Tag Archives: deep south

Newly online: materials about slave labor at UA, 1820s-1860s

Posted on March 19, 2014 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Newly Online, Southern History, UA History | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

We know them by first name only, and there’s a good chance those are not the names they were born with. Men called William, Moses, Edwards, Patrick, Sam, Major, Quillen, Arthur, Speers, Robert, Andrew, Swindle, Peter, Erasmus, Anderson, Jack, Isaac, … Continue reading →

Life in the mines: Desegregated labor unions

Posted on February 18, 2014 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Audio, Industrial, Interviews, Southern History | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Normally, we do a post on labor unions for labor day, but it seemed appropriate to bring up the subject for Black History Month, too. African Americans in Birmingham-area mines and industrial plants were often important leaders in efforts to … Continue reading →

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 →

Jefferson Davis’s Namesake

Posted on October 23, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, Letters | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

In 1878, more than a decade after his faction’s defeat in the Civil War, former Confederate President Jefferson Davis wrote a letter to the child of a friend, Confederate General and eventual University of Alabama President Henry De Lamar Clayton. … Continue reading →

Newly Online: James A. Goble Civil War diary

Posted on October 9, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, Diaries and Journals, Newly Online, Southern History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Sometimes our records of historical events come to us from ordinary and relatively unknown sources. All we know about James A. Goble is that he was a soldier in the First Alabama Infantry, and that while he was born in … Continue reading →

Covered Bridges of Alabama and Georgia

Posted on July 25, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Photographs, Southern History | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

While they’re not extinct yet, covered bridges are getting rarer and rarer. Here’s a look into our rural southern past, courtesy of our Digital Collections. Most of these images are from the Roland McMillan Harper photo collection, but you can … Continue reading →

Our Muse, the Moon

Posted on June 24, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Sheet music | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Did you catch a glimpse of yesterday’s “supermoon”? While I was checking out the amazing images popping up on the internet today, I started to think about the role the moon plays in our culture, especially its effect on our … 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 →

Family Pets, part one: Cats

Posted on May 16, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Everyday Life, Photographs, Southern History | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

While our collections document some important local, national, and international history, they also chronicle the lives of individual families, giving us insight into the everyday lives of Americans over the last couple of centuries. It’s no surprise that a big … Continue reading →

“Go Local! Using Digital Archives as Alternative Textbooks in First Year Writing”

Posted on April 8, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Industrial, Outreach, Southern History | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Sara Whitver (First Year Experience Librarian), Kate Matheny (Digitization Outreach Coordinator), and Jennie Vaughn (Graduate Student Administrator, First Year Writing Program) will be presenting on this great topic at the Association of College & Research Libraries 2013 annual meeting in … Continue reading →