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Dating in the 20’s and 30’s: much like today?
Wonder what dating was like in the late 20’s and early 30’s? Read about it in the Haydn Neal Thompson Letters, now online. Hayden was away at military school, and later, college, during 1924-1935. This is a compilation of letters … Continue reading
Newly Online: Rolland Plattner Letters
The Rolland Plattner Letters Collection contains 41 letters written by Mr. Plattner when he served in the Pacific theater during World War II. All of these letters were written to his friend and neighbor, Charles Harold Regnier of Clifton, Illinois. … Continue reading
Come join our team! Senior Programmer Analyst Position
The University of Alabama Libraries is seeking candidates for a Senior Programmer Analyst professional staff position in the Web Services Department. The primary responsibility of the position is the maintenance and continued development of the open source Acumen digital repository … Continue reading
Newly Online: C. H. Miller Store Records
The C H. Miller Store Records collection contains the records of a general store in Marengo County, Alabama, from 1891-1908. The collections consists of ledgers, daybooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials from Miller’s business. These records offer an opportunity to see … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day!
This Independence Day, we are celebrating by taking a look at some of our patriotic sheet music. The image displayed here is from “Grand Festival March,” which was composed to commemorate the centennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration … Continue reading
Newly Online: The O. E. Bruce, Jr., Letters
The O. E. Bruce, Jr., Letters contains correspondence from Private O.E. Bruce, Jr., to his parents while he was serving state side during World War II. Most letters are written on government stationery from Camp Wheeler, Georgia. He informs his … Continue reading
Complete Joshua Hill Foster papers now online!
This past school year, we had an awesome Graduate Assistant, Sarah, who scanned the Joshua Hill Foster papers in their entirety! In addition to the scanning, Sarah also had an active role in performing quality control tasks on the scans … Continue reading
Happy Memorial Day!
In honor of Memorial Day, we are highlighting one of our collections that features our veterans, the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Service Men’s Center Scrapbook. This volume contains photographs, letters, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, activity programs, and other items relating to the … Continue reading
Acumen FINALLY available open source!!
The long-awaited day has finally arrived. After many trials and tribulations, we have at long last released Acumen Digital Library Software open source!!! This software is light-weight, easy to install (intended for Linux or OSX), easy to use, and it … Continue reading
But… what if I have lots of Fred Jones letters?
Or… what if I have Fred Jones Letters in different collections? Or… what if I have Fred Jones photographs, letters, audio tapes and more? The way we deal with this is to identify the item within a collection by an … Continue reading