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A gentleman in Holly Springs, Mississippi, writes to his sweetheart in Hunstville, Alabama, with hopes to see her soon.
A continuing gift of Union Springs, Alabama native Dr. Wade Hall, this massive collection is a sweeping portrayal of Southern History and American culture in word, picture, and song. A portion of this incredible donation is sheet music from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century representing all styles, including ballads, popular and patriotic music, show tunes, country, western and music relating to American wars complements the blues, jazz, gospel, popular sound recordings from the early 1920s to the late 20th. century. This online selection contains only items published prior to 1923.
Letter written by Ellasue Wagner on 30 September 1931, from Seoul, Korea, to a potential donor to her mission work there.
W. H. Wait letter
( Guide to this collection )
This collection consists of a single letter by Wait, countersigned and approved by Lt. Colonel H. E. Jones, permitting Private Silas Dickens of the 56th Ohio Volunteer Infantry to pass from Algiers, Louisiana "to and through the city of New Orleans."
Annie E. Wall receipt
( Guide to this collection )
The collection consists of a single receipt, recording the payment of $150 by D.A. Boyd to Wall as partial payment for a team of mules, dated 5 February 1864. The remainder of the sum owed--$600--appears to have been due within a month of 8 February, although the wording is not clear. The high price for the team suggests that this transaction took place in the Confederacy, where inflation had reached ruinous levels by early 1864.
This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and genealogical material relating to the Walters and Calhoun families.
Frank Walter Letter
( Guide to this collection )
A letter dated 5 April 1935, to James A. Anderson regarding the raid on Tuscaloosa, Alabama by Union Army forces under the command of General John Croxton in April 1865. The author, at the time seven years old, witnessed the incident.
This collection consists of a stamp and program commemorating the issuing of a Dinah Washington stamp.
A collection of papers, most of them relating to the business dealings of this Marengo County, Alabama family of cotton planters and slaveowners.
Charles A. Watson letter
( Guide to this collection )
This collection consists of one letter from Watson to John E. Boos, describing his experiences at the Battle of Gettysburg, where Watson fought as a member of the 13th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and where he had two comrades fatally wounded at his side.
A letter from John Watson, Deputy Magistrate of Georgia, to Acting Georgia Governor William Rabun, protesting the Executive's interference in the execution of his legal duties in the case of 59 Africans who were allegedly seized under Executive orders and later sold.
Walter R. Way Letter
( Guide to this collection )
Letter from Walter R. Way, written on February 1, 1916, to unnamed loved ones. The entire letter is a passionate argument against the isolationists and pacifists in the United States before the first world war.
Letter written on 4 August 1865 to Orrville Wayne. The letter is in German and no translation is available at this time.
William S. Weatherstone Letter
( Guide to this collection )
The collection contains a letter from William S. Weatherstone of Toronto, Canada, to the Pentucket Stamp Company in Haverhill, Massachusetts about collecting and dealing in stamps and his own stamp and postcard collections primarily consisting of Revolutionary postage.
A letter written from S/Sgt. Robert K. Webb to Mr. Howard Robinson of Oberlin, Ohio, describing cutting bamboo in the Philippines as well as a course in American government he will be teaching while stationed there.
One letter written by N. Weese of Little York, Illinois, to her friend Madeline Lowe of Des Moines, Iowa. She shared news of family and friends.
Weir Letters
( Guide to this collection )
Three letters from Weir ______, who served in France in a field hospital during World War I.
One school composition written by Lillie Weis of Ohio about her summer trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
An autograph book containing signatures of classmates, teachers, and others, and two newspaper clippings.
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