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- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in camp at Union Ford near Manassas Junction, Virginia, to his brother, James.
- 1861 July
- From May 1861 to early 1862, Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry, and James served in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John E. Hall in Yorktown, Virginia, requesting to be transferred to the company raised by his brother Bolling for Hilliard's Legion.
- 1862 April 30
- From May 1861 to June 1862, John Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. The letter is badly damaged, and large pieces are missing.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from T. H. Watts in Richmond, Virginia, to Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1862 May 21
- The brief message informs Hall that "Your son has gone home." This refers to Crenshaw Hall who was discharged from the 6th Alabama Infantry on May 6. It was sent through the Southern Telegraph Company, "The only direct Line to all Places of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John E. Hall in Union Mills, Virginia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1861 November 27
- From May 1861 to June 1862, John Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses picket duty and the weather in camp ("It is so cold that I can hardly write"); upcoming troop movements and recent battles ("We are anxious to hear...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letterpress copybook of correspondence written by Frederick M. Jackson from December 1892 to May 1894, while employed by the Standard Coal Company in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- 1892 December - 1894 May
- Most of the letters are handwritten copies, which are often faded and difficult to read. Many report on the daily operations of the company. Other topics include supply, labor, and shipping problems; the price and quality of the coke; the output of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by John Butterworth of Petersburg, Virginia, from Robert Spiers.
- 1818
- Butterworth purchased the slave, a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old young woman named Fanny, for $500 on April 6, 1818. On the back of the receipt are two further transactions involving Fanny: first, she was transferred to Green Wood on April 18, and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Augustine Burge of Petersburg, Virginia, from Robert Pitcher.
- 1815-1818
- Burge purchased the slave, woman named Mary Ann, for $400 on November 25, 1815. On the back of the receipt are three further transactions involving Mary Ann: first, she was transferred to John Butterworth on April 6, 1818; then she was sold to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Green Wood from E. Graves.
- 1818
- Butterworth purchased the slave, a boy named Griffin, for $575 on April 10, 1818. On the back of the receipt is another transaction involving Griffin, in which he was given to Bolling Hall on May 20.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by William R. Chieves from Samuel and Mary Baugh.
- 1818
- Chieves purchased the slave, a boy named Emanuel, for $600 on November 25, 1815. On the back of the receipt are two further transactions involving Emanuel: first, he was transferred to Green Wood on April 18, 1818, and then he was given to Bolling...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.
- 1961 July 25
- In the letter Durr discusses the attack on the Freedom Riders at the Montgomery Greyhound station and the local reaction to the incident: "It was simply shocking to see the indifference and the actual approval of such brutal violence and I am...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Special order establishing a board of survey for the brigade of Brigadier General Edmund W. Pettus.
- 1864 September 29
- The board will meet "for the purpose of valuing captured horses for sale to officers, and any other horses which may be brought before it."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John E. Hall at Davis' Ford in Virginia, to his cousin.
- 1862 January 1
- From May 1861 to June 1862, John Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. A transcript is included.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Court documents and briefs pertaining to United States v. George C. Wallace, Civil Action No. 63-255, United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Western Division.
- 1963 May - June
- These documents belonged to Wallace's attorney, J. Kirkman Jackson, who defended him when U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought an injunction enjoining Wallace from preventing the enrollment of Vivian Malone and David McGlathery at the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Editorial Department papers.
- 1937 circa
- Thirty pages of Alabama folklore.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Short Stories and Sketches by Bennett Marshall, Editorial Dept.
- 1938 circa
- Folder contains 22 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 and Sketches by R.D. Lucky, Tuscaloosa Co.
- 1937 circa
- Folder contains 22 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 William P. Burke, Editorial Dept.
- 1937-1939 circa
- Folder contains 22 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 and Songs by Luther Clark, Editor, Birmingham.
- 1937-1938 circa
- Folder contains 35 pages of Alabama short stories and songs 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, Greene County, #4.
- Folder contains 35 pages of Alabama folklore compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection