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Engelhardt, Samuel, 1912-1991. Papers, [ca.1946]-[ca.1973].

Title: Papers, [ca.1946]-[ca.1973].

The Samuel Engelhardt papers 1948-1973, contain a variety of information concerning Englehart's active political career and his personal life. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs and printed materials relate to the 1960 U.S. presidential election, his tenure in the Alabama House of Representatives, Alabama Senate, and to his service as director of the Alabama Association of White Citizens Councils. Included is correspondence with prominent Alabama politicians and state officials. Financial information, office memoranda, speeches and correspondence relate to his term as highway director and to his campaign for governor in 1962. Additional correspondence with family members as well as family photographs and financial information is also included.

ArchivalResource: 6 cubic ft. (6 records center cartons).

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Johnston, Forney, 1879-1965. Papers, 1876-1982.

Title: Papers, 1876-1982.

This collection of correspondence and business records documents the various stages of Forney Johnston's private and public life. The genealogy series contains different variations of the Johnston family tree, including the Hooper and Pollard families. The personal and general correspondence, 1901-1977, contains the courtship and marriage letters between Forney and Clara Vernon Cocke, later correspondence with their children Joseph Forney, Paul, Virginia and other Cocke and Johnston relatives. The letters illustrate Ala. and Va. social life, schooling for the children, and family life in general. The general correspondence covers a broad range of legal and political issues, including the "Scottsboro case" and the civil rights movement; the letters from U.S. Representative Frank W. Boykin are of special interest. The business records document legal cases, financial investments, and tax records. Also included are the estate records of Avon Park (Fla.) the Cocke estate of Bremo (Va.) and Lockerbie (Ala.). The series of photographs, printed materials, and scrapbooks contain family photographs, speeches, poetry, school announcements and projects, historical, literary, and patriotic ephemera, and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 18 cubic ft. (53 archives boxes, four oversized boxes and one oversized folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122507848 View

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).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122498578 View

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).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122442437 View

Alabama. Governor (1947-1951 : Folsom). Public relations files, 1947-1950.

Title: Public relations files, 1947-1950.

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 administering of greetings, congratulations, recommendations, and other responses to consituents, public officials, dignitaries, and citizens of other states seeking information or offering observations. This series consists of the public relations files of Governor James E. Folsom. It contains correspondence, telegrams, clippings, photographs, reports, and publications that document the governor's relations with consituents and correspondents from other states. The records also document the governor's interaction with governors of other states, Congressmen, the President of United States, the vice-president, and other public officials and dignitaries. The files consists 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 consituents celebrating anniversaries, birthdays, births of children, weddings, promotions, awards and honors, and numerous other special occasions. The files also contain letters from consituents 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 govenrors from other states, programs for the meetings, and other general information regarding the conference. Some specific items of interest in the files of Governor Folsom include correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs and photographs of the governor's personal appearances at the 1947 National Air Carnival in Birminhgam, the world premiere of the movie "Louisiana" in Shreveport, and numerous college football games. Folsom also attended an air show in Texas in 1947 that generated a great deal of publicity and correspondence regarding a newspaper photograph of the Alabama governor kissing a University of Texas coed. The files also document the Governor's trip to Washington, D.C. in 1949 to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee in support of extending th eold age and survivors insurance provisions of the Federal Social Security Act. Folsom attending the inauguration of President Harry S. Truman in 1950 Jan. Included in these files is correspondence with President Truman, Vice-President Allen W. Barkley, and Alabama Congressmen Sam Hobbs; George Andrews; Robert E. Jones, Jr.; George Grant; Albert Rains; and Frank W. Boykin. The majority of this correspondence was handled by Folsom's secretary, O.H. Finney, Jr. This series also contains speeches presented by Governor Folsom to the Alabama Education Association and other state organizations, farm organizations, and events at state universities and colleges. The Govenror made numerous radio addresses to the people of Alabama in addition to messages, statements, and speeches to the Alabama Legislature. These records were stored in filing cabinets at the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History (ADAH) until the summer of 1991 when the records were placed in acid-free storage containers. This series was referred to by the Governor's Office as "Personal Files." The ADAH staff felt this was a confusing title. Because the records deal with constitutent requests and comments, public events attended by the governor, and other aspects of the office of the chief executive, the title "Public relations files" was selected to better define the scope of the records. This series ceased to exist in this configuration after 1971. Many components of the series are now scheduled as separate series.

