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- Volume 1 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 1 through 124.
- 1855 - 1856 August 17
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Volume 2 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 125 through 205.
- 1856 August - 1859 June
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Volume 3 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 206 through 319.
- 1859 August 10 - 1861 August 21
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Volume 4 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages pages 320 through 387.
- 1862 January 11 - 1871 August 1
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between Rachel Wheeler in Selma, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1934 March
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mrs. Deller Williams in Brookwood, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1934 March
- In the first letter, written March 21, 1934, Mrs. Williams explains that her children have not been able to go to school because she cannot afford shoes and clothes for them. She also mentions that her husband has been arrested. In the second...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Frank Carter in Flomaton, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1934 March
- In the first letter, written March 21, 1934, Carter explains that he is a sixty-four-year-old blind African American with no family or means of support. His home was recently sold to pay back taxes, and he asks the governor for advice and financial...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Simon Tricksey, Sr., in Sunflower, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1933 July
- In the first letter, written July 7, 1933, Tricksey explains that he is an African American with a large family to support. He has just lost his job with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and he asks the governor to help him get employment or...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between J. L. Worthington in Andalusia, Alabama, to John H. Peach, legal advisor to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934 January
- In the first letter, written January 10, 1934, Worthington explains that he would like to get work with the Civil Works Administration: "I am seventy years old, but my heath [sic] is good and I am willing to do any thing I can....I want to work as...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Jerry Martin to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by W. F. Covington, Governor Miller's recording secretary.
- 1934 April
- In the first letter, written April 3, Martin explains that he is about 90 years old and in need of help; other people have suggested that he ask the governor for assistance. In the second letter, written April 4, Covington says that the state does...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from D. H. Turner, Governor Benjamin Miller's secretary, to Mrs. A. J. Allen, and Mrs. Allen's response to the governor.
- 1933 December
- In the first letter, written December 1, Turner informs Mrs. Allen that a letter she sent has been referred to the director of the Alabama Relief Administration. In the second letter, written December 18, Mrs. Allen explains that she has not heard...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from a delegation of the Unemployed Councils of Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller and the state legislature.
- 1931-1935 circa
- In the letter the men describe the "widespread unemployment and great misery" affecting the citizens of the state, and they complain that the legislature is not discussing any programs to meet the needs of the poor ("All the so called economy...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James M. Lindsey in Claiborne, Alabama, to James Dellet.
- 1840 December 28
- In the letter Lindsey describes local events to Dellet, who is away from his home in Claiborne. He mentions a recent election; poor economic conditions and the glutted cotton market; the capture of slaves who had run away; and a feud between two...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Incomplete draft of a letter from James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama, to the members of the Clay Club in Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1842 November 6
- The Clay Club was formed by the Whig citizens of Dallas County. In the letter Dellet writes that he will be unable to attend the club's upcoming dinner in Selma. He then gives a dismal summary of the nation's political and economic condition, which...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from the Elba Lions Club to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1931 September 5
- In the message the club members suggest that the governor issue a proclamation asking all businesses in the state to refrain from laying off any employees: "...instead if necessity demands it that wages be cut or number of working hours or days be...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between Algernon Blair in Montgomery, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1933 December
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from A PLACE OF SPRINGS by Viola Goode Liddell.
- 1979
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James Paulk, a student at the school in Malvern, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934 January 4
- In the letter James explains that his school cannot afford to stay open, and he asks for the governor's assistance: "Wont [sic] you call the Legislature together and tell them how very important it is to us, to them, to the state of [sic] large and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Jake Ward, a seventh grader at the school in Malvern, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934 January 5
- In the letter Jake explains that his school cannot afford to stay open; he asks the governor to "call the Legislature together and let us have enough money to run the school the full year."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Harry Peterman, a senior at the high school in Slocomb, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934 January 5
- In the letter Harry explains that his school will close on January 26 if the state does not provide money for it. He asks the governor to convene the legislature to redistribute funding: "The attendance are increasing although education finances...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection