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- Letters between J. L. Burgess in Huntsville, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917 April
- In the first letter, written April 9, 1917, Burgess discusses a proposed bill promoting "compulsory or universal military training" for men ages eighteen to twenty-five. He asks Bankhead to have the bill amended to lower the age of eligibility: "To...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mrs. I. W. Elliott in Talladega, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917 April 10
- In the letter Mrs. Elliott asks Bankhead not to support the proposed selective service legislation, which would take "young men from the farms": "It is as great a battle to provide food for the nation, as to protect the nation." The Selective...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between J. A. May, sheriff of Houston County, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917 April
- In the first letter, written April 23, 1917, May asks Bankhead to support the proposed selective service legislation rather than relying on volunteers to fill the ranks: "If...it is left up to the people of this country to volunteer to win this...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Petition Against Sending Our Young Men to War in Europe," signed by 112 Alabama citizens and sent to Senator John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917 May 10
- The petition advocates "absolute neutrality" regarding the war in Europe, and it suggests that it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to call for troops or enact conscription legislation.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Governor Clement C. Clay in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Secretary of War J. R. Poinsett in Washington, D.C.
- 1837 April 17
- In the letter Clay discusses Creek Indians who have escaped from removal camps and are hiding in their old territory: "It is...impossible to ascertain satisfactorily how many of these deluded savages, are still lurking within our limits, but I am...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from the White House in Washington, D.C., to Frederick M. Jackson, president for the Alabama Commission of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
- 1904
- The Alabama Commission had asked President and Mrs. Roosevelt to attend the dedication of the Alabama Mineral Exhibit and Vulcan statue in the Mines Palace at the World's Fair. The letter regretfully declines the invitation.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Henderson M. Somerville of the Board of U.S. General Appraisers in New York, to former Senator James L. Pugh in Washington, D.C.
- 1903 October 10
- In the letter Somerville discusses a rumor that he will be dismissed from his position on the appraisal board. While his alleged offense involves a dispute with Secretary Shaw of the U.S. Treasury, he believes that "The real pretext for such...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Washington, D.C., to Governor Lurleen Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama, regarding the drafting of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
- 1967 August 24
- In the message Rusk discusses the draft of Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (also known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT) recently agreed on by the United States and the Soviet Union and outlines future discussions. (The...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach in Washington, D.C., to Governor George C. Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965 April 27
- In the letter Katzenbach discusses reports of racial discrimination in state parks and liquor stores in Alabama: "Under Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, I have a responsibility to see that such segregation practices by the State of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from Governor John Patterson to Attorney General Robert Kennedy in Washington, D.C.
- 1961 August 28
- In the message Patterson discusses the Freedom Riders who recently entered Monroe, North Carolina. He criticizes Kennedy's "encouragement of these lawless groups" and asks him to change his position: "Once again, I call on you to take a public...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Short Stories by Allen C. Foster, Editor, Birmingham.
- 1936-1938 circa
- Folder contains 30 pages of Alabama short stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Short Stories by Noma Dobson, Talladega County.
- 1939 circa
- Folder contains 31pages of Alabama short stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Ex Slave Tales, Colbert County, #1.
- 1937 circa
- Folder contains 109 pages of ex-slave tales compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Folklore, Mobile County, #6.
- 1936-1939 circa
- Folder contains 325 pages of Alabama folklore and stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection

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