Category Archives: A.S. Williams III Collection

Interview with Stephen Rowe, Part II

Posted on February 12, 2014 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Christa Vogelius, Stephen Rowe, UA History | Leave a comment

By: Christa Vogelius, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Editor’s Note: This is the second of three posts serializing an interview between Christa Vogelius, the CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in the A.S. Williams collection, and Stephen Rowe, author of From a Love of History: The A.S. Williams … Continue reading →

Interview with Stephen Rowe, author of From a Love of History

Posted on February 10, 2014 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Christa Vogelius, Stephen Rowe, UA History | Leave a comment

By: Christa Vogelius, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Editor’s Note: This is the first of three posts serializing an interview between Christa Vogelius, the CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in the A.S. Williams collection, and Stephen Rowe, author of From a Love of History: … Continue reading →

Signed first edition of Strength to Love (1963) on display

Posted on January 21, 2014 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen | Tagged | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. planned to write Strength to Love (1963), a collection of sermons, as early as 1957, but he was unable to begin writing until he was imprisoned in July 1962 … Continue reading →

Scenes Around Lincoln Normal: Traveling Exhibition Program to kick off at Tuscaloosa Magnet

Posted on January 13, 2014 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Christa Vogelius, Exhibitions, Lincoln Normal School | Leave a comment

By: Christa Vogelius, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow In August 2014, the Tuscaloosa Magnet Middle and Elementary School will be showcasing “Scenes Around Lincoln Normal,” a traveling exhibition of reproduced materials that illustrates the history and contexts of two early twentieth-century photograph … Continue reading →

Tuskegee Institute display up in Gorgas during January

Posted on December 20, 2013 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen | Tagged , | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow “From a Love of History: Exploring the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection” will be back on display in January 2014 in the Pearce Lobby of the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library. The items selected for … Continue reading →

Recent Acquisition: James McClung Sieg journal

Posted on December 16, 2013 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Alabama Collection, Nancy Dupree | Leave a comment

By: Nancy Dupree, Ph.D, Curator of the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection Editor’s Note: The James McClung Sieg journal currently is on display in the reading room of the W.S. Hoole Library. Visit these reading room display cases for a … Continue reading →

Part 2: Interview with Haley Aaron, Division of Special Collections graduate assistant

Posted on November 20, 2013 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Haley Aaron | Leave a comment

Editor’s Note: This interview continues Monday’s conversation with Haley Aaron. See the first post here. Have you used archival materials in your graduate work?  I have used a few of the collections available at the University of Alabama as a … Continue reading →

Part 1: Interview with Haley Aaron, Division of Special Collections graduate assistant

Posted on November 18, 2013 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Civil War, Haley Aaron, Mobile | 2 Comments

Editor’s Note: This interview will be posted in two parts. Check back on Wednesday for the second portion of my conversation with Haley. First off, what got you interested in special collections? My love of special collections stems from my … Continue reading →