Tag Archives: family

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 →

Family Pets, part two: Dogs

Posted on May 17, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Everyday Life, Photographs, Small Collections | Tagged , | 4 Comments

As promised, a return to family pets, this time a look at man’s best friend. All of these images come from the expansive Woodward Family photo collection or from one of the numerous Wade Hall photograph collections. (See this entry … 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 →

Fall break with Small Photo Collections: Wade Hall

Posted on October 4, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Small Collections | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Donor Wade Hall is that rare kind of collector who sees the value in seemingly normal, everyday documents and photos, things that aren’t connected to a big historical figure or moment but nevertheless make up the fabric of history. The … Continue reading →

Did you miss Mother’s Day?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Sheet music | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Well, not to worry. Those hard-working, ever-loving mothers deserve tribute all year ’round. Check out this great song album of sheet music from the 1900’s, and serenade your dear ole Mom. 🙂