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This page contains names of manuscript collections with brief descriptions of them. Highlighted collection names link to finding aids in PDF format that offer more detailed descriptions of the collections. The highlighted collections do not represent all available finding aids at the W.S. Hoole Library. We will add more to the list as we convert our paper finding aids to electronic aids for web presentation.

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John S. Lackey Papers, 1821-67
Five legal documents, dated 1821-67, from or about Lawrence County, Alabama, three of which pertain to John. S. Lackey.

Charles Ladd letter, 1833 April 23
Written near Claiborne, Alabama to his sister in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Describes his travels from New Hampshire to the Gulf of Mexico.

"LaGrange College: A Historical Sketch," paper by Harry V. Barnard, 1954
Condensation of a term paper.

Alton Lambert papers, ?-1980s
genealogical information, cemetery records, photos, clippings, correspondence, etc.

Lang family papers, 1860-1877
letters, accounts, predominantly family correspondence during the civil war

George Lang papers, ca1923-1957
Correspondence, clippings, material on organizations he belonged to, I.e. Alpha Tau Omega, Rotary Club, etc.

Charles Carter Langdon letter, 1860 March 6
Born in Connecticut, Langdon moved to Marion, Perry County, Alabama, with his brother in 1825. He moved to Mobile in 1834, where he was a commission merchant with Martin A. Lee. Edited the Advertiser, a Whig newspaper. Unsuccessful candidate for the legislature several times, he was elected mayor of the city of Mobile in 1849 and served, except one year until 1855. Served in the state legislature 1855-1856 and 1862, and was a member of the Alabama state constitutional conventions of 1865 and 1875. Unsuccessful candidate for governor 1872 and 1878. Served as Secretary of State of Alabama, 1885-1889. Langdon was interested in agriculture and served as a Trustee of Agriculture and Mechanical college at Auburn. Written to "Dear Brother" from Mobile, Alabama. Discusses his work in the nursery business, the selling of fruit trees, the expanding planting of grapes and his winery. In answer to a question, he discusses the slavery issue extensively.

Sidney Lanier High School newspaper, 1925 December 17
A copy of vol. 1, no 5 (17 December 1925) of the Oracle News, a newspaper published by the students of Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, Alabama.

Robert S. Lanier letter, 1890 June 4
Written to his son, describing his reaction to the nomination of [Thomas Goode] Jones for governor and an article his son had written.

Charles Lanman, collector letters, 1828-1868
Containing biographical data from 14 U.S. congressmen from Alabama, biographical letters from two other persons, five photographs, five letters from congressmen to other government officials and one letter of transmittal.

Minnie L. Lardent Selma Through the Years, 1932?
Photocopy of a typescript. Incomplete unpublished manuscript of book probably written in 1932.

B. H. B. Latrobe contract, 1819
Contract for construction of the central tower on the St. Louis Cathedral

William Law legal brief, nd
A legal brief by Georgia attorney and state agent William Law describing the status of two cases involving seized slaves. Nd.

Levi Welbourne Lawler letterbooks, 1873-1876
Bound typescripts of two letterbooks. Pagination of the bound copies corresponds to that of the originals. Copies of outgoing letters on politics and business.

Lawrence County, Alabama Tavern License, 1835 September 23
License granted to Alexander M. Brooks, Edward Jones, and M. Seuris(?)

Thomas Bayley Lawson letter, 1838 January 19
Written from Mobile, Alabama, by Thomas Bayley Lawson, a portrait and miniature painter active primarily in Massachusetts, to Rufus Spaulding, in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Speaks in great detail about business conditions and the high cost of living in Mobile. Makes observations on the treatment of slaves in the city.

Alto Vela Lee papers, 1861-1890
Lawyer and jurist of Clayton, Barbour County and Gadsden, Alabama. Trustee of the University of Alabama. Miscellaneous papers. Includes two letters from AVL to his wife; three letters to Vela Lee from George Peach and Mary Lee; a letter to Mrs. Lee; an essay by Miss Lola Fleming; papers relating to the estate of S. M. Streater (1862-1868)

George A. LeMaistre interview, 1985
Transcript and cassette tapes of interview of George A. LeMaistre by Allen J. Going.

