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  1. American Civil War -- Confederate States
    The Civil War is a major collecting focus for the University Libraries. Manuscript collections contain letters and diaries from both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and contemporary research files. The backbone of the printed collection, located in the Special Collections' Rare Book Room, is the Elden E. Josh Billings Collection which consists of approximately 6,000 monographs. Subsantial subsequent donations of books have come from Homer E. and Margaret Davis and Ronald Alt. Since 1996, the book collection has been enhanced with acquisitions made possible through a generous grant from the George R. Wallace Foundations.
  2. Ann Todd
    At first glance, Ann Todd's career was a typical one: pretty young thing works her way up from ingénue roles to being a star actress before the gradual decline into character parts. But this ignores the two main forces on her career: The Seventh Veil and David Lean.
  3. Sid James
    Captain Crowther's (Sid James) lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from.
  4. Melvyn Douglas
    Melvyn Douglas was an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award–winning actor, whose film career began during the rush for "talkie" performers in the early 1930s. Born in Georgia, Douglas first experienced the spotlight when his parents entered him in baby shows throughout the state.
  5. Shirley Temple
    The first child star, Shirley Temple was a world icon by the time she was a toddler. The dimples and the golden curly hair wowed audiences in depression era America and Temple was the top box office draw in the mid 1930s. Having made her debut at three, in War Babies (1932), Temple appeared in films like Red Haired Alibi, To The Last Man, Out All Night and Change Of Heart. After appearing in the musical Stand Up And Cheer, she was signed by Fox and won an Academy Award in 1934 for outstanding contribution to screen entertainment aged five! After many more hits, her star was dimmed by adolescence, but she continued to be one of America's most loved personalities.
  6. American Civil War -- North and South
    Fought 1861-1865, the American Civil War was the result of decades of sectional tensions between the North and South. Focused on slavery and states rights, these issues came to a head following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Over the next several months eleven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. During the first two years of the war, Southern troops won numerous victories but saw their fortunes turn after losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863. From then on, Northern forces worked to conqueror the South, forcing them to surrender in April 1865.
  7. Harriet Tubman -- Union Army
    When Harriet Tubman was on scouting expeditions for African-Americans willing to join the Union Army, she was illiterate and could not take notes on vital data she collected. Therefore, she had to memorize all of her collected critical information.
  8. Union Army
    Many of the states of the U.S. South refused to celebrate Decoration Day, due to lingering hostility towards the Union Army and ... because there were very few veterans of the Union Army who lived in the South. Many Southern States did not recognize Memorial Day until after World War I since many veterans of World War I were from the south, although they continued to have a separate Confederate Memorial Day, with the date varying from state to state. A notable exception was Columbus, Mississippi, which in its 1866 Decoration Day commemorated both the Union and Confederate casualties buried in its cemetery.
  9. James Mason -- Old Vic
    James Mason is one of the most powerful match players in the world. Steinitz might beat him in a match, but his victory would not be a foregone conclusion. When challenged by Mason, the Austrian certainly shouted for the battle, but he turned away his face from the arena.
  10. John Wayne -- Civil War
    John Wayne is the Hitler-loathing skipper of a decrepit German freighter who faces danger and romance as he tries to steer the ship from Australian waters to Chile during World War II. Lana Turner is the spy who loves him, and Tab Hunter, James Arness and Paul Fix add able support. 117 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround stereo, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; theatrical trailers.
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