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- "Efforts Being Made to Break Textile Tie-Up."
- 1934-09-17
- This article discusses the progress of the nationwide textile strike. While several states have called up state troops to open picketed mills, the government in Alabama has not interfered with the strike: "These disturbances were in sharp contrast...
- 2010-07-27
- Letters between M. W. Darby, general manager at Cherry Cotton Mills in Florence, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-09
- In the first letter, written September 18, 1934, Darby describes the effect of the current national textile strike on his company. Armed strikers have been threatening employees, so the mill has been shut down. He asks the state to intercede since...
- 2010-02-10
- Letters between Judge Paul Speake in Huntsville, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-08
- In the first letter, written August 13, 1934, Judge Speake describes the strike at a local company, where "strikers are walking around, armed with shot-guns, pistols and rifles." He asks the governor to send the militia to help local authorities...
- 2010-02-10
- Letters between Rachel Wheeler in Selma, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1934-03
- In the first letter, written March 23, 1934, Wheeler explains that she is an African American widow with three children; she asks the governor for financial assistance because she is unable to get work or relief money in Dallas County. In the...
- 2009-09-15
- Correspondence to Harry L. Hopkins, discussing a building project at the Alabama State Training School for Girls in Jefferson County.
- 1934-02
- In a letter written February 23, 1934, Eva Comer Riding asks Hopkins for more funds from the Civil Works Administration, in order to complete the substantial work that has already been done at the school. Riding, daughter of former Governor Braxton...
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between J. J. Collins, principal of Kinsaul Junior High School in Newton, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-01
- In the first letter, written January 5, 1934, Collins asks the governor to do all he can to prevent school closings; he also mentions that he has enclosed letters from his students on the subject. In the second letter, written January 6, 1934,...
- 2009-09-15
- Correspondence dealing with a proposed dog fight in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- 1934-01
- The first two letters, written January 20 and 22, 1934, are from American Humane Association representatives Richard C. Craven and N. J. Walker. They inform Governor Benjamin Miller of dog fights to be held in Tuscaloosa by the American Pit Bull...
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between Algernon Blair in Montgomery, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1933-12
- In the first letter, written December 18, 1933, Blair discusses a project to repair and restore the State Capitol, which will paid for in part by funds from the Civil Works Administration. The state must contribute money to the project as well, so...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Governor Benjamin Miller to all department heads and state employees in Alabama.
- 1933-10-09
- In the letter Governor Miller announces a "monster parade" to be held on October 19 to support the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act. To encourage state employees to participate in the parade, he has declared a half holiday on that...
- 2009-09-15
- Correspondence dealing with a strike at the Mobile Cotton Mills in Crichton, Alabama.
- 1933-10
- In the first letter, written October 31, 1933, Harry H. Smith describes the strike to Governor Benjamin Miller. To protest alleged violations of the National Recovery Administration's textile code, the strikers have been harassing the mill's...
- 2009-09-15
- Correspondence dealing with a Communist activities in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1932-10
- In the first letter Brigadier General J. C. Persons of the Alabama National Guard sends Governor Benjamin Miller an account of recent events in Birmingham, which was submitted by another officer. The second letter contains the report of Second...
- 2009-08-24
- Letters between M. H. Sterne in Birmingham, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932-05
- In the first letter, written May 13, 1932, Sterne suggests that "there is no form of relief through public works so quick or that will mean so large a percentage of disbursements for labor as road building." He has noticed that pending legislation...
- 2009-09-15
- Telegrams between Congressman Clarence J. McLeod of Michigan, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932-05
- In the first message, sent May 4, 1932, McLeod refers to a legislative bill that would provide World War I veterans with land for farming, and he asks Alabama to contribute property. In the second message, sent May 5, 1932, Miller replies that the...
- 2009-09-15
- Telegrams between Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932-02
- In the first message, sent February 28, 1932, Bingham asks for the number of people in Alabama who are starving and the number who cannot find work. In the second message, sent February 29, 1932, Miller replies that he does not have the details...
- 2009-09-15
- "Negroes Riot in Gadsden to Protest Doom."
- 1931-04-10
- This article discusses the rioting in the Etowah County jail by eight of the "Scottsboro Boys," who had been convicted and given the death penalty: "When finally quieted and asked what was the matter, one of the negroes replied, 'We just don't like...
- 2010-07-27
- Letter from T. Arnold Hill of the National Urban League in New York, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1931-01-01
- In the letter Hill, director of the League's Department of Industrial Relations, encourages Governor Miller to give African Americans employment opportunities in the public works projects that will be funded through recent federal legislation: "It...
- 2009-09-15
- Inaugural program for Governor Thomas E. Kilby of Alabama.
- 1919-01-20
- Nathan L. Miller served as Kilby's lieutenant governor.
- 2010-11-12
- 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
- Contract for J. Miller, a freedman, who will be working a year for William Bonnell Hall of Benton, Alabama.
- 1867-01-11
- For his work Miller is to receive $144 and rations.
- 2009-06-25