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By Dixie Norwood
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains research materials, newspaper and magazine articles, and historical information on the Quad Cities as well as Northwest Alabama.
Biographical Note
Dr. Mary Jane McDaniel was a professor in the History and Political Science Department for 32 years. She served as chair of the department for three years before she retired in 2001. She served on several boards, including the alabama Review. She chaired the Tennessee Valley Historical Society, the Florence Historical Board, as well as Heritage Preservation, Inc. She served as secretary for the Alabama Historical Association and vice chairman of the Alabama Historical Commission.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Newspaper and Magazine Articles/Write-ups by Dr. McDaniel on what was going on here and throughout the nation in 1971 (1971)
- Folder 2: African American Civil War: Florence {Lauderdale County} (1827;1837-1928)
- Folder 3: Samuel W. Calvert: A Diary of the Reverend’s Tour of Solicitation Through North Alabama, in the Year 1831 {Edited by Maurine S. Maness} (No Date)
- Folder 4: W.P. Campbell: Newspaper Articles & Correspondence for article material purposes (1860;1879-1884;1886-1891;1898;1930)
- Folder 5: Celebration at Florence-Newspaper Articles from 1861 {for writing materials} (No Date)
- Folder 6: Chickasaw School-Information on the Caney Creek Chickasaw School (No Date)
- Folder 7: Churches of Lauderdale County- “The Historical and Geographical Distribution of Churches in West Lauderdale County” {By William H. Cox, III} (Summer 2000)
- Folder 8: Civil War Miscellaneous: Materials from Bill McDonald Collection (1861;1864-1865;1867;1870;1878;1887;1901;1909;1912;1921;1925-1926;1962-1963;1980;1985;1991;1993-1994)
- Folder 9: John Coffee Research Information (No Date)
- Folder 10: Colbert County: Newspaper Articles and Financial Information from Alabama State Department of Archives & History (1894;1939;2003)
- Folder 11: Colbert County Lynching-Research Project by Marcia Phillips (May 10, 1977)
- Folder 12: George Colbert-Chief of the Chickasaws {Write-up} (No Date)
- Folder 13: Confederate Flag Magazine Article {The Smithsonian} (1994)
- Folder 14: Courtland, Alabama-Information on Historic Homes and the People who built them/occupy them (No Date)
- Folder 15: Courtland, Alabama: Historic Information about early settlers and places around town (No Date)
- Folder 16: Cullman, Alabama: Historic Information (1997)
- Folder 17: Cypress Land Company: Articles of Association, Correspondence, and Deceased Records (1818;1822;1829)
- Folder 18: Deibert Park Newspaper Article (1998)
- Folder 19: Chief Double Head: Research Materials (1809;1838;2003)
- Folder 20: Downtown Historic District: Research Materials {Florence} (1889;1971;1994)
- Folder 21: Earliest Land Sales in the Shoals (No Date)
- Folder 22: Eastern Lauderdale County Research Materials (1975)
- Folder 23: Election of 1860-State Numbers & Lauderdale and Franklin County Numbers (1860)
- Folder 24: Nial Childs Elting
- Folder 25: Encyclopedia of Southern History (1975)
- Folder 26: Founders of Florence: Cypress Land Company (No Date)
- Folder 27: James Jackson, Andrew Hutchins, David Houston, William Collier, Joseph Thompson, Temperance T. Peters, and Mary Thompson Wills {Copies} (1831;1838-1839;1841-1842;1849-1850)
- Folder 28: “Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier” {McDonald Collection} (No Date)
- Folder 29: Koger House: Newspaper Article and Blueprints (1992)
- Folder 30: LaGrange: Newspaper Article/Map of part of LaGrange/Brochure/Information on School (2002-2003)
- Folder 31: Lamar Furniture and Florence Hotel” History and Research Materials (1888;1892;1910)
- Folder 32: Land Laws-Alabama (1828)
- Folder 33: Large Plantations in Lauderdale County, Alabama, 1860 {by Dr. Mary Jane McDaniel} (No Date)
- Folder 34: Large Plantations in Lauderdale County: Research Materials (1850;1860;1981)
- Folder 35: Large Plantations of Lauderdale County: Early Economic Development at the Shoals (No Date)
- Folder 36: The Large Slaveholders of the Deep South, 1860 {Dissertation of Joseph Karl Menn-Austin, Texas} (1964)
- Folder 37: Lauderdale County Lynching: Research Project by Marcia Phillips (May 10, 1977)
- Folder 38: Lauderdale County Records: John Peters & H.P. Smith (1830;1836;1853-1854;1858;1982;1988)
- Folder 39: Hugh Leckly & the Leckly House: Historic Information and National Register Nomination Forms (1873-1874;1990;1997)
- Folder 40: Leighton, Alabama: Research Materials (1931)
- Folder 41: Limestone County: Research Project by Gynger L. Williams (1997)
- Folder 42: Maud Lindsay: Biographical Information & Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame Nomination (1938;1974;1982;1995)
- Folder 43: Robert Burns Lindsay: Research Materials (1940;1992;2004)
- Folder 44: Robert B. Lindsay: “State’s Only Foreign-born Chief Official {Newspaper Article & Write-up} (No Date)
- Folder 45: Local History Clippings (1990)
- Folder 46: Locust Dell Research Materials (1828;1836;1839;1848;1919;1978;1994)
- Folder 47: Locust Street Historic District: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form and Materials (No Date)
- Folder 48: Mars Hill-Larimore House (1991)
- Folder 49: McDaniel Family History (1961)
- Folder 50: McDonald Manuscript (1991)
- Folder 51: R.B. Meadows: Experiences and Recollections, Confederate Army {Materials from Bill McDonald Collection} (No Date)
- Folder 52: Hugh McVay: Research Materials and Write-up (1925;1936;1968;1974-1975;1985)
- Folder 53: Gabriel Moore: Draft of “The Rise and Fall of an Alabama Founding Father, Gabriel Moore” (No Date)
- Folder 54: Samuel Moore: Research Materials/Thesis material from Clyde Marshall Smith-University of Alabama (1831;1936)
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