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Box Short Collection 20

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

The Detail Plans of the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Drive of the Colored Baptists of Alabama manuscript

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 20
Identifier: 1327
Scope and Contents

This collection contains three manuscript pages and one receipt booklet. It describes the fund raising effort led by R.T. Pollard.

Dates: 1919

J. Mason Davis Typescript

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 20
Identifier: 1328
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one five-page typescript, "A Study of the Treatment of Negroes in Textbooks," written in 1969 by J. Mason Davis.

Dates: 1969

D.G. Garland Letter

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 20
Identifier: 1329
Scope and Contents

Letter from D. G Garland to Oscar W. Adams describing the progress of Garland's newspaper The Press Forum Sun.

Dates: 1937

George Compton Civil War Manuscript

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 20
Identifier: 1330
Scope and Contents

Quarterly report from Huntsville, Alabama, written by Union Chaplain George Compton to Col. J.B. McCown, commander of the 63rd Illinois Infantry.

Dates: 1864

Hilly Richter German Rocketry Papers

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 20
Identifier: 1333
Scope and Contents

This document, entitled "Auftriebs verteilung Richtung flugeltiefe auf grund der theorie der dunnen Profile," explores the theory of rocket lift distribution and flight direction. It contains 164 handwritten pages including a number of charts and graphs.

Dates: January 1, 1942

Alexander B. Meek Civil War Manuscript

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 20, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1331
Content Description

This collection contains a letter written by Alexander B. Meek (1814-1865) during the American Civil War explaining the war in Mobile, Alabama, with mentions of Dauphin Island, his journey home, and potentially staying put where he was.

Dates: 1864-01-18

Carra Lindsey's API Grade Report and Course List

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 20
Identifier: 1373
Scope and Contents

Contains Lindsey's Alabama Polytechnic Institute Report Card for her second semester, 1923-1924, and a handwritten list of courses with their credit amounts.

Dates: 1923 - 1924

Letter to E. B. Jennings from Sidney Paine, January 26, 1851

 Item — Box: Short Collection 20, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

This letter mentions finances and donations with the names of several people affiliated with him. This letter is also difficult to read.

Dates: January 26, 1851

Letter to E. B. Jennings from Sidney Paine, November 7, 1851

 Item — Box: Short Collection 20, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to mostly money, and mentions different people who are in relation to sending and receiving it. This letter also mentions Macon County and Tuskegee in reference to land willed to Sidney.

Dates: November 7, 1851

Letter to Mrs. C. M. Jennings from A. [Agnes] Paine, December 14, 1852

 Item — Box: Short Collection 20, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to writing a forgiving letter; love; wanting to see someone; having neighbors, but them not filling the place in their affection that their friend did; being anxious; and Sidney Paine receiving a letter from E. B. Jennings.

Dates: December 14, 1852