Papers, 1865-1923, and n.d.

Hobson, Richmond Pearson, 1870-1937

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Richmond Pearson Hobson (August 17, 1870 – March 16, 1937) was a United States Navy rear admiral who served from 1907–1915 as a U.S. Representative from Alabama. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, he received the Medal of Honor years later for his part in that conflict. Hobson was born in Greensboro, Alabama on August 17, 1870. He attended private schools and Southern University, graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1889 and from the French National School of Naval Design ...

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Bankhead, William Brockman, 1874-1940

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William Bankhead (1874-1940) was a member of one of Alabama's most important political families and served as Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives. He took an active role in passing Depression-era and New Deal legislation and sided with Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in opposing isolationists in Congress as World War II loomed on the horizon. He was also the father of controversial actress Tallulah Bankhead and uncle to politician and businessman Walter William Bankhead. William Brockma...

Bankhead family.

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Leake, W. D.

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United States. Congress. Senate

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Julian, Frank N. (Frank Newsum), b. 1872.

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Samoset Coal Company (Ala.)

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Sibley, John W. (John William), b. 1869.

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Owen, Thomas M. (Thomas McAdory), 1894-1948.

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Watson, C. W.

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Bankhead, Walter Will, b. 1897.

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United Confederate Veterans

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Organized 1889. From the description of United Confederate Veterans scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172561 Henry Stewart formed a company nicknamed the "Hamilton Blues" for the Confederacy during the Civil War. After the war, this Florida native was elected as Camp Commander and namesake for Fort Stewart of the United Confederate Veterans located in Jasper, Florida. The organization was designed to orchestrate memorials to Confederate veterans and support...

Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929

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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) served Alabama for many years in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Known best for his extensive knowledge of and authorship of a sweeping tariff reform act, he was also a Democratic candidate for president in 1912 and in 1924, which saw the longest convention in U.S. history. He has been described as a conservative politician who opposed suffrage for women, Prohibition, and rights for organized labor. Underwood was born on May 6, 1862, i...

Rountree, J. A. (John Asa), b. 1867.

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Jemison, Robert (Robert Underwood), 1878-1927.

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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...

Cox, Benjamin B.

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United States. Post Office Department

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...

Faulk, T. S. (Timothy Sauls), b. 1866.

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United mine workers of America

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Hartwell, Harry D.

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Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936

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Duncan U. Fletcher was born January 6, 1859, near Americus, Georgia. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1880, and studied law there. In 1881 he moved to Jacksonville, Florida, practiced law and became chief counsel of the Florida East Coast Railroad. He became a Jacksonville Councilman in 1887, in 1893 he served a term in the Florida House of Representatives, and was mayor of Jacksonville from 1893-1985, and 1901-1903. He was chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee from 1905...

Johnston, Forney, 1879-1965.

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Forney Johnston, 1879-1965, the son of Alabama Governor and U.S. Senator Joseph Forney Johnston (1843-1913) and Teresa Virginia Hooper, was a prominent businessman, lawyer, and civic leader in Birmingham, Ala. Forney was born 9 Sept. 1879 in Selma, Ala. He attended and received degrees from the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama. In 1905 he married Clara Vernon Cocke of Virginia and they had three children: Joseph Forney, Virginia, and Paul. ...

Bankhead, Henry M. (Henry McAuley), b. 1876.

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Worthington, J. W. (John Warren), 1856-1942.

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Beasley, Cecil A. (Cecil Acmond), b. 1876.

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Goodwyn, Tyler (Robert Tyler), b. 1870.

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Harlan, W. S.

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Almon, W. B.

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Lund, Louise (Louise Bankhead), d. 1921.

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Bankhead, Tallulah B. (Tallulah Brockman), ca.1840-ca.1922.

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Moody, Frank G.

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Lay, W. P. (William Patrick), 1853-1940.

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Fies, Eugene.

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Goodwin, E. P. (Edward Penn), b. 1869.

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

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 ...

Pearce, Jim (James Pizaro), b. 1845.

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Faulk, W. M.

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Abercrombie, John W. (John William), 1866-1940.

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John William Abercrombie attended the University of Ala. and graduated in 1888. He became active in the area of education, was principal of numerous secondary schools and was elected as the State Superintendent of Schools (1898-1902). He also served in the Ala. State legislature (1896-1899), as President of the University of Ala. (1902-1911), and as a Congressional Representative (1914-1917). He authored several books and pamphlets, and was a member of numerous education...

Caledonia Coal Company (Ala.)

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Vandiver, H. F.

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Stimson, Henry L.

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Warfield, S. Davies (Solomon Davies), 1863-1927

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McMillan, Ed Leigh (Edward Leigh), b. 1888.

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Harding, W. P. G. (William Proctor Gould), 1864-1930

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Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946

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U.S. senator from Alabama. From the description of Letter, 1932 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974791 Bankhead was born 1872 July 2 to John H. and Tallulah Brockman Bankhead at Moscow, Lamar Co., Ala. He graduated from the University of Ala. with a B.A. in 1891 as president of his class. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1893 with a Bachelor of Laws, again as president of his class. That same year he began practicing law in Jasper,...

Weakley, Samuel D. (Samuel Davies), b. 1860.

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Schon, H. Von.

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Long, Pope M.

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Henderson, Charles, 1860-1937

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Taylor, Hannis, 1851-1922

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Born New Bern, N.C., practiced law in Mobile, Ala., and Washington. From the description of Letter fragment from Hannis Taylor, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54674560 ...

Almon, Edward B. (Edward Berton), 1860-1933

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Pratt Consolidated Coal Company (Ala.)

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Screws, W. W. (William Wallace), 1839-1913.

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United States. War Department

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Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...

McGowin, J. G.

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American Federation of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980267 ...

Moody, Frank S., 1849-1920.

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Tunstall, Alf M. (Alfred Moore), b. 1863.

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Kelly, Maude McClure.

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Jordan, Harvey Ernest

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Debardeleben, Charles F. (Charles Fairchild)

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Reese, Warren S. (Warren Stone), 1866-1953.

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Reese was born in 1866 in Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Ala., to Warren S. and Mary Elmore Reese. He graduated from the University of Ala. in 1890, where he obtained an LL.B degree. In 1897 he was appointed U.S. Attorney for the middle district of Ala. and he served at that post for fourteen years. He married Esse Whitfield and they had one son, Warren S. Jr., and was an Episcopalian. After serving in WWI as a major, Reese was appointed as special attorney of the U.S. and prosecuted the first peon...

Acree, Walter U. (Walter Upson), b. 1860.

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Walter Upson Acree of Newton, Dale Co., Ala. was a farmer and dealer in real estate. He also served as an alderman of Newton, county superintendent of education for Chilton Co. (1885-1887), and was elected State Senator in 1900. From the description of Correspondence, 1900-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122380819 ...

Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920

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Thomas McAdory Owen, was the first director of the Alabama Department of Archives; also an editor, bibliographer and Robert E. Lee enthusiast. From the description of Papers, 1912-1920 (bulk 1912). (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 53291535 Thomas M. Owen (1866-1920) was a lawyer, historian, and founder and director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. For more information on Owen see his History of Alabama and Dict...

Owen, Marie Bankhead, 1869-1958

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Marie Bankhead Owen, after the death of her husband Thomas McAdory Owen, became the Director of the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. She retired in 1953 and during her tenure she was instrumental in having the Archives building constructed (1939). From the description of Family photographs, [18--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122548623 ...

Bankhead, John Hollis, 1842-1920

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Incorporated in Maine in 1907, the Telepost Company was an independent telegraph company using the rapid system of telegraphy invented by Patrick B. Delaney. The company operated between Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Louisville and other cities in the west. Rates were a quarter for 25 words and a nickel for each additional 10 words when the message was delivered by messenger; and 50 words for a quarter when the message was sent by wire and delivered to the post office in a sealed envelop. Th...