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Authors: Douglas A. Blackmon
Smith, Robert Crew. “The Coming of the Railroad.” Privately published compilation of family
historical material, n.d., Goodwater, Ala., Goodwater Public Library, Genealogy Section.
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——-. “The Shelby Iron Company in the Civil War: A Study of a Confederate Industry.” Alabama
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DISSERTATIONS AND THESES
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M.A. thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1964.
Day, James Sanders. “Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field.” Ph.D. diss.,
Auburn University, 2002.
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil , 1966.
Nolen, David L. “Wilson's Raid on the Coal and Iron Industry in Shelby County.” Thesis, University of
Alabama, Birmingham, Spring 1988.
CORPORATE RECORDS AND REPORTS
Agreement Entered into by J. Craig Smith, President of the Board of Convict Inspectors of the State of
Alabama and Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, Nov. 26, 1907. Author's col ection.
Annual Report, Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, Reports to Board of Directors, Dec. 19, 1892.
Let erbooks of Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad, 1893–1895, A. S. Wil iams Col ection, Eufaula
Athenaeum, Eufaula, Ala.
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Author's col ection.
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Structural Steel. Pit sburgh, Penn., and Chicago, Il .: Carnegie-Il inois Steel Corporation, 1936.
Birmingham, Ala.: Tennesse Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, 1936. San Francisco, Calif.: Columbia
Steel Company, 1936.
Rules and Regulations, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Ensley Works, May 1921. Author's
col ection.
Sixth Annual Report of the United States Steel Corporation, for the Fiscal Year ended Dec. 31, 1907.
Steel Making at Birmingham, Ala. Fairfield, Ala.: Published by Tennessee Coal & Iron Division of United
States Steel Corp., 1954. An of icial company history.
Story of Tennessee Coal, Iron Railroad Company. As told in Blast Furnace and Steel Plant, Aug. 1939.
Author's col ection.
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Wiebel, A. V. Biography of a Business. Tennessee Coal & Iron Division. United States Steel Corporation,
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the Penitentiary, Department of Corrections. ADAH.
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Montgomery: Barret & Brown, 1878. ADAH.
Annual Report of the Inspectors of the Alabama Penitentiary, October 1, 1873, to September 30, 1874.
Montgomery: W. W. Screws, 1874. Author's col ection.
Bibb County Commission Minutes, BCCH.
Biennial Report of the Adjutant-General of Alabama, to Thos. G. Jones, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief. Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1894.
Biennial Report of the Board of Inspectors of Convicts, 1880–1882. Montgomery: Barret & Brown,
1882. ADAH.
“Circular No. 3591, Re: Involuntary Servitude, Slavery, and Peonage.” Francis Biddle to Al United
States At orneys, Dec. 12, 1941, File 50-821, Record Group 60, Department of Justice, National
Archives.
Commissioner of Labor. Twentieth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor 1905: Convict
Labor.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Of ice, 1906.
“Contract on Confession of Judgment Record, 1903–1913.” SCHS.
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Convict Record, undated, Barbour County. Sherif R. B. Teal, Barbour County Courthouse, Clayton, Ala.
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microfiche. ADAH.
Dawson, R. H. Diary of Reginald Heber Dawson, 1883–1906. ADAH.
Deed of Purchase by the Confederate States of America of Bibb County Iron Co., Sept. 7, 1863, BCC.
Docket of A. M. El iot , Justice of the Peace, 1878–1880, SCHS.
Feeding Accounts, 1908, Shelby County. SCHS.
Fifth Biennial Report of the Board of Inspectors of Convicts, September 1, 1902, to August 31, 1904.
Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1904. ADAH.
First Biennial Report of the Board of Inspectors of Convicts, September 1, 1894, to August 31, 1896.
Montgomery: Roemer Printing, 1896. ADAH.
First Biennial Report of the Inspectors of Convicts, October 1, 1884, to October 1, 1886. Montgomery:
Barret & Co., 1886. ADAH.
