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By Dixie Norwood
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection includes articles, newspaper clippings, family history, and local history materials for Mrs. Nina Leftwich and her collection of writings, Two Hundred Years at Muscle Shoals (history of the area).
There are articles about Lawrence County, Lauderdale County (Florence), Colbert County (Leighton, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield), Franklin County, Limestone County history, Civil War history, Alabama history, Native American history, Multiple Church histories just to name a few. The collection includes materials from the early 19th century.
Biographical Note
Born November 16, 1881 in Sheffield, Alabama; Nina Leftwich was a teacher. She studied at the University of Alabama, George Peabody College and got her M.A. in 1929. She operated the Leftwich Antique and Gift Shop in Sheffield; taught at Coffee High School, Florence; was a part of the Florence State Teacher's College. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Tennessee Valley Historical Society. She died March 1, 1968.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Antiques (1925;1943)
- Folder 2: Antiques Newspaper Clippings (1936-1939)
- Folder 3: History of Alabama (1862;1912;1932;1934)
- Folder 4: History of Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1931;1933-1935;1937;1940;1965-1966)
- Folder 5: Bainbridge (No Date)
- Folder 6: The Baptist Church in Alabama (No Date)
- Folder 7: The Baptist Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964)
- Folder 8: The Bresler Family {Tuscumbia} (1821;1844;1860-1861;1864;1866-1868;1870-1871;1873;1880;1888;1914;1916)
- Folder 9: Business Papers/Miscellaneous (1848;1872;1874-18785;1877-1878;1885-1886;1889-1890)
- Folder 10: Cherokee Indians (No Date)
- Folder 11: Cherokee Indians Nespaper Clippings (1933;1964-1965)
- Folder 12: Churches of Alabama and Religion (1930)
- Folder 13: Churches of Alabama and Religion Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966)
- Folder 14: Men of the Civil War (1929)
- Folder 15: The Men of the Civil War Newspaper Clippings (1901;1936;1938;1964-1966)
- Folder 16: The Civil War in Alabama (1862-1864;1905)
- Folder 17: The Civil War in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1852;1936;1964;1968-1969)
- Folder 18: Medicine and the Civil War (1861;1931;1934)
- Folder 19: The Coffee Family (1815;1820;1827)
- Folder 20: The Coffee Family Newspaper Clippings (1923)
- Folder 21: History of Colbert County (1917;1965)
- Folder 22: History of Colbert County Newspaper Clippings (1962-1964;1966-1967)
- Folder 23: The Colberts {George and Levi} and the Chickasaws (1923;1928;1962)
- Folder 24: The Colberts and the Chickasaws Newspaper Clippings (1932;1964-1965;1967;1969)
- Folder 25: Correspondence {Original Materials} (1833;1848;1853-1854;1864;1874-1875;1880;1890)
- Folder 26: Scottish Death Notices (1859;1861;1865-1866;1874-1875)
- Folder 27: Deeds, Receipts, and Original Materials (1827;1833;1835;1843;1846-1851;1855;1858;1860;1867;1874-1875;1877-1879;1884-1885;1916)
- Folder 28: Eastport Female Institute (1849-1851;1932)
- Folder 29: Economics in Alabama (1930-1931;1938)
- Folder 30: The Episcopal Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1966-1967;1969)
- Folder 31: History of Florence/Cypress Land Company (1818;1861-1862;1924)
- Folder 32: History of Florence Newspaper clippings (1806;1832;1964-1965;1967;1969)
- Folder 33: Forks of Cypress (No Date)
- Folder 34: Forks of Cypress Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966)
- Folder 35: History of Franklin County (1818-1820;1824;1928;1932;1967)
- Folder 36: History of Franklin County Newspaper Clippings (1929;1931;1964;1969)
- Folder 37: "Alabama Highways" Monthly Publications (1927;1931-1935)
- Folder 38: Historic Houses of Early America (No Date)
- Folder 39: General Indian Material (1814;1899)
- Folder 40: General Indian Material Newspaper Clippings (1967)
- Folder 41: Indians in Alabama (1928;1932;1954)
- Folder 42: Indians of Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1922;1930;1932;1964-1967)
- Folder 43: Andrew Jackson (No Date)
- Folder 44: Andrew Jackson Newspaper Clippings (No Date)
- Folder 45: James Gang (1972)
