Papers, 1865-1988.

Phillips, P. (Philip), 1807-1884

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Philip Phillips (December 13, 1807 – January 14, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855. He was the first Jewish American elected to the House from Alabama. Born in Charleston, South Carolina and educated at the Middletown Military Academy in Middletown, Connecticut, he returned to Charleston in 1825, where he studied law. After being admitted to t...

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. Wallace notoriously opposed deseg...

Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873

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Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Andrew B. Moore (1807-1873) was a lawyer and the Governor of Alabama from 1857 until the outbreak of the Civil War. On December 24, 1860, Moore issued writs of election, leading to the Secession Convention of 1861. During the war, he was appointed a special aide-de-camp under General Albert Sidney Johnston. A contemporary of Moore, John Willis Ellis (1820-1861) was a lawyer, judge, and the Governor of North Carolina from 1859...

Watts, Thomas H. (Thomas Hill), 1819-1892.

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Auburn university

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...

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...

O'Neal, Edward Asbury, 1818-1890

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Lawyer, Confederate Army officer, and governor of Alabama from 1882 to 1886. From the description of Edward Asbury O'Neal papers, 1833-1908 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25031595 Edward Asbury O'Neal (1818-1890) was a lawyer, local secession leader, Confederate Army officer serving in Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875, and governor of Alabama from 1882 to 1886. From the guide to the Edward Asbury O...

McMillan, Malcolm Cook, 1910-

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McMillan was a professor of history at Auburn University from 1948 and chairman of the Department of History from 1964 until his retirement in 1978. He authored numerous books and articles on Alabama and Southern history. From the description of Papers, 1865-1988. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 24896205 ...

Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814-1863

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Autograph signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1857 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584435 Lawyer, Ala. legislator, and secessionist. From the description of Letter, 1858 June 15. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49479565 Attorney, editor, and politician, William L. Yancey was for many years a resident of Greenville, South Carolina. ...

Auburn University. Dept. of History.

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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 ...