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- Episode 95 -- Kayla Jordon AHA Young Scholar on Ghost Lore
Air Date: May 4, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/bdfvsnj3 Kayla Jordan (PhD cand. University of Alabama) is a member of the Young Scholars Program of the Alabama Historical Association Speakers Bureau. She discusses her two Speakers B…
- Episode 94 -- Mark Johnson AHA Young Scholars Speaker on BBQ and Bacon
Air Date: April 6, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/mphzzxbw Dr. Mark Johnson is a member of the Alabama Historical Association Speakers Bureau Young Scholar Program that lets new voices share their work. Mark talks about his two AHA S…
- Episode 93 -- King and Samry on AHA 2026 Mtg Fairhope
Air Date: March 2, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/ychsuj82 Catherine King of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and Alan Samry, a Fairhope librarian and local historian, present the unusual history of Fairhope, Alabama, and descript…
- Episode 92 -- Burgin Mathews on 2025 AHA Jakeman Award and Southern Music Research Center
Air Date: February 2, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/bdds6mak Burgin Matthews, founder and director of the Southern Music Research Center Digital Archives, talks about the Center, which received the Jeff Jakeman Digital History Award…
- Episode 91 - Dr Tina Jones on Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area
Air Date: January 5, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3mzc5fbn Dr. Tina Naremore Jones, Executive Director of the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area (and Provost of the University of West Alabama), discusses the founding, histor…
- Episode 90 - Clayton Davis on MSNHA
Air Date: December 1, 2025 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/6t9d8yhs Clayton Davis, Historic Resources Manager at the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, discusses the National Heritage Area program, the history of the Muscle Shoals Natio…
- Episode 89 - Dr. John Giggie on 2025 Ala Hist Assn Coley Book Award
Air Date: November 3, 2025 Dr. John Giggie, associate professor of history and director of the Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama discusses his 2024 book, Bloody Tuesday, The Untold Story of the Strug…
- Episode 88 - Virginia Cain on the 2025 Milo Howard Award
Air Date: October 6, 2025 Dr. Virginia Cain, 2023 graduate of the University of Alabama, discusses her article, “Red Mountain Ladies, How Prostitution Shaped Birmingham, Alabama, from 1871 to 1920,” published in the Alabama Review, April 2…
- Episode 87 - Pete Sparks on the 2025 AHA Fall Pilgrimage in Guntersville
Air Date: September 15, 2025 Dr. Pete Sparks, president of the Guntersville Historical Society, discusses the Alabama Historical Association Fall Pilgrimage in October 2025. He examines four highlights of Guntersville history, describes th…
- Episode 86 - Donna Castellano, Huntsville Heritage Foundation, 2025 Kuykendall Awd
Air Date: August 4, 2025 Donna Castellano, Executive Director of the Historic Huntsville Foundation, discusses the programs that the HHF has pursued. She discusses the Harrison Brothers Hardware store (HHF headquarters), the eleven Nationa…
- Episode 85 - Matthew Downs, 2025-26 AHA President
Air date: July 7, 2025 Alabama Historical Association president for 2025-2026, Dr. Matthew Downs, discusses the AHA’s program for the upcoming year. He describes the October 24-25, 2025 Fall Pilgrimage in Guntersville and the April 9-11, 2…
- Episode 84 - Chase Stephens on 2025 AHA Wiggins Diss Awd
Air Date: June 2, 2025 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/fk7hby52 Dr. David Chase Stephens (AU ’24), winner of the Alabama Historical Association’s 2025 Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins Award for the best dissertation in Alabama History, discusses his…
