tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203539152024-03-05T22:26:58.005-08:00Birmingham Public LibraryDigital CollectionsMelinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-20669987864526738532013-07-25T13:43:00.001-07:002013-07-25T13:43:07.192-07:00Parker High School Yearbook Available Online<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 1958 edition of Parker High School's yearbook <i>The Bison </i>is now <a href="http://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p132001coll0/id/6026">available online</a>. <span dir="LTR" id="baseDirectionInsertComponent"><span id="resultsAnyComponent"><span>The following years for <i>The Bison</i> are available for viewing in the Southern History Department: 1952 (photocopy), 1958, 1962 (poor condition), 1969(damaged)-1970, 1972, 1977-1978, 1986, and 1991. </span></span></span><br />
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Did you know the library is seeking yearbooks for all Birmingham schools? If you would like to donate a yearbook please contact the staff in the Southern History Department at 205-226-3665. Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-31222433180056567302013-06-12T08:27:00.000-07:002013-06-12T08:27:17.589-07:00Bull Connor Papers Available Online<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor Papers, 1951; 1959-1963 are now available online. The papers, which consist of letters, memoranda, clippings, photographs and reports, are the office files kept by Connor during his last five years as Commissioner of Public Safety. The digitization of his papers includes over 30,000 items and was made possible by a grant from the <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/lsta">Library and Technology Service Act</a> (LSTA).<br />
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<span class="style21"><b></b></span>Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-17657069456797885192012-11-05T14:52:00.000-08:002012-11-05T14:52:00.107-08:00Ku Klux Klan Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles, 1913-1967
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Birmingham News <br />June 15, 1948</td></tr>
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A scrapbook (517 pages) of collected newspaper articles covering the <a href="http://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BPLSB02/id/7616">Ku Klux Klan</a> for the years 1913-1967 has been added to Birmingam Public Library's Digital Collections database. The bulk of the articles cover the 1950s and 1960s. <br />
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Birmingham Public Librarians culled local newspapers and some national papers to locate and cutout articles about the KKK. The scrapbook was digitized from the microfilmed copy of the scrapbook thanks to a generous grant from the <a href="http://webmini.apls.state.al.us/apls_web/apls/apls/?q=lsta">Library Services and Technology Act. </a>Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-76865580532608054822012-07-03T13:05:00.000-07:002012-07-03T13:05:49.281-07:00Let's Get Rid of Alabama's Shame<a href="http://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll8/id/13015"><i>Let's Get Rid of Alabama's Shame : The Convict Lease or Contract System</i></a> published by the Statewide Campaign Committee for the Abolishment of the Convict Contract System in 1923 is now available online.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"There are 3,000 men and women in the penitentiary (in Alabama); there are 2,500,000 out of it. The suggestion that these millions are dependent on a handful of convicts to earn money for the support of their government is an insult to the law-abiding, self-supporting and self-respecting citizens of the state." </td></tr>
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<br />Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-13147801664732361082012-06-21T08:13:00.000-07:002012-06-21T08:13:27.145-07:00Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth Interviews Available OnlineHistorian Andrew M. Manis recorded interviews with Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and several of his friends and family while conducting research for his book, <a href="http://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1910221__Sfire+you+cant+put+out__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=def"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Fire You Can't Put Out</span></a>. Thirty-three of the sixty interviews have been transcribed and are <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/search/collection/p15099coll2/searchterm/Andrew%20M.%20Manis%20Oral%20History%20Interviews/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and/order/nosort">now available online</a>.<br />
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<span class="tRegularPageTextHeadings">Manis, Andrew M.
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<span class="tRegularPageTextHeadings">Oral History
Interviews, 1987-1989 </span></div>
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<span class="tRegularpagetext">Andrew M. Manis has served
as Assistant Professor of History at Macon State College in Macon, Georgia, and
the Religion and Southern Studies editor for Mercer University Press. He is
author of the books <i>Southern Civil Religions in Conflict: Black and White
Baptists and Civil Rights, 1947-1957</i> and <i>A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil
Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth</i>. This collection
contains tapes and transcripts for 33 oral history interviews conducted by
Andrew M. Manis as part of the research for his book <i>A Fire You Can’t Put Out</i>.
The interviews relate to the Civil Rights Movement generally and to the life and
career of Birmingham civil rights activist Fred L. Shuttlesworth. </span></div>
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<strong>Interviewees:</strong> Oscar Adams, R. L. Alford, Lewis L. Anderson,
James Armstrong, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/54">Harold Bester</a>, Ricky Shuttlesworth Bester, L. Venchael Booth, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/73">Anne Braden</a>,
Alexander Brown, Malcolm Burroughs,<a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/74"> J. L. Chesnut</a>, Wallace Chilcoat, Alvin
Cleveland, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/75">Reuben Davis</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/76">John Drew</a>, Frank Dukes, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/77">Vivian Durant</a>, Thurman Echols,
James Farmer, Veronica Chappell Flemmon, Edward Gardner, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/78">Carter Gaston</a>, Phyllis
Gooden, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/79">Aldrich Gunn</a>, Lola Hendricks, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/80">Norman Jimerson</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/53">Edward Johnson</a>, Colonel Stone Johnson, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/55">Terry Lee Lane</a>,
Bill Leonard, Harold Long, Joseph Lowery, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/56">Jonathan MacPherson</a>, Laverne Revis McWilliams Martin,
Patricia Shuttlesworth Massengill, Eula Mae Mitchell, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/58">James T. Montgomery</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/59">Charles Morgan</a>, Diane Nash, C. Herbert Oliver, James Orange, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/57">John T. Porter</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/61">Julia Rainge</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/60">F. D. Reese</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/62">James Roberson</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/87">Pinky Shortridge</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/63">Clifton Shuttlesworth</a>, Eugene
Shuttlesworth, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/81">Fred Shuttlesworth</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/68">Fred Shuttlesworth, Jr.</a>, Daphne Sloan, Glenn
Smiley, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/65">Nelson H. Smith, Jr.</a>, David Vann, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/66">C. T. Vivian</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/69">Wyatt T. Walker,</a> Marvin
Whiting, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/67">Betty Williams</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/70">Cleola Willis</a>, Louretta Wimberly, Daisy Winston,
<a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/71">Abraham L. Woods, Jr.</a>, <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p15099coll2/id/72">Calvin Woods</a><span class="tRegularpagetext"></span></div>Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-64693543602627072822012-04-18T13:40:00.002-07:002012-04-18T13:40:30.465-07:00Neighborhood Newspaper Articles AddedNewspaper clipping files for the neighborhoods of <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p4017coll2/id/2084">Five Points South</a> (60 articles), <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p4017coll2/id/2152">Huffman</a> (40 articles), <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p4017coll2/id/2095">Smithfield</a> (10 articles), and <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p4017coll2/id/2111">South Highland</a> (15 articles) are now available online.<br />
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<br />Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-25252138369931031332012-04-03T15:30:00.000-07:002012-04-03T15:30:18.819-07:00Pratt City Newspaper Articles Added<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/search/collection/p4017coll2/searchterm/Pratt%20City/field/subjec/mode/exact/conn/and/order/nosort">Newspaper articles</a> about the Pratt City neighborhood have been added to the Digital Collections Database. The 64 articles cover the years 1932-1983 and discuss topics such as Pratt City pioneers, neighborhood projects and urban renewal. Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-4387775278202008472012-01-27T11:39:00.000-08:002012-01-27T13:28:09.508-08:00Sloss-Sheffield's Publication (1926-1960) Available Online<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OJ1fzI8uIb01IwpfznrxSXTwHx8rJK-wPD-wFJ4O3RxGb3EKiX3B43FHqbUCfgigPkAUotX1u4PRqpkMazR73ZItYCOwjNpkBAMMima0xW_E2d_HLAfaJS_ovlexvSNXnz40/s1600/pig01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OJ1fzI8uIb01IwpfznrxSXTwHx8rJK-wPD-wFJ4O3RxGb3EKiX3B43FHqbUCfgigPkAUotX1u4PRqpkMazR73ZItYCOwjNpkBAMMima0xW_E2d_HLAfaJS_ovlexvSNXnz40/s400/pig01.jpg" alt="Pig Iron Rough Notes" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702425370267311602" border="1" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKl7mNFGNcC-qKGyI_J9YHGScf4RuL2nwqImaq4FE0sQNIDc5AjrwUlJCL3rHt_cAAA9h8QSzlTUrzhWKbKRzhuZJZM2pur_zfW3H0RMXDt-9tMqc_pW8NZaFSfQ2B_qZqOlsH/s1600/pig02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKl7mNFGNcC-qKGyI_J9YHGScf4RuL2nwqImaq4FE0sQNIDc5AjrwUlJCL3rHt_cAAA9h8QSzlTUrzhWKbKRzhuZJZM2pur_zfW3H0RMXDt-9tMqc_pW8NZaFSfQ2B_qZqOlsH/s400/pig02.jpg" alt="342.5.1.112.36.08 Big Ben Eggers testing castings for strength" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702425643079503106" border="1" /></a><br />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 <a href="https://server16044.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/results.php?&CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=thumb&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;subjec,A,0;descri,200,0;none,A,0;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOBIB=title,A,1,N;subjec,A,0,N;descri,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20%284x5%29;date,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;title,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;subjec,title,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=1&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOBOX1=Pig+Iron+Rough+Notes&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=%2Fp4017coll8">90 digitized issues (1926-1960)</a> highlight the steel industry, the men involved, and new techniques in the trade.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-91507628293394636792011-10-25T12:13:00.000-07:002011-10-25T12:19:43.418-07:00Gee's Bend Oral HistoriesIn 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 <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/search/collection/p15099coll2/collection/p15099coll2/searchterm/Gee%27s+Bend+Project.+Papers+and+Related+Documents,+1930s,+1941,+1980s/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and/page/1">available online</a>.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-89582052809327064932011-02-25T06:12:00.001-08:002011-02-25T07:18:00.446-08:00Jemison Real Estate's Magazine Online<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8ggMJpDj-K7DUY0hyphenhyphenX7NovcozOjxmUAOh8SM620C7wGZMWC4stwfVV6uaJ0XC3nqtzJmzNqsubZEPv7Bmjc_zXA4yXZWnFt8i8fM5drUZt-dF3ILQXLp737haDU03_QyZpJZ/s1600/Jemison896.1.23+%2528cover%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8ggMJpDj-K7DUY0hyphenhyphenX7NovcozOjxmUAOh8SM620C7wGZMWC4stwfVV6uaJ0XC3nqtzJmzNqsubZEPv7Bmjc_zXA4yXZWnFt8i8fM5drUZt-dF3ILQXLp737haDU03_QyZpJZ/s400/Jemison896.1.23+%2528cover%2529.jpg" alt="Jemison Magazine November 1913" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577644864090107458" border="2" /></a><br />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 <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?&CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=thumb&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;subjec,A,0;descri,200,0;none,A,0;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOBIB=title,A,1,N;subjec,A,0,N;descri,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20%284x5%29;title,date,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;title,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;subjec,title,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=1&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOBOX1=jemison+magazine&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=%2Fp4017coll8">Jemison Magazine</a>. 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.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHKf3gzQBWgQkuYOotlOVQQ2I5ppIESabZ6qL6GfdafcByinCG_fyglOwSfnqiLKpY8QRQIh6Tb4x3n5-gqZ75_xkHVFgvhOtmSKN5CbyHBD2hJtoO-ieI5h0XoiJBNTlGsPx/s1600/Corey896.1.11+%2528p13%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 371px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHKf3gzQBWgQkuYOotlOVQQ2I5ppIESabZ6qL6GfdafcByinCG_fyglOwSfnqiLKpY8QRQIh6Tb4x3n5-gqZ75_xkHVFgvhOtmSKN5CbyHBD2hJtoO-ieI5h0XoiJBNTlGsPx/s400/Corey896.1.11+%2528p13%2529.jpg" alt="Roosevelt Day at Corey 1911" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577641570061037458" border="2" /></a>Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-83828670951138729152011-02-16T09:08:00.000-08:002011-02-16T09:30:15.114-08:00First Annual Play Ground Day 1914<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKHRo9JJN-q9ZPiL_SekeixJLuRX0DfLxgAu9lJAe3i66fHDuNz7Rl5SLw9qjKOIreVNzm1WNdJ2ujsjQ2N4Ygto2r8ZixYWzMgm9TUsZ7YM6UwnluyroaYMKU0hiD_Q387vT/s1600/8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKHRo9JJN-q9ZPiL_SekeixJLuRX0DfLxgAu9lJAe3i66fHDuNz7Rl5SLw9qjKOIreVNzm1WNdJ2ujsjQ2N4Ygto2r8ZixYWzMgm9TUsZ7YM6UwnluyroaYMKU0hiD_Q387vT/s400/8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574336085752533682" border="0" /></a>Now available online is the 1914 publication <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll8,7670"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="maintext">Play ground day: greater Birmingham play ground demonstration</span></a><span class="maintext">. It includes many photographs of children on local playgrounds, names of the children, and photographs of city officials and leaders.<br /></span>Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-13835784186100348042011-02-15T08:22:00.000-08:002011-02-15T12:21:55.674-08:00New items added in January<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJomQf8KPbhR1KlGPSZ56Po7cCxd4wsUs8N_WL4iExA-1cz2aoAfDKb6tuuIeC9uZ8WkyMsYicX0SpqCTZ5oimcWdRZiv_T5V6e5NQddt4efNfI9Y4G4Ig9-6ors3k76Lr1j3f/s1600/BW122565.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 171px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572490753463937890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJomQf8KPbhR1KlGPSZ56Po7cCxd4wsUs8N_WL4iExA-1cz2aoAfDKb6tuuIeC9uZ8WkyMsYicX0SpqCTZ5oimcWdRZiv_T5V6e5NQddt4efNfI9Y4G4Ig9-6ors3k76Lr1j3f/s400/BW122565.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?&CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;subjec,A,0;descri,200,0;none,A,0;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOBIB=title,A,1,N;subjec,A,0,N;descri,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20(4x5);relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;title,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;subjec,title,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=0&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX1=January+2011&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=%2Fp4017coll6%2C%2Fp4017coll2%2C%2Fp4017coll8">Check out the more than 125 items added in January</a> </div></div>Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-15894851365049316862010-12-07T13:14:00.000-08:002010-12-07T14:27:06.035-08:00Avondale Mills Newspaper<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a-7n8uNGI1kUuoUvYXfOVYCz-vCxY6pGfGOkn1QdORRjJvFSf37eDVKs_fRL5y9ntV9t00-Osf9bnl_lBff2ZMXEG9lIkgGgKEMDd58Bs7moom3gvyjPbkDzmvYE0lm3dZgs/s1600/blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a-7n8uNGI1kUuoUvYXfOVYCz-vCxY6pGfGOkn1QdORRjJvFSf37eDVKs_fRL5y9ntV9t00-Osf9bnl_lBff2ZMXEG9lIkgGgKEMDd58Bs7moom3gvyjPbkDzmvYE0lm3dZgs/s400/blog.jpg" alt="Avondale Sun" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548061117794279378" border="4" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The Avondale Sun</span>, 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.