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George Hutcheson (Mike) Denny is best known for his 25-year tenure as president of the University of Alabama during its most significant period of growth and its football program successes.

Denny was born on December 8, 1870, in Hanover County,…

Sue Donegan, 1947 University of Alabama Homecoming Queen, atop an elephant mascot.

Alabama Famous Historical Tree - Gorgas Oak (Quereus Phellos) - One of the oldest landmarks on the campus of the University, this tree is named for Confederate General Josiah Gorgas who served as President of the University 1878-1879 - Alabama…

The Gorgas Oak, which sat in front of Gorgas House, was named after the Confederate General Josiah Gorgas who served as President of the University 1878-1879.

The core of the tree had been rotten for sometime and in 1982 a storm came through…

The national reputation of the University of Alabama's Million Dollar Band was established under the 34-year tenure of director Colonel Carleton K. Butler.

The native Ohioan came to Alabama in the 1930s after earning degrees at Youngstown State…

Barnard Hall, built in 1889, was the "physical laboratory." It held astronomy and engineering departments in the two-story section with a gymnasium in the one-story section. It was named after Frederick A. P. Barnard, professor and scientist who…

Top row: William Brockman Bankhead, Shelby Sidney Fletcher (manager), Jack Abbott; middle row: George Herbert Kyser, James Pinkney Powers, Darby H. Brown; bottom row: Hugh Morrow, Samuel Friedman, Daniel Holt Smith (captain), Burr Ferguson

1892 University of Alabama Championship Baseball Team: Top row: William Brockman Bankhead, Shelby Sidney Fletcher (manager), Jack Abbott; Middle row: George Herbert Kyser, James Pinkney Powers, Darby H. Brown; bottom row: Hugh Morrow, Samuel…

UA's first football team in 1892. Members of the team were not identified in the photo, but players on that team were: D.Y. Grayson, F.M. Savage, T.S. Frazier, D.H. (Daniel Holt) Smith, Eli Abbot, H. M. Pratt, R.E. L. Cope, D.C. McSmith, F.T. Bush…

Homecoming, 1963 - Alabama cheerleaders are shown with an early version of Big Al. Cheerleaders, from left to right, are Karen McQuillen Watkins, now of Birmingham; Betty Waite Graves Zoller, of Huntsville; Alice Ann Duncan Hankins, also of…