AL Hist Podcast
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Podcast series since 2012 interviewing people who conduct interesting research and do interesting things regarding Alabama history. Associated with the Alabama Historical Association.
Ep. 1 - AL History Podcast opened in 2012 with Mary Ann Neeley - scion of the history of Alabama's capital city - discussing her award-wining book, The Works of Matthew Blue: Montgomery's First Historian (NewSouth Press, 2010). Neeley "pings" off of Blue's 1878 City Directory pin portrait.
Episode 001 Mary Ann Neeley, Matthew Blue, 2012 AHA Coley Award Winner
Mary Ann Neeley, renowned historian of Montgomery, AL, discusses her book _Matthew Blue, Montgomery's First Historian_ (Montgomery: NewSouthPress, 2010), winner of the Alabama Historical Association'
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December 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Ep. 1 - AL History Podcast opened in 2012 with Mary Ann Neeley - scion of the history of Alabama's capital city - discussing her award-wining book, The Works of Matthew Blue: Montgomery's First Historian (NewSouth Press, 2010). Neeley "pings" off of Blue's 1878 City Directory pin portrait.
Ep. 11 - Jim Day digs deep into the history of Alabama coal mining in his Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Fields (UA Press, 2013), from the first mines through the field's growth and demise.
Episode 011 Jim Day, _Diamonds in the Rough_, 2014 AHA Coley Book Award Winner
Dr. Jim Day discusses his book, _Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Fields_, published by University of Alabama Press in 2013. Day won the Alabama Historical Association's 2014
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December 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Ep. 11 - Jim Day digs deep into the history of Alabama coal mining in his Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Fields (UA Press, 2013), from the first mines through the field's growth and demise.
Ep. 15 - Ala. Review editor Matthew Downs first book, Transforming the South: Federal Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1915-1960 (LSU Press, 2014), has become the standard interpretation of the region's 20th cen. development.
Episode 015 Matthew Downs, Transforming the South, 2015 AHA Sulzby Award Winner
Dr. Matthew Downs discusses his book, _Transforming the South: Federal Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1915-1960_, Louisiana State Univ. Press, 2014, that won the 2015 AHA James F. Sulzby Award f
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December 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Ep. 15 - Ala. Review editor Matthew Downs first book, Transforming the South: Federal Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1915-1960 (LSU Press, 2014), has become the standard interpretation of the region's 20th cen. development.
Ep. 19 - Journalist John Sledge's book, The Mobile River (U South Carolina Press, updated edition in 2024), tracks the history of this important waterway from colonial history to the present. First narrative history of this historical waterway.
Episode 019 John Sledge, _The Mobile River_, 2016 AHA Coley Award Winner
John Sledge discusses his book, _The Mobile River_ (USouthCarolina Press, updated edition 2024), winner of the 2016 AHA Coley Award for best book on local history in the previous two years.
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Ep. 19 - Journalist John Sledge's book, The Mobile River (U South Carolina Press, updated edition in 2024), tracks the history of this important waterway from colonial history to the present. First narrative history of this historical waterway.
Ep. 42 - Distinguished photo historian Frances Robb's masterpiece about the first century of photography and photographers in AL, Shot in Alabama: A History of Photography, 1839-1941 (and a list of photographers). One-of-a-kind in subject and value.
Episode 022 Frances Robb, _Shot in Alabama_, Interview, October 2017
Full Episode: Frances Robb, a leading expert in the history of photography, discusses her 2016 book _Shot in Alabama: A History of Photography, 1839-1941, and a List of Photographers_, as well as her
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December 11, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Ep. 42 - Distinguished photo historian Frances Robb's masterpiece about the first century of photography and photographers in AL, Shot in Alabama: A History of Photography, 1839-1941 (and a list of photographers). One-of-a-kind in subject and value.
Ep. 23 - David Alsobrook again, this time as AHA President (2017-18) and his first book about his "growin' up place," Southside: Eufaula's Cotton Mill Village and its People, 1890 - 1945 (Mercer 2017). An examination of the Comer Mills village from a historian / participant.
Episode 023 David Alsobrook, Southside and AHA President, 2017-2018
AHA president (2017-18) David Alsobrook, discusses his book, Southside: Eufaula's Cotton Mill Village and its People, 1890-1945, published in 2017 by Mercer University Press.
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December 11, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Ep. 23 - David Alsobrook again, this time as AHA President (2017-18) and his first book about his "growin' up place," Southside: Eufaula's Cotton Mill Village and its People, 1890 - 1945 (Mercer 2017). An examination of the Comer Mills village from a historian / participant.