<br /><br />G. Stephen Felker, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avondale Mills, Inc., donated the <span style="font-style: italic;">Avondale Sun</span> newspaper collection to the <a href="http://www.sylacauga.net/library/index.htm">B. B. Comer Memorial Library</a> 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 <a href="http://www.bplonline.org/resources/Digital_Project/AvondaleSun.htm">digitized images</a>.<br /><br />This newspaper is a valuable resource for all of Alabama. Enjoy!Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-11085069765652736402010-11-24T14:43:00.000-08:002010-11-24T14:45:48.240-08:00Norwood Neighborhood Articles Added<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFkQTblZyRd4dEo7VkMWnL_ckCsclSGT0WpVqKSA3JlDabBQxmYXaCicKSeynl-VA4hEh_ib1dZ362IOB1STf7VJ_6asWgFDOnJGWvXUAv1wcBQLiODy0vhgYVLBugAlY4y7I/s1600/norwood.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFkQTblZyRd4dEo7VkMWnL_ckCsclSGT0WpVqKSA3JlDabBQxmYXaCicKSeynl-VA4hEh_ib1dZ362IOB1STf7VJ_6asWgFDOnJGWvXUAv1wcBQLiODy0vhgYVLBugAlY4y7I/s400/norwood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543251075525587698" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;date,A,0;descri,200,0;none,A,0;20;date,none,none,none,none&CISOBIB=title,A,1,N;subjec,A,0,N;descri,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20%284x5%29;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;title,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;subjec,title,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=1&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=identi&CISOBOX1=Birmingham-Neighborhood-Norwood&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=all">Newspaper articles about the Norwood neighborhood</a> have been added to the Digital Collections database.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-5866235345925122392010-11-23T13:29:00.001-08:002010-11-23T13:36:40.151-08:00Elyton Newspaper Articles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-yclUz3ckR6e71E9Djj-SY3RHf8UYmKSyTNUKSLLyiyhbZZv0HL4majxnpoYv4F4rbjGwUuoeiqqdMDR9GIL0L6sXwnnJ1abVCKJwg6T_yFVt9NPmPmaZcfj0yfCOO2dDDQ_B/s1600/elyton.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-yclUz3ckR6e71E9Djj-SY3RHf8UYmKSyTNUKSLLyiyhbZZv0HL4majxnpoYv4F4rbjGwUuoeiqqdMDR9GIL0L6sXwnnJ1abVCKJwg6T_yFVt9NPmPmaZcfj0yfCOO2dDDQ_B/s400/elyton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542861081746235570" border="0" /></a><br />Newspaper articles about Elyton, former seat of Jefferson County (AL), are now <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?&CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;subjec,A,0;descri,200,0;none,A,0;20;date,none,none,none,none&CISOBIB=title,A,1,N;subjec,A,0,N;descri,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20%284x5%29;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;title,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;subjec,title,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=0&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=identi&CISOBOX1=Birmingham-Neighborhoods-Elyton&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=%2Fp4017coll2">available online</a>.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-62909781754115806472010-11-16T15:14:00.000-08:002010-11-16T15:19:19.308-08:00Mayor Richard Arrington<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WrY1e5gGNa3TGbjBCw6brfav15cNhXrv6osI6vn_f40sc-BPBrVupotyG2hyphenhyphenhObcLWUqxCAgDs1rgnOusyRSJ7fy7Av2zepM_xnAAjks1A1qAuQBN4zOxbkNvdl2WL618GLv/s1600/arrington.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WrY1e5gGNa3TGbjBCw6brfav15cNhXrv6osI6vn_f40sc-BPBrVupotyG2hyphenhyphenhObcLWUqxCAgDs1rgnOusyRSJ7fy7Av2zepM_xnAAjks1A1qAuQBN4zOxbkNvdl2WL618GLv/s400/arrington.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540291098777819458" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;subjec,A,0;descri,200,0;none,A,0;20;date,none,none,none,none&CISOBIB=title,A,1,N;subjec,A,0,N;descri,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20%284x5%29;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;title,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;subjec,title,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=0&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOBOX1=&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOBOX2=Arrington%2C+Richard&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=%2Fp4017coll2">Newspaper articles</a> about Mayor Richard Arrington have been added to the Digital Collection.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-16255434356449108012010-08-12T13:47:00.001-07:002010-08-12T13:58:17.443-07:00Beautiful Homes and Buildings of Alabama<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn6S93Rk6vIiZ9uMBHhc-8eLybrp2ueZzmLdBs_sqJaoSIGDXL9l_Q7kViNu4GlZTK9fqJ0-YD8KQfGbKWnlMjOvrLnuXvS1fKFz-I-umsqJ5e6gxRuds73VRtAoPjH-AwLr2/s1600/firehouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn6S93Rk6vIiZ9uMBHhc-8eLybrp2ueZzmLdBs_sqJaoSIGDXL9l_Q7kViNu4GlZTK9fqJ0-YD8KQfGbKWnlMjOvrLnuXvS1fKFz-I-umsqJ5e6gxRuds73VRtAoPjH-AwLr2/s320/firehouse.jpg" alt="Avondale Fire Station" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504627997180219522" border="2" /></a><br />George P. Turner and J. T. McPherson's architectural book <span style="font-style: italic;">Beautiful Homes & Buildings of Alabama</span> is <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll8,7376">available online</a>. The book includes drawings, plans, photographs, and advertisements.