WILLIAM BACON OLIVER COLLECTION CONTENTS

I. MEMORABILIA--CLOTHING, ETC., OWNED BY WILLIAM BACON OLIVER:

Some of these items are stored in the William Bacon Oliver breakfront adjacent to the John C. Payne Special Collections reading room.

--1. Gold-headed cane (broken).

--2. Loving Cup (plated silver) given to Oliver by the law class of 1910.

*--3. Round box, with W.B.O. monograph, containing smaller boxes and containers as follows:

*a. Leather pouch containing crucifix and beads, possibly rosary.

*b. Shield-shaped box labeled "Krementz," containing studs, etc.

*c. Small blue jewelry box, empty.

*d. Square blue box labeled (inside) "The Carlton Evening Set," containing studs, etc.

*e. Small white box labeled "Fincher and Ozment Jewelry Co., Tuscaloosa, Ala.," empty.

*f. Square blue box labeled (inside) "Bromberg & Co. Jewelers, Birmingham, Alabama," containing studs, political badges, fraternal badges, hatpins, etc.

*g. Oval green box containing ivory and silver brooch of Chinese motif.

*h. Rectangular green box containing a brooch of amber (sardonyx?) and silver, and a gold ladies' watch.

--4. One clothes-brush.

--5. One leather case containing a handkerchief with "Wm. B. Oliver" written on it; one patterned handkerchief; and three neckties of various patterns.

*indicates items that have been returned to Mr. Fred Perry

II. BOOKS OWNED BY WILLIAM BACON OLIVER:

Books are located in William Bacon Oliver breakfront adjacent to John C. Payne Special Collections reading room.

--Acceptance of the Statue of Huey P. Long Presented by the State of Louisiana, Proceedings in the Congress and in Statuary Hall (1941).

--Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1943. (inscribed to Congressman Oliver by Marie Bankhead Owen).

--Alabama Reports, Volume 127 (1900; signed by Henry B. Foster; very poor condition).

--Allen, George Henry, et al. The Great War. Philadelphia: G. Barrie's Sons, 1915.

--American Bar Association. Annual Report of the American Bar Association. Volume 61. Chicago: Headquarters Office, 1936.

--American Bar Association. Annual Report of the American Bar Association. Volume 62. Chicago: Headquarters Office, 1937.

--American Bar Association. Annual Report of the American Bar Association. Volume 68. Chicago: Headquarters Office, 1943.

--American Bar Association. Annual Report of the American Bar Association. Volume 71. Chicago: Headquarters Office, 1946.

--Antiaircraft Defense. Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Pub. Co., 1940.

--Ashley, Roscoe Lewis. American Government: A Text-Book for Secondary Schools. New York: Macmillan, 1907.

--Barrett, Charles Simon. Uncle Reuben in Washington. Washington, D.C.: The Farmers National Pub. Co., 1923.

--Bell, Edward Price. World Chancelleries: Sentiments, Ideas, and Arguments Expressed by Famous Occidental and Oriental Statesmen Looking to the Consolidation of the Psychological Bases of International Peace. Chicago: Chicago Daily News, 1926. (numbered copy presented to Oliver by the Chicago Daily News)

--Bolles, Albert Sidney. The Law Encyclopedia for Home and Business. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Com, Inc., 1941.

--Bryan, William Jennings. The Fruits of the Tree. New York: F.H. Revell, 1910.

--Buckman, Henry Holland, and Ship Canal Authority of the State of Florida. Documentary History of the Florida Canal, Ten Year Period January 1927 to June 1936. Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1936.

--Cobb, Stanwood. Discovering the Genius Within You. Cleveland, OH: World Pub. Co., 1932.

--Congressional Record. May 27, 1948. (contains tributes to Congressman Oliver after his death; copy laid in of "Final Speech of William B. (Buck) Oliver in the U.S. Congress . . ." [1936?])

--Connecticut State Register and Manual 1932. (inscribed to Congressman Oliver)

--Crane, Frank. Four Minute Essays. Vol. 1. New York: Wise & Co., 1919.

--Crane, Frank. Four Minute Essays. Vol. 3. New York: Wise & Co., 1919.

--Crane, Frank. Four Minute Essays. Vol. 5. New York: Wise & Co., 1919.

--Crane, Frank. Four Minute Essays. Vol. 6. New York: Wise & Co., 1919.

--Crane, Frank. Four Minute Essays. Vol. 7. New York: Wise & Co., 1919.

--Crane, Frank. Four Minute Essays. Vol. 8. New York: Wise & Co., 1919.

--Cushing, Luther Stearns, and Albert Sidney Bolles. Cushing’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice for Deliberative Assemblies and Rules of Procedure in Business Corporation Meetings. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1914.

