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- ''The 'Jim Crow' Car."
- 1896-05-19
- This article discusses the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Plessy versus Ferguson, which upheld a Louisiana law that required separate railroad cars for white and African American passengers; the court considered this...
- 2010-01-25
- "Bell Rings and Roar of Stock Market Subsides."
- 1929-10-25
- This article describes reaction to "Black Thursday," October 24, 1929; according to the author, the atmosphere of the stock exchange was mostly calm and businesslike while the public on the street was in a frenzy: "Looking down from the meager...
- 2010-01-25
- "Crash May Liven Business."
- 1929-10-30
- "Many Branches Of Trade To Be Benefited, View Of Fiscal Officials." This article suggests that the recent stock market crash will benefit many businesses because of resulting "easy money rates, accompanied by a rejuvenated bond market and a...
- 2010-01-25
- "Guides for Wartime Use of Women on Farms," by the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor.
- 1942
- This press release explains the proper methods for employing women as agricultural workers, discussing recruitment, hours, payment, transportation, and lodging. It stresses the importance of paying women a wage comparable to that provided in other...
- 2011-01-13
- "Heed Their Rising Voices."
- 1960-03-29
- Copy of an advertisement published in The New York Times by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South. The ad describes nonviolent civil rights demonstrations across the South, specifically mentioning a...
- 2010-07-27
- "Ignoring the Segregation Ordinance."
- 1902-12-02
- This article reports that the president of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company is challenging the new city ordinance requiring white and African American passengers to be seated in separate sections on street cars. His company is having trouble...
- 2010-01-25
- "Instructions on Bringing a Patient to the Hospital," published by the Alabama Insane Hospitals.
- Flier discussing the procedure for taking new patients to Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa. It also mentions the cost of room and board; items that are permitted ("sufficiency of comfortable clothing" and "remembrances from home") and prohibited...
- 2010-11-08
- "Losses--Late War with Creek Indians, Alabama."
- 1838
- Report issued by the Committee of Claims of the United States House of Representatives, in response to a request made by the Alabama legislature after the recent Creek War: "...many of the citizens of Alabama...have been subjected to great...
- 2010-07-15
- "Many Issues Fall to Low Levels on Wave of Selling."
- 1929-10-28
- This article, written the day before "Black Tuesday," reports that "prices broke wide open" in the stock market during the day: "Many of the leaders sold close to the low levels established in last Thursday's dramatic collapse in prices, and some...
- 2010-01-25
- "Menu from the House of Representatives Restaurant at the U.S. Capitol."
- 1943-04-00
- This menu from the House restaurant in Washington, D.C., is signed by many of Boykin's colleagues.
- 2009-09-15
- "Re-elect Frank W. Boykin to Congress."
- This card, issued during one of Boykin's congressional campaigns, is similar to many of his political advertisements in the newspapers.
- 2009-09-15
- "Separation of Races."
- 1902-11-04
- This article reports the reactions of both African American and white citizens to the new ordinance requiring segregation on Montgomery street cars: "As a rule no trouble was experienced and the only thing noticeable was the absence of negroes from...
- 2010-01-25
- "The Maine Destroyed!"
- 1898-02-16
- This article discusses the destruction of the U.S.S. Maine in the harbor at Havana, Cuba; the cause of the explosion on board the ship was unknown at the time. In his initial report, the commander of the ship urged citizens to wait for more...
- 2010-07-27
- Alabama Election News, volume 1, number 1.
- 1970-05-27
- This newsletter, a paid political advertisement by the Committee for an Informed Electorate, promotes George Wallace in the gubernatorial campaign. Many of the articles and advertisements focus on the support Albert Brewer (Wallace's opponent) is...
- 2010-11-08
- Draft of a letter from Captain Henry Semple to General William Hardee.
- 1862-11-28
- During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter Semple addresses an accusation Hardee has made...
- 2011-07-01
- Excerpts from letters written by naturalist John Audubon, copied by his wife, Lucy, and sent to Edward Harris.
- 1833-05
- Audubon wrote the letters while on an expedition in eastern Canada, which included excursions to Nova Scotia, Labrador, and many islands. In the letters he describes the men who are on the trip; the food, clothing, accommodations, and...
- 2010-07-15
- Excerpts from LIFE AND TIMES OF GEN. SAM. DALE, THE MISSISSIPPI PARTISAN by J. F. H. Claiborne.
- 1860-00-00
- From Claiborne's preface to the work: "As originally written, the narrative was almost literally in his [Dale's] own words. In the present memoir I have preserved his language in many parts, and faithfully expressed his opinions." The first passage...
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from PROCEEDINGS, SPEECHES, &C., AT THE DINNER GIVEN TO LOUIS KOSSUTH AT THE NATIONAL HOTEL, WASHINGTON, JAN. 7, 1852.
- 1852-01-07
- In his speech Kossuth discusses the struggles that his native Hungary has endured and praises the United States for its example in promoting state sovereignty over government centralization: "With self-government is freedom, and with freedom is...
- 2009-06-25
- Fragments of a diary kept by Frederick Weedon during the Seminole War of 1836.
- 1836
- In the diary he describes the treatment of victims of injuries, sickness, and wounds during the war, concentrating especially on his treatment of Chief Osceola. He also notes the cause of death of many soldiers and Native Americans, and he...
- 2011-09-22
- Letter and postscript from Colin J. McRae in London, to one of his sisters in Selma, Alabama.
- 1863-08-07
- In the letter McRae discusses the news he has received in Europe about recent Confederate losses in the war: "...we have had a succession of bad accounts causing many of our friends here to despair of ultimate success. I am not among that number...
- 2009-09-30