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-16598503095765357202010-07-02T06:20:00.000-07:002010-07-02T06:20:57.343-07:00Birmingham School Survery 1923<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jgKna_k3Tk-6KAkHg-l1WYH8BuZ1GLQSZm0eNYG1bj1iddzz3AJQ7Efj2jDpgBBXRpIWAlk31jNlgUeL0C_ji-bNxR0mygTbm1yQkiGGraQoxPmXwSGWdmeO39wMMocycZ3n/s1600/1923+schools+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jgKna_k3Tk-6KAkHg-l1WYH8BuZ1GLQSZm0eNYG1bj1iddzz3AJQ7Efj2jDpgBBXRpIWAlk31jNlgUeL0C_ji-bNxR0mygTbm1yQkiGGraQoxPmXwSGWdmeO39wMMocycZ3n/s320/1923+schools+2.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll8,6583"><i>The Birmingham School Survey</i> </a>published in 1923 is now available online. Information included in the survey: the condition of school buildings, the need for additional buildings, construction cost estimates, comparisons with other cities, statistical tables, maps, and photographs of school buildings.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-51781427407682730832010-05-21T09:17:00.000-07:002010-05-21T12:18:44.968-07:00Alabama Civil Rights, 1950-1969<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wd9JXdRsGSZj5FLlG42O4RxncuvUAz2ut2EMEHy1XINmU2E9H-eGs2IipBWx06vhqAohECHvs-DgmWi5YC6170IdOnaBoNOQSSXkyLwzj-5LSKtN_z1iXZiu-sx3UHyvbXR_/s1600/Alabama_Civil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wd9JXdRsGSZj5FLlG42O4RxncuvUAz2ut2EMEHy1XINmU2E9H-eGs2IipBWx06vhqAohECHvs-DgmWi5YC6170IdOnaBoNOQSSXkyLwzj-5LSKtN_z1iXZiu-sx3UHyvbXR_/s320/Alabama_Civil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473804790142767314" border="0" /></a><br />Over the years Birmingham Public librarians collected newspaper articles about the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama and arranged them in scrapbooks. The articles were clipped from several newspapers including <span style="font-style: italic;">The Birmingham News</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Birmingham Post-Herald</span>, and the <span style="font-style: italic;">Montgomery Advertiser</span>. Covering the years 1950-1969, these scrapbooks are now <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=%09Civil%20Rights%20Movement%20scrapbooks.%20Alabama%20events&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=&CISOFIELD2=masthe&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=date&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/BPLSB02&t=s">available online</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,101">Volume 1</a> (1950-1951, 1956-1959 )<br />Topics covered: Civil rights violations; bus segregation ordered halted by Interstate Commerce Commission; Montgomery bus boycott; attempts at school desegregation; Supreme Court rules bus segregation is unconstitutional; buses fired upon in Montgomery and Birmingham; Birmingham demonstrations; Montgomery bombings.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,849">Volume 2</a> (1958-1960)<br />Topics covered: <span class="maintext">Shuttlesworth sues Birmingham for integration of schools and parks; Civil Rights Commission demands voting records of several counties; George Wallace defiance; President Eisenhower's "message" to Alabama; Registrars ordered to testify to Civil Rights Commission; Montgomery closes public parks. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,1957">Volume 3</a> (1960-1961)<br /><span class="maintext">Topics covered: Supreme Court upholds Civil Rights Commission hearings; Montgomery County ordered to release voting records; Mobile ordered to integrate municipal golf course; Macon County ordered to open voting registration to all; Bullock County voting registration declared unconstitutional; Jefferson County denies access to voter registration records; "Freedom Riders" violence in Birmingham and Montgomery.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,2235">Volume 4</a> (1961-1962)<br />Topics covered: <span class="maintext">Abernathy and Shuttlesworth arrested in Montgomery; Greyhound Bus Terminal court case; federal court orders halt to Freedom Riders.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,520">Volume 5</a> (1962-1963)<br />Topics covered: Sit-in at Talladega; integration of Birmingham airport restaurant ordered; Montgomery Public Library desegregated; military reserve units to integrate; Birmingham voters registration; school desegregation suits filed by Justice Department; Birmingham sit-ins.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,2828">Volume 6</a> (1963-1965)<br />Topics covered: Rioting and lootin in Birmingham; President Kennedy and Governor Wallace confer; Gadsden marches; State Police sent to Birmingham; white mob attacks black ministers at Anniston.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,659">Volume 7</a> (1965)<br />Topics covered: Mob violence at Marion; Wallace bans nighttime racial demonstrations in Dallas and Perry Counties; civil rights compliance forms signed by several state officials; violence in Montgomery; voter registration; Wallace requests U. S. Marshals; bombs are discovered in Birmingham.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-51140343700774785522010-05-06T13:49:00.000-07:002010-05-06T14:14:08.382-07:00Mississippi Civil Rights, 1948-1968<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSW2rGb2bGcjOwSscSRDF7QAbM-042PlLfLq7S7d2a9X9RPxUUAeRGyvUKMuzZc4N7F3AXaIuBJ5h_-0VaWoyt_m9JrAIMOeATtHfmZAKgTV_GCE1w_nTjbwC89G_bmahQ-OJ/s1600/Mississippi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSW2rGb2bGcjOwSscSRDF7QAbM-042PlLfLq7S7d2a9X9RPxUUAeRGyvUKMuzZc4N7F3AXaIuBJ5h_-0VaWoyt_m9JrAIMOeATtHfmZAKgTV_GCE1w_nTjbwC89G_bmahQ-OJ/s320/Mississippi.jpg" alt="Page 37 from scrapbook" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468265615718672002" border="2" /></a>Over the years Birmingham Public librarians collected newspaper articles about the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi and arranged them in scrapbooks. The articles were clipped from several newspapers including <span style="font-style: italic;">The Birmingham News</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Birmingham Post-Herald</span>, and the <span style="font-style: italic;">Montgomery Advertiser</span>. Covering the years 1948-1968, these scrapbooks are now <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Civil%20Rights%20Movement%20scrapbooks.