Photojournalist. Born: 1928 in New Jersey. Served in Signal Corp., U.S. Army. Cameraman in post-war Germany; worked and trained in New York City; later South Florida and the Bahamas; photographic staff, NATO, 1955; Marshall Space Flight Center, Photographic Division (7 years); free-lance photojournalist, 1967-.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Alabama, Portrait of a State. Huntsville, Ala.: Wingate Books, 1968.
Pictorial History of Huntsville, 1805-1865. Huntsville, Ala.: s.n., 1963.
HAARDT, SARA POWELL, 1898-1935
Teacher, suffrage activist. Born: Montgomery, 1898. Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John Anton Haardt. Married: H.L. Mencken, August 27, 1930. Education: Graduate of Margaret Booth Preparatory School, Montgomery, 1916; study at Goucher College. Teacher at Margaret Booth and at Goucher. Active in suffrage crusade in Alabama. Contributor to Century Magazine, Mercury, Vanity Fair, and Best Short Stories of 1925. Her novels and short stories examined the effects of peculiarly Southern attitudes toward women, marriage, money, and race, on Southern characters.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service; Mencken, by Carl Bode. Southern Illinois University Press, 1969.
Author: The Love Story of an Old Maid: She Began to Love at Sixteen, but Waited--for What? Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius, 1927.
The Making of a Lady. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1931.
Southern Album. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1936.
HADDIN, THEODORE, 1933-
Professor. Born: 1933 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Education: University of Michigan, A.B., 1955; A.M., 1956; Ph.D., 1968. Taught at Jackson (Mich.) High School, 1958-1961; Ann Arbor High School, 1961-1963; University of Michigan, 1965-1968; St. Louis University, 1963-1973; University of Alabama in Birmingham 1973-. Published articles in Thoreau Journal Quarterly and South Atlantic Bulletin. Director of the Dan Joselyn Symposium, Tannehill State Park, UAB's Humanities Forum.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982; Contemporary Literature in Birmingham.
Author: The River and the Road. Birmingham, Ala.: Thunder City Press, 1983.
HAIGLER, EDWARD DAVID, JR., 1940-
Physician. Born: July 7, 1940, Birmingham. Education: Medical College of Alabama, M.D.; internship at Carraway Methodist Medical Center; residency at Mayo Clinic, 1966-1967. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1967-1969; attending physician and director of Medical Education at Carraway Methodist Hospital. Taught medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, specializating in Endocrinology, 1970-1976. Member, Endocrine Society, American Thyroid Association, American Diabetes Association, and American Medical Association.
Source: Biographical Directory of the American College of Physicians, 1979.
Joint Editor: Self-Assessment of Current Knowledge in Internal Medicine: 1,090 Multiple Choice Questions and Referenced Answers. Garden City, N.Y.: Medical Examination Pub. Co., 1978.
HALBERT, HENRY SALE, 1837-1916
Teacher, Indian colonization agent. Born: January 14, 1837, Pickens Co. Education: Union University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., A.M., 1856. Participated with State Troops of Texas in campaigns against Kiowa and Comanche; served as a private in the 6th Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Taught school for thirty years, then worked as colonization agent for the removal of Mississippi Choctaw Indians to the west of the Mississippi River, 1900-1903. Later, literary historian and archaeologist in Montgomery.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Joint Creek War of 1813 and 1814. Montgomery, Ala.: White, Woodruff, & Fowler, 1895.
Joint Editor: A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1915.
HALBROOKS, RUTH THOMAS, 1914-
Homemaker. Born: October 4, 1914, Brilliant, Ala. Parents: Howard L. and Josie (Cochran) Thomas. Married: Guy Thomas Halbrooks, September 30, 1935. Children: Two. Education: Graduate of John Herbert Phillips High School, 1933; correspondence course in creative writing, Christian Writers School, 1966. Contributor to anthologies, poetry magazines, and Sunday school materials. Awards from Alabama State Poetry Society, Alabama Writers conclave, Birmingham Quill Club, and Birmingham branch of the Pen Women of America.
