Five Cent Cotton (Images of the Depression in Alabama, 1930s)
Scope and Contents
The Frances Cabaniss Roberts collection covers the historical records of the Cabaniss Roberts family. This collection contains extensive correspondence records of the Cabaniss Roberts family circa 1830 to 1930.
Dates
- Creation: 1830 - 1930
Creator
- From the Collection: Roberts, Frances Cabaniss, Dr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.
Extent
From the Collection: 105 Linear feet (143 boxes and 19 oversize.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
, Mary Ann 46
Agee, James 13
Agee, 14
Alabama 25
Beecher, John 7, 26, 32, 35
Birmingham Museum of Art 3
Birmingham News 3
Birmingham Public Library 3
Birmingham, AL 3, 4, 20, 27, 29, 33, 39, 42, 43
Blunt, Norma 5
Boarding House 39
Brookside 28
Burroughs, Floyd 8
Carr, Scout 5
church house interior 17
coal miners 29
Cobb, Ned 9, 11, 13, 37, 38
Committee for the Humanities 3
Company Housing 43
Corley, Robert 5
Crumpler, Yvonne 5
Depression in Alabama 3, 4
Ensley Steel Plant 27
Esco, Claudia 5
Eutaw, AL 6
Evans, Walker 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47, 50, 52
farm ladies 22
Fields, Bud, family 19
Fisher, Angela 5
Five Cent Cotton 1, 2, 3
Flute, Cynthia 5
Friendship Church 51
Gaston, Paul M. 5
Gee's Bend School 41
Gee's Bend, AL 15, 34, 36, 41, 49, 51
Gelders, Joseph 37
General Store 47
Graham, Slaughter 46
Greensboro 23
Hale Co., AL 8, 12, 16, 19, 23
Hickok, Lorena 32
Hine, Lewis 24
Hoeing cotton 6
Horton, James, Judge 38
Huddleston, George, Congressman 26
Huddleston, George 35, 38
Huddleston, 30
Hudson, Hosea 30, 35, 38
Hughey, W. M. 50
James, Cliff 37
Jefferson Co., AL 28
Johnson, Charles S. 13
Lange, Dorothea 6, 22, 24
Lange, 26
log cabin 25
McClain, Winnie 7
McDonald, Jan 5
Migrant camp 20
Migrants 42
Miller, Mary 5
Montgomery Co., AL 10
Moundville, AL 47, 50
Murray, Richard 5
Mydans, Carl 24
Negro Sisters 34
New Deal 44
Norrell, Jeff 5, 46
Palmerdale, AL 48
Pettway Family 31
plank 53
plowing 10
Pointer, F. M. 33
Post Office 52
Powell, John 5
Putting up peas 49
resettlement home 48
River Hill Cafe 45
Roadside Stand 33
Roosevelt, Franklin 18
Roosevelt, President 21
Roosevelt, 26
Rothstein, Arthur 5, 10, 15, 20, 27, 28, 29, 31, 34, 42
Rothstein, 24, 26
Roy, Jo 5
School house 40
Sharecropper 15
Sprott, AL 52
Steinbeck, John 21
Stephens, Scott 5
Stryker, Roy 24
Tengle family 16
Thomason, Michael 5
Toting Wood 36
Trechsel, Gail 5
Tuscaloosa, AL 45
Tyler, Ann 5
W. M. Hughey Store 50
wash stand 12
Whiting, Marvin 5
Wildes, Ken 5
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections Repository
M. Louis Salmon Library
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville Alabama 35899 United States of America
256-824-6523
archives@uah.edu