Birmingham Area Archives

Alabama Power Company Corporate Archives

600 Eighteenth Street, North, Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35291

The archives collects material documenting the history of Alabama Power, its predecessors, and holding companies. The archives also documents the company’s role in Alabama’s economic development and the development of electric power generation in the southeast.

For more information call William A. Tharpe, Archivist, at 205-257-2067.

Hours of operation: by appointment.

P.O. Box 531168, Birmingham, AL 35253

The library collects photographs, publications, manuals, company histories, memorabilia, and other material documenting the history of trucks and trucking. The society, an international organization, sponsors shows and other events and publishes the magazine Wheels of Time.

For more information call Larry L. Scheef, Managing Director at 205-870-0566, e-mail to aths@mindspring.com, or visit the society’s web site at http://aths.org.

Hours of operation: Monday-Friday, 8:00-4:00.

1905 Alabama Avenue, Bessemer, AL 35020

While primarily a museum, the Hall of History does hold a collection of documents, books, and photographs relating to the history of Bessemer and western Jefferson County.

For more information call Dominga Toner, Director at 205-426-1633 or visit the Hall’s web site at http://www.bham.net/bessemercc/history.html.

Hours of operation: Tuesday-Saturday, 9:00-4:00.

520 Sixteenth Street, North, Birmingham, AL 35203.

The Archives Division identifies, collects, preserves, and makes available for public use documents, records, personal papers, books, serials, periodicals, film, video, microfilm, and other media collected on the Civil Rights Movement in the city of Birmingham, the state of Alabama, and the United States.

For more information call Wayne Coleman, Head of Archives Division at 205-328-9696, e-mail to wcoleman@bcri.bham.al.us or visit the Institute’s web site at http://www.bcri.org

Hours of operation: by appointment.

2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203-2794

The Archives collects material documenting the history of Birmingham and the surrounding area of Alabama known as the Birmingham District. The collection is particularly strong for material relating to city and county government and local politics; the Civil Rights Movement and race relations; industry and the labor movement; urban and economic development and local architecture; religious history; women’s history; art, music, literature and entertainment; and the experiences of Alabamians during wartime.

For more information call Jim Baggett, Archivist, at 205-226-3660, e-mail to jbaggett@bham.lib.al.us, or visit the library’s web site at www.bplonline.org.

Hours of operation: Monday-Friday, 9:00-6:00.

2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.

Focusing on the area that is now the southeastern United States, the Agee Collection contains maps, atlases, and other material relating to cartography dating from the 16^th century to the present. The Agee collection is an especially valuable source for maps of the Birmingham area and other parts of Alabama.

For more information call Yvonne Crumpler, Map Curator at 205-226-3665, e-mail to yvonne@bham.lib.al.us, or visit the library's web site at www.bplonline.org.

Hours of operation: by appointment.

Birmingham-Southern Archives and the North Alabama Conference of the United  
Methodist Church Archival Collection

Birmingham-Southern College Library, 900 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL 35254

The collection includes the archives of Birmingham-Southern College and its two parent institutions, Southern University and Birmingham College. The bulk of the collection is comprised of the records of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church and other related Methodist material.

For more information call Guy Hubbs, Archivist at 205-226-4752 or e-mail to ghubbs@bsc.edu.

518 Nineteenth Street, North, Birmingham, AL 35203.

First United Methodist Church is one of the oldest churches in Birmingham and one of the surviving downtown congregations. The archives houses records of the church.

For more information call 205-254-3186.

Hours of operation: by appointment.

569 Park Avenue, Hoover, AL 35226

The Hoover Historical Society collects primary and secondary material documenting the history of the Hoover area, Birmingham, and Jefferson County, with an emphasis on genealogy and family history.

For more information call Vadie Honea, Betty Norton, or Beth Kinsaul at 205-822-9392.

Hours of operation: Wednesday, 10:00-4:00 during the school year.

2601 Carson Road, Birmingham, AL 35215-3098

The archives houses books, manuscripts, photographs, and other material relating to the history of the college.

For more information call 205-853-1200 or visit the college’s web site at www.jscc.cc.al.us.

Davis Library, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229

Special Collections holds primary sources relating to local history and family history for Alabama, records relating to the Baptist church and other denominations in Alabama, material documenting the history of Samford University and individuals associated with the university, and the Albert E. Cassey Collection on Irish history.

For more information call Elizabeth Wells, Head, Special Collections, at 205-726-4103 or visit the university’s web site at http://davisweb.samford.edu/about/special.html#Archives.

Hours of operation: Monday-Friday, 8:00-4:30.

Birmingham, AL 35222.

In addition to functioning as an industrial museum, Sloss has collected

approximately 100 oral history interviews with Birmingham iron workers, photographs showing Sloss furnaces and other industrial sites, and a library of related books and periodicals.

For more information call 205-324-1911 or visit the museum’s web site at http://www.ci.bham.al.us/sloss/default.htm.

Hours of operation: by appointment.

2035 Highland Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35205

The archives holds the records of the church and church affiliated organizations, scrapbooks, and papers relating to clergy and members of the congregation.

For more information call Ruth Seadler, Archivist at 205-956-5897.

Hours of operation: by appointment.

B-11 Mortimer Jordan Hall, 1825 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294-2010

The UAB Archives is the repository for the records of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. To document the history of the health sciences, the archives also collects the materials of UAB faculty and staff, and manuscripts of physicians, doctors, nurses, and health-related organizations and societies.

For more information call Tim Pennycuff, University Archivist at 205-934-1896, e-mail at archives@uab.edu, or visit the archives’ web site at http://www.uab.edu/historical/archives.html.

Hours of operation: Monday-Friday, 8:00-5:00.

100 Missionary Ridge, Birmingham, AL 35242-5235

The Archives of the Woman’s Missionary Union, an Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, collects records of the WMU and papers of related individuals and programs, women’s organizations established as a result of Southern Baptist missions, and records of the Women’s Department of the Baptist World Alliance.

For more information call at 205-991-4047, e-mail at archives@wmu.org, or visit the Union’s web site at www.wmu.org.

Hours of operation: by appointment.