Letter to E. L. Love from G. E. Baxter of Baxter Brothers Contractors and Builders.
Building
Construction
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
This letter states that Baxter Brothers will furnish the material and labor for the construction of the Hutchens' building for $23,000.00.
Baxter, G. E.
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Correspondence
Text
Letter to W. T. Hutchens from D. S. Brandon.
Building layout
Business enterprises
Plumbing industry
Brandon, contractor and builder, writes to Hutchens about a petition to be signed by the people in the neighborhood that will allow a water pipe to stretch to the end of Conley Street. The letter includes an illustration of the proposal.
Brandon, D. S.
Illustrations (layout features)
Correspondence between William Thomas Hutchens, W. E. Hodges, and Andrew J. Brittain.
Droughts
Conway (Ark.)
Vilonia (Ark.)
Hodges writes to Hutchens, his cousin, requesting help as they have hit hard times as a drought wiped out his crops, and he has no money to buy groceries or clothes. Brittain then writes to Hutchens on behalf of Hodges almost two months later requesting Hutchens' help. Brittain writes again in June thanking Hutchens for the package he send Hodges. The final letter is Hodges writing to Hutchens thanking him for the package and detailing his crops success and failure.
Brittain, Andrew J.
Hodges, W. E.
Hutchens, William Thomas
Photograph of Allan, Mary, and Morton Hutchens.
Family
Photography
On back: "Allan, Mary, and Morton Hutchens. Mary and their sister Maud died in childhood. Allan was the first person in Madison County to be killed in an automobile wreck. He was in his 20's."
Buchanan, D. W.
Photographs
Still Image
Photograph of Willie Armstrong Hutchens and baby.
The back shows decorative design advertising D. W. Buchanan's studio and handwritten at the botton reads, "Willie Armstrong Hutchens & baby."
Evaluation
Pavement
Payment
This envelope contained various receipts and handwritten calculations and notes pertaining to the building and assessment of the new street proposed by William Thomas Hutchens. Receipts include totals for paving the streets of Monroe and West Clinton, and the assessment notices of the completed streets.
City of Huntsville
Documents
Receipts (financial records)
Photograph of two babies. The back of the photo card reads "Ira F. Collins, Photographic Art Studio, East Side Public Square, Huntsville, Ala. Frames and Views for Sale, Copyrighted 1889.
Collins, Ira F.
Photograph of W. C. Hutchens and his dog at Big Spring.
Nature
On back: "Willard" and "W.C. Hutchens 1896-1951"
Taped on back: "William Wyeth Newman, 1872-1956." The back also shows decorative design advertising the wares and services of Ira F. Collins' photography studio.
Eleanor Newman Hutchens' estate appraisal.
Estate
Personal belongings
Real property--Valuation
Meridianville (Ala.)
This appraisal contains the wholesale and retail value of various items in the property at 300 Williams Ave. SE, Huntsville, Alabama in August 1970. Various items belong to Eleanor N. Hutchens, Ellen W. Newman, Margaret H. Henson, Margaret N. Hutchens, Susie N. Hutchens, and William W. Newman. The appraisal also contains images of the rooms appraised in the estate that show the corresponding items within. The appraisal is signed by Susie N. Hutchens and Margaret N. Hutchens along with the appraiser, A. L. Compton.
Compton, A. L.
Appraisals (financial records)
Receipts (acknowledgments)
This written receipt acknowledges payment by Hutchens & Murdock for a purchase for the plumbing shop from Huntsville Gas Light Company.
Coxe, Robert E.
Contract between Hutchens & Murdock and the Huntsville Gas Light Company.
Agreement
Debt
Inventory loans
This agreement outlines the debt of Hutchens & Murdock for personal property as described in Schedule A of the document for $1,750.00. Hutchens & Murdock agrees to pay $500.00 in cash and the rest of the debt in "five equal half yearly installments, with interest." Following the written agreement there are pages of inventory of the personal property sold to Hutchens & Murdock.
Contracts
Letter to William P. Newman from William W. Garth.
Confidential communications
Elections
Nominations for office
Washington (D.C.)
This letter marked "confidential read and burn," this letter is in response to a telegram sent earlier by William P. Newman. Garth states that he promised to appoint "Jno". He further writes that when "Jno" is notified of this, Newman is to say nothing as Garth does not with anyone to know he had anything to do with it. He writes that the only chance he has of defeating Moore in the convention is a "solid vote of Madison, Jackson, and Morgan." He concludes by stating that he wanted "simply to ask you" to help him obtain this "solid vote in Madison" and to put in a good word for him in Jackson as well. He reitterates that the letter is confidential and should be burned.
Garth, William W.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Saturn Project (U.S.)
Space flight to the moon
Space vehicles--Landing--Moon
This flier highlights Marshall Space Flight Center's role in the lunar landing and illustrates each step of a successful mission, from liftoff at Kennedy Space Center to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Fliers
Letter to Mr. Newman from Corinne Legier Gleason.
Advertising
Letter writing
Gleason writes to Newman about the letters from Mrs. Pitcher, asking if she could borrow them. She also mentions her brother, Robert, and his health. Gleason attaches a copy of a notice of land for sale in the letter that was taken from the Washington Intelligencer a few years earlier. The notice of land for sale details a tract of land "being in the whole about one thousand acres," called Benfield located in Charles County, Maryland by private contract. This document gives insight into land value in the area, as well as the neighborhood and house that sits on the land. The end of the document includes the next three owners that the land was sold to in 1817, 1835, and 1935.
Gleason, Corinne Legier
Reproduction of an 1838 fifty cent note issued by R. J. Manning in Huntsville, Alabama.
Alabama Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1969
Paper money
The note was reproduced by Henderson National Bank in Huntsville as part of Alabama's sesquicentennial celebration in 1969. The reverse of the bill shows the sesquicentennial logo and an ad for the Huntsville Coin Show.
Henderson National Bank (Huntsville, Ala.)
Ephemera
Reproduction of a two dollar note issued by the Huntsville Hotel Company in Huntsville, Alabama.
Letter to W. T. Hutchens from W. E. Hodges.
Beebe (Ark.)
This letter from W. E. Hodges details current happenings in cousin Hodges life. He requests coats and pants and writes that he "will glad get them." Hodges ends by stating he will be 70 years old the next year.
This letter from W. E. Hodges discusses his current health stating that the doctor said it would be a "long time" before he is able to work all day again. He asks for any old clothes that Hutchens and his family no longer need and he will be glad to get them.
Contract between Hutchens & Murdock and the Huntsville Ware-House Co.
Purchasing
This contract outlines the purchase and installation of automatic sprinklers for the sum of $1,674.00. The contract outlines the agreement of how the Huntsville Ware-House Co. will pay after the installation and the promises made by Hutchens & Murdock of products and techniques used. These scans include the handwritten notes on the backs of each page.
Huntsville Warehouse Co.
Murdock, Andrew J.