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Informational works -- Local histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Loc Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials (Lcgft)
Scope Note: Variants: Histories, Local

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

 Collection
Identifier: MC-173
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1898 - 1996

Huntsville Literary Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-86
Content Description

Fifty notebooks from the Huntsville Literary Association and full series of "Poem" magazine from November 1967 - November 2014

Dates: 1967-11-01 - 2022

James Croley Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-28
Content Description

Sketches of historic buildings in Athens, Alabama. Aviation history. Tennessee history. Profiles of James Croley Smith.

Dates: 1989 - 2006

Mary Elizabeth McLain Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-170
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1938 to no later than 1973

Mt. Paran Campground and Cemetery Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-116
Scope and Contents

Photographs, correspondence, and various legal documents and papers regarding the cemetery.

Dates: 1966 - 2002

Twickenham Historic Preservation District Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-100
Scope and Contents

Blueprints from the Harvie Joanes Restoration of the Weeden House, photograph slides, correspondence, maps.

Dates: 2015