The Samford University "Big Give" is an annual fundraising event that encourages students, alumni, faculty and staff to support a variety of projects across campus. This year the Big Give will be held April 10th and 11th (tomorrow and Wednesday), and we here at the library would greatly appreciate your support of our project: The Crimson Collection.
The University Library Special Collection and University Archives is the home of Samford’s history. Part of that history are the pictures, stories, and columns written by Samford students in The Crimson over the years. Many alumni and faculty that have built and left their mark on the university reside in these resources. It is our goal to make them more readily accessible as well as preserve the content by digitizing all of The Crimson editions. The preservation of these original sources are enhanced due to their availability in digital format.
If you'd like to help us reach our $5,000.00 goal, you can give online here by clicking on "GIVE NOW" and selecting "Crimson Collection" in the pull-down menu under "Designation." If you're going to be on campus during the Big Give and would be interested in making a cash gift, stop by Ben Brown Plaza as various incentives/rewards will be offered throughout the day. Contributions of all sizes are helpful, welcome, and greatly appreciated!
The library embarked on a similar project in 2010 to digitize our archive of the Samford yearbook Entre Nous in celebration of its centennial anniversary. The collection may be found online here.
Click here to learn more about all of our collections in the University Library Special Collection and University Archives.
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