Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950

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This collection includes legal documents and correspondence dating from the early twentieth century. There are deeds of conveyance, mortgages, tax returns, promissory notes, and insurance documents, as well as correspondence. The correspondence discusses: Mattie Moore's widow's pension; her friends and family; and love letters she received through the Mission Unity Corresponding Club, a matchmaking service.

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Consists of Mary E. Reese's handwritten, bound copy of her "Early History of Auburn," one original circular for the Auburn Masonic Female College dated 1852, a photocopy of the legislative act that incorporated Auburn, and a note about the manuscript from Kate Lane, wife of Petrie.

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...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a Voters and Party Affiliation record book for 1897, the bottom half of a poster depicting "Members of the House of Representatives, Fifty-Fourth Congress" including Alabama's Third District Congressman George Paul Harrison, and two post office pamphlets with the resignation and recommendation of Postmaster with George Paul Harrison's signature. Voter lists are from Barbour County, Bullock County, Coffee County, Dale County, Geneva County, Henry County, Lee...