Legacy Library in Birmingham
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1trav
I've been digging into LibraryThing's Legacy Libraries project lately. If you haven't checked it out, take a minute to. It's pretty neat to compare your collections to Hemingway's, Tupac's, Thomas Jefferson, etc.
It got me thinking, do we have anyone native to Birmingham that we might be able to pitch to the LT crew and then mob the catalog one weekend? I think it'd be fun and cool to have Birmingham on the list. I poked around some of the stuff on A.G. Gaston that I have and can't find anything resembling a list that we could use. Who else would have been well read enough to have produced a catalog listing of holdings?
Do you guys happen to know if the Linn-Henley librarians would have bibliographic info like this? Maybe the Civil Rights Institute? I don't mind asking any of them, but I wanted to ask here first, in case there is a source that I'm unaware of.
It got me thinking, do we have anyone native to Birmingham that we might be able to pitch to the LT crew and then mob the catalog one weekend? I think it'd be fun and cool to have Birmingham on the list. I poked around some of the stuff on A.G. Gaston that I have and can't find anything resembling a list that we could use. Who else would have been well read enough to have produced a catalog listing of holdings?
Do you guys happen to know if the Linn-Henley librarians would have bibliographic info like this? Maybe the Civil Rights Institute? I don't mind asking any of them, but I wanted to ask here first, in case there is a source that I'm unaware of.
2Muscogulus
What a great idea. There are bound to be legacy libraries in Birmingham.
Besides the Civil Rights Institute and the Linn-Henley library (or better, the library archive headed by Jim Baggett), the UAB main library and health sciences library may have papers that include donated libraries.
Besides the Civil Rights Institute and the Linn-Henley library (or better, the library archive headed by Jim Baggett), the UAB main library and health sciences library may have papers that include donated libraries.
3trav
That's a good idea. I had not thought of the UAB side of town.
I think I'm just going to inquire at Linn-Henley, UAB, Civil Rights Museum, and Samford to see if any of them have collections "of note" that were once the personal libraries of someone "of note".
I learned very quickly that my knowledge of Birmingham is not very deep (or wide), as I don't even know names to ask about or research.
I think I'm just going to inquire at Linn-Henley, UAB, Civil Rights Museum, and Samford to see if any of them have collections "of note" that were once the personal libraries of someone "of note".
I learned very quickly that my knowledge of Birmingham is not very deep (or wide), as I don't even know names to ask about or research.
4Muscogulus
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5Muscogulus
I bet Dystopos could provide a goodly list.
Samuel Ullman is one figure who's better known abroad, especially in Japan, than he is in Birmingham.
Poet Margaret Walker's papers appear to be at Jackson State University in Mississippi. She'd be a good subject. (Bhamwiki link)
As a historian I'd be interested in tracking down Benjamin Franklin Riley's library, which might be recorded in the Samford University archives. (Bhamwiki link)
Also Julia Tutwiler, whose papers seem to be at the University of West Alabama in Livingston. (Bhamwiki)
Sadly, my guess is that info on Fred Shuttlesworth's library would be in Cincinnati, where he moved in 1961.
Paul Hemphill (author of Leaving Birmingham) presumably didn’t leave any papers behind. (Bhamwiki
Jack Bethea is a Birmingham reporter who published novels in the '20s, before taking his own life. (Encyclopedia of Alabama link) (Bhamwiki)
Other suggestions?
Edited for touchstones, hyperlinks
Samuel Ullman is one figure who's better known abroad, especially in Japan, than he is in Birmingham.
Poet Margaret Walker's papers appear to be at Jackson State University in Mississippi. She'd be a good subject. (Bhamwiki link)
As a historian I'd be interested in tracking down Benjamin Franklin Riley's library, which might be recorded in the Samford University archives. (Bhamwiki link)
Also Julia Tutwiler, whose papers seem to be at the University of West Alabama in Livingston. (Bhamwiki)
Sadly, my guess is that info on Fred Shuttlesworth's library would be in Cincinnati, where he moved in 1961.
Paul Hemphill (author of Leaving Birmingham) presumably didn’t leave any papers behind. (Bhamwiki
Jack Bethea is a Birmingham reporter who published novels in the '20s, before taking his own life. (Encyclopedia of Alabama link) (Bhamwiki)
Other suggestions?
Edited for touchstones, hyperlinks
6GovernorWallace
This is the ghost of Governor George Wallace. I believe some of y'all might be interested in helping to set up my legacy library, even if you are from Birmingham. Not that I ever had anything against Birmingham.
My actual honest-to-God real-life library is now in the Alabama Department of Archives and History, and there's a list right here on their website. You'll see that there's more than 1,500 books and things on that list. And that ain't including my records, and by that I mean phonograph records. You youngsters may not remember what those are. But never mind, it's the books y'all will be interested in.
So if you are inclined to help put my library on LibraryThing, just stop by and leave a private message on my page.
My actual honest-to-God real-life library is now in the Alabama Department of Archives and History, and there's a list right here on their website. You'll see that there's more than 1,500 books and things on that list. And that ain't including my records, and by that I mean phonograph records. You youngsters may not remember what those are. But never mind, it's the books y'all will be interested in.
So if you are inclined to help put my library on LibraryThing, just stop by and leave a private message on my page.
7trav
>5 Muscogulus: I like Julia Tutwiler as a candidate. What about Talllulah Bankhead? Of course, it'd be easiest if the books were in Birmingham, but a trip to Livingston would be worth it if there were books there to catalog.
What about Anne George? Do you think there would be any interest there?
What about Anne George? Do you think there would be any interest there?
8Muscogulus
Sorry to just keep adding names, but Jesse Owens is now on my list since learning about the memorial park and museum in north Alabama. The last two pages of this document give a short list of books Owens owned that were directly related to the Olympics. There is a note that Owens' books were donated to Ohio State.
Sure enough, there is a Jesse Owens Collection at the Ohio State library archives. Series XIII contains the donated books.
I'm disappointed in the small size of the collection, but probably the more mundane books Owens possessed were either passed along to others or trashed.
Owens also co-wrote four books, none of which are included among his surviving books.
Sure enough, there is a Jesse Owens Collection at the Ohio State library archives. Series XIII contains the donated books.
I'm disappointed in the small size of the collection, but probably the more mundane books Owens possessed were either passed along to others or trashed.
Owens also co-wrote four books, none of which are included among his surviving books.
9Muscogulus
BTW Julia Tutwiler is a great candidate for a Legacy Library. Can anyone find a book list?
Anne George, the writer, is very appropriate for this. We just need a list of the books she owned.
Anne George, the writer, is very appropriate for this. We just need a list of the books she owned.
