Dr. Marty Olliff discusses the travel diary of Pauline "Polly" Burdeshaw, a Dothan socialite who defied societal norms by travelling the world.
Pauline (neé Byrd) Burdeshaw was an anomaly.
In an era when few women traveled far and most did not travel without their husbands, Polly, as she was known to her friends, made multiple trips in North America, South America, and Europe. Staying in high-end hotels and traveling by luxury steam liners, she met the famous…
Dr. Marty Olliff examines low-income housing in Dothan in the 1950s in this edition of his monthly column.
Archival collections sometimes tell stories beyond those on their face. Archivists talk about collections found in attics or on roadsides, and some collections have had narrow escapes from destruction.
The Bill Church Collection (record group 101) is one of those. A long-time Dothan resident, Mr. Church was chatting with a workman burning debris from a…
The Coleman Center will be located in Coleman Hall, currently under construction and expected to open in August.
Troy University’s Coleman Center for Early Learning and Family Enrichment has been awarded three grants that will fund classrooms for 54 children.
The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education recently awarded three First Class Pre-K grants to the Coleman Center, an early learning center located at Troy University’s Dothan Campus.
The grants will lead to…
The annual camp, open to children ages 4-12, is overseen by TROY students and faculty.
Troy University College of Education students are gaining valuable experience this summer with the Summer Spectacular program at the University’s Dothan Campus.
In its 26th year, the camp gives Wiregrass children ages 4 to 12 a chance for summer fun while they learn about science, technology, engineering and math.
The experience also benefits the…
