Papers, 1923-1965.

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Papers, 1923-1965.

Papers, 1923-1965, containing personal correspondence, photographs, certificates, and state and local directories. The personal correspondence contains letters and postcards from family and friends, but the bulk of the collection are photographs, which are largely unidentified. They do include however, views of prominent Alabama politicians such as John Sparkman and John Patterson as well as local political and social groups.

7 cubic ft. (7 records center cartons).

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Smith, Walter Bragg.

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Walter Bragg Smith, a native of Montgomery, Ala., served as a United States Marshal, as a Lieutenant Colonel on the staffs of Ala. Governors Frank M. Dixon and Bibb Graves, and was active in the Democratic Party and a wide variety of fraternal organizations. From the description of Papers, 1923-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122548645 ...

Sparkman, John, 1899-1985

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of John Sparkman : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481724 From the description of Reminiscences of John Sparkman : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513439 John Jackson Sparkman (b. Dec. 20, 1899, Morgan County, Ala.-d. Nov. 16, 1985, Huntsville, Ala.), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Alabama, was ...

Smith family.

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Patterson, John M. (John Malcolm), 1921-.

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Democratic Party (Ala.)

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The 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the crucial events in the lead-up to the American Civil War. The official Democratic national convention adjourned in deadlock without choosing a candidate for President. A resumed official convention nominated Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois for President and former Senator Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia for Vice President. A "rump" convention, primarily Southerners, nominated Vice President John C. Breckinridge for Presiden...