UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • daily_accounts_book2_632_Ada Reynolds_MVTaylor.Jpeg

    This is an image of page 644 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. This page lists several transactions of customers without customer accounts, two of which, Ada Reynolds and M.V. Taylor are recurring customers and employees of local cotton mills. Customers on this page bought various Queensware products and paid by cash and by note. Many of the customers on this page are women.
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  • spc_stnv_000033.pdf
  • loc_burw_-61.pdf
  • spc_stnv_000037.pdf

    Given at the IRAD Technical Seminar, Gaithersburg, Maryland, January 30, 1968. F. L. Pugh, Principal investigator; E. C. Caldwell, Advanced IU Systems, IBM Huntsville.
  • Goldsmith_Schiffman_Lawrence_Village_Ad.jpg

    This is a copy of a Huntsville newspaper advertisement for Lawrence Village. This advertisement detailed where Lawrence Village was and promoted the rapidly expanding community built by Huntsville Land Co. The text at the end of the advertisement states "For further information concerning Lawrence, apply to Oscar Goldsmith, Pres. Huntsville Land Co." Lawrence was the name of Oscar Goldsmith's son.
  • Advertisement for quinine.jpg

    An advertisement for two different quinine treatments for malaria; quinine bisulphate and quinine sulphate. Marketed as of "exceptional purity".
  • monte_sano_aerial_web.pdf

    The photograph shows Monte Sano at lower center, with Governors Drive at left and Bankhead Highway at right.
  • img_00825.pdf

    Back: Aerial view of Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum with Jones Valley in the background.
  • img_00089.pdf

    Back: AERIAL VIEW OF HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA "Where America's Race to the Moon Began"
    This scene shows a part of Big Springs Park, the City Hall, Madison County Courthouse, State National Bank Building and other fine edifices in downtown.
  • img_00091.pdf

    Front: Aerial View of Main Business Section, Huntsville, Alabama
  • uah_uahp_0000091_web.pdf

    The photograph shows Spragins Hall, Roberts Hall, the Nursing Building, the Library, and Wilson Hall.
  • img_01017.pdf

    Back: An aerial view of Troop Housing at the Missile and Maintenance Center and School at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama.
  • Aeronautics_merged_Compressed.pdf

    Collage artwork depicting the history of aeronautics
  • loc_gold_000445_000445.pdf

    Agreement for the installation of galvanized roofing on a cotton shed occupied and rented by Gilbert Bros. from I. Schiffman and Co. at the request of Bettie Schiffman. Bettie's name appears on documents after July 1910 due to the death of her husband, Isaac.
  • loc_hutc_000183_000184.pdf

    This official agreement states that Laura M. Powell will pay 6.5 percent interest instead of 8 on her note of June 14, 1920, to be due on December 14, 1929. Written on The First National Bank in Huntsville, Alabama letterhead.
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  • engine_stages.jpeg

    Demonstration of airflow throughout Concorde power plant in different stages of flight. As the Concorde's engine could only use air flowing at about 300 miles per hour at the fastest, the power plant includes adjustable ramps to slow down airflow from Concorde's top speed of ~1300 mph to a usable range. Also include reverse thrust demonstrations.
  • img_01209.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
    A partial view of the campus in the Fall. Organized in 1875 as the Huntsville Normal and Industrial School by William Hooper Councill, with 2 teachers and 61 pupils, it is now nationally recognized.
  • img_01213.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
    Bibb Graves Hall in center and on the right is the Student Union Building (College Center).
  • img_01215.pdf

    Front: Historic Huntsville
    Back: Historic Huntsville, Alabama. ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE.
    On this campus site once stood the Green Bottom Inn, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, noted for its race track. GRAY GANDER, once rated the world's fastest horse and winner of a $20,000 purse (not a small amount in the 1800's), raced and worked out here. Many notables, including President James Monroe, President James K. Polk and Andrew Jackson, gathered here for rest and diversion.
  • img_01211.pdf

    Front: Alabama A & M
    Back: ALABAMA A & M, Normal, Alabama
    Science Building in foreground - also showing Bibb Graves Hall, Student Center, Library, Cafeteria and Women's Dormitory.
  • Alabama_a_Demographic_View_Merged_Compressed.pdf

    Informational poster with maps of Alabama related to different demographic statistics.
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  • r04b10-04.pdf
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  • loc_isco_004_010.pdf

    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.
  • spc_tess_0000026_web.pdf

    The Alabama chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers awarded landmark status to the Redstone Test Stand in 1979.
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    This section contains a catalog that, itself, contains maps organized by their different types. Contains index that displays where each map is within the catalog.
  • http://dkdayton.net/roberts/images/r04a/pdfs/r04a14-02.pdf

    Business, Tours and Industry
  • img_01027.pdf

    ALABAMA SPACE & ROCKET CENTER. A 1.9 million dollar, State-owned science exhibit containing Exhibit Building, Rocket Area, Apollo-Saturn V Moon Rocket, Moon Crater and Missile Area. Features 50 audience participation exhibits describing rocket propulsion, living in space, Apollo lunar landing and story of the universe. Located within city limits of Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_01029.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base. Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The towering 200 foot Saturn I space vehicle is the landmark of the new Alabama Space and Rocket Center. Designed to tell the story of man's past, present, and future efforts to explore space for peaceful purposes, the Center features fifty audience participation exhibits and numerous pieces of space equipment. The thirty-five acre complex is located five miles west, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_01031.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base. Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space exhibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alobama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind.
  • img_01037.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35807.
    The full-size Apollo Saturn V moon rocket is one of the feature attractions at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center. The five huge rocket engines develop seven and one half million pounds of thrust and consume propellents at the rate of 5,000 gallons per second. The complete vehicle - longer than a baseball field - can be viewed close up by the visitor. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center tells the story of man's past, present, and future efforts to explore space for peaceful purposes.
  • img_01099.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The Rocket Park consists of the world's largest collection of rockets and space vehicles on display to the general public. From left to right, visitors view the Mercury / Atlas , Mercury / Redstone, Jupiter, V-2, Juno II, Saturn I, Redstone, Jupiter C.
  • img_01101.pdf

    Back: The Alabama Space and Rocket Center contains the world's largest collection of missiles, rockets, and space vehicles. A full scale Apollo Saturn V moon rocket is exhibited in a horizontal position and is one of the featured attractions on the 35 acre complex. The exhibition Center is owned and operated by the State of Alabama and is opened every day, located west of downtown Huntsville on Alabama Highway 20.
  • img_01103.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. America's largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35807. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space exhibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alabama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind.
  • img_01135.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
    America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base Huntsville, Alabama 35807.
    The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space exhibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alabama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind.
  • img_01169.pdf

    Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Earth's Largest Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville. Alabama 35807.
    This moon rock sample is displayed at Earth's largest space exhibit. It was collected on the moon by Apollo II astronauts. It is believed to be over 3 billion years old, and weighs 4.9 ounces.
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