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Materials from Rep. Bob Jones' visit to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi after Hurricane Camille.
The materials include correspondence between Jones and Major General T. E. Moore, commander of the Keesler Technical Training Center, and a photo of Jones with Moore, Congressman William Colmer of Mississippi and General Sam Maddux. -
VHS tape of "Trial by Fire and Water: Birmingham, 1963" (Part I).
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth is the speaker in this lecture given at Alabama A&M. -
Dr. Charles Lundquist (Space History Interviews)
Interview by David Christensen on February 10, 2005Tags Oral History -
Roger Chassay (Space History Interviews)
Interview by Dr. Charles Lundquist on May 8, 2007 as part of the UAH M. Louis Salmon Library's Space History Interviews. More information can be found at http://libguides.uah.edu/archives. Note: Due to the age of the interview and the fact that it was originally stored as a lower quality WMV, it will not be pristine.Tags Oral History -
David Christensen (Space History Interviews)
Interview by Dr. Charles Lundquist on February 9, 2006 as part of the UAH M. Louis Salmon Library's Space History Interviews. More information can be found at http://libguides.uah.edu/archives. Note: Due to the age of the interview and the fact that it was originally stored as a lower quality WMV, it will not be pristine. -
Saverio "Sonny" Morea (Space History Interviews)
Interview by Dr. Charles Lundquist on Feb. 21, 2006.Tags Oral History -
Wernher and Maria von Braun at a cocktail party given for the Alabama legislature.
A note on the back of the photo reads, "Cocktail Party for legislature at time Huntsville wanted Research Park & Institute for university." From left to right: Mrs. Foster Haley, Mrs. Milton Cummings, Wernher von Braun, Maria von Braun, Roscoe Roberts, Ryan DeGraffenried, and Milton Cummings. -
Coal barge on the Tennessee River.
A note on the reverse of the photograph reads, "Ton of coal passing Decatur on the Tennessee River." -
Parts of a V-2 rocket on display on the west side of Courthouse Square in Huntsville, Alabama.
The tank on the left is labeled "V-2 Alcohol Container," while the tank on the right is labeled "V-2 Liquid Oxygen Container." On the far right of the photo is the "V-2 Propulsion Unit." In the background are various businesses, including P. M. Woodfin Cotton, Anderson Clayton & Co. Cotton Buyers, and First National Bank. -
Certificate of membership in the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association.
From the business records of I. Schiffman and Company. The certificate was issued to I. Schiffman & Co. on March 19, 1930. -
Correspondence between I. Schiffman and Co. in Huntsville, Alabama, and Allen Northington of the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association in Montgomery, Alabama.
From the business records of I. Schiffman and Company. In the first letter, Lawrence B. Goldsmith of I. Schiffman and Co. inquires about selling cotton through the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association. In his reply, Northington asserts that "we will be glad to handle any cotton for you that was grown on your farm and make the government advance up to 15.64� Middling basis." -
Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association Marketing Agreement and Application for Membership.
From the business records of I. Schiffman and Company. The application for membership was completed by Lawrence B. Goldsmith, a member of the I. Schiffman & Co. firm. The front of the pamphlet notes that this copy is a duplicate. -
Correspondence concerning cooperative marketing of Huntsville-area farmers' cotton.
From the business records of I. Schiffman and Company. The letters contain lists of farmers whose cotton I. Schiffman & Co. is marketing through the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association. The materials include notes from each farmer instructing the Association to hold their cotton in the "regular annual pool [...] subject to lien on same held by I. Schiffman & Company." Each letter indicates the value of the cotton. -
Materials regarding prices and cooperative marketing of the 1930 cotton crop.
From the business records of I. Schiffman and Company. The materials include letters and instructions for handling and delivering the 1930-31 cotton crop to the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association. The instructions describe the different pools available for marketing cotton and lists warehouses throughout Alabama to be used for storing cotton. The last item, a letter from N. S. Stewart, discusses low cotton prices since 1926 and lists advantages of marketing cotton through the Association. -
Civil War diary of George Washington Harris.
Harris served as a private in Company F of the 149th Indiana Infantry Regiment, which occupied Decatur, Alabama in 1865. He enrolled at Terre Haute, Indiana, on February 15, 1865 at the age of twenty. Harris records his experiences as a soldier and traces his journey south to Decatur. Harris also describes his interactions with locals in North Alabama, writing in April 1865 that he "halted to talk with a family of Rebbs questioning concerning their so-called independence but found out nothing of importance Except that ther hopes had fled." He also includes descriptions of skirmishes in which he took part, as well as lengthy descriptions of the terrain and weather. Harris adds his comments on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and writes down song lyrics and poetry at points. Harris was discharged on September 27, 1865. -
David Christensen speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Christensen then worked in the Division of Graduate Programs and Research at UAH. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Painted sign advertising the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Today this sign is on display in the Archives and Special Collections reading room on the ground floor of the library. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
David Christensen speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Christensen then worked in the Division of Graduate Programs and Research at UAH. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
David Christensen speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
Christensen then worked in the Division of Graduate Programs and Research at UAH. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Ley's widow, Olga, in 1970. -
Olga Ley speaking at the dedication of the Willy Ley Collection at the UAH Library.
David Christensen is standing at the right. The UAH Library purchased the Willy Ley Collection from Mrs. Ley in 1970.