Tag Archives: feature: a day in the life

A (Leap) Day in the Life: February 29

Posted on February 29, 2016 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, Diaries and Journals, Everyday Life, Letters, Newspapers, UA History | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

It’s been a while since we did a survey of Acumen‘s contents by taking a look at just one day. There have been fewer February 29ths than other days of the year, but, as with any other snapshot view, items from that date reveal a … Continue reading →

A Day in the Life: June 1

Posted on June 1, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, Diaries and Journals, Everyday Life, Letters, Photographs, World War I, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Here’s a slice of life from June 1st over the last 170 some-odd years, representing a cross-section of materials from the digital archive — from the serious to the silly, the magical to the mundane.

A Day in the Life: August 25

Posted on August 25, 2014 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Civil War, Everyday Life, Letters, Southern History | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Archives give us a chance to look at the world in a lot of different ways, through lenses big and small. Today, we take a cross section of life on this date, August 25, across the decades. From 1840 to … Continue reading →

A Day in the Life: November 28

Posted on November 28, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Sports, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On this date, through the years… * 1860. Alabama. Hugh Davis laments the political tumult of his day, which in hindsight we recognize as the prelude to Civil War. Davis writes: “Revolution. Fire. Precipitation. Slaughter. How rapidly, how fearfully the … Continue reading →