Local history
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the writing and compiling of local histories. Collective histories, and works on the historiography, of several localities of a country, state, etc., are entered under the name of the place with subdivision History, Local. Individual local histories are entered under [place]--History.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Historical Records Survey in Alabama Local Histories Collection
Collection — Box Short Collection 6
Identifier: 0108
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typescript copies of six county histories written for various publications between 1870 and 1905. Copies made by WPA-HRS workers from documents provided by Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Dates:
typed circa 1936-1942; Publication: 1870 - 1905
Ann Pearson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0856
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of Ann Pearson's newspaper column "In Random Order" from the 1970s to 1990s, as well as movie reviews and other newspaper articles that she wrote during that time. Also included are substantial genealogical notes, correspondence, photographs of family and friends, land deeds, last will and testaments, birth and marriage certificates, manuscript drafts, notes from organizational meetings, and other documents spanning from the 1800s to the late 2010s. One...
Dates:
1800 - 2020