--Daniels, Addie Worth Bagley. Recollections of a Cabinet Minister’s Wife, 1913-1921. Raleigh, NC: 1945. (inscribed to the Olivers by Josephus Daniels)

--Daniels, Josephus. The Life of Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924. London: Allen & Unwin, 1924. (inscribed to Oliver by the author)

--Daniels, Josephus. Tar Heel Editor. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina Press, 1939. (inscribed by author; John Temple Graves’s review pasted in; another review laid in)

--Daniels, Josephus. The Wilson Era: Years of Peace, 1910-1917. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina Press, 1944. (inscribed to Oliver by author)

--Daniels, Josephus. The Wilson Era: Years of War and After, 1917-1923. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina Press, 1946. (inscribed to Oliver by author)

--Fleming, Thomas. Around the Capital with Uncle Hank. New York: The Nutshell Pub. Co., 1902.

--Friends of France: The Field Service of the American Ambulance Described by Its Members. Boston: 1916.

--Gaebelein, Arno Clemens. World Prospects: How Is It All Going to End? A Study in Sacred Prophecy and Present Day World Conditions. London: Pickering & Inglis, 1934.

--God’s Minute: A Book of 365 Daily Prayers Sixty Seconds Long for Home Worship. Philadelphia, PA: Vir Pub. Co., 1923.

--Goodnow, Frank Johnson. China: An Analysis. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1926.

--Graves, John Temple. The Fighting South. New York: G. P. Putnam’s, 1943. (inscribed by author)

--Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed. Great Epochs in American History. Vol IV. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1912.

--Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed. Great Epochs in American History. Vol V. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1912.

--Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed. Great Epochs in American History. Vol VI. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1912. (two copies)

--Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed. Great Epochs in American History. Vol VII. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1912.

--Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed. Great Epochs in American History. Vol VIII. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1912.

--Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed. Great Epochs in American History. Vol IX. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1912.

--Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed. Great Epochs in American History. Vol X. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1912.

--Holme, John Gunnlaugur. The Life of Leonard Wood. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920.

--Holy Bible. Scofield ReferenceVersion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1917. (inscribed to Oliver by "Beryl," [wife, Beryl Dana McCann Oliver])

--Interstate Commerce Commission. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Reorganization: Submission of Plan of Reorganization Pursuant to Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, as Amended. Washington, DC: 1947.

--Johnson, Gerald W. Andrew Jackson: An Epic in Homespun. New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1927.

--Johnson, Louisa. Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener. New York: C.M. Saxton, 1857, 1852. (signed by Oliver's father)

--Johnston, William Drumm. Ground Water in the Paleozoic Rocks of Northern Alabama. Special Report 16, Geological Survey of Alabama, Part I. Montgomery, AL: Wilson Printing Co., 1933.

--Jones, Bobby, and Oscar Bane Keeler. Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr. New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1927.

--Lewis, Edward Rieman. America: Nation or Confusion. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928.

--Lincoln, Joseph Crosby, and Harold M. Brett. Cape Cod Yesterdays. Boston: Litle, Brown, 1935.

--Lindley, Betty Grimes, and Ernest Kidder Lindley. A New Deal for Youth: the Story of the National Youth Administration. New York: Viking Press, 1938. (inscribed by Ernest Lindley to Aubrey Williams)

--Maxwell, James Robert. Autobiography of James Robert Maxwell of Tuskaloosa, Alabama. New York: Greenberg, 1926. (inscribed by author)

--Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives of the United States, Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Nicholas Longworth, Late Representative from Ohio, Seventy-Second Congress, First Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1932. (newspaper clipping of a recent date laid in)

--Miller, J.R. Making the Most of Life. New York: T.Y. Crowell, 18910 (inscribed to a member of the Oliver family)

--Moskowitz, Henry. Alfred E. Smith: An American Career. New York: T. Seltzer, 1924.

--Nock, Albert Jay. Jefferson. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1926.

--Odell, Joseph Henry. The New Spirit of the New Army: A Message to the "Service Flag" Homes. New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1918.

--Official Congressional Directory, 59th Congress, First Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1905.

--Official Congressional Directory, 61st Congress, Second Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1909.

--Official Congressional Directory, 61st Congress, Third Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1910.

--Official Congressional Directory, 62nd Congress, First Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1911.

--Official Congressional Directory, 75th Congress, First Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1937.

--Official Congressional Directory, 78th Congress, Second Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1944.

--Official Congressional Directory, 79th Congress, Second Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1946.

--Official Congressional Directory, 80th Congress, First Session. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1947.

--O'Rell, Max, et al. Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society. New York: Wilbur B. Ketchum, 1889.

--Our Debt to France. New York: Washington Lafayette Institution, 1926.

--Owen, Thomas McAdory, ed. Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. III, 1898-1899. Tuscaloosa, AL: Printed for the Society, 1899.

--Page, Thomas Nelson. Washington and Its Romance. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. (signed by Oliver)

--Pearce, Eugene L. Statesmen and Gadflies. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Co., 1930.

--Phyfe, William Henry Pinkley. 18,000 Words Often Mispronounced. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914.

