Baseball player. Born: February 5, 1934, Mobile. Parents: Herbert and Estella Aaron. Education: Attended public schools. Married: Barbara Lucas. Children: Five. Married: Billye Williams. Children: One. Played baseball with the Milwaukee Braves (became the Atlanta Braves in 1966), 1954-1974; broke the record for career home runs, 1974. Honors: Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1982.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: "Aaron, r.f." Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1968.
I had a Hammer: the Hank Aaron Story. New York: Harper/Collins, 1991.
Joint Author: Bad Henry. Radnor, Pa.: Chilton, 1974.
Hitting the Aaron Way. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1974.
Contributor: How to Hit and Run the Bases. New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1971.
ABERNATHY, MABRA GLENN, 1921-
University professor. Born: November 25, 1921, Birmingham. Parents: James Robert and Lynia Esther (Vines) Abernathy. Married: Nancy Katherine Perry, September 6, 1947. Children: Three. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.S., 1942; University of Alabama, M.A., 1947; University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1953. Served with the U.S. Air Force, 1942-1946; taught at the University of Alabama, 1948-1949; taught at the University of South Carolina after 1951.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: The Administration of Criminal Justice in the Courts of South Carolina. Columbia, S.C.: s.n., 1969.
Civil Liberties Under the Constitution. New York: Dodd, 1968.
Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts of South Carolina. Columbia, S.C.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of South Carolina, 1956.
The Right of Assembly and Association. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1961.
Joint Author: The Judicial System of South Carolina. New York: Institute of Judicial Administration, 1971.
Joint Editor: The Carter Years: the President and Policy Making. New York: St. Martins, 1984.
ABERNETHY, CECIL EMORY, 1908-
University professor. Born: April 8, 1908, Charleston, S.C. Parents: William H. and Annie Pierce (Rast) Abernethy. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1930; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1935; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1940. Taught at West End High School in Birmingham, 1931-1935; University of Alabama, 1937-1938; Birmingham Southern College after 1939. Member of the Modern Language Association; the executive committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1974.
Author: Mr. Pepys of Seething Lane. New York: McGraw, 1957.
Assistant Editor: Centennial Edition of the Works of Sidney Lanier, Vol. 5. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1945.
ABERNETHY, THOMAS PERKINS, 1890-
University professor. Born: August 25, 1890, Collirene. Parents: Thomas Hines and Anne (Rast) Abernethy. Married: Ida Robertson, December 6, 1917. Education: College of Charleston, A.B., 1912; Harvard University, M.A., 1915, Ph.D., 1922; taught at Marion Institute, 1912-1914 and during 1919; Women's College of Alabama, 1916-1917; Vanderbilt University, 1921; University of Chattanooga, 1922-1928; University of Alabama, 1928-1930; University of Virginia, 1930-1961; University of Texas, 1961- 1962; University of Arizona, 1963-1964. Honors: Honored by a festschrift entitled The Old Dominion: Essays for Thomas Perkins Abernethy, edited by Darrett B. Rutman.
Source: American Authors and Books; the Dictionary of Alabama Biography; and Contemporary Authors. Vol. 111.
Author: The Antecedents of the Abernethy Family in Scotland, Virginia, Old Alabama. Charlottesville, Va.: s.n., 1966.
The Burr Conspiracy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
The Formative Period in Alabama, 1815-1928. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1922.
From Frontier to Plantation in Tennessee: a Study in Frontier Democracy. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1932.
Historical Sketches of the University of Virginia. New York: Appleton Century, 1937.
Notes and Suggestions, Commercial Activities of Silas Deane in France. S.l.: s.n., 1934.
The South in the New Nation, 1789-1819. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1961.
Three Virginia Frontiers. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1940.
Western Lands and the American Revolution. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, 1937.
ABERNETHY, THOMAS YOUNG, 1908-
Journalist. Born: April 19, 1908, Brookwood. Education: Birmingham Southern College. Worked for the Sylacauga News, Dothan Eagle, Houston Press; editor and part owner of the Talladega Home. Republican candidate for governor of Alabama, 1954. Received a Neiman Travel Grant, 1956.
Source: Preface to Wood Smoke II.
Author: Wood Smoke. Kingsport, Tenn.: Kingsport Press, 1967.
Wood Smoke II. Talladega, Ala.: Brannons, Inc., 1975.
ACCARDI, JAMES ROY, 1949-
Attorney. Born: August 31, 1949, Berea, Ohio. Parents: Roy R. and Jeanne (Burns) Accardi. Educaton: University of North Alabama, B.S., 1971; University of Alabama, J.D., 1974. Employed as assistant district attorney in Madison County, Ala., after 1974; adjunct assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Alabama in Huntsville after 1979.
Source: James R. Accardi, Huntsville, Ala..
Author: The Abridged Significant Historie of the Western World. Huntsville, Ala.: A.M. Press, 1979.
ACEE, JOE G., 1906-
Postal employee. Born: January 28, 1906, Grenada, Miss. Parents: Joseph Livingston and Sadie (Cornick) Acee. Married: Chrystel Maddox, May 20, 1934. Children: One. Education: Mississippi College, B.A., 1928; University of Alabama, M.A., 1932; attended the University of Virginia and Mississippi State University. Taught and coached in the school systems of Cullman County, 1928-1929; Cambridge, Md., 1929-1931; Armstrong College (W.Va.), 1932-1933. Edited the Sulligent News, 1934-1952, except for the time between 1942 and 1946 when he served in the U.S. Navy; worked for the U.S. Postal Service, 1950-1968. For ten years he wrote weekly columns for the Birmingham News and for the Birmingham News Herald. Wrote articles for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and other newspapers and periodicals.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1972.
Author: Lamar County History and Events. Vernon, Ala.: Lamar County Department of Education, 1971.
You Are There With The True Adventures of Rube Burrows. Vernon, Ala.: The Lamar Democrat, 1973.
Lamar County History: 3rd Rev. Bicentinneal Edition. Vernon, Ala.: Lamar Democrat, 1976.
Alabama's Most Famous Train Robber. Rev. Ed. Vernon, Ala.: Lamar Democrat, 1984.
ACKER, MARTHA WALTERS, 1934-
Born: December 10, 1934, Atlanta, Ga. Parents: Harold Lee and Agnes (Stoner) Walters. Education: Duke University, B.A., 1956. Married: William Marsh Acker, Jr., April 13, 1957. Children: Two.
Source: Martha Walters Ackers.
Author: Deeds of Franklin County, Georgia, 1784-1826. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1976.
Index to Deeds of Franklin County, Georgia, 1784-1860. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1976.
Franklin County, Georgia, Tax Digest, Vol. 1, 1798-1807. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1980.
Franklin County, Georgia, Tax Digest, Vol. 2, 1808-1818. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1981.
Franklin County, Georgia, Tax Digest, Vol. 3, 1819-1982. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1982.
Indexer: History of Furman, Snow Hill, and Ackerville (Wilcox Co., Alabama). S.l.: s.n., 1977.
ACTON, HUL-CEE MARCUS, 1897-
University professor. Born: April 21, 1897, Louisville, Ky. Parents: J. W. and Hattie (Gooch) Acton. Married: Virginia Franklin, July 18, 1927. Children: One. Education: Georgetown College, A.B., 1917; University of Wisconsin, M.A., 1920, Ph.D., 1925. Taught at Georgetown College, 1917-1918; University of Wisconsin, 1920-1925; Samford University, 1926-1967. Member of the American Association of Teachers of French, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, and Modern French Drama Association.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 6th ed.; Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 2.
Author: Chalk, Termites, and God's Country. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1967.
The Pierian Club of Birmingham, with Biographies of Members and Memories of East Lake. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1962.
The Soldier in Modern French Drama. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1926.
Editor: La Nez d'un Notaire. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice- Hall, 1929.
ADAMS, BERTHELL TULLIS, 1909-
Teacher. Born: October 22, 1909, Fort Payne. Parents: Cazzie Nathaniel and Bessie Lee (Austin) Tullis. Education: DeKalb County High School; Jacksonville State University, diploma for completion of the two year course, 1937, B.S, 1953. Married: Mitchell Adams, 1935. Children: Two. Taught school in Alabama, 1937-1969. Member of Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Society, Ider Garden Club, DeKalb County Teacher's Association and Retired Teacher's Association; sponsored the Ider High School Poetry Society, 1960-1972; compiled five anthologies of Ider High School student's original poems. Sunday School teacher for more than forty years; wrote and directed plays and programs for the school and the church; poems published in several annuals and anthologies. Honors: Honored by Landmarks of DeKalb County in Fort Payne, December 9, 1984.
Source: Trailing Smokes and Berthell Adams, Ider, Ala..
Author: Birds About Our Place. Ider, Ala.: Author, 1975,
Hidden Jewels. Ider, Ala.: Author, 1980.
Joys of Living. Ider, Ala.: Author, 1976.
Trailing Smokes: a Pictorial History of Ider School District, DeKalb County, Alabama. Ider, Ala.: Author, 1973.
ADAMS, EMILY CAMPBELL, -1936
Born: October 7, ?, Mobile. Parents: Timoleo and Helen (Campbell) Adams. Lifelong resident of Mobile and a charter member of the Pen Women of Mobile; wrote prose and poetry; work appeared in the New Orleans newspapers, Colliers, Golden Age, the Chicago Advance and other periodicals and anthologies.
Source: The Anthology of Alabama Poetry, 1928, and the Mobile Press Register, August 27, 1936.
Author: Poems. Home, Okla.: Scroll Press, 1930.
ADAMS, GEORGE IRVING, 1870-
Geologist, university professor. Born: August 17, 1870, Lena, Ill. Parents: Howard Brooks and Ruth Ann (Harris) Adams. Married: Bertha Barin, 1914. Education: Kansas State Normal School, 1889; University of Kansas, A.B., 1893, A.M., 1895; Princeton University, Sc.D., 1896. Taught at Kansas State Normal School, 1893-1894; participated in the geological survey of Kansas and worked for the U.S. Geological Survey; worked in South America and in China, 1904-1920; Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Alabama, 1920-1932; director of the Geological Survey of Alabama, 1927-1932.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. I.
Author: Geology and Water Resources of Patrick and Goshen Hole Quadrangles in Eastern Wyoming and Western Nebraska. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1902.
Gold Deposits of Alabama and Occurrence of Copper, Pyrite, Arsenic and Tin. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1930.
Moulding Sands of Alabama, with Annotated Lists of the Foundries in Alabama and the Producers of Washed Sand and Gravel. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1929.
Oil and Gas Fields of the Western Interior and Northern Texas, and Coal Measures and the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary of the Western Gulf Coast. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901.
An Outline Review of the Geology of Peru. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1909.
Zinc and Lead Deposits of Northern Arkansas. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904.
Joint Author: Barite Deposits of Alabama. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1940.
Economic Geology of the Iola Quadrangle, Kansas. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904.
Fayetteville Folio, Arkansas-Missouri. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1905.
Geology of Alabama. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1926.
Geology of the Eastern Choctaw Coal Field, Indian Territory. Washington, D.C.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1900.
Gypsum Deposits in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1904.
Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Upper Carboniferous Rocks of the Kansas Section. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903.
ADAMS, HENRY WELCH, 1898-
University professor. Born: April 2, 1898, Bonham, Tex. Education: Southern Methodist University, A.B., 1921; Columbia University, A.M., 1929. Taught English at Southern Methodist, 1921-1926; Columbia University, 1927-1928; Auburn University, 1928-1946; Georgia Institute of Technology, 1946 until his retirement.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1969.
Author: Elements of Sentence Structure. New York: Prentice, 1937.
Key to Exercises in Elements of Sentence Structure. New York: Prentice, 1937.
The Montgomery Theatre, 1822-1835. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1955.
Organization, Logic and Style. Auburn, Ala.: Privately printed, 1938.
Outlining and Precis. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1941.
Joint Author: Exercise To be Used with Organization, Logic, and Style. Auburn, Ala.: Privately printed, 1938.
AGEE, RUCKER, 1897-
Broker. Born: October 22, 1897, Birmingham. Parents: Walter Claybrook and Louise (Rucker) Agee. Married: Margaret Dixon Minge, March 27, 1927. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1919. Worked continuously from 1919 with the same investment securities firm; president of Sterne, Agee and Leach, Inc. Member of many organizations and served on the board of many state and local civic, educational and charitable organizations in Alabama. Honors: Received 1977 Special Award from the Alabama Library Association.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 2.
Author: An Exhibit in Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of Publication by Abraham Ortelius of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the World's First Atlas. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1970.
Forrest-Streight Campaign of 1863, Preliminary Report. Milwaukee: s.n., 1958.
Let's Keep the Record Straight: a Vaudeville of Historical Incidents. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1963.
Twenty Alabama Books. Miami, Fla.: E. A. Seemann, 1975.
Compiler: Early Mapping of Alabama. Montevallo, Ala.: s.n., 1957.
Maps of Alabama: the Evaluation of the State Exhibits in Printed Maps from the Age of Discovery: a Preliminary Catalogue. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1955.
AHERN, EMILY MARTIN, 1944-
University professor. Born: November 7, 1944, Birmingham. Parents: Henry M. and Zoe (Martin) Godschalk. Married: Dennis Ahern, May 11, 1966. Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 1966; Cornell University, Ph.D., 1971. Taught at Yale University beginning in 1972.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49.
Author: Chinese Ritual and Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
The Cult of the Dead in a Chinese Village. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1973.
Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1974.
Women in the Chinese Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1975.
Editor: The Anthropology of Taiwanese Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1981.
AIKEN, BOONE
See: Aiken, Elizabeth Boone
AIKEN, ELlZABETH BOONE
Writer. Born: Chattanooga. Parents: Benjamin Arthur and Janey Lee (Pickel) Boone. Married: William Craig Aiken, April 16, 1938. Children: Two. Education: McKenzie Business College, Bob Jones College, and Auburn University. Worked for Dixie Foundry Company in Cleveland, Tenn.; Central Alabama Electric Cooperative; correspondent for the Montgomery Advertiser, United Press International, the Prattville Progress, the REA News, and the Birmingham News. Associated with WSFA-TV in Montgomery, 1954-1979. Member of the Prattville Planning Commission; Prattville Service League, Alabama Historical Association, the National Writers Club, National Press Photographers Association, Alabama Women's Press Association, Lee County Historical Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Autauga County Heritage Association, and Auburn Heritage Association; charter member and chairman of the Prattville Community Girl Scouts committee; charter member and chairman of the Prattville Cub Scouts committee.
