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- 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
- "Court's march order ends at Capitol."
- 1965 March 24
- This article from the Birmingham News discusses the extent of the order issued by U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson, which permitted and protected the Selma to Montgomery March: "The order.stops short of approving plans for a demonstration on...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Henry Semple, while on board a steamer en route to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his wife, Emily, in Gainestown, Alabama.
- 1862 August 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 current troop movements and supplies;...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Henry Semple in College Grove, Tennessee, to his wife, Emily.
- 1862 December 19
- 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 activities in camp and the health of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., near Fairfax Station in Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1861 July 4
- From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses activities in camp ("while not on guard have been throwing up dirt batteries...I came to the conclusion that I would prefer giving the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John J. Seibels, "in camp in front of Washington," commending the character and ability of Bolling Hall, Jr.
- 1862 January 28
- From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John E. Hall near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863 October 21
- From June 1862 to November 1863, John Hall served in Co. E, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses his brother Bolling, who was wounded in battle ("I"I was indeed surprised to hear that Bolling had been & was still so low");...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James A. Hall at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863 October 22
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his brother Bolling, who was wounded in battle ("I...was much surprised to hear that Bolling had been so ill...I...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James A. Hall in Dalton, Georgia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864 February 18
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses a furloughed soldier whom he has asked his father to help; a knapsack he is sending home, which belonged to a fallen...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James A. Hall in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863 May 29
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his grandfather's death (Abner Crenshaw); recent troop movements; weather and conditions in camp; sickness among the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall near Knoxville, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863 July 22
- From July 1862 to November 1863, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he argues in favor of conscript laws because "between 16 and 18 the state of Ala alone might recruit a force of at least 15,000...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1863 August 10
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses troop movements; possible reorganizations and officer promotions in the army ("I believe almost all the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John E. Hall in camp near the Cumberland Gap, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1862 September 16
- From June 1862 to November 1863, John Hall served in Co. E, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses activities and conditions in camp ("we are stuck in the woods where we have not seen a house in three weeks and no man is...
- 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 Ida Henderson, Monroe County.
- 1939 circa
- Folder contains 9 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, Butler County, #3.
- 1937 circa
- Folder contains 18 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, Dallas County, #3.
- 1936 circa
- Folder contains 18 pages of Alabama folklore and stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Folklore, Tallapoosa County, #3.
- Folder contains 1 page of Alabama folklore compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Folklore, DeKalb County, #2.
- 1937circa
- Folder contains 20 pages of Alabama folklore compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection