Browse Items (7888 total)
Sort by:
-
Letter and drafts of letter to Robert K. Bell from Colonel C. F. Cordes.
This letter is in response to Bell's letter of March 22, 1957 to the Commanding General, Third United States Army. Cordes confirms the reception of Bell's request for the setting of the trial during the week of May 13-17, 1957 and states that Major General Crump Garvin has postponed it to May 15, 1957. -
Letter to Ray H. Jenkins from C. F. Cordes.
In response to Jenkin's request for a postponement of the trial of Colonel Nickerson, Cordes writes that the court will assemble on June 25, 1957 for the trial as the members of the court and court reporter have been granted top secret information neccesary for the case. -
Letter to Robert K. Bell from C. F. Cordes.
This letter was written in response to Bell's May 27, 1957 letter to the Commanding General, Third United States Army requesting top secret clearance for necessary information related to the Nickerson case. According to Cordes, Bell and Jenkins were granted access through Lt. Col. Charles Zimmer. -
Letter to Robert K. Bell from C. F. Cordes.
This letter was written in response to Bell's June 13, 1957 letter to the Commanding General, Third United States Army requesting the trial of Colonel Nickerson to be postponed until late July or early August. Cordes informs Bell that this request has been denied and the trial will proceed as originally planned on June 25, 1957 and states that no further delay could be permitted. -
"Memorandum for the record, from E. M. Cortright, Assistant Administrator for Programs."
Poor photocopy. Memorandum informing that members of the Boeing company are coming by for a study of their own. -
Tally-out form.
The form shows that Edwin D. Burwell Jr. returned two wool blankets and ten tent pins. -
Yeatman, Preston
Families -
Written receipt of payment.
This written receipt acknowledges payment by Hutchens & Murdock for a purchase for the plumbing shop from Huntsville Gas Light Company. -
Contract between Hutchens & Murdock and the Huntsville Gas Light Company.
This agreement outlines the debt of Hutchens & Murdock for personal property as described in Schedule A of the document for $1,750.00. Hutchens & Murdock agrees to pay $500.00 in cash and the rest of the debt in "five equal half yearly installments, with interest." Following the written agreement there are pages of inventory of the personal property sold to Hutchens & Murdock. -
Photograph and Copyright of Frank Shorland and the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup
A copyright of the photograph of Frank Shorland after he won the first edition of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup. -
Letter from George W. Croker at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Fred Croxton, director of the Redstone Scientific Information Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
In the letter, Croxton discusses an agreement made between the University of Alabama and Redstone Scientific Information Center (RSIC) to share library services and materials, including journal subscriptions, messenger service, and access to the RSIC facility. -
"Memorandum to Mr. Hal Seawright, TS-PP, from Norman L. Cropp, Jr., Film Coordinator. Declassification of S-I/IB quarterly film report #18."
Memorandum declassifying "Quarterly Film Report #18." -
"Real Steam Railroads" leaflet.
The leaflet provides the specifications and prices for different locomotive trains and their equipment. -
""Little Toot" Car And Tender Trucks" price list.
This document describes the "Little Toot" car and pulling trucks and provides prices for standard and special sizes. -
Group of documents pertaining to Crown Metal Products Company products and price examinations.
The included documents are: a business card for K. S. Williams of Crown Metal Products Company, a receipt, a postcard featuring "The Little Toot" train at Forest Park Highlands, an advertisement for real steam railroads, and four pages of notes on yellow notepad paper. -
Depositions of Daniel Curry and Polly Curry.
The depositions include the questions asked and the answer. Daniel Curry's deposition is first. The questions regard Elizabeth Routt and her husbands, particularly her third, Alexander Jeffries, whom Daniel Curry knew well. He details his death, claiming he saw him the day he died and he did not appear sick at that time. Later questions interrogate Curry about Routt's character and ability to murder her husbands. Polly Curry was asked the same questions as her husband. Her responses were similar. She stated that Routt was well thought of prior to the death of her third husband, Jeffries, the lost her good standing after that. Polly adds that she heard Routt say that she was glad her second husband was dead following his death and that she wished her last husband, Mr. Routt, was also dead so she could "live in peace." She also includes the rumors that Mrs. Routt was "too intimate" and charged with sleeping with two of her slaves, and had stolen cotton previously. -
Rides That Made History.
