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Box Short Collection 20

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Contains 14 Results:

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

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

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

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

Manuscript, 1910

 File — Box: Short Collection 20, Folder: 1326-22-006: 1 of 1
Scope and Contents From the Accession: Ink manuscript. Approximately 600 words. Typical rules for an organization of this kind, establishing protocol for exercises and meetings, dues, fines, manner of voting, etc. "The object shall be to relieve the sick, bury the dead, to aid each other in the time of distress, and to cultivate a fruitful feeling among the race for the best interest and the welfare of all mankind." Accompanied by another 14 pages of manuscript, mostly in pencil, representing partial minutes from meetings in...
Dates: 1910

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

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

Accession 22-033: Initial Deposit, 1857

 Accession — Box: Short Collection 20
Identifier: 22-033
Scope and Contents

This accession consists of one letter written in 1857 by John Wych to Daniel Cole regarding the death of a slave and how it was a major monetary loss for him.

Dates: 1857

Accession 22-030: Initial Deposit, January 1, 1928 - February 5, 1932

 Accession — Box: Short Collection 20
Identifier: 22-030
Scope and Contents

This diary was written in a Birmingham School composition notebook. In her diary Nix discusses the weather, letters she received, activities of friends and family, and her health.

Dates: January 1, 1928 - February 5, 1932