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- TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA by T. L. Head, Jr., assistant county superintendent of education.
- 1922 circa
- In this report Head describes the development of bus transportation among rural schools in Montgomery County. He gives details about the purchase and maintenance of the vehicles; the participating drivers and schools; and the records kept for each...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpt from VICISSITUDES IN THE WILDERNESS, the journal of Peggy Dow.
- 1833
- In the excerpt Peggy Dow discusses passing through present-day Alabama with her husband, Lorenzo, an itinerant preacher from Connecticut. She describes the landscape, accommodations, traveling conditions, and acquaintances met along the way. She...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Alabama Dept. of Transportation Annual report, 2005 (103 pages)
- Annual report
- Alabama State Publications Collection
- Alabama Dept. of Transportation Annual report, 2006 (104 pages)
- Annual report
- Alabama State Publications Collection
- Advertisement for Alabama and Georgia Stages, with routes from Montgomery, Alabama, to Milledgeville, Georgia.
- 1827
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John Maxwell to his father and sisters in England.
- 1842 March 26
- Maxwell, an Englishman, lived in Northport, Alabama, when he wrote this letter. In it he discusses commerce, slavery, and social life in the city; river travel and shipping; a steamboat explosion; and Santa Anna's invasion of Texas.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from EARLY HISTORY OF STEAMBOATS IN ALABAMA by Mell A. Frazer.
- 1907
- In the passages Frazer discusses river travel before and after the introduction of steamboats; mentions specific boats that traveled in Alabama, including the state's first steamboat in 1818; and describes the type of cargo carried on the crafts,...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Advertisement for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
- 1914 August 15
- The advertisement promotes the "Official Route to the National Baptist Convention" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "This has been selected as the Route for the Ministers of Montgomery, South East and West Alabama," and a round trip ticket from...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Advertisement for Buick automobiles from the dealership in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1910 July 1
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Description of a streetcar strike in Montgomery, Alabama, written by newspaper correspondent H. W. Laird.
- 1906
- In 1906, the Montgomery City Council passed an ordinance requiring blacks and whites to ride on separate streetcars. The Montgomery Traction Company, owner of the streetcars, refused to comply because it would not have been profitable. It would...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters to and from J. T. Denson in Montgomery, Alabama, regarding a questionnaire sent to automobile owners in Alabama.
- 1915 May
- At the time of this correspondence, Denson was serving on the Public Roads and Highways Committee of the Alabama Senate. The first letter is a copy of the questionnaire; the recipient wrote his answers in the margins and sent the page back to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Whites and Blacks To Be Separated."
- 1900 July 3
- This article reports on a recent meeting of the Montgomery city council, at which the aldermen discussed a proposed ordinance to segregate street railroads; the ordinance would not require separate cars for the races, which had been a concern of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Will Separate Races on Cars."
- 1900 August 7
- This article announces that the Montgomery city council has adopted an ordinance to segregate street cars: "...all street railroads operated in the City of Montgomery and its police jurisdiction shall provide separate accommodations for white...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Cars Not Boycotted."
- 1900 August 16
- This article describes the response of African American citizens to the ordinance recently passed by the Montgomery city council, which requires segregation on street cars. Although there is "no organized boycott," most African American preachers...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Separation of Races."
- 1902 November 4
- This article reports the reactions of both African American and white citizens to the new ordinance requiring segregation on Montgomery street cars: "As a rule no trouble was experienced and the only thing noticeable was the absence of negroes from...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Boycott of the Cars."
- 1902 November 11
- This article reports that African Americans in Mobile are still boycotting street railroads to protest a new segregation ordinance; it also mentions that "several cases of negroes being reviled for riding on the cars have been reported."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Ignoring the Segregation Ordinance."
- 1902 December 2
- This article reports that the president of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company is challenging the new city ordinance requiring white and African American passengers to be seated in separate sections on street cars. His company is having trouble...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Separation Law Ignored."
- 1902 December 2
- This article reports that the city ordinance segregating street cars is still in force, despite a local company's decision to ignore it. The head of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company adopted this policy because of uncooperative passengers and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Wanted to Hire 600 Negroes."
- 1863 December 27
- Advertisement seeking six hundred slaves to work building railroads in central Alabama.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Wanted to Hire 600 Negroes."
- 1864 January 24
- Advertisement seeking six hundred slaves to work building railroads in central Alabama.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection