Miscellaneous microfilm collection, undated, [microform].

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Miscellaneous microfilm collection, undated, [microform].

This collection contains microfilm copies of account books, organizational records, state records, church records, genealogical notes, diaries, letters, cemetery records, county records, C.S.A. records, scrapbooks, land records, Mississippi Territory records, miscellaneous records from other Southern States, and printed materials. Of special interest are the records of the Baptist Church, the Freedman's Bureau, records concerning the Scottsboro Boys case, C.S.A. soldiers letters, and the W.P.A., Federal Writers' Project on Folklore, Ex-slave tales, Life, Histories, and Stories.

Approximately 560 microfilm reels.

Related Entities

There are 23 Entities related to this resource.

Stoudenmire family.

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Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903

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Statesman, author, clergyman, diplomat, and educator, of Richmond, Va. From the description of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry papers, 1854-1931; (bulk 1882-1903). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490877 From the description of Papers, 1881-1884 [microform]. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 63123465 From the guide to the Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Papers, 1854-1931, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke Uni...

Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873

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Confederate brigadier general, from Selma (Dallas Co.), Ala. From the description of Papers, 1863-1871. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19657442 Confederate general. From the description of Official report of the battle of Perryville, 1862 Dec. 1. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49253061 Confederate lieutenant general; served in Mexican War; commanded cadets, West Point, 1856-1861; author of book of military tactics. ...

Alabama Bible Society.

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Medical Association of the State of Alabama

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American Missionary Association

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Known chiefly for its educational work among African Americans, the American Missionary Association also worked with other ethnic groups. From the description of American Missionary Association records, 1820's-1870's (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 668992371 ...

Perry, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1805-1886

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Soldier stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri at the time of the Mexican War, with family in Woodford County, Illinois. From the description of Letter, July 14, 1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53791408 B.F. Perry, of Greenville, S.C., was a lawyer and editor, anti-secessionist, and governor of South Carolina during Reconstruction. From the description of B.F. Perry papers, 1822-1960. WorldCat record id: 23765279 Prom...

Better Homes Club of Montgomery.

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Gould, William Proctor, 1793-1862.

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William Proctor Gould, a native of Salem, Mass., was secretary-aide to Colonel John McKee, who was an Indian agent and later Congressman for Alabama. Gould later inherited McKee's plantation (Hill of Howth) in Greene County, Ala. near Boligee and lived there until his death in 1862. From the description of Diary, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122284962 ...

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

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Dixon was born 1892 July 25 to Frank and Launa Murray Dixon in Oakland, Cal. In 1906 he entered Phillips Academy in Exeter, N.H.; then attended Columbia University for one term. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1916 with an LL.B., and was admitted to the Ala. bar in 1917. That same year he entered the U.S. Army and fought overseas in World War I. He was attached to the French Army as an aerial observer. On 1918 July 21 he was wounded, which caused the amputation of hi...

Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872

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Civil War governor of Ala. From the description of Papers, 1860-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247275 Governor of Alabama and jurist. From the description of John Gill Shorter correspondence, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980457 ...

United States. Works' Projects Administration (Ala.)

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Bliss, Robert Lewis.

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Federal Writer's Project (Ala.)

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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y. and later became a resident of East Aurora and Buffalo. He was a lawyer, local office holder, State Assemblyman, U.S. Congressman, N.Y. State Comptroller, Vice-President under Zachary Taylor and 13th U.S. President, 1850-1853. He was also involved in establishing numerous Buffalo institutions. He was a founder and first Chancellor of the University of Buffalo, Commander of the Union Continentals (Home Guard) during Civil War, and first president o...

Hilliard, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1808-1892

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Henry Washington Hilliard graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1829. He was a professor in the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (1831-1834), a member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1836-1838), Chargé d'Affaires to Belgium (1842-1844), U.S. Representative for Alabama (1845-1851), Confederate commissioner to Tennessee, and Minister to Brazil (1877-1881). From the descript...

Coffee, John, 1772-1883.

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Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, 1802-1869

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United States Senator from Alabama. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to J. S. Black, 1857 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530796 Benjamin Fitzpatrick, son of William and Anne Phillips Fitzpatrick, was born 30 June 1802 in Greene County, Ga. In 1816, he moved to Alabama, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823. He retired from the practice of law in 1827 due to ill health and became a successful planter on...

Tait family.

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Baptist Association (Ala.)

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United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...

Brandon, Zillah Haynie, b.1801.

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Zillah Haynie was born on 1801 Apr. 28 in S.C. Orphaned at an early age, she and her brother, John Haynie, Jr., were raised by her father's cousin. After marrying Francis Lawson Brandon in 1822, the Brandons and their fast-growing family - there were eventually nine children who reached adulthood - lived in various locations in Ga. In 1847, after several unsuccessful business ventures, the Brandons settled in Cherokee Co., Ala. Four of the five sons fought in the Confederate States Army; two of ...

Pratt, Daniel, 1799-1873

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Pratt was born 1799 July 20 to Edward Pratt and his wife in Temple, N.H. Moving to Ga. in 1819, Pratt married Esther Tickner of Jones Co., Ga., in 1827. They moved to Autauga Co., Ala., in 1833 to manufacture cotton gins. He founded the town of Prattville in 1838, and was among the first industrialists in Ala. He and his wife had three children: Mary, died in infancy; Ellen, m. Henry F. DeBardeleben; and Maria, died in infancy. Pratt died 1873 May...