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Prints and photographs collection (Chicago History Museum)

Description:
Explore the Museum’s vast and diverse collection of prints and photographic materials. Dating from the late 18th century to the present, this material comprises the single largest source of pictorial information for the Chicago metropolitan area.
Date of Original:
1957/1968
Contributing Institution:
Chicago History Museum

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Alabama Media Group collection

Description:
This collection contains more than 3 million negatives taken by newspaper photographers working for the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, and Mobile’s Press-Register between the 1920s and the early 2000s (mostly from the 1960s to the 1990s).
Date of Original:
1956/1991
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

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Collection
Bob Simms Collection

Description:
The Bob Simms collection documents the life and activities of Robert H. Simms in the black communities in Coconut Grove and Miami and reflects his work with the Community Relations Board and the Defense Race Relations Institute. The collection also contains campaign materials from Leah Simms, the first African American female judge in the state of Florida, and the "Glory in the Grove" photographs of people and events at the George Washington Carver elementary and high schools in Coconut Grove before desegregation. A final component of the collection includes photographs, correspondence and clippings of General "Chappie" James and his family. General James was the first four star African American General and married Dorothy Watkins.
Date of Original:
1953/1964
Contributing Institution:
University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

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Collection
Educational media photo collection

Description:
Educational Media Collection spans from 1963 to 1966 depicting different activities at the University of Alabama including homecoming activities, basketball and football games, beauty pageants, fraternity and sorority activities, coach Hank Crisp, coach Paul Bryant, president Rose on President's Day 1964, demonstrations against Wallace, 1966 Robert F. Kennedy's visit, Lady Bird Johnson at the University, Lurleen Wallace at the University for Governors Day, and department faculty members.
Date of Original:
1936/1968
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Sensitive Content:
Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.

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Collection
Photographs

Description:
A collection of photographs of the architecture, businesses, and people of Birmingham. Included in the collection are portraits of prominent historical figures and photographs that document the civil rights movement in the city.
Date of Original:
1908/1966
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

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Collection
Civil rights

Description:
Civil rights clippings from the Florence, Alabama area.
Date of Original:
1900/1971
Contributing Institution:
Shoals Black History

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Collection
African American lives

Description:
This digital collection consists of materials related to African American lives, emphasizing matters of education, politics, and labor.
Date of Original:
1882/2003
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Sensitive Content:
Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.