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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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Allen M. Oakley court records, 1823-1864
Hempstead County, Arkanasas court documents concerning appraisals of estates and charges against estates. Also includes guardianship of minors papers, 1823-1827.

James Gee Oakley correspondence, 1845-1901
Correspondence pertaining chiefly to cock fighting and gamecocks.

W. T. Ogle testimony, 1878 March 18
Statement dated 18 March 1878 concerning activities of General Croxton's Union Army forces in taking Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 1865.

Old Ebenezer Church, Weldon, North Carolina records, 1909
This collection consists of a typescript history and member list of this Weldon, North Carolina church, as well as genealogical information about the Dangaus, Woods, and other families, and a bulletin of the Pee Dee Historical Society, which likewise contains a brief history of the church and a member list.

Old Salem Methodist Church, Alabama records, 1886-1923
Register of pastors and members of this Alabama church

Old Salem Methodist Church, Perry County, Alabama, minutes, 1852-1955
This collection consists of a register of pastors and members, 1855-1955, of this Perry County, Alabama Methodist Church.

Old Spring Hill Methodist Church, Marengo County, Alabama records, 1911-1973
Church register of this Marengo County, Alabama, Methodist church, which records names of members received before 1917, baptisms, and deaths.

Valentine J. Oldshue papers, 1890-1945
This collection contains newspaper articles about covering the peace negotiations in Paris after WW I, Memorial Day ceremonies at American cemeteries in the 1920s, letters, photographs, postcards from France and Albania, press credentials, and Oldshue's dog tags.

Mary Pickens Opie papers, 1887-1946
Letters from family and friends, recipes, sheet music and handwritten compositions, including "Diary of a Private" - 1914 autobiography of ? Hubbard, private in the 6th Tennessee Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War.

M. M. Ord letters, 1856 January 31
Letters to a Miss M. M. Ord, possibly related to General E. O. C. Ord, written by G.C. Ord and "Bro. Marcy, 31 January 1856.

Order of the Eastern Star, Grand Chapter visitors register, 1933
Register of visitors at the 33rd annual session of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star of Alabama, October 17-19, 1933. Includes names of visitors, grand officers, 1932-1933, past grand matrons, section chairs, pages, and general membership. Includes names, chapter names and numbers, and locations.

Order of the Rainbow for Girl,. Dothan, Alabama ledgers, 1934-1939
Contains names of officers and lists of meetings of this Dothan, Alabama social organization.

Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Ensley, Alabama ledger, 1937-1941
Contains names of officers and lists of meetings of this Ensley, Alabama social organization.

S. P. D. Orleans, Compte de Paris letter, 1879 September 10
Letter dated 10 September 1879, to an unidentified recipient, requesting information about Confederate military operations around Chattanooga in October and November 1863.

Jonathan B. and George W. Oliver receipt, 1833 January 12
Receipt for negro slave Anderson, aged about 8 years, sold to Jonathan Orr of Morgan County, Alabama.

Alice d'Ouville letter, 1877 March 8
Letter dated 8 March 1877, from Philadelphia to a Mrs. Vaughan. Mentions elections, the social season, plays she wants to see, and the possibility of Mrs. Vaughan's visiting Philadelphia.

Isaac Owen ledger, 1836-1879
Account book recording expenses and notes due for Owens's farm/plantation.

Lucien Owen letter, 1857 October 8
Letter dated 8 October 1857, from a student at the University of Alabama to his father. Dicusses student life.

Robert Owen letter, 1847 June 24
Letter dated 24 June 1847, to British Foreign Secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), concerning the situation in Ireland.

Thomas Owen papers, 1824 February and n.d
Letters written from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Governor Israel Pickens and to board of trustees member Hume R. Field, concerning reappointment as land agent of the University of Alabama and an account of lands sold in 1823.

Thomas W. Owen account, 1823-1824
Letter resigning commission as agent in charge of lands sold to finance construction of University of Alabama, and a record of payments on bonds for the purchase of lands, with the names of buyers, the amounts paid, and which county the lands were in.