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SCSS PHI Intern Lindsey Glick Explores the Role of Female Athletes at the Capstone

The Summersell Center for the Study of the South’s Public History Initiative partners students with on-campus and local organizations, such as the Gorgas House, W.H. Hoole Special Collections Library, and local churches and clubs, to conduct research and create projects that communicate their history to the public. This semester, Lindsey Glick, one of the Department of History’s undergraduate majors, is interning at the Gorgas House, here on The University of Alabama’s campus, and had the following to say about her […]

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PHI Intern Ryan Tullock Explores House Museums

By Ryan Tullock I went on my first house tour when I was in the eighth grade. I toured The Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee. I can almost remember every detail about that tour and was blown away by the fact that someone, albeit a very important someone, had their house turned into a museum. From that point on, it has been a wish of mine to be involved with a house museum of some sort. With that in mind, and […]

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PHI Intern Matthew Culver Works with Gorgas House to Create Exhibit on Centennial of US Entry into WW I

By Matthew Culver For the spring of 2017 I am working with the Gorgas House Museum to curate and display an exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of American entry into the First World War. I chose this internship to compliment my prior experience in military museums, as well as have the opportunity to serve in a “leadership” capacity during exhibit curation, which will afford me invaluable experience in the curation process. I picked the subject of WWI based on my […]

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PHI Intern Matthew Culver Explores His Family’s Connection to the Great War

By Matthew Culver As part of my research for the Gorgas House’s upcoming feature on the centennial of American entry into the First World War, I am exploring the actions of Alabamians that fought in the Great War from 1917-1918. Many of these Alabamians were organized under the 167th Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division (aka the “Rainbow Division.” So dubbed by Douglass MacArthur to reflect the nationwide origins of her regiments). Within this regiment served my own ancestor, Pvt. Clarence […]

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