Alabama
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Ben Price letters
Collection — Folder S1081
Identifier: S1081
Scope and Contents
This collection includes seven letters and one military order, all of which are photocopies. The one-page Special Order No. 58 was issued February 5, 1864, from Indianapolis, and stated that R. H. Barnes was physically disqualified from active service, and was detailed as temporary steward to the U.S. hospital in Indianapolis. Assistant Acting Surgeon John M. Kitchen, in charge of the City General Hospital, signed the order. R. H. Barnes wrote a letter on February 6, 1864, to...
Dates:
1863-1886
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ben Price letters
Chauncey H. Brooks papers
Collection — Folder S169
Identifier: S0169
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters from Chauncey H. Brooks in Alabama and Tennessee ranging from 1863/07/18 to 1863/10/07 regarding war and home life.
Dates:
1863/07/18-1863/10/07
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Chauncey H. Brooks papers
Harry H. Martindale collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-072
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research, correspondence, and other matierlas primarily from Harry H. Martindale with lesser amounts included by Winfred L. Martindale and other researchers in the United States and England ranging from 1863 to 1984, regarding the Martindale, Maxey, Pearson, McCray, Howard, Hurt, and other related families.
Dates:
1863 - 1984
Found in:
Genealogy
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Harry H. Martindale collection
Jacob Fitzgerald Goltry correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3396
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters and transcriptions from Jacob Fitzgerald Goltry and his descendants in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Iowa ranging from 1861 to 2016 regarding correspondence between Jacob Fitzgerald Goltry and his wife, Emeline (Force) Goltry during his service in the Civil War.These letters offer insight into the everyday life and sentiments of a Union soldier as relayed to his wife at home. References are made to the living conditions and provisions of the...
Dates:
circa 1861-2016
Kate Roper collection
Collection
Identifier: G-071
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research, correspondence, and photocopied documents from Kate Roper and others in Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1983 regarding New Kent County, Virginia families, records, and churches, research done for clients, and First Lutheran Church in Indianapolis.
Dates:
1927-1983
Found in:
Genealogy
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Kate Roper collection
Robinson and Branham families collection
Collection — Folder S1128
Identifier: S1128
Scope and Contents
This collection includes twenty-three letters and documents of the Robinson and Branham families of Madison, Indiana, beginning with a list of purchases and costs in 1839, and ending with a funeral notice dated 1891. Two letters are undated but were written during the Civil War. A third undated letter was addressed to Miss Rebecca G. Robinson in Dayton, Alabama, after Mobile was crossed off. One of the documents is for the discharge for William H. Robinson who was in the 10th Regiment of...
Dates:
1839-1891
Sarah S. Pratt "Why Doctor Grimes Whispered" memoir
Collection — Folder S1075
Identifier: S1075
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an original copy of the 7 page memoir, "Why Doctor Grimes Whispered" from Sarah S. Pratt of Delphi, Indiana regarding the Indiana underground railroad.
With the collection is a single page copy of two advertisements for runaway slaves from South Florence, Franklin County, Alabama, posted in the "Louisville Public Advertised", February 5, 1833. Also included in the collection is an insurance card for Home Insurance Company, Lafayette, with “Miss Sarah J....
Dates:
undated
