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United Charities and the Dallas Day Nursery, 1900
This is an article featured in a Dallas News section of the Huntsville Weekly Democrat on September 19, 1900. According to the article, Dallas Mill had plans to establish a day nursery on the W.H. Moore property with the help of United Charity. United Charities was a group of women who lobbied the Huntsville city council to better the conditions in Huntsville's cotton mill villages. The day nursery was expected to solve the problem of child labor in the mill. Mrs. Anna B. Robertson and Mrs. Alberta C. Taylor visited the Dallas Mill in Nashville to research the day nursery there. Mrs. Robertson was to be the matron of the nursery. The article also announces a dormitory for homeless girls and a school to be built on the same W.H. Moore property. -
A Disastrous Fire on Commercial Row, Weekly Democrat, 1901
This article from the Huntsville Weekly Democrat reports the cause and the estimated losses of the Commercial Row Fire on December 21, 1900. According to the article, the fire originated in the Alabama Feed and Implements Company store. One man died due to injuries from the fire and another man was injured. Estimated losses for each of the businesses on the street are listed in the article. The estimated loss for Harrison Brothers two buildings was $4,500. -
Pamphlet from the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission Celebration in Huntsville, Alabama.
The pamphlet includes biographical information on the three Apollo 11 astronauts as well as Wernher von Braun, then director of Marshall Space Flight Center. The back of the pamphlet congratulates the NASA and aerospace employees in Huntsville "who have made this historic achievement possible." -
"Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce honors Dr. William R. Lucas."
From a dinner held in honor of the retirement of MSFC director William R. Lucas in 1986. It includes a biographical sketch and photographs of Lucas. -
"Groundbreaking Ceremony: Constitution Hall Park."
Speakers included James Record, Frances Roberts, and Huntsville Mayor Joe Davis, with an invocation by Rev. Donald L. Bailey and a benediction by Rev. Lee Hudson. The program includes a map of Constitution Hall Park. -
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Military Tours Lincoln Mill, circa 1940s
A US Army officer receives a tour of the Lincoln Mill, c. 1940s. A mill worker demonstrates how the equipment is used during his visit. -
A view of Levert St, circa 1972.
Levert St is situated in Lincoln Mill village, which accommodated a substantial number of mill workers. The photograph is incorrectly labeled as Levent St. This photograph is dated 1972. -
"Furnace Brazing of Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers."
Brazing as a technique for joining metal parts has been utilized for centuries. Industry, however, has only begun to use it on a wide scale in the last twenty years. The rapid growth of brazing has been a result of consumer and military demands Tor products of lighter weight, less expense, and higher performance. Today, brazing is one of the most widely used fabrication techniques in the production of liquid rockets, gas turbines, refrigerator and other types of heat exchangers, automobile parts, vacuum tubes, and many nuclear products. -
Descriptions of photos of the Hutchens family on Monte Sano.
This documents describes a set of photos of the Hutchens family taken on Monte Sano at the Newman place and the W. T. Hutchens place. Unfortunately, the accompanying photos are missing. Handwritten at the top reads, "Given to Sue."