Author Archives: kgmatheny

Did you miss Mother’s Day?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Sheet music | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Well, not to worry. Those hard-working, ever-loving mothers deserve tribute all year ’round. Check out this great song album of sheet music from the 1900’s, and serenade your dear ole Mom. 🙂

C. S. S. Tuscaloosa Logs

Posted on May 10, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections | Leave a comment

The C. S. S. Tuscaloosa was a ship captured by the Confederate States Navy during the Civil War. The ship was originally known as the American bark (sailing ship) Conrad. While on a trip from Buenos Aires to New York … Continue reading →

Fred Shuttlesworth

Posted on April 30, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Audio, Cool Collections, Interviews | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

On May 3, 1963, peaceful demonstrators, many of them teenagers, are beaten back in downtown Birmingham by fire hoses and police dogs.  The extreme tactics, ordered by police commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor brought international attention to Project C, the name … Continue reading →

The Woodward Iron Company

Posted on April 20, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Industrial, Photographs, Southern History | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

This post features photographs from the Woodward Family Collection and displays plant operations and different industrial scenes from the 19th century. The Woodward Iron Company was founded by two brothers, Joseph and William Woodward on December 31, 1881. William served … Continue reading →

The University of Alabama, 1831

Posted on April 16, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Photographs, UA History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

181 years ago on April 18th, the University of Alabama formally opened its doors. Fifty-two students were accepted that first term, but by the end of the session the student body had swelled to nearly one hundred. The faculty was … Continue reading →

Easter Music by Harald Rohlig

Posted on April 6, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Audio, Music, World War II | Tagged , | Leave a comment

This week we will feature pipe organ music by Dr. Harald Röhlig in honor of Easter weekend. World renowned organist, Harald Röhlig is a composer and pipe organ designer. His career as a musician began in Germany during the 1930s. … Continue reading →

As ‘A’ Day Approaches

Posted on April 2, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Photographs, Sports, UA History | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Some places they play football, at Alabama we live it… As time draws nearer to the ‘A’ Day game, we will take a look back at Alabama football.  Here are some pictures from the University Photo Collection illustrating decades of … Continue reading →

March Basketball Fever

Posted on March 23, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Photographs, Sports, UA History | Leave a comment

This week our post highlights photos from the Educational Media Photo Collection. This collection contains images of basketball games and other events from the University of Alabama between 1963 – 1966. All men’s basketball games were held in Foster Auditorium … Continue reading →

Doodles

Posted on March 1, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Earlier this week we featured one of our newly online collections, the John Horry Dent Papers. In this collection you can find something kind of fun we sometimes come across in Special Collections… doodles! I have included images of some … Continue reading →

Newly Online: John Horry Dent Papers

Posted on February 27, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Agriculture, Cool Collections | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The John Horry Dent Papers contain three ledgers (a plantation book, a farm journal, and letter copybook) and a folder of miscellaneous letters written by John Horry Dent of Eufaula, Brabour County, Alabama, and Cave Springs, Floyd County, Georgia, dating … Continue reading →