Donors
Birmingham Public
Library is fortunate to have received the generous support of many people,
organizations,
and companies.
The
Birmingham News and al.com - For permission to digitize newspaper
clippings. The Birmingham Post Herald - For permission to digitize newspaper
clippings.
Friends of the Birmingham Public Library
- For equipment support.
Mr. Bob Roper - For donating scanned images of the Jones
Valley High School yearbooks.
"My family moved
from Powderly and Jones Valley in 1960, my freshman year. I was a
product of the streets and neighbors of Powderly; the teachers, the
students, the hallways and the playgrounds of Jones Valley. I never
quite got over this experience. I was comfortable and secure there. I
felt a sense of belonging, a sense of family there that I have not
experienced again. My memories comforted me over the years but I
longed to revisit those years with those I remembered so warmly. What
started in the fall of 2004 as lunch with a old friends from Jones
Valley has grown to what the Jones Valley web site (www.jonesvalley.net
) is today. I never intended to start a web site, I just wanted a place to
share photos of our luncheons – it just got a little out of control and took
on a life of its own. It has been a labor of love." -
B. Roper Help us locate and digitize
Birmingham historical resources
Materials
The BPL Digital Collections database
was created to preserve and make available the local history of Birmingham
and the surrounding area. These resources can help students, teachers,
genealogists, historians, and interested citizens learn more about the
history of Birmingham.
To make this project a success, we need
access to materials that are in private hands. If you have photographs or
other historical items you think might be of interest and are
willing to either donate the materials to the Birmingham Public Library
Archives Department or let us make a copy for digitizing, then
we would like to hear from you. All of the photographs already online have
been donated by citizens, companies and organizations like you.
For more information contact:
Catherine Oseas Champion, Archivist
Birmingham Public Library
Archives Department
2100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35203-2794
(205) 226-3630
Email:
Catherine.Oseas@cobpl.org
Funding
Digitizing costs money. If you
have any ideas about where we might find funding, please tell us about
them.
Would your organization be interested in funding a project? Are you a
member of a local foundation or corporate giving committee? Or, would you
like to make a donation to help us?
If you can help, please get in touch
with us.
Thank you.
Birmingham Public Library
Development Department
2100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35203-2794
(205) 226-3614
Contact us
Archives Department:
catherine.oseas@cobpl.org
Project Leader: melinda.shelton@cobpl.org |