Question: Which was founded first, The University of Alaska Fairbanks or The University of Alabama?

Dan O'Neill (Daniel T. O'Neill) is an Alaskan writer.  Born in San Francisco, California, in 1950, Dan O'Neill came to Alaska in the 1970s.  Settling in Fairbanks, he did a variety of things, such as building log cabins, dog mushing, working as a laborer, conducting oral history interviews, and as a producer of radio, television, and video productions dealing with history, science, and politics.  Now a full-time writer, he is the author of three Alaskan themed books.  From 1985-1995 he worked for the Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, including doing project interviews about the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, digitized at Project Jukebox.  These interviews formed the basis of his book "A Land Gone Lonesome," which was awarded an "Editor's Choice" at "The" New York Times Book Review.  He was an opinion columnist for the "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner" from 1998–2002.  O'Neill twice won the Alaska Library Associations's "Alaskana of the Year Award" for the best book on Alaska published anywhere.  He also was named Alaska Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society.  In 2015, the University of Alaska Press published his first book for children, "Stubborn Gal: The True Story of an Undefeated Sled Dog Racer." <SEP> The Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center (YPCC), also known as "Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center and Museum", formerly known as the "Yup'ik Museum, Library, and Multipurpose Cultural Center" (or "Facility"), is a non-profit cultural center of the Yup'ik (and sometimes Alaskan Athabaskan of the region) culture centrally located in Bethel, Alaska near the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Kuskokwim Campus and city offices.  The center is a unique facility that combines a museum, a library, and multi-purpose cultural activity center including performing arts space, for cultural gatherings, feasts, celebrations, meetings and classes.  and that celebrates the Yup'ik culture and serves as a regional cultural center for Southwest Alaska.  The name of "Yupiit Piciryarait" means "Yup'iks' customs" in Yup'ik language and derived from "piciryaraq" meaning "manner; custom; habit; tradition; way of life" Construction of this cultural facility was completed in 1995, funded through a State appropriation of federal funds.  Total cost for construction was $6.15 million.  The center was jointly sponsored by the Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and at the present the center operated by the UAF's Kuskokwim Campus, AVCP and City of Bethel.  The building houses three community resources: the Consortium Library, the Yup'ik Museum, and the Multi-purpose room or auditorium.  The mission of the center is promote, preserve and develop the traditions of the Yup'ik through traditional and non-traditional art forms of the Alaska Native art, including arts and crafts, performance arts, education, and Yup'ik language.  The center also supports local artists and entrepreneurs. <SEP>  Founded in 1820, UA is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama. The University of Alabama (Alabama or UA) is a public research university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the flagship of the University of Alabama System.  UA offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, Education Specialist, and doctoral degrees.  The only publicly supported law school in the state is at UA.  Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology, communication and information sciences, metallurgical engineering, music, Romance languages, and social work. <SEP>  It is a flagship campus of the University of Alaska System.  UAF is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, and it also participates in the sun-grant program through Oregon State University. The University of Alaska Fairbanks (also referred to as UAF or Alaska) is a public research university in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.  UAF was established in 1917 and opened for classes in 1922.  UAF was originally named Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines and later as the University of Alaska from 1925 to 1975.