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  Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902.

  This daybook contains the Harrison Brothers' daily store transactions from March 29, 1898, to January 13, 1902. The store was not open on Sundays or holidays. The Harrison Brothers sold exclusively tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, leaf tobacco, and tobacco-related products until 1900. In March 1900, the Harrison Brothers began selling assorted sets of china dishes and continued to sell primarily Queensware and other home furnishing-related products until 1903 when the store began selling hardware. The store moved from its original location on Jefferson St. to #3 Southside Square in 1897. In December 1901, a fire damaged the front of the Harrison Brothers' number 3 Southside Square storefront as well as other buildings along the street.

  Each page in the Harrison Brothers daybooks is divided into columns for the date, transaction details, and debit and credit sales. The year is listed in the upper left-hand corner of each page and the month and day are listed in the columns below on the left side of each transaction. Each transaction includes where the customer was from (for example: "Tuscumbia Ala"), the name of the customer (for example: "W.L. Halsey", "Mrs. Lizzie Barclift", or "Goldsmith + Co."), the items that the customer bought and the rate at which they were sold (for example: "1Bx Spot Cash 25#50" and "1/2Doz #0 Lanterns 5.00"), the total cost of the sale, the customer's method of payment (for example: "By Cash", "By Check", "By Mdse.", "By Work", "By Note" or by credit if no payment method is listed), and the customer account number. If the customer worked in a local cotton mill, the name of the mill is listed next to the customer name such as "Dallas" for Dallas Mills and "West Huntsville" or "W.H." for West Huntsville Manufacturing Company. The customer account numbers reference page numbers in the Harrison Brother's Customer Account Ledgers where customer's store accounts are divided into debit and credit columns. This day book references accounts in Customer Account Ledger 1 located in The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections. Many accounts do not list customer account numbers if paid for in full with cash or note. These transactions are written over with two ##s or three Cs. Debit and credit columns also appear in the daybooks on the right side of the page. Transactions are added up in the "D" column and payments are recorded in the "C" column. Employee information, invoices, inventory, assets, and liabilities for the Harrison Brothers store are included at the back of the daybook from pages 738-800.

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  Madison County Historical Site Survey, Preliminary Work

  This section contains an essay of historic sites in Madison County, Alabama as well as historic site applications for historic sites in Madison County, Contains descriptions and context for each historic site, why the site should be considered one. Handwritten notes are scribbled across some of the pages, pointing out and correcting typos, making editing suggestions and scratching out lines entirely.
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  Dekalb County Historical Site Survey

  This section contains a handful of reports related to photographs (not present), describing their size, significance and additional descriptive details.
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  Jackson County Historical Site Survey

  This section contains reports related to the Jacksonville Historical Site Survey. Relates specifically to photographs taken of different types of maps. Photographs not included.
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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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  Marshall County Historical Site Survey

  This section contains reports related to the Marshall County Historical Site Survey. The reports are centered around soil-maps and other maps related to traffic.
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  Historical Survey Preliminary Documents

  This section appears to be a collection booklet of TARCOG correspondence, job descriptions, employee/management registers and survey forms. Contains maps paired with certain survey reports.
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  Dekalb County, Alabama Map and Aerial Photograph Identification

  This section contains documents and maps related to a historical survey.
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  Steele-Gaines House, modified circa 1903

  Madison Co. - Huntsville Site #21, 519 Randolph Ave. SE, Huntsville
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  Pettus Genealogy Miscellaneous

  Includes photographs of members of the Pettus family (some named, some unnamed) as well as correspondence and newspaper articles related to them as well.
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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.
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  Pettus, Herbert E. Bound Scrapbook, Material from 1902 - 1911

  This section contains a scrapbook from Herbert E. Pettus which contains posters, correspondence and photographs related to Herbert's time in college. Some items have notes describing what they are or the context surrounding them underneath.
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  Unknown (from Gurley, AL) to Roberts, Baker, 1905 - 02 - 21

  This folder contains a collection of correspondence from Gurley to Baker L. Roberts.
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  Sallie to Roberts, Ellen, undated

  This folder contains correspondence between Sallie L. Roberts and Ellen D. Roberts.
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  Illustrative & Descriptive Huntsville & Madison County, circa 1910

  Early Huntsville Life and Memorabilia
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  Davis, Sophia L.

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  Mastin, Mary Jane, 1902

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  210 Williams (Lowe)

  Houses
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  Alabama Nursery Booklet, 1901

  Business, Tours and Industry
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  Dallas Mills, Notes, Paper, Advertisements, nd Newsletter [mostly undated], 1900

  Business, Tours and Industry - Folder 4 is oversized, see separation sheet.
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  Huntsville Promotional Booklet, 1908

  Huntsville Tours
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  Postal Guide & Souvenir, 1901; Illustrated City of Huntsville, 1905; Southern Business Directory, 1854; Newspaper clippings, 1850

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  Huntsville Newspaper Notes and Excerpts, 1900 - 1910

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  The Huntsville Weekly Democrat, 1904

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  Huntsville Tribune (Confederate Monument Edition), November 29, 1900

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  Deaths and Murders in Local Newspapers, 1880 -1966

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  Thomas Freeman, Surveyor; Indian Treaty and Red River Exploration, 1902 -1907

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  Evening Tribune Newspaper, 1904

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  R. H. Roberts Student Notebook, 1903

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  The Tribune, Monument Edition.

  Published on Thanksgiving Day 1900, this issue of the Tribune includes stories, songs, and poetry; lists of dead Confederate soldiers from Huntsville and Madison Count; and coverage of the erection of the Confederate monument in downtown Huntsville. Much discussion is made as well of the "Lost Cause," a mythology that perpetuates the belief that the cause of the Confederate States was noble and just and denies that slavery played the central role in secession. Includes columns written by Virginia Clay-Clopton and John Tyler Morgan.
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  McCall Pattern no. 9308, Ladies' Sack Night Gown.

  Made for a size 32-inch bust, this nightgown pattern includes five pieces for the front, back, collar, sleeve, and sleeveband. The pattern does not include pieces for the yoke. The front of the pattern envelope lists the material required for each size, and the back describes garment construction. The pattern pieces are unprinted.
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  Paris Pattern no. 2243, Ladies' House Dress.

  Made for a size 34-inch bust, this house dress pattern includes pieces for "The Waist with Square Yoke and Standing or Rolling Collar, and the Five-Gored Skirt Joined to the Waist." The front of the pattern envelope lists all instructions for the construction of the garment as well as material required. The pattern pieces are unprinted.
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  Bills and receipts of family life, 1900s.

  A collection of bills, receipts, and other materials related to the Cabaniss household. There are a large amount of receipts for shoes stretching from 1870 to the 1900s.
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  Dallas Cotton Mills

  Front: Dallas Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
  Back: Dallas Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
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  Carding Room, Merrimack Mills

  Front: Carding Room, Merrimack Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
  Back: Carding Room, Merrimack Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
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  Major Echols Home

  Front: Maj. Echols Home, Huntsville, Ala.
  Back: Maj. Echols Home, Huntsville, Ala.
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  Weeden Homestead

  Front: The Weeden Homestead, Huntsville, Alabama. "Bandana Ballads"
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  First Methodist Church

  Front: First Methodist Church, Huntsville, Ala.
  Back: First Methodist Church, Huntsville, Ala.
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  Government Building

  Front: Government Bldg., Huntsville, Ala.
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  Elks' Opera House

  Front: Elks' Opera House, Huntsville, Ala. M. R. Murray