Box 1 [X030899217]

Scope and Contents Dr. Burnette's research and manuscripts consist of articles, newspapers, notes, drafts, or page proofs and five CD's for "Costal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County, Alabama", "Perdido Bay Rediscovered", "Lights on a Distant Shore", "The Adventures of Shadow the Sea Dog", "American Constitution", "Baldwin County: A Bicentennial History", and "Making American Foreign Policy in the Political Pressure Cooker". There is also correspondence with publishers about manuscripts and reviews. Included...

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Chapter 2 Spanish Exploration and Settlements Attempts (1519-1670) and newspaper clipping about a buried town on Santa Rosa Island (2003)

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Chapter 3 Under the Flags of France and Britain (1670-1783) drafts and notes

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Baldwin County Historical Society paper on Judge Harry Toulmin 1766-1823 prepared by Harry T. Toulmin (1976) and "The Point Clear Jackleg History Insert" by David A. Bagwell.

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Chapter 5 Antebellum Baldwin (1819-1861) including notes and papers by David A. Bagwel on "Highlights of the History of the Point Clear Area" and "Justice John Archibald Campbell United States Supreme Court 1853-1861". There are index cards of research and information on Blakely State Park and Mobile Alabama.

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Chapter 6 A County in the Middle of a Civil War and Chapter 7 Reconstruction of a Southern County (1865-1876) and index card notes. There is also information on the murder of a Union man named Joseph Bruton.

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Research on Civil War battles in Alabama including "Movement to Danley's on Fish River" by W. Frank Laraway and articles about Fort Monroe and Point Clear . There are newsletters from the Baldwin County Historical Society

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Chapter 8 Bourbon Democracy and the Timber Boom (1876-1890) and research on index cards.

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Chapter 9 A Flood of Immigrants and World War I (1890-1920)and a paper on the origins of Siverhill Colony and research index cards.

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Chapter 10 Baldwin Between the World Wars (1920-1941) and research index cards.

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Chapter 11 Impact of World War II (1940-1945) and research notes.

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Chapter 12 Tourism, the Land Boom, and Politics (1950-1990), researh notes, Gulf Coast Historical Review, and travel brochures for Alabama.

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Chapter 1 The Land and It's First Peoples (Prehistory-ca. 1500) research notes, title page, outline, and table of contents. There is a lot of research including the Alabama Historical Quarterly,and information on Miller Reese Huchison and other Alabama families.