Women's History Research Sources

Businesses

Three Azalea Trail Maids on the balcony of Oakleigh Mansion (30540 bytes)

 This guide provides a brief description of each collection USA Archives has related to women's history, including dates and sizes. This particular section describes the business, legal, and governmental sources held by The McCall Library. Please click on one of the highlighted links for the primary sources of organizations and individuals, and for other secondary sources. This guide was prepared by Delene Case (12/20/2004).

Three Azalea Trail Maids stand on the balcony of the Oakleigh Mansion. Photograph courtesy of
William Lavendar.

Business, Legal, and Government Records

ADDSCO, Fore & Aft (1941-1945)
Accession: 88-08-170
Size of collection: 4 cu. ft. (microfilmed)

This weekly publication for employees of the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company contains many articles about women workers there during WWII.

Blacksher, Menefee, and Stein (ca. 1960-1990)
Accession: 89-09-171
Size of collection: 187 cu. ft

This collection contains lawsuits involving women. The law firm handled several major civil rights cases during the 1980s, including Birdie Mae Davis, et. al. v. Mobile County School Board. It also represented female faculty members in Martin v. University of South Alabama, and handled numerous other employment discrimination cases involving women. The case files include petitions, depositions, exhibits, and other trial materials. The law firm disbanded in 1990.

Mobile County Circuit Court Records (ca. 1814-ca. 1917)
Accession: 85-09-125
Size of collection: 348 cu. ft.

These records include divorces, petitions, and other cases involving women. The divorce cases have been microfilmed.

This guide was prepared by Delene Case, 2005.