Sesquicentennial Lecture

See this link for a complete schedule of the Sesquicentennial Lecture Series.

Auburn University Desegregates

Speaker:  Martin T. Olliff.  He received his Ph.D. in History from Auburn University and currently directs the Archives of Wiregrass History and Culture at Troy University, Dothan Campus, and is author of “’Just Another Day on the Plains:’ The Desegregation of Auburn University,” which appeared in the Alabama Review (April 2001).

On January 4, 1964, Harold A. Franklin became the first African-American to enroll at Auburn University. His action was a defining moment in the confrontations between pro- and anti-segregation sentiments within the university community, among the citizens of Alabama, between black applicants and the university, and between the federal courts and state government. It also represented a signal event in the life of the young man who broke the color barrier at Auburn.

Harold A. Franklin received a bachelor’s degree in history from Alabama State University, enrolled as Auburn University’s first African-American student two years later, and in 1974 earned his master’s degree from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

 Date and Time:  September 12 at 4 p.m.

Location:  The Special Collections and Archives Department located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Sponsored by:  The Auburn University Libraries, The Center for Arts and Humanities, Auburn University Outreach, and Auburn University Sesquicentennial Committee.

Seminars for Auburn University faculty and graduate students are being taught by librarians during the Fall Semester. Topics currently scheduled include:

* EndNote (Citation Software):   December 19, 2006.  Also:  January 4 and 17, 2007.

 Click on the Seminars link on the A.U. Libraries homepage for a complete schedule of EndNote seminars.

All seminars are free but advance registration is required.  Please contact Bob Buchanan at buchara@auburn.edu to register for an EndNote seminar.

Dr. Kelly D. Jolley, Department of Philosophy, has donated nine rare books to the Auburn University Libraries in memory of Dr. James Haden, whom Jolley studied with as an undergraduate at the College of Wooster.

The titles include a 1633 edition of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, or Starry Messenger; a 1758 edition of History of Insects by the seventeenth-century Dutch scientist Jan Swammerdam, and works by others including Rousseau and Descartes.

The display is located in the flat glass exhibit case next to the door to the Alabama Room in the Special Collections and Archives Department located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

NHGIS covers social and economic topics from 1790 through 2000.  When complete, this database will provide data for various levels of geography, such as the Nation, States, and Counties, back in time to their creation.  Other geographic levels will be available only for the years following their creation by the Census Bureau (i.e., Tracts, which were first introduced in select cities in 1910).  Registration is required:  researchers are automatically registered when they agree to all conditions for use.

The Image Search Engines link is a convenient way of locating images on the Internet.  This link provides links to six Internet image search engines plus a brief explanation of each Internet image search engine.  The Image Search Engines link is located under the Subject Guides link located in the upper left hand side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage under the “Find” heading.

The Homeland Security Digital Library consists of electronic documents made available by the Dudley Knox Library at the Naval Postgraduate School, searchable by keyword or by topic, including general United States policy documents, national strategy documents, theses and research papers from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security and the Naval Postgraduate School, and homeland security executive orders.  Also includes notices of events and conferences pertaining to homeland security, and news items drawn from various news sources.

Accunet/AP Multimedia Archive is an electronic archive of sounds and images from the AP’s (Associated Press) 50 million image print and negative library, as well as charts, graphs, tables, and maps from the AP’s graphics portfolio.  To get started, click on the very small “Search” link located to the right of the “Home” tab.