Category Archives: Amy Hildreth Chen

Introducing the blog of Digital Services & The End of the Corolla

Posted on October 13, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Corolla, UA History | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow The Division of Special Collections and Digital Services work closely together. One of the mandates of Digital Services is to digitize materials from Special Collections to place into the University of Alabama’s online repository, Acumen. While … Continue reading →

Cool@Hoole’s One year anniversary!

Posted on October 1, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen | Leave a comment

Today we celebrate Cool@Hoole’s one year anniversary since it relaunched under its new editor, Amy Chen, in time for Archives Month, as celebrated by the Society of American Archivists (SAA). Since October 1, 2013, Cool@Hoole published 31 authors drawn from … Continue reading →

Dr. Roth-Burnette’s class discovery

Posted on September 29, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Rare Books Collection, T.P. Thompson Collection | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow We have some professors who return to the Division of Special Collections every semester to show their students favorite items from our holdings. Dr. Jennifer Roth-Burnette, of the UA Early College, often brings her honors Music and Political … Continue reading →

Wade Hall’s Library: The Poetry of History

Posted on September 22, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Rare Books, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow From September through January 2015, Wade Hall’s Library: The Poetry of History is on display in the Pearce Foyer of the Gorgas Library. Curated by Amy H. Chen and designed by Muzel Chen, the technologist of … Continue reading →

The Rosenberger Elephant

Posted on September 8, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Sports | 1 Comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow This summer, Deborah Nygren donated a Rosenberger Elephant likely owned by her father, who attended the University of Alabama in the 1930s. The Rosenberger Elephant is distinct for its age, history, and size and … Continue reading →

Featured Item from Wade Hall’s entertainment photographs collection

Posted on September 2, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Wade Hall Collection, World War II | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Still from Kuhle Wampe (1932). Hanson Tonfilmbilder. Film-Album Number 5. Dresden, Germany, 1932. Photographic Album. Hall’s entertainment photographs (2008.030) includes an album that is comprised of over 120 photographs from more than forty films related to … Continue reading →

Why should you develop special collections assignments for your classes?

Posted on July 28, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Composition | Leave a comment

By Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Last week, I posted about how to consider using special collections in your class and how to request a class session for this fall. This week, I thought I’d go over some of the … Continue reading →

Bring your class to the Division of Special Collections

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

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Every semester, the Division of Special Collections invites University of Alabama faculty members as well as local teachers and group leaders to bring their students to visit either the W.S. Hoole Library in Mary … Continue reading →

Introduction to French Revolutionary Holdings

Posted on July 18, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, France, French Revolutionary Pamphlets | Tagged | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow In honor of Bastille Day, this week Cool@Hoole will provide readers with a three-part overview of the Division of Special Collection’s French holdings. On Monday, early modern books were covered and on Wednesday, the French Enlightenment was explored. Today, on … Continue reading →

Introduction to French Enlightenment Holdings

Posted on July 16, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, France, Rare Books Collection | Tagged | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow In honor of Bastille Day, this week Cool@Hoole will provide readers with a three-part overview of the Division of Special Collection’s French holdings. Early modern books were covered on Monday and, on Friday, our series will wrap … Continue reading →