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- "Prices Collapse As Stock Mart Goes 'Haywire.'"
- 1929 October 29
- This article reports that stock prices have continued to fall after the crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"). Though financial leaders who met to discuss the matter seem to take "a more hopeful view of the situation," the floor of the stock...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- ''The 'Jim Crow' Car."
- 1896 May 19
- This article discusses the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Plessy versus Ferguson, which upheld a Louisiana law that required separate railroad cars for white and African American passengers; the court considered this...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Report issued by the Macon County Committee of the Alabama legislature.
- 1958 October 3
- The Macon County Committee was created to study the possibility of abolishing the county or redrawing its boundary. The report discusses the public hearings held during the Committee's investigation and specifically describes the presentation of C....
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Sydenham Moore in Virginia, to his wife, Amanda.
- 1862 February 19
- During the Civil War, Moore served as a colonel of the 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes recent troop movements and campaigns. He specifically mentions the Battle of Fort Donelson ("a sad blow to our army"); while he still...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Copy of a letter from Governor Clement C. Clay in Montgomery, Alabama, to the officer commanding the Georgia militia at Columbus.
- 1836 May 28
- In the letter Clay explains "that hostilities have been commenced, by the Creek Indians, upon the inhabitants of Alabama, as well as those of Georgia." He then explains local troop preparations and proposed tactics for winning the fight, and he...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Transcript of a letter from Governor John Murphy to Charles Lewis of the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1826 September
- In the letter Murphy mentions that "the Commissioners of Georgia and Alabama have not come to any agreement, on the Subject of the Line dividing the two States." He directs Lewis to survey the the line on the Chattahoochee River again, so the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Argument for the defense in the case of The Confederate States versus Jack Davis, presented by Major Henry Semple.
- 1864-1865 circa
- Davis had been arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct by a Colonel Taylor. Semple argues that Davis should not be charged with more than intoxication while on duty, because he was provoked by Taylor: "the aggravations, of abusive language...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from Governor John Patterson to Governor Terry Sanford in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 1961 August 28
- In the message Patterson discusses the Freedom Riders who have entered North Carolina, expressing support and sympathy: "I wish to advise you that the people of this state view with alarm the invasion of your state by outside rabble rousers and law...
- Alabama Textual Materials 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 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, Folklore, Talladega County, #2.
- 1936 circa
- Folder contains 20 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, Baldwin County, #6.
- 1937-1938 circa
- Folder contains 16 pages of Alabama folklore compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Folklore, Clarke County.
- 1937 circa
- Folder contains 9 pages of Alabama folklore compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- Public library reports, Covington County.
- 1942 circa
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Ex Slave Tales, Sumter County, #4.
- 1936-1939 circa
- Folder contains 267 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, General Information, Procedure.
- 1939 circa
- Folder contains 177 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, Mobile County, #6.
- 1936-1939 circa
- Folder contains 325 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, Superstitions.
- 1936-1938 circa
- Folder contains 107 pages of Alabama folklore compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Folklore, Tuscaloosa County, #4.
- 1936 circa
- Folder contains 112 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, 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