Source: The Library of Alabama Lives; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982.
Author: Will Howard Smith and McQueen Smith Farms. Prattville, Ala.: s.n., 1971.
AINSWORTH, CHARLES HAROLD, 1935-
College Teacher, missionary. Born: April 1, 1935, Shreveport, Louisiana. Married: Ottis Winnie Tew, 1964. Children: Three. Education: Northwestern State University, A.B., 1959, M.A., 1964; University of Alabama, Ed.D., 1975; University of Sarasota, Ph.D., 1982. Served as missionary of the Latter Day Saints Church to Brazil, 1959 to 1962; grade school teacher in New Orleans, 1964; chaplain in the U.S. Army, 1964-1965; instructor at the University of Alabama, 1965-1968; teacher at the University of Montevallo, 1968-1978; University of Washington, 1978-1980, and the University of Idaho after 1980. Member of the American Anthropological Society and the Mormon Historical Association.
Source: International Authors and Writers Who's Who, 8th ed.; files at the library at the University of Montevallo.
Author: Selected Readings for Introductory Anthropology. New York: MSS Information Corp., 1974.
Selected Readings for Marriage and the Family. New York: MSS Information Corp., 1973.
Perspectives for Introductory Sociology. Montevallo, Ala.: Author, 1975.
AKEN, ELIZABETH BOONE
See: Aiken, Elizabeth Boone
AKENS, DAVID STRODE, 1921-
Writer, publisher. Born: April 16, 1921, Lost Creek, Ky. Parents: Claude Neuman and Nellie Geneva (Strode) Akens. Married: Helen Morgan, August 21, 1953. Education: University of Miami, A.B., 1951; University of Alabama, M.A., 1956. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-1946; taught in Lost Creek, Ky., 1947-1949; edited Benham Magazine for International Harvester Company, 1949-1950; worked as freelance author, 1955-1957; and publisher of Strode Publishers after 1957. Honors: Strode Publishers received 1976 Special Award for outstanding publishing from Alabama Library Association. Member of the American Booksellers Association and Huntsville Chamber of Commerce.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 25R; Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: The Alabama Last Laugh Joke Book. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979.
Auburn Last Laugh Joke Book. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979.
Best Basketball Booster. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1974.
Death of a Transplant. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1971.
Historical Chronology of the NASA Marshall Center and MSFC Programs 1960-1973. Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976.
Historical Origins of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Huntsville, Ala.: Historical Office, Office of Management Services, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960.
John Glenn: First American in Orbit. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1965.
Loss of Hearing and You. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1970.
A Picture History: Rockets and Rocketry. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1962.
Rocket City, U.S.A. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1959.
Rockets and Rocketry: a Picture History. 2d. ed. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1964.
Saturn Illustrated Chronology. Huntsville, Ala.: Historical Office, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 1973.
University of North Carolina Last Laugh Joke Book. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1981.
World's Greatest Leaders: the Akens Book of Supernatural Records. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1980.
Skylab Illustrated Chronology, 1962-73. Huntsville, Ala.: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 1973.
Joint Author: Hearing Help. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979.
Written under name of S.C. (Stonewall Culpepper) Lee:
Full Time Player. Huntsville, Ala: Strode, 1971.
Little League Leader. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1974.
Young Bear: the Legend of Bear Bryant's Boyhood. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1977.
Death of a Transplant. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publications, 1971.
The Untitled Mystery. Tomball, Tex.: Circle Book Service, 1987
AKENS, HELEN MORGAN
College instructor. Born: Sunny South, Ala. Parents: James Martin and Katherine Morgan. Married: David Strode Akens, August 21, 1953. Education: University of Montevallo, A.B.; University of Alabama, M.A.; attended American University in Washington, D.C. Taught at Huntingdon College, Athens College and the University of Montevallo. Wrote a regular column for the Clarke County Democrat and for the Mobile Press Register. One short story appeared in Alabama Prize Stories, 1970.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Alabama, Mounds to Missiles. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1962.
Joint Author: Alabama Heritage. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1962.
AKIN, EUGENIA THOMPSON
Parents: R. DuPont and Maude (Massey) Thompson. Education: Agnes Scott College. Married: John M. Akin, Sr. Children: Three. Worked as Parent Education Chairman of the Birmingham PTA Council; taught English to internationals at Southside Baptist Church in Birmingham. Member of the Alabama Writers Conclave and of the Methodist Church.
Source: Bull Frog Bend.
Author: Bull Frog Bend: Echoes from Turkey Creek in Jefferson County, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Jefferson County Historical Society, 1978.
ALBA, NANIA CHAMPNEY, 1917-1968
College instructor. Born: November 21, 1917, Montgomery, Ala. Parents: I. C. H. Champney. Education: Haines Institute in Augusta, Ga.; Knoxville College, B.A., 1935; attended Indiana University. Married: Reuben A. Alba. Children: Two. Taught at Tuskegee Institute and at Alabama State University.
Source: Selected Black American Authors and files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: The Parchments, Poetry. S.l.: s.n., 1963.
The Parchments II. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
ALBAUGH, JUNE MIDDLETON, 1924-
Teacher, genealogist. Born: December 30, 1924, Andalusia. Parents: William R. and Mary Clyde (Pelham) Middleton. Married: Hamilton Albaugh, Jr., October 9, 1949. Children: Three. Education: University of Montevallo, B.M., 1947; attended Julliard School and Columbia University. Taught at Comer High School in Sylacauga, 1947-1949; researched history and genealogy and wrote stories about ancestors. Member of the boards of various historical societies; lineage societies, and regent of her D.A.R. chapter.
Source: June Middleton Albaugh, Short Hills, N.J.
Author, Compiler, and Publisher of:
Collirene, the Queen Hill. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1978.
ALBRITTON, WALTER MATTHEW, JR., 1932-
Minister. Born: March 24, 1932, Wetumpka. Parents: Walter Matthew and Caroline (Johnson) Albritton. Married: Louise Eudene Brown, June 1, 1952. Children: Five. Education: Auburn University, B.S., 1954; Emory University, B.D., 1953. Ordained a deacon in the United Methodist Church, 1956 and an elder, 1958. Pastored churches in Alabama and Florida, 1953-1954; 1958-1963. Edited Pastor Magazine, 1955-1956; directed the Evangelism Program Council in Andalusia, 1963-1969; member of the staff of the United Methodist Church in Mobile, 1972-1975; First United Methodist Church in Demopolis after 1975.
Source: Who's Who in Religion, 1975.
Author: If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of Your Boat. Waco, Tex.: Word Books, 1978.
Koinonia Ministries Guidebook. Nashville: Tidings, 1969.
Second Steps for a New Man: Letters to a Growing Christian. Nashville: Tidings, 1969?
Co-Author: A Prisoner's Message of Freedom and Joy: a Study- Commentary on Phillipians. Atlanta: Lay Renewal Pub., 1967.
ALDRICH, TRUMAN HEMINWAY, 1848-1932
Engineer, banker. Born: October 17, 1848, Palmyra, N.Y. Parents: William Farrington and Louisa Maria (Klapp) Aldrich. Married: Anna Morrison of Newark, N.J. Children: Three. Education: Attended military academy in West Chester, Pa.; master's degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1869. Practiced engineering in New York for two years then moved to Selma. Engaged in banking and coal mining business in Selma; Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress in 1894; seated near the end of the first session of the 54th Congress; postmaster of Birmingham, 1911-1915.
Source: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774- 1971.
Author: Alabama Museum of Natural History. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1931.
Contested Election Case of T. H. Aldrich v. Oscar W. Underwood, from the Ninth Congressional District of the State of Alabama. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1895.
Description of a Few Alabama Eocene Species and Remarks on Varieties, with Plates. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1931.
Historical Account of Coal Mining Operations in Alabama Since 1853. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1875.
New Eocene Fossils from the Southern Gulf States. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, Harris Co., 1911.
New Eocene Species from Alabama. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, Harris Co., 1921.
New or Little Known Tertiary Mollusca from Alabama and Texas. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, Harris and Stoneman, 1895.
Notes on Eocene Mollusca, With Descriptions of Some New Species. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, Harris Co., 1897.
Preliminary Report on the Tertiary Fossils of Alabama and Mississippi. Montgomery, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1886.
Joint Author: Footprints from the Coal Measures of Alabama. University, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1930.
Report of the Geology of the Costal Plains of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1894.
ALDRIDGE, GARET VAN ANTWERP, 1913-
Banker. Born: September 21, 1913, Mobile. Parents: John Forniss and Sarah Catherine (Van Antwerp) Aldridge. Married: Sarah Redfield Plumb, July 13, 1944. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, 1935; degree from the School of Banking at Rutgers University, 1955. Began work at the Merchants National Bank in Mobile in 1935. Belonged to the Alabama Bar Association, Alabama Bankers Association, Mobile Chamber of Commerce, Newcomen Society of North America, and other organizations.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1976.
Author: A History of Trust Business in Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1949.
ALEXANDER, JO
See: Alexendar, Mary Jo
ALEXANDER, MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER, 1915-
University professor, writer. Born: July 7, 1915, Birmingham. Married: Firnist James Alexander. Children: Four. Education: Northwestern University, B.A., 1915; University of Iowa, M.A., 1940, Ph.D., 1965. Taught at Livingston College (Salisbury, NC), 1941-1942, 1945, West Virginia State College, 1942-1943, and Jackson State College after 1949. Became director of the Institute for the Study of History, Life and Culture of Black Peoples at Jackson State College in 1968. Contributed broadsides, articles and papers to periodicals. Member of the Modern Language Association, National Education Association, National Council of Teachers of English, and American Association of University Professors.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1974; Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1980.
Author: A Brief Introduction to Southern Literature. Jackson, Miss.: Literary Seminar, Mississippi Arts Festival, 1977.
For My People (verse). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1942.
How I Wrote Jubilee. Chicago: Third World Press, 1972.
Jubilee, a Civil War Novel. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1955.
Prophets For a New Day (poems). Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970.
October Journey (poems). Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970.
How I wrote Jubliee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1989.
Joint Author: A Poetic Equation: Converstaions Between Nikki Giovanni and Margaret Walker. Washington: Howard University Press, 1974.
Richard Wright, Daemonic Genius: a Portrait of the Man, A Critical Look at his Work. New York: Warner, 1988.
This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1989.
ALEXANDER, MARY JO, 1924-
Secretary, accountant. Born: October 31, 1924, Fort Payne. Parents: James Lester and Janie (Ashley) Tumlin. Married: John Alexander, March 2, 1941. Children: Four. Education: Fyffe High School, 1941; Snead State Junior College, 1966. Worked for the Chamber of Commerce in Boaz, Ala., as secretary, 1965-1967, and director, 1967-1971; in 1971 she was self-employed as an accountant. Honors: Honored for distinguished service by the Salvation Army.
Source: Mrs. John Alexander, Boaz, Ala.
Author: History of Boaz, Alabama. Boaz, Ala.: Boaz Chamber of Commerce, 1969.
ALEXANDER, PAUL, 1955-
Writer. Born: 1955, Birmingham. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1977; University of Iowa, Writer's Workshop, M.F.A., 1979. Honors: Recipient Academy of American Poets award. Taught at the University of Houston.
Source: Contemporary Literature in Birmingham.
Author: Blue Rooms. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Elm Street Press, 1979.
Strangers. Birmingham, Ala.: Thunder City Press, 1983.
Editor: Ariel Ascending. New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
ALEXANDER, TRUMAN HUDSON, 1891-
Writer. Born: October 20, 1891, Birmingham. Parents: William Brooks and Nancy (Hudson) Alexander. Married: Helen Almon, December 30, 1914. Children: Three. Education: Howard Institute, 1900-1909; Vanderbilt University, 1909-1912. Wrote a syndicated column, "I Reckon So," 1912-1938. After 1938, wrote a syndicated weekly feature. Member of the Newcomen Society, Sigma Nu, and Methodist Church.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.
Author: Loot. Dallas, Tex.: Southwest Press, 1932.
They Tried to Kidnap the Kaiser and Brought Back an Ash Tray. Philadelphia: Saturday Evening Post, 1937.
Contributor: Austin Peay, Governor of Tennessee, 1923-25, 1925-27, 1927-29: a Collection of State Papers and Public Addresses. Kingsport, Tenn.: Southern Publishers, Inc., 1929.
ALIMAYO, CHIKUKO (Pseudonym)
See: Franklin, Harold Leroy
ALLDREDGE, J. HADEN, 1887-1962
Lawyer. Born: July 28, 1887, Brookville. Parents: Patrick Griffin and Sophia (Haden) Alldredge. Married: Mildred Chilton, 1907. Children: Two. Married: Edna Eley, 1927. Education: Central Alabama Agricultural School during 1907; Jones Law School (Montgomery), LL.B. Taught for two years; traffic manager for a manufacturer for nine years; secretary and traffic manager for the Dothan Chamber of Commerce. Admitted to the bar in 1915; practiced before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Chief of the Transportation Bureau of the Alabama Public Service Commission, 1923-1934; transportation economist for the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1939; member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1939-1955; in private practice in Montgomery after 1955.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: The Interterritorial Freight Rate Problem of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1937.
Rate-Making for Common Carriers. Atlanta: Harrison Co., 1929.
Joint Author: A History of Navigation on the Tennessee River System. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1937.
Assistant Editor: Watkins on Shippers and Carriers. 4th ed. Atlanta: Harrison Co., 1930.
ALLEN, LEE NORCROSS, 1926-
University professor, dean. Born: April 26, 1926, Shawmut. Parents: LeLand Norcross and Dorothy (Whitaker) Allen. Married: Catherine Ann Bryant, August 24, 1963. Children: Two. Education: Auburn University, B.S., 1948, M.S., 1949; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1955. Taught at Eastern Baptist College in St. Davids, Pa., 1952-1961; Samford University in 1961. Dean of Howard College of Arts and Science in 1975. Member of the Alabama Historical Association, Kappa Phi Kappa, and Rotary Club.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: The First 150 Years: Montgomery's First Baptist Church, 1829-1979. Montgomery, Ala.: First Baptist Church, 1979.
Index to History of Woman's Missionary Union. S.l.: s.n. 1975.
Born for Missions: the Birmingham Baptist Association, 1833- 1983. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Baptist Association, 1984.
Courage to Care: the Story of Jon V. Moffett. Birmingham, Ala.: Samford Unversiity Press, 1988.
From May Streams: Meadow Brook Baptist Church, 1981-85, History and Bylaws, Role of Church Missions. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1985.
Southern Baptist Church: a Centennial History, 1886-1986. Birmingham, Ala.: The Church, 1985.
Woodlawn Baptist Church: the First Century 1886-1986. Birmingham, Ala.: The Church, 1986.
Joint Author: Sesquicentennial History: Ruhama Baptist Church, 1819-1969. Birmingham, Ala.: Ruhama Baptist Church, 1969.
ALLEN, MEL, 1913-
Sportscaster. Born: February 14, 1913, Birmingham. Parents: Julius and Anna (Lieb) Israel. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1932, LL.B., 1936. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1932-1937. Began a career as a sports announcer and broadcast various sports events over radio and television in 1955. Announcer for the New York Yankees. Served in the U.S. Army, 1943-1945. Honors: Named to the National Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, 1972.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: You Can't Beat the Hours. New York: Harper, 1964.
Joint Author: It Takes Heart. New York: Harper, 1959.
ALLEN, MELVIN ALLEN ISRAEL
See: Allen, Mel
ALLEN, WARD SYKES, 1922-
University professor. Born: July 10, 1922, Nashville, Tenn. Married: 1951. Children: Four. Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1947, M.A., 1949, Ph.D., 1963. Taught English at Mississippi State College for Women, 1957-1961; Vanderbilt University, 1961-1964; Auburn University after 1964. Awarded Gugenheim Fellow during 1972-1973; served as the Hargis Professor of English Literature at Auburn after 1974. Member of the Renaissance Society of America.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Editor and translator:
Translating for King James. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1969.
Editor: Translating the New Testament Epistles, 1604-1611. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1977.
ALLISON, ELIZABETH HARRIET KELLY, 1891-
Born: September 11, 1891, Kelly's Chapel, Washington County, Va. Parents: William Key and Annie Ryburn (Smith) Kelly. Married: Fred Allison, August 24, 1915. Children: Two. Education: Emory and Henry College. Taught in the schools of Virginia.
Source: Files at Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
Author: Early Southwest Virginia Families of Kelly, Smyth, Buchanan, Clark and Related Families of Edmondson, Keys, Beattie, Ryburn, McDonald. Auburn, Ala.: Author, 1960.
ALLISON, HARRISON CLARKE, 1917-
Criminologist. Born: November 4, 1917, West Liberty, Ky. Parents: A. O. and Florence (Davis) Allison. Married: Jessie Hudson, December 16, 1947. Children: Five. Education: Fort Union Military Academy; Cumberland College; Georgetown College, A.B.; University of Alabama, M.S.; also attended Louisiana State University. Worked at Fort Union Military Academy, the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service, and Sylvania Electric Products; captain in the police department in the city of Marion; head of the science department at Marion Institute. Member of the American Association of Criminology, International Association of Chiefs of Police, American Chemical Society, and other organizations.
Source: Contemporary Authors. Vol. 49.
Author: Handbook of Crime Scene Investigation. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1980.
Joint Author: Personal Identification. Boston: Holbrook Press, 1973.
ALSTON, EDITH EUGENIA, 1941-
Editor, writer. Born: May 15, 1941, Anniston. Parents: James Robert Maxwell and Cornelia (Thompson) Alston. Education: St. Mary's High School; junior college in Raleigh, N.C.; University of North Carolina, B.A. in English with honors in writing, 1963. Worked for the children's book department at Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964-1965; Harper & Row, 1965-1969; T.Y. Crowell, 1969- 1970; Reader's Digest Books, 1970-1973. Project editor for Oxmoor House in Birmingham for Southern Antiques and Folk Art which was designated one of the 50 best art books in 1976 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Worked for the Anniston Star, 1977- 1982.
Source: Edith Alston, Anniston, Ala.
Author: Come Visit a Prairie Dog Town. New York: Harcourt, 1984.
Emergency Room. New York: Harcourt, 1984.
Growing Up Chimpanzee. New York: T. Y. Crowell, 1975.
Let's Visit a Space Camp. Mahwah, N.Y.: Troll Associates, 1990.
ALYEA, PAUL EDGAR, 1899-1975
Economist. Born: September 8, 1899. Married: Blanche Marie Rockhold. Education: University of Illinois, B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. Taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Butler University, University of Illinois, and University of Alabama. Senior economist with the U.S. Office of Price Administration; director of a division of the Smaller War Plants Corporation, 1942-1945; served as director of research for the Alabama Legislative Revenue Survey Commission; served as president of the National Tax Association, 1960.
Source: American Journal of Economics and Sociology (January 1976: pp. 75-76).
Author: Alabama's Balanced Budget. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1942.
Assessment of Public Utilities in Alabama. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1952.
The Effect of the Proposed Homestead Exemption on Assessed Value and Revenue Receipts of Various Units of the State of Alabama. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1930.
Impact of Overlapping Sales Taxes on Small Business. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1960.
Revenues of Small Alabama Cities: Fairhope and 26 Other Cities with 1950 Population of 2,000 to 5,000. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1951.
The Role of the State of South Carolina in the Taxation of Property. Columbia, S.C.: Bureau of Business Research, University of South Carolina, 1965.
Taxation of Life Insurance Companies in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Association of Alabama Life Insurance Companies, 1965.
Theory of the Gold Standard. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1934.
Joint Author: Fairhope, 1894-1954: the Story of a Single Tax Colony. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1956.
AMACHER, RICHARD EARL, 1917-
University professor. Born: December 13, 1917, Ridgeway, Pa. Parents: Albert and Emma (Luchs) Amacher. Married: Claudia Anne Ward, August 26, 1953. Children: One. Education: Ohio University, A.B., 1939; attended the University of Chicago, 1939- 1942; University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D, 1947. Taught at Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1944; Yale University, 1944-1945; Rutgers University, 1945-1947; Henderson State Teachers College, 1954-1957; Auburn University after 1957. Fulbright Professor at the University of Wurtzburg, 1961-1962; University of Konstanz in Germany in 1969-1970.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 5th ed.; Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: American Political Writers, 1588-1800. Boston: Twayne, 1979.
Benjamin Franklin. New York: Twayne, 1962.
Edward Albee. New York: Twayne, 1969.
Franklin's Wit and Folly: the Bagatelles. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953.
Edward Albee. Rev. Ed. Boston: Twayne Pub., 1982.
Joint Author: Edward Albee at Home and Abroad: a Bibliography. New York: AMS Press, 1973.
Joint Editor: The Flush Times of California. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1966.
New Perspectives in German Literary Criticism: a Collection of Essays. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979.
AMERINE, WILLIAM HENRY, 1878-
Pharmacist, reporter. Born: June 17, 1878, Greenville. Parents: Miles Henry and Cynthia Selena (Lee) Amerine. Education: U.S. Military Academy. Served with the Alabama National Guard, erecting the first wireless telegraph station in Montgomery in 1915; served with the Red Cross in Europe during World War I; reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser.
Source: Owen's History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 3.
Author: Alabama's Own in France. New York: Eaton & Gettinger, 1919.
AMOS, HARRIET E.
University professor. Born: Mobile. Parents: Bevil T. and Nona S. Amos. Education: Agnes Scott College, A.B., 1972; Emory University, M.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1976. Taught at Northern Michigan University, 1977-1978; University of Alabama in Birmingham after 1978. Member of the Organization of American Historians, Southern History Association and the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982; Cotton City.
Author: Cotton City: Urban Development in Antebellum Mobile. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1985.
ANDELSON, ROBERT VERNON, 1931-
University Professor. Born: February 19, 1931, Los Angeles, Calif. Parents: Abraham and Ada (Markson) Andelson. Married: Bonnie Von Orange Johnson, June 7, 1964. Education: attended Los Angeles City College; University of Chicago, A.B., 1952; University of Southern California, A.M., 1954, Ph.D., 1960. Executive director of the Henry George School of Social Science in San Diego, 1959-1962; taught at Northland College in Wisconsin, 1962-1963; Northwestern State University, Louisiana, 1963-1965; Auburn University after 1965. Member of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, Alabama Philosophy Society, and American Association of University Professors. Served as a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1969; Personalist, 1975-1980.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: Commons without Tragedy: Protecting the Environment from Overpopulation: a New Approach. London: Shepheard-Walwyn; Savage, Md.: Barnes & Noble, 1991.
From Wasteland to Promised Land: Liberation Theology for a Post-Marxist World. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1992.
Human Rights: a Topological Survey of Their Theoretical Foundations. Los Angeles: University of Southern California, 1960.
Imputed Rights: an Essay in Christian Social Theory. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1971.
Joint Author: Critics of Henry George: a Centenary Appraisal of Their Strictures on Progress and Poverty. Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1979.
ANDERS, MARY EDNA, 1921-
Librarian. Born: December 7, 1921, Northport. Education: University of Alabama, 1940-1943; University of North Carolina, B.S. in Library Science, 1947, M.A. in Library Science, 1950; Columbia University, D.L.S, 1958. Career began as a librarian at Huntingdon College, 1943, and included positions at the University of North Carolina, Tuscaloosa High School, Birmingham Southern College, Institute for Research in Social Sciences, Florida State University, University of Florida, University of Alabama, Emory University, and, beginning in 1958, Industrial Development Division, Engineering Experiment Station, Georgia Institute of Technology. Member of the American, Southeastern, and Georgia Library Associations.
Source: Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States, 1970; Who's Who in Library Science, 1966.
Author: Interlibrary Cooperation in Georgia: a Report of a Survey for the Public Library Unit, Georgia Department of Education. Atlanta, Ga.: Department of Education, Public Library Unit, 1967.
Libraries and Library Services in the Southeast: a Report of the Southeastern States Cooperative Library Survey, 1972-1974. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1976.
Library and Reference Applications: Census Tapes and Printed Reports. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1971.
Southeastern Library Association, 1920-1950. Atlanta: Southeastern Library Association, 1956.
The Southeastern States Cooperative Library Survey, 1972-1974, Tables. Atlanta: Industrial Development Division, Engineering Experiment Station, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1975.
The Tennessee Valley Council, 1940-1949: a Regional Approach to Library Planning. Atlanta: Southeastern Library Association, 1960.
ANDERSEN, INEZ ELLIOTT, 1899-
Poet. Born: March 19, 1899, Leeds. Parents: James Barnett Collier and Ida Vann Elliott. Married: Holger W. Andersen. Children: One. Education: George Peabody College, B.S., M.A., 1936. Public school teacher in Birmingham, 1918-1920, 1924-1933, and 1935-1937; assistant director of curriculum in Birmingham Public Schools, 1935-1937; taught at Arkansas State University; Pan American College. Co-founder of the Poetry Society of Tennessee and the first poet laureate of that organization, poet of the year of the Alabama State Poetry Society in 1975. Member of the World Poetry Society, the National League of Pen Women, the Tennessee Woman's Press and Authors Club, the Alabama State Poetry Society and many other organizations. Honors: Winner of several honors and prizes including the grand prize of the Alabama Writers Conclave in 1978; named a colonel aide-de-camp to Governor Lamar Alexander of Tennessee in 1980.
Source: International Who's Who in Poetry, 4th ed. 1974-1975; Inez Elliott Andersen, Memphis, Tenn.
Author: And Now I Have Told You. Memphis, Tenn.: Riverside Press, 1979.
Never Send to Know. Kingsport, Tenn.: Author, 1962.
The Poetry Society of Tennessee, 1953-1969: a History. Memphis, Tenn.: Green Light Publications, 1970.
ANDERTON, HENRY LAFAYETTE
Lawyer. Born: Estill Springs, Tenn. Parents: W. W. and Bettie (Freeman) Anderton. Married: Elizabeth Chew. Children: Six. Education: Cumberland University, Bachelor of Laws. Practiced law in Birmingham after 1914. Served as a city judge in Birmingham; special assistant to the Attorney General of Alabama; candidate for the U.S. Senate.
Source: Owen's Story of Alabama, vol. 4.
Author: Blue Skies Beyond. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1943.
The Code of City of Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing and Bindery Co., 1917.
ANDREWS, MARSHALL, 1899-1973
Editor, reporter. Born: June 15, 1899, Memphis, Tenn. Parents: Daniel Marshall and Adeline Baker (Van Court) Andrews. Married: Cora Wells Means, June 21, 1926. Children: Three. Married: Patricia Wilson. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1917, and 1919-1920. Employed as a reporter and editor for newspapers and press services in the Midwest and South, 1920- 1937; aviation editor for the Washington Post, 1928-1931; military writer, 1939-1950; operations analyst and served with the U.S. Army, 1917-1919, 1930-1935, and 1943-1946. Member of the American Historical Association.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 6.
Author: Our New Army. Boston: Little, Brown, 1942.
Disaster Through Air Power. New York: Rinehart, 1950.
Joint Author: A Review of U. S. Historical Experience With Civil Affairs, 1776-1954. Bethesda, Md.: Operations Research Office, Johns Hopkins University, 1961.
ANDREWS, MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN, 1860-1936
Writer. Born: April 2, 1860, Mobile. Parents: Jacob Shaw and Ann Louise (Gold) Shipman. Married: William Shankland Andrews, December 31, 1884. Children: One. Education: local schools in Lexington, Ky.; studied at home with her father who was an Episcopal priest and later a bishop at Fon du Lac, Wisconsin; pastor of Christ Church in New York.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; Notable American Women, Vol. 1.
Author: The Better Treasure. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs- Merrill, 1908.
Bob and the Guides. New York: Scribner, 1906.
The Counsel Assigned. New York: Scribner, 1912.
The Courage of the Commonplace. New York: Scribner, 1912.
Crosses of War. New York: Scribner, 1918.
The Enchanted Forest, and Other Stories. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1909.
The Eternal Feminine, and Other Stories. New York: Scribner, 1916.
The Eternal Masculine: Stories of Men and Boys. New York: Scribner, 1913.
A Good Samaritan. New York: McClure, 1906.
Her Country. New York: Scribner, 1918.
His Soul Goes Marching On. New York: Scribner, 1922.
Joy in the Morning. New York: Scribner, 1919.
A Kidnapped Colony. New York: Harper, 1903.
The Lifted Bandage. New York: Scribner, 1910.
A Lost Commander: Florence Nightingale. New York: Doubleday, 1929.
The Marshal. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs, 1912.
The Militants: Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World. New York: Scribner, 1909.
Old Glory. New York: Scribner, 1916.
Passing the Torch. New York: Scribner, 1924.
The Perfect Tribute. New York: Scribner, 1906.
Pontifex Maximus. New York: Scribner, 1925.
The Three Things: the Forge in Which the Soul of a Man Was Tested. Boston: Little-Brown, 1915.
Vive l'empereur. New York: Scribner, 1902.
The White Satin Dress. New York: Scribner, 1930.
Joint Author: August First. New York: Scribner, 1915.
Yellow Butterflies. New York: Scribner, 1924.
Contributor: The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors. New York: Harper, 1908.
ARMES, ETHEL MARIE
Reporter. Born: Washington, D.C. Parents: George Augustus and Lucy Hamilton (Kerr) Armes. Education: attended private schools in Washington, D.C. Employed as a reporter for the Chicago Chronicle, Washington Post, and Birmingham Post-Herald. Edited Advance Magazine in Birmingham in 1906; reported on the history and resources of the Alabama mineral belt and on the social conditions and problems of the Alabama coal fields. Charter member of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association.
Source: Woman's Who's Who of America, 1914-1915; American Authors and Books; Owen's History of Alabama; Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Midsummer in Whittier's Country. Birmingham, Ala.: Advance Press, 1905.
The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 1909.
Stratford Hall, the Great House of the Lees. Richmond, Va.: Garrett & Massie, 1936.
Stratford on the Potomac. Greenwich, Conn.: William Alexander, Jr. Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1928.
The Washington Manor House: England's Gift to the World. New York: American Branch of the Sulgrave Institution, 1922.
Compiler and Editor:
Nancy Shippen: Her Journal Book. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1935.
ARMOUR, ROLLIN STELY, 1929-
University professor. Born: December 5, 1929, Miami, Fla. Parents: Thomas and Franki (Calhoun) Armour. Married: Mary Anne Crum, May 30, 1957. Children: Three. Education: Baylor University, B.A., 1950, S.T.M. in 1956; Harvard University, Th.D., 1963; attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Member of the American Society of Church History, American Academy of Religion, Southern Baptist Historical Society, and Florida Baptist Historical Society. Taught at Stetson University; Auburn University after 1960.
Source: Contemporary Authors; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1976-1977; Directory of American Scholars, 6th ed.; and Writer's Directory, 1976-1978.
Author: Anabaptist Baptism, a Representative Study. Scottsdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1966.
ARMSTRONG, JOHN LEE, JR., 1954-
Teacher. Born: March 18, 1954, Birmingham. Parents: John Lee and Jo Ann (White) Armstrong. Education: University of Alabama, B.S. Employed as assistant to the pharmacist in Center Point after 1973; drama teacher at Gardendale High School after 1976.
Source: John Lee Armstrong, Jr., Birmingham, Ala.
Author: He's My Brother. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1976.
ARMSTRONG, STEPHEN W., 1950-
University professor. Born: January 29, 1950, St. Louis, Mo. Parents: William F. and Mabel B. Armstrong. Married: Naomi, 1973. Children: One. Education: University of Central Florida, B.S. in psychology; University of Florida, M.Ed., 1974, Ph.D. in special education, 1981. Member of the faculty of North Georgia College, 1979-1982; Department of Special Education, Jacksonville State University after 1982. Member of the Council for Exceptional Children; Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders; co-chairman for the preparation for NCATE visitation of the College of Education at Jacksonville State University.
Source: Steve Armstrong, Jacksonville, Ala.
Joint Author: Practical Self-monitoring for Classroom Use. Springfield, Ill.: Charles Thomas, 1984.
ARNOLD, BYRON, 1901-
University professor. Born: August 15, 1901, Vancouver, Washington. Education: Willamette University, B.A., 1924; Eastman School of Music. Faculty member of the University of Alabama, 1938-1949.
Source: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 6th ed.
Composer: Five Incapacitated Preludes (A Symphonic Suite).
Three Fantasticisms (for orchestra).
Compiler: Folk Songs of Alabama. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1950.
ARNOLD, EDNA EARLE SMITH, 1911-
Newspaper publisher, writer. Born: August 28, 1911, Cullman. Parents: Jesse Harden and Lula Florence (Winn) Smith. Married: Henry Frank Arnold, 1934. Children: Two. Education: Huntingdon College, A.B., 1932. Taught English at Hanceville High School, 1932-1934. Publisher, with husband, of Cullman Tribune, 1937-1968; freelance writer after 1968. Served as Secretary of the Cullman Bicentennial Commission; member of Cullman Museum Board; Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs; Episcopal Church. Honors: Cullman's first Woman of Achievement, 1955.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982; jacket of Beyond Tomorrow.
Author: Beyond Tomorrow. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1978.
ASKEW, WILLIAM KING "Happy", 1897-
Engineer. Born: August 20, 1897, Dayton. Parents: Francis Barton and Bettie King (Jones) Askew. Education: Dayton Academy, 1903-1913; Marion Institute, 1913-1914; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1917. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1917-1918; design engineer in Birmingham for ten years; teacher-athletic coach for three years; high school principal; assistant director of Alabama School of Trades for three years; engineering faculty of Auburn University; senior engineering drawing checker at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Marietta, Ga. for ten years; retired, 1971.
Source: Dayton, Marengo County, Alabama.
Author: Dayton, Marengo County, Alabama. Auburn, Ala.: Privately printed, 1985.
History of the Class of 1917. S.l.: s.n., 1982.
ATCHISON, RAY M., 1921-
University professor. Born: October 8, 1921, Shelby County. Parents: Edward W. and Jessie (Barber) Atchison. Married: Geneva Doris Teague, 1948. Children: Two. Education: Howard College, A.B., 1943; George Peabody College, M.A., 1947; Duke University, Ph.D., 1956. Taught at George Peabody College, 1946- 1947; Samford University, 1947.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 6th ed.; Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 2.
Author: Baptists of Shelby County, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1964.
Joint Author: Historical Sketches of Alabama Baptist Churches and Associations. Birmingham, Ala.: Howard College Library, 1958.
Richard Hopkins Pratt and The Six Mile Academy. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1965.
