Papers, 1842-1935.

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Papers, 1842-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122368273

This collection contains correspondence, letters, telegrams, photoprints, a speech, legal documents, genealogical materials, and a broadside. An important series is the Sterling J. Foster (1822-1899) papers, 1842-1912, which contains genealogical materials on the Foster, Heard, Johnson, Magruder, and Fielder families; legal documents, primarily involving land transactions around Union Springs, Bullock Co., Ala.; photoprints of Foster's wife, and several of his brothers and sisters; and a broadside, 1859, among other papers. Also important is the Sterling J. Foster (1867-1952) papers, 1895-1935, which includes correspodnence and letters, 1895-1926. His speeches supporting the New Deal on the radio, 1934-1935, are also herein.

.5 cubic ft. (2 archives boxes).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6692240

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Foster, Robert M. (Robert Magruder), 1852-1930.

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Heard family.

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West, Preston C.

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Foster family.

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Sterling J. Foster was born on 1822 Dec. 16 to Arthur and Hannah Johnson Foster in Greene Co., Ga. He was graduated from Oglethorpe University, and in 1844, from Transylvania University. He then practiced medicine in Ga., and in 1850 married Caroline Virginia Heard. In 1852 they moved to Union Springs, Bullock Co., Ala., and Foster engaged in merchandising, real estate, and developing the railroad in Ala. He helped bring the Montgomery & Eufaula RR through Union Springs, and was...

Foster, Ann Patterson, d.1944.

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Foster, Sterling J. (Sterling Johnson), ca.1908-.

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Black, Josephine Foster, 1899-1951

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Copeland, Caroline

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Johnson family.

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Weakley, Effie J.M.

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Foster, Lizzie L.

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Patterson, Josiah, 1837-1904

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Magruder family.

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Foster, Hugh, 1871-1943.

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Foster, Edgar E.

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Schoolteacher in East Machias, Washington County, Maine. From the description of Papers, 1860-1871. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 37869777 ...

Durr, Virginia Foster

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Virginia Foster Durr (1903-1999) was a civil rights activist and a friend of Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. She was a relief worker during the Great Depression, worked as a lobbyist and campaign worker for Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace in the 1940s, ran as a candidate for governor of Virginia in 1948, and worked as a civil rights activist in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s and 1960s. From the description of Durr, Virginia Foster, 1903-1999 (U.S. National Archiv...

Foster, Virginia Heard, 1903-.

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United States. Navy. Reserve. Quartermaster Corps.

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Foster, Sterling J. (Sterling Johnson), 1867-1952.

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Mudd, Joseph A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1842-

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Stewart, W.R.H.

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Foster, Virginia (Caroline Virginia Heard), 1833-1912.

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Foster, Sterling J. (Sterling Johnson), 1822-1899.

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Fielder family.

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