Ep. 26 - Chris Haveman's Rivers of Sand: Creek Indian Emigration, Relocation, and Ethnic Cleansing in the American South (UNebraska Press, 2016) studies the longer, more nuanced history of the Creek's "trail of tears" and the choices the Creek nation faced.
Episode 026, Chris Haveman, Rivers of Sand, 2017 AHA Sulzby Award Winner
Dr. Chris Haveman, native of Bellingham, WA, now teaching at UWA, discusses his book Rivers of Sand: Creek Indian Emigration, Relocation, and Ethnic Cleansing in the American South, published by the U
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December 11, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Ep. 26 - Chris Haveman's Rivers of Sand: Creek Indian Emigration, Relocation, and Ethnic Cleansing in the American South (UNebraska Press, 2016) studies the longer, more nuanced history of the Creek's "trail of tears" and the choices the Creek nation faced.
Ep. 27 - Artist Laura Murray does Alabama history a bit differently. Her Amazing Alabama is (per the subtitle) "A coloring book journey through Alabama's 67 counties." Published by NewSouth Press in 2017. Crayons not included . . .
Episode 027 Laura Murray, Amazing Alabama, Interview, March 2018
Author, illustrator, and graphic designer Laura Murray talks about her coloring book, _Amazing Alabama_, published in 2017 by New South Books. More information is available about Laura, _Amazing Alab
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December 11, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Ep. 27 - Artist Laura Murray does Alabama history a bit differently. Her Amazing Alabama is (per the subtitle) "A coloring book journey through Alabama's 67 counties." Published by NewSouth Press in 2017. Crayons not included . . .
Ep. 28 - AHA President (2018-19) Valerie Burnes discusses her book with photographer-extraordinaire Robin McDonald, Visions of the Black Belt: A Cultural Survey of the Heart of Alabama (UA Press, 2015). Coffee-table worthy.
Episode 028 Valerie Burnes, AHA President 2018-19 & Visions of the Black Belt, April 2018
AHA President Valerie Burnes (2018-19) talks about the Association’s plans for its Fall Pilgrimage in Camden, its annual meeting in Tuscaloosa, and for attracting younger members. Dr. Burnes also dis
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December 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Ep. 28 - AHA President (2018-19) Valerie Burnes discusses her book with photographer-extraordinaire Robin McDonald, Visions of the Black Belt: A Cultural Survey of the Heart of Alabama (UA Press, 2015). Coffee-table worthy.
Ep. 31 - Tuscaloosa lawyer and historian Chris McIlwain talks about his 2 books, Civil War Alabama (UA Press, 2016) and 1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace (UA Press 2017). His conclusions challenge the stereotype of AL Civil War historiography.
Episode 031 Chris McIlwain, Two Books about Alabama in the Civil War, July 2018
Tuscaloosa lawyer and author Chris McIlwain discusses his two recent books from the University of Alabama Press, _Civil War in Alabama_ (2016), and _1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace_ (201
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December 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Ep. 31 - Tuscaloosa lawyer and historian Chris McIlwain talks about his 2 books, Civil War Alabama (UA Press, 2016) and 1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace (UA Press 2017). His conclusions challenge the stereotype of AL Civil War historiography.
Ep. 35 - David Alsobrook, Director of both the George HW Bush and Clinton Presidential Libraries (and a member of the National Archives's "Auburn Mafia"), discusses his career "warts and all" in his memoir, Presidential Archivist (Mercer, 2021).
Episode 035, David Alsobrook on
Dr. David Alsobrook discusses his new book,
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December 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Ep. 35 - David Alsobrook, Director of both the George HW Bush and Clinton Presidential Libraries (and a member of the National Archives's "Auburn Mafia"), discusses his career "warts and all" in his memoir, Presidential Archivist (Mercer, 2021).
Ep. 46 - Exec Dir of Blakeley State Park Mike Bunn, discusses Blakeley and his 2021 book Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten History of the Gulf South during America's Revolutionary Era (NewSouth Press). The title sums it up!
Episode 046: Mike Bunn talks Blakeley Park and Fourteenth Colony
Mike Bunn, author and executive director of Blakeley State Park near Spanish Fort, AL, talks about hosting the 2021 Alabama Historical Association Fall Pilgrimage, the charms of Blakeley State Park, a
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December 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Ep. 46 - Exec Dir of Blakeley State Park Mike Bunn, discusses Blakeley and his 2021 book Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten History of the Gulf South during America's Revolutionary Era (NewSouth Press). The title sums it up!