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

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Collection Overview

Title: William Lindsey McDonald papers, 1927-2009

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 Collection

Box 52

Folder 1: Indian Information Collection--Vol.1--Early Alabama Indain Tribes
Folder 2: Early Indians--Volume 1A--Indian Sites
Folder 3: Indian Information Collection--Vol.1--Early Alabama Indian Tribes
Folder 4: Indian Information Collection--Vol.1--Early Alabama Indian Tribes
Folder 5: Indian Information Collection--Vol.2--Western Indians
Folder 6: Indian Information Collection--Vol.2--Louisiana Indians
Folder 7: Indian Information Collection--Vol.3--Cherokee Nation
Folder 8: Indian Information Collection--Vol.3--Cherokee Nation
Folder 9: Indian Information Collection--Vol.4--Chief Doublehead
Folder 10: Indian Information Collection--Vol.4--Chief Doublehead
Folder 11: Indian Information Collection--Vol.4--Chief Doublehead
Folder 12: Doublehead
Folder 13: Indian Information Collection--Vol.5--Choctaw Nation
Folder 14: Indian Information Collection--Vol.5--Creek Nation
Folder 15: Indian Information Collection--Vol.6--Early Expeditions Against Mississippi Indians
Folder 16: Indian Information Collection--Vol.6--Festival of the Singing River
Folder 17: Indian Information Collection--Vol.6--Indian Treaties
Folder 18: Indian Information Collection--Vol.7--Trail of Tears
Folder 19: Indian Information Collection--Vol.7--Natchez Trace

Box 53

Folder 1: Indian Information Collection--Vol.8--Chickasaw Nation
Folder 2: Indian Information Collection--Vol.8--Chickasaw Nation
Folder 3: Indian Information Collection--Vol.9--James Logan Colbert Family
Folder 4: Indian Information Collection--Vol. 9--James Logan Colbert Family
Folder 5: Indian Information Collection--Vol.9--James Logan Colbert During American Revolutionary War on the MIssissippi River
Folder 6: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--George Colbert Family
Folder 7: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--George Colbert Family
Folder 8: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--Lem Colbert Family
Folder 9: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--Susan Colbert Jones & Rose Hill
Folder 10: Indian Information Collection--Vol.10--Round Heads
Folder 11: Indian Information Collection--Vol.11--Colbert Family
Folder 12: Indian Information Collection--Vol.11--Colbert Family
Folder 13: Indian Information Collection--Vol.11--Colbert Family--Journal of Mississippi History (January 1949)
Folder 14: Indian Information Collection--Vol.11--"History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez Indians" (H.B. Cushman)
Folder 15: Indian Information Collection--Vol.12--Chief Tishomingo (Cecil L. Summers, 1974)
Folder 16: Indian Information Collection--Vol.13--Miscellaneous Maps & Publications
Folder 17: 1818 Journal of Dr. Calvin Jones (An American's Encounter with Native Americans, 1818-1836)
Folder 18: "Chisholms and the Cherokee Indians"
Folder 19: Early Settlers in Lauderdale--Doublehead
Folder 20: Doublehead
Folder 21: Colbert's Reserve and the Chickasaw Treaty of 1818
Folder 22: Colbert's Reserve--Chickasaw Treaty
Folder 23: Indian Lands 1812-1823
Folder 24: Settlers and Treaties
Folder 25: Indians
Folder 26: National Geographic (Vol.187, No.5, May 1995)--The Cherokee
Folder 27: Extracts from James McCollum's History of Giles County, Tenn.
Folder 28: Early Newspaper Accounts of Indians in Muscle Shoals