Archival Resources

Politics And Politicians

Contents:

Political Parties

Individuals

Families

Scrapbooks and Research Collections

Political Cartoons


Political Parties

ALABAMA DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. DEMOCRATIC SUBCOMMITTEE Proceedings in Regard to Contested Election, 1986

DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Minute Book,1894-1900

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ALABAMA. STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Papers, 1967-1970

JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE Records, 1962-1979

Individuals

ALTMAN, JOHN W. Scrapbooks, 1915-1930s [relating to Jefferson County elections]

BEAMGUARD, ELIZABETH P. Joint Legislative Council Papers, 1945-1979

GROOMS, HARLAN HOBART Papers

HUDDLESTON, GEORGE, SR. Clipping Files, 1914-1956 and undated
Guide to Collection

HURLBERT, RAYMOND D. Alabama English Language Constitutional Amendment Files

JACKSON, FREDERICK M. Papers, 1908-1931 [Jackson was president of Perfection Mattress Company and active in the temperance movement and Anti-Saloon League]

JACKSON, FREDERICK M. Scrapbook, 1909 [relates to the temperance movement in Alabama]

RIVES, JOHN R.T. Papers, 1914-1963 [Rives was elected Mayor of Inglenook in 1914, Jefferson County Coroner in 1916, and campaigned unsuccessfully for the Alabama Legislature]

RUSSAKOFF, A.H. Air Pollution Files [relate to regulation of air quality in the Birmingham area]

SHORES, JANIE L. Papers, 1972-1974 and 1987 [Shores served on the Alabama Supreme Court]

SMITH, FRANK Papers [Smith served as Mayor of the town of Elyton]

SPARKMAN, JOHN Miscellaneous Press Releases With Photographs, 1957-1978 [Sparkman represented Alabama in the United States Senate]

STERRETT, R.H. Papers [a Confederate veteran, Sterrett became an attorney in Shelby and Jefferson counties, and was active in politics]

VAN, JAMES BIRD Papers, 1859-1966 [includes material relating to economic conditions and politics in Jefferson County]

WARREN, JACK A. Papers, 1954 [Warren served as military sheriff during the National Guard Occupation of Phenix City, Alabama]

WILLIAMS, ROY E. (JACK) Scrapbook, 1948 [newspaper clippings relating to Alabama elections for delegates to the 1948 Democratic National Convention]

Families

JOHNSTON FAMILY Papers [includes material relating to Birmingham attorneys Forney and Joseph Johnston, the Alger Hiss case, and civil rights]

Scrapbooks and Research Collections

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND  LITERATURE Scrapbook on Hugo Lafayette Black

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND  LITERATURE Albert Preston Brewer Scrapbooks, 1966-1971

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND  LITERATURE Elections--Alabama Scrapbooks, 1930-1959

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND  LITERATURE Richmond Flowers Scrapbook, 1962-1972

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND  LITERATURE Albert Patterson Scrapbooks, 1933-1969

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND  LITERATURE John Patterson Scrapbook, 1956-1960

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND LITERATURE John Sparkman Scrapbooks, 1941-1975

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND LITERATURE George C. Wallace Scrapbooks, 1956-1976

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. TUTWILER COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HISTORY AND  LITERATURE Lurleen B. Wallace Scrapbooks, 1966-1968

ELECTION CAMPAIGNS Miscellaneous Literature [primarily relating to 20th century Alabama elections]

FOLSOM, JAMES ELISHA Scrapbooks, 1945-1968

HAMILTON, VIRGINIA VAN DER VEER Papers [this collection includes material relating to Hamilton’s research on Hugo Black and Lister Hill]

ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR Scrapbook, 1937 [clippings relating to Roosevelt’s visit to Birmingham]

Political Cartoons

BROOKS, CHARLES Birmingham News Cartoons, 1959-1985

HARPER, HUBERT H. Scrapbooks, 1931-1937 [Birmingham Age-Herald]

See also listing for collections relating to: LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT