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- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 03, Fall Issue 1946.
- Fall 1946
- Pages 236-342.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- Letter from "John Doe" in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor Jim Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1958 September 2
- In the letter "Doe" urges the governor not to commute the sentence of Jimmy Wilson: "For the life of me I cannot see why any red blooded southern white man could interfere with the verdict of 12 just and upright men who placed the death penalty on...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Virginia Weisenthal in New York, New York, to Governor Jim Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1958 August 17
- In the letter Weisenthal asks the governor to intervene in the case of Jimmy Wilson: "At this time I would like to implore you to do your utmost to prevent this and other possible barbarous legal murders. By this I mean not only the saving of Jimmy...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- The States Rights Advocate.
- The States Rights Advocate was the official publication of the Montgomery County Citizens' Council, which was formed in 1955 to prevent integration in the county and state.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Alabama Council Newsletter," Volume 3, Number 1.
- 1957 June
- This newsletter was published by the Alabama Council on Human Relations, Inc., "An Organization to Attain, Through Research and Action, Equal Opportunities for All People of Alabama." This issue includes articles on "segregation by intimidation"...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Enrollment record for West End School in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1911-1917
- These pages record the individual students enrolled in different grades at the school. Each list gives the names of the students and their parents; their home addresses; the dates they entered school; and, when applicable, the dates and reasons for...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Alabama Election News, volume 1, number 1.
- 1970 May 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 43.
- 1858 August 20
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Workers--White and Negro Unite to Win!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the International Labor Defense, to be held Birmingham, Alabama, on May 1. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races to "Defy the terror and Jim Crow orders of the bosses" and to resist...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Miners, Fight To Win! Steel Workers, Strike!"
- 1934
- Flier issued by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama, urging local steel industry employees ("Working men and women, white and Negro!") to join the general miners' strike: "The miners' strike must be won! They can win the war against the NRA...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "For Higher Wages! For Unemployment Insurance! For Recognition of the Labor Unions!!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races because "united action of white and Negro workers is the way to win." It also includes a copy of the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Henry Semple in O' Bannonville, Florida to his wife, Emily, in Gainestown, Alabama.
- 1862 January 6
- 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 he discusses the selection and enlistment of men...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Henry Semple in camp near Mobile, Alabama, to his wife, Emily, in Gainestown, Alabama.
- 1862 July 16
- 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 he discusses conditions in camp ("We enjoy very...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letterpress copybook of correspondence written by Frederick M. Jackson from February 1898 to December 1900, while employed by the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company.
- 1898 February - 1900 December
- About a third of the letters are handwritten, and the rest are typed; some of the handwritten copies are faded and difficult to read. Many of the letters report on the daily operations of the company. Other topics include supply, labor, and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Diaries kept by William Lowery from 1862 to 1863, while serving as a lieutenant of the 20th Alabama Infantry.
- 1862-1863
- Lowery was a second lieutenant in Co. D, 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment and was from Bibb County, Alabama. In the diaries he discusses camp life (including supplies, weather, social life, visiting family members, and the troops); the movement into...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Folklore, Franklin County, #1.
- 1939 circa
- Folder contains 18 pages of Alabama folklore compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Life Histories/Stories, Franklin County, #1.
- 1939 circa
- Folder contains 145 pages of ex-slave life histories and stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection