tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59551301091310799702024-03-14T03:14:05.779-05:00cool@hooleWhat's COOL@HOOLE: Highlighting the collections, events, items, happenings, ideas, new acquisitions, discoveries, initiatives, and everything else that's Cool @ the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library at The University of Alabama.What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-20689436944272838822013-09-05T15:50:00.004-05:002013-09-05T15:51:56.632-05:00What's cool@hoole has migrated to the University of Alabama's Wordpress installation.<br />
You can find it here: <a href="http://apps.lib.ua.edu/blogs/coolathoole/">http://apps.lib.ua.edu/blogs/coolathoole/</a>What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-64900702997759770362013-03-08T14:56:00.000-06:002013-03-08T14:56:08.833-06:00The Lecture that never Was: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Death of President FosterOn the back of an unassuming phys ed grade chart, the discovery of a lecture that never was has come to our attention and to our collections, thanks to Ken Gaddy and the staff at the <a href="http://www.bryantmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Bryant Museum. </a><br />
<br />On November 18, 1941, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, first lady of the United States, was scheduled to deliver a lecture entitled, "The America We Want" in The University of Alabama auditorium.<br />
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The lecture was never to be. According to Mrs. Roosevelt's <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/%7Eerpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1941&_f=md056041" target="_blank">"My Day" column</a> for November 19, 1941, she was asked to cancel her engagement at The University of Alabama because of President Richard Clarke Foster's illness. "After my lecture last night, in Greenville, we returned home, for,
unfortunately, the President of the University of Alabama, where I was
to lecture tonight, was taken seriously ill, and they asked me if I
would cancel the lecture. To find myself at home with two unexpected
days of leisure is something really to rejoice over, though I am sorry
the cause had to be somebody's illness."<br />
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Sadly, the sudden illness that struck President Foster took his life. He passed away on November 19, 1941. He was much beloved on campus, and in addition to an immediate fund drive to purchase the Richard Clarke Foster Memorial Iron Lung for Druid City Hospital (his sudden illness brought to light the immediate need for such a machine), the very auditorium where Mrs. Roosevelt was to speak was named in his honor soon after.<br />
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<a href="http://tour.ua.edu/tourstops/foster.html" target="_blank">Foster Auditorium</a>, in its newly renovated glory, served as the site for countless dances, pep rallies, performances, basketball games, class registrations, as well as the very place where integration finally came to pass at The University of Alabama. While many may remember hearing of Mrs. Roosevelt's lecture that never was, and know of Dr. Foster's sudden and untimely death, might not realize how these two events were connected. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">From our Digital Collections, <br />http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0001_2008003_0000111</span></div>
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People often ask archivists and special collections librarians, "what's your favorite thing in your library?" This is, of course, impossible to answer. But if forced to compile a list of "a few of my favorite things", this would be high on the list.</div>
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The painting, "That the Days of Our Years May Grow Fuller" was done by the famed artist and illustrator, Rockwell Kent. The University of Alabama received in 1948 one of ten paintings
commissioned by the Bituminous Coal Institute from Rockwell Kent. Each painting was given to a university that was
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<br />What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-20371682992898059152012-12-17T09:38:00.001-06:002012-12-17T09:39:35.479-06:00First Flight! Publishers' Bindings and Planes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On December 17, 1903, the first airplane flew. The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, made the very first successful flight in history of a "self-propelled,
heavier-than-air aircraft." Orville served as pilot for the the gas powered,
propeller-driven biplane. It stayed in the air for a mere twelve seconds and covered
120 feet on its inaugural flight. The aftermath of this first flight can be seen in these two examples of young adult adventure stories, both published within a decade of the Wright Brothers' first flight. Over a century later, we cannot help but be captivated by flight - birds, planes, or rockets. These books helped to capture the imaginations of young readers, and while our reading choices may have changed, our imaginations still soar through the power of books! <br />
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Both of these books are featured in <a href="http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/" target="_blank">Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books</a>, and are part of the Richard Minsky Collection housed at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library.<br />
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<br />What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-22124047091677904562012-12-12T14:46:00.001-06:002012-12-13T10:19:58.985-06:00The Willie Pape Scrapbooks: An Antebellum Alabama Child Prodigy<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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William Barnesmore "Willie" Pape was born February 27, 1850 in Mobile, Alabama, the son of William O. and Tabitha McBride Pape. His talent for music was discovered at a very early age and in 1854, Willie’s father began giving him music lessons. He was so gifted that even at the age of thirteen he was able to play many of the most demanding piano sonatas from memory.<br />
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Willie and his father traveled to New York in preparation to travel to Europe just as the American Civil War erupted. Alabama, in fact seceded from the Union while they were traveling in January of 1861. Rather than going abroad as planned, they stayed in New York for two years. Willie continued his studies under Sebastian Bach Mills. After brief concert tours to Havana, Cuba, and Canada, Willie and his father finally left for England in 1863.<br />
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Willie's first public performance in England on 27 April 1863 was a huge success and eventually led to the patronage of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1864. He spent several more years in England, performing and touring, until returning to the United States in 1875 and resettling in Mobile. He retired from his musical career at the tender age of seventeen years old. When he left England, Willie gave up the piano completely, though he did play church organ throughout his his life.<br />
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He was married twice; first to Ella Anderson (around 1880) who died on 9
August 1889; and then to her sister, Mary Anderson. Ella and Willie
had three daughters, Ethel, Ella, and Hazel; Mary and Willie had one
son, William Sherwood.<br />
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He began his second career not long after he returned to Mobile, studying medicine. In 1882, Pape graduated from the Medical College of Mobile and began his practice in Mobile. He also served on the faculty of his alma mater where he was a Professor of Physiology and Hygiene. He died August 30, 1901.<br />
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The Willie Pape scrapbooks were donated to The University of Alabama
Libraries in 2012 by Dr. William Pape Wood. We would like to thank the
descendants of William Barnesmore "Willie" Pape for this generous and
historically important piece of Alabama and music history.<br />
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The two Willie Pape scrapbooks offer interesting insight into his world as a young musician and performer. The letters he received, as well as concert programs, reviews and other materials are contained in these rare scrapbooks. They include impassioned letters from his mother and grandmother that discuss family business as well as the War, illness, disease, and death. We also know that young Willie Pape sent a letter to President Abraham Lincoln just two weeks before his assassination. The letter spoke passionately about a young man's struggle to connect with his family during the Civil War and the heartache that the war and prolonged separation had caused him. <br />
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<i>Willie Pape, 9 Soho Square London Pianist to the Royal Family at Marlboro House<br />By Command of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, June 6, 1864<br />March 29, 1865</i></div>
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<i>Your Excellency --<br /><br />I left my native town, Mobile, Alabama, for the purpose of pursuing my studies under the best musicians in Europe, on the 1st of March, 1861 -- now four years since. On my arrival in New York I was informed by my father who accompanied me that our State had seceded from the Union, & that we had better remain a while before we embarked for England. I remained in the North for two years studying and occasionally appearing in public for the benefit of charities. On my arrival in England I was permitted to appear at several Grand Concerts, at which the Royal Family attended, and I have been honored by the highest position attainable by an artist.<br /> </i></div>
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<i>I have written my mother many times, and to my Grandmother, by the way all letters to the South go. (I don’t know how that is, only they are deposited in a basket at Bishopgate street, & prepaid), but I have not heard a word from any of my family since the mails were stopped. <br /> </i></div>
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<i>I was fifteen years old on the 27th of last month, and have been absent from Mobile since I was 11. I am very anxious to hear from my Mother if there is means of doing so. <br /><br />I am in daily communication with Her Majesty or the Prince of Wales. They are my patrons & friends, and despite jealousies of native pianists, they awarded me the highest honors. It has been a source of great dissatisfaction to the Royal Academy that an American should have been so honored, but in this country merit alone gives precedence in the fine arts.<br /><br />The honor of your answer will make very happy one who, although raised to so high a pinnacle of favor, is at all times unhappy and despondent.<br /><br />I am informed that property left me by Grandfather has been confiscated through our absence from the so-called Confederate States. Our property was assessed at 25,000 dollars. <br /><br />To the Hon. Abraham Lincoln.</i></div>
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The Pape scrapbooks will be on exhibit in the lobby of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library beginning Friday, December 15, 2012. The University of Alabama Libraries would like to thank the descendants of William Pape for their generous gift of these treasured and historically significant items What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-70968070212962528502012-12-12T13:25:00.004-06:002012-12-12T13:25:55.880-06:00Happy Holidays!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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He was born on November 30, 1835, <span class="text">just as Haley's Comet passed in the night sky. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, is a true American literary icon, and widely read today just as he was 100 years ago. </span><br />
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<span class="text">These two beautiful blue books are excellent example's of 19th century editions of two of Twain's most beloved and widely read classics, <i>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer </i>(published in 1891 by the American Publishing Company in Hartford, CT)</span><span class="text"> and <i>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i> (First American edition, 1885, published by</span><span class="text"> Charles L. Webster and Company, New York). Both of these books are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library and were featured in <a href="http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/" target="_blank">Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books</a>, along with many, many other Twain titles. A <a href="http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/gallery/twain.html" target="_blank">gallery and essay</a> on Twain is available on the site as well, that we so cleverly called <b>"</b></span><b><span class="text">Son
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<br />What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-56284761240689239392012-10-01T11:42:00.000-05:002012-10-01T11:42:18.407-05:00Happy October (Island)!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>October Island by William March. First Edition, Little Brown and Co., 1952.</b></div>
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March's sixth novel, published in 1952, did not receive the same critical praise as some of his earlier works.<b> </b>Some did like the novel, like the New York Times critic, Charles Poore, who praises March's "novel of salt and savor" full of "quiet,
uninsistent irony" and his "mordant undertones of commentary on what it
truly means to be an outcast." But we love it, and we love our William March all the same. And we really love this dust jacket, which is full of mid-century style. Happy October. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Island#cite_note-3"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><b> </b></div>
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September 30 marks the birthday of Alabama native son, Truman Capote. To learn more about one part of Truman's legacy, join us on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 5:30 pm for Ralph Voss's talk on <i>Truman Capote and the Legacy of In Cold Blood</i>. This talk is not to be missed! A small exhibit of In Cold Blood related items and Capote books, including some from his own personal library, will be on display! What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-56316560184766348682012-09-23T10:45:00.001-05:002012-09-23T10:45:23.256-05:00Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September...A Proclamation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/" target="_blank">Emancipation Proclamation</a>, which went into effect on January 1 of 1863. This historic and immensely significant document is not just something to read about in a textbook, but it is something to experience. To better understand history, we must take advantage of the primary sources around us, looking beyond interpretation of the past. Newspapers and journals from the period provide unique insight into the sentiment of the day, allowing researchers to look at the world through someone else's eyes. Editorials, political cartoons, and coverage from different parts of the country will show subtle and not so subtle differences in views. Special Collections Libraries and rich digital resources of primary materials allow you to do this. So come by, or <a href="http://www.lib.ua.edu/databases/search-result" target="_blank">go online,</a> and take a look at the newspaper and journal coverage of historic events. A small display of the coverage of the Emancipation Proclamation is on display in the lobby of the Hoole Library -- without interpretation. Come by, and read a little bit. Or Visit the <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/" target="_blank">National Archives website to see digitized pages of the original proclamation</a>. You'll be glad you did! <br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>HAPPY 100TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA'S</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><b><a href="http://bands.ua.edu/ensembles/million-dollar-band/" target="_blank">MILLION DOLLAR BAND</a>!</b></span></div>
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The Million Dollar Band will be joined on the field tomorrow, September 22, 2012 by Million Dollar Band alums during the halftime show, making the band 1000 strong!<br />
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Bonus points if you can tell me the name of the Drum Major in that first picture! What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-25218558881290008012012-09-14T18:04:00.002-05:002012-09-14T18:05:08.506-05:00Beautiful pictures and the wonders of geneology research!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unidentified couple, ca. 1910. Gift of Dr. Wade Hall.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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This wonderful photograph is just one of the many, many, many (!!) photographs in our collections. The people in the photograph are unidentified, but someone out there might know who they are. <br />
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Many of the Hoole staff had the opportunity to attend the annual Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference which was held in Birmingham last month. The staff learned a great deal and will be able to pass that knowledge along to our researchers.<br />
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One exciting item to note is that the rich online genealogical resource, <a href="http://www.afrigeneas.com/" target="_blank">AfriGeneas </a>will be free for the entire month of October. So, bookmark it and give it a try! And if you know who this handsome couple is, please send me a note! What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-76639523407816998582012-09-11T13:59:00.000-05:002012-09-11T14:44:16.279-05:00The greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread? Alabama Football of Course! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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bread-shaped gem is a detail of the official Alabama vs. Sewanee
football game, held at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama on October
17, 1925. This item is from our extensive collection of University of
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The detail here is from the November 14, 1959 game against Georgia Tech, which was played at Legion Field, also in Birmingham.<br />
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What is the significance of these two teams together? Well, we used to play Sewanee and Georgia Tech all the time, and in fact, our fight song, Yea Alabama, features the first line that says, "Let the Sewanee Tiger scratch, Let the Yellow Jacket sting!" And while we don't sing those lyrics anymore, but start with a rousing "Yea Alabama! Drown 'em Tide!", it's true that the first references in the song are to two schools we just don't play anymore. A fitting blog post today, what would have been Coach Paul Bryant's 99th birthday! <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Roll Tide Roll! </i></b></span><br />
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What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-13644344607758490712012-09-10T15:30:00.000-05:002012-09-10T15:58:38.192-05:00Truman Capote and the Legacy of In Cold Blood: A Lecture<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZqwXnKAwIoLGy2P-zi3fQmW-fkWWsMt_1VxI5hYfZQ6c2DWBEdAFGQnDMEhLf3zznJoU0yEdv2rp4UktkJz-V0_5jIxeRnKjR8Cu2_Vj8J8QuGU_jm42vlwG8wKlBUHIr-RMOrlMSHyh/s1600/Voss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZqwXnKAwIoLGy2P-zi3fQmW-fkWWsMt_1VxI5hYfZQ6c2DWBEdAFGQnDMEhLf3zznJoU0yEdv2rp4UktkJz-V0_5jIxeRnKjR8Cu2_Vj8J8QuGU_jm42vlwG8wKlBUHIr-RMOrlMSHyh/s400/Voss.jpg" width="265" /></a><b> </b><br />
<b>Join us on October 17, 2012 at 5:30 pm for an evening with Dr. Ralph Voss, retired professor
of English at The University of Alabama. Voss will talk about his new book,
Truman Capote and the Legacy of In Cold Blood (UA Press, 2011)</b>.<br />
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The talk will be followed by Q&A and a book signing. This event, like all events at Hoole, is free and open to the public. A small exhibit of Capote materials will be on display in the Hoole Lobby. <br />
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<i>"Truman Capote and the Legacy of</i><i> </i>In Cold Blood is the anatomy of the origins of an American literary landmark and its legacy.<br />
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Ralph F. Voss<b> </b>was a high school junior in Plainville, Kansas in
mid-November of 1959 when four members of the Herbert Clutter family
were murdered in Holcomb, Kansas, by “four shotgun blasts that, all
told, ended six human lives,” an unimaginable horror in a quiet farm
community during the Eisenhower years. No one in Kansas or elsewhere
could then have foreseen the emergence of Capote’s book–which has never
gone out of print, has twice been made into a major motion picture,
remains<i> </i>required reading in criminology, American Studies,
sociology, and English classes, and has been the source of two recent
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Voss examines Capote and <i>In Cold Blood</i> from many perspectives,
not only as the crowning achievement of Capote’s career, but also as a
story in itself, focusing on Capote’s artfully composed text, his
extravagant claims for it as reportage, and its larger status in
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Voss argues that Capote’s publication of <i>In Cold Blood</i> in 1966 forever transcended his reputation as a first-rate stylist but second-rate writer of “Southern gothic” fiction; that <i>In Cold Blood</i>
actually is a gothic novel, a sophisticated culmination of Capote’s
artistic development and interest in lurid regionalism, but one that
nonetheless eclipsed him both personally and artistically. He also
explores Capote’s famous claim that he created a genre called the
“non-fiction novel,” and its status as a foundational work of “true
crime” writing as practiced by authors ranging from Tom Wolfe and Norman
Mailer to James Ellroy, Joe McGinniss, and John Berendt.</div>
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Voss also examines Capote’s artful manipulation of the story’s facts
and circumstances: his masking of crucial homoerotic elements to enhance
its marketability; his need for the killers to remain alive long enough
to get the story, and then his need for them to die so that he could
complete it; and Capote’s style, his shaping of the narrative, and his
selection of details–why it served him to include <i>this</i> and not <i>that</i>, and the effects of such choices—all despite confident declarations that “every word is true.”</div>
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Though it’s been nearly 50 years since the Clutter murders and far more gruesome crimes have been documented, <i>In Cold Blood </i>continues
to resonate deeply in popular culture. Beyond questions of artistic
selection and claims of truth, beyond questions about capital punishment
and Capote’s own post-publication dissolution, <i>In Cold Blood</i>’s
ongoing relevance stems, argues Voss, from its unmatched role as a
touchstone for enduring issues of truth, exploitation, victimization,
and the power of narrative."</div>
What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-76625873554183947392012-09-05T12:15:00.001-05:002012-09-05T12:19:22.575-05:00Welcome Home Dr. Bailey!: UA's 37th President<br />
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The W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library is honored to join the chorus in welcoming Dr. Guy Bailey back to The University of Alabama!<br />
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This video message to Dr. Guy Bailey is a fitting tribute to our our new University of Alabama president. The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama System named Dr. Guy Bailey president of The University of Alabama on July 11, 2012. He began his tenure on September 3rd. A Montgomery, Alabama native and a two-time UA graduate, Dr. Bailey comes to us from Texas Tech University, where he served as president since 2008. <br />
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To learn a bit more about the history of presidents of The University of Alabama, visit our online exhibit, <a href="http://www.lib.ua.edu/content/libraries/hoole/digital/presidents/index1.html" target="_blank">Presidential Portraits at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library</a>. This small online exhibit features the portraits that are held in the Hoole Library of former University of Alabama Presidents. <br />
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Our collections also feature the records of University of Alabama presidents and other administrators, as well as published and unpublished materials that document the rich history of The University of Alabama. This includes full runs of the Corolla, the Crimson White, student publications, and much, much more! Come visit us! <br />
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<br />What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-82928498406340358322012-09-04T12:02:00.001-05:002012-09-05T12:18:14.151-05:00Fans, Band and Cheers! Roll Tide!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f4cccc;">Well, it's that time of year again -- campus is buzzing with excitement following the season opener of Alabama football vs. Michigan in Cowboy Stadium in Dallas. This image, from our University of Alabama photographs, and featured in <a href="http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/" target="_blank">Acumen</a>, shows a cheerleader in motion in front of a sea of fans and members of the Million Dollar Band, ca. 1964. Whether it is 1964 or today, the energy and excitement is palpable, even a full 584 miles away from Bryant-Denny Stadium on The University of Alabama campus!</span> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Roll Tide!</b></span>What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-35795202126851292352012-08-30T12:05:00.002-05:002012-09-05T12:18:58.002-05:00In great confusion I drop you a line...: A Letter from the Creek Indian War <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>On August 30, 1813, </b>Creek Indians, under the leadership of William Weatherford, also known as Red Eagle, attacked Fort Mims in what is now Baldwin County, killing nearly 250 settlers who had gathered there for protection. The attack caused fear and hysteria among frontier settlers, who quickly raised militia companies to fight in what became known as the Creek War, from 1813-1814.<br />
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The Hoole Library holds an incredible piece of evidence from that violent time, in the form of a letter from a man named Jesse Griffin to his parents. Griffin states in his powerful letter that he has traveled 50 miles in flight from the Creeks, who killed more than 400 people in 5 days. <br />
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Although Griffin and his family survived, they lost their crops, livestock, and most of their household goods. The Creek Indian War lasted from 1813-1814, where Creeks attacked white settlers moving into Creek lands. The war ended on March 27, 1814, when General Andrew Jackson defeated Red Eagle and the Creek warriors at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Alabama. <br />
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This item is <a href="http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0000597_0000001#item%3Du0003_0000597_0000001_0001%3B" target="_blank">available online via our Digital Collections</a> and the original is housed in the Hoole Special Collections Library.<br />
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Finally, Cool@Hoole is glad to be back after a bit of a hiatus! Please visit often, add us to your blogroll, and like us on Facebook! Got a comment or a thought? Contact me at JLF@ua.edu! <br />
<br />What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-24456072173472604002012-02-02T09:01:00.006-06:002012-02-02T09:20:43.420-06:00Got a minute? Tag it! Crowdsourcing Comes to University Libraries!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAgpUNL4LcP6DHOyo7BwC5EXVcDOOp0_gP_WgOOZvNGgeo1kzoXMcC6bQ_tB5wx07hMAqZhSB_miDb11a1YBAXI7NggGIJc4UcgUvqDfwPJsvRrL5XriQpq7VnISR6oyoUtFCaLmcjIEY/s1600/tagit%2521.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAgpUNL4LcP6DHOyo7BwC5EXVcDOOp0_gP_WgOOZvNGgeo1kzoXMcC6bQ_tB5wx07hMAqZhSB_miDb11a1YBAXI7NggGIJc4UcgUvqDfwPJsvRrL5XriQpq7VnISR6oyoUtFCaLmcjIEY/s400/tagit%2521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704553900877924802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Think you know The University of Alabama? Well, come on and tag it! The University Libraries has started a new crowdsourcing project, allowing anyone to view and tag photographs from the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library! <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Why</span> tag our photographs?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2j27PdEK9dciRTz10oJp6yIQgT5ql1rhi8IJ15EOFJ9rnyKLF5OTAgkK50X19qY5C5hsxFltQMaXnEXhQSvJl-hLJRdl2_aXVlTnNSE4hbA55ldN4gp55RiJMn9m0cNNpRjtMgbr98jk/s1600/tagit_screenshot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2j27PdEK9dciRTz10oJp6yIQgT5ql1rhi8IJ15EOFJ9rnyKLF5OTAgkK50X19qY5C5hsxFltQMaXnEXhQSvJl-hLJRdl2_aXVlTnNSE4hbA55ldN4gp55RiJMn9m0cNNpRjtMgbr98jk/s400/tagit_screenshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704557290599414898" border="0" /></a><br />We have thousands of digitized photographs! Many of these photos may lack adequate or complete descriptions of the people, places, or objects displayed. By applying your own "tags" (key words, descriptions) to our photographs, you can help us fill in the blanks and provide more thorough and accurate information for students and researchers using our collections. <p class="MsoNormal"> The more you tag, the richer the experience for all! And besides, it's not only easy, but it's FUN!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2ysCUnZUMYANcv3Fp4gdyD3joVBE4EY5RPFsWjtu6rK4Ucp16JhXIGXcc0DwoTMguMkVPeuqCAgtZ_yDTe4aye0BWD-r4b-71Mk1s9hz3W4MazEHCsonQqevyrf0vLsTrgTQ4jDJNDuT/s1600/tagit_screen2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2ysCUnZUMYANcv3Fp4gdyD3joVBE4EY5RPFsWjtu6rK4Ucp16JhXIGXcc0DwoTMguMkVPeuqCAgtZ_yDTe4aye0BWD-r4b-71Mk1s9hz3W4MazEHCsonQqevyrf0vLsTrgTQ4jDJNDuT/s400/tagit_screen2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704557439408307938" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Visit <a href="http://tagit.lib.ua.edu/">http://tagit.lib.ua.edu/ </a>and get started! It's easy, no password is needed, so just get in there, pick some photographs, and start tagging away! If you have questions, feel free to<a href="http://www.lib.ua.edu/forms/refspec.htm"> contact us! </a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsn71ymFGe0t8xWMi-u3ymDxZATSA6UVHZzbZ3ah7CLmSfCFq4uufVX2FOm3LH8lYJsMlnykYc4_DKqBkAOfpKWrs-Ay4N482ITYXpz0iz8amZmD4EOp2tmpcAag0Kky28V1gZOSEOCWPG/s1600/tagit_screenshot3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsn71ymFGe0t8xWMi-u3ymDxZATSA6UVHZzbZ3ah7CLmSfCFq4uufVX2FOm3LH8lYJsMlnykYc4_DKqBkAOfpKWrs-Ay4N482ITYXpz0iz8amZmD4EOp2tmpcAag0Kky28V1gZOSEOCWPG/s400/tagit_screenshot3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704558389033148114" border="0" /></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Happy Tagging!!!!!<br /></span></div>What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-74279364669794441442012-01-31T17:12:00.008-06:002012-01-31T17:17:17.594-06:00More Vintage Hoop Shots!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfv0inpvhJKRsXqoMQuPDIoOwmNxz7WD1KKw-W175zvLUFYPj3VwjEhxl8JTSLg7nn8hihGe3dEp7ej49G06Bby9B8tZ5AYja4WRgpoBPLcNfhBWeFwR3zi69NFAWtGvac9gt2gOA-lon/s1600/UA_vs_TN_2007_001_001587.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfv0inpvhJKRsXqoMQuPDIoOwmNxz7WD1KKw-W175zvLUFYPj3VwjEhxl8JTSLg7nn8hihGe3dEp7ej49G06Bby9B8tZ5AYja4WRgpoBPLcNfhBWeFwR3zi69NFAWtGvac9gt2gOA-lon/s400/UA_vs_TN_2007_001_001587.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703938533092427282" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZr5Ozzhaxq21Eod5ZF3HXn9hF2j8FGmUyrDOjvzK6u93q-g4rGgYW7tA9Z2B5_9VPgI-qK9dzTOKZBHX5TYUm7Ydo5Ho9P8iBjBtSW8f2j_2fRj12qCFlo0nGCczJXcw-8Cx47LXjUit1/s1600/UA_Kentucky_1946_2007_001_001620.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZr5Ozzhaxq21Eod5ZF3HXn9hF2j8FGmUyrDOjvzK6u93q-g4rGgYW7tA9Z2B5_9VPgI-qK9dzTOKZBHX5TYUm7Ydo5Ho9P8iBjBtSW8f2j_2fRj12qCFlo0nGCczJXcw-8Cx47LXjUit1/s400/UA_Kentucky_1946_2007_001_001620.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703938376475223122" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmbT3tYD1yT9BGcrINCsax2-V8SwTit1DZFzO-EF91eh5T1PPoxshmLi2g19aY7L0R2jUhK9tcKBu9EFfw9XEcinNh-352PbxPPfJJYpOK3UBc6-wChcA4e9g91Kn2_G1aZifEvRhbB2T/s1600/Sharp_2007_001_001617.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmbT3tYD1yT9BGcrINCsax2-V8SwTit1DZFzO-EF91eh5T1PPoxshmLi2g19aY7L0R2jUhK9tcKBu9EFfw9XEcinNh-352PbxPPfJJYpOK3UBc6-wChcA4e9g91Kn2_G1aZifEvRhbB2T/s400/Sharp_2007_001_001617.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703938278040487570" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOZo2oQDhPV1tPCL4E48R2DXoXx6C9m82yK3O8IrrAYOgJH8UlWi67l_dE0vBoS7YgaqhlKMOKlwZn0luX1W_UwTDCoWUquVHE7VYlBE4eVcwawlHAGi8zHkg64WhcEf0NekeE241m8mU/s1600/Basketball_Player_Shooting_2007_001_001619.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOZo2oQDhPV1tPCL4E48R2DXoXx6C9m82yK3O8IrrAYOgJH8UlWi67l_dE0vBoS7YgaqhlKMOKlwZn0luX1W_UwTDCoWUquVHE7VYlBE4eVcwawlHAGi8zHkg64WhcEf0NekeE241m8mU/s400/Basketball_Player_Shooting_2007_001_001619.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703938151359030898" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCinzJAODWQKJ2TyCjCW2I5o1C40CuJir2xn4T_L2FBhBDxjLp2IQaghPFDnBYpM7zA_QUqyIfuDVGgOG6nE8jcA9ek8oH4mYDSXLuN6bHeBVFKSVuYlY0iiQdaw8qJQSYptUBDfzEuhzD/s1600/Basketball_Player_2007_001_001629.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCinzJAODWQKJ2TyCjCW2I5o1C40CuJir2xn4T_L2FBhBDxjLp2IQaghPFDnBYpM7zA_QUqyIfuDVGgOG6nE8jcA9ek8oH4mYDSXLuN6bHeBVFKSVuYlY0iiQdaw8qJQSYptUBDfzEuhzD/s400/Basketball_Player_2007_001_001629.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703938032091589554" border="0" /></a><br />These were too good not to share --- part of a little something I'm working on today, here are some University of Alabama basketball action shots and players from the 1940s-60s! <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Roll Tide!</span>What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-37693688754699052292012-01-31T14:47:00.003-06:002012-01-31T15:16:15.931-06:00Vintage Kicks, Vintage Hardwood<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvWOAiexdQJNidWYEv68jGFzeWJELvWvEcBb3g9c6ZiXPOuBjslMugoUSFFZlaQYdDz3d66ANvJD-O9FRViEF05Jq3JwVQ2MMWUb0zPzWL54WG1jiEINvKWbfhI0ExcuPyHF8MBL3k2dw/s1600/Basketball_Shoes_2007_001_001595.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvWOAiexdQJNidWYEv68jGFzeWJELvWvEcBb3g9c6ZiXPOuBjslMugoUSFFZlaQYdDz3d66ANvJD-O9FRViEF05Jq3JwVQ2MMWUb0zPzWL54WG1jiEINvKWbfhI0ExcuPyHF8MBL3k2dw/s400/Basketball_Shoes_2007_001_001595.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703900740233443666" border="0" /></a><br />This cool and mysterious photograph is of the feet of the 1964 <a href="http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-baskbl/alab-m-baskbl-body.html">University of Alabama basketball</a> team, part of the University of Alabama photographs collections. The vintage hardwood is Foster Auditorium, where Men's basketball played before the days of Coleman <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Coliseum</span>. The sneakers and the venue have changed, but it always is an exciting couple of hours, cheering on the Crimson Tide basketball team! And if you can't make it to see them live, there's always ESPN! Roll Tide!What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-79581423457679761832012-01-17T14:26:00.002-06:002012-01-17T14:32:33.775-06:00Summersell Center Fellowships Call for Applications!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGueqkD6K03XvgFcd6XqT-5qr1vwmTnjn_kLi24wwpA95Ydbr0FdjmIQ8APhjDv0gUlYrqRXa-v8OxhnVvB2br_dRQ62A3MdLKz-WduBFAkpr1T-hxC4pZ__-wN2mbGL1QrvC-2sAS191/s1600/internallogo.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGueqkD6K03XvgFcd6XqT-5qr1vwmTnjn_kLi24wwpA95Ydbr0FdjmIQ8APhjDv0gUlYrqRXa-v8OxhnVvB2br_dRQ62A3MdLKz-WduBFAkpr1T-hxC4pZ__-wN2mbGL1QrvC-2sAS191/s400/internallogo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698701328356139746" border="0" /></a><br /> <div id="index-title-container"> </div> <h2><a href="http://www.as.ua.edu/scss/2012/01/16/summersell-center-announces-2012-short-term-fellowship-program/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Summersell Center Announces 2012 Short-Term Fellowship Program">Summersell Center Announces 2012 Short-Term Fellowship Program</a></h2> <div class="entry"> <p>To support the study of southern history and promote the use of the collections housed at the University of Alabama, the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South will offer four fellowships in the amount of $500 each for researchers whose projects entail work to be conducted in southern history or southern studies at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library</span> (http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/), the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection (http://www.lib.ua.edu/williamscollection), or in other University of Alabama collections.</p> <p>Applicants should send two copies of</p> <ul><li>A current CV</li><li>One letter of recommendation (which may be sent under separate cover)</li><li>A description of the research project, no longer than two double-spaced pages, which includes a description of the particular resources to be used during the term of the fellowship</li></ul> <p>The deadline for applications to be received by the Summersell Center is March 16, 2012. Decisions regarding awards will be made by May 1, 2012, and research may be conducted anytime between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. Both academic and non-academic researchers at any stage of their careers are encouraged to apply. Because fellowships are designed primarily to help defray travel and lodging expenses, however, eligibility is restricted to researchers living outside the Tuscaloosa area.</p> <p>Send all application materials to:<br />Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South<br />Department of History<br />University of Alabama<br />Box 870212, 202 ten Hoor Hall<br />Tuscaloosa, AL 35487</p> <p>Any questions about the fellowships may be directed to Joshua Rothman, Director of the Summersell Center, at jrothman@bama.ua.edu or 205.348.3818.</p> </div>What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-15341659191452755472011-12-15T10:33:00.025-06:002011-12-15T12:33:43.953-06:00Remembering the Queen of the Blues<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: georgia;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbc7b4_r9qO1BJbvU090XDgm1nbqMiulnhk6JuotCk8-kRsg2Flr6QazZH21BylIDgJv02-rF3BF0qkcL4AphoGBPhBTTgoKbLPyjwADGXPOgHcYzIaKJh_nhwu6InODCke5sTrvJrHLF/s1600/dinah.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones in 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Moving with her family at a young age to Chicago, she went on to become one of the most distinctive singers of her time. Her biggest triumph came with the 1959 Grammy-winning “What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" and she topped the charts again with “Baby, You’ve Got What it takes” a sizzling duet with Brook Benton.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > A gospel star at age fifteen, she was discovered by the legendary musician and fellow Alabamian <a href="http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2556">Lionel Hampton</a> at eighteen.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>She spent most of the rest of her short life in clubs and theaters and in the studio --- making music.<br /><br />Dinah's distinctive and heartfelt voice quickly became her trademark -- she was a song stylist, crossing over from the "race music" category to the pop and jazz charts. Known in her day as the Queen of the Blues and queen of the Juke Boxes, Dinah was regarded as a rare "first take" artist, her studio recordings reflecting the same passion that she brought o every one of her live performances. She was known to make every single song she sang her own, having once said, George Gershwin wouldn't know his own song when I'm through with it. I can't stay hidebound to any melody." </span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Please enjoy Dinah's remarkable live performance of </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >All of Me</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" > from 1958, complete with a very participatory audience. She was loved, and continues to be loved for her remarkable singing voice, an unmistakable sound that can never be matched. And she lived a fascinating, sad, and far too short of a life. To read more about Dinah, read Nadine Cohodas's book, Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington ( Pantheon, 2004). Much of the research on Dinah's earliest years was done at the Hoole Library! She spoke to a rapt audience at UA in 2005 about her book -- we even had a little Dinah-esque performance with blues singer, Elnora Spencer.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO7rDIphBi2ShKb7Xp7-IfNfP4BsFS9sN5eF-5LowPyA-HEXyv5Ctup9Mu_LMuxZaqhwNFkaWPjydzu_-aYv2b5yVvueZHkhMnzKJdboyx_x1nnRzBr4Rn9vOLgWLzKKQ6WHU2at-vQgz/s1600/dinah_queen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO7rDIphBi2ShKb7Xp7-IfNfP4BsFS9sN5eF-5LowPyA-HEXyv5Ctup9Mu_LMuxZaqhwNFkaWPjydzu_-aYv2b5yVvueZHkhMnzKJdboyx_x1nnRzBr4Rn9vOLgWLzKKQ6WHU2at-vQgz/s400/dinah_queen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686402484864239090" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br />Not to be outdone, Nadine's latest book,</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" class="hlb-item-link hlb-asin-B005ZO6SM0" ><span class="hlb-item-title">Princess N</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" class="hlb-item-link hlb-asin-B005ZO6SM0" ><span class="hlb-item-title">oire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" class="hlb-item-link hlb-asin-B005ZO6SM0" ><span class="hlb-item-title"> (Panthe</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" class="hlb-item-link hlb-asin-B005ZO6SM0" ><span class="hlb-item-title">on, 2010)</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" class="hlb-item-link hlb-asin-B005ZO6SM0" ><span class="hlb-item-title"> </span></span><span class="hlb-item-link hlb-asin-B005ZO6SM0" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="hlb-item-title">is a look at the fascinating life of this incredible singer and activist. Mark your calendars -- Nadine may be joining us again in spring 2012 to talk about her work!<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" class="hlb-item-link hlb-asin-B005ZO6SM0" ><span class="hlb-item-title"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><div style="text-align: center; font-family:georgia;"><span style="Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><i><span style="color:black;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YCSav4UrBPI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe></span></i></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US; mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:";font-size:100%;" ><i><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" > </span><br /></span></i></span>What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955130109131079970.post-66579538586363631902011-12-12T16:50:00.005-06:002011-12-12T17:00:52.469-06:00Two Kinds of Santas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDnHUDs0Bm2Splm2HUKmUip64I1ndSvPPVpPy4nKDQdyTdPSNG_Jn0caqTBvEaNW_JaI-d7M6ZeH1SP8sL85skcEPtSpU0-ZsVnJz8Nc5UNvKBhu_h1Tzv52KYvJohrhAA7Ixyk9iROcn/s1600/pba02723f01l.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDnHUDs0Bm2Splm2HUKmUip64I1ndSvPPVpPy4nKDQdyTdPSNG_Jn0caqTBvEaNW_JaI-d7M6ZeH1SP8sL85skcEPtSpU0-ZsVnJz8Nc5UNvKBhu_h1Tzv52KYvJohrhAA7Ixyk9iROcn/s400/pba02723f01l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685378490125143778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnOZ8SAqYdw8XXYeeZX0RxS-AmAp84IKPgLyKzGSr6yYUPknkPTlX8HgLjMnmhIYIorKI-u4XYIImhHth8SyVaUK-XIhwJbZC50-qeQxnlVT_LskvbVFl-AkfYt45y_gTWugXMG_0QrsU/s1600/pba00505f01l.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnOZ8SAqYdw8XXYeeZX0RxS-AmAp84IKPgLyKzGSr6yYUPknkPTlX8HgLjMnmhIYIorKI-u4XYIImhHth8SyVaUK-XIhwJbZC50-qeQxnlVT_LskvbVFl-AkfYt45y_gTWugXMG_0QrsU/s400/pba00505f01l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685378274591656562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Both on publishers' bindings, and both in glorious green cloth. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">The Old Santa Fe Trail</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> (Macmillan Co., 1898, from the Hoole Richard Minsky Collection) and </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">A Captured Santa Claus </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">(Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905, from the Wade Hall Collection of Southern History and Culture) Both of these books are included in the award-winning digital project, </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);" href="http://bindings.lib.ua.edu">Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books.</a><br /></div>What's Cool@Hoolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151680647719929975noreply@blogger.com0