Source: Ruth Thomas Halbrooks, Birmingham.
Author: Joy Springs, Poems. Birmingham, Ala.: Wright's Letter Shop, 1971.
Look out from the Mountain. Birmingham, Ala.: Wright's Letter Shop, 1974.
Songs of the Heart. Birmingham, Ala.: Johnson Printing Co., 1976.
Gentle with This World. Birmingham, Ala: Tommlaine Press, 1991.
HALE, PHILIP THOMAS, 1857-1926
Minister, educator. Born: August 18, 1857, New Market, Madison Co. Parents: Philip Perry and Caroline Susan (Gulledge) Hale. Married: Lena Lyle Bolinger, December 8, 1885. Children: Seven. Education: Howard College, A.B., 1879; graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1883; post-graduate work. Ordained a Baptist minister; pastor in Danville, Kentucky, Birmingham, Roanoke, Virginia, and Owensboro, Kentucky. Editor, The Birmingham Baptist; president, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee; corresponding secretary for Baptist Education Society of Kentucky, and lecturer and financial secretary at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Honors: Howard College, D.D., 1890; Union University, LL.D.
Source: Who Was Who, Vol. 1; Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors; Library of Southern Literature, Vol. 15.
Author: Letters on a European Tour. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Letters on a Tour through Greece, Turkey, Egypt and the Holy Land. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Editor: Birmingham Baptist. Birmingham, Ala. : s.n., s.d.
HALL, EDWIN PRESLEY
Physician. Born: Albertville. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1922; University of Pennsylvania, M.Sc.; Tulane University, M.D.; further study at Harvard, Columbia, and Mayo Clinic. Served in U.S. Army during World War II, serving in North Africa, Italy, and Germany; practiced medicine at Louisiana State Charity Hospital, and at hospitals in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., and New York City.
Source: A Doctor Reminisces.
Author: A Doctor Reminisces. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1978.
HALL, GROVER CLEVELAND, 1884-1941
Newspaper editor. Born: January 11, 1888, Haleburg. Parents: William Raban and Parmelia Ann (Davis) Hall. Married: Claudia McCurdy English, May 14, 1912. Children: One. Education: Alabama country schools. Printer's devil in Dothan; editor, Enterprise Ledger, 1907; Dothan Daily Siftings, 1908; managing editor, Selma Times, 1909; editorial writer, Pensacola Journal, 1910; associate editor and editor, Montgomery Advertiser, 1910- 1926; appointed probate judge of Montgomery, February 1933. Served in Alabama National Guard, 1906-1908. Member of personnel board of State Merit System. Winner of $500 Pulitzer Prize for "best editorial writing in 1928" for editorials in the Advertiser against gangism, flogging, and racial and religious intolerance. Author of a partially finished autobiography.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; Daniel Hollis's An Alabama Newspaper Tradition.
Author: The Egregious Gentile Called to Account. Montgomery, Ala.: Montgomery Advertiser, 1939. (published in the U.S. Congressional Record, January 17, 1939.)
HALL, GROVER CLEVELAND, JR., 1915-1971
Newspaper editor. Born: February 10, 1915, Montgomery. Parents: Grover Cleveland and Claudia (English) Hall. Education: Montgomery public schools. After leaving school, worked as shoe salesman and other casual employment. From 1935 until 1942, successively police reporter, political writer, and capital reporter for Montgomery Advertiser. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1942-1945. While stationed in England, contributed to Advertiser and Alabama Journal. Appointed associate editor and editorial writer for the Advertiser and Alabama Journal in 1945; editor of the Advertiser, 1948-1956; editor-in-chief, 1956-1971. Member, National Planning Association, American Society of Newspaper Editors, National Conference of Editorial Writers, and Sigma Delta Chi. National Headliner award, 1957.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 5; Daniel Hollis's An Alabama Newspaper Tradition.
