Author Archives: kgmatheny

Chicago World’s Fair, 1933

Posted on November 15, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Photographs | Tagged | Leave a comment

The 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago, A Century of Progress, put the city in the spotlight for its centennial, while displaying the best of scientific progress as well as bringing the cultures of the world to Chicago. Click on any … Continue reading →

Veterans Day and the World War I armistice

Posted on November 9, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: World War I | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The United States has recognized November 11 as Veterans Day since 1954. But we’ve been observing this date even longer — since 1919, in fact, when it was known as Armistice Day. November 11 marks the anniversary of the WWI … Continue reading →

Be Thankful for the Right to Vote

Posted on November 5, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Audio, Interviews, Southern History | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

“A non-voter is not a half a citizen.” — Interview with H. D. Coke, 1984 Like Coke, many of the elderly African Americans interviewed for the Working Lives Oral History Project remember the struggle to register to vote during the … Continue reading →

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Photographs, UA History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Do you have spooky party plans this week? Check out the costumes on these students, from the late 1940s/early 1950s. These images (like those of the homecoming float in the previous post) are from the George Nichols Photographic Collection. If … Continue reading →

How to build a Homecoming float

Posted on October 24, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Photographs, UA History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Homecoming 2012 is now in full swing, with the theme Timeless Traditions. In preparation for the parade on Saturday, many folks around campus are putting the finishing touches on their floats. Our fraternities are old hands at this, as we … Continue reading →

Digitization Technologist position open!

Posted on October 23, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Employment | Tagged | Leave a comment

Digital Services at the University of Alabama is hiring a new Digitization Technologist! For more information, or to apply, please go to http://staffjobs.ua.edu and search in the Working Title field. The Digitization Technologist will analyze technical problems and devise solutions, … Continue reading →

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Service Men’s Center Scrapbook

Posted on October 22, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Scrapbooks, World War II | Tagged , | 10 Comments

Did you know that Tuscaloosa was home to a major WWII hospital? The Service Men’s Center catered to the wounded soldiers there, in addition to holding activities for soldiers at their facility (which is now the University Club). This massive … Continue reading →

Acumen 3.0 is here!

Posted on October 18, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Acumen, Delivery Methodology | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Recently, we unveiled the newest version of our search tool, Acumen 3.0! Its new indexer (among other improvements) helps put more data at your fingertips faster. See more info on the results page The easiest way to get you more … Continue reading →

Day of Digital Archives: Finding Balance

Posted on October 12, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Digitization, Hardware, Work Flow | Leave a comment

Did you know today is the second annual Day of Digital Archives? It’s about celebration but also education: Just what is it we actually do here at Digital Services? What I like about being a Digitization Technologist is that it’s … Continue reading →

The Million Dollar Band hits its centennial

Posted on October 11, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: UA History | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

This year marks 100 years for UA’s Million Dollar Band! Here they are featured in the 1969 Corolla yearbook: 1957: 1959: 1965: Posing in front of Gorgas Library in 1966: