Birmingham’s
City Archives, page 5
Green, W. Cooper
Scrapbooks,
1940-1970
(AR 477)
Newspaper clippings
relating to Green’s service on the Birmingham
City Commission and the Jefferson County Commission.
Size: 10 reels microfilm
Hamilton,
William C.
Papers,
1963-1966
(AR 265)
William Hamilton served
as Administrative Assistant to Birmingham mayor Albert
Boutwell. The collection includes correspondence,
reports, memoranda and other material on the operation
of the city government. The collection includes
extensive documentation on civil rights activities in
Birmingham.
Size: 4 boxes
Hanes, Arthur,
J.
Papers,
1961-1963
(AR 269)
A native of Birmingham,
Alabama, Arthur J. Hanes was a graduate of Woodlawn
High School and Birmingham-Southern College. After
graduating law school in 1948 Hanes became an agent for
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serving at offices
in Chicago and Washington, D.C. He resigned from the
FBI after three years and returned to Birmingham to
work for Hayes Aircraft Corporation, eventually
assuming the post of plant security manager. Hanes was
appointed to the Birmingham Board of Education in 1958
and elected mayor of Birmingham in 1962. His brief
tenure as mayor included the period of
Birmingham’s 1963 civil rights demonstrations.
Hanes left office in May of 1963 after a referendum to
change Birmingham’s form of government eliminated
his office. After leaving office Hanes worked as an
attorney in Birmingham and briefly represented James
Earl Ray, the man convicted of murdering Martin Luther
King, Jr. The papers contain correspondence, memoranda,
reports, and other material relating to Hanes’
term as mayor.
Hanes, Arthur J.
Scrapbooks,
1961-1962
(AR 465)
Newspaper clippings
relating to city government during Hanes’ term as
mayor.
Size: 2 reels microfilm
Herring, David
Papers,
1969-1971
(AR 1381)
David Herring served as
a member and president of the Birmingham City Council.
This collection contains correspondence and other
material documenting the One Great City campaign, a
failed referendum to incorporate Birmingham and
it’s suburbs into a single county-wide
municipality.
Size: 1 box
Highland, Ala.
Board of Aldermen
Ordinances and
Minutes, 1887-1893
(AR 1684)
Minutes of the Highland,
Alabama Board of Aldermen and ordinances passed by the
board for the period June 18, 1887 to February 7, 1893.
Highland was annexed into the City of Birmingham.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
Inglenook, Ala.
Town Council
Ordinances and
Minutes, 1913-1927
(AR 1686)
Minutes of the
Inglenook, Alabama Town Council and ordinances passed
by the council for the period May 26, 1913 to July 18,
1916, August 1, 1916 to February 5, 1924, and April 1,
1924 to May 17, 1927. Inglenook was annexed into the
City of Birmingham.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
Jones, James M.
“Jimmie”
Papers,
1925-1940
(AR 1007)
James M. Jones served as
President of the Birmingham City Commission and mayor
from 1925 to 1940. Born in Eufala, Alabama, he worked
for the Frisco Railroad as a flagman and brakeman until
he lost a leg in a railroad accident. Jones pursued an
accounting degree at the Eastman Business College in
Poughkeepsie, New York and returned to Birmingham to
work as a bookkeeper. He died in Birmingham in 1940.
The papers contain correspondence, reports, and a
variety of printed material documenting Jones’
tenure as president of the Birmingham City Commission.
Size: 9 boxes
Jones, James M.
“Jimmie”
Scrapbooks,
1924-1940
(AR 741)
Newspaper clippings
relating to Jones’ service as President of the
Birmingham City Commission.
Size: 3 reels microfilm
McDuff, Fred
Scrapbook,
1921-1933
(AR 543)
This scrapbook contains
newspaper clippings relating to the Birmingham Police
Department.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
McLendon, D. E.
Scrapbooks,
1921-1924
(AR 742)
McLendon served as
president of the Birmingham City Commission. These
scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, primarily
relating to city government.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
Morgan, James W.
“Jimmie”
Papers,
1953-1961
(AR 266)
James W. Morgan served
as a member of the Birmingham City Commission and as
Mayor from 1937 to 1961. This collection contains
correspondence and other material.
Size: 34 boxes
Morgan, James W.
“Jimmie”
Scrapbooks,
1953-1961
(AR 262)
Newspaper clippings
relating to Birmingham city government and
Morgan’s service as a member of the Birmingham
City Commission.
Size: 14 reels
microfilm.
Mullin, Thad
Scrapbook,
1874-1933
(AR 541)
Newspaper clippings
relating to the Birmingham Fire Department.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
North
Birmingham, Ala. Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Ordinances and
Minutes, 1902-1909
(AR 1688)
Minutes of the North
Birmingham, Alabama Board of Mayor and Aldermen and
ordinances passed by the board for the period March 18,
1902 to February 11, 1908, February 25, 1908 to
February 4, 1909, and February 23, 1909 to December 29,
1909. North Birmingham was annexed into the City of
Birmingham.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
North
Birmingham, Alabama
Delinquent Tax
Register, 1909-1911
(AR 1090)
Size: 1 volume
North Haven,
Ala. City Council
Ordinances and
Minutes, 1908-1909
(AR 1685)
This collection contains
microfilm copies of the minutes of the North Haven,
Alabama City Council and ordinances passed by the
council for the period October 5, 1908 to December 30,
1909. North Haven was annexed into the City of
Birmingham.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
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