Category Archives: Rare Books

Shakespeare at 400

Posted on May 2, 2016 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Comics and Graphic Novels, Kate Matheny, Publishers' Bindings, Rare Books, Richard Minsky Collection, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Four hundred years ago tomorrow, William Shakespeare’s life was over and the story of his cultural legacy began. At what a legacy it has been! There are countless adaptations of his work, in every artistic medium we’ve come up with over the … Continue reading →

Interview with Ashley Bond, Division of Special Collections graduate assistant

Posted on May 4, 2015 by | Posted in: Ashley Bond, Book Arts, Cookbooks, Rare Books | Leave a comment

By: Ashley Bond, SLIS graduate student Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series profiling the graduate students who work in the Division of Special Collections. Haley Aaron, Alex Goolsby, Ellie Campbell, Mary Haney, and Katie Howard have also been featured. … Continue reading →

Staff Favorites: Allyson Holliday

Posted on April 10, 2015 by | Posted in: Allyson Holliday, Rare Books, Rare Books Collection | Leave a comment

By: Allyson Holliday, Complex Copy-Cataloger Cool@Hoole thought it’d be fun to feature our staff’s favorites from among our collections. After all, closed stacks collections mean that users rely on us to know our materials in and out so that we … Continue reading →

Staff Favorites: Ashley Bond

Posted on April 8, 2015 by | Posted in: Ashley Bond, Rare Books, Rare Books Collection | Leave a comment

By: Ashley Bond, SLIS graduate student Cool@Hoole thought it’d be fun to feature our staff’s favorites from among our collections. After all, closed stacks collections mean that users rely on us to know our materials in and out so that … Continue reading →

Pedagogy Series 4.4: Interview with Annemarie Lisko

Posted on December 5, 2014 by | Posted in: Annemarie Lisko, Exhibitions, Pedagogy Series, Rare Books, Rare Books Collection | Leave a comment

By: Annemarie Lisko, UA undergraduate This is the fourth 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 →

Interview with Dr. Russ McConnell, curator of Grammar-Land, Part II

Posted on November 19, 2014 by | Posted in: Exhibitions, Rare Books, Rare Books Collection, Russ McConnell | Leave a comment

On Monday, we talked to Dr. Russ McConnell, curator of Grammar-Land, which will be on display in the reading room of Hoole’s lobby through the end of November. He discussed his research and the intellectual background to his show. Today, … Continue reading →

Interview with Dr. Russ McConnell, curator of Grammar-Land, Part I

Posted on November 17, 2014 by | Posted in: Exhibitions, Rare Books, Rare Books Collection, Russ McConnell | Leave a comment

By: Dr. Russ McConnell, Instructor in the English Department This week, we’re talking Dr. Russ McConnell about his research and his process for curating an exhibition with special collections materials. Check back on Wednesday to hear his tips and tricks. … Continue reading →

Halloween updates from Rare Book Cataloging

Posted on October 31, 2014 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Allyson Holliday, Book Arts, Book Collections, Rare Books, Rare Books Collection, Richard Minsky Collection, UA History | Leave a comment

By: Allyson Holliday, W.S. Hoole Library Complex Copy-Cataloger In the spirit of the season… there’s something for everyone in the Division of Special Collections! Whether it’s skeletons, haints, headless horsemen, witches, or demons, we have your interests covered. For skeletons: … Continue reading →

Banned: Ulysses and 1984

Posted on October 6, 2014 by | Posted in: Exhibitions, Page Novak, Rare Books | Leave a comment

By: Page Novak, UA undergraduate This fall, step into the lobby of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall to see Page Novak’s display of banned books celebrating Banned Book Week, which was September 21-27. Novak’s exhibition will be up for the remainder … Continue reading →

A Collection of Devotional Tracts, printed by Benjamin Franklin

Posted on September 29, 2014 by | Posted in: Ashley Bond, Rare Books | Leave a comment

By: Ashley Bond, SLIS graduate student In May 2011, Dean Louis A. Pitschmann of the University of Alabama Libraries acquired A Collection of Devotional Tracts along with the donation of a second book entitled Character Sketches. Currently located in Hoole … Continue reading →