Burwell Boykin Lewis letter and notebook, 1854-1879
Includes a letter dated 1854 November 5 from the University of Alabama and a notebook that includes class notes and notes on Blackstone's Commentaries, but primarily analysis of legal cases.

Dixon Hall Lewis letters, 1838-1844
Letters of recommendations for appointments to the secretary of the navy.

J. G. Lewis account book, 1891-1898
Ledger containing accounts relating to the settlement of Lewis' estate, including accounts of store customers in Forkland. Previously misidentified as Thornhill Commissary ledger.

Neal G. Lineback papers, 1970-1973
Included is correspondence related to the Atlas of Alabama including editorial feedback and logistical details of the project. Also included are financial records related to the project including budgets and receipts. There is a full layout draft of the book and various drafts of the text such as table of contents and jacket text. A separate series of correspondence relates to the University of Alabama becoming a depository for United States Geological Survey maps.

Lipsey-Scott Dry Goods Company cash books, 1925-1928
Record of cash expenditures.

Little family papers, 1857-1950
Include correspondence, financial papers, clippings, & sketches.

Robert Irving Little Story of the Map of Tuscaloosa (1887) as told by Dr. Irving Little., n.d.
Handwritten and typescript copy describing some of the places on the Perspective View of Tuskaloosa, Ala: County Seat of Tuskaloosa County, 1887. Milwaukee, Wisconsin., s.n., 1887, written by a Tuscaloosan of the period.

William Gray Little papers, 1837-1938
Family correspondence, financial and legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings and memorabilia.

Henry Peter Loding papers, 1888-1947
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, writings.

Hugh Gantt Lollar letters, 1859-1860
Letters to cousin Hugh Robinson, Level Land, Abeville, South Carolina from Oregonia, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Discusses agricultural conditions and prices.

Tennent Lomax speeches and correspondence, 1874-1900
Speeches given to literary societies, political and social organizations and a small file of correspondence.

Longview Agricultural Club minutes, 1890-1892
Minutes of this Russell County, Alabama, agricultural organization.

Robert Loveman papers, 1884-1981
Primarily correspondence, 1884-1923, of a University of Alabama graduate best known as an author and poet.

Samuel Lowery and Ruth M. fund-raising appeal, c.1875
Handbill soliciting contributions for the establishment of S. and R.M. Lowery's Industrial Academy for African-Americans in Huntsville, Alabama, c. 1875.

Louis Lucet papers, 1803-1887
Huntsville educator. Personal correspondence and documents dealing with the history of France in the first half of the 19th Century.

Autherine Lucy newspaper clippings, 1956, 1992
Two newspaper clippings, one in German, relative to Autherine Lucy's attempt to attend the University of Alabama in 1956.

Emil Ludwig The Nile: The Life Story of a River translated by Mary H. Lindsay, 1935
Proof and carbon typescript of Emil Ludwig's Der Nil: Lebenslauf eines Stromes. Amsterdam: Querido Verlag, 1935, and corrected typescript of the English translation by Mary H. Lindsay, which was published in 1936.

Cabot Lull papers, 1816-1935
Correspondence, financial records, legal documents and to a lesser extent newspaper clippings, photographs and various miscellaneous material relating to personal, business, political, and official matters of this former blockade runner and Elmore County merchant and probate judge.

Lumsden's Battery roll, 1861
Roll of Lumsden's Battery

E.M. Lustig papers, ca. 1910-1980
Includes information, photographs, drawings, and legal documents on many of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native's inventions.

B. F. Lyles "In the Course of Human Events", July 1862
Typescript, possibly of a speech, on the history of Reform, Alabama, and incidentally of Pickens County.

Loring Lyman letter, 1825 February 11
A letter by Loring Lyman from Haiti to his brother the Reverend. Orange Lyman of Oneida Co., New York, describing his activities; subjects include immigrants, the climate, agriculture, the slave trade, Sierra Leone, and meeting the Haitian Governor, 11 February 1825.

John R. Lynn letter, 1863 February 28
A letter by John R. Lynn to his father about cattle and prospects of a military draft, 28 February 1863.

Ralph M. Lyon "A History of the Livingston Presbyterian Church 1833-1977", 1977
History of this Sumter County, Alabama Presbyterian church by Professor Lyon of Livingston University (University of West Alabama), including early members, names of pastors, etc.