Author: 1,000 Destroyed: the Life and Times of the 4th Fighter Group. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1946. (also published as Death Squadron. New York: Kensington Publishing, 1980.)
Mr. Tettley's Tenants. London: S. Phillips, 1944.
HALL, JAMES HUGH BLAIR, 1855-
Teacher, clergyman. Born: September 22, 1855, in Monroe County, Ind. Parents: Sylvester Young and Alazannah (Blair) Hall. Education: Hiwassee College, 1869-1872; Loudon High School, 1872-1876; Cumberland Presbyterian University, A.B., 1878. Married: Emma Celicia Gardner on July 23, 1882, at Montevallo. Children: Three. Taught school in Shelby, St. Clair, Dallas, and Jefferson Counties (Ala.). Served as pastor for Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Tennessee and Alabama. Ordained by Presbyterian Church of the United States of America.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 3.
Author: History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Historical Society, 1904.
HALL, WADE H., 1934-
University professor. Born: February 2, 1934, Union Springs. Parents: Wade and Sarah (Waters) Hall. Education: Troy State College, B.S., 1953; University of Alabama, M.A. 1957; University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1961. Served in U.S. Army, 1954-1956. High school English teacher, Opp; taught at University of Illinois, 1957-1961; University of Florida, 1961-1962; Kentucky Southern College after 1962. Member, American Studies Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 7.
Author: Complete Conviction; The Private Life of Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr. Louisville, Ky.; Bellarmine College Press, 1997.
Conecuh People; Words of Life from the Alabama Black Belt Montgomery, Ala.; Black Belt Press, 1999.
Greetings from Kentucky; A Post Card Tour, 1900-1950 Lexington, Ky.; University Press of Kentucky, 1994. Hell-Bent for Music; The Life of Pee Wee King Lexington, Ky.; University Press of Kentucky, 1996
The High Limb: Poems. Louisville, Ky.: Poetry Press, 1973.
High Upon a Hill; A History of Bellarmine College Louisville, Ky.; Bellarmine College Press, 1999.
One Man's Lincoln; Billy Herndon (Honestly) Represents Abe Lexington, Ky.; Kentucky Humanities Council, 1998
Reflections of the Civil War in Southern Humor. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1962.
Rest of the Dream: the Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky, 1988.
The Smiling Phoenix: Southern Humor from 1865 to 1914. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1965.
Editor: The Kentucky Book. Louisville, Ky.: Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co., 1979.
Never Less than Love: Poems, by Joy Bale. Louisville, Ky.: Kentucky Poetry Press, 1973?
This Place Kentucky. Louisville, Ky.: Courier-Journal, 1975.
JOINT PUBLICATION(S): James Still; Portrait of the Artist as a Boy in Alabama Lexington, Ky.; King Library Press, 1998
HAMES, CARL MARTIN, 1938-
Teacher. Born: July 12, 1938, Birmingham. Parents: William Geda and Mary Anna (Martin) Hames. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1958, M.A., 1971; Samford University, M.Ed. Taught in Birmingham public schools, 1958-1964; after 1964, at Birmingham University School; assistant headmaster and chairman of the English department, Altamont School, 1975-. Director, Town Hall Gallery; president, Birmingham Music Club, member, board of directors, Birmingham Festival of Arts and Birmingham Festival Theatre. Curator for the art collections of several organizations. Member, Alabama Historical Society, Birmingham Historical Society, Birmingham Museum of Art, Society of 18th Century Studies, Birmingham Museum of Art Education Council, and other organizations. Honors: Freedom Foundation Classroom Teacher award, Hackney Literary prize for poetry in 1969 and 1979, and Silver Bowl award from the Festival of Arts in 1963 and 1971.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1980.
