Informational works -- Local histories
Scope: Materials of historical interest concerning the people and events in a small geographic area, such as a city, county, or town, including newspaper clippings, maps, photographs, posters, diaries, personal papers, community records, etc. Some libraries and historical societies are digitizing their local history collections). From Reitz, J.M. ODLIS : online dictionary for library and infromation science, Dec. 22, 2017 ("local history")
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Bob Gathany Collection
Newspapers and collections of photographs of Alabama and Tennessee, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and space history/the von Braun rocket team/Wernher von Braun.
Huntsville Literary Association Collection
Fifty notebooks from the Huntsville Literary Association and full series of "Poem" magazine from November 1967 - November 2014
James Croley Smith Collection
Sketches of historic buildings in Athens, Alabama. Aviation history. Tennessee history. Profiles of James Croley Smith.
Mary Elizabeth McLain Collection
Newspapers; checks, receipts, salary documents; trading stamps, stamp books, receipts; play and concert programs; car papers (pamphlet); The Child and His Curriculum (chapter 7, typed); Why We Need Physical Education in the School Program (typed with handwritten notes); Directory of Huntsville City Schools 1969-1970; Huntsville City Schools Directory 1972-1973; Alabama School Journal September 1958.
Mt. Paran Campground and Cemetery Collection
Photographs, correspondence, and various legal documents and papers regarding the cemetery.
Pulaski Pike Citizen's Participation, 1964 - 1967
Twickenham Historic Preservation District Association Collection
Blueprints from the Harvie Joanes Restoration of the Weeden House, photograph slides, correspondence, maps.