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The World of Camp Aliceville
Like hundreds of other communities in the U.S. during WWII, Aliceville, Alabama, was home to a prisoner of war camp. Between June 1943 and September 1945, Camp Aliceville saw hundreds of thousands of German soldiers come and go, a time which left an … Continue reading
Radical South Zine Archive
zine n. magazine; especially: a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter If you’ve never heard of zines, this is a good definition to start with, but it doesn’t really capture the wild … Continue reading
New Finding Aids, Spring 2016, part one
As a welcome back to campus, we’re sharing some of the collection finding aids that have recently gone online in Acumen — over 100 last month! This week, the highlights focus on the community: businesses, churches and other organizations, and community life. (Click … Continue reading
Holiday Cheer
Every year since 1969, the Department of Music at UA has presented a Christmas program called Hilaritas. It includes a variety of holiday-themed music, mixing traditional carols and standards with modern pop songs and new arrangements. Earlier this year, we digitized the audio from … Continue reading
Holiday Cooking
While many of the books at Hoole Library are old and/or rare, some are simply part of a special collection of materials which may include very recent publications. I like to think of them as rare books in training. One … Continue reading
Willie T. White’s Persistent Suitor
Normally, we don’t get caught up in reading what we’re digitizing, but some collections beg for more attention. Over the spring, the incoming correspondence of Ms. Willie Teresa White (1898-1990) caught they eye of our former colleague, Jessica, such that she began to … Continue reading
Remembering Dr. Wade Hall (1934-2015)
It’s been difficult putting together this post commemorating Wade Hall’s life and meditating on his legacy. It’s not because there’s nothing to say; in fact, it’s just the opposite. “When I began working at the Hoole Library in 2001,” wrote Archivist … Continue reading
American WWI Veterans
This Veterans Day, we look at a largely forgotten American war: World War I. It’s easy to overlook because our official participation was short and our losses paled in comparison to that of France, Germany, and Britain. However, thousands of Americans … Continue reading
Newly Online: James B. Tipton papers
This year for Veterans Day, we celebrate a man who was a veteran twice over during his long career in the military. Major General James B. Tipton was a pilot and pilot instructor with the United States Army Air Forces (later … Continue reading
Recent Acquisitions, Fall 2015
Here are some of our recent acquisitions, all with finding aids online. Arthur Duncan papers (MSS.4153) A copy of the first issue of The Open Post (v. 1, no. 1), the news organ of the 57th College Training Detachment of … Continue reading