This is an article from cycling magazine covering F.W. Shorland's Track "Twenty-Fours." It is about the three Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup Races Frank Shorland competed in and how they impacted the history of the sport of cycling. -
The Cuca 24
This is an article and illustration of the third edition of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup -
Epic Races of the Past - The Cuca Cup
This document is a recap of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup race series over four decades later and recounts how famous these races were. -
An Incident at the London County Banquet
This is a page from a scrapbook with three pieces of a newspaper or magazine depicting the London County Banquet and an incident that occured with Frank Shorland. -
The Records of 1892
This is a table of cycling records from 1892 as compiled by the National Cycling Union. Contains path and road records as well as a cartoon of a skeleton riding a bicycle. -
"Program, 222d Infantry vs 232d Infantry, 42d (Rainbow) Division. Thanksgiving Day, 1945 at 'Pot o' Gold' Stadium, Vienna, Austria."
The program includes portraits, group shots, and rosters of each team. -
"The Season's Greetings."
This greeting card was sent from M. Louis Salmon in Vienna, Austria to his parents in Mobile, Alabama at Christmas 1945. The inscription reads, "Your devoted son, Louis." -
"Capabilities and Limitations of Space Communication Systems."
The paper "Capabilities and Limitations of Space Communication Systems" is part of a General Electric Technical Information Series prepared for the Apollo Support Department. The abstract states "A survey and study of the basic parameters of information transfer systems for space communications is presented in this paper, to familiarize systems checkout and on communication engineers with the state-of-the-art and trends in this field. Both current and anticipated requirements for space communication systems are briefly considered. Some of the problems that exist in space communication are presented, along with a general review of current communication systems, their capabilities, and limitations as well as possible improvements in the areas of spacecraft directional antennas, ground stations and antennas, spacecraft transmitter power, and telemetry systems. It is concluded that the increased capabilities expected by the end of this decade should make adequate and reliable space communication possible for most predicted communication needs of future space missions at lunar and near-planet ranges." -
Receipts for the Dallas Manufacturing Company.
Receipts detailing the purchase of paint by Oscar Goldsmith and and itemized receipt and list. -
Dallas Manufacturing Company minute book, 1890-1907.
This minute book documents the activities of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Manufacturing Company in Huntsville, Alabama. The book includes meeting minutes, company correspondence, list of contracts with suppliers, information about company stock and production, lists of subscribers, and statements of profits and operating expenses.
Notably, the minute book also includes a February 1893 letter from Oscar Goldsmith noting that "The Huntsville Land Company have built 50 double Houses for the Employees of Dallas M'f'g. Company. And as per request of Mr. Dallas will build 25 more houses for the same purpose." Goldsmith's letter is accompanied by a plat map that indicates the location of the houses. Streets shown include Pettigrew Avenue, Mellette Avenue, Halsey Avenue, Rison Avenue, Stevens Avenue, Humes Avenue, O'Shaughnessy Avenue, McCullough Avenue, Dallas Avenue, and cross streets. -
Correspondence between Ida B. Dallas and Oscar Goldsmith.
Correspondence regarding Ida B. Dallas's missing dividend check on her stocks for Huntsville Land Improvement Co. Goldsmith responds, informing her that no dividends were paid October 1, 1912 due to repairs and painting of the property of the Company, therefore the expenses do not allow for a surplus for dividends. -
Canterbury Cathedral Exterior
Picture of the outside of Canterbury Cathedral -
Canterbury Cathedral Courtyard
Picture of courtyard at Canterbury Cathedral -
Canterbury Cathedral Architecture
Shows a view from the choir featuring several styles of architecture within the build. -
Canterbury Cathedral Thomas Becket Shrine
Shrine to Archbishop Thomas Becket behind the choir at Canterbury Cathedral. -
Canterbury Cathedral Nave Tower
View of the inside of the tower in the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral -
Canterbury Cathedral Nave
View of the inside of Canterbury Cathedral -
"Saturn I/IB quarterly film report no. 25."
Memo gives dates and times of the interlock for final I.O. approval.