{"id":828,"date":"2013-12-02T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T15:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/?p=828"},"modified":"2013-12-02T09:45:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T15:45:34","slug":"covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Amy Chen, CLIR<\/a> Postdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

\"CoveringChristmas\"<\/a>

Covering Christmas<\/p><\/div>\n

During the month of December, “Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama” will be on display in the lobby of the Mary Harmon Bryant Building and in a case in front of the Capstone Drive entrance of the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library.<\/p>\n

All items from this exhibition belong to the Division of Special Collections at The University of Alabama. Additionally, each of these items is represented in the database Publishers\u2019 Bindings Online<\/a> (PBO). PBO foregrounds how decorative bindings provide a look into culture and history of the era of 1815-1930, a time of social, political, and industrial change within the United States, by giving users the ability to view around 5,000 different bindings from the holdings of the W.S. Hoole Library at The University of Alabama and Special Collections at The University of Wisconsin. Each of the books shown here come from either the Wade Hall Collection for Southern History and Culture or the Alabama Collection at Hoole.<\/p>\n

Ranging from 1898 to 1921, these publishers\u2019 bindings celebrate Christmas in a variety of ways depending on the years they were produced, the artists that created the designs, the content of the books, and the style of the times.<\/p>\n

For example, ragtime music, yellow journalism, mass circulation magazines, and national advertising campaigns defined the prosperous 1890s. Publishers\u2019 bindings from the 1890s usually were multicolored and flat-stamped. Artists became essential to publishing houses at this time. A select few, such as Frank Hazenplug, became well-known. A later example of Hazenplug\u2019s work can be seen on Sonny: A Christmas Guest<\/i> (1905)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"pba00632f01l\"<\/a>

Sonny: A Christmas Guest<\/p><\/div>\n

At the turn of the century, the social problems of modernity increasingly began to be identified and debated, but light-hearted entertainment also had a place in the lives of Americans. As women\u2019s skirts grew shorter, The Ford Model T car and Victrola phonograph became all the rage. In the book world, paper dust jackets began to be produced to match the ever-more elaborate publishers\u2019 bindings.<\/p>\n

From 1910-1919, World War I dominated headlines. In 1917, the United States joined the fight. Due to the United States\u2019 ability to mobilize and mass produce supplies for the battleground, this decade shaped America into the international superpower it is today. The diversity of publishers\u2019 bindings of this era reflects the spread of inexpensive dust jackets and more efficient publishing methods. Whether at war or at home, American culture began to reflect an increasing emphasis on satisfying the growing number of mass market consumers.<\/p>\n

The firm Decorative Designers took the idea of standardization from Henry Ford. Instead of employing one artist to make an entire cover, the firm chose to hire a number of designers who each made one portion of a binding. Decorative Designers created Christmas-night in the quarters<\/i> (1917)<\/a>, which can be seen here.<\/p>\n

\"pba00575f01l\"<\/a>

Christmas-Night in the Quarters<\/p><\/div>\n

The freewheeling 1920s, which began with the ratification of women\u2019s right to vote and Prohibition, ended the time of the publishers\u2019 binding as dust jackets became ubiquitous.<\/p>\n

Items on display include: <\/b><\/p>\n

William Aspenwall Bradley. Old Christmas and Other Kentucky Tales in Verse<\/i><\/a>. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1917. Wade Hall Collection PS3503.R226 O4 1917x<\/p>\n

John Fox. Christmas Eve on Lonesome<\/i><\/a>. New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1904. Wade Hall Collection PS3511.O95 C5 1904x<\/p>\n

Maud Lindsay. The Joyous Guests<\/i><\/a>. Chicago, IL: E. M. Hale, 1921. Alabama Collection PZ7.L66 Ja<\/p>\n

Thomas Nelson Page. A Captured Santa Claus<\/em><\/a>. New York, NY: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, 1905. Wade Hall Collection PS2514 .C3 1905x<\/p>\n

Irwin Russell. Christmas-night in the quarters, and other poems<\/i><\/a>. New York, NY: The Century Company, 1917. Wade Hall Collection PS2740 .A2 1917 c.2<\/p>\n

Francis Hopkinson Smith. Colonel Carter\u2019s Christmas<\/i><\/a>. New York, NY: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, 1903. Wade Hall Collection PS2864 .C642 1903bx<\/p>\n

Ruth McEnery Stuart. Sonny: A Christmas Guest<\/i><\/a>. New York, NY: The Century Company, 1905. Wade Hall Collection PS2960 .S62 1905x<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow During the month of December, “Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama” will be on display in the lobby of the Mary Harmon Bryant Building and in a case in front of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6759,8185,6741,8189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-collection","category-amy-hildreth-chen","category-publishers-bindings-online","category-wade-hall-collection"],"yoast_head":"\nCovering Christmas: Publishers' Bindings at The University of Alabama - What's Cool at Hoole<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Covering Christmas: Publishers' Bindings at The University of Alabama - What's Cool at Hoole\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow During the month of December, “Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama” will be on display in the lobby of the Mary Harmon Bryant Building and in a case in front of … Continue reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"What's Cool at Hoole\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-02T15:41:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-12-02T15:45:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2013\/12\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-02T15:41:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-12-02T15:45:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":674,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Alabama Collection\",\"Amy Hildreth Chen\",\"Publishers' Bindings Online\",\"Wade Hall Collection\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/\",\"name\":\"Covering Christmas: Publishers' Bindings at The University of Alabama - What's Cool at Hoole\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-02T15:41:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-12-02T15:45:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/02\\\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/\",\"name\":\"What's Cool at Hoole\",\"description\":\"Just another University Libraries - Public Blogs site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.lib.ua.edu\\\/blogs\\\/coolathoole\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Covering Christmas: Publishers' Bindings at The University of Alabama - What's Cool at Hoole","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Covering Christmas: Publishers' Bindings at The University of Alabama - What's Cool at Hoole","og_description":"By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow During the month of December, “Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama” will be on display in the lobby of the Mary Harmon Bryant Building and in a case in front of … Continue reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/","og_site_name":"What's Cool at Hoole","article_published_time":"2013-12-02T15:41:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-12-02T15:45:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2013\/12\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama","datePublished":"2013-12-02T15:41:35+00:00","dateModified":"2013-12-02T15:45:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/"},"wordCount":674,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2013\/12\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg","articleSection":["Alabama Collection","Amy Hildreth Chen","Publishers' Bindings Online","Wade Hall Collection"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/","url":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/","name":"Covering Christmas: Publishers' Bindings at The University of Alabama - What's Cool at Hoole","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2013\/12\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg","datePublished":"2013-12-02T15:41:35+00:00","dateModified":"2013-12-02T15:45:34+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2013\/12\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2013\/12\/CoveringChristmas-300x224.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/12\/02\/covering-christmas-publishers-bindings-at-the-university-of-alabama\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Covering Christmas: Publishers’ Bindings at The University of Alabama"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/#website","url":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/","name":"What's Cool at Hoole","description":"Just another University Libraries - Public Blogs site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":856,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}