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- Report submitted by Dr. H. Councill Trenholm, president of Alabama State College, at a meeting of the Alabama State Board of Education.
- 1960 July 20
- The Board had requested this report at its meeting on June 14, 1960. In it Trenholm discusses recent civil rights demonstrations led by students and faculty at the college, and he assures the Board that the situation is improving: "While there have...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Syndenham Moore in Camargo, Mexico, to his wife, Amanda, in Greensboro, Alabama.
- 1846 September 28
- During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he describes the Battle of Monterey, which took place from September 21 to 24, and he expresses...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from R. F. Finkley, organizer for the American Federation of Labor in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor Chauncey Sparks, and the response from the governor's secretary.
- 1943 February
- In the first letter, written February 16, 1943, Finkley praises Governor Sparks for his recent pledge to treat African American citizens fairly: "As a Negro citizen...I offer my congratulations to you for your courageous and democratic pledge,...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between C. G. Gomillion, president of the Tuskegee Civic Association, and Senator Sam Engelhardt, chairman of the Macon County Committee of the Alabama legislature.
- 1958 February
- The Macon County Committee was created to study the possibility of abolishing the county or redrawing its boundary. In the first letter, written February 8, 1958, Gomillion asks for a chance to speak before the Committee on behalf of the citizens...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between Senator John F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C., and Governor John Patterson in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1959 January 30
- In the first letter, written January 26, 1959, Kennedy refers to Patterson's recent inauguration speech: "I enjoyed having an opportunity to read it and feel that it enabled me to get to know you a little better." He compliments several of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Bill of lading and letter from Edward Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Victor Audubon in New York.
- 1843 February 8
- Victor was the son of naturalist John Audubon, who was a close friend of Edward Harris. The bill of lading records the shipment of packages from Harris to Victor and John; the items will travel by steamboat from Philadelphia to New York. In the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her sister and father, Elizabeth Hall and Randall Cooke, probably in Connecticut or New York.
- 1863-1864
- In the first letter, written November 17, 1863, Mary Ann sends her sister family news, mentioning the death of one son and the military service of another. She also alludes to the "flag-of-truce" system for delivering mail between the North and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Advertisement for Roebuck Park, "A Suburban Estate Without Crossing Mountains," in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1926 October 3
- "The purpose of this development is to give the man of moderate means an opportunity to own a suburban estate. Each tract is absolutely level, high and dry, cherted streets. Schools and churches go to make this one of Birmingham's most popular...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Ex Slave Tales, Baldwin County, #6.
- 1937-1939 circa
- Folder contains 22 pages of ex-slave tales compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- Fragments, Parts of narratives have been lost.
- 1936-1937 circa
- Folder contains 7 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, Ex Slave Tales, Barbour County, #3.
- 1937 circa
- Folder contains 214 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, 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, Ex Slave Tales, Mobile County, # 6, folder 1.
- 1937-1939 circa
- Folder contains 176 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 and Folkways [Customs], Jefferson County, #5, Editors Collection.
- 1936-1938 circa
- Folder contains 124 pages of Alabama folklore compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Mobile County, Miscellaneous, Mss by Mary Pride Jones.
- 1940 circa
- Folder contains 161 pages of a draft Mobile Guide 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 Marie Reese, Lowndes Co.
- 1939 circa
- Folder contains 124 pages of Alabama short stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Federal Writers' Project of Alabama, Ex Slave Tales, Narratives.
- '1937-1938 circa
- Folder contains 127 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, Short Stories by Helen S. Hartley, Mobile
- 1938-1939 circa
- Folder contains 73 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 Edward F. Harper, Editorial Dept.
- 1938-1939 circa
- Folder contains 66 pages of Alabama short stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection

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