ArchivalResource: 15 cubic ft. (15 records center cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122641184 View

Engelhardt, Sam (Samuel Martin), 1912-1991. Papers 1888-1973.

Title: Papers 1888-1973.

Papers, 1888-1973, containing personal, political, and Highway Department correspondence; financial records; legal documents; biographical materials; printed materials; newspaper clippings; speeches; reference files; photographs; works of art; and scrapbooks. The bulk of the collection contains materials dating from 1958 to 1963. The papers of Sam Engelhardt are a combination of personal and political papers and Highway Department records. Separation of the Highway Department records from the private papers is not feasible, as no distinction was made between public records and private papers in Engelhardt's filing system. His interests as a politician, as chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, and as highway director were so interwoven that any attempt to further separate the public records from the private materials would destroy the integrity of the collection. The records are arranged into four subgroups: 1. Private materials; 2. Political materials; 3. Highway Department records; and 4. General materials. The General Materials subgroup contains all of the files which fall into more than one category. Records from Engelhardt's chairmanship of the State Democratic Executive Committee have been incorporated with the State Democratic Executive Committee papers. The largest portion of the collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. Primary correspondents include Robert P. Bradley, Walter H. Craig, Governor John Patterson, Congressman Frank W. Boykin, Senator Lister Hill, Senator John Sparkman, Representative George Huddleston, Respresentative George Andrews, and Representative Carl Elliott. The correspondence, clippings, and scrapbooks reflect Englehardt's position on numerous segregation and civil rights issues, state and national politics, and Highway Department matters. The financial records include receipts for personal expenses and Highway Department expense accounts and requisitions. The printed materials include political and highway-related publications, campaign materials, broadsides, and memorabilia. The speeches document Engelhardt's stand as a staunch segregationist and his work with the Highway Department. The photographs depict various people, events, and projects documenting Engelhardt's family, cotton interests, political career, and directorship of the Highway Department. All negatives have been removed from this collection and placed in the Negative collection. The remaining items in this collection further document the personal, political, and professional aspects of his life.

ArchivalResource: ca.18 cubic ft. (19 archives boxes and 10 oversized boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568550 View

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).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145410489 View

Boykin, Frank W. (Frank William), 1885-1969. Papers, 1911-1972.

Title: Papers, 1911-1972.

Papers, 1911-1972, including correspondence, publications, printed materials, clippings, and photographs. The Boykin correspondence include a number of correspondents and a variety of subjects. Correspondents include Lyndon B. Johnson, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, George C. Wallace, and T. L. Soong. The subjects discussed include Alaskan and Alabama real estate, industrial and Tennessee river development, the lumber and oil industries, segregation, politics, and social activities. The photographs offer particularly valuable views of Boykin with prominent individuals in Washington in the 1950s and 1960s. The 59 scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings pertaining to Boykin's political career.

ArchivalResource: 20 cubic ft. (3 records center cartons, 5 oversized folders, and 59 scrapbooks).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122284922 View

Folsom, James Elisha. Papers, 1938-1981.

Title: Papers, 1938-1981.

The papers, 1938-1981, contain correspondence, letters, legal records, financial records, lists, photographs, printed matter, awards, greeting cards, certificates, invitations, postcards, appointment books, medical records, newspaper clippings, serials, books, electoral returns, and maps. The most important series in this collection is the one on political campaigns, 1942-1962. Particularly well documented are Folsom's successful campaigns for Governor of Ala. in 1946 and 1954. Extensive correspondence and letter files for both campaigns are present, as are subject files, photographs, campaign materials, lists, and primary returns. Citizens supporting and opposing his campaign wrote to Folsom. Campaign tactics and strategy for particular areas are discussed, as is political patronage and requests for help. Folsom's private papers series, spanning the years 1938-1981, contains interesting material also, including Ala. politics, Folsom's business ventures, Ala. economic development, family matters, the death of his first wife in 1944, and many other subjects. The photographs are very interesting, though not voluminous. Also of interest is the series entitled political correspondence and letters, 1951-1954. In many respects this series is a direct precursor to his 1954 gubernatorial campaign, and the primary subject discussed is Ala. politics.

