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Category Archives: Jessica Lacher-Feldman
The Archer, the Thief and UA’s 1938 Rose Bowl Team
This very cool picture from our collections features The University of Alabama’s football team in 1938 — after their defeat in the Rose Bowl. In the photograph are two men who stand out a little bit — with elaborate costumes. … Continue reading
Jefferson Davis’ 200th/Biographer Hudson Strode
Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederacy was born 200 years ago today in Kentucky — on June 3, 1808. A definitive Jefferson Davis biography was written by Hudson Strode and published by Harcourt Brace in 1955. … Continue reading
TGIF from PBO and the Minsky Collection
The book featured here is Black Friday by Frederic Stewart Isham (1886-1922) with binding design by Rome K. Richardson, published in 1904 in New York by Grosset and Dunlap. It is from the Richard Minsky Collection at the W.S. Hoole … Continue reading
Cool as a Plate Glass Negative: Selections from the Eugene Allen Smith Collection
Camp kitchen and cooking staff, Central Coal and Iron Company, undated The Eugene Allen Smith Collection spans more than four decades from the late nineteenth century to early twentieth century. The collection depicts Smith’s field work and travels. E.A. Smith … Continue reading
Harper Lee Postscript: The Understatement of the Century
This detail from the “Little Nelle” Heads Ram… article posted earlier this week merits a second look. And write a book she did…. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize 47 years ago today.
Of birthdays, Campus Humor Magazines, and the Pulitzer Prize!
One of the most beloved Alabamians and University of Alabama alums has a birthday this week – Happy Birthday, Harper Lee! And it was 47 years ago this week that she received quite a birthday present — the Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading
Hamp@Hoole: Happy 100th Birthday to the Legendary Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton would have been 100 years old this week. He passed away in August of 2002 at the age of 94, a musical legend and performer for a remarkable eight decades. Hampton was born on April 20, 1908 in … Continue reading
New Exhibit! Mashup #2: Audubon meets T.P. Thompson meets the Elusive Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Opening this week — Audubon meets T.P. Thompson meets the Elusive Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, the second in what we’re calling an “exhibit mashup” — bringing together a few things in an interesting way. This exhibit focuses on J.J. Audubon, the ornithologist … Continue reading
Recognizing Peace and Remembering the Peacemaker: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Please join us in remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose life was taken forty years ago today. This letter was sent by Dr. King in recognition of Burford Boone’s receiving the 1957 Pulitzer Prize “for his fearless and reasoned … Continue reading
(Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier) Lafayette wuz Here 4/3/25
It was on April 3, 1825, during his tour of the United States that French general and Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette was entertained at Montgomery with great fanfare — so much fanfare, in fact that Governor Israel … Continue reading