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Oral History Collection at Sterne

January 13th, 2012 · No Comments

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Oral History Collection, a part of the larger Digital Collection,  contains an expansive number of interviews on Alabama political and [...]

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Preserving Our Digital History

March 21st, 2011 · No Comments

A decade ago, libraries and librarians saw the writing on the e-wall.  With so much content and information appearing only in digital form, there was [...]

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Headed to Medical School? Thank Abraham Flexner.

February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

For most of recorded history, it has been almost impossible to tell the difference between a trained experienced doctor and a quack who is a [...]

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No Middle Course

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s easy to forget, amid the fireworks and heat, that the 4th of July is an anniversary of sorts.  The day that the Continental Congress [...]

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Revisiting ‘Uncle Tom’: Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Race, Economics, and Education in the South

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments

On Tuesday, February 9 the Friends of Sterne Library at UAB will welcome Dr. Bertis English,  Associate Professor of History at Alabama State University. Known [...]

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