ArchivalResource: 20 cubic ft. (46 archives boxes, 3 telescoping boxes for 3 1/2" x 5" cards, 1 oversized container, and 7 oversized scrapbooks).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380559 View

Matte, Jacqueline Anderson, 1935-. Papers, 1811-2006.

Title: Papers, 1811-2006.

Contains photographs, negatives, correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, journals, books, court documents, and other research related materials. It also consists of approximately two hundred hours of audio interviews, some of which are transcribed. The collection is not limited in scope to just the MOWA Indians. It also contains information on the Choctaw Indians, as well as on Washington County, Alabama, and historic Alabama. Some of the material relates to the history, capture, and imprisonment of the Apache leader Geronimo at Mount Vernon Barracks, and includes discussion of Indian treaties throughout American history. Included in the collection, as well, are photocopies of letters to and from former U.S. Congressman Frank W. Boykin and photocopies of a letter that Elvis Presley wrote to then-president Richard Nixon expressing Presley's desire to be given federal credentials.

ArchivalResource: 24 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213296125 View

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).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122352783 View

Adair, Roman. Diplomas and certificates collection, 1801-1954.

Title: Diplomas and certificates collection, 1801-1954.

The collection is composed of diplomas and other types of certificates awarded to individuals through the years 1801-1954. It includes oaths of allegiance and pardons given after the Civil War; certificates of membership from fraternal and patriotic organizations; commissions and appoitments to political office; licenses to practice medicine and law; certificates recognizing military service during World War I; and diplomas from education institutions. An 1824 patent is also in the collection. Some of the educational institutions represented in the collection include Chunnenuggee Female College, the University of Alabama, the Graefenburg Medical Institute (Dadeville, Ala.), Tuskaloosa Female College, the State Normal School (Jacksonville, Ala.), Lowndesboro Female Institute,the University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina, Harvard University, Tuskegee Female College, Cumberland University, University of Louisville, and Georgetown University. Organizations represented in the certificates include the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Freemasons, the Erosophic Society, the Philomathic Society, and the Sons of Temperance. Governments awarding appointments and commisions in the papers include the Confederate States of America, the United States of America, the French Republic, the state of Alabama, and the state of Georgia. Individuals receiving awards in the collections include Agnes Baggett, Peter A. Brannon, Thomas E. Calhoun, Jefferson Davis, William Tinsley Dent, John H. Forney, Elias N. Kaiser, Robert A. Mosely, Marie B. Owen, Thomas M. Owen, Helen Rosentihl, Philip M. Shepard, Addison G. Smith, Edward D. Smith, Thomas Vickers, George P. Waller, T. H. Watts, Annie E. Wheeler, and Adolphus F. Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 13 cubic feet (8 oversized boxes, 36 oversized folders).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122640902 View

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).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380860 View

Schwinn, Walter Kelly, 1901-1995. Papers, 1946-1994

Title: Papers

Records of negotiations with the sultan of Muscat and Oman, for the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Consular Relations with the United States in 1958; tapes and transcription describing Schwinn's life in the diplomatic and consular service in Poland, Malaya and Saudi Arabia and correspondence with colleges and museums about his gifts of books and artifacts to their collections; includes outline for his talk on the African-American's stake in victory. Correspondents include F. Boykin, R. Davies, H. Eilts, W. Gallman and H. Sargeant.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (463 items): ill.; 39 x 26 x 12 cm.

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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).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122388737 View

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).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122387780 View

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)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122441781 View

Chastang family. Papers, 1756-1935 bulk 1880-1919.

Title: Papers, 1756-1935 bulk 1880-1919.

Documents and personal correspondence related to the Chastang family of Chastang and Bucks, Alabama. Most of the correspondence is written to or by Edward "Cuff" Chastang and Francis Zeno Chastang, but other correspondents include Edna J. Chastang, Arnetta C. Chastang, Louise Chastang, and Mary Chastang. Much of the material in the collection consists of invoices for goods bought and services rendered from numerous area merchants to the Chastangs. Religious and educational material also make up a large part of the collection, particularly books and periodicals related to the two subjects. The collection also contains a few, apparently family, photographs. One item in the collection of particular interest to researchers may be a letter from Everett and Boykin Naval Stores signed by Frank W. Boykin, former U.S. congressman. The collection also includes material related to the Knights of Peter Claver and the organization's founding in Mobile, Alabama.

ArchivalResource: 3 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/248007176 View