%20Mississippi%20events%20volume&CISOFIELD2=title&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=date&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/BPLSB02&t=s">available online</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,1400">Volume 1</a> (1948, 1956-1957, 1960-1962)<br />Topics covered: Segregation "watchdog" committee; Parker lynching; "Freedom Riders"; Philadelphia black church burned; voting registration disputes; James H. Meredith; contempt of court charges sought against University of Mississippi officials; Governor Ross Barnett bars Meredith from "Ole Miss".<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,2372">Volume 2</a> (1962-1966)<br />Topics covered: University of Mississippi rioting; mob threatens Meredith during second week of classes; federal injunction bars state from halting desegregation; Civil Rights Commission investigator arrested in Greenwood; second black enrolled at the University of Mississippi; Meredith graduates; Medgar Evers slaying.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,848">Volume 3</a> (1966-1968)<br />Topics covered: Memphis to Jackson march; Philadelphia slayings reopened by Justice Department; eighteen charged with slayings; seven found guilty.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-82620767451630839532010-04-29T17:00:00.000-07:002010-05-03T18:15:50.326-07:00United States Civil Rights, 1947-1969<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oNlkj8lIM6VIrdXTtTdvO8wBeQgUT8T2eSpc48zdLIHRFBx0pWhZVjnVRPzXEAd7pdJTg06_Kpi6-Kgt9txigcVzBAwjC1VJDHw-SCQ7csoJh5VamiYygh7ICKU_UmlGGBfT/s1600/civilrightsscrap.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465595893108416418" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 225px; text-align: center;" alt="page from the scrapbook" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oNlkj8lIM6VIrdXTtTdvO8wBeQgUT8T2eSpc48zdLIHRFBx0pWhZVjnVRPzXEAd7pdJTg06_Kpi6-Kgt9txigcVzBAwjC1VJDHw-SCQ7csoJh5VamiYygh7ICKU_UmlGGBfT/s320/civilrightsscrap.jpg" border="2" /></a><br />Over the years Birmingham Public librarians collected newspaper articles about the Civil Rights Movement and arranged them in scrapbooks. The articles were clipped from several newspapers including <span style="font-style: italic;">The Birmingham News</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Birmingham Post-Herald</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Montgomery Advertiser</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Tuscaloosa News</span>. Covering the years 1945-1969, these scrapbooks are now <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=Civil%20rights%20movement%20scrapbooks.%20national%20events%20volume&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=&CISOFIELD2=masthe&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=date&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/BPLSB02&t=s&CISOSORT=date%7Cf">available online</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,1820">Volume 1</a> (1945-1957)<br />Topics covered: Georgia "White Supremacy" Bill; Truman Civil Rights proposals; Southern reaction to Truman proposals; Shuttlesworth leads fight in Birmingham, Alabama; MacArthur speech to Congress; Eisenhower State of the Union Address.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,1262">Volume 2</a> (1956-1957)<br />Topics covered: racial violence in Tennessee; Kentucky racial problems; W. Wilson White named assistant attorney general for civil rights; bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama ends; Texas defies integration plans; Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas vow to continue segregation; Senator Lyndon B. Johnson supports civil rights.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,1542">Volume 3</a> (1957-1959)<br />Topics covered: jury trials voted into rights bill; civil rights bill approved; Georgia defies federal integration policy; Little Rock, Arkansas asks halt to integration; W. Wilson White to head Civil Rights Commission; Virginia and Arkansas to defy integration.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,374">Volume 4</a> (1959-1960)<br />Topics covered: Governor John Patterson of Alabama warns Congress on civil rights; Atlanta, Georgia ordered to form integration plan; racial violence in Little Rock, Arkansas; peaceful integration in North Carolina and Virginia; Civil Rights Commission asks for federal voting registrars; new voting discrimination probe to begin in Alabama.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,2656">Volume 5</a> (1960-1961)<br />Topics covered: sit-ins, demonstrations continue throughout the South; Supreme Court defeats injunctions against Civil Rights Commission; New Orleans, Louisiana defies integration; racial violence in Greenville, South Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida racial violence; Atlanta, Georgia sit-ins; racial violence in New Orleans, Louisiana.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,1124">Volume 6</a> (1961-1962)<br />Topics covered: Freedom Riders assailed by MacDonald Gallion; U.S. Marshals ordered into Alabama; Freedom Riders linked to Communist Cuba; Civil Rights Commission extended for two year period; ICC orders interstate bus, terminal integration.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,2795">Volume 7</a> (1962-1963)<br />Topics covered: "Reverse Freedom Riders"; Albany, Georgia racial violence; school desegregation continues throughout the South; Albany Prayer Vigil; federal judge orders University of Mississippi to admit James H. Meredith.