Fourth Biennial Report of the Board of Inspectors of Convicts, September 1, 1900, to August 31, 1902.
Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1902. ADAH.
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State of Alabama as Related to Its War Activities. Montgomery: Russel Sage Foundation, 1918.
Henry County Convict Record, Henry County Courthouse, Abbevil e, Ala.
History of the Penitentiary. Special Message of Gov. Cobb, 1882. ADAH.
Jail Record, May 1888 to December 1890, Shelby County. SCHS.
Jail Register, 1907, Shelby County. SCHS.
“Jef erson County Circuit Court Convict Docket, 1902–1903.” Birmingham Public Library Archives.
Je erson County Coroner's Record, Preliminary Investigation Reports, Record of B. L. Brasher, Coroner,
Of ice of Coroner/Medical Examiner, Jef erson County.
Kilby, Thomas E. “Message Relative to Convict Lease System.” Jan. 10, 1923.
Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1923. Author's col ection.
——-. “Message Relative to Feeding of Prisoners.” January 15, 1923.
Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1923. Author's col ection.
Kolb, R. F. Annual Report of Department of Agriculture and Industries for the Fiscal Year 1912–1913.
Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1913.
Land Atlas and Plat Book, Bibb County, Alabama. Rockford, Il .: Rockford Map Publishers, 1989.
Lee, A. Frank. “Historical Review of the Alabama Prison System.” Department of Corrections.
Montgomery, 1960. ADAH.
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Alabama Legislature, Jan. 15, 1923 (Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1923). Author's col ection.
Milner, John T. “Report to the Governor of Alabama on the Alabama Central Railroad.” Montgomery:
Advertiser Book and Job Steam Press Print, 1859. ADAH.
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September 30th, 1916. Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1917. ADAH.
O cial Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Alabama, May 21–Sept. 3, 1901.
Wetumpka, Ala.: 1940.
Proceedings: Joint Commit ee of the Senate and House to Investigate the Convict Lease System of
Georgia. Vols. 1 and 2, 727 pp. GDAH.
Quadrennial Report of the Board of Control and Economy: Convict Department, 1919–1922.
Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1922. ADAH.
Quadrennial Report of the Board of Inspectors of Convicts, September 1, 1906, to August 31, 1910.
Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1910. ADAH.
Quadrennial Report of the Board of Inspectors of Convicts, September 1, 1910, to August 31, 1914.
Montgomery, 1914. ADAH.
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Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1918. ADAH.
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1916. Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1917.
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1920. Montgomery: Brown Printing, 1920. ADAH.
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1926. Birmingham: Birmingham Printing, 1926. ADAH.
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1928. Birmingham: Birmingham Printing, 1928. Author's col ection.
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1930. Montgomery: Wilson Printing Co., 1930. Author's col ection.
Schedule of Convicts Obtained by Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. from Shelby County, 2nd Quarter
1904. SCHS.
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Montgomery: Roemer Printing, 1898. ADAH.
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D. Brown, 1888. ADAH.
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of Prisoners, April 18, 1879, to October 1, 1888.SCHS.
Shelby County Record of Prisoners, Aug. 17, 1884, to May 16, 1886.SCHS.
Shelby County Record of Prisoners, Oct. 19, 1890, to Aug. 20, 1906.SCHS.
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Sherif 's Feeding Account, 1899–1907, Shelby County. SCHS.
Sherif 's Feeding Accounts, 1907, Shelby County. SCHS.
Sherif 's Prisoners Register, 1908, Shelby County. SCHS.
Sixth Biennial Report of the Board of Inspectors of Convicts, September 1, 1904, to August 31, 1906.
Montgomery, 1906. ADAH.
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Condition and Treatment of Convicts of the State, Testimony of Jno. D. Goode. Montgomery, Ala.,
1881. ADAH.
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Brown Printing, 1890. ADAH.
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Armies.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Of ice, 1880–1901.
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