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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 37: Indian CollectionAdd to your cart.
Box 52Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Indian Information Collection--Vol.1--Early Alabama Indain TribesAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Early Indians--Volume 1A--Indian SitesAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Indian Information Collection--Vol.1--Early Alabama Indian TribesAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Indian Information Collection--Vol.1--Early Alabama Indian TribesAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Indian Information Collection--Vol.2--Western IndiansAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Indian Information Collection--Vol.2--Louisiana IndiansAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Indian Information Collection--Vol.3--Cherokee NationAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Indian Information Collection--Vol.3--Cherokee NationAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Indian Information Collection--Vol.4--Chief DoubleheadAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Indian Information Collection--Vol.4--Chief DoubleheadAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Indian Information Collection--Vol.4--Chief DoubleheadAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: DoubleheadAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Indian Information Collection--Vol.5--Choctaw NationAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Indian Information Collection--Vol.5--Creek NationAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Indian Information Collection--Vol.6--Early Expeditions Against Mississippi IndiansAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Indian Information Collection--Vol.6--Festival of the Singing RiverAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Indian Information Collection--Vol.6--Indian TreatiesAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Indian Information Collection--Vol.7--Trail of TearsAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Indian Information Collection--Vol.7--Natchez TraceAdd to your cart.
Box 53Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Indian Information Collection--Vol.8--Chickasaw NationAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Indian Information Collection--Vol.8--Chickasaw NationAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Indian Information Collection--Vol.9--James Logan Colbert FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Indian Information Collection--Vol. 9--James Logan Colbert FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Indian Information Collection--Vol.9--James Logan Colbert During American Revolutionary War on the MIssissippi RiverAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--George Colbert FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--George Colbert FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--Lem Colbert FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--Susan Colbert Jones & Rose HillAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--Round HeadsAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Indian Information Collection--Vol.11--Colbert FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Indian Information Collection--Vol.11--Colbert FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Indian Information Collection--Vol.11--Colbert Family--Journal of Mississippi History (January 1949)Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Indian Information Collection--Vol.11--"History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez Indians" (H.B. Cushman)Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Indian Information Collection--Vol.12--Chief Tishomingo (Cecil L. Summers, 1974)Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Indian Information Collection--Vol.13--Miscellaneous Maps & PublicationsAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: 1818 Journal of Dr. Calvin Jones (An American's Encounter with Native Americans, 1818-1836)Add to your cart.
Folder 18: "Chisholms and the Cherokee Indians"Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Early Settlers in Lauderdale--DoubleheadAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: DoubleheadAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Colbert's Reserve and the Chickasaw Treaty of 1818Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Colbert's Reserve--Chickasaw TreatyAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Indian Lands 1812-1823Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Settlers and TreatiesAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: IndiansAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: National Geographic (Vol.187, No.5, May 1995)--The CherokeeAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: Extracts from James McCollum's History of Giles County, Tenn.Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Early Newspaper Accounts of Indians in Muscle ShoalsAdd 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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