Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Scope and Contents The James Benson Sellers collection consists primarily of the research data Sellers, a noted Alabama historian and teacher, accumulated in order to write his books and articles. Research topics include Alabama history, slavery, First Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, history of the University of Alabama, and history of Wilcox County, Alabama.The research...

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Records include yearbooks (1911-2019); minutes (1896-2006); membership applications (1900-2006); scrapbooks (1903-2020) of chapter activities and Civil War-related features; state convention programs (1897-1983); Alabama Division yearbooks (1924-2017); pamphlets (1914-1985); financial records; newspaper clippings; photographs; correspondence; and miscellaneous General Division materials. The 2019-2020 scrapbook includes a few pages related to COVID-19, coronavirus, and includes a mask.

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Collection includes material of the Walker family, early settlers in Talladega County, Alabama. The bulk of the material is antebellum, but the financial items date to the 1890's. Besides correspondence between 1846 and 1852 (primarily letters to Rosa Conrad Walker) the collection consists of financial papers, legal items, tax assessments and receipts, miscellaneous items such as poetry and a cloth bag, and several Civil War items, specifically a parole and pardon.