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Nina Leftwich Papers, 1788-1969

By Dixie Norwood

Collection Overview

Title: Nina Leftwich Papers, 1788-1969

Creator: Nina Leftwich Papers, 1788-1969

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection includes articles, newspaper clippings, family history, and local history materials for Mrs. Nina Leftwich and her collection of writings, Two Hundred Years at Muscle Shoals (history of the area).

There are articles about Lawrence County, Lauderdale County (Florence), Colbert County (Leighton, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield), Franklin County, Limestone County history, Civil War history, Alabama history, Native American history, Multiple Church histories just to name a few. The collection includes materials from the early 19th century.

Biographical Note

Born November 16, 1881 in Sheffield, Alabama; Nina Leftwich was a teacher. She studied at the University of Alabama, George Peabody College and got her M.A. in 1929. She operated the Leftwich Antique and Gift Shop in Sheffield; taught at Coffee High School, Florence; was a part of the Florence State Teacher's College.  She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Tennessee Valley Historical Society. She died March 1, 1968.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Antiques (1925;1943)Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Antiques Newspaper Clippings (1936-1939)Add to your cart.
Folder 3: History of Alabama (1862;1912;1932;1934)Add to your cart.
Folder 4: History of Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1931;1933-1935;1937;1940;1965-1966)Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Bainbridge (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 6: The Baptist Church in Alabama (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 7: The Baptist Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964)Add to your cart.
Folder 8: The Bresler Family {Tuscumbia} (1821;1844;1860-1861;1864;1866-1868;1870-1871;1873;1880;1888;1914;1916)Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Business Papers/Miscellaneous (1848;1872;1874-18785;1877-1878;1885-1886;1889-1890)Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Cherokee Indians (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Cherokee Indians Nespaper Clippings (1933;1964-1965)Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Churches of Alabama and Religion (1930)Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Churches of Alabama and Religion Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966)Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Men of the Civil War (1929)Add to your cart.
Folder 15: The Men of the Civil War Newspaper Clippings (1901;1936;1938;1964-1966)Add to your cart.
Folder 16: The Civil War in Alabama (1862-1864;1905)Add to your cart.
Folder 17: The Civil War in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1852;1936;1964;1968-1969)Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Medicine and the Civil War (1861;1931;1934)Add to your cart.
Folder 19: The Coffee Family (1815;1820;1827)Add to your cart.
Folder 20: The Coffee Family Newspaper Clippings (1923)Add to your cart.
Folder 21: History of Colbert County (1917;1965)Add to your cart.
Folder 22: History of Colbert County Newspaper Clippings (1962-1964;1966-1967)Add to your cart.
Folder 23: The Colberts {George and Levi} and the Chickasaws (1923;1928;1962)Add to your cart.
Folder 24: The Colberts and the Chickasaws Newspaper Clippings (1932;1964-1965;1967;1969)Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Correspondence {Original Materials} (1833;1848;1853-1854;1864;1874-1875;1880;1890)Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Scottish Death Notices (1859;1861;1865-1866;1874-1875)Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Deeds, Receipts, and Original Materials (1827;1833;1835;1843;1846-1851;1855;1858;1860;1867;1874-1875;1877-1879;1884-1885;1916)Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Eastport Female Institute (1849-1851;1932)Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Economics in Alabama (1930-1931;1938)Add to your cart.
Folder 30: The Episcopal Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1966-1967;1969)Add to your cart.
Folder 31: History of Florence/Cypress Land Company (1818;1861-1862;1924)Add to your cart.
Folder 32: History of Florence Newspaper clippings (1806;1832;1964-1965;1967;1969)Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Forks of Cypress (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Forks of Cypress Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966)Add to your cart.
Folder 35: History of Franklin County (1818-1820;1824;1928;1932;1967)Add to your cart.
Folder 36: History of Franklin County Newspaper Clippings (1929;1931;1964;1969)Add to your cart.
Folder 37: "Alabama Highways" Monthly Publications (1927;1931-1935)Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Historic Houses of Early America (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 39: General Indian Material (1814;1899)Add to your cart.
Folder 40: General Indian Material Newspaper Clippings (1967)Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Indians in Alabama (1928;1932;1954)Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Indians of Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1922;1930;1932;1964-1967)Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Andrew Jackson (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Andrew Jackson Newspaper Clippings (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 45: James Gang (1972)Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Kentucky (November 20,1822)Add to your cart.
