Category Archives: Manuscript Collections

“There was joy and there was sorrow”: Armistice Day, 1918

Posted on November 12, 2018 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Kate Matheny, Letters, Manuscript Collections, Uncategorized, World War I | Leave a comment

World War I was fought between multiple countries in two main alliance groups, making the process of ending the war complicated. In some ways, it began with Allied power Russia’s separate peace with the Central Powers, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, … Continue reading →

Native American History Resources

Posted on November 18, 2016 by kgmatheny | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Chris Sawula, Kate Matheny, Manuscript Collections | Tagged | Leave a comment

The Division of Special Collections has some interesting resources related to the culture and history of local Native American tribes, both in the Williams Collection and at Hoole Library. For Native American Heritage Month, we’d like to share a few pertinent manuscript … Continue reading →

Men of Color in the 19th Century

Posted on July 8, 2016 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Civil War, Kate Matheny, Manuscript Collections, Slavery, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

African Americans occupied a wider variety of spaces in the social order of 19th century America than you may realize. Because of the horrors of slavery, there are an uncountable number who, at least individually, are all but erased from the historical … Continue reading →

New Finding Aids, Spring 2016, part two

Posted on February 29, 2016 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Kate Matheny, Manuscript Collections, World War II | Tagged | Leave a comment

Last month, we shared some of dozens of finding aids that had recently gone online in Acumen. This week, the focus is on personal collections, including several related to World War II. (Click on any of the images below to see a larger … Continue reading →

Spring has sprung in our collections

Posted on March 30, 2015 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Photography, Publishers' Bindings, Ragland Collection, Richard Minsky Collection, Wade Hall Collection | Tagged , | Leave a comment

By: Amy Hildreth Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Spring’s sprung all across our collections! Let’s investigate what’s sprouted. Among our literary collections are Martha Young’s papers. Martha Young wrote the poem “The Keys of Spring,” although you can see that was … Continue reading →

Interview with Martha Bace, curator of Passion for History

Posted on March 23, 2015 by | Posted in: African-American History, Martha Bace, Ragland Collection | Leave a comment

By: Martha Bace, Processing Archivist Hello! Thank you for speaking with Cool@Hoole about the process of creating A North Alabama Clergyman’s Passion for History: Preserving Black History through Words and Images, currently mounted in the Pearce Foyer of the Amelia … Continue reading →

The Acquisition History of the papers of Confederate Brigadier General Johnston

Posted on February 20, 2015 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Civil War, Manuscript Collections, Mary Bess Paluzzi, Tuscaloosa, UA Buildings, UA History | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen and Mary Bess Paluzzi Did you read our earlier post on Confederate Brigadier General Johnston’s career? If you haven’t yet, be sure to check it out to learn more about the history this collection represents.  The George … Continue reading →

Confederate Brigadier General Johnston: A newly acquired and digitized collection

Posted on February 20, 2015 by | Posted in: Ashley Bond, Civil War, Manuscript Collections, Tuscaloosa | Leave a comment

By: Ashley Bond, SLIS graduate student General Johnston was born in Hillsboro, North Carolina, on May 30, 1832. After studying at Cumberland University’s School of Law in Lebanon, Tennessee, he began his own practice in Marion, Alabama, the town where … Continue reading →

Love Letters in Acumen

Posted on February 9, 2015 by | Posted in: Ashley Bond, Digital Services, Manuscript Collections, World War I | Leave a comment

By: Ashley Bond, SLIS graduate student Valentine’s Day is approaching, and in the spirit of romance, Cool at Hoole has taken a look at various love letters within Acumen. The Herbert J. Taylor, Jr. Letters, which includes written correspondence between … Continue reading →

William Bradford Huie exhibition on display in Hoole lobby

Posted on May 12, 2014 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Manuscript Collections, William Bradford Huie Collection, World War II | Tagged | 1 Comment

By: Jessica Lacher-Feldman Hoole Library is closed through May 16 for inventory. After we reopen next week, on Monday, May 19, please come in to check out our refreshed displays on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant. This exhibition on the … Continue reading →