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,519">Volume 8</a> (1963-1964)<br />Topics covered: Civil Rights Bill of 1963; Chicago Freedom March; Baltimore, Maryland rally at Gwynn Oak; Jefferson County Board of Registrars suit filed by Justice Department; Washington March.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,1679">Volume 9</a> (1964)<br />Topics covered: Senator Lister Hill's speech; NAACP boycott of Jacksonville, Florida stores; mother of Massachusetts governor jailed in Florida; Nashville, Tennessee demonstration; civil rights bill text.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,2371">Volume 10</a> (1964-1966)<br />Topics covered: Justice Department files suits against Tennessee and Louisiana; civil rights murder case in Mississippi; Lester Maddox cafeteria goes out of business; President's Council on Equal Opportunity created; Birmingham, Alabama bombings.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,2095">Volume 11</a> (1966-1968)<br />Topics covered: creation of Adult Education Program; new civil rights proposal; threats of national violence; Atlanta, Georgia violence; Grenada, Mississippi violence.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,2827">Volume 12</a> (1968-1969)<br />Topics covered: arrival of Poor People's Mule Train in Washington, D.C.; Supreme Court upholds 1866 civil rights law; "Resurrection City" leaders are jailed; violence in Washington, D.C.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-51928723363803035672010-04-27T13:44:00.000-07:002010-04-27T14:37:21.111-07:00Birmingham City Council Scrapbooks Online<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3myxGKJklpSDqZXa2q6z6DWDt45X5NMAZy0B3jxm_GnFuyZqjkSuHZR29zMdJwAHIGb1p1yLMPgohTQsvWSTrqA2ifb2az1Kf3rOnAwvT7NTshM0y61ro141Tc_L6Gl_h-zLB/s1600/merger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3myxGKJklpSDqZXa2q6z6DWDt45X5NMAZy0B3jxm_GnFuyZqjkSuHZR29zMdJwAHIGb1p1yLMPgohTQsvWSTrqA2ifb2az1Kf3rOnAwvT7NTshM0y61ro141Tc_L6Gl_h-zLB/s320/merger.jpg" alt="Businesmen's Group Appeals for Merger" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464933547848888594" border="0" /></a><br />Sixteen scrapbooks created by the Birmingham City Council are now available online. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper articles about government related issues and cover the years November 1962 through December 1964.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,4033">v.1.1 November 1, 1962 - February 21, 1963</a><br />Topics covered: controversy between Commission or Mayor-Council form of city government; campaigns of candidates for Mayor and City Council positions.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,3757">v.1.2 February 21, 1963 - April 12, 1963</a><br />Topics covered: election controversy; campaigns of candidates; Boutwell-Connor run-off election for Mayor; platforms of mayoral candidates; election of Albert Boutwell; new era for Birmingham.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,5176">v.1.3 January 22, 1963 - April 13, 1963</a><br />Topics covered: bond issue; annexation proposals; Red Mountain Expressway; problems of transit system; "City of Fear" article, 2/25/63; "Bad Birmingham Image" article, 3/5/63; segregation-integration controversy; "Outside Agitators" article, 4/4/63.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,3193">v.1.4 April 13, 1963 - June 1, 1963</a><br />Topics covered: change in the form of city government; swearing-in of Mayor Albert Boutwell and City Council members; ouster of the City Commission and subsequent controversy.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,3758">v.1.5 April 13, 1963 - July 4, 1963</a><br />Topics covered: racial issues; transit strike ends; opposition to amendments to Council (Dominick Bill); reopening of municipal golf courses; budget problems.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,3110">v.1.6 July 5, 1963 - August 6, 1963</a><br />Topics covered: annexation proposals; budget; public schools desegregation controversy; formation of Community Affairs Committee; repeal of city segreationg ordinances, 7/23/63; "breach of peace law" adopted, 7/24/63; problems with transit system.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,3335">v.1.7 August 6, 1963 - September 23, 1963</a><br />Topics covered: budget problems; Dominick Bill; transit system problems; Loveman's "bombing"; threats on the life of Mayor Boutwell; Arthur D. Shores' home bombed, 8/21/63; annexation; school desegregation problems; bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 8/16/63; Royall-Blaik fact-finding team.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,5039">v.1.8 September 23, 1963 - November 16, 1963</a><br />Topics covered: representatives from Birmingham meet with President Kennedy; Royall-Blaik fact-finding team; black policemen controversy; transit system sale; overview of racial situation in Birmingham, 10/13/63; city seeking new sources of revenue.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,3618">v.2.1 November 17, 1963 - January 17, 1964</a><br />Topics covered: High school stadium issue; local reaction to assassination of President Kennedy; drive to return to city commission form of government; expressway problems; sales tax issue.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,3334">v.2.2 January 18, 1964 - March 4, 1964</a><br />Topics covered: tax plans; Legion Field; expressway problems; black policemen survey.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,4328">v.2.3 March 4, 1964 - April 28, 1964</a><br />Topics covered: airport expansion; "Birmingham Tomorrow" project; opening of community centers; "Sell Birmingham" program; city schools need improvements; April rainfall brings sewage problems.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,4609">v.2.4 April 28, 1964 - June 9, 1964</a><br />Topics covered: merger proposal; demand for the hiring of black policemen; visit by Governor George Wallace; Legion Field expansion; new postal facility; "Church Bombers in City", 5/30/64; budget requests.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,4893">v.2.5 June 9, 1964 - July 14, 1964</a><br />Topics covered: plan for a mayoral assistant; budget hearings; merger controversy; Legion Field expansion controversy; postal facility funding; new civil rights law in effect; proposed 20th Street mall.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,4469">v.2.6 July 14, 1964 - September 11, 1964</a><br />Topics covered: merger controversy; school integration plan; record budget sent to City Council; industrial site survey submitted; black protest of school integration plan.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,4751">v.2.7 September 11, 1964 - November 18, 1964</a><br />Topics covered: Connor vs New York Times trial; "Thrill Hill"; merger controversy in Homewood; sinkholes in Inglenook; cable television.<br /><br /><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BPLSB02,4183">v.2.8 November 18, 1964 - December 20, 1964</a><br />Topics covered: merger controversy; fight to return to city commission government fails; plans for new civic center; medical center expansion.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-88066673776470356582010-03-17T13:09:00.000-07:002010-03-17T13:20:10.741-07:00Parker High School<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1egpKpRr8j3biGB4exS3YW6mQnugQjHvoca_qF1CoWrWwIVHnsURA9LzOj_KWPTOGKbyiFfhcj7DIHSKxKzWTiFdFKRSUzEVJ4uG4E1YnaTxrlnARWEg3_WYhRYJbNn5wWkTc/s1600-h/BN121870.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1egpKpRr8j3biGB4exS3YW6mQnugQjHvoca_qF1CoWrWwIVHnsURA9LzOj_KWPTOGKbyiFfhcj7DIHSKxKzWTiFdFKRSUzEVJ4uG4E1YnaTxrlnARWEg3_WYhRYJbNn5wWkTc/s320/BN121870.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449700091781043538" border="0" /></a><br />Over <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm4/results.php?CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;date,A,1;title,A,1;none,200,0;none,A,0;20;date,none,none,none,none&CISOBIB=title,A,1,N;subjec,A,0,N;descri,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20%284x5%29;relevancy,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;title,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;subjec,title,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=0&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOBOX1=&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX3=16+March+2010&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=all">70 newspaper articles</a> about Dr. Arthur Harold Parker and Parker High School have been added to the Digital Collections.Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-47347701784028014522010-03-10T07:27:00.000-08:002010-03-10T07:38:45.453-08:00Central High School 1923 Annual<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYBrfFJ7oedw2pH26t-_tLzkrQLz0LL9sJqYqyGkF_SFOOI3st088f-YhowFv54nxfIj_bjEU2hCt3WfRQTKrzxYm6LUHqvCWzwOoqHd0m_tIYf7Pj1oZ1Q7aek10HZSCG1ne/s1600-h/mirror1923.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447029717969817522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Advertisement from Annual" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYBrfFJ7oedw2pH26t-_tLzkrQLz0LL9sJqYqyGkF_SFOOI3st088f-YhowFv54nxfIj_bjEU2hCt3WfRQTKrzxYm6LUHqvCWzwOoqHd0m_tIYf7Pj1oZ1Q7aek10HZSCG1ne/s320/mirror1923.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The 1922-1923 <a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p132001coll0,5812">Mirror</a> published by Central High School (Phillips High) is online. </div>Melinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353915.post-44343703950393288212010-03-09T12:52:00.000-08:002010-04-29T10:02:02.772-07:001933-1934 Civil Works Administration Book Available<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lHdiUQePUKNSQk9-MPIK5_sgXasCf1ReNmyPv2S7vzICQYZ9Fj3Cxx32q_2_6wvcejkL8kHmUe-AmvQsaWWoo3Zcu7BcT722P-IHmoXq05_KlLpfveRyxuNBHrlL2OYp2r1j/s1600-h/Report_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lHdiUQePUKNSQk9-MPIK5_sgXasCf1ReNmyPv2S7vzICQYZ9Fj3Cxx32q_2_6wvcejkL8kHmUe-AmvQsaWWoo3Zcu7BcT722P-IHmoXq05_KlLpfveRyxuNBHrlL2OYp2r1j/s320/Report_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446763001055283746" border="0" /></a><br />The 371 page manuscript titled <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll8,6006">Report on Civil Works Administration of Alabama, Jefferson County Division, Nov. 19, 1933 - Mar. 31, 1934</a> </span><span>is now available online. It documents the work of the CWA in Jefferson County and includes photographs, maps, and charts. Below is a list of the projects covered.</span><br /><br />Alabama Boys' Industrial School<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgO9FG7ldG1vgOpDWoCL0e-A2NT7evF_EZLUQ7-ZtUbG5AYdGiGQc-S-Ig_XqbQH3swunU1MThrnRnC0LAzOyJ2HqITWMFS0-cZWwmFcRrwI3KIXit9G1UZpMW7aKUi08lTwS/s1600-h/Report_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgO9FG7ldG1vgOpDWoCL0e-A2NT7evF_EZLUQ7-ZtUbG5AYdGiGQc-S-Ig_XqbQH3swunU1MThrnRnC0LAzOyJ2HqITWMFS0-cZWwmFcRrwI3KIXit9G1UZpMW7aKUi08lTwS/s320/Report_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446764089124584178" border="0" /></a>Alabama Girls Training School<br />Aviation Advisor<br />Aviation Marking<br />Birmingham District<br />Birmingham Homesteads <br />Bessemer<br />Birmingham Rifle Range<br />Brighton<br />Brookside<br />Cardiff<br />County Resurvey<br />County Roads<br />County Schools<br />County School Grounds<br />Disposal Plants<br />Fairfield<br />First Aid Stations<br />Geodetic & Coast Survey<br />Historic Building Survey<br />Homewood<br />Irondale<br />Jefferson County<br />Leeds<br />Lipscomb<br />Malaria Control<br />Miscellaneous Women's Projects<br />Rifle Range<br />Sanitary Survey<br />Sealing Coal Mines<br />Sewage Plants<br />State Archives<br />Tarrant City<br />Technical Laboratory<br />Tuberculosis Sanitorium<br />WarriorMelinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.com0