Each spring, normally after Graduation in May, the Friends of the Spring Hill College Library host an Annual Dinner. The Annual Dinner serves as a wrap up to the year's activities. The event also features an annual theme, chosen by the board, around which the even is planned. The FOL also host a silent auction and games or a speaker around the chosen theme. Please enjoy the following snapshots from previous years' dinners.
Our Mission
The Friends of the Spring Hill College Library is a volunteer group established to support and promote the Spring Hill College Library, Archives and Special Collections. The Friends raise and contribute funds through a variety of projects including the voluntary operation of the Book Nook used book store. The Friends encourage gifts and bequests of books and manuscripts to the Library and to the Archives and Special Collections and promote awareness of the Library and the college.
By Facebook page for the Friends of the Spring Hill College Library:
https://www.facebook.com/shcfriendsofthelibrary
By Facebook page for the Book Nook at Spring Hill College:
https://www.facebook.com/BookNookatspringhillcollegelibrary
By Email:
By Phone:
251-380-2245
Special Thanks:
Ascot Foundation for the Open Bar
Allen Bailey of Southern Veranda Florist for the table decorations
Patricia Jones, retiring Library Supervisor
Dr. Patricia Harrison, retiring History Professor and Friends' Faculty Representative
President: Aice Bahr
Theme for Annual Dinner 2019: 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing
Location: Byrne Memorial Hall at Spring Hill College
Date: May 9, 2019
Volunteer of the Year: Chris Drago
Incoming President: Aice Bahr
Outgoing President: Kate Browning DeKeyser
Theme for Annual Dinner 2016: Moon and Stars Over Alabama to celebrate the literary stars of Alabama with special guest star Watt Key, author of Alabama Moon and Deep Water.
Location: Byrne Memorial Hall at Spring Hill College
Date: May 10, 2018
Special Volunteer: Tracy Parman
Theme for Annual Dinner 2017: Celebrating Sherlock Holmes, the 125th Anniversary of Sherlock Holmes' first debut, A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery to Solve: Three Clues were available beginning at 6:30 pm
Location: Burke Memorial Hall at Spring Hill College
Date: May 11, 2017
Violinist: Jim Lictenberger
Special Thanks to:
Professor Emeritus Dr. John Hafner who donated his extensive personal book collections by and about William Falkner as well as autographed first books by Alabama authors to the Burke Memorial Library.
Mrs. Elizabeth Walmsley, who facilitated the donation of her father Dr. Sam Eichold's substantial collection of books published in Mobile or written by Mobilians or about Mobile to the Rare Book Room of the Burke Memorial Library.
Volunteer of the Year: Dennis Austin
Incoming President: Kate Michelle Browning
Outgoing President: Julie Kraft
Theme for Annual Dinner 2016: The Library At Downtown Alley
Location: Byrne Memorial Hall at Spring Hill College
Date: May 12, 2016
Volunteer of the Year: Mary Francis Hallet
Incoming President: Julie Kraft
Outgoing President: Julie Kraft
Theme for the Annual Dinner 2015: 90th Anniversary of F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Location: Byrne Memorial Hall at Spring Hill College
Date: May 14, 2015
