Papers, 1853-1920.

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Papers, 1853-1920.

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Papers containing family information and letters, business records, correspondence, printed materials, original manuscripts, notes, journals, clippings, and photographs. The bulk of this collection includes family letters between Thomas Owen and his wife Marie and son Thomas, Jr., and correspondence with the large number of social organizations Owen was involved with: The Thirteen, Sons of the Revolution, Alabama History Commission, the Rotary Club, Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, the Laymen's Missionary Movement, Marion Institute, the University of Alabama Alumni, the Commercial Club, and the United Sons of Confederate Veterans. Of special interest are copies of some of Robert E. Lee's letters, materials pertaining to Oscar Underwood and the Democratic Convention of 1912, a drive for library books for WWI Soldiers and a post war monument drive. Owen's manuscript copy of his Alabama History and Dictionary is also present as well as materials relating to efforts to sell subscriptions to his work. His research correspondence, and A-Z subject files are also included.

29 cubic ft. (29 records center cartons).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 8341028

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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University of Alabama

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Alabama. Dept of Archives and History.

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This finding aid to the ADAH flag collection was created by the Special Collections staff at ADAH in 1992. From the description of Civil War period flags photograph collection, 1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122543223 Authorities: Statute no. 476, Feb. 27, 1901, Acts of 1900. Alabama Government Manual, 1982. Alabama Historical Records Advisory Board. Assessing Alabama's Archives. 1985. 1975 Alabama Code, 41-6...

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...

Commercial Club of Montgomery (Ala.)

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Holmes, Perry

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Alabama History Commission.

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

The Thirteen (Literary Club : Montgomery, Ala.)

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Owen, Thomas McAdory, b.1894.

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Bankhead family.

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Sons of the Revolution

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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...

Democratic Party (Ala.)

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Howard College (Birmingham, Ala.)

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Rotary Club (Montgomery, Ala.)

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Chamber of Commerce (Montgomery, Ala.)

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Sons of Confederate Veterans.

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Owen family.

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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...

Laymen's Missionary Movement in the United States and Canada.

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Perry, William, 1947-

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Marion Institute.

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Buck family.

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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 ...

Alabama Sunday School Association.

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