Category Archives: Jessica Lacher-Feldman

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King and his Dream

Posted on January 18, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Manuscript Collections | Tagged | Leave a comment

Dr. Martin Luther King would have been 79 years old on January 15th. In April of 1968 when he was just 39 years old, he was taken from us. And his legacy of a quest for justice, peace, and equality … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday to Alabama’s own Clarence Carter!

Posted on January 14, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Wade Hall Collection | Leave a comment

  Patches [sound recording] / Clarence Carter. (Detail) New York : Atlantic, c1970. Sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ; 12 in. From the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library Wade Hall Sound Recording Collection,LP 14010 January 14 is the … Continue reading →

Loujon Press — It catches my Heart in my Hands by Bukowski

Posted on December 4, 2007 by | Posted in: Book Arts Collection, Jessica Lacher-Feldman | Leave a comment

What you’ll see at the lecture tonight in addition to a great talk and a cool documentary — It catches my heart in my hands, by Charles Bukowski; new and selected poems, 1955-1963. Title: It catches my heart in my … Continue reading →

Congratulations Harper Lee!

Posted on November 15, 2007 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Jessica Lacher-Feldman | Tagged | Leave a comment

A very special congratulations to beloved native daughter, University of Alabama alum, and friend to the UA Libraries, Nelle Harper Lee. On November 5, 2007, Ms. Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. The … Continue reading →

Dreams of Africa in Alabama — Two Upcoming Lectures with Dr. Sylviane Diouf 11/12 and 11/13

Posted on November 4, 2007 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Jessica Lacher-Feldman | Leave a comment

The UA Libraries is co-sponsoring a visit with Dr. Sylviane Diouf, curator at the Schomburg Center for Black Culture in New York, and author of Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last … Continue reading →

Corolla Digital Initative

Posted on October 23, 2007 by | Posted in: Corolla, Digital Services, Jessica Lacher-Feldman | Leave a comment

Imagine over 100 years of The University of Alabama’s yearbook, the Corolla, fully searchable and accessible with the click of a mouse! The UA Libraries have launched a project that will do just that –the Corolla Digital Initiative. Yearbooks are … Continue reading →

Welcome to What’s Cool @ Hoole!

Posted on October 21, 2007 by | Posted in: Blog News, Jessica Lacher-Feldman | Leave a comment

We hope that the Cool@Hoole blog will serve to several purposes — to show off and highlight new items, to tie into exciting events, exhibits, happenings, initiatives, and news about the library, and to serve as a venue and forum … Continue reading →