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Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/4bdffnpr Air Date: September 28, 2026 Mimi Hudson, executive director for Museums and Arts with the Walker Area Community Foundation, and Mike Putman, executive director of Jasper Main Street, discuss the AHA’s October 23rd and 24th, 2026 Fall Pilgrimage to Jasper, Alabama. The talk a bit about Jasper’s history, Rep. Carl Elliot, and the Bankhead family, then the sites of the tours Jasper will host during the meeting. Links to things discussed in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ ; Jasper, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/jasper/ ; Jasper Main Street: https://jaspermainstreet.com/ ; Visit Jasper: https://www.visitjasperal.com/ ; Walker Area Community Foundation: https://www.wacf.org/ ; Carl Elliot: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/carl-elliott/ ; Tallulah Bankhead: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tallulah-bankhead/ ; William B. Bankhead: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/william-b-bankhead/ ; Marie Bankhead Owen: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marie-bankhead-owen/ ; Bankhead House and Heritage Center: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/bankhead-house-and-heritage-center/ ; White House on 5th Museum and Gallery: https://www.whitehouseonfifth.org/ ; Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/stephen-c-minkin-paleozoic-footprint-site/ ; 50 Mule Team – Walker County Arts Alliance: https://www.wcart.org/50-mule-team ; Sculpture Trail – Downtown Jasper: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d97fd3d6a08b4f0d80ad9271ce63fc4e ; Bankhead Heritage Council: https://www.bankheadhouse.org/heritage-council/ ; Walker County Arts Alliance: https://www.wcart.org/ ; George Lindsey: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/george-lindsey/ ; George Lindsey Film Festival at UNA: https://www.una.edu/theatre/lindsey-film-fest/index.html ; The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air date: September 7, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/572d8c7y Sara Elizabeth Phillips, Director of the Guntersville Museum, discusses receiving the Alabama Historical Association’s Historical Museum Award (Large Museum Category) for 2026. She talks about the history of the museum and its building, its organizational structure, its displays, and its future programming. Links to things discussed in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ ; Alabama Historical Association Historical Museum Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/historical-museum-award ; Guntersville Museum: https://www.guntersvillemuseum.org/ ; Guntersville Armory NRHP Listing: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/a198fd08-d288-40de-babe-7490cdec7a96 ; “Mississippi Bill” Harris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Bill_Harris ; Lesa Carnes Shaul (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/lshaul/ ; Midnight Cry: A Shooting on Sand Mountain: https://www.ugapress.org/9781588385819/midnight-cry/ ; TVA Making of Lake Guntersville: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-dam-and-lake/ ; GWOT (Global War on Terrorism): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_terror ; Guntersville Historical Society (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/guntersvillehistoricalsociety/ ; Harvard Extension School, Museum Studies Program: https://extension.harvard.edu/academics/programs/museum-studies-graduate-program/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/bddjvmay Tanner Corley, PhD candidate in History at the University of Alabama, received the AHA’s 2026 Frazine Taylor Research Grant in support of his dissertation, “License to Cut Race Regulation and the Southern Beauty Industry, 1890 to 1980.” Corley discusses his thesis that barber and beautician licensing served the ostensible purpose of protecting public health but was really state-enforced, racialized job protection. He examines, also, the differences between how barbers and beauticians organized their industries and how they adapted to licensing. Air Date: August 3, 2026 Links to things mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ ; AHA Frazine Taylor Research Grant: https://www.alabamahistory.net/taylorresearchgrant ; Tanner Corley: https://history.ua.edu/graduate-student/tanner-corley/ ; Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbers,_Beauticians_and_Allied_Industries_International_Association ; Alabama Board of Cosmetology & Barbering: https://www.aboc.alabama.gov/ ; University of Alabama Department of History: https://history.ua.edu/ ; University of Central Arkansas: https://uca.edu/ ; The Southern Historian: https://southernhistorian.ua.edu/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3yemdfrj In her fourth appearance on the AHP, Laura Hill talks about her newest job – 2026-27 president of the Alabama Historical Association. She talks about the October Fall Pilgrimage to Jasper, the April 2027 annual