- Episode 83 -- Theo Moore on AHA's 2025 Jakeman Digital History Award
Theo Moore, founder and executive director of Hiztorical Vision Productions, discusses receiving the 2025 Jakeman Award for Digital History (large project category) from the Alabama Historical Association. He talks about his past, current,…
- Episode 82 -- Bert Harris and Jayson and Laura Hill on Opelika 2025 AHA Meeting
Bert Harris, former president of the East Alabama Museum and the Genealogical Society of East Alabama, plus Jayson and Laura Hill, discuss Opelika’s history, tour sites, and other amenities the AHA will enjoy for its April 2025 annual meet…
- Episode 81 -- Dan Puckett on the Alabama Holocaust Commission
Episode 81 – Dan Puckett discusses the Alabama Holocaust Commission Air Date: January 7, 2025 Dan Puckett, chair of the Alabama Holocaust Commission, discusses the Commission’s history, mission, program of work, and future. He also talks a…
- Episode 80 -- Hayden McDaniel On The Alabama History Institute
Dr. Hayden McDaniel, Education Curator at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, discusses the Alabama History Institutes, annual professional development workshops for K-12 teachers. Links discussed in the episode: Alabama Histor…
- Episode 79 -- Dr. Isabela Morales On The 2024 AHA Sulzby Award
Dr. Isabela Morales, author of the multi-award winning book Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom (Oxford, 2022), discusses the Townsend family of Madison County, Alabama, particularly the 45 manumitted childre…
- Episode 78 -- Barry McNealy On 2024 Hamilton Award
Mr. Barry McNealy of Birmingham talks about receiving the Alabama Historical Association’s Virginia Van Der Veer Hamilton Award for 2024, given to a person who has significantly advanced Alabama history with the general public. Mr. McNealy…
- Episode 77 - Jasponica Florence On AHA 2024 Pilgrimage To Phenix City
Air Date: September 3, 2024 Ms. Jasponica Florence, chair of the local arrangements committee for the AHA’s 2024 Fall Pilgrimage to Phenix City, discusses the history of Phenix City (beginning with why the city name does not have an “O”);…
- Episode 76 Dr. Idrissa Snider On Alabama History Day
Episode 76 – Dr. Idrissa Snider discusses Alabama History Day. Air date: August 6, 2024 Dr. Idrissa Snider, Alabama Humanities Alliance Program Coordinator, talks about the Alabama History Day and National History Day competitions, their r…
- Episode 75 -- Richard Bailey, AHA President 2024-25
Dr. Richard Bailey, AHA president for 2024-25, discusses the AHA Fall Pilgrimage to Phenix City in October 2024, the annual meeting in Opelika during April 2025, his focus on pursuing local histories, Alabama’s African American history, an…
- Episode 074 Reidy On Scottsboro Boys Museum
Episode 74 – Tom Reidy on AHA 2024 Museum Award for The Scottsboro Boys Museum Air Date: May 20, 2024 Dr. Tom Reidy, executive director of The Scottsboro Boys Museum which received the Alabama Historical Association’s Museum Award for 2024…
- Episode 73 -- Allie Lopez On The AHA 2024 Coley Research Award
Episode 73 – Allie Lopez on the AHA 2024 Coley Research Award Air Date: April 22, 2024 Allie Lopez, winner of the AHA 2024 Clinton Jackson and Evelyn Coley Research Award, discusses her proposed project, “The Injustice That Permeates: Jim…
- Episode 72 - Christine Sears and Ben Hoksbergen on AHA 2024 Meeting
Air Date: March 7, 2024 Dr. Christine Sears and Ben Hoksbergen talk about the history of Huntsville, AL, site of the 2024 meeting of the Alabama Historical Association. They also discuss the sites attendees will visit on the pre-conference…
- Episode 71 - Pete Sparks on Guntersville Historical Society, 2023 AHA Kuykendall Award Recipient
