alabama

When it's cottin pickin' time in Alabam'

Fearn-Garth House, 517 Franklin Street, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS AL-414 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction

Petition for Partition in Black & Black v. Black et al, [Law papers].

Summary: At the time of his death in 1851, Thomas Black owned 312 acres of land. Three of Thomas Black's heirs owed his estate money. John Black and Carter Black, two of the heirs, retained Lincoln and Herndon ... More

Com. J. A. Winslow's victory march

Music associated with the Union side

I'm going back to Alabama in the spring

Knight House, 512 Main Street, Greensboro, Hale County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-220 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

Fitzpatrick-Saffold House, 442 South McDonough Street, Montgomery, Mon...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-52 Survey number: HABS AL-617 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction

Praecipe in School Commissioner for use of Inhabitants of Township 14N...

The New York Herald, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain periodicals page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Town of Memphis, Memphis, Pickens County, AL

Town of Memphis, Memphis, Pickens County, AL

Jonathan Kirkbride House, 104 Theatre Street, Mobile, Mobile County, A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS AL-14 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial Construction

Felix W. Baird et al. to Andrew Jackson, November 5, 1832

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

Gaskin Avenue Neighborhood, Bounded by Dart Street to east, CSX Railro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General R. C. Jones House, Broad Street, Camden, Wilcox County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-180 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction

Henry Clay's Alabama march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Greenlawn, U.S. Highway 431 (Memorial Parkway), Huntsville, Madison Co...

Survey number: HABS AL-476 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

Warren Stone House, County Highway 40 west of County Highway 37, Burkv...

Significance: The Warren Stone House is a two-story frame structure built ca. 1840. It was the center of a large antebellum plantation in Lowndes County and home of the prominent Stone family. It is a fine ex... More

Subpoena in Chancery in Yocum et al. v. Yocum et al, [Law papers].

Summary: At the time of his death, Jacob Yocum owned 521 acres of land in Sangamon County, Illinois. Jacob Yocum's widow Mary Yocum had not yet received her dower. William Yocum and some of Jacob Yocum's other ... More

McNamee-Torbert House, 410 Geneva Street, Opelika, Lee County, AL

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The McNamee-Torbert House, located at 410 Geneva Street in Opelika, Alabama, appears on the National Register as part of the Geneva Street Histori... More

A Breeze from Alabama - Ragtime music

McDonald-Smartt House, 315 North Randolph Street, Eufaula, Barbour Cou...

Survey number: HABS AL-517 Building/structure dates: ca. 1838 Initial Construction

Eastern Bank of Alabama, 201 Broad Street, Eufaula, Barbour County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-592 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Separate Answer in Broadwell et al for use of Thompson et ux.v Broadwe...

Portion of document appears to be in Lincoln's hand. Summary: Moses Broadwell wished to give his deceased son's children, Mary Jane Broadwell and William Broadwell, land if they lived to adulthood. He deeded fo... More

Separate Answer in Broadwell et al for use of Thompson et ux.v Broadwe...

Portion of document appears to be in Lincoln's hand. Summary: Moses Broadwell wished to give his deceased son's children, Mary Jane Broadwell and William Broadwell, land if they lived to adulthood. He deeded fo... More

Separate Answer in Broadwell et al for use of Thompson et ux.v Broadwe...

Portion of document appears to be in Lincoln's hand. Summary: Moses Broadwell wished to give his deceased son's children, Mary Jane Broadwell and William Broadwell, land if they lived to adulthood. He deeded fo... More

Barton Academy, Government Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS AL-32 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1899 Subsequent Work Building/structu... More

Iron Hitching Posts, Various Mobile locations, Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Survey number: HABS AL-36-B Building/structure dates: after 1900 Initial Construction

Proposals to publish, by subscription, the following works, viz. "Lett...

Prospectus. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 163, Folder 25.

E. L. Smoot House, 705 Mansion Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-661 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

E. L. Smoot House, 705 Mansion Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-661 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

E. L. Smoot House, 705 Mansion Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-661 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Hill, State Highway 20, Courtland, Lawrence County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-311 Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction

Walker House, 300 Center Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-425 Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction

Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company, Workshop, 800 Twenty-eighth Street...

Survey number: HAER AL-13-A Public domain photograph of a workshop, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Melting & Treatment Areas,...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

G. C. Thompson House, 302 North Main Street, Tuskegee, Macon County, A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-44 Survey number: HABS AL-542 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction

Methodist Church, State Highway 25, Dayton, Marengo County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-149 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Methodist Church, State Highway 25, Dayton, Marengo County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-149 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grey Columns, Old Montgomery Road (Institute Road), Tuskegee, Macon C...

Significance: Constructed from 1854 through 1857 according to the designs of owner and builder, William Varner, Grey Columns served as the focal point of one of the Varner plantations. In the early 1920's the ... More

Isaac Marx House, 113 Church Street (moved to 307 University Boulevard...

Significance: This structure is a typical brick town house of nineteenth-century Mobile. This is a typical two-story town house of brick with cast iron porch detail which has been little changed through the yea... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Aircraft Maintenance Dock, Alabama Avenue ...

Significance: Building 2741 was constructed at the same time as, and is essentially identical in appearance to Buildings 2766, 2785, 2793, 2808, 2818, 2837, and 2890. 6 of these were designed as large aircraft ... More

The Cedars, East Pryor Street, Athens, Limestone County, AL

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Oath of amnesty for Jonathan Thornton]

10053C. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

67-69 Government Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS AL-67 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Bridge, Spans Black Warrior River between...

Significance: This structure represents the railroads in the District and the vital part they played in opening up mining areas, moving raw materials to processing plants and finished goods to markets. / This c... More

Robert Breckenridge et al. to Andrew Jackson, March 31, 1825

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Water front, Mobile, Ala.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of shipyard, ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Ida, County Road 11, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-442 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

Victory or death - Public domain World War One sheet music

by Dick Kettlewell of the U.S. Army. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Victory or death - Public domain World War One sheet music

by Dick Kettlewell of the U.S. Army. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

The Alabama - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

Mike Murphy, ten years old. Annie Healy, seven years old. Ross Healy, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thomas Worker Housing, Thomas, Jefferson County, AL

Significance: One of the Birmingham District's best examples of a late nineteenth and early twentieth century company town, the Thomas community presents a fine collection of early industrial housing types. Th... More

To the voters of the state of Alabama. George W. Crabb. Washington Cit...

Page Order: Uncut Quarto Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 197, Folder 14a.

Sea side galop - Public domain American sheet music, 1880

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The Alabama (290) & the Brilliante

Broadside view of steam frigate in foreground, broadside view of ship on fire in background. Signed lower right of image: G. Perkins. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on mat : Ord. Div. No. 6035. A Lieute... More

Arlington Place, 331 Cotton Avenue, Southwest, Birmingham, Jefferson C...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington Place, 331 Cotton Avenue, Southwest, Birmingham, Jefferson C...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

University of Alabama, Josiah Gorgas House, Ninth Avenue & Capstone Dr...

Significance: Gorgas House served as the last residence of General Josiah Gorges, the Pennsylvania-born chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance, and is the "only" known shrine to this Confederate General. ... More

University of Alabama, Josiah Gorgas House, Ninth Avenue & Capstone Dr...

Significance: Gorgas House served as the last residence of General Josiah Gorges, the Pennsylvania-born chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance, and is the "only" known shrine to this Confederate General. ... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Madonna and Child in ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Langdale Cotton Mill, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County,...

Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More

Coming out at noon, Merrimac Mills. All workers, even the boys at the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burgess-Maschmeyer House, 1209 Government Street, Mobile, Mobile Count...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smith Hall, Capstone Drive at Sixth Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Smith Hall, Capstone Drive at Sixth Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Cou...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

U. S. Marine Hospital & Gates, 800 Saint Anthony Street, Mobile, Mobil...

Significance: This building is one of the oldest existing monumental structures in Mobile and is a good example of the Greek Revival style. Not only is this structure one of the earliest buildings in Mobile (18... More

U. S. Marine Hospital & Gates, 800 Saint Anthony Street, Mobile, Mobil...

Significance: This building is one of the oldest existing monumental structures in Mobile and is a good example of the Greek Revival style. Not only is this structure one of the earliest buildings in Mobile (18... More

Lawrence County Courthouse, Courthouse Square bounded by Main Street, ...

Significance: Replaced courthouse burned on March 18, 1859. / 1859-60. Gen. Hiram H. Higgins, architect. Brick. 54'-0" x 54'-0" (five bays on each side), two stories. Hipped roof surmounted by three-stage t... More

Marshall Space Flight Center, F-1 Engine Static Test Stand, On Route 5...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant, On Black Warrior Ri...

Survey number: HAER AL-138 Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of electric power pla... More

Oak Manor, State Road 28, Livingston, Sumter County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-257 Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing the Transfiguration w...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodward Coal & Iron Company Furnace, Opossum Creek vicinity, Woodward...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Woodward Iron Company established the first iron furnace in the Bessemer area, and began operation of its first furnace in 1883. The Company later expanded t... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Off Alabama ...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

University of Alabama, President's House, University Boulevard, Tuscal...

Significance: Designed by Philadelphia architect William Nichols, who also designed the Tuscaloosa Capitol, this Greek Revival residence is considered one of the state's finest structures. ...This residence was... More

Kelly Fitzpatrick House, Autauga Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-53 Survey number: HABS AL-658 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Governor Benjamin Fitzpatrick House, State Route 14 vicinity, Elmore, ...

Survey number: HABS AL-697 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction

Give ear O Lord - Public domain American sheet music, 1872

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Stree...

Significance: The Union Station Trainshed in Montgomery, Alabama is a rare survival of a once common building type. It was the outgrowth of a desire by railroad companies to improve passenger comfort, which th... More

Ormond-Litte House, 325 Queen City Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS AL-202 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 25th, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Dr. Charles Mohr House, 254 Saint Anthony Street, Mobile, Mobile Count...

Survey number: HABS AL-9-J Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pitts' Folly, House & Outbuildings, State Highway 21, Uniontown, Perry...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bladon springs grand march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

McBryde-Screws-Tyson House, 423 Mildred Street, Montgomery, Montgomery...

Survey number: HABS AL-608 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000730

Birmingham Southern Railroad Yard, Thirty-fourth Street, Ensley, Jeffe...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Robert S. Tharin to Caleb B. Smith, Monday, August 18, 1862 (Seeks po...

Riverdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Survey number: HAER AL-166-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description