Category Archives: Amy Hildreth Chen

Remembering Dr. Wade Hall (1934-2015)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Allyson Holliday, Amy Hildreth Chen, Clark Center, Donnelly Walton, Kate Matheny, Kevin Ray, Wade Hall, Wade Hall Collection | 2 Comments

It’s been difficult putting together this post commemorating Wade Hall’s life and meditating on his legacy. It’s not because there’s nothing to say; in fact, it’s just the opposite. “When I began working at the Hoole Library in 2001,” wrote Archivist … Continue reading →

Goodbye from Amy Chen, second editor of Cool@Hoole

Posted on May 6, 2015 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Blog News | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Dear Readers, As it is the end of my postdoctoral fellowship, I’ve accepted an offer to become a Special Collections Librarian in charge of the instruction program at the University of Iowa, my alma … Continue reading →

Staff Favorites: Amy Chen

Posted on May 1, 2015 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Rare Books Collection | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Cool@Hoole thought it’d be fun to feature our staff’s favorites from among our collections. After all, closed stacks collections mean that users rely on us to know our materials in and out so that … Continue reading →

Curating the Confederacy: Curator’s Talk Tuesday, April 21 3:30-4:30 PM

Posted on April 17, 2015 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen, Civil War, Lindsay Rae Smith, Melissa Farah Young, Rachel K. Deale | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Please join the Division of Special Collections and the Department of History for a curator’s talk next Tuesday, April 21, from 3:30-4:40 PM in the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection reading room on the … Continue reading →

Curating the Confederacy V

Posted on April 17, 2015 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen, Civil War, Lindsay Rae Smith, Melissa Farah Young, Rachel K. Deale | Leave a comment

By: Lindsay Smith, Melissa Young, and Rachel K. Deale, History PhD students, and Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow This post is the final entry in a five-part series titled “Curating the Confederacy: An Interview with the curators of Making Confederates and When … Continue reading →

Curating the Confederacy IV

Posted on April 16, 2015 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen, Civil War, Lindsay Rae Smith, Melissa Farah Young, Rachel K. Deale | Leave a comment

By: Lindsay Smith, Melissa Young, and Rachel K. Deale, History PhD students, and Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow This post is the fourth in a five-part series titled “Curating the Confederacy: An Interview with the curators of Making Confederates and … Continue reading →

Curating the Confederacy III

Posted on April 15, 2015 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen, Civil War, Lindsay Rae Smith, Melissa Farah Young, Rachel K. Deale | Leave a comment

By: Lindsay Smith, Melissa Young, and Rachel K. Deale, History PhD students, and Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow This post is the third in a five-part series titled “Curating the Confederacy: An Interview with the curators of Making Confederates and When … Continue reading →

Curating the Confederacy II

Posted on April 14, 2015 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen, Civil War, Lindsay Rae Smith, Melissa Farah Young, Rachel K. Deale | Leave a comment

By: Lindsay Smith, Melissa Young, and Rachel K. Deale, History PhD students, and Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow This post is the second in a five-part series titled “Curating the Confederacy: An Interview with the curators of Making Confederates and … Continue reading →

Curating the Confederacy I: An Interview with the curators of Making Confederates and When this Cruel War is Over

Posted on April 13, 2015 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Amy Hildreth Chen, Civil War, Lindsay Rae Smith, Melissa Farah Young, Rachel K. Deale | Leave a comment

By: Lindsay Smith, Melissa Young, and Rachel K. Deale, History PhD students, and Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow On April 13, 2015, two exhibitions dedicated to Confederate imprints will open at the University of Alabama. Lindsay Smith and Melissa Farah … 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 →