Folder 47: LaGrange College-Florence State University (1837;1850;1852;1963)Add to your cart.
Folder 48: LaGrange College-Florence State University Newspaper Clippings (1942;1952;1958;1964)Add to your cart.
Folder 49: History of Lawrence County (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 50: History of Lawrence County Newspaper Clippings (1964)Add to your cart.
Folder 51: Leftwich Family (1974-1975)Add to your cart.
Folder 52: History of Leighton (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 53: History of Leighton Newspaper Clippings (1964;1966)Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Leftwich Letters (1828;1867-1868;1871;1874-1875;1901)Add to your cart.
Folder 55: History of Limestone County Newspaper Clippings (1867;1964-1965)Add to your cart.
Folder 56: Literature and Literary Figures (1933;1936-1937;1964;1967)Add to your cart.
Folder 57: Maps of Alabama (1939)Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Marriage Papers (July 1844)Add to your cart.
Folder 59: History of Marshall County Newspaper Clippings (1964-1965)Add to your cart.
Folder 60: Older Copies of The Mentor (1928-1929)Add to your cart.
Folder 61: The Methodist Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964-1967)Add to your cart.
Folder 62: Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous Original Material (1855;1857;1890-1891;1959)Add to your cart.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Mississippi (1926;1932)Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Natchez Trace (1965)Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Natchez Trace Newspaper Clippings (1934;1937-1938;1965-1966)Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Hand-copied Newspaper Stories (1836-1837)Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Newspapers of the mid-1800s (1839;1850;1859;1861-1863;1865;1922)Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous Old Newspapers (1878;1890;1931-1932;1934;1963)Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Leftwich Papers-Miscellaneous (1894-1895)Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Notes for Leftwich Book Newspaper Clippings (1933)Add to your cart.
Folder 9: History of Muscle Shoals/Newspaper Clippings (1922;1933;1965)Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Old Books (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Old China (1928-1929;1936-1937)Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Old Georgia Homes (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Old Homes of Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1934-1937;1955;1964-1967)Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Old Homes of the Shoals Area (1955;1965)Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Old Homes of the Shoals Area Newspaper Clippings (1941;1964;1966-1968)Add to your cart.
Folder 16: History of Tuscumbia (1847;1865;1874;1901;1927;1932;1938)Add to your cart.
Folder 17: History of Tuscumbia Newspaper Clippings (1922;1964-1965;1967;1969)Add to your cart.
Folder 18: State of Virginia (1917)Add to your cart.
Folder 19: History of Sheffield (1826;1854;1886-1887)Add to your cart.
Folder 20: History of Sheffield Newspaper Clippings (1922;1965-1968)Add to your cart.
Folder 21: History of Moragn County Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966)Add to your cart.
Folder 22: History of the Railroad in Alabama (1828;1834;1852;1862-1864;1889;1930;1932-1933;1960)Add to your cart.
Folder 23: History of the Railroad in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1929;1965)Add to your cart.
Folder 24: To be copied-Franklin Enquirer (1824-1825)Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Old Glass (1889;1933;1936;1938)Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Old Glass Newspaper Clippings (1937-1939)Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Alabama Political Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966;1968)Add to your cart.
Folder 28: The Presbyterian Church in Alabama (1935)Add to your cart.
Folder 29: The Presbyterian Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1968)Add to your cart.
Folder 30: History of Red Rock (1925)Add to your cart.
Folder 31: History of South Port (1922)Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Creation on the Tennessee Valley Authority (1933-1963)Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority Newspaper Clippings (1930;1933;1936;1957;1965;1967)Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Tennessee Valley in Alabama (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 35: Tennessee Valley in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964)Add to your cart.
Folder 36: Hand-copied Will of Mary Washington {George Washington's mother} (May 20,1788)Add to your cart.
Folder 37: War of 1812 (May 2, 1821)Add to your cart.
Folder 38: White Horse Company Capture (1865;1929)Add to your cart.
Folder 39: General Joseph Wheeler (September 10,1933)Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Women in Alabama (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Women in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1937;1966)Add to your cart.
Folder 42: World War II Newspaper Clipping (May 20, 1940)Add to your cart.
Folder 43: U.S.S. Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964)Add to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 1: The Daily Corinthian/Two Hundred Years at Muscle Shoals (June 8,1932/No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 2: History of Muscle Shoals Baptist Association {Joseph Shackleford, 1891} {Xerox copy} (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Material For Book One: History of the Area (No Date)Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Materials for Book Two (No Date)Add to your cart.