Voters To Determine Fate Of Third National Party?"
- Article written by Bill Kennedy for his column, "Branch Head Bill Says!" In it Kennedy promotes George Wallace because he poses the "threat of a third national party," which he proved when he "organized and led a 10-million-vote...
- 2010-11-08
- Letter from Berton Beck to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by W. F. Covington, Governor Miller's recording secretary.
- 1934-04
- Beck, a farmer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, asks for financial assistance. He explains that he has unsuccessfully applied for relief while other people, whose situations are better than his, have received it. In the second letter, Covington says that...
- 2009-09-15
- "Wallace for Governor."
- Brochure promoting George Wallace in the 1970 gubernatorial campaign. It discusses the "highlights and achievements" of the previous Wallace administrations (both his and Lurleen's), ending with their commitment to the "American Way of Life". The...
- 2010-11-08
- "Wallace for Governor."
- Brochure promoting George Wallace in the 1970 gubernatorial campaign. It focuses on his commitment to the "working people" and his cooperation with organized labor: "Wallace is first with labor because Wallace puts labor first!"
- 2010-11-08
- 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
- Statement issued by Governor Israel Pickens, granting parole to Adam Lowry of Morgan County, Alabama, who was convicted of hog and horse stealing.
- 1822-05-12
- Citizens of the county had asked the governor to excuse Lowry from the remaining part of his punishment: "That he is poor, appears penitent - and that...so far as example or reformation may be considered the objects of punishment, these have...had...
- 2010-12-07
- "Alabama Needs 'The Little Judge' George C. Wallace for the Big Job."
- 1962
- Comic book created for George Wallace's gubernatorial campaign.
- 2012-01-27
- "Alabama Needs John Patterson for Governor."
- 1958
- Comic book created for John Patterson's gubernatorial campaign.
- 2012-01-27
- "Was There a Black Bloc Vote???"
- 1970-05-00
- Flier listing votes cast for Albert Brewer and George Wallace during the Democratic primary, held on May 5, 1970. The figures are only reported from select voting districts in counties with large African American populations (Dallas, Jefferson,...
- 2010-11-08
- Telegram from Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers of America in Washington, D.C., to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-09-01
- Gorman was the chairman of the National Special Strike Committee of the union. In the message he announces that a strike will soon begin in textile mills across the country. He explains the workers' demands and maintains that "our strike will be an...
- 2010-02-10