ATKINS, OLIVER FRAZER, 1916-1977
Photographer. Born: February 18, 1916, Hyde Park, Md. Parents: Oliver Fraser and Annie Sally (McLeod) Atkins. Married: Marjorie Neola Deakin, August 10, 1940. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1938; while at the University served as member of the band, staff member of the Crimson-White, staff member of the Corolla, and member of the News Bureau. Employed as a photographer for the Birmingham Post, 1939-1940; staff photographer for the Washington Daily News, 1940-1942; foreign correspondent and photographer, 1942- 1945. Worked for the Saturday Evening Post, 1945-1969; served as a foreign correspondent and photographer in Korea and Japan, 1951; photography columnist for the Washington Post, 1947-1950; personal photographer to the President and chief White House photographer, 1969-1974. Traveled with President Nixon and photographed the Nixon family in their private quarters on the President's last day in office. Vice-president of Curtis Publishing Company, 1974-1977.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 73.
Author and Photographer:
Camera on Assignment. Fairfax, Va.: Fairfax Publishing, s.d.
The White House Years: Triumph and Tragedy. New York: Playboy Press, 1977.
Contributed photographs to:
Eye on Nixon. New York: Hawthorn, 1972.
ATKINS, THOMAS RADCLIFFE, 1939-
University professor. Born: April 5, 1939, Mobile. Parents: Jack R. and Sakie B. (Daves) Atkins. Married: Mary Ellen O'Brien, April 14, 1964. Children: Two. Education: Duke University, B.A., 1961; Yale University, M.F.A., 1964. Taught at Vassar College, 1964-1965; Hollins College, 1965.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61.
Author: The Blue Man, A Novel. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1978.
Pigeons, a New Musical Comedy. S.l.: KA Record & Sound Corp., 1977.
The Sword and the Scroll: a Drama in Three Acts. Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson, 1959.
Joint Author: The Fire Came By: the Riddle of the Great Siberian ExpLosion. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976.
Editor: Frederick Wiseman. New York: Monarch Press, 1976.
Graphic Violence on the Screen. New York: Monarch Press, 1976.
Ken Russell. New York: Monarch Press, 1976.
Movies and Sexuality. Hollins College, Va.: Film Journal, 1973.
Science Fiction Films. New York: Monarch Press, 1976.
Sexuality in the Movies. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1975.
ATKINSON, CLETUS, 1923-
Reporter. Born: September 22, 1923, Ala. Parents: George Mason and Roxie Cordelia (Gurley) Atkinson. Married: Barbara Elaine Conway, May 28, 1943. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1948. Reporter for the Birmingham Age Herald, 1948-1950; and the Birmingham Post Herald after 1950. Served with U.S. Marine Corps, 1940-1944. Honors: Received Purple Heart; Ernie Pyle Memorial Award, 1972.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1976.
Author: Cletus: Volume I. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Post Herald, 1980.
AVERY, BURNICE, 1908-
Teacher, actress. Born: June 12, 1908, Ala. Parents: John E. and Elizabeth Crews. Married: Robert H. Avery, 1933. Children: One. Education: Wayne State University, B.S. Elementary school teacher in Detroit, Mich., 1954-1973; writer after 1973; actress performing in theaters in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Flint, Rochester, Mich., and Louisville, Ky. Served as director and talent coordinator for a television station in 1975. Founder of the Proscenium Players; Search, Explore, Expand, Knowledge (SEEK).
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 73.
Author: Walk Quietly Through the Night and Cry Softly. Detroit: Balamp Pub., 1977.
Plays: As Others See Us. (Two acts) produced in Detroit in 1973.
Death Rehearsal (One act) produced in Detroit in 1971.
What Makes Suzy Run? (Three acts) produced in Detroit in 1971.
Television Play: Smouldering.
AXFORD, FAYE ACTON, 1925-
Born: September 26, 1925, Birmingham. Parents: Pleasant Wiley and Adrian Mae (Bullock) Acton. Married: George Donnell Axford, March 4, 1949. Children: Three. Education: Howard College; University of Alabama in Birmingham. Worked at Exchange Security Bank, 1943-1950, 1970-1971. Moved to Athens, Ala., where she owned and managed a restaurant. Member of the Alabama Historical Commission.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: The Acton Family. S.l.: Author, s.d.
Historic Homes of Alabama and Their Traditions. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Pub. Co., 1969.
A History of the United Church Woman. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Limestone County After Appomatox, 1965-1970. Athens, Ala.: Athens Pub. Co, 1985.
Limestone County Druing World War I: Gleaning from the Limestone Democrat. Athens, Ala.: Limestone County Historical Society, 1983.
Limestone County During World War II. Athens, Ala.: Limestone County Historical Society, s.d.
Limestone County Fifty Years Ago. Athens, Ala.: Limestone County Historical Society, 198?
"To Lochaber Na Mair", Southerners View the Civil War: Eye Witness Accounts of Soldiers on the Field of Battle. Athens, Ala.: Athens Pub. Co., 1986.
Joint Author: The Lure of Limestone County. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals Press, 1976.
150 Years of Presbyterian Life. Athens, Ala.: First Presbyterian Church, 1979.
Rambling Recipes on Heritage Trails: with Emphasis Upon the Old Soutwest. Athens, Ala.: Axford, 1981.
Editor: The Journals of Thomas Hubbard Hobbs. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1976.
AYERS, HARRY BRANDT, 1935-
Editor, publisher. Born: April 8, 1935, Anniston. Parents: Harry Mell and Edel (Ytterboe) Ayers. Married: Josephine Peoples Ehringhaus. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1959; attended Harvard University, 1967-1968. Reporter for the Raleigh (N.C.) Times, 1960-1962; Washington correspondent for the Timmons Agency, 1962-1964; editor and publisher of the Anniston Star after 1968.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1973-1974.
Editor: You Can't Eat Magnolias. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972.
Contributor: A Bicentennial Portrait of the American People. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975.
The Southern Mystique. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1977.
AYERS, HARRY MELL, 1885-1964
Editor, publisher. Born: December 18, 1885, Anniston. Parents: Thomas Willburn and Minnie (Skelton) Ayers. Married: Edel Ytterboe, September 28, 1921. Children: Two. Education: Attended Jacksonville State Normal School; Howard College, LL.D., 1931; University of Alabama, D.Litt., 1956. Taught English in China; editor and publisher of the Anniston Star. Member of the Rotary Club, National Press Club, Overseas Press Club, and many other organizations; delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1928. Wrote "Come South Young Man," an address before the graduating class of Worster Preparatory School, Danbury, Connecticut, June, 1953.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Education, Segregation and Suppression. Troy, Ala.: s.n., 1956.
History of Parker Memorial Baptist Church. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
North Versus South and West. S.l.: s.n., 1956.
AYERS, JAMES W., 1928-
Self-employed. Born: April 1, 1928, Etowah County. Parents: Jay W. and Thelma (Harbin) Ayers. Education: Etowah High School. Self-employed yard worker. His letters, songs, short stories, and editorials published in periodicals, anthologies, and local newspapers. Lived in Attalla.
Source: Files at Gadsden Public Library.
Author: Circles of Conquest. New York: Carleton Press, 1968.
New Angels. New York: Carleton Press, 1971.
Tears, a Christian How-to Book. S.l.: s.n., s.d.