Guide to the James Austin Anderson papers MSS.0078
Anderson, James Austin
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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James Austin Anderson papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0078
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
2.0 Linear feet
- Dates:
1898-1941
- Abstract:
A collection of copies of newspaper clippings and information about Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and its people.
- creator
Anderson, James Austin, 1871-1941
Biographical/Historical note
James Austin Anderson (6 April 1871 - 26 July 1941), a native of Jackson, Tennessee, came to the University of Alabama in 1898 as assistant in the Geological Museum under Dr. Eugene A. Smith, who was at that time State Geologist, as well as Professor of Geology at the university. The office and the museum occupied the lower floor of Garland Hall.
Dr. Smith was the Chairman of the Athletic Association which was desperately in need of some dependable source of income. It had been suggested by some of the alumni that a store was needed on campus where students, faculty and staff could purchase general supplies, since there were none any nearer than downtown Tuscaloosa, a mile from the campus. Anderson volunteered, with Dr. Smith’s approval, to run a small campus store and to give one-half of the profits, if any, to the Athletic Association. If it failed, he would accept the responsibility as a personal loss. Incidentally, he continued his work as Curator of the museum.
The store became a reality in December 1905 when a room on the first floor of Woods Hall was stocked with the simple commodities such as candy, chewing gum, tablets, pencils, and other supplies. Text books were added later. At the end of the year, a substantial sum was turned over to the Athletic Association, and the project was put on a permanent basis. As the store grew, it was moved to larger quarters in the western end of Woods Hall, and a soda fountain was added.
In 1908, when the post office was moved from Gorgas House to Woods Hall, Anderson was appointed postmaster, succeeding Mrs. Amelia Gayle Gorgas. Practically all of the post office equipment was moved by wheelbarrow to suitable quarters adjacent to the Supply Store. Several other moves were made as the store and post office both increased in their respective scopes. With the opening of the Union Building in 1930, these enterprises found their present quarters in that building.
Anderson served 33 years Postmaster and even longer as general manager of the Supply Store. During this time he had two hobbies to which he ardently applied his spare time. One of these was his interest in anthropology and geology, and especially in the acquisition and development of the Mound Park project. The other was his extensive research for the assembling of a vast collection of old books, papers, and documents relating to Alabama history. By diligent search of attics and basements, he procured for the University many valuable collections such as the Jemison Papers, those of Shelby Iron Works, old diaries, and scrapbooks of historical significance.
In recognition of this research and of his writings which resulted from it, in May 1938 the University conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the Mound Park development, a member of the Alabama Anthropological Society, and was a Fellow in the Institute of American Genealogy.
Upon his retirement as Postmaster at the age of 70 in May 1941, he was appointed as the first Archivist of the University, and an office was set up on the third floor of the then new library building where he hoped to work on his long-cherished project of a history of the city of Tuscaloosa and of the University of Alabama. He had already finished a manuscript copy of the military history of the University, which he gave in condensed form as a lecture before the R.O.T.C. group in April 1941. After two months as Archivist, his failing health prevented his completion of his historical research. Anderson died on 26 July 1941.
His valuable collection of books, documents, and papers were donated to the University Library by his widow, Mrs. Willie Leach Anderson, of Tuscaloosa.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains information about the history of Tuscaloosa. Anderson transcribed newspapers articles, created scrapbooks, and documented his own knowledge of the early beginnings of Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama. Anderson included short biographies of prominent Tuscaloosa and University persons.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
James Austin Anderson papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. J. A. Anderson, 1942
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
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- Processing Information:
Processed by
S. Braden, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Alabama (localbroad)
Alabama Business and Industry (Local)
Alabama Literary Figures (Local)
Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 (lcsh)
Banks and banking (lcsh)
Cemeteries – Alabama (lcsh)
Clippings (information artifacts) (aat)
Community and Place (localbroad)
Community organization (lcsh)
Disease (Local)
Education--Alabama (lcsh)
Government, Law and Politics (localbroad)
Health, Medicine and Welfare (localbroad)
Lectures (aat)
Legal documents (aat)
Memoir and Biography (Local)
Military cadets--Alabama (lcsh)
Northport (Ala.) (lcsh)
Scrapbooks (aat)
Southern Life and Culture (localbroad)
Sports, Recreation and Leisure (localbroad)
Students (localbroad)
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) (lcsh)
Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) (lcsh)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
University of Alabama Faculty/Staff (Local)
White supremacy movements (lcsh)
|x Social life and customs (lcsh)
Alabama Historical Society Box 10 Folder 1
Transcription, Officers and objective of the creation of the Alabama Historical Society, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 8, 1850 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83037
Transcribed newspaper article, University of Alabama, Resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees, Tuscaloosa Gazette, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October 9, 1879 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83038
Transcribed newspaper article, The Historical Address, Tuscaloosa Gazette, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 6, 1876 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83039
Transcription, Reminiscences of Fifty Years, The Historical Society, by Dr. Joshua H. Foster, Walter Guild, James M. VanHoose, and John Snow, circa 1900 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83040
Alabama School System - lecture for Dr. Parnell's class in education Box 10 Folder 2
Military history, The Wreck of the Alabama School System under Radical Rule during the Reconstruction Period, James A. Anderson, April 12, 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82967
Alabama Stone Box 10 Folder 3
Transcription, De Soto Relic Studied: Stone Marker Believed to Have Been Made to Fight Indians, Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, September 22, 1925 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82961
Alabama Thanksgiving Day Box 10 Folder 4
Transcription, Thanksgiving Day Proclamation by Alabama Governor, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, June 1844 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82968
Petition of William MacMillan, Naturalist and Report of the Conservator of the Museum of the University Box 10 Folder 5
Transcription, Petition of William MacMillan, Naturalist, to University of Alabama Board of Trustees, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 3, 1831 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82962
Transcription, Report of the Conservator of the Museum of the University to Board of Trustees, William MacMillan, December 22, 1831 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82963
University of Alabama Centennial Pageant Box 10 Folder
University of Alabama Box 10 Folder 7
Transcription, The University in '60 and '61, by H. Austill, circa 1915 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83034
Transcription, Drummers and Fifer University Need in War of '61, Letter Shows, Birmingham Age-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama, November 4, 1934 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83035
Transcription, Destruction of the University - 1865, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83036
First football team portrait and W. B. Bankhead letter Box 10 Folder 8
Photograph, 1892 University of Alabama football team, given to James A. Anderson from U. S. Representative, W. B. Bankhead, in 1938 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82998
Letter from W. B. Bankhead, U.S. Representative, Jasper, Alabama, to James A. Anderson, University, Alabama, August 30, 1938 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82999
University of Alabama's military history broadcast via WJRD radio Box 10 Folder 9
Transcription, University of Alabama's military history broadcast via WJRD radio, lead by James A. Anderson, April 21, 1941 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82848
University of Alabama Under Military Rule Box 10 Folder 10
Military history, The University of Alabama Under Military Rule, James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82964
Letter from Hill Ferguson, American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, Birmingham, Alabama, to Dr. James A. Anderson, University, Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February 22, 1941 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82965
Charges against cadet, C. L. Pearson Box 10 Folder 11
List of charges and specifications against cadet, C. L. Pearson, signed by George D. Johnston, Counsel, January 12, 1873 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83001
Transcription, General Order, number 9, court martial against cadet, C. L. Pearson, by order of President N. T. Lupton, University of Alabama, January 14, 1873 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83002
Transcription of the court martial called for cadet, C. L. Pearson, by W. T. Wyman, January 14, 1873 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83003
Transcription, General Order, number 10, court martial against cadet, C. L. Pearson, by order of President N. T. Lupton, University of Alabama, January 16, 1873 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83004
Obituary of Alva Woods Box 10 Folder 12
Transcription, Death of Dr. Alva Woods, Tuscaloosa Gazette, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, September 15, 1887 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82960
