Tag Archives: holidays

Holiday Cheer

Posted on December 18, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Audio, Cool Collections, Music, UA History | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Every year since 1969, the Department of Music at UA has presented a Christmas program called Hilaritas. It includes a variety of holiday-themed music, mixing traditional carols and standards with modern pop songs and new arrangements. Earlier this year, we digitized the audio from … Continue reading →

Come transcribe our items!

Posted on February 9, 2015 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Delivery Methodology | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Recently, we talked about adding your own metadata to photos through our new Acumen tagging pane. Today, the focus is on something a bit more involved but maybe even more important: transcribing handwritten documents. Why transcribe? Did you know that many … Continue reading →

Unintentional Spooks

Posted on October 30, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Photograph Albums, Photographs | Tagged , | 1 Comment

If you’ve ever spent much time looking at photos of “ghosts” on the Internet, you know our eyes are very good at seeing what we expect to see — a face in the window, a shadowy figure in the bushes … Continue reading →

Please Write Soon

Posted on February 6, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, World War I, World War II | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

We often think of Valentine’s Day when we think of February, but that month can be hard for people separated from their loved ones. Whether at home or abroad, soldiers have always found it difficult to be days, weeks, months … Continue reading →

Not your average christmas carols

Posted on December 17, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Sheet music | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

There’s so much music written and published just for the Christmas season, but I bet you haven’t seen any of these pieces before. Here’s some pretty normal fare, from 1887. Notice Santa using his glasses to check his list. (Click … Continue reading →

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Photographs, UA History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Do you have spooky party plans this week? Check out the costumes on these students, from the late 1940s/early 1950s. These images (like those of the homecoming float in the previous post) are from the George Nichols Photographic Collection. If … Continue reading →

The Lost(?) Art of the Telegram

Posted on September 13, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Foreign Language | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Our search tool, Acumen, is good for turning up items related to a given person or topic, but it can also be used to uncover particular types of items. While diaries and letters are popular tools for research, there are … 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. 🙂

Easter Music by Harald Rohlig

Posted on April 6, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Audio, Music, World War II | Tagged , | Leave a comment

This week we will feature pipe organ music by Dr. Harald Röhlig in honor of Easter weekend. World renowned organist, Harald Röhlig is a composer and pipe organ designer. His career as a musician began in Germany during the 1930s. … 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!