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Alabama. Governor (1931-1935 : Miller). Administrative files, 1930-1935.

Title: Administrative files, 1930-1935.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the administering of executive decisions and actions. This series consists of the administrative files of Governor Benjamin Meek Miller. It contains correspondence, reports, photographs, pamphlets, publications, and telegrams. The records consist of correspondence and other material regarding the activities of the numerous state departments and agencies. Among the state agencies and organizations that reflect significant attention in the Governor's records are the Board of Administration and its subagency, the Convict Department; the Child Welfare Department; the Highway Department; the Public Service Commission; and the Tax Commission. Governor Miller's administrative files contain records regarding legislation and legislativ eissues, appointments, public relations activities, and state institutions that were later maintained in a separate filing system by his successors. Among the issues documented in these files are education, taxation and the income tax amendment, social welfare programs, pensions, highways, coal miners strikes, cotton acreage control, the repeal of the 18th Amendment (ending prohibition), and litigation regarding the salaries of public officials. In addition, there is considerable documentation of the relief and recovery programs establishe din the state after the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 March. These programs were in response to the massive unemployment brought on by the Great Depression. The records document the National Recovery Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and the Alabama Relief Administration. The files contain correspondence with Harry L. Hopkins, head of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and Jugh S. Johnson, the administrator of the National Recovery Administration. There is also correspondence with Alabama Senatro John H. Bankhead. This series also contains correspondence from Alabamians requesting jobs, money, or any type of assistance available. Miller's trip to Washington, D.C. to attend Roosevelt's inauguration is also documented in these records. Some of the files reflect incidents or issues that began during the first administration of Governor Bibb Graves.

ArchivalResource: 40 cubic ft. (40 records center cartons).

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Underwood, Oscar W. (Oscar Wilder), 1862-1929. Papers, 1876-1962.

Title: Papers, 1876-1962.

NOTE: Unfortunately Underwood did not save copies of his letters until he was elected to the U.S. Senate; thus the papers in the House of Representatives series consist almost entirely of letters addressed to him. The first series, Personal Life, 1876-1962, includes biographical and genealogical material. The second series, which is mostly letters written to Underwood while he was in the U.S. House of Representatives (1895-1914), are extensive, and reflect a meticulous attention to his constituents' requests. A major topic of concern is the postal service. Other topics include Ala. banks and banking, the oleomargarine bill, the Philippine Islands, Ala. politics, labor legislation, railroad legislation, immigration and alien labor, the sale of public lands, patronage, good roads legislation, federal aid for agricultural schools in Ala. colleges, and the Panama Canal. Additional topics include the 1904 Democratic National Convention and presidential election, freight rates, the 1906 Senate election, the rivers and harbors bill, cotton trade, Negro disfranchisement, dams on Ala. rivers, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, and prohibition, as well as the tariff issue and free trade listings, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Esch-White Phosphorus Match Act, the Canadian reciprocity treaty, customs collection, pure food and drug legislation, the merchant marine, and currency issues. Correspondents prominent in this series include lawyers, bankers, politicans, businessmen, editors, and journalists, as well as corporate entities. Specifically, they are listed as added entries. The third series includes the correspondence and letters that document Underwood's years in the U.S. Senate, 1915-1927. NOTE: There is, however, a gap between 1915 Nov. and 1918 Apr. where there are no papers. Among the topics discussed are immigration and alien labor, prohibition, equal suffrage, good roads, Ala. banking, the Panama Canal, Lycurgus Breckinridge Musgrove, judgeships, labor legislation, the merchant marine, Ala. politics, the League of Nations, political campaigns, the Muscle Shoals dam, Woodrow Wilson, the Ku Klux Klan, tariff issues, railroad regulation, the federal income tax bill, Ala. Power Company, the Interestate Commerce Commission, and the 1928 presidential election. The final group of records in this series concerns the Muscle Shoals Project, 1921-1928, which was an unsuccessful attempt by the government to dispose of the Muscle Shoals hydroelectric power plant on the Tenn. River to private interests. Prominent correspondents in this series are listed in the added entries below. The fourth series, Speeches, 1907-1925, is a collection of Underwood's speeches, most of which are in pamphlet form. The fifth series, Political Campaigns, 1894-1924, contains correspondence, letters, photographs, financial records, scrapbooks, clippings, and, in the case of the 1924 presidential nomination campaign, lists of delegates, county chairpersons, and state Democratic Executive Committees. The material for the 1924 campaign is copious, and reflects the Underwood campaign throughout the country. Prominent correspondents are listed in the added entries below. Both presidential nomination campaigns have substantial publicity material. The sixth series is Retirement, 1927-1929, and it includes correspondence and letters, the Drifting Sands of Party Politics manuscript, clippings, scrapbooks, and printed ephemera. There are letters, reports, printed material and photographs documenting the Sixth International Conference of American States in Havana, 1928, to which Underwood was a delegate. The seventh and final series is a book entitled The Story of the Democratic Party (1928) by Henry Minor who inscribed it to Underwood.

