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- "Letter from Home" a weekly newsletter sent to Montgomery County men and women serving in the armed forces during World War II.
- 1945 December 7
- This issue mentions that for each bond campaign held during the war, Alabama was the only state in the country to have every county meet its quota. The newsletter also discusses Montgomery's application to the Federal Housing Authority, requesting...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Miners, Fight To Win! Steel Workers, Strike!"
- 1934
- Flier issued by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama, urging local steel industry employees ("Working men and women, white and Negro!") to join the general miners' strike: "The miners' strike must be won! They can win the war against the NRA...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "President Truman Might Attend Fishing Rodeo."
- This article gives President Truman's response to an invitation to the annual deep sea fishing rodeo held at Dauphin Island. From The Mobile Press-Register.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Rocket City launches von Braun."
- 1970 February 25
- This article describes the ceremonies that were held to honor Dr. Wernher von Braun, before he left Huntsville to serve as Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning at NASA in Washington, D.C.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Rooms of the Republican Executive Committee!"
- 1872
- Flier announcing the candidates for legislative office, which were chosen at a recent meeting of the Dallas County committee. Also included is a list of times and locations of meetings that will be held "[i]n order that all may be more enlightened...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Shorter Mansion, which houses the Eufaula Chamber of Commerce and Eufaula Historical Museum, is headquarters for the Eufaula Pilgrimage held each April."
- "Built by Eli Sims Shorter and Wileyna Lamar Shorter in 1906, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognizes the mansion as an excellent example of Greek Revival Architecture. Mansion furnished in antiques. Located 340 Eufaula Ave., N.,...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Stocks Dip to Lows After Rally from Panicky Sales."
- 1929 October 29
- This article reports than an Iowan senator has predicted nationwide panic and bankruptcy because of the ongoing declines on Wall Street. The article also describes stock market conditions after "Black Tuesday," mentioning efforts by financial...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "The Rights and Duties of the Negro" by Booker T. Washington.
- 1903
- An Address delivered by Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee, Alabama, before the National Afro-American Council in McCauley's Theatre, Louisville, Ky., Thursday Evening, July, 2, 1903.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "The Secession Jubilee."
- 1861 January 2
- This article describes the celebration held in Montgomery after South Carolina seceded from the Union: "The demonstration of sympathy for the gallant Palmetto State, and of rejoicing that she had at length 'disrupted every tie that bound her to the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "The tree that owns itself."
- 1936 - 1941 circa
- "This giant oak tree in Eufaula, Alabama, owns itself, being deeded to itself by the City of Eufaula on April 8, 1936. It is known as the Post Oak Tree, but was christened the Walker Oak on May 1, 1936. A dedication ceremony was held when the...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "The USO and You."
- 1945
- Pamphlet prepared for the USO Committee on Volunteer Service, describing the organization and its mission.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Three students and a mule working their way thru college. Southern Union College, Wadley, Alabama."
- 1930s - 1941 circa
- The mule is hitched to a plow held by the young man on the left.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "To All Honest Republicans of Dallas County, And especially those who met or are in sympathy with the Republican Conference held in the City of Selma, on the 11th day of May, 1878, in the interest of Reconciliation Among Republicans!"
- 1878
- Flier calling party members across the county to select delegates for the Republican County Convention, to be held on June 29, 1878. Also included is an account of the last meeting of the Republican County Executive Committee, when different sects...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Was There a Black Bloc Vote???"
- 1970 May
- Flier listing votes cast for Albert Brewer and George Wallace during the Democratic primary, held on May 5, 1970. The figures are only reported from select voting districts in counties with large African American populations (Dallas, Jefferson,...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "White Citizens Attend Rally sponsored by United Americans for Conservative Government."
- 1963
- Flier for a rally to be held in McCalla, Alabama, on August 24, 1963: '"Join in our efforts to unify the white voters / Learn the truth about the communist and socialist and what road they propose to lead us down. Learn what they are doing and what...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "William Rufus King Room, World War Memorial Bldg."
- "The contents of this room, a part of Senator King's collections, were presented by Miss Alice M. King in memory of her great uncle, William Rufus King, who, over a period of thirty-three years, held the positions of U.S. Senator from Alabama,...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Workers--White and Negro Unite to Win!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the International Labor Defense, to be held Birmingham, Alabama, on May 1. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races to "Defy the terror and Jim Crow orders of the bosses" and to resist...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "You've Got One More Treat Coming!"
- 1944 July 25
- Advertisement for a softball game featuring female athletes, possibly the first held in the city: "Girls softball will be introduced in Montgomery in a game between Gunter and Maxwell Field civilians...If you've never seen a girls softball game, by...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Account of Indian activity in and around St. Augustine, Florida, in 1837, possibly related to the attack by Osceola and Sam Jones on the Indian internment camp near Fort Brooke.
- 1837 March-April
- A transcript is included.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Aerial view of hot-air balloons at the Alabama Jubilee, an annual festival held Memorial Day weekend at Point Mallard Park in Decatur, Alabama.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection