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Quilt display offers look into Alabama history

Quilt display offers look into Alabama history

Serena Bailey • August 23, 2016

At first glance, the quilts on display at the Gorgas House look like any other blankets, but look closer and each one has a story. One has names written all around the edge — supporters of the Civil...

Hallowed Grounds Tour to show history of slavery at the University

Rebecca Rakowitz • January 30, 2016

What: Hallowed Grounds, UA Campus Tour. Hilary Green, assistant professor in the Department of Gender and Race Studies, will be leading a one-hour walking tour called “Slavery and the University.”...

Women's education exhibit to be presented at Gorgas House next week

Rebecca Rakowitz • November 19, 2015

Who: Students enrolled in “The Nineteenth Century City” and Victoria Ott, Birmingham Southern University Associate Professor of History.What: Students will present an exhibit on young women in the...

Campus buildings reflect Civil War-era history architecture

Campus buildings reflect Civil War-era history architecture

Katherine Metcalf • July 1, 2015

Even though the Civil War left devastation and destruction for communities everywhere, it influenced how many of the buildings on the University’s campus were structured and designed.Harold Selesky,...

Gorgas house embodies history

Gorgas house embodies history

Melissa Brown • October 17, 2011

Students walk by the pretty brick house every day on their way to class. Some probably know its name, even more are aware of the recent renovations that blocked off several sidewalks for months. But Erin...