This article by the Associated Press lists the individuals who will compete for the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator John Bankhead. From The Mobile Register.
Article from The LaFayette Sun, discussing the educational opportunities available to veterans in Alabama. Over 9,700 have graduated from college, but about 156,000 have received some sort of training.
The editors of Tung World printed this personal letter from Boykin in their September 1950 issue. In the letter, Boykin writes about tung oil production, industry and economy in southeastern states, and colleagues in Congress. From Tung World.
Peggy Seibert, 7; Barbara Ray Steele, 7; Jimmy Seibert, 4; and Billy Frank Steele, 5; on the Garden City Covered Bridge over Mulberry Fork of Black Warrior River, in Cullman County, Alabama. This clipping is from the Birmingham News, November 11,...
Aquila D. Hutton first enlisted as a private in Co. A, 36th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. This photograph was taken after he had joined Co. H, 12th Mississippi Cavalry as a junior second lieutenant (later promoted to second lieutenant). Image is...
"For the first time in the memory of its senior member--Senator Lister Hill, who has 28 years service in both houses of Congress--the entire Alabama congressional delegation has been assembled for a group photograph, with the results shown here."
Article from The New York Times that discusses reaction to an advertisement published by the paper, requesting funds for the legal defense of Martin Luther King, Jr. Alabamians are indignant about claims the ad made against state officials and...
Poem reprinted in the Christian Intelligencer. The original version of this poem was published as "The Picket Guard" in the 30 November 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly.
Article from the Montgomery Advertiser about Brigadier General Charles L. Scott, who formed the Second Armored Division of the U.S. Army at at Fort Benning, Georgia. George S. Patton (only a colonel at the time) was in charge of training under...
This article describes efforts to have Boykin appointed to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, where his constituents feel he could serve them best.