--Prentiss, Elizabeth. Stepping Heavenward. New York: Rand, 1880. (inscribed to Mrs. Oliver, 1937)

--Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-school work, 1894. (signed by Oliver’s mother, Lizzie Oliver, in 1897; title on spine: Confession of Faith)

--Proceedings of the Attorney General's Conference on Crime held December 10-13, 1934, in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC. Washington: 1935. ("W.B. Oliver" stamped in gold on the cover)

--Readjustment of Service Pay: Hearings Before a Special Committee, Congress of the United States. Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1921. ("W.B. Oliver" stamped in gold on the cover)

--Reinsch, Paul Samuel. Civil Government. Boston: B.H. Sanborn & Co., 1913.

--Richardson, James Daniel. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897. Volume I. New York: Bureau of National Literature, 1896. (inscribed to the Beall Family by "Uncle Will")

--R.O.T.C. Manual: Coast Artillery Basic. 7th ed. Washington: Military Service Pub. Co., 1935.

--Rostand, Edward. Cyrano de Bergerac. New York: Three Sirens Press, 1931.

--Smith, Wilbur Moorehead. Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons. Boston: W.A. Wilde Co., 1944. (signed by Oliver)

--Stanley, Henry M. In Darkest Africa. Vol. I. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. (signed by Oliver)

--Stockbridge, Frank Parker, and John Holliday Perry. Florida in the Making. New York: De Bower, 1926.

--Strode, Hudson. South by Thunderbird. New York: Random House, 1937. (inscribed by F. Kennedy)

--Strode, Hudson. The Story of Bermuda. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. (signed by author; paste-down and end-sheets stained)

--Tharp, Paul Madison. Looking Into Life. Chicago: Bible Institute Colportage Association, 1936. (signed by Oliver)

--Underwood, Oscar Wilder. Drifting Sands of Party Politics. New York: The Century Co., 1928. (book plate from UA Main Library)

--United States Navy Manual of Engineering Instructions. 1921.

--Verner, Samuel Phillips. Pioneering in Central Africa. Richmond: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1903.

--Walker, Anne Kendrick. Russell County in Retrospect: An Epic of the Far Southeast. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1950. (inscribed by Mrs. Oliver [Beryl Dana McCann Oliver]; contains mention of Congressman Oliver)

--Wellman, Francis L. Day in Court: Or the Subtle Arts of Great Advocates. New York: Macmillan, 1910.

--Whiteside, Clara Walker, and Ada Clendenin Williamson. Touring New England on the Trail of the Yankee. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Pub. Co., 1926.

--Whitlatch, Marshall. Golf for Beginners--and Others. New York: Outing Pub. Co., 1910. (signature of Ormond Somerville onn flyleaf)

--Wigmore, John Henry. A Panorama of the World's Legal System. St. Paul: West Pub. Co., 1928. (inscribed by Wylie C. Banks to Lt. Lee McCann)

--Williams, Daniel R. The United States and the Philippines. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925.

--Wood, Clement. The Outline of Man's Knowledge: The Story of History, Science, Literature, Art, Religion, Philosophy. New York: Lewis Copeland Co., 1930.

--Woodcock, Amos Walker Wright. Elizabeth W. Woodcock of Chatillon: The Story of a Good Life. Salisbury, MD: 1947. (inscribed to the Olivers by the author)

III. PAPERS.

These items are stored in the Payne vertical files.

--1. The Buck Oliver Testimonial Banquet (1936). A scrapbook of speeches, letters, telegrams, and other information on the career of Congressman Oliver, compiled after a dinner honoring his retirement from Congress.

--2. Congressional envelope with Congressman Oliver's frank, containing a number of sheets which appear to contain writing in braille.

--3. Copy of Mrs. Oliver's That You May Know Him Better pamphlet with many papers, clippings, letters, etc., laid in. Some of these pertain to Congressman Oliver's career; most appear to pertain to Mrs. Oliver's political and personal concerns.

--4. Taylor, Leila May, compiler. The Alabaster Box (Containing Truth and Treasure and The Poetry of Life) (1925); handmade book; typescript; in small three-ring binder (spine of binder torn; illustrations hand-pasted; includes index)

IV. PHOTOGRAPHS.

These items are stored in the Payne vertical files.

*--1. Framed photograph of Oliver in cadet uniform.

--2. Framed photograph of Oliver as a young man; photograph marked "C. W. Motes, 34 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia."

*--3. Photograph of Oliver mounted on wooden plaque. Poor condition.

--4. Large photograph in cardboard frame; Oliver standing with arms folded. Signed by photographer; three copies.

--5. Large photograph in cardboard frame of Oliver surrounded by young women at what appears to be the christening of a ship.

*--6. Large framed photograph of Congressman Oliver and others on steps of what is probably a building in Washington, D.C. Various officials of the Wilson administration, including Josephus Daniels and Franklin D. Roosevelt are in the group. The people in the photograph are identified in a legend below the image.

*These items are stored in the Oliver breakfront adjacent to the Payne reading room.

V. OTHER OBJECTS.

These items are stored in the Special Collections Payne stacks.

--1. One black top hat in a "Supernatural" brand hatbox; hatbox in poor condition.

--2. Plaque reading "First in Citizenship/ Tuscaloosa/ Citizenship Award. 1937/ Presented to William B. "Buck" Oliver/ By the Civitan Club."