Author: Hill Ferguson, His Life and Works. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
HAMILL, HOWARD MELANCTHON, 1849-1915
Minister, educator. Born: August 10, 1849, Lowndesboro. Parents: Edward Joseph and Anne Jane Hamill. Married: Ada L. Tuman, July 7, 1885. Children: Three. Education: East Alabama Male College at Auburn, A.B., 1868; Illinois College, A.M., D.D., 1900. Beginning in 1855, Methodist Sunday school fieldworker, particularly in Illinois. Served in Civil War, 1864-1865. Held positions as city school superintendent in Illinois and Missouri; president of the Missouri State Teachers Association in 188-.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1. and Owens, T.M., History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Sam Davis: a True Story of a Young Confederate Soldier. Griffin, Ga.: Mills Printing Co., 1911?
The Bible and Its Books. Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1903.
Legion of Honor Teacher-Training Lessons. Chicago: W. B. Jacobs, 1908.
Manual of Southern Methodism: including Church History, Doctrine, Polity, and Missions. Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1909.
Practical Outline: Study of the Four Gospels. Chicago: Winonn Publishing, 1904.
The Old South, a Monograph. Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1904.
The Sunday School Teacher. Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1902.
HAMILTON, BETSY (Pseudonym)
See: Moore, Idora McClellan Plowman
HAMILTON, PETER JOSEPH, 1859-1927
Attorney, judge. Born: March 19, 1859, Mobile. Parents: Peter and Anna Martha Hamilton. Married: Rachel Wheeler. Children: Three. Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1879, A.M., 1882,; University of Alabama, LL.B., 1910; further study at the University of Leipzig and at Spring Hill College. Practiced law in Mobile, serving as city attorney; served as judge of the U.S. District Court, and practiced law at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Member, Historic Society of Mobile.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: The Chevalier d'Iberville: Some Considerations of the Life of a Great Pioneer. Mobile, Ala.: Historic Mobile Preservation Society, 1948.
Colonial Mobile, an Historical Study. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897.
The Colonization of the South. Philadelphia: G. Barrie, 1904.
The East and the West in the Mediterranean. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Progress, 1924.
The Founding of Mobile, 1702-1718. Mobile, Ala.: Commercial Printing Co., 1911.
A Little Boy in Confederate Mobile. Mobile, Ala.: Colonial Mobile Book Shop, 1947.
Mobile of the Five Flags: the Story of the River Basin and Coast about Mobile from the Earliest Times to the Present. Mobile, Ala.: Gill Printing Co., 1913.
The Origin and Growth of the Common Law in England and America: a Study of Private Law. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Caribbean Pub. Co., 1922.
The Private Life of Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. Mobile, Ala.: Bienville Monument Fund, 1909?
Rambles in Historic Lands: Travels in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and England. New York: Putnam, 1893.
The Reconstruction Period. New York: G. Barrie & Sons, 1904.
Compiler: The Charter and the Code of Ordinances of 1897 of the City of Mobile. Mobile, Ala.: Commercial Printing Co., 1897.
HAMILTON, VIRGINIA VAN DER VEER, 1921-
Professor, journalist. Born: September 7, 1921, in Kansas City, Mo. Parents: McClellan and Dorothy (Rainold) Van Der Veer. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1941; University of Alabama, M.A., 1961; Ph.D., 1968. Married: Lowell S. Hamilton, on August 4, 1946. Children: Two. Served as staff writer for Associated Press, Washington, 1942-1946; Birmingham News, 1948-1950. Taught at the University of Montevallo, 1951- 1955; Birmingham Southern College, 1955-1965; University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1965-. Member of several historical associations.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1979.
Author: Alabama: a Bicentennial History. New York: Norton, 1977.
Alabama: a History. New York: Norton, 1984.
Hugo Black: the Alabama Years. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University, 1978.
Hugo Black: the Road to the Court. Georgetown, Tex.: Southwestern University, 1978.
Seeing Historic Alabama: Fifteen Guided Tours. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1982.
The Story of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Viewpoint Publications, 1980.
Your Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Viewpoint Publications, 1986.
