Letter from Goethals, former chief engineer of the Panama Canal and civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone, to O.M. Carter regarding Carter's return to the "service."
Letter dated 28 April 1837, from Tuscaloosa, to her sister, Mary Wyckoff, discussing Louisa's move to Tuscaloosa, the failure of her husband to visit Mary while in New York, and fashions.
The collection consists of documents generated or received by Charles Goode Gomillion while working as a professor at Tuskegee Institute and serving with the Tuskegee Civic Association. The bulk of the records date between 1945 and 1995; with some dated as early as 1928. They include correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, pamphlets and other miscellaneous documents. The records are potentially valuable to those interested in researching a history of sociological thought regarding the lives of rural Southern African Americans, the history of Tuskegee Civic Association, gerrymandering, or the Civil Rights Movement.
A postcard from A.T. Goodloe to a fellow C.S.A. veteran, Lieut. A.F. Evans on August 22, 1910.
The ledger contains L.W. Goodman's account of annual farm expenses and income in Sulphur Springs, Indiana.
Hotel register from 11 July 1889 through 31 January 1890 of this Scottsville, Virginia.
Correspondence, writings, teaching materials, and musical compositions of this former faculty member of the University of Alabama.
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of this notable family.
Correspondence, diaries, writings, and other material of this Alabama native who eradicated yellow fever from the Panama Canal Zone and served as Surgeon General of the U.S. Army.
Two typescript copies of an 1868 memoirs written by early Tuscaloosa resident of French ancestry, whose family were Natchez, Mississippi pioneers.
Invitation and admission card for the Governor's Derby Breakfast on the Capitol grounds in Frankfort, Kentucky, on 3 May 1986, prior to the 1986 running of the Kentucky Derby.
A letter from Dixie Gowdy of Batesville, Mississippi to C. Moore of Sardis, Mississippi with sympathies for the death of Moore's wife.
A letter from Grace, a student, to Laura Thomas of Columbiana, Ohio, discussing her classes and stating that she misses Laura.
A Christmas card written in 1912 from Grace to Margaret with a note wishing her a happy holiday season.
Grace writes from Eaton Rapids, Michigan, to her aunt and uncle in Plymouth, Michigan, with daily news about weather, illness and kittens.
Correspondence of this delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1901 as well as printed reports from the Convention.
A performance program and articles concerning the famous dancer and choreographer, Martha Graham.
Contains one convention/reunion type ribbon from the late 19th-century.
Civil War Veteran brass lapel button manufactured expressly for the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) veterans. The button measures 5/8" wide.
This collection contains a single delegate ribbon for the 15th Annual G.A.R. Encampment in Columbus, Nebraska in 1892.