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______, Woodrow (USC office) to Roberts, Richard, circa 1961
This folder contains numerous correspondence letters between the USC Office and Richard Roberts. -
"Cotton Market, Huntsville, Ala."
The photo shows the north side of courthouse square looking east in downtown Huntsville. The Madison County Courthouse can be seen at the right of the photo. -
"Entrance to O'Shaughnessy Place -- Monte Sano."
The O'Shaughnessy Place, nicknamed "Castle Delight," was built in 1885 by Col. James and Lucy O'Shaughnessy. It was a two-story Queen Anne-style house with four chimneys, gas lights, water lines, and indoor plumbing. Col. O'Shaughnessy was a cotton and real estate broker, seaport and railroad developer, and co-owner of the Huntsville Hotel, Huntsville Opera House, Hotel Monte Sano, and the Monte Sano Railway and Turnpike. The house burned in March 1890 and was demolished in the 1920s. -
"Entrance to Shelta Caverns."
The photo shows the owner, Henry Fuller, with his family outside the cave entrance. Fuller purchased the cave in 1888 and developed it into an underground dance hall and bar. The cave is near current-day Pulaski Pike in Huntsville. -
"HOTEL MONTE SANO, Near Huntsville, Ala."
This pamphlet announces the opening of the Hotel Monte Sano on June 1, 1887 and lists the manager as "Mr. S.E. Bates." The first section of the pamphlet includes a brief history of Huntsville and a description of the city's amenities. The author extolls the health advantages of Huntsville as "most healthfully situated at the base of Monte Sano" and describes the city's lack of recent disease outbreaks. The second section of the pamphlet details the Hotel Monte Sano's furnishings and amenities. The author emphasizes the "healthful" environs of the mountain and the hotel and includes letters from Huntsville's "eminent physicians" as testimonials. The pamphlet includes illustrations of scenes from Huntsville and Monte Sano. -
"Hotel Monte Sano."
The hotel opened on June 1, 1887 as a luxury health resort. It was built by the North Alabama Improvement Company with funding from Michael and James O'Shaughnessy. The hotel closed in 1900 and was demolished in 1944. -
"Lilly Lake -- Monte Sano."
This photo shows a scene at Lily Lake on the grounds of Col. James O'Shaughnessy's home on Monte Sano. According to the Historic Huntsville Quarterly, the structure in the foreground of the photo is a "four-tiered vertical framework covered with ivy, and reaching an impressive height of twelve feet or so." -
"Map of the Plateau of Monte Sano, Madison County, Ala."
Drawn for the North Ala. Improvement Co., the map details various natural features of Monte Sano, the James F. O'Shaughnessy estate "Mountain Villa," the Hotel Monte Sano, the community of Viduta, and the Monte Sano Railway. -
"Natural Wells. 350 ft drop in solid rock -- Monte Sano."
The well is a large limestone cave shaft located near the site of the Hotel Monte Sano. -
"The Eddies -- Monte Sano Ramble."
The photo depicts a man sitting on the rocks amidst the trees. The back of the photo reads, " 'The Eddies' or Eddy Rocks of Monte Sano." -
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"The Valley of Huntsville."
The view shows Athens Pike (now Holmes Avenue) in Huntsville, Alabama, with Monte Sano Mountain in the background. -
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Acknowledgement of payment from William Thomas Hutchens by J. E. Montgomery.
This paper acknowledges Hutchens' payment to J. E. Montgomery for "his interest in said firm." Hutchens paid $70.17. -
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Civil Engineering Catalog, 1880
Early Huntsville Life and Memorabilia -
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Dekalb County, Alabama Map and Aerial Photograph Identification
This section contains documents and maps related to a historical survey. -
Drobisch Garden Catalog, 1884
Early Huntsville Life and Memorabilia -
Handwritten note regarding debts owed.
This note outlines the procedure that would occur following the payment of all debts against the firm of Hutchens & Murdock. -
Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 4, 1889-1893.
This Customer Account Ledger contains the credit account information for Harrison Brothers customer transactions from 1889-1893 The index at the front of the ledger is organized alphabetically by the customer's last name. Each index page is dived into two columns. The left column lists the name of the customer and the right column lists the customer's city of residence and the page number of the customer's account. The page numbers reference pages in the ledger where one or multiple accounts are listed. Each customer account page is divided into a debit "D" and credit "C" column separated by a blue line. The customer's name and the year are written at the top of each column. In the debit column, months and days are listed in the first two columns. The next column references a customer's transactions in a particular daybook listed as "Bal Book #" or "B B #" and the page number in the referenced book is listed in the following column. This ledger references transactions in daybooks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. These daybooks, not included in the collection of account books at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, likely recorded tobacco sales from the Harrison Brothers store on Jefferson Street prior to their move to Southside Square in 1897. In the credit column, the month and day of a customer's payments are listed in the first two columns. The next two columns list the daybook and the page number that the customer's payment is recorded in. The payment amount is listed in the rightmost column of the page. The debit and credit columns are either balanced at the bottom of the page or the Harrison Brothers indicated that the customer account was carried to a new page in the ledger.
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Huntsville, Queen of Valley, 1888
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Madison County Historical Site Survey
This section contains reports and maps related to the Madison County Historical Site Survey. Maps appear to be hand-drawn. Contains reports and maps from Madison County, Mississippi and Madison County, Alabama. -
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Monthly monetary tally for Huntsville Shoe Co.
A monthly monetary tally for Hunstville Shoe Co. written on S. Schiffman & Co. -
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Notice of the dissolving of Hutchens & Murdock.
This brief notice states that the firm of Hutchens and Montgomery is dissoved by "mutual consent." It is signed by William Thomas Hutchens and J. E. Montgomery. -
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Partial Papers
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Pettus, Richard E. Information and Correspondence, 1911 - 1929
This section contains numerous handwritten correspondence letters and envelopes related to Richard E. Pettus including Huntsville Times article snippets recording his death. -
Photograph of two babies.
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.