Category Archives: Periodicals

The Mystic Order of the Nonsense Club

Posted on July 8, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Periodicals, UA History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Among the Corolla yearbooks digitized and available in Acumen are the first ten volumes, covering 1893-1902. This was an eventful decade at UA: the last ten years of the campus run under military order and the first ten years as a co-ed … Continue reading →

Campus Pinups?

Posted on March 9, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Periodicals | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Rammer Jammer, UA’s campus magazine from the 1920s to the 1950s, often featured cover art that was surprisingly risqué for the time. Or was it? I think we tend to see 1920s-1940s through the lens of the 1950s, with its heavily censored films (see … Continue reading →

John F. Kennedy assassination, 50 years on

Posted on November 22, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Periodicals | Tagged , | Leave a comment

A local reflection on the assassination of our 35th President, from our campus newspaper, The Crimson White, December 5, 1963. Click on the image to see the spread up close, or take a look at the transcription below: It Is … Continue reading →

Marking the 50th Anniversary of Desegregation at The University of Alabama

Posted on June 10, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Periodicals, Southern History, UA History | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Fifty years ago tomorrow, James Hood and Vivian Malone made history as the first African-Americans to successfully enroll at the University of Alabama. Though initially blocked from entry by Governor George Wallace — during his infamous “Stand in the Schoolhouse … Continue reading →