Episode 71 – Dr. Pete Sparks on The Guntersville Historical Society, Winner of the 2023 Kuykendall Award for Local History Dr. Pete Sparks, president of the Guntersville Historical Society (GHS), discusses the history of the society, its a…
- Episode 70 -- Katie Beasley On Her 2023 SAWH Taylor Award Winning Article
Episode 70 – Dr. Katie Beasley on her 2023 SAWH Thomas Award winning article re: Alabama women and Curb Markets, 1923-1929. Air Date: January 23, 2024 Dr. Katie Beasley, an independent scholar who recently completed her doctorate at Florid…
- Episode 69 -- Allison Upshaw On Black Women And Land In AL Black Belt
Stillman College Asst. Prof. of Music, Dr. Allison Upshaw, discusses her "creative nonfiction" project, "reframing: Narratives of African American Female Landowners in Alabama's Black Belt" that captures more about Black women who own land…
- Episode 068 Bertis English on 2023 Coley Book Award
Episode 068 – Bertis English Recipient of the 2023 C.J. Coley Award from Alabama Historical Association Air Date: November 8, 2023 Dr. Bertis English, professor of history at Alabama State University, discusses his book, Civil Wars, Civil…
- Episode 67 Douglas, Thomas, Spears discuss the AHA Sylacauga Pilgrimage 2023
Air Date: October 2, 2023 Dr. Tara Douglas, Ms. Tracey Thomas, and Dr. Ted Spears – members of the local arrangements committee – talk about the 2023 Alabama Historical Association Fall Pilgrimage in Sylacauga, AL. Dr. Douglas speaks on th…
- Episode 066--Trehub, Denault, and Bellanger On ADPNet 2023 Digital History Award
Episode 66 -- Spokespeople Aaron Trehub, Chelsea Denault, and Clint Bellanger discuss ADPNet's 2023 Alabama Historical Association Digital History Award (Small Project Category) Air date: September 6, 2023 (audio file replaced May 16, 2024…
- Episode 065 - Bob Friedman BBRM 2023 Digital History Prize
Episode 65 – Bob Friedman on the Birmingham Black Radio Museum's 2023 Digital History Award (Large Project Category). Air Date: August 3, 2023 Bob Friedman, founder and director of the Birmingham Black Radio Museum (BBRM) talks about recei…
- Episode 064 AHA President Ruth Truss and Sect Mark Wilson discuss Truss's 2023-24 term of office
Dr. Ruth Truss, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Montevallo, is the 2023-2024 president of the Alabama Historical Association. With long-time AHA Secretary Mark Wilson, she discusses her plans for her term in o…
- Episode 063 - Troy University McPherson - Mitchell Roundtable March 7 2023
Show Notes: Episode 63 – Troy University McPherson-Mitchell Roundtable on the Clotilda and Africatown Air date: June 7, 2023 The History and Philosophy Department at Troy University turned its annual McPherson-Mitchell Lecture in Southern…
- Episode 062 - Brandon Jett Recipient Of The 2023 Milo Howard Award
Air Date May 8, 2023 Dr. Brandon Jett of Florida SouthWestern State College discusses his 2023 Milo Howard Award-winning article, "'We Crave to Become a Vital Force in this Community': Police Brutality and African American Activism in Birm…
- Episode 061 Peggy Allen Towns Recipient Of The 2022 Hamilton Award
Episode 61 – Peggy Allen Towns, winner of the Alabama Historical Association's 2022 Virginia van der Veer Hamilton Award. Air Date: April 3, 2023 Peggy Allen Towns, a historian of African American life in North Alabama and resident of Deca…
- Episode 060 Boutwell, Bonner, Edgeworth discuss the Prattville AHA Meeting April 2023
Episode 60 -- Ann Boutwell, Laura Bonner, and Doug Edgeworth, hosts of the Alabama Historical Association's 2023 annual meeting in Prattville. Air Date: March 7, 2023 Ann Boutwell (leader in Prattville's historical and preservation communi…
- Episode 059 - Cart Blackwell, Mobile Carnival Museum, 2022 AL Hist Assn Museum Award winner
