Built in 1829, two years before the University of Alabama opened, the Gorgas House was the first structure on campus and one of the few to survive the Civil War. It was used as a guest house for visiting dignitaries and professors, as well as a…
Garland Hall sits on the southeast corner of the 19th century University quadrangle, commonly known as Woods Quad. It was completed in 1888 and named in honor of the University's third president, Landon Garland, who served from 1854 until…
This page from a promotional booklet titled "Alabama" about the University of Alabama football team shows Henry "Hank" Crisp, basketball and track coach and assistant football coach; Wallace Wade, athletic director, football and baseball coach; and…
Photograph of the 1971 Iron Bowl game, the yearly football rivalry between Alabama and Auburn held in Legion Field, Birmingham. Terry Davis (#10) is quarterback, Johnny Musso (#22) is halfback and Jim Krapf(#54) is center. Alabama won the game 31-7…
Built in 1829, two years before the University of Alabama opened, the Gorgas House was the first structure on campus and one of the few to survive the Civil War. It was used as a guest house for visiting dignitaries and professors, as well as a…
Two faculty houses, built in 1888 and 1889, face University Boulevard. The house on the left is the site of the current Doster Hall and the other on the site of Reese Phifer Hall on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa.
The original university master plan featured an academic village centered on a park-like green. This 1838 engraving depicts what the campus would have looked like if the original plan had been finished. Only six of the buildings seen were ever…