Category Archives: Geneology

Tracing your Ancestry

By: Mary Bess Paluzzi, Associate Dean of Special Collections There is a resurgence of interest in family history because of Public Broadcasting Service’s “Finding Your Roots” and The Learning Channel’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” — not to mention … Continue reading

Pedagogy Series 4.3: Citizens of the South

By: Annemarie Lisko, UA undergraduate This is the third post of a five-part series on Dr. Cardon’s English 103 classes and their project using Special Collections materials to create a physical display for exhibition in the W.S. Hoole Library Lobby. Read the … Continue reading

Pedagogy Series 4.2: Artifacts of Ancestry

By: Lauren Cardon, Assistant Professor of English This is the second post of a five-part series on Dr. Cardon’s English 103 — honors composition — classes and their project using Special Collections materials to create a physical display for exhibition … Continue reading

Pedagogy Series 4.1: English 103 exhibition project

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow In our fourth pedagogy series (check out our first, second, and third series), we are covering the new exhibition going up in the W.S. Hoole Library lobby on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant … Continue reading

Interview with Mary Haney, Division of Special Collections graduate assistant

By: Mary Haney, University of Alabama MLIS student This post is part of an ongoing feature of all graduate students, faculty, and staff working in the Division of Special Collections at the University of Alabama. Read more about three of our … Continue reading