Monthly Archives: September 2012

Celebrating our female athletes

Posted on September 25, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: University of Alabama | Tagged | Leave a comment

Last year was a banner year for UA Athletics — especially because of our world-class female athletes! In celebration of our first national championships in softball and women’s golf, as well as back-to-back national titles for gymnastics, we take a … Continue reading →

Featured Collection: Roland Harper Railroad Timetables

Posted on September 20, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool collections | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

You never know what you’ll encounter in a large manuscript collection! Even the seemingly predictable might surprise you. The Hoole Special Collections Library holds a wealth of manuscript material from eminent botanist Roland Harper. Among his papers, you would expect … Continue reading →

The Lost(?) Art of the Telegram

Posted on September 13, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool collections | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Our search tool, Acumen, is good for turning up items related to a given person or topic, but it can also be used to uncover particular types of items. While diaries and letters are popular tools for research, there are … Continue reading →

The Civil War’s Lyrical Battlefield

Posted on September 4, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, Sheet music | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

We all know the Civil War had a seismic impact on our country. Did you know that its effects trickled down to the music publishing industry? UA Libraries Special Collections has a lot of 19th and early 20th century sheet … Continue reading →