- Folder 46: Kentucky (November 20,1822)
- Folder 47: LaGrange College-Florence State University (1837;1850;1852;1963)
- Folder 48: LaGrange College-Florence State University Newspaper Clippings (1942;1952;1958;1964)
- Folder 49: History of Lawrence County (No Date)
- Folder 50: History of Lawrence County Newspaper Clippings (1964)
- Folder 51: Leftwich Family (1974-1975)
- Folder 52: History of Leighton (No Date)
- Folder 53: History of Leighton Newspaper Clippings (1964;1966)
- Folder 54: Leftwich Letters (1828;1867-1868;1871;1874-1875;1901)
- Folder 55: History of Limestone County Newspaper Clippings (1867;1964-1965)
- Folder 56: Literature and Literary Figures (1933;1936-1937;1964;1967)
- Folder 57: Maps of Alabama (1939)
- Folder 58: Marriage Papers (July 1844)
- Folder 59: History of Marshall County Newspaper Clippings (1964-1965)
- Folder 60: Older Copies of The Mentor (1928-1929)
- Folder 61: The Methodist Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964-1967)
- Folder 62: Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous Original Material (1855;1857;1890-1891;1959)
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Mississippi (1926;1932)
- Folder 2: Natchez Trace (1965)
- Folder 3: Natchez Trace Newspaper Clippings (1934;1937-1938;1965-1966)
- Folder 4: Hand-copied Newspaper Stories (1836-1837)
- Folder 5: Newspapers of the mid-1800s (1839;1850;1859;1861-1863;1865;1922)
- Folder 6: Miscellaneous Old Newspapers (1878;1890;1931-1932;1934;1963)
- Folder 7: Leftwich Papers-Miscellaneous (1894-1895)
- Folder 8: Notes for Leftwich Book Newspaper Clippings (1933)
- Folder 9: History of Muscle Shoals/Newspaper Clippings (1922;1933;1965)
- Folder 10: Old Books (No Date)
- Folder 11: Old China (1928-1929;1936-1937)
- Folder 12: Old Georgia Homes (No Date)
- Folder 13: Old Homes of Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1934-1937;1955;1964-1967)
- Folder 14: Old Homes of the Shoals Area (1955;1965)
- Folder 15: Old Homes of the Shoals Area Newspaper Clippings (1941;1964;1966-1968)
- Folder 16: History of Tuscumbia (1847;1865;1874;1901;1927;1932;1938)
- Folder 17: History of Tuscumbia Newspaper Clippings (1922;1964-1965;1967;1969)
- Folder 18: State of Virginia (1917)
- Folder 19: History of Sheffield (1826;1854;1886-1887)
- Folder 20: History of Sheffield Newspaper Clippings (1922;1965-1968)
- Folder 21: History of Moragn County Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966)
- Folder 22: History of the Railroad in Alabama (1828;1834;1852;1862-1864;1889;1930;1932-1933;1960)
- Folder 23: History of the Railroad in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1929;1965)
- Folder 24: To be copied-Franklin Enquirer (1824-1825)
- Folder 25: Old Glass (1889;1933;1936;1938)
- Folder 26: Old Glass Newspaper Clippings (1937-1939)
- Folder 27: Alabama Political Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966;1968)
- Folder 28: The Presbyterian Church in Alabama (1935)
- Folder 29: The Presbyterian Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1968)
- Folder 30: History of Red Rock (1925)
- Folder 31: History of South Port (1922)
- Folder 32: Creation on the Tennessee Valley Authority (1933-1963)
- Folder 33: Creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority Newspaper Clippings (1930;1933;1936;1957;1965;1967)
- Folder 34: Tennessee Valley in Alabama (No Date)
- Folder 35: Tennessee Valley in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964)
- Folder 36: Hand-copied Will of Mary Washington {George Washington's mother} (May 20,1788)
- Folder 37: War of 1812 (May 2, 1821)
- Folder 38: White Horse Company Capture (1865;1929)
- Folder 39: General Joseph Wheeler (September 10,1933)
- Folder 40: Women in Alabama (No Date)
- Folder 41: Women in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1937;1966)
- Folder 42: World War II Newspaper Clipping (May 20, 1940)
- Folder 43: U.S.S. Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964)
- Box 3
- Folder 1: The Daily Corinthian/Two Hundred Years at Muscle Shoals (June 8,1932/No Date)
- Folder 2: History of Muscle Shoals Baptist Association {Joseph Shackleford, 1891} {Xerox copy} (No Date)
- Folder 3: Material For Book One: History of the Area (No Date)
- Folder 4: Materials for Book Two (No Date)
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