meeting in Montgomery, the AHA Speakers Bureau, benefits of membership in the AHA, and he 20-year career with the Encyclopedia of Alabama. Air Date: July 6, 2026 Links to things mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ ; AHA Membership: https://www.alabamahistory.net/join ; Jasper, AL: https://www.jaspercity.com/ ; Montgomery, AL: https://www.montgomeryal.gov/ ; Horace King: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/horace-king/ ; Dr. Richard Bailey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bailey_(historian) ; Alabama Department of Archives and History: https://archives.alabama.gov/ ; Alabama Supreme Court Law Library: https://judicial.alabama.gov/library ; Alabama State Capitol: https://ahc.alabama.gov/alabama-state-capitol.aspx ; White House of the Confederacy: https://www.thefirstwhitehouse.com/ ; Dexter Avenue Baptist Church: https://dexterkingmemorial.org/ ; AHA Speakers Bureau: https://www.alabamahistory.net/speakersbureau ; Encyclopedia of Alabama: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/ ; APT / PBS Yellowhammer History Hunt: https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/yellowhammer-history-hunt/ ; Alabama Dept of Education Course of Study Standards: https://www.alabamaachieves.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AS_20250110_2024-Alabama-Course-of-Study-Social-Studies_V1.0.pdf The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/mwz3srve Ryan L. Cole (author of The Last Adieu) and Dr. Ed Bridges (ret. Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History) recount the 1824-1825 visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States, how his 3-month plan turned into a year-long stint as “The Nation’s Guest,” and the social and political context surrounding his tour. Bridges focuses on Lafayette’s whirlwind tour through Alabama and how lavishly the young frontier state welcomed him. The climax of Lafayette’s trip was his laying of the cornerstone for the Bunker Hill monument on June 17, 1825. Links to things mentioned in the episode Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Ryan L. Cole: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlcole11/ The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return, the Echoes of Revolution, and the Gratitude of the Republic – https://www.harpercollinsfocus.com/harper-horizon/last-adieu/ Overview of Lafayette’s 1824-1825 US Tour (Museum of the American Revolution): https://www.amrevmuseum.org/the-marquis-de-lafayette-s-1824-1825-united-states-tour Georges Washington de Lafayette (Lafayette’s son): https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/georges-washington-de-lafayette Auguste Levasseur (Lafayette’s secretary): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Levasseur Francis Wright (Lafayette’s protégé): https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2025/03/frances-wright-the-marquis-de-lafayette-and-visions-of-american-equality/ Bunker Hill monument: https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/bhm.htm Land Grant to Lafayette near Tallahassee: https://www.homesweettally.com/post/the-lafayette-land-grant-of-1825 Dr. Ed Bridges: https://www.alabamaheritage.com/authors/authors-b/edwin-c-bridges/ Lafayette’s Visit to Alabama: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/lafayettes-visit-to-alabama/ Treaty of Indian Springs, 1825: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/treaty-of-indian-springs-1825 William McIntosh: https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-mcintosh-ca-1778-1825/ Chilly McIntosh: https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=MC029 The Federal Road and its taverns: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/taverns-on-the-old-federal-road/ Fort Mitchell, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fort-mitchell/ Old Alabama Town: https://touroldalabamatown.com/ Alabama Department of Archives and History: https://archives.alabama.gov/ USS Brandywine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brandywine The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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 Bureau presentations concerning ghost lore in the US South, “Control the Dead and the Dead with Control: The Social Used of Spirits in southern Ghostlore,” and “More than Ectoplasm: A Study of Civil War Memory and Southern Ghostlore.” LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Historical Association Speakers Bureau: https://www.alabamahistory.net/speakersbureau University of Alabama History Department: https://history.ua.edu/ Katheryn Tucker Windham: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/kathryn-tucker-windham/ 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey: https://archive.org/details/13alabamaghostsj0000wind Mississippi State Meridian: https://www.meridian.msstate.edu/ Mississippi State: https://www.msstate.edu/ Tiya Miles' Tales from the Haunted South: https://uncpress.org/9781469636146/tales-from-the-haunted-south/ Marengo County: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marengo-county/ Half Acre, AL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Acre,_Alabama Bluff Hall (Museum): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/bluff-hall/ Dr. Eugene Allen Smith: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/eugene-allen-smith/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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 Speakers Bureau presentations – one on Alabama’s 19th century political barbecues, the other on Alabama’s 20th century barbecue industry. He also discusses his 2017 book on Alabama barbecue, his 2021 book on Black participation in public political culture 1877-1932, and his 2026 book on bacon as a commodity and food fad. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Historical Association Speakers Bureau: https://www.alabamahistory.net/speakersbureau Dr. Mark A. Johnson: https://www.utc.edu/directory/tfr238-history-mark-johnson/tfr238 An Irresistible History of Alabama Barbecue: From Wood Pit to White Sauce: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/irresistible-history-of-alabama-barbecue-an-9781467137027 Dr. Joshua Rothman: https://history.ua.edu/people/joshua-d-rothman/ Southern Foodways Alliance: https://www.southernfoodways.org/ Alabama Department of Tourism: https://tourism.alabama.gov/ John T. Edge: https://www.johntedge.com/ Rough Tactics: Black Performance in Political Spectacles, 1877-1932: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/R/Rough-Tactics American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon: https://www.ugapress.org/9780820375403/american-bacon/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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 descriptions of historic sites on tours that are part of the April 11-13, 2026, meeting of the Alabama Historical Association. LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Alabama Historical Association https://www.alabamahistory.net/ City of Fairhope https://www.fairhopeal.gov/ Fairhope (EOA) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fairhope/ Fairhope Single Tax Corporation https://www.fairhopesingletax.com/ Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Online Archives https://fairhopesingletax.pastperfectonline.com/ Coastal Alabama Community College (Fairhope Campus) https://www.coastalalabama.edu/about/locations/fairhope/ [Earnest B.] Gaston https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/media/ernest-berry-gaston/ Henry George https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George Progress and Poverty https://archive.org/details/progresspoverty0000henr_m1z4/page/n5/mode/2up School of Organic Education (Bell Building) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marietta-johnson-school-of-organic-education/ Marietta Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_Johnson Marie Howland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Howland Douglasville High School Heritage Museum https://cityofbayminetteal.gov/recreation/douglasville-school-of-arts-and-recreation Daphne History Museum https://www.daphneal.com/452/Daphne-History-Museum Baldwin County Training School https://historicbaldwincountytrainingschool.com/ Fairhope Castles https://fairhopecastle.com/ Dean Mosher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Mosher Frank Stewart https://sites.rootsweb.com/~alcsilve/stewart.html Fairhope Hotel and the Summit Street Inn https://mobilebaymag.com/the-restoration-of-a-historic-fairhope-hotel/ Fairhope Quaker Meeting House https://www.fairhopefriends.org/partners Roundhouse / Hermit Hut / Tolstoy Park https://tolstoypark.com/ Sonny Brewer https://www.scenic98coastal.com/posts/sonny-brewer-and-tolstoy-park The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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, Small Project category, from the Alabama Historical Association in April 2025. He also chats about his other projects: The Lady Muleskinner Press, his website burginmathews.com, The Lost Child Radio Program, and his two books, Doc: The Story of a Birmingham Jazz Man and Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America. Links mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA Jeff Jakeman Digital History Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/digital-history-award Southern Music Research Center: https://www.southernmusicresearch.org/ Burgin Mathews website: https://burginmathews.com/ Doc: The Story of a Birmingham Jazz Man: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817359591/doc/ Dr. Frank Adams (Doc Adams): https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Frank_Adams Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469676883/magic-city/ The Lost Child Radio Show: https://www.facebook.com/lostchildradio Birmingham Mountain Radio: https://bhammountainradio.com/ WBHM: https://wbhm.org/ Alabama Hip Hop 101: https://southernmusicresearch.org/collections/show/56 Alabama Humanities Alliance: https://alabamahumanities.org/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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, history, and