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 9 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.
Twickenham Historic Preservation District Association Collection
Blueprints from the Harvie Joanes Restoration of the Weeden House, photograph slides, correspondence, maps.