Category Archives: Mobile

Battle of Mobile Bay, Part III

Posted on August 11, 2014 by | Posted in: Civil War, Kevin Ray, Mobile | Leave a comment

By: Kevin Ray, Archival Technician This week, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Mobile Bay, Kevin Ray gives an three-part account of the battle drawn from a combination of secondary sources and the two diaries held in the … Continue reading →

Battle of Mobile Bay, Part II

Posted on August 6, 2014 by | Posted in: Civil War, Kevin Ray, Mobile | Leave a comment

By: Kevin Ray, Archival Technician This week, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Mobile Bay, Kevin Ray wrote a three-part account of the battle drawn from a combination of secondary sources and the two Union diaries by Ellsworth … Continue reading →

Battle of Mobile Bay, Part I

Posted on August 4, 2014 by | Posted in: Civil War, Kevin Ray, Mobile | Leave a comment

By: Kevin Ray, Archival Technician This week, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Mobile Bay, Kevin Ray gives an three-part account of the battle drawn from a combination of secondary sources and two diaries held in the Division … Continue reading →

Interview with Alex Goolsby, Division of Special Collections Graduate Assistant

Posted on May 5, 2014 by | Posted in: Alex Goolsby, Map Collections, Maps, Mobile | 1 Comment

By: Alex Goolsby, University of Alabama MLIS student Editor’s Note: Hoole Special Collections Library will be closed for inventory from Monday, May 5, through Friday, May 16. Questions? Email archives@ua.edu. Hello! Thank you for agreeing to talk to us about … Continue reading →

Mardi Gras in Mobile

Posted on March 3, 2014 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Alabama Collection, Donnelly Walton, Mardi Gras, Mobile | Leave a comment

By: Donnelly Walton, Archival Access Coordinator I grew up in Mobile, Alabama, a town known as the “Mother of the Mystics.” Although Mobile’s Mardi Gras is perhaps not as famous as the celebration in New Orleans, Mobile boasts the oldest Mardi Gras in the country. I grew up feeling pride in my … Continue reading →

Part 1: Interview with Haley Aaron, Division of Special Collections graduate assistant

Posted on November 18, 2013 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Civil War, Haley Aaron, Mobile | 2 Comments

Editor’s Note: This interview will be posted in two parts. Check back on Wednesday for the second portion of my conversation with Haley. First off, what got you interested in special collections? My love of special collections stems from my … Continue reading →

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 →

Laissez les bon temps rouler! Ou? A Mobile, bien sur!

Posted on February 4, 2008 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Manuscript Collections, Mobile | 1 Comment

Alabamians are quick to point out that New Orleans was not the first place, nor is it the only place that Mardi Gras is celebrated. While celebrations occur throughout the state of Alabama, it is Mobile’s Mardi Gras tradition, which … Continue reading →