Tag Archives: holidays

Holiday Cards

Posted on December 20, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections | Tagged | Leave a comment

Tis the season for holiday cards! In Acumen, we have some digitized holiday cards dating back to the early 1900s. The cards included here were found in the William Crawford Gorgas Papers, the Manley Family Papers, the Tuscaloosa Service Men’s … Continue reading →

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Sheet music | Tagged | Leave a comment

Celebrate Halloween with some spooky pieces of sheet music from the Wade Hall Collection of Southern History and Culture! Click on the images for links to the items in Acumen.  

Happy Independence Day!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Sheet music | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

This Independence Day, we are celebrating by taking a look at some of our patriotic sheet music. The image displayed here is from “Grand Festival March,” which was composed to commemorate the centennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration … Continue reading →

Happy Memorial Day!

Posted on May 30, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Scrapbooks, World War II | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

In honor of Memorial Day, we are highlighting one of our collections that features our veterans, the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Service Men’s Center Scrapbook.  This volume contains photographs, letters, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, activity programs, and other items relating to the … Continue reading →