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HMCPL Special Collections: Other Local History Organizations

HMCPL Special Collections is the community's archive. We empower individuals to seek their past, explore Huntsville and Madison County, and connect with history.

HUNTSVILLE RESOURCES

Alabama A & M University, Archives and Special Collections

4900 Meridian Street North
Normal, AL 35762

256-372-4717
archives@aamu.edu

Website: https://alabamam.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/?rm=STATE+BLACK+AR0%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7Ctrue

 

Cemetery Preservation Commission (Madison County)

Cait Monroe,
Volunteer Coordinator

jmonroe@hmcpl.org

Specialties: county cemeteries; preservation

Historic Huntsville Foundation

 

Website: http://www.historichuntsville.org/

Specialties: Huntsville history; preservation

Huntsville Historic Preservation Commission

Second Floor, Planning Department
308 Fountain Circle Huntsville, Alabama 35801

Katie Stamps, Historic Preservation Consultant
Katherine.Stamps@huntsvilleal.gov

Website: https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/residents/neighborhoods/historic-preservation/

Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society


Email: HMCHistoricalSociety@gmail.com
Website: http://www.hmchs.org/

Madison County Records Center

Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, 3rd Floor
915 Monroe St. SW
Huntsville, AL 35801

Richard White
256-532-2347

Website: http://mcrc.madisoncountyal.gov/mcrc/

Specialties: Marriage/Death/Birth Records; Probate Records; Chancery Court

Oakwood University, Archives/Museum & Special Collection at Eva B. Dykes Library

7000 Adventist Blvd
Huntsville, AL 35896

Odalys Miranda Suastegui
256-726-7249
omiranda@oakwood.edu

Website: http://libguides.oakwood.edu/c.php?g=260563

Rocket City Civil Rights

 

Website: https://rocketcitycivilrights.omeka.net/

Specialties: Civil Rights; Black history

State Black Archives, Research Center & Museum

James H. Wilson Building,
Alabama A&M University

4900 Meridian Street North

Normal, AL  35762

256-372-5846
archives@aamu.edu

Website: https://stateblackarchives.wixsite.com/sbarcm

University of Alabama, Huntsville

M. Louis Salmon Library
Lower Level
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899

Reagan Grimsley, Head of Special Collections and Archives
256-824-6523
archives@uah.edu

Website: https://libguides.uah.edu/archives

Specialties: University history;  Science fiction;  Space; Local history (limited, see website for details)

U.S. Space and Rocket Center

One Tranquility Base
Huntsville, AL 35805

Website: https://rocketcenter.com/archives

RESEARCH APPLICATION REQUIRED (on website)

Specialties: German rocket scientists; U.S. government documents; NASA; science fiction; etc.

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