ArchivalResource: 65 cubic ft. (88 archives boxes, 26 records center cartons, 11 oversize boxes, and 6 volumes).

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Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946. Letter, 1932 Jan. 4.

Title: Letter, 1932 Jan. 4.

Letter signed by John H. Bankhead.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Wheeler family. Papers, 1809-1943.

Title: Papers, 1809-1943.

Papers, 1809-1943, that belonged to General Joseph Wheeler consist of genealogical and biographical material, letters and correspondence, financial and business records, legal notes, military reports, speeches, printed material, maps, scrapbooks, and photographs. Additionally, the family subgroups contain a wide variety of papers, including letters, invoices, receipts, account books, legal instruments, real property documents, work contracts, and other material that testify to the family's business and legal activities. The collection documents primarily the public service career of Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) as a Confederate and, later, as a U.S. general, and, more fully, his almost-two decades as a U.S. Representative from Ala. The bulk of political papers are letters, telegrams, and postcards sent to him in Washington. Unfortunately, Wheeler did not regularly keep records of his responses until the late 1890s, and then only during the months he was on active duty. Within the Political/Post-political series of the Joseph Wheeler subgroup, the letters and correspondence cover such topics as patronage, a variety of U.S. Postal Service issues, military appropriations, claims and pension settlements, the development of Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River, Alabama politics, the free silver issue, and the Spanish-American and Civil wars, on which he wrote extensively. Other topics include tariff issues, elections, education, and African American soldiers' claims. The Joseph Wheeler papers also include letters and correspondence on personal and family matters as well as financial, business, and legal topics, the latter being generated by the extensive and complicated Wheeler real property lawsuits.

ArchivalResource: 70 cubic ft. (145 archives boxes, 4 oversized containers, and 51 volumes).

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Dixon, Frank M. (Frank Murray), 1892-1965. Papers, 1924-1965.

Title: Papers, 1924-1965.

Papers, 1924-1965, consisting of correspondence, letters, telegrams, memoranda, advertisements, speeches, clippings, photographs, minutes, platforms, resolutions, lists, reports, receipts, budgets, scrapbooks, maps, and published materials. These papers center on the political life, and to a lesser extent, the personal life of Dixon. The political life of Dixon is particularly well documented, including his two campaigns for the governor's office of Ala. in 1934 and 1938, and his involvement in the Dixiecrat movement from 1948 into the 1950's. Correspondence and letters, numerous speeches, and campaign materials, all describe Dixon's and many others activities in great detail. His personal life, particularly his membership in various clubs and organizations, is also well documented, especially his activities in the American Bar Association and the Redstone Club of Birmingham, Ala. There are also several speeches and some campaign literature that document Bibb Graves' campaign for governor in 1934. Among the prominent correspondents with a significant amount of material in the Dixon papers are: Governors Homer M. Adkins of Ark.; Ellis Arnall of Ga.; Ross B. Barrett of Miss.; J. Melville Broughton of N.C.; James E. Folsom of Ala.; Spessard L. Holland of Fla.; Paul B. Johnson of Miss.; Sam H. Jones of La.; Robert S. Kerr of Okla.; Thomas E. Kilby of Ala.; Ben Laney of Ark.; John Patterson and Gordon Persons of Ala.; Leverett Saltonstall of Mass.; Chauncey Sparks of Ala.; J. Strom Thurmond of S.C.; William M. Tuck of Va.; George C. Wallace of Ala., and Fielding Wright of Miss.; U. S. Senators include: John H. Bankhead, Owen Brewster, Harry F. Byrd, James O. Eastland, Walter F. George, Lister Hill, Spessard L. Holland, and John Sparkman. U.S. Representatives include: George W. Andrews, Laurie C. Battle, Frank W. Boykin, George Grant, Sam Hobbs, George Huddleston, Robert E. Jones, and Albert Rains. Ala. politicians include: G. Claiborne Blanton, Albert Boutwell, Frank R. Broadway, C.J. Coley, Eugene "Bull" Connor, Sam Englehardt, Walter Givhan, Walter B. Jones, Thomas S. Lawson, Norvelle R. Leigh, Jr.; Gessner T. McCorvey, Ed Leigh McMillan, Albert Patterson, Marion Rushton, and Horace C. Wilkinson. Prominent newspapermen include: Tom Abernethy of the Talladega Daily Home; Harry M. Ayers of The Anniston Star; Virginius Dabney of the Richmond Times-Dispatch; John Temple Graves of the Birmingham Age-Herald; Grover C. Hall, Jr., of the Montgomery Advertiser; Horace Hall of The Dothan Eagle; Clarence and Victor Hanson of The Birmingham News; Barrett C. Shelton of the Decatur Daily News; Cash M. Stanley of the Montgomery Advertiser; and Earl L. Tucker of the Thomasville Times. There are many other prominent correspondents as well.

ArchivalResource: 6 cubic ft. (5 records center cartons; 1 card index box for 3x5 cards; one oversized box; and 3 oversized folders).

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Alabama. Governor (1947-1951 : Folsom). Appointment files, 1943-1950.

Title: Appointment files, 1943-1950.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the appointing of individuals to various state and local offices and the signing of grants and commissions. This series consists of correspondence, telegrams, and applications relating to appointments, resignations and commissions for state and local government positions during the administration of Governor James E. Folsom. The series contains letters of recommendation and notices to the governor that a certain position is vacant. Most of the vacancies are due to the death or resignation of the officeholder. This series also contains the commission from the governor appointing the individual to a particular office. Of special interest is the file containing correspondence and telegrams regarding the death of Senator John Hollis Bankhead. Governor Sparks issued a proclamation calling for a special election on 1946 Nov. 7 to fill Bankhead's seat in Congress. The files of Governor Folsom contain correspondence regarding the resignation of Representative John Sparkman from his seat in Congress so he could run for Bankhead's vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Several of the files documenting appointments during the Sparks' administration are mixed in with Folsom's records.

ArchivalResource: 9 cubic ft. (9 records center cartons).

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Bankhead family. Bankhead family photographs, 1930-1942.

Title: Bankhead family photographs, 1930-1942.

These photographs are official press photos made of Bankhead family members during the 1930s and 1940s. Most of them were made in Washington, D.C. Family members included in the collection are John Hollis Bankhead, Jr., William B. Bankhead, Florence McGuire Bankhead (William's second wife), Walter H. Bankhead, Tallulah Bankhead and Eugenia Bankhead. Most photographs are stills of family members made by associated press photographers. The majority of the photographs of Tallulah are publicity stills from movies in which she had a starring role.

ArchivalResource: 99 photographs (1 archives box).

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Crow, Thomas W. (Thomas Wood), d.1935. Papers, 1918-1922.

Title: Papers, 1918-1922.

Papers, 1918-1922, consisting of correspondence, letters, a stock certificate, a cancelled check, and a map. Most of the materials relate to the oil and gas business in Ala. and Okla., especially about maintaining oil leases and the expansion of the oil and gas business. The Gotebo field in Okla. received the most attention. T.W. Crow's experience as a dragline operator is discussed also. J.H. Schmidt took care of the actual transactions in Okla., so he is the primary correspondent. J.H. Bankhead (1872-1946) was a lawyer for and a business partner of Crow and another correspondent. Many letters reflect specific transactions on behalf of Crow. The coal business in Ala. is also discussed, but only briefly.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Durr family. Papers, 1868-1968.

Title: Papers, 1868-1968.

The Durr family papers contain genealogical materials, legal documents, maps, correspondence, letters, clippings, photographs, writings, and printed materials. Almost three-quarters of the collection is composed of the John W. (1863-1941) and Lucy J. Durr (1865-1959) papers, 1904-1959. Among the subjects discussed in those papers are: Brazil-emigration and immigration; Ala.-economic conditions; Ala.-politics and government; the University of Ala.; the University of Va.; Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Ala.; Typhoid fever; Oscar W. Underwood; Race relations; and European War, 1914-1918, especially John W. Durr's (1893-1978) experiences in France and Germany on the front line. Other subjects discussed: Clifford J. Durr's experience as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, including his travels all over Europe and in Morocco; Durr Drug Co.; Practice of law-Milwaukee; Clifford J. Durr's experiences in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Defense Plant Corporation, and the Federal Communications Commission; Hugo L. Black; World War, 1939-1945; Loyalty-security programs, 1947-; Henry A. Wallace; Lister Hill; John H. Bankhead; Harry S. Truman; USSR-description and travel; National Lawyers Guild; and National Farmers Union. The primary correspondents are the Durr children, particularly Clifford J. and his wife, Virginia F., and all correspondence between the elder Durrs and their children is contained herein. The bulk of the rest of the collection contains the correspondence and letters received by the children of John W. (1863-1941) and Lucy J. (1865-1959) Durr, especially each of their correspondence with Clifford J. Durr. The letters are primarily to one sibling from another sibling, and in them are discussed the same subjects as listed above. All of their correspondence with Clifford J. Durr is contained herein.

ArchivalResource: 2.3 cubic ft. (7 archives boxes and one oversized box)

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Alabama. Governor (1943-1947 : Sparks). Legislative tracking files, 1943-1945.

Title: Legislative tracking files, 1943-1945.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the monitoring of bills being considered for passage by the state legislature. This series consists of correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, petitions, resolutions, reports, and bills regarding pending legislation in which the Governor was interested. The records contain the Governor's messages to the legislature and reports to the Governor on the legislature's activity in regard to specific legislation. There is correspondnence between the governor and individual legislators. The records of Governor Sparks also contain reports, minutes, and newspaper clippings documenting the activities and decisions of various interim committees. George Bliss Jones, the Governor's secretary, coordinated much of the correspondence. This series also contains correspondence from constituents voicing their opinion for or against a specific bill. In addition to the usual legislation regarding, old age pensions, and education, the legislature considered bills concerning agriculture, public health, social welfare, and the poll tax. There is a considerable amount of material pertaining to the Income Tax Amendment that was defeated in the 1945 election. Among the agencies that were created by acts of the Alabama legislature were the Department of Labor, the Alabama Aviation Commission, the War Emergency Council, and the Department of Veteran Affairs. Correspondents include U.S. Representatives from Alabama Carter Manasco, Frank W. Boykin, Joe Starnes, Pete Jarman, George Grant, and John Newsome; and Senators Lister Hill and John H. Bankhead.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 cubic ft. (7 records center cartons and 1 archives box).

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Owen, Marie Bankhead, 1869-1958. Family photographs, [18--]-[19--].

Title: Family photographs, [18--]-[19--].

Several hundred family photographs, consisting of varying sizes including 3 x 5, 4 x 6, 8 x 10, 11 x 14, and oversized. This collection also includes a small photograph album that contains several tintypes. The majority depict members of the Bankhead and Owen families including John and Will Bankhead, Miss Marie, husband Thomas McAdory Owen, their son Thomas, Jr. and grandchildren Betty and Thomas. The remainder are of unidentified friends and family, providing rich visual documentation for two prominent 19th and 20th century families. A large number of the photographs are fragile and the collection also includes a large number of faded photographic proofs.

ArchivalResource: 2.33 cubic ft. (7 oversized archives boxes).

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Glick, Nathan H. (Nathan Harold), 1912-. Pen and ink drawings, [199--]-[1993].

Title: Pen and ink drawings, [199--]-[1993].

This collection contains 143 pen and ink drawings, roughly measuring 8 x 10. The subjects depicted include prominent Alabamians such as Braxton Bragg Comer, William J. Samford, and Dr. Peter Bryce, and important historical events such as the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the running of the first electric street car and the founding of various societies. The drawings run the gamut of Ala. history, beginning with prehistory and coming up to modern times.

ArchivalResource: .33 cubic ft. (1 oversized archives box)

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Alabama. Governor (1943-1947 : Sparks). Appointment files, 1942-1946.

Title: Appointment files, 1942-1946.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the appointing of individuals to various state and local offices and the signing of grants and commissions. This series consists of correspondence, telegrams, and applications relating to appointments, resignations and commissions for state and local government positions during the administration of Governor Chauncey Sparks. The series contains letters of recommendation and notices to the governor that a certain position is vacant. Most of the vacancies are due to the death or resignation of the officeholder. This series also contains the commission from the governor appointing the individual to a particular office. Of special interest is the file containing correspondence and telegrams regarding the death of Senator John Hollis Bankhead. Sparks issued a proclamation calling for a special election on 1946 Nov. 7 to fill Bankhead's seat in Congress. The Governor also appointed individuals to head two new state agencies that were created by acts of the 1943 Legislature: the Department of Labor and the Alabama Aviation Commission. There is also correspondence recommending individuals to replace University of Alabama president Richard R. Paty who resigned from that post in 1947 Jan.

ArchivalResource: 11.7 cubic ft. (12 records center cartons).

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Reese, Warren S. (Warren Stone), 1866-1953. Autobiography and history of Montgomery (Ala.), 1936-1937.

Title: Autobiography and history of Montgomery (Ala.), 1936-1937.

Autobiography and History of Montgomery (Ala.), 1936-1937, covering the life of Reese and events in Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Ala., from 1866-1937. The first part of this document consists of Reese's autobiography, which contains genealogical information as well. He writes at length about his early life, especially his gambling and his trip to Europe, which was quite extensive, as well as his legal and political career in Montgomery, Ala. The autobiography is detailed, especially how Reese and his father got Mark Hanna to back the younger Reese for the position of U.S. attorney, and why the Reeses bolted to the Populist Party and their subsequently becoming Republicans. The autobiography is particularly rich in materials related to state and national politics, including Warren G. Harding and John H. Bankhead, Sr. and Jr., among many others.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946. Papers, 1880-1947 and n.d.

Title: Papers, 1880-1947 and n.d.

Papers, 1880-1947 and n.d., containing correspondence, letters, telegrams, biographical records, genealogical records, financial records, invitations, photographs, a diploma, campaign records, speeches, a script, voting records, bills and resolutions proposed by the U.S. Congress, hearings, reports, clippings, memoranda, subject files, diagrams, press releases, and other materials. This collection documents the life of Bankhead (1872-1946), particularly that part of his career in the U.S. Senate involving agriculture and farm tenancy. Other aspects of his senatorial career are not as well documented. His personal life and political campaigns also are represented, as is his work in 1940 with the Democratic National Committee. There are several good photographs of the former Senator, however, as well as other family members. Of interest are the folders of correspondence between Bankhead (1872-1946) and his sister, Marie B. Owen. U.S. and Ala. political, economic, and social issues are discussed in great detail, as is the Ala. Dept. of Archives and History. Also of interest are the "turtle" letters to his granddaughter Louise B. Davis, written while Bankhead (1872-1946) recovered from illness in 1936-1937.

ArchivalResource: 8 cubic ft. (17 archives containers, 1 oversized box, and 6 oversized scrapbooks)

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Grantham, Gordon, C. Papers, 1922-1929.

Title: Papers, 1922-1929.

Collection contains personal and business correspondence, the latter concerns circuit court business, investigations, and insurance company business. Collection also contains personal and business financial records, records of the Geneva County (Ala.) circuit court, copies of Alabama laws re: duties of circuit court clerks, campaign material for Grantham and John Bankhead's 1926 campaign, and announcements of meetings for the Knights of Pythias and Ku Klux Klan.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 cubic ft.

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Alabama. Governor (1943-1947 : Sparks). Public relation files, 1943-1947.

Title: Public relation files, 1943-1947.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the administering of greetings, congratulations, recommendations, and other responses to constituents, public officials, dignitaries, and citizens of other states seeking information or offering observations. This series consists of the public relations files of Governor Chauncey Sparks. It contains correspondence, telegrams, clippings, photographs, reports, and publications that document the governor's relations with constituents and correspondents from other states. The records also document the governor's interaction with governors of other states, Congressmen, the President of the United States, the vice-president, and other public officials and dignitaries. The files consist of greetings from the governor to visiting dignitaries, businessmen, and school groups. The governor also sent greetings and congratulatory messages to governors of other states and constituents celebrating anniversaries, birthdays, births of children, weddings, promotions, awards and honors, and numerous other special occasions. The files also contain letters from constituents asking for money for themselves or for fund raising projects. A large portion of these requests are for churches and church activities as well as numerous fraternal organizations. Included in the records are invitations to ribbon-cuttings, parades, and other organizational events, and requests for speaking engagements. There are letters from citizens requesting appointments to speak with the governor and requests for a recommendation from the governor for a job, promotion, scholarship, and many other situations. This series also contains correspondence pertaining to the governor's speeches and statements. The participation of Alabama's chief executive in the National Governors' Conference and the Southern Governors' Conference is also documented in this series. The files contain correspondence with governors from other states, programs for the meetings, and other general information regarding the conference. Some specific items of interest in the files of Governor Sparks include correspondence and itineraries relevant to visits to the state of Alabama by Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, in 1943 April; and Wendel Wilkie in 1943 June. The records also document the Governor's 1943 trip to Washington, D.C. This series contains information on and responses to several of Sparks' speaking engagements including his presentations at Mercer University in Macon, Ga.; Tuskegee Institute; and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in Birmingham. Also of interest is the correspondence regarding Sparks' participation in the 1944 National Democratic Convention in Chicago and Democratic Party issues and activities in general. The majority of this correspondence was handled by Sparks' secretary, George Bliss Jones.

ArchivalResource: 9 cubic ft. (9 records center cartons).

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Bankhead, William Brockman, 1874-1940. Papers, 1875-1952 and n.d.

Title: Papers, 1875-1952 and n.d.

Papers, 1875-1952 and n.d., consisting of genealogical materials, correspondence, letters, telegrams, cards, invitations, clippings, reports, speeches, campaign records, bills and resolutions proposed by the U.S. Congress, subject files, pamphlets, diagrams, scrapbooks, and other materials. This collection documents the life of Bankhead, particularly his career as a U.S. Representative, with extensive coverage of his tenure as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Included in his records as a U.S. Representative is a great amount of information on U.S. and Ala. politics, agriculture, military conscription, unemployment, roads and highways, prohibition, drainage and reclamation, vocational education, and Tallulah Bankhead. Clippings and scrapbooks also contain information on the lives and careers of John H. Bankhead, Sr., John H. Bankhead, Jr., and Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968). Photographs include numerous members of Congress, officials in the administrations of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and foreign heads of state. Of significant interest is correspondence between Bankhead and Democratic party and Congressional leaders concerning political campaigns, Democratic organization of the House of Representatives, and New Deal legislation.

ArchivalResource: 33 cubic ft. (41 archives containers, 2 records center containers, 4 oversized containers, and 27 oversized scrapbooks).

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Crow, Charles B. (Charles Brandon), 1897-1955. Papers, 1920-1949.

Title: Papers, 1920-1949.

Papers, 1920-1949, that contain correspondence, letters, telegrams, financial records, estate records, applications, subject files, military records, lists, photographs, clippings, printed records, licenses, and other records. The most important series in this collection are the correspondence and letters, the subject files, and the patronage, political. In all of those series the political career of John H. Bankhead (1872-1946), and to a lesser extent, Lister Hill and Hugo L. Black are discussed. U.S. and Ala. politics receive much attention, especially the New Deal, unemployment, and the search for jobs through the patronage system. Aspects of the New Deal covered especially well include farm tenancy and the Farm Security Administration, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the court packing scheme of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the National Labor Relations Board. Ala. subjects and political subjects covered especially well include: the beginning of radio station WSGN, U.S. political patronage in Ala., the grooming of Jim Simpson to unseat John H. Bankhead (1872-1946) in 1942, the campaign of William B. Bankhead for the presidency, 1940; and a plan to create the Ala. Medical College in Birmingham. Race relations in the U.S. Army, and the World War, 1939-1945, received extensive treatment also.

ArchivalResource: 1.7 cubic ft. (5 archives boxes)

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Alabama. Governor (1935-1939 : Graves). Administrative files, 1935-1939.

Title: Administrative files, 1935-1939.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the administering of executive decisions and actions. This series consists of the administrative files of Governor Bibb Graves' second term in office. It contains correspondence, reports, photographs, pamphlets, publications, and telegrams. The records consist of correspondence and other material regarding the activities of the numerous state departments and agencies. In addition, there is considerable documentation of the relief and recovery programs established in the state in response to the massive unemployment brought on by the Great Depression. Well-known federal programs, such as the Public Works Administration (PWA), the Works Projects Administration (WPA), the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) that operated under the National Recovery Act (NRA), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), are documented in Governor Graves' records. Some of these programs were administered locally by the Alabama Relief Administration. Graves maintained an extensive correspondence file with Orville F. Rush, a member of Senator John Bankhead's staff in Washington, D.C., regarding Alabama projects that were likely to receive federal funding. Bankhead and Frank Boykin frequently corresponded with the Governor regarding issues and legislation that affected the state of Alabama. The records also contain information on strikes that occurred in Alabama, particularly at textile mills. There is a file on communism that contains correspondence protesting the arrest of strikers and other actions that violated citizens' rights. Reports of communist activity and communist propaganda are also contained in this file. The Scottsboro Boys case is also documented in the records of Governor Graves althought most of the material generated from the case is in the records of Governor Benjamin M. Miller. On the lighter side, Governor Graves was named the honorary chairman to coordinate the Alabama birthday balls for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 Jan. Graves also coordinated the Alabama invitations to hear Roosevelt speak at Grant Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on 1935 Nov. 29. These activities are documented in these records.

ArchivalResource: 44 cubic ft. (44 records center cartons).

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Alabama. Governor (1943-1947 : Sparks). Administrative files, 1942-1947.

Title: Administrative files, 1942-1947.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the administering of executive decisions and actions. This series consists of the administrative files of Governor Chauncey Sparks. It contains correspondence, reports, photographs, pamphlets, publications, and telegrams. The records consist of correspondence and other material regarding the activities of the numerous state departments and agencies. The bulk of the routine correspondence was handled by George Bliss Jones, secretary to the governor, and Mabel Amos, the governor's recording secretary. The files continue to document the programs established during the administration of Frank Dixon in response to the United States' entry in World War II. The Selective Service System files contain information on recruitment, draft boards, industry, defense programs, jobs, propaganda, rationing, and civilian defense. Among the groups and agencies represented in these files are: Office of Price Administration (OPA), Alabama Salvage Committee, and the State Defense Council. Race relations and labor strikes plagued the Sparks administration. These files contain correspondence and telegrams between Governor Sparks, Alabama congressional officers, and I.S. Rouzer, President of the Alabama Mining Institute. The coal miners' strikes of 1943 in Ozark and Birmingham, and the 1945 strike in Birmingham are documented along with a strike of Birmingham newspapers that also occurred in 1945. Race riots and segregation are well documented in the Sparks records. The files contain reports from investigators and law enforcement officers, correspondence from citizens across the nation, publications, and other material maintained by the governor and his staff regarding race relations in the state. The two incidents that aroused the greatest furor were the race riot at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Corporation in Mobile in 1943 May, and an order by the War Department to end segregation at Maxwell Field in Montgomery. Another incident of note was the investigation of Cleburne County Sheriff Ewell Norton regarding the arrest of two African American youths around Christmas 1944 and the extraordinarily high fines set for minor violations. The records of Governor Sparks also contain considerable information regarding the ongoing debate over freight rates. This issue continued to be the main topic of concern at the Southern Governors' Conference meetings. The administrative files also document the Alabama Department of Archives and History's acquisition in 1945 of a piece of oar that supposedly came from the C.S.S. Alabama. Notable correspondents with the governor in this series included: Senator John H. Bankhead, Frank Boykin, Henry S. Geismer (the Governor's representative in Washington, D.C.), George Grant, Senator Lister Hill, Sam Hobbs, Pete Jarman, Carter Manasco, and Joe Starnes.

ArchivalResource: 49 cubic ft. (48 records center cartons and 4 indexes card boxes).

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Bankhead family. Bankhead family photographs, 1930-1942.

Title: Bankhead family photographs, 1930-1942.

These photographs are official press photos made of Bankhead family members during the 1930s and 1940s. Most of them were made in Washington, D.C. Family members included in the collection are John Hollis Bankhead, Jr., William B. Bankhead, Florence McGuire Bankhead (William's second wife), Walter H. Bankhead, Tallulah Bankhead and Eugenia Bankhead. Most photographs are stills of family members made by associated press photographers. The majority of the photographs of Tallulah are publicity stills from movies in which she had a starring role.

ArchivalResource: 99 photographs (1 archives box).

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Alabama. Governor (1939-1943 : Dixon). Legislative tracking files, 1939-1943.

Title: Legislative tracking files, 1939-1943.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the monitoring of bills being considered for passage by the state legislature. This series consists of correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, petitions, resolutions, reports, and bills regarding pending legislation in which the Governor was interested. The records contain the Governor's messages to the legislature and reports to the Governor on the legislature's activity in regard to specific legislation. There is correspondence between the governor and individual legislators. This series also contains correspondence from constituents voicing their opinion for or against a specific bill. In addition to the usual legislation regarding taxes and education, the legislature considered a livestock law, and bills concerning old age pensions, highways and the poll tax. In 1939 a bill passed that created the County Boards of Equalization and abolished the County Boards of Review. The Booth Bill or Senate Bill 300 was particularly controversial. This bill allowed municipalities and counties to establish public utilities. There is considerable correspondence between Governor Frank Dixon and John M. Carmody, the administrator of the Federal Works Administration regarding the legality of the law and its impact on the Tennessee Valley Authority. Other correspondents include U.S. Representatives from Alabama Sam Hobbs, Joe Starnes, Pete Jarman, George Grant, and William B. Bankhead; and Senators Lister Hill and John H. Bankhead.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 cubic ft. (3 records center cartons).

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Alabama. State Chamber of Commerce. Directors. Photographs, [ca.1937]-[ca.1970].

Title: Photographs, [ca.1937]-[ca.1970].

Photographs, ca. 1937 - ca. 1970, of directors of the Ala. Chamber of Commerce. In many folders are biographical sketches as well. There are a few photographs of some prominent Ala. politicians as well, including John H. Bankhead (1872-1946), Frank M. Dixon, Gordon Persons, and George C. Wallace.

ArchivalResource: .66 cubic ft. (2 archives boxes).

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Bankhead, John H. (John Hollis), 1842-1920. Papers, 1865-1923, and n.d.

