Category Archives: Jessica Lacher-Feldman

Il y a longtemps… The Pélican Girls in Mobile and Yellow Fever Comes Full Circle

Posted on August 1, 2008 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Map Collections, Mobile | Leave a comment

Detail of, Guillaume de L’Isle’s map Novissima tabula regionis lvdoviciana gallice dictæ La Lovgsiane iam olim quidem sub Canadæ et Floridæ nomine in America Septentrionali [Nuremburg; 1730?]From the Hoole Library’s map collections.  Four hundred and four years ago today, on … Continue reading →

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!

Posted on July 25, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Manuscript Collections | Leave a comment

Well, maybe not tomorrow — but if you haven’t had a chance to visit our exhibit, Hear Hair Here: Hair Do’s and Hair Don’t from the Hoole Library’s Sound Recording Collections, please be sure to do soon. New and exciting … Continue reading →

On Subversive Words, Meat and Threes, and the Lasting Importance of Ephemera

Posted on July 17, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Rare Books Collection | Tagged | Leave a comment

“Paris is flooded with words, people are speaking loudly and openly; leaflets are scattered in the shops, people are stubborn in their opinions.” Revolution takes ideas — and ideas are spread through words. Arlette Farge, in her book, Subversive Words: … Continue reading →

The Swinging Sounds of Babe Ruth!

Posted on July 11, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Manuscript Collections, Sports | Tagged | Leave a comment

Ninety-four yeas ago, on July 11, 1914, the soon-to-be legend Babe Ruth made his debut in Major League Baseball — he played for the Boston Red Sox, but in the 1919 season he was sold to the New York Yankees. … Continue reading →

A Lucky Birthday for Alabama’s Eddie Floyd — Knock on Wood!

Posted on June 25, 2008 by | Posted in: Audio Visual Collections, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Wade Hall Collection | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday to Alabama-born soul singer and songwriter Eddie Floyd. Eddie Floyd was born Eddie Lee Floyd on June 25, 1935 in Montgomery, Alabama and though he has an album coming out next month — his first in six years– … Continue reading →

Great News! and Great Letterhead from Loving Son W.C. to his Doting Mother, Amelia

Posted on June 23, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, William Crawford Gorgas Papers | Tagged | Leave a comment

Letter from W.C. to his mother Amelia, June 5, 1908 The item featured above is part of the UA Libraries’ contribution to AlabamaMosaic — an online repository of digital materials on Alabama’s history, culture, places, and people that was developed … Continue reading →

Bicycles, Babies, and Circus Parades: A Glimpse at Life and Leisure in Late Victorian Tuscaloosa

Posted on June 19, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Photograph Collections, Tuscaloosa | Leave a comment

We have just added a new digital collection to the UA Libraries’ Digital Collections — selections from the Perkins Family Papers (Perkins Family Papers, 1813-1928, mss no. 1127). The Perkins digital collection consists of 294 incredible photographs of a broad … Continue reading →

Sinking Ships and (Relative) Ancient History

Posted on June 18, 2008 by | Posted in: Charles Summersell Collection, CSS Alabama, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Publishers' Bindings Online | Leave a comment

One hundred and forty-four years ago, on June 19, 1864, the CSS Alabama was sunk at the end of a fierce naval engagement with the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Cherbourg in France. The Alabama had docked in Cherbourg … Continue reading →

Shazam! Happy Birthday UA Alum Jim Nabors

Posted on June 13, 2008 by | Posted in: Corolla, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Wade Hall Collection | Tagged | Leave a comment

Jim Nabors, UA Homecoming 1968 University of Alabama alum Jim Nabors (class of 1952) was born on June 12, 1930 in Sylacauga, Alabama. Best known for his beloved character, Gomer Pyle on both the Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pile, … Continue reading →

Remembering Robert F. Kennedy

Posted on June 6, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, University Archives | Leave a comment

This photograph of Senator (and Presidential Candidate) Robert F. Kennedy and University of Alabama president, Frank Rose was taken when Kennedy visited UA in March of 1968 as part of the Emphasis program. Robert F. Kennedy not only visited campus … Continue reading →