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1 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit November 15, 2013 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama August Tuscaloosa, Alabama, archives@ua.edu

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical/Historical note... 3 Scope and Contents note... 4 Administrative Information... 4 Related Materials... 5 Controlled Access Headings... 5 General note... 5 Collection Inventory... 6 Early History of Dauphin Island, compiled by Jack D. L. Holmes (unpublished manuscript) Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository: University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama Creator - Author: Holmes, Jack D. L., Creator - Collector: Title: Physical Description: Location note: Language of the Material: ID: W.0001 Williams, A. S., III Date: Abstract: Preferred Citation note Jack D. L. Holmes papers 1.3 Linear feet The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama English Correspondence, manuscripts, journal articles, newspaper clippings, and maps of this professor and Alabama author. Jack D. L. Holmes papers, A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama Biographical/Historical note Jack David Lazarus Holmes was a Latin American studies historian and writer who often researched topics relating to colonial Gulf Coast history. He was a faculty member in the University of Alabama at Birmingham History Department. Holmes was born on 4 July 1930, in Long Branch, New Jersey. He received his bachelor's degree from Florida State University, master's degree from the University of Florida, and doctorate from the University of Texas. Dr. Holmes died in Birmingham, Alabama, in Page 3-

4 Scope and Contents note The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, journal articles, newspaper clippings, and maps of this professor and author. The correspondence is primarily between Arrow Printing Company and Holmes about his book, Honor and fidelity; the Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana militia companies, Most of the articles, papers, and newspaper clippings relate to his research on the early history of the Gulf Coast States, specifically Dauphin Island, Alabama, and Louisiana. One manuscript is in Spanish and is a compilation of approximately ten Spanish documents, edited by Holmes and published in The documents relate to the settlement of Louisiana, and include a description of the territory written by Governor Esteban Miro and a diary written by Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos. Another manuscript is a typescript copy of Holmes's English translation (done in 1980) of "Spanish New Orleans and Louisiana" by Jose Montero de Pedro and Marques de Casa Mena, published in October 1979 by the Centro de Cooperations Iberoamericana. Administrative Information Publication Statement University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama August Tuscaloosa, Alabama, archives@ua.edu Provenance Gift of A. S. Williams III, 2010 Processed by Donnelly Lancaster Walton, Haley Aaron, and Martha Bace, Page 4-

5 Conditions Governing Access note none Related Materials Related Archival Materials note The University Libraries holds several copies of Honor and fidelity; the Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana militia companies, The call number is F366.L53 no. 1 Controlled Access Headings Williams, A. S., III Correspondence Dauphin Island (Ala.) Louisiana--History Manuscripts for publication New Orleans (La.) War and Military General note Titles on phase box spines: Correspondence Relating to "Honor & Fidelity" by Jack D.L. Holmes; Early History of Dauphin Island, compiled by Jack D.L. Holmes; Documentos para la Historia de la Luisiana; Spanish New Orleans and Louisiana - Page 5-

6 Collection Inventory Title/Description Correspondence relating to Honor and Fidelity Scope and Contents note Instances W Contains correspondence written from 1964 to 1966 between Jack D.L. Holmes and the publishers of his book Honor and Fidelity. A set of galley proofs is also included. Early History of Dauphin Island, compiled by Jack D. L. Holmes (unpublished manuscript) Scope and Contents note Contains drafts of manuscripts of articles about the history of Dauphin Island, Alabama. Title/Description Dauphin Island's Critical Years, Dauphin Island, May 15, 1717 Dauphin Isle, 1717 Dauphin Island in Franco-Spanish War, History of Dauphin Island Instances Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Documentos para la Historia de la Luisiana, , by Jack D. L. Holmes (original typescript) Spanish New Orleans and Louisiana - translated by Jack D. L. Holmes, original typescript (by Jose Montero de Pedro, Marques de Casa Mena) W W Page 6-