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- Diary kept by Eliza Fielding from January 1866 to June 1867, documenting her domestic and social life.
- 1866
- In the diary she discusses relationships; domestic duties (such as sewing and weaving); visitors to her home; religious camp meetings; and other activities.
- 2012-01-27
- Advertisement for Redmont Park, a suburban development in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1926-10-03
- "...sales within the past 30 days alone of $125,000. These figures are significant. They bring a message fraught with meaning to the man who plans to build and wants a home where future values will be greater than present values. They disclose the...
- 2011-11-21
- Program for the Alabama Society banquet honoring William B. Bankhead.
- 1937-02-18
- The Alabama Society, a social organization in Washington, D.C., hosted this banquet to honor Bankhead, who was Speaker of the House at the time.
- 2009-09-15
- "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
- V-mail from Corporal William A. Davidson, "stationed somewhere in Italy," to Mrs. J. L. Prentiss in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1943-01-01
- In the letter Davidson describes how he spent his Christmas and New Year's holidays, and he recalls the social events Mrs. Prentiss organized for the soldiers in Alabama: "I really would [have] enjoyed being there for your Xmas parties and dances....
- 2008-07-15
- Letters from John D. McQueen, regarding segregation at the Northington General Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- 1943-09
- In the first letter, written September 15, 1943, McQueen complains to Senator John Bankhead that an executive order at the hospital prevents segregation of the races. While he stresses that African American patients "should, of course, receive just...
- 2010-01-28
- Invitation to the 48th annual Alfalfa Club dinner.
- 1961-01-21
- The Alfalfa Club is a social club in Washington, D.C. The annual dinner honoring the birthday of Robert E. Lee is its only event, and each member is allowed to invite two people to attend. Boykin received this invitation from General Nathan...
- 2009-09-15
- Pages from a guestbook used by Frank W. Boykin in 1962.
- 1962-00-00
- Much of the book is filled by visitors from Boykin's home district, but guests signed it at several significant social events as well. The pages here contain signatures of notable colleagues and acquaintances.
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between G.H. Wright in Auburn, Alabama, and Governor George Wallace in Montgomery.
- 1963-00-00
- In the first letter Wright discusses integration efforts at Auburn University, pointing to liberal faculty members as culprits: "You are aware of the fact Southern institutions such as Auburn, in their frantic desire to have all employees with...
- 2010-11-08
- Letter from J. A. Barclay of Northrop Space Laboratories in Huntsville, Alabama, to Governor George Wallace.
- 1963-05-23
- In the letter Barclay explains that the state cannot attract suitable aerospace experts because of its reputation in recent segregation issues: "...the image of Alabama to the uninformed non-resident is not good because of the racial problem which...
- 2011-01-13
- Letters between members of a subcommittee from the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the Methodist Church, and Edwin Strickland, staff director for the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1964
- The subcommittee was investigating the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA; the members contacted Strickland because the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace had already produced a report on the Council. In the first...
- 2010-01-28
- "Internacional," the newsletter of the International Anti-Communist Brigade.
- 1964-03-01
- The main article in this issue discusses a Communist radio program targeting African American audiences in the South: "The Cuban Communists are pushing racial unrest throughout the South over the most powerful radio station in the world. Utilizing...
- 2010-01-25
- "Platform of the American Independent Party."
- 1968
- Brochure issued during the 1968 presidential campaign of George Wallace. The publication describes the party's stance on the following issues: domestic policy; local government; the federal judiciary; private property; crime and disorder; cities...
- 2012-01-27
- Excerpts from A PLACE OF SPRINGS by Viola Goode Liddell.
- 1979-00-00
- In the book Liddell describes life and changes in Camden, Alabama, during the twentieth century; the author lived in the town from 1933 until her death in 1998. In the first passage she discusses the effects of the Great Depression in different...
- 2009-08-24