Title: Papers, 1865-1923, and n.d.

Papers, 1865-1923 and n.d., consisting of genealogical materials, correspondence, letters, financial records, petitions, clippings, reports, speeches, photographs, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other materials. This collection primarily documents the career of Bankhead (1842-1920) as a U.S. Senator, though his elections to various offices and his personal financial life are both documented quite extensively also, particularly his connections and involvement in Ala. economic developments such as coal mining, real estate, water power and railroads. Within the U.S. Senatorial records the correspondence and letters, general, and the subject files cover a vast array of political topics, with a special emphasis on the U.S. Post Office; river navigation and hydroelectric power; U.S. and Ala. politics; prohibition; agriculture; labor; Good Roads program; tariffs; foreign affairs; and hundreds of other subjects. The photographs are quite extensive, and there are quite a few of him and his children that are in excellent condition and of good quality.

ArchivalResource: 35 cubic ft. (95 archives containers, 1 records center container, 2 oversized containers, and 3 v.)

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State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama. Records 1875-1986.

Title: Records 1875-1986.

The State Democratic Executive Committee records, 1875-1986, document over a century of virtual single party politics in Alabama. The records provide detailed information concerning election practices, political campaigns, party solidarity/dissension and race relations. The records not only reflect on politics within the state, but provide information relating to Alabama's role in national politics. The records, primarily the correspondence, minutes and printed materials, provide valuable information on many topics such as white supremacy, state's rights, civil rights, election manipulations and the many schisms within the party. The primary correspondents include committee officers and various state, local and national committee members and political figures. The records also provide detailed information about the more routine areas of the committee's responsibilities. A substantial portion of the collection consists of candidate files, election records, campaign materials, and records of contested elections. These records illustrate the manner in which the committee assisted and qualified candidates, supported political campaigns, and executed special and primary elections. The records of each administration were generally maintained independently from the records of previous administrations, except in instances. Where the chairman served more than one term. Several of the administrations were poorly documented. The bulk of the materials date from 1919 to 1951 and from 1959 to 1963.

ArchivalResource: 34.67 cubic feet. (104 archives boxes and 2 oversized boxes)

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Alabama. Governor (1935-1939 : Graves). Public relations files, 1934-1939.

Title: Public relations files, 1934-1939.

The governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the administering of greetings, congratulations, recommendations, and other responses to constituents, public officials, dignitaries, and citizens of other states seeking information or offering observations. This series consists of correspondence, telegrams, clippings, photographs, reports, and publications that document the governor's relationship with constituents and correspondents from other states. The records also document the governor's interaction with governors of other states, Congressmen, the President of the United States, the vice-president, and other public officials and dignitaries. The files consist of greetings from the governor to visiting dignitaries, businessmen, and school groups. The governor also sent greetings and congratulatory messages to governors of other states and constituents celebrating anniversaries, birthdays, births of children, weddings, promotions, awards and honors, and numerous other special occasions. The files also contain letters from constituents asking for money for themselves or for fund raising projects. A large portion of these requests are for churches and church activities as well as numerous fraternal organizations. In 1936 Graves received a request for financial assistance from 16-year-old Winifred R. Bayer of N.Y. Bayer included a autographed photo for the governor in her request for financial help to pursue her career in aviation. Included in the records are invitations to ribbon-cuttings, parades, and other organizational events, and requests for speaking engagements. There are letters from citizens requesting appointments to speak with the the governor and requests for a recommendation from the governor for a job, promotion, scholarship, and many other situations. This series also contains correspondence, research, and drafts pertaining to the governor's speeches and statements. This series also documents the participation of Alabama's chief executive in the National Governors' Conference. During his second administration, Graves attended meetings in Biloxi, Miss., and Washington, D.C. The files contain correspondence with governors from other states, programs for the meetings, and other general information regarding the conference. Some specific topics of interest include Graves' invitation to attend the 1937 inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the accompanying correspondence arranging the trip. In addition to the governor's itinerary for this event is a list of the Alabamians who attended the inauguration. Graves also served as the honorary chairman for the annual birthday ball in Roosevelt's honor. Information on this event is contained in this series. Also of interest was the banquet for Democratic National Committee Chairman, James Farley. This event was held in Montgomery on 1939 April 28. The records document the individuals who were invited to the banquet and their responses. Some of the more prominent correspondents in this series include: John Bankhead, W. B. Bankhead, Hugo Black, Frank. W. Boykin, A. H. Carmichael, Harold Ickes, Leon Schwarz, and Walter Bragg Smith.

ArchivalResource: 8 cubic ft. (8 records center cartons).

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