Lister Hill, Statesman from the South. Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina Press, 1987.
Looking for Clark Gable and Other 20th Century Pursuits. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1996.
Editor: Hugo Black and the Bill of Rights: Proceedings of the First Hugo Black Symposium in American History .... Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
HAMMOND, GUYTON BOWERS, 1930-
University professor. Born: November 30, 1930, Birmingham. Parents: Joseph Langhorne and Fanny (Bowers) Hammond. Married: Alice Jean Love, June 27, 1959. Children: Two. Education: Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1951; Yale University, B.D., 1955; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1962; additional graduate courses at University of Utrecht and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Teaching fellow at Vanderbilt University, 1955-1957; professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), 1958-1978; after 1978, head of Department of Philosophy and Religion. President, VPI Faculty Senate; president, Montgomery County, Virginia Council on Human Relations.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980.
Author: Man in Estrangement: a Comparison of the Thought of Paul Tillich and Erich Fromm. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1965.
The Power of Self-transcendence: an Introduction to the Philosophical Theology of Paul Tillich. St. Louis: Bethany Press, 1966.
Conscience and Its Recovery; From the Frankfurt School to Feminism Charlottesville, Va.; University Press of Virginia, 1993.
HAMMOND, RALPH CHARLES, 1916-
Administrator. Born: February 1, 1916, Valley Head. Parents: William Bleve and Alice Corina Jane (Holleman) Hammond. Married: Myra Leak, June 20, 1954. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1945. Served in U.S. Army, 1941- 1945. Was press secretary to the governor of Alabama, 1946-1950; executive secretary to the governor, 1955-1959. Served as general representative for American Red Cross in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1950 to 1954; president of City Center, Inc., in Arab, after 1959; mayor of Arab, 1963-1969; commissioner from Alabama for the U.S. Study Commission on Southeastern River Basins; Alabama Tuberculosis Association, director after 1956 and president, 1972-1974; American president of the Phillip Hamman Family Association after 1972. Contributor of short stories and feature articles to several periodicals.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982.
Author: Antebellum Mansions of Alabama. New York: Architectural Book Co., 1951.
Collected Poems. S.l.: Author, 1982.
Edging through the Grass. S.l.: Oasis Press, 1985.
How High the Stars. S.l.: Author, 1982.
A Land Set Free. S.l.: Author, 1984.
My GI Aching Back. New York: Hobson Book Press, 1945.
One Golden Apple a Day: 366 Meditations. S.l.: Author, 1982.
The Phillip Hamman Echo, 1972-1984: Newsletters of the Phillip Hamman Family Association of America. Arab, Ala.: R. Hammond, 1984.
Phillip Hamman, Man of Valor. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1976.
Song of Appalachia. S.l.: Author, 1982.
A Transient on the Way. S.l.: Author, 1984.
Upon the Wings of the Wind. S.l.: Author, 1982.
Where Eagles Fly By. S.l.: Author, 1984.
Wisdom Is. Arab, Ala.: Author, 1984.
Crossing Many Rivers--Poems Along the Way. Arab, Ala.; Clemmons Creek Press, 1995.
Vincent Van Gogh--A Narrative Journey. Livingston, Ala.; Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama
Editor and Contributor:
Alabama Poets: a Contemporary Anthology. Livingston, Ala.: Livingston University Press, 1990.
HANDY, WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, 1873-1958
Jazz musician, composer. Born: November 16, 1873, Florence. Parents: Charles Bernard and Elizabeth (Brewer) Handy. Married: Elizabeth Virginia Price, 1898. Teacher in Birmingham for two years; laborer in Bessemer iron works, itinerant bricklayer and music teacher. Organizer and leader of a band which he took to the Chicago World's Fair; leader and cornetist for Mahara's Colored Minstrels. In the 1909 mayoral election in Memphis, Tennessee, Handy's band was hired by candidate Edward Crump. Handy's campaign song, "Mr. Crump," was slightly changed to become "Memphis Blues." Writer of "St. Louis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "Mississippi Blues," and more than sixty other songs. Known as "Father of the Blues."
