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William Lindsey McDonald papers

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Detailed Description

Biographical

Organizations

Correpondence

Speeches

Writings

Sermons

Research Articles

Historic Sites

Historic Sites--Lauderdale County

Lauderdale County History

East Lauderdale

West Lauderdale

Cloverdale

Green Hill

Pickwick

St. Florian

Waterloo

Florence History

Florence Lauderdale Public Library

East Florence

Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital

Colbert County/Muscle Shoals

Gilbert Plantation Records

Wilson Dam/TVA

[information restricted]

University of North Alabama

Factories and Mills

Churches

Lauderdale County Families

Families

Prominent Persons

John Coffee

Patton and Weeden Families

Black Residents in the Shoals

Veterans

Indian Collection

Civil War Materials

Journals

Alabama

Maps

Jackson Family

Tennessee

Image Collection Index



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William Lindsey McDonald papers, 1927-2009 | UNA Archives and Special Collections

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Collection Overview

Title: William Lindsey McDonald papers, 1927-2009Add to your cart.

Primary Creator: William Lindsey McDonald papers, 1927-2009

Extent: 60.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: The Collection arranged into series.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The William Lindsey McDonald Collection (1927-2009; eighty-one boxes) is part of the research collection of William Lindsey McDonald, alumnus of the University of North Alabama, Florence City (AL) historian, and author. Research includes notes, correspondence, ephemera, scrapbooks, duplicated manuscripts, organizational minutes, artifacts, and numerous photographs. Most of the materials relate to the history of the Shoals area. Research articles related to Alabama and surrounding states also are part of this collection. Some materials are personal in nature, particularly those related to family history.

Biographical Note

William Lindsey (Bill) McDonald (June 7, 1927- June 20, 2009) was a native of Florence, Alabama. A lover of history since he was a young boy, bill McDonald was known for his in-depth knowledge of the area's history. A tireless researcher, he served as the Florence City Historian beginning in 1989 and authored or co-authored fifteen books and innumerable articles in magazines, newspapers and periodicals. After serving in World War II, Dr. McDonald received a degree in business administration from Florence State Teachers College (now UNA) in 1952. He was a member of the first graduation class of the new ROTC program and after graduation from college he left to serve as a Second Lieutenant in the Korean War. after reitirng as Army Reserve Colonel with thirty-eight years of sevice, Dr. McDonald had assignments on the staffs of the Provost Marshal General and the Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel at the Pentagon. In addition to his Florence State degree, Dr. McDonald graduated from the Army's Command and General Staff College (1974), the Industrical College of the Armed Forces (1975); and pursued seminary studies in the United Methodist Church.

Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical],
[Series 2: Organizations],
[Series 3: Correpondence],
[Series 4: Speeches],
[Series 5: Writings],
[Series 6: Sermons],
[Series 7: Research Articles],
[Series 8: Historic Sites],
[Series 9: Historic Sites--Lauderdale County],
[Series 10: Lauderdale County History],
[Series 11: East Lauderdale],
[Series 12: West Lauderdale],
[Series 13: Cloverdale],
[Series 14: Green Hill],
[Series 15: Pickwick],
[Series 16: St. Florian],
[Series 17: Waterloo],
[Series 18: Florence History],
[Series 19: Florence Lauderdale Public Library],
[Series 20: East Florence],
[Series 21: Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital],
[Series 22: Colbert County/Muscle Shoals],
[Series 23: Gilbert Plantation Records],
[Series 24: Wilson Dam/TVA],
[[information restricted]],
[Series 26: University of North Alabama],
[Series 27: Factories and Mills],
[Series 28: Churches],
[Series 29: Lauderdale County Families],
[Series 30: Families],
[Series 31: Prominent Persons],
[Series 32: John Coffee],
[Series 34: Patton and Weeden Families],
[Series 35: Black Residents in the Shoals],
[Series 36: Veterans],
[Series 37: Indian Collection],
[Series 38: Civil War Materials],
[Series 42: Journals],
[Series 39: Alabama],
[Series 41: Maps],
[Series 33: Jackson Family],
[Series 40: Tennessee],
[Series 43: Image Collection Index],
[All]

Series 34: Patton and Weeden FamiliesAdd to your cart.
Box 49Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Patton Papers--Vol.1 (Notebook)Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Patton Papers--Vol.1 (Notebook)Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Patton Papers--Vol.2 (Notebook)Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Patton Papers--Vol.2 (Notebook)Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Patton and Weeden Papers--Checkbook (1887-1888) of Governor R.M. PattonAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Patton and Weeden Papers--Genealogy of the Weakley and Brahan Family (Letter)Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Patton and Weeden Papers--Weeden, John David Biography (1840-1908)Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Patton and Weeden Papers--Weeden, John Downing Biography (1881-1960)Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Patton and Weeden Papers--Book Inscriptions to Mattie (Mrs. John D.) WeedenAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Patton and Weeden Papers--Personal Correspondence (1880,1905,1916)--John WeedenAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Patton and Weeden Papers--Thanksgiving Menu (1940), Hotel Winslow, New York CityAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Patton and Weeden Papers--Christmas Cards from Governor George Wallace (1965;1972-1974;1 undated)Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Patton and Weeden Papers--Muscle Shoals Area Promotional FliersAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Patton and Weeden Papers--The Muscle Shoals Project (1921)Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Patton and Weeden Papers--Minerals and Their Products of the Muscle Shoals District (2)Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Patton and Weeden Papers--Muscle Shoals Monthly (December 1926;May 1927)Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Patton and Weeden Papers--Muscle Shoals Record (No.s 12 & 13;1927)Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Patton and Weeden Papers--John D. Weeden, Jr. Scrapbook on TVA (CD)Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Patton and Weeden Papers--Letters of Support for Weeden Heights Development (1922-1927) (18)Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Patton and Weeden Papers--Mortgage Transfer to J.D. Weeden (June 30, 1926)Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Patton and Weeden Papers--Maps of Weeden Heights DevelopmentAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: Patton and Weeden Papers--Wilson Cover Section of Weeden HeightsAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Patton and Weeden Papers--Weeden Heights Promising Real Estate Investment (Florence Herald, March 4, 1927)Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Patton and Weeden Papers--Biltmore Section of Weeden HeightsAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Patton and Weeden Papers--Accounts Payable Booklet for Biltmore Section, Part Two, Weeden Heights (Blank;2)Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Patton and Weeden Papers--Land Value Refunding Company InformationAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: Patton and Weeden Papers--Guaranteed Value Placed on Part Three, Biltmore Section (Reprint from Florence Herald, January 20, 1928)Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Patton and Weeden Papers--Local Industrial PayrollsIncreasing (Reprint from Florence Herald, March 20, 1931)Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Patton and Weeden Papers--Business Correspondence (Requests for Payment) (Names Redacted; Originals Restricted)Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Patton and Weeden Papers--Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, Reports, Business CardsAdd to your cart.
Folder 31: Patton and Weeden Papers--Florence Times ClipboardAdd to your cart.
Folder 32: Patton and Weeden Papers--Personal Correspondence--John Weeden, Jr.Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Patton and Weeden Papers--Ancestry of Mr. William WeedenAdd to your cart.
Folder 34: Patton and Weeden Papers--Sketches of Children's HandsAdd to your cart.
Folder 35: Patton and Weeden Papers--Essays and PoemsAdd to your cart.
Folder 36: Patton and Weeden Papers--Reminiscence of the Civil WarAdd to your cart.
Folder 37: Patton and Weeden Papers--Funeral Remarks by Rev. J.M. BrysonAdd to your cart.
Folder 38: Patton and Weeden Papers--Funeral Announcement for Mrs. R.M. Patton (1902)Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Correspondence--Congressman Houston (George S.) to Governor R.M. Patton (19 February 1860)Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Patton and Weeden Papers--Personal CorrespondenceAdd to your cart.
Folder 41: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Petition of School Trustees, Lauderdale County for Bond Money (Prior to 1855)Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Patton and Weeden Papers--A Bill to Incorporate the North Alabama Manufacturing Company (1869)Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Home Protection Insurance Co.Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Receipts and Accounts (1848-1893)Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Correspondence (1869)Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Correspondence (1851-1860)Add to your cart.
Folder 47: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Correpondence (1881-1884)Add to your cart.
Folder 48: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Railroad Development Correspondence (1869-1884)Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Correspondence--Re: Marks, Mary A.Add to your cart.
Folder 50: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Correspondence--Re: Bragg, Henry A.Add to your cart.
Folder 51: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Land Plot DrawingsAdd to your cart.
Folder 52: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Land Deeds (1832-1869)Add to your cart.
Folder 53: Patton and Weeden Papers--Business Papers--Land Deed (Rowell, Martha; 1848)Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Patton and Weeden Papers--Patton Business Papers--Land Deeds (1878-1888)Add to your cart.
Folder 55: Patton and Weeden Papers--Business Papers--Map of Weeden Place and Abstract of TitleAdd to your cart.
Folder 56: Patton and Weeden Papers--Business Papers--Estate Settlement Agreement--J. Brahan Patton (Draft)Add to your cart.
Folder 57: Patton and Weeden Papers--Business Papers--Land Sale Contract 1959 (Draft)Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Patton and Weeden Papers--Business Papers--Weeden Heights Miscellaneous PapersAdd to your cart.
Folder 59: Patton and Weeden Papers--Business Papers--Personal Papers of Mrs. John D. Weeden (Includes Sweetwater Descriptions)Add to your cart.
Folder 60: Brahans/PattonsAdd to your cart.
Folder 61: Brahans/Pattons--Patton and Allied FamiliesAdd to your cart.

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical],
[Series 2: Organizations],
[Series 3: Correpondence],
[Series 4: Speeches],
[Series 5: Writings],
[Series 6: Sermons],
[Series 7: Research Articles],
[Series 8: Historic Sites],
[Series 9: Historic Sites--Lauderdale County],
[Series 10: Lauderdale County History],
[Series 11: East Lauderdale],
[Series 12: West Lauderdale],
[Series 13: Cloverdale],
[Series 14: Green Hill],
[Series 15: Pickwick],
[Series 16: St. Florian],
[Series 17: Waterloo],
[Series 18: Florence History],
[Series 19: Florence Lauderdale Public Library],
[Series 20: East Florence],
[Series 21: Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital],
[Series 22: Colbert County/Muscle Shoals],
[Series 23: Gilbert Plantation Records],
[Series 24: Wilson Dam/TVA],
[[information restricted]],
[Series 26: University of North Alabama],
[Series 27: Factories and Mills],
[Series 28: Churches],
[Series 29: Lauderdale County Families],
[Series 30: Families],
[Series 31: Prominent Persons],
[Series 32: John Coffee],
[Series 34: Patton and Weeden Families],
[Series 35: Black Residents in the Shoals],
[Series 36: Veterans],
[Series 37: Indian Collection],
[Series 38: Civil War Materials],
[Series 42: Journals],
[Series 39: Alabama],
[Series 41: Maps],
[Series 33: Jackson Family],
[Series 40: Tennessee],
[Series 43: Image Collection Index],
[All]


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