Episode 59 - Cart Blackwell, curator, Mobile Carnival Museum, 2022 History Museum Award (AL Hist Assn) Air Date: February 7, 2023 Cart Blackwell, curator at the Mobile Carnival Museum, discusses the museum, it's programs and plan of work,…
- Episode 58 Christa Kieffer, 2022 Coley Research Awardee
Episode # 58 Christa Kieffer -- 2022 Coley Research Award recipient, on Happy Chandler and George Wallace Air Date: January 9, 2023 Christa Kieffer, doctoral student in history at the University of Kentucky, discusses her dissertation proj…
- Episode 057 Hilary Green, The Hallowed Ground Project
Episode # 57 Dr. Hillary Green - Hallowed Grounds Project December 7, 2022 _________________________________ “Who were these rented slaves?” Our guest today is Dr. Hillary Green, a full professor at Davidson College, who has recently been…
- Episode 056 Carole Ann King Alabama Quilts 2022 Sulzby Award
Episode # 56 Carole Ann King – Alabama Quilts, 2022 Sulzby Award Recipient November 10, 2022 _________________________________ "Quilts are Alabama Folk Art and History" Today's guest is Carol Ann King, Curator at Old Alabama Town in Montgo…
- Episode 055 Daryn Glassbrook, Mobile Medical Museum, 2022 AHA Museum Award Winner
Episode # 55 Dr. Daryn Glassbrook - The Mobile Medical Museum October 3, 2022 _________________________________ The Mobile Medical Museum won the Alabama Historical Association's Historical Museum Award for 2022. ********** From iron lungs…
- Episode 054, 2022 AHA Fall Pilgrimage In Mentone
Listen to this episode: SoundCloud | Apple | Google | Stitcher ********** WELCOME TO ASSOCIATE PRODUCER LAURA MURRAY! ********** “Musical Mountain Stream” Mentone, Alabama, is the site of the Alabama Historical Association’s Fall Pilgrimag…
- Episode 053 Rachel Hartsell On Alabama History Day
Rachel Hartsell discusses Alabama History Day and National History Day, especially the 2023 renewal of in-person competition at Auburn University Montgomery. Contacts for information on Alabama History Day and National History Day: Alabama…
- Episode 052 Jim Baggett, AHA President 2022 - 23
AHA President, 2022-23, Jim Baggett is head of the Archives Department of the Birmingham Public Library. He discusses his plans for his term in office, including the Fall Pilgrimage in Mentone, the Annual Meeting in Prattville, and increas…
- Episode 051: Melissa Young, winner of the 2022 Wiggins Dissertation Award
Independent scholar Dr. Melissa F. Young (University of Alabama, 2020)discusses her dissertation, "Magic City Jews: Integration and Public Memory, 1871-1911," for which she won the Alabama Historical Association's inaugural Sarah Woolfolk…
- Episode 050: J. Mills Thornton on the Big Interest Cases in antebellum Alabama political history
J. Mills Thornton, III, discusses his article "The Big Interest Cases" in the Alabama Review, v. 73, no. 3, July 2020. The Alabama Legislature's involvement with these cases exposed and lengthened the political divide between Alabama's eli…
- Episode 049: Dallas Hanbury on Local Records About Slavery in Alabama
Dallas Hanbury discusses his article, "Documenting Slavery at the Local Level: Montgomery County, AL; A Case Study," Alabama Review, vol. 73, no. 3, July 2020. Originally interviewed and recorded by Alabama Review editor Matthew Downs on F…
- Episode 048: Guy Hubbs, Tuscaloosa: 200 Years in the Making, 2020 AHA Coley Award Winner
Guy Hubbs discusses his book _Tuscaloosa: 200 Years in the Making_, winner of the 2020 Coley Award for best book in local history presented by the Alabama Historical Association.
- Episode 047: Jim Baggett, winner of 2020 Milo Howard Award
Jim Baggett, Director of the archives at the Birmingham (AL) Public Library, discusses his 2020 Alabama Historical Association Milo B. Howard Award winning article, “’A Law Abiding People’: Alabama’s 1901 Constitution and the Attempted Lyn…
- 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, and his new book, _Fourteenth Colony: Th…