Archival Resources

Industry

Contents

Companies
Other Organizations
Individuals
Photographs
Periodicals
Research Collections

Companies

ALABAMA BY-PRODUCTS CORPORATION File on United Mine Workers of America, 1934-1964

ALABAMA FUEL AND IRON COMPANY Overton Mining Camp House Leases and Rent Report, 1931-1951

AVONDALE MILLS Music Books, Avondale Mills Band

BIG WARRIOR COAL COMPANY Minute Book, 1921-1922 and 1926

BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANY Business Records, 1888-1902

BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANY Records, 1889-1899

BLACK DIAMOND COAL COMPANY Records

HAMMOND IRON COMPANY "Report on Examination of Accounts of Hammond Iron Company", 1926-1939

HAYES AIRCRAFT CORPORATION Scrapbook, 1952-1959

HAYES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Records, 1951-1984

HAYES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION The First Thousand, 1951-1971 [contains the names, photographs and dates of hire of the company’s first one thousand employees]

KAUL LUMBER COMPANY, KAUL LAND AND LUMBER COMPANY, SAMPLE LUMBER COMPANY Records, 1836-1966
Description of Collection

MABEL MINING COMPANY Ledger, 1903-1906

PRATT FUEL CORPORATION Minute Book, 1921-1924 and 1931

SEWANEE MINING AND TENNESSEE COAL, IRON AND RAILROAD COMPANY History, 1852-1932

SHELBY IRON COMPANY Records, 1871-1901

SHELBY IRON COMPANY "Report on Examination of Accounts of Shelby Iron Company, Inc.", 1936-1944

SLOSS FURNACES NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK Archives

SLOSS-SHEFFIELD STEEL AND IRON COMPANY Records

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY Ledger, 1906-1916 ["Record of Claims Paid"]

SOUTHERN ROLLING MILL Business Records, 1890-1891

TENNESSEE COAL, IRON AND RAILROAD COMPANY. SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Spring Festival Programs, 1920-1930

Other Organizations

ALABAMA COAL OPERATORS' ASSOCIATION/ALABAMA MINING INSTITUTE Records, 1908-1984
Description of Collection

COMMITTEE ON FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE Records, 1942

Individuals

BLAIR, ARTHUR J. Papers, 1915-1975 BOWRON, JAMES Scrapbooks, 1877-1928 [Bowron was secretary and treasurer for TCI]

BROWNELL, CHARLES A. Papers, 1898-1942 [Brownell owned the first Ford automobile dealership in Alabama]

COFFIN, HARRY WELLS FAMILY Business and Personal Papers, 1878-1938
Description of Collection

COMER, JAMES McDONALD Avondale Mills Office Files, 1920-1958
Description of Collection

FOWLER, THOMAS "Time Book No. 1, At the Coal Mines Shelby County, Ala.", 1857-1864

JEMISON, ROBERT, JR. Woodward Iron Company, 1924-1926 [Jemison was a stock holder]

MONTGOMERY, JAMES A. Papers, 1865-1944 [Montgomery owned the Montgomery Coal Washing and Manufacturing Company]

RAMSAY, ERSKINE Papers, 1887-1953 [Ramsay was a mining engineer]

RAMSAY, ERSKINE "Personal Notes Covering Inspection of European Mines," 1911

ROSS, DOROTHEA Papers, 1928-1930 [relate to Ross’ work as a teacher in the TCI welfare department]

SHOOK, A.M. Papers, 1886-1890s [Shook was general manager at TCI]

SQUIRE, JOSEPH Correspondence, 1872-1943

SQUIRE, JOSEPH Papers, 1873-1898 [relate to the purchase of coal lands in Jefferson and Shelby counties]

STEPHENS, ELTON, B. Clippings and Publications

TOULMIN, PRIESTLEY Papers [Toulmin served as chief engineer for Sloss-Sheffield and president of Lehigh Coal Company]

Photographs

HUNT, OSCAR V. Photographs

JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALA. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Appraisal Files, 1939-1977

JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALA. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Ensley Works Photographs

PHOTOGRAPHS Aerial Photographs of Jefferson County, Alabama, 1966 and 1977

PHOTOGRAPHS General Collection

REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL COMPANY. SOUTHERN DISTRICT Photograph Album

SIBLEY-MENGE COAL AND BRICK COMPANY Photograph Album

TENNESSEE COAL, IRON AND RAILROAD COMPANY Bayview Lake Photographs

TENNESSEE COAL, IRON AND RAILROAD COMPANY Photograph Album, 1909-1943

TENNESSEE COAL, IRON AND RAILROAD COMPANY. LAND DEPARTMENT Coal Mine Photographs

Periodicals

THE AVONDALE SUN [employee magazine of Avondale Mills, Incorporated]

BIRMINGHAM ELECTRIC COMPANY BECO Employees’ News, 1946-1951

BIRMINGHAM ELECTRIC COMPANY Buzzer

THE BULL LADLE [employee magazine of Stockham Valves and Fittings, Incorporated]

Research Collections

BLOOMER, JOHN Birmingham Business History Files

"SURVEY OF SELECT INDUSTRIAL SITES" Report, 1963 [prepared by the Birmingham Planning Commission and the city Planning Department]