mission of the 19-county ABBNHA. The ABBNHA pursues four themes: Natural Resources and Early History Sites; Innovation in Education Sites; Modern Civil Rights Movement; and Artistic Expression / Folkways. Links mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area: https://www.alblackbeltheritage.com/ National Heritage Area Program: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm University of West Alabama: https://www.uwa.edu/ ABBNHA History & Heritage Overview: https://www.alblackbeltheritage.com/heritage ABBNHA Attractions & Destinations: https://www.alblackbeltheritage.com/destinations ABBNHA Sights & Sounds: https://www.alblackbeltheritage.com/sights-sounds Center for the study of the Black Belt (UWA): https://www.uwa.edu/university-departments/center-for-the-study-of-the-black-belt/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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 National Heritage Area, and the three heritage themes that Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area emphasizes. Links mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area: https://msnha.una.edu/ National Heritage Area Program: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm University of North Alabama: https://una.edu/ Shoals Storytelling Festival: https://www.shoalsstorytelling.com/ City of Florence: https://florenceal.org/ MSNHA “Stories” Heading: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/ MSNHA River Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/river-heritage/ MSNHA Native Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/native-american-heritage/ MSNHA Music Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/music-heritage/ Florence Mound Museum: https://www.florencealmuseums.com/home/indianmoundmuseum Cane Creek Canyon: https://msnha.una.edu/sites-attractions/cane-creek-canyon-nature-preserve/ TVA: https://www.tva.com/ National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/2287/index.htm National Register of Historic Places: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm Fort Henderson: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fort-henderson-historic-site/ United States Colored Troops: https://www.thenmusa.org/articles/united-states-colored-troops-in-the-american-civil-war/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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 Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa that received the Alabama Historical Association’s 2025 Clinton, Jackson and Evelyn Coley Book Award. In addition to the book and the Civil Rights Movement events it covers, Giggie talks about “shared authority” in doing first person and community scholarship. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3uxwr7t3 Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA’s Clinton Jackson and Evelyn Coley Book Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/coley-book-award Dr. John Giggie: https://history.ua.edu/people/john-m-giggie/ Bloody Tuesday, The Untold Story of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bloody-tuesday-9780197766668?cc=us&lang=en& Tuscaloosa, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa/ First African Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa: http://www.firstafricanchurch.org/discover/our-history.html Reverend T.Y. Rogers: https://tavm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/african-american-history/item/50 SCLC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference Bloody Tuesday, June 4, 1964: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa-campaign-and-bloody-tuesday/ Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/bloody-sunday/ James Bevel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bevel Robert (Bobby) Shelton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shelton_(Ku_Klux_Klan) Ku Klux Klan: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/ku-klux-klan-in-contemporary-alabama/ Joe Mallisham: https://tavm.omeka.net/items/show/1102 Tuscaloosa Bus Boycott, 1964: https://civilrightstuscaloosa.org/trail/stop-7/ Charles Steele: https://tavm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/african-american-history/item/736 Reverend TW Linton: https://cbn.com/article/not-selected/thomas-linton-living-saint-civil-rights-history-0 Tuscaloosa Civil Rights Trail: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa-civil-rights-trail/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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 2023 that won the Alabama Historical Association’s 2025 Milo Howard Award for best article in the Alabama Review in the previous two years. Dr. Cain also discusses a companion article she published in the Tennessee Historical Quarterly about a Nashville madam, and her dissertation, “We Built These Cities on Rocks and Hos,” that compare late 19th century prostitution in Birmingham and Nashville. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yhfyt58t Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA’s Milo B. Howard Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/milo-b-howard-award Alabama Review: https://www.alabamahistory.net/the-alabama-review Birmingham, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/birmingham/ Birmingham Public Library Archives: https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/archives/ Louise Wooster: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Louise_Wooster Nashville, TN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nashville,_Tennessee Tennessee Historical Quarterly: https://tennesseehistory.org/publications/tennessee-historical-quarterly/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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 the sites on the pre-pilgrimage tours, and talks about the local buildings on the pilgrimage tour proper. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/254zxwpd Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Guntersville Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/guntersvillehistoricalsociety/ AHP Episode 71 (SoundCloud link): https://soundcloud.com/alabamahistory/aha-071 Guntersville, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville/ Marshall County, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marshall-county/ Andrew Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson Treaty of New Echota, 1835: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_New_Echota Trail of Tears: https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/historyculture/index.htm Lake Guntersville State Park: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/lake-guntersville-state-park/ Guntersville Dam and Lake: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-dam-and-lake/ Guntersville Museum: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-museum-cultural-center/ Cathedral Caverns State Park: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/cathedral-caverns-state-park/ Kate Duncan Smith DAR School: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/kate-duncan-smith-dar-school/ Midnight Cry: A Shooting on Sand Mountain: https://www.ugapress.org/9781588385338/midnight-cry/ Dr. Lesa Carnes Shaul: https://www.uwa.edu/news/uwa-professor-pens-true-crime-thriller-about-1950s-shooting-on-sand-mountain/ Col. Montgomery Gilbreath House: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=235551 Henry House: https://www.henryhouse1893.com/story First Presbyterian Church: https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/first-presbyterian-church-guntersville/b48dc844-3322-419a-a5e1-1b5925fb66cc First United Methodist Church: https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/first-methodist-church-of-guntersville/527e03cf-412a-42f0-a69a-28cf66dc9920 John Allan Wyeth: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/john-allan-wyeth/ Old Rock School: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rock_School_(Guntersville,_Alabama) Old Post Office and DeSoto Mural: http://wpamurals.org/guntersv.htm Guntersville Railroad Depot: https://gvdepot.org/history/ The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

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 National Historic Register nominations the HHF has made and the research projects into women’s and Black history that ensued from them, HHF walking tours, pop-up museum installations, funding, and the future of the HHF. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/4ap4c36y Links mentioned in the episode -- Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA James Ray Kuykendall Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/james-ray-kuykendall-award Historic Huntsville Foundation: https://www.historichuntsville.org/ Harrison Brothers Hardware: https://harrisonbrothershardware.com/ National Register of Historic Places: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm Old Town Historic District: https://oldtownhuntsville.org/ Twickenham Historic District (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/twickenham-historic-district/ Alice Boarman Baldridge: https://www.historichuntsville.org/alice-boarman-baldridge/ Six Black Women Voters: https://www.historichuntsville.org/black-suffragists/ Newspapers.com: https://www.newspapers.com/ Cornerstones of Freedom walking tour: https://huntsvillebusinessjournal.com/news/2025/05/30/cornerstones-of-history-walking-through-huntsvilles-black-business-legacy/ Footsteps to Statehood walking tour: https://www.historichuntsville.org/events/footsteps-to-statehood-a-walking-tour-through-history/ Daniel Brandon: https://cityblog.huntsvilleal.gov/brick-by-brick-constructing-the-history-of-henderson-and-daniel-brandon/ Justice for the Johnsons exhibit: https://www.historichuntsville.org/justice-for-the-johnsons/ Road to Lydia Drive exhibition: https://www.waaytv.com/news/lydia-drive-to-become-huntsvilles-first-historic-civil-rights-district/article_b3d1ca36-b10a-11ee-bad2-e3ebcceee6fb.html Heinz Hilten (Collection at UAH): http://libarchstor.uah.edu:8081/repositories/2/resources/29 Werner von Braun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.