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Box Short Collection 5

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Contains 6 Results:

Welch Family Papers

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 5
Identifier: 0087
Scope and Contents Consists of records of the Alpine Baptist Church, a diary of Oliver Welch, and the scrapbooks of Samuel W. Welch on microfilm. The remainder of collection includes photocopied genealogies (1958) of the Darby, Welch and Mallory families, compiled by H. A. Darby; a paper (1942) on the Walker Reynolds' home, Mount Ida, by Margaret Reynolds Smith; a diary (1850-1860) of Rev. Oliver Welch; memorial tributes (1874) to Welch; and two scrapbooks (1900-1951) with clippings of poetry, obituaries and...
Dates: 1832 - 1858

Parish Family Letters

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 5
Identifier: 0079
Scope and Contents Consists of photocopies and transcripts of five letters written to the Parish family in Marion, Alabama, 1849-1854 from relatives. Four of the letters are written from Huntsville, Texas, and one from Madison County, Tennessee. Also included in the papers is a copy of a letter written by Jaby Curry, Marion, Alabama, to William Curry in 1844; a write up of Thomas Curry's death; also a clipping from The Baptist Church for March 5, 1903, on Dr. J. L. M. Curry....
Dates: 1844 - 1928

Willis Wright Papers

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 5
Identifier: 0080
Scope and Contents Letters to Wright, including one from William A. Burney in Limestone County, Texas (1860), one from his son, C.G. Wright, a Confederate soldier stationed at Camp Skidaway, Georgia (1861), and one from a Confederate soldier stationed near Yorktown, Virginia (1862).Letters are duplicates.Calendar:William A. Burney, Limestone Co., Texas, to "Dear Friend," [April] 9, 1860.W. J. C. Vaughan and Co., Montgomery, Alabama, to Willis Wright, February 20,...
Dates: 1860 - 1862

Robert E. Corry Papers

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: 0084
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of Robert Corry's family correspondence (1857-1865), including letters between Corry and his wife, Eliza Harris Corry (1863-1865) during his military service; copies of Robert Corry's obituary (1913), miscellaneous documents (1849-1865) concerning the estate of James Harris and Robert Corry's military service.

Dates: 1849 - 1865

Alabama Council on Human Relations Records

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 5
Identifier: 0077
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, brochures, speeches, reports, and newsletters on the Alabama Council of Human Relations, a civil rights group, during the tenure of Nathaniel Welch as its president. Also some newspaper clippings of that era appearing in 1961, 1974, 1995.

Dates: 1961 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1966

George Family Letters

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: 0085
Scope and Contents

Photocopied and typescript letters (1859) from Mary A. George to her children, Mary J. and Charles H., during a trip north with her husband; letters (1861-64) from Charles H. George to his sisters, Mary J. and Mattie; and letters (1865-66) from Charles H. George's widow, Flora, to Mattie George.

Dates: 1859 - 1866