Three more additions to the collection of Glomerata covers on the site. We’re in the mid-30s now. I have nine volumes from the decade, somehow. You hate to think of this as something that belonged to someone. The book meant something to them, they valued the memories or the connection it offered them. And then that person, perhaps, passed away. And a grieving family found themselves with all of these things and, sadly, no interest in keeping them.

It is a depressing thought, but fortunately there are collectors who are happy to continue that memory or, as in my case, share them with others.

And they are worth sharing. The 1930s covers are beautiful works of art, really. I’ve never been clear on whether the student staff designed them or they were crafted by the publisher, the old books were published by now defunct Tennessee and Birmingham firms, but they are probably the inspiration for my scanning them.

For the latest, go here to see some very slick, modern work. If you’d like to start from the beginning, go here.

Three more additions to the growing collection of Glomerata covers on the site. I don’t have them all, but I have plenty. Especially if you’re trying to move them.

For the latest, go here. We turn into the 1930s with this installment.

If you’d like to start from the beginning, go here.

Three new Glomerata covers this week. We’re getting into some of the beautiful covers from the late 1920s, now. Remember, these are just the covers, just a quick link away.

Start here. Check out the latest here.

As longtime readers know I’ve been collecting old yearbooks from my alma mater for a while now. It started innocently enough, I found those from my grandparents’ generation and thought “It’d be neat to see how things were back then.”

And they were neat. It was a great view back in time. And then I found a yearbook from my mother’s generation.

I thought I’d scan them for you. I took the most interesting pictures from the 50s and the 70s and from my freshman book, just as a little something to do. You can see that project here.

And that’s when the problem began, really. I started going to bookstores, and then E-bay and collecting all these books. I have a large bookcase full of them. The students of (then named) Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama started the Glomerata in 1897. The one that comes out next spring will be Volume 114. I have 78 of them.

And many of them are just handsome. They went a little crazy in the 80s, of course, and adequately explored the spectrum of browns in the 70s, but there are some beautiful works. So I’m making another section that just shows the cover of the book, because that is the best way to judge things.

Three of them are up this week, with more to come each Thursday. Start here.