Source: Current Biography, 1941 and 1958.
Author: Father of the Blues. New York: Macmillan, 1941.
Negro Authors and Composers of the United States. New York: Handy Brothers Music Co., 1938?
Editor: Blues, an Anthology. New York: A. C. Boni, 1926.
HANLIN, KATHERINE HALE, 1907-
Executive. Born: October 7, 1907, Birmingham. Parents: Evan Presley and Minnie (Cross) Hale. Married: William Arthur Hanlin, April 23, 1931. Children: One. Education: Study at Howard College. Worked as oral hygienist, dental assistant, and secretary. Worked for the Birmingham Gas Appliance Company as secretary, 1930-1948; vice president, 1948-1971; and member of board of directors. President, Baptist Hospitals Auxiliary, Baptist Medical Center, Montclair, Auxiliary. Member, Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs, Women's Club of Birmingham, Alabama Poetry Society, and Quill Club. Writer of a column for the Eastern Sun for four years. Writer of a prayer which was set to music, and of a poem published in the Congressional Record.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Promise of the Bud: Poems. S.l.: s.n., 1974.
The Steeple Beckons: a Narrative History of the First Baptist Church, Trussville, Alabama, 1821-1971. Trussville, Ala.: First Baptist Church, 1973.
HANNAH, BARRY, 1942-
Writer, professor. Born: April 23, 1942, in Meridian, Miss. Parents: William and Elizabeth (King) Hannah. Education: Mississippi College, B.A., 1964; University of Alabama, M.A., 1966; M.F.A., 1967. Married. Children: Three. Taught at Clemson University, 1967-1973; writer-in-residence, Middlebury College, 1974-75; University of Alabama, 1975-1980. Writer for the film maker, Robert Altman, Hollywood, 1980; writer-in- residence, University of Iowa, 1981; University of Mississippi, 1982; University of Montana, 1982-1983. Received fiction award from Bellaman Foundation, 1970; Breadloaf Fellowship, 1971; novel, Geronimo Rex, nomination from National Book Award, 1972; Arnold Gingrich Award from Esquire for Airships, 1978; special award from American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1978.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 110.
Author: Airships. New York: Knopf, 1978.
Boomerang. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.
Captain Maximus: Stories. New York: Knopf, 1985.
Geronimo Rex. New York: Knopf, 1985.
Never Die. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
Nightwatchman. New York: Viking, 1973.
Power and Light. Winston Salem, N.C.: Palaeman Press, 1983.
Ray. New York: Knopf, 1981.
The Tennis Handsome. New York: Knopf, 1983.
Bats Out of Hell. Boston; Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
Hey Jack! New York; Dutton, 1987.
High Lonesome. New York; Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996.
HANNON, JOHN, 1845-1921
Minister. Born: November 11, 1845, Montgomery. Married: Lucy Haile, 1893. Education: Private schools, University of Alabama, 1862; Randolph Macon College, A.M. Served in Confederate Army, 1863-1865. Bookkeeper in a banking house for two years before joining Virginia Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Pastor of churches in Culpeper Station, Va., Baltimore, New Orleans, Richmond, and Lynchburg before transferring to the Pacific Conference. Pastor for four years in San Francisco, four years in San Jose, three years in Ukiah, and two years in Alameda. In 1900, returned to Richmond, where he served until his death. Honors: University of Alabama, D.D.
Source: Encyclopedia of World Methodism.
Author: The Devil's Parables: And Other Essays. London: Washbourne, 1910.
Translator: The Mighty Friend: a Modern Romance of Labor- Warfare, Country-Life and Love. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1913.
HARDING, WILLIAM PROCTOR GOULD, 1864-1930
Banker. Born: May 5, 1864, in Green Co. Parents: Horace and Eliza Proctor (Gould) Harding. Married: Amanