Sloss-Sheffield's Publication (1926-1960) Available Online

In November, 1926, the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company began a monthly publication titled Pig Iron Rough Notes. It's primary goal was to contribute to the advancement of the foundry trade and serve as an educational and technical tool for the workers. Over 90 digitized issues (1926-1960) highlight the steel industry, the men involved, and new techniques in the trade.

Gee's Bend Oral Histories

In the early 1980s, Kathryn Tucker Windham conducted oral histories with residents and former residents of Gee's Bend, Alabama. Transcripts of her interviews are now available online.

Jemison Real Estate's Magazine Online

Jemison Real Estate and Insurance Company developed the cities of Fairfield (Corey) and Mountain Brook. The company also built several neighborhoods, hotels, apartments, and office buildings in Birmingham. In order to promote their real estate ventures the Jemison Company published Jemison Magazine. This fascinating serial is now available online and covers the years 1910-1914 and 1926-1930. It provides numerous photographs, architectural plans, biographies, and articles which will enhance the knowledge and appreciation of the Birmingham metro area.

First Annual Play Ground Day 1914

Now available online is the 1914 publication Play ground day: greater Birmingham play ground demonstration. It includes many photographs of children on local playgrounds, names of the children, and photographs of city officials and leaders.

New items added in January

Check out the more than 125 items added in January

Avondale Mills Newspaper

The Avondale Sun, a newspaper published by Avondale Mills for its employees, ran from 1924-2006. Over its 82-year history, it published community and employee news, company information, and photographs.

G. Stephen Felker, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avondale Mills, Inc., donated the Avondale Sun newspaper collection to the B. B. Comer Memorial Library in 2006. The B. B. Comer Memorial Library digitized all available issues covering the period from 1924-2004, and in the summer of 2010 the Birmingham Public Library (BPL) and the B. B. Comer Memorial Library reached an agreement for BPL to catalog and host the digitized images.

This newspaper is a valuable resource for all of Alabama. Enjoy!

Norwood Neighborhood Articles Added

Newspaper articles about the Norwood neighborhood have been added to the Digital Collections database.