Category Archives: Cool Collections

Tri-State Tornado

Posted on March 7, 2012 by rbsarwar | Posted in: Cool Collections, Photographs | Tagged , | Leave a comment

This week we take a look at one of the worst tornadoes in Alabama history.  This tornado outbreak, known as the Tri-State tornado killed over 250 Alabamians, injured more that 1500 others, and caused damages estimated at over $5 million.  … 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 →

1867 Alabama Constitutional Convention

Posted on February 21, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Cool Collections, Southern History | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

This week we are looking at an item in our digital collection that highlights African-American history, in honor of Black History Month. This item is a speech by Elisha Wolsey Peck, chairman of the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1867. The … Continue reading →

1930s Advertising

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

The second in a an ongoing series of vintage advertising, today’s post features ads from the 1930s.    

Working Lives Oral History Project

Posted on January 13, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Audio, Cool Collections, Industrial, Interviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Our Digital Collections not only feature manuscripts and photographs, but also audio. One of our audio collections is the Working Lives Oral History Project. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, this project focuses on black … Continue reading →

Theodore Roosevelt Letters

Posted on January 6, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, World War I | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Theodore Roosevelt passed away on this date in 1919. Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901-1909. In our William Crawford Gorgas collection, we have several letters from President Roosevelt, including some written while he was … Continue reading →

Holiday Cards

Posted on December 20, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections | Tagged | Leave a comment

Tis the season for holiday cards! In Acumen, we have some digitized holiday cards dating back to the early 1900s. The cards included here were found in the William Crawford Gorgas Papers, the Manley Family Papers, the Tuscaloosa Service Men’s … Continue reading →

1920s Advertising

Posted on December 8, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections | Leave a comment

This week’s post is the beginning of a series of blog posts looking at vintage advertising. We are starting with advertising from the 1920s. These ads have been pulled from The Rammer Jammer, a student publication of the university from … Continue reading →

Yea, Alabama!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections | 1 Comment

Right now is an exciting time for the University of Alabama’s football team. And most Bama fans would agree that football games just wouldn’t be the same without hearing Alabama’s fight song, “Yea, Alabama!” This song was penned in 1926 … Continue reading →