Tag Archives: relationships

Augusta Evans Wilson, novelist and Confederate patriot

Posted on December 2, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, Letters, Southern History | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

In the 19th century, more and more women became not just occasional novel writers but full time authors. Hoole Special Collections Library houses the papers of Georgia native Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, who published nine sentimental novels, including Beulah, the … Continue reading →

A Slice of Life: The Helen Cline Papers

Posted on September 11, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Everyday Life, Letters, Small Collections | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Who is Helen Cline? In the grand scheme of things, she’s not an important person from our nation’s past, but in a way she is: she is an example of the millions of “ordinary” people who make the world go … Continue reading →

James Hood

Posted on February 28, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Photographs, Southern History, UA History | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

On any given weekday, you will see a variety of students from different ethnicities, religions and socioeconomic classes wandering the quad, dorms, and halls. As an institution, we have come to reflect and embrace these differences, but the University of … Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Sheet music | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Celebrate this Valentine’s Day with some love songs from our Wade Hall Sheet Music Collection!

Dating in the 20’s and 30’s: much like today?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Newly Online | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Wonder what dating was like in the late 20’s and early 30’s? Read about it in the Haydn Neal Thompson Letters, now online.  Hayden was away at military school, and later, college, during 1924-1935.  This is a compilation of letters … Continue reading →