Category Archives: A.S. Williams III Collection

Interview with Stephen Rowe, Part II

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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