Capture of Captain James S. Carpenter Box 10 Folder 13
Brief biography of Captain James S. Carpenter, circa 1935 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83041
Transcription of Captain James S. Carpenter's orders during the Civil War, History of the Orphan Brigade, circa 1935 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83042
Letter from Mary Force, Selma, Alabama, to James A. Anderson, University, Alabama, March 23, 1935 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83043
Transcription, Carpenter-Leach Wedding and capture of Captain James S. Carpenter, by Mary Matthews, circa 1935 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83044
Destruction of the University of Alabama library Box 10 Folder 14
Account of the burning of the University of Alabama library, by James A. Anderson, circa 1935 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82996
The Destruction of the University of Alabama Library: An Episode of the Civil War, by James A. Anderson, circa 1935 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82997
Epic of Tuscaloosa by James A. Anderson Box 10 Folder 15
The Epic of Tuscaloosa, by James A. Anderson, University of Alabama, June 2, 1934 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83000
Indenture between Mr. and Mrs. R. D. N. Coates and J. S. Robertson Box 10 Folder 16
Indenture for sell of land between R. D. N. Coats and his wife, C. S. Coats, and James S. Robertson, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, March 24, 1871 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83045
Letter to the Editor of the Crimson-White regarding Supply Store Box 10 Folder 17
Letter from James A. Anderson, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the editor of The Crimson White, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82959
Mississippi Territory Box 10 Folder 18
Excerpt from Abernathy's Formative Period in Alabama, 1815-1828, State publication of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, 1922 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82846
Transcription from Act for the Government of the Mississippi Territory, April 7, 1798 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82847
Early Days of Northport by Thomas Patrick Clinton Box 10 Folder 19
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Early Days of Northport, by Thomas Patrick Clinton, May 29, 1913 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83006
Reform High School address Box 10 Folder 20
Address, This Grand Old World of Ours, by James A. Anderson, Reform High School, Reform, Alabama, circa 1920 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82966
Biograhy of James Austin Anderson Box 10 Folder 21
Letter from Bessie Leach Hayden, Counselor to Women, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Sarah, December 19, 1951 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82992
Biography of James Austin Anderson, by Bessie Leach Hayden, December 11, 1951 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82993
Tuscaloosa Biographies, A-C Box 10 Folder 22
Biography of The Sable Bard, Adam, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82907
Biography of John Gaston Aiken, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82908
Biography of Henry T. Anthony, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82909
Biography of Pascal Paoli Ashe, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82910
Biography of Dorie S. Ball, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82911
Biography of Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard, by James A. Anderson, January 20, 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82912
Biography of John German Barr, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82913
Biography of Seth Barton, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82914
Biography of Alfred Battle, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82915
Biography of Archibald John Battle, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82916
Biography of Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82917
Biography of Alfred Battle Bealle, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82918
Biography of John Thomas Bealle, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82919
Biography of Holland M. Bell, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82920
Biography of George William Benagh, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82921
Biography of William Ellison Bingham, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82922
Biography of John Rufus Blocker, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82923
Biography of Ezra Fisk Bouchelle, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82924
Biography of Francis Woodward Brandon, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82925
Biography of William Woodward Brandon, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82926
Biography of Annie Finley Greene Brown, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82927
Biography of Henry Hart Brown, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82928
Biography of Newbern Hobbs Browne, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82929
Biography of George Griffin Brownell, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82930
Biography of Richard Trapier Brumby, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82931
Biography of Peter Bryce, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82932
Biography of John Caldwell Calhoun, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82933
Biography of Lincoln Clark, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82934
Biography of Thomas D. Clarke, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82935
Biography of Virginia Clay-Clopton, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82936
Biography of Henry De Lamar Clayton, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82937
Biography of Hardy Clements, by James A. Anderson, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82938
Biography of Newton Nash Clements, by James A. Anderson, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82939
Biography of Rufus Hargrove Clements, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82940
Biography of John Lewis Cobbs, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82941
Biography of Nicholas Hamner Cobbs, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82942
Biography of Malcolm Clay Burke and his father, Thomas Jefferson Burke, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82943
Biography of James S. Carpenter, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82944
Biography of Major James Childress, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82945
Biography of Richard Hooker Cobbs, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82946
Biography of Hardin Perkins Cochrane, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82947
Biography of William Cochrane, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82948
Biography of William Gilbert Cochrane, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82949
Biography of Henry Watkins Collier, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82950
Biography of George Whitfield Crabb, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82951
Biography of Daniel Cribbs, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82952
Biography of Robert M. Cunningham, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82953
Biography of Captain George Cox, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82954
Biography of John O. Cummings, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82955
Biography of Captain James H. Dearing, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82956
Biography of Edward Freeman Comegrys, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82957
Transcribed biography of Reverend Robert Cunningham, Soldier of Christ, Well Done!, Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume IV, 1904 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82958
Tuscaloosa Biographies, D-H Box 10 Folder 23
Biography of George Darden, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82849
Biography of Dennis Dent, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82850
Biography of John R. Drish, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82851
Biography of Captain Otis Dyer, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82852
Biography of John Daniel, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82853
Biography of Lemuel Orah Dawson, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82854
Biography of James H. Devetie, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82855
Biography of Joseph Mason Dill, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82856
Biography of Benjamin Farra Eddins, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82857
Biography of Joseph Balus Eddins, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82858
Biography of George Mathews Edgar, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82859
Biography of James Harris Fitts, Jr., by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82860
Biography of Philip Augustus Fits, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82861
Biography of Gideon Blackburn Frierson, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82862
Biography of Samuel Gordon Frierson, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82863
Biography of Richard Furman, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82864
Biography of Landon Cabell Garland, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82865
Biography of John Gayle, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82866
Biography of Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82867
Biography of Benjamin Franklin Giles, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82868
Biography of George Goldthwaite, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82869
Biography of Amelia Ross Gayle Gorgas, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82870
Biography of Josiah Gorgas, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82871
Biography of William Crawford Gorgas, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82872
Biography of William Gould, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82873
Transcribed obituary of Reverend Andrew Flinn Dickson, Tuscaloosa Gazette, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February 20, 1879 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82874
Transcribed obituary of Murchison Findley, Tuscaloosa Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October 28, 1896 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82875
Biography of Weelsey Finnell, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82876
Biography of Joseph Thomas Garner, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82877
Biography of Walter D. Seed, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82878
Biography of William Drakeford Fonville, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82879
Biography of Jacob Forney, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82880
Biography of Arthur Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82881
Biography of David L. Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82882
Biography of Hardy Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82883
Biography of Henry Bacon Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82884
Biography of James Henry Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82885
Biography of John Collier Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82886
Biography of John L. S. Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82887
Biography of John Manley Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82888
Biography of Joshua Hill Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82889
Biography of Lovelace Savidge Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82890
Biography of Robert Savidge Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82891
Biography of Charles M. Foster, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82892
Transcribed biography of Charles M. Foster, Tuscaloosa Observer, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 22, 1871 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82893
Transcribed obituary of Davy Foster, Tuscaloosa Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 19, 1879 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82894
Transcription, obituary of Berhard Friedman, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, June 1896 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82895
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Laid to Rest Yesterday, Captain G. B. Frierson, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, circa 1880 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82896
Biography of Albert Gallatin Gooch, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82897
Transcribed biography of LaFayette Guild, History of Alabama and Her People, by Albert Burton Moore, 1927 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82898
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Death of Dr. Stuart Hamilton, The Blade, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 7, 1874 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82899
Biography of Robert A. Hardaway, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82900
Biography of Andrew Coleman Hargrove, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82901
Biography of Captain John J. Harris, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82902
Transcription, Hilliard and Yancey, Reminiscences of a Long Life; Historical, Political, Personal and Literary, Volume I, by William Russell Smith, 1889 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82903
Transcription, Dr. James Hullum, Reminiscences of a Long Life; Historical, Political, Personal and Literary, Volume I, by William Russell Smith, 1889 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82904
Tuscaloosa Biographies, J-M Box 10 Folder 24
Transcription, Robert Jemison, Jr., Reminiscences of a Long Life; Historical, Political, Personal and Literary, Volume I, by William Russell Smith, 1889 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82969
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Death of Honorable Robert Jemison, Jr., Tuscaloosa Observer, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October 21, 1871 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82970
Transcribed newspaper clipping, William C. Jemison, Tuscaloosa Times, Industrial Edition, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October 28, 1896 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82971
Biography of General Richard Channing Jones, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82972
Biography, Sketch of Keene Family and Keene's Mill, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82973
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Cyrus Sidney Leach, Tuscaloosa Observer, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 2, 1870 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82974
Biography of Charles Learmuth Lumsden, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82975
Biography of Thomas Chalmers McCorvey, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82976
Transcription, James McCrory, Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume IV, 1904 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82977
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Archibald Bruce McEachin, Tuscaloosa Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 12, 1899 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82978
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Colonel John McKee, Greene County Gazette, Greene County, Alabama, August 25, 1832 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82979
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Col. John M'Kee Did Make History, circa 1832 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82980
Transcribed biography of John Mckee, Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume V, 1903 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82981
Transcribed presidential orders to George Matthew and John McKee to acquire land, President James Madison, January 28, 1811 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82982
Transcribed newspaper clipping, In Memoriam, Richard Castlereigh McLester, Tuscaloosa Clarion, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February 1, 1881 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82983
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Thomas Maxwell, Tuscaloosa Observer, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 15, 1871 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82984
Biography of Thomas Maxwell, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82985
Biography of Benjamin Franklin Meek, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82986
Transcribed newspaper clipping, funeral announcement for Dr. Samuel M. Meek, May 27, 1846 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82987
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Frank Sims Moody, Tuscaloosa Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 12, 1899 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82988
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Washington Moody, Tuscaloosa Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 12, 1899 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82989
Transcribed newspaper clipping, biography of George Morgan, The Spectator, Northport, Alabama, April 27, 1872 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82990
Transcription, Reverend Albert A. Muller, D.D., Reminiscences of a Long Life; Historical, Political, Personal and Literary, Volume I, by William Russell Smith, 1889 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82991
Tuscaloosa Biographies, O-W Box 10 Folder 25
Transcription from John Owen's journal and short biography by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83007
Biography of Richardson Owen, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83008
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Thomas McAdory Owen, Tuscaloosa Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 12, 1899 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83009
Biography of Thomas Waverly Palmer, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83010
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Hon. E. W. Peck, His Eightieth Birthday, Tuscaloosa Gazette, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, August 14, 1879 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83011
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Obituary, Thomas H. Ralph, Tuscaloosa Observer, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 14, 1871 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83012
Transcribed newspaper clipping, W. C. Richardson, Tuscaloosa Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October 28, 1896 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83013
Transcribed biography, Robert Emmet Rodes, Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872, by Willis Brewer, 1872 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83014
Biography of Dr. J. M. Pickel, Ph.D., by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83015
Biography of James Oscar Prude, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83016
Biography of George Washington Simpson, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83017
Biography of Judge Henderson M. Somerville, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83018
Transcription, Order of Procession in the funeral of Dr. James Somerville, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February 4, 1842 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83019
Biography of Eugene Allen Smith, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83020
Transcribed biography, William Russell Smith, Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872, by Willis Brewer, 1872 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83021
Transcribed biography, The Life of William Russell Smith, William Russell Smith of Alabama, His Life and Works, by Anne Easby-Smith, 1931 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83022
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Died, Dr. John L. Tindall, Mobile Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83023
Biography of Thomas B. Tunstall, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83024
Transcribed biography of Henry Tutwiler, Thomas Chalmers McCorvey, circa 1920 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83025
Biography of Jefferson C. Van Dyke, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83026
Transcribed biography of James McLester VanHoose, Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume IV, 1904 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83027
Transcribed biography of William Henry Verner, Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume IV, 1904 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83028
Transcription, Notes on Certain Tuscaloosa Families, Methodism in Alabama, by Anson West, 1893 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83029
Transcription, Resolutions and Remarks of Senator J. M. Martin on the death of Hon. N. L. Whitfield, circa 1872 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83030
Transcribed biography of Dr. James L. Williamson, circa 1890 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83031
Biography of William Stokes Wyman, by James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83032
Transcribed newspaper clipping, Dr. W. S. Wyman, Tuscaloosa Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 12, 1899 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83033
James A. Anderson book review, Stars Fell on Alabama Box 10 Folder 26
Book review by James A. Anderson on Stars Fell on Alabama, by Carl Lamson Carmer, circa 1935 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/83005
Brief historical account of Alabama Box 10 Folder 27
Historical account, Historical Sketch of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82994
Historical account, Indian Justice, James A. Anderson, circa 1940 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82995
Indian Queen Hotel Box 10 Folder 28
Transcribed newspaper article, The Old Indian Queen Hotel, Thomas P. Clinton, Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa Alabama, May 19, 1925 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82905
Letter from Frank Walters, Walter Piano Company, Hillsboro, Texas, to James Anderson, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 19, 1935 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/82906
Tuscaloosa Board of Aldermen meeting minutes Box 11 Folder 1
Excerpt from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I Box 11 Folder 2
Tuscaloosa Civil War History Box 11 Folder 3
Tuscaloosa Clubs and Societies Box 11 Folder 4
Tuscaloosa County Court history Box 11 Folder 5
Civil War raids in Alabama and Caleb Huse Box 11 Folder 6
History of the Rising Virtue Lodge, Freemasons, Tuscaloosa Box 11 Folder 7
Tuscaloosa Gas-Light Bond Box 11 Folder 8
Tuscaloosa County Grand Jury Report Box 11 Folder 9
Greenwood Cemetery inscriptions, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Box 11 Folder 10
Tuscaloosa History Box 11 Folder 11
Tuscaloosa History Box 11 Folder 12
Tuscaloosa History Box 11 Folder 13
Tuscaloosa History Box 11 Folder 14
Tuscaloosa History Box 11 Folder 15
Tuscaloosa History Box 11 Folder 16
Tuscaloosa History Box 11 Folder 17
Tuscaloosa Industries Box 12 Folder 1
James Childress and the Counterfeiters Box 12 Folder 2
Tuscaloosa Ku Klux Klan Box 12 Folder 3
Tuscaloosa Lawyers Box 12 Folder 4
Leach and Avery Foundry, Tuscaloosa Box 12 Folder 5
Tuscaloosa Library Box 12 Folder 6
Tuscaloosa Literary Figures Box 12 Folder 7
Tuscaloosa Marriages Box 12 Folder 8
Tuscaloosa Memoirs and Diaries Box 12 Folder 9
Tuscaloosa Merchants Box 12 Folder 10
Transcribed Tuscaloosa newspaper clippings Box 12 Folder 11
Transcribed Tuscaloosa newspaper clippings Box 12 Folder 12
Transcribed Tuscaloosa newspaper clippings Box 12 Folder 13
Transcribed Tuscaloosa newspaper clippings Box 12 Folder 14
Transcribed Tuscaloosa newspaper clippings Box 12 Folder 15
Special Edition to the Tuscaloosa News Box 12 Folder 17
History of Tuscaloosa Newsapers Box 12 Folder 18
Transcribed Tuscaloosa newspaper clippings Box 12 Folder 16
Tuscaloosa City Officials Box 12 Folder 19
Photostats from Journals and Tuscaloosa Newspapers Box 12 Folder 20
Tuscaloosa Postmasters Box 12 Folder 21
Miscellaneous transcribed newspaper clippings Box 12 Folder 22
Bryce Hospital Box 12 Folder 23
Tuscaloosa Public Schools Box 12 Folder 24
Ryland Randolph Box 12 Folder 25
Tuscaloosa Schools and Colleges Box 12 Folder 26
Tuscaloosa Social Events Box 12 Folder 27
Tuscaloosa Social Events Box 12 Folder 28
Tuscaloosa Social Events Box 12 Folder 29
Tuscaloosa Social Events Box 13 Folder 1
Tuscaloosa Social Events Box 13 Folder 2
Tuscaloosa Transportation Box 13 Folder 3
Tuscaloosa Warrior Guards Box 13 Folder 4
Wills from Records of Tuscaloosa County Box 13 Folder 5
Yellow fever and Quarantine Box 13 Folder 6
Excerpts, War of the Rebellion, Series 4, Vol. I Box 13 Folder 7
Alabama and The State Bank Box 13 Folder 8
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard Box 13 Folder 9
Correspondence of Monroe F. Cockrell Box 13 Folder 10
Letters to James A. Andersom from Civil War Veterans Box 13 Folder 11
Tuscaloosa County Politicians and Board of Aldermen Minutes Box 13 Folder 12
Excerpt, Fifty-five Years in West Alabama, E. A. Powell Box 13 Folder 13
Newspapers, Death of Jefferson Davis Box 13 Folder 14
Newspaper clippings, history of Tuscaloosa Box 13 Folder 15
Board of Trustees Resolution, gift of Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers Box 13 Folder 16
Military History of the University of Alabama Box 13 Folder 17
University of Alabama Senior Battery Box 13 Folder 18
The Mound Builders Box 13 Folder 19
Anderson's notes for his book on Tuscaloosa history Box 13 Folder 20
First Anniversary Edition: Telling the Story of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa News Box 13 Folder 21
History of Churches in Tuscaloosa Box 14 Folder 1
The Epic of America by James A. Anderson Box 14 Folder 2
Booklet of Lines Box 14 Folder 3
Miscellaneous Box 14 Folder 4
Duplicates, photocopies of newspaper clippings Box 14 Folder 5
Photocopies of newspaper articles in folder 13/15 Box 14 Folder 6
Duplicates, photocopies of letters from Civil War Veterans Box 14 Folder 7
Duplicate biographies, C-F Box 14 Folder 8