Category Archives: Wade Hall Collection

German Cookbooks: A Hidden Gem in the Wade Hall Collection

Posted on June 30, 2014 by | Posted in: Cookbooks, Mark Robison, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

By: Mark Robison, University of Alabama Information Services Librarian Although the demands on food are growing ever larger — one person places value on the fanciest treats, while another insists on the lowest possible calorie count –, every now and … Continue reading →

Between the pages

Posted on June 23, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Southern Literature, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow In September 2014, Wade Hall’s Library, an exhibition of Wade Hall’s extensive collection of books — a large portion are dedicated to Southern Literature — will be mounted in the Pearce Lobby of the … Continue reading →

Princesses and Paupers: The Golden Age of Children’s Literature

Posted on June 2, 2014 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Book Collections, Children's Literature, Ellie Campbell, Lafcadio Hearne Collection, Rare Books Collection, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

By: Ellie Campbell, JD and University of Alabama MLIS graduate student On June 10, 2014, Princesses and Paupers: The Golden Age of Children’s Literature, curated by Ellie Campbell, will be mounted in the Pearce Lobby of the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library. In … Continue reading →

There’ll be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin

Posted on May 26, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Wade Hall Collection, World War II | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow In honor of Memorial Day, a day to remember all members of the military who died in the course of their service, this week on Cool@Hoole we are featuring two items from Wade Hall’s Collection … Continue reading →

Mose T

Posted on March 31, 2014 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Ellie Campbell, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

By: Ellie Campbell, JD and University of Alabama MLIS student Mose Tolliver was a renowned folk artist from Montgomery, Alabama. “Mose T,” as his signature read, was most famous for his paintings of figures on scrap wood, generally on themes … Continue reading →

Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama

Posted on December 2, 2013 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen, Publishers' Bindings Online, Wade Hall Collection | 1 Comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow During the month of December, “Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama” will be on display in the lobby of the Mary Harmon Bryant Building and in a case in front of … Continue reading →

Gee’s Bend at Hoole

Posted on October 28, 2013 by | Posted in: Ellie Campbell, Quilts, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

By: Ellie Campbell, JD and University of Alabama MLIS graduate student The Wade Hall and Gregg Swem American Quilts Collection contains quilts from the mid-nineteenth century up to the present day that demonstrate the breadth and depth of this American … Continue reading →

Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September…A Proclamation

Posted on September 23, 2012 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Publishers' Bindings Online, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

  Detail from Abe Lincoln’s yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America’s greatest story teller (Publishers’ Bindings Online, and from the Wade Hall Collections of Southern History and … Continue reading →

Two Kinds of Santas!

Posted on December 12, 2011 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Richard Minsky Collection, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

Both on publishers’ bindings, and both in glorious green cloth. The Old Santa Fe Trail (Macmillan Co., 1898, from the Hoole Richard Minsky Collection) and A Captured Santa Claus (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905, from the Wade Hall Collection of Southern … Continue reading →

Old Timey Summer Fun!

Posted on May 13, 2011 by | Posted in: Digital Services, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

These images, all from the Wade Hall Photographs Collection, and all available online in our Digital Collections give us just a little taste of summertime nostalgia. Take the time to take a swim, or a boat ride, go on a … Continue reading →