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Environmental History Sources at The McCall Library


An aerial of the International Paper plant, 1952. History Museum of Mobile Collection.

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BLAKELEY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT  (727-2019)
This collection contains 14 video interviews conducted by Honors College students and faculty with selected community members and experts exploring aspects of personal history and the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. The interviews are part of a funded research project of the Honors College of the University of South Alabama sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation and the David Mathews Center for Civic Life. 280 GB Digital video, audio, text and still photographs.

CALLAHAN, SONNY (02-09-397)
Records from the Washington, D.C., and Mobile offices of Congressman Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2003. Includes documents on a myriad of subjects. Material includes correspondence, photographs, files related to federal departments, material from the Foreign Operations and Energy and Water subcommittees, newspaper clippings, tapes, etc. 473 linear feet.

CORPS OF ENGINEERS (10-09-519)
Two folders of information related to or stemming from the Mobile branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. One folder has photocopied handwritten notes on the history of the Mobile branch. The other has maps and other information on the early locks and dams on the Black Warrior and Tallapoosa rivers. The latter folder also contains two black and white photographs, one of lock and dam number 3 and one of lock and dam number 9.

DOG RIVER ORAL HISTORY (02-09-436)
A series of 4 oral interviews conducted in 2001 with people living along Dog River. The main thrust of the interviews was to capture memories of changing conditions along the river. Transcripts are available. .25 linear feet.

DOWNING, MAURICE A. “CASEY” (86-09-137)
These papers contain correspondence, printed matter, notes, and newspaper clippings relating to Downing's legislative career in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1962 to 1974. During those years he introduced legislation in support of the Mobile Greyhound Park, the East and West Fowl River connection, and the University of South Alabama Health Service Foundation. Includes materials through 1984. Other portions of the collection focus on mental health, conservation, and wildlife, as well as the Alabama State Docks, Mobile General Hospital, Brookley Air Force Base, and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. 7 linear feet.

EPA/VULCANUS
This collection contains documents relevant to the Environmental Protection Agency's public hearing in 1983-1984 which was held to gather information relating to proposed PCB incineration aboard the vessel Vulcanus. 3 linear feet.

KING, CLINTON (91-09-228)
Includes copies of many nineteenth- and twentieth-century maps of Alabama and the Gulf Coast area from the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the Mobile City Engineer's Office; U.S. Geodetic Survey maps for many counties in Alabama; and county maps from the Alabama State Highway Department. An inventory is available. The collection also contains microform copies of the American State Papers, Mobile County census records for 1900, Alabama census records for 1910, and the following Mobile County Probate Court materials: Orphan's Court Minutes (1813-1850), Marriage Indexes (1813-1867), Real Property Indexes (1813-1907), Miscellaneous Books-Old Series (1819-1958), Translated Records (1715-1841), and Will Books (1813-1850). Typed transcriptions of the Probate Court Will Books prepared by Mr. King are available. There are also copies of New Orleans passenger lists (1717-1724) and baptismal and death registers (1720-1730); records of the Opalousas Post (1789-1803); and an index to baptisms at St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans. 71.25 linear feet.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS  Contains subject files dealing with environmental activities along the Gulf Coast. There are also a number of files on Mobil Oil and the Save Our Dunes Project.  Also contains newspaper clippings and miscellaneous printed materials. 18.25 linear feet.

MIMS, LAMBERT C. (08-09-459)
This extensive collection consists of a multitude of subjects connected with the long-time political career of this former mayor/city commissioner. Consisting of a vast array of genres, from judicial and legal records to proclamations and press releases to campaign material and photographs, the information in this collection covers local topics typically found within such collections, but it also contains material related to Mims' personal religious views and to the American Public Works Association. Mims was rotating mayor and public works commissioner of Mobile from 1965 to 1985. (See also Photograph Collections under ALCOA, Gary Gaston, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and University Collections under Larry Holmes, Melton McLaurin, and Rearguard.) 136.5 linear feet.

MOBILE BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY Includes newsletters, minutes, agendas, resolutions, correspondence, and notes of the organization (1970-c. 2000). It also contains numerous articles, reports, and studies from various sources dealing with a wide range of environmental and developmental issues pertaining to Mobile, southern Alabama, and the Gulf Coast in general (e.g., the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, the Cochrane Bridge replacement, the management of chemical waste, and disposal of dredging materials). 56 linear feet.