Dr. Marty Olliff's monthly series continues with a look at some of the oldest collected photos in the Wiregrass area.
The Wiregrass Archives didn’t intend to collect large quantities of photographs, but we have accumulated images in many 19th-and-20th-century formats – cased photos, glass-plate negatives, “tintypes,” panoramic prints, cabinet cards, as well as hundreds of paper prints, slides and negatives.
The oldest photographs in the Wiregrass Archives collections are ambrotypes in the Michael Matthews Collection…
Dr. Avery Livingston Stewart, Coordinator of Civic Engagement at Troy University, working with students at Troy Elementary School.
From Troy University’s founding in 1887, we embraced a belief that we have a “heart to serve.” From our founding to today, we as TROY Trojans believe we have been granted the rare opportunity to make the world around us better and work for the benefit of our community.
We are fortunate to be a…
Dr. Marty Olliff celebrates Women's History Month with a look at the history of women's groups in the Wiregrass.
The women’s club movement in the U.S. began in the 1890s and was closely associated with the New Woman of the Progressive Era though the movement lasted well into the post-World War II era. It continues today.
Local women – from the elite in the white community and fewer but more broadly based among African-Americans…
TROY student Jessica Gunn has advice for her classmates as they return from spring break.
1. Go to class
Some classes have an attendance policy, some don’t. If you have classes that don’t have a strict attendance policy, it can be easy to want to sleep in that extra hour in the morning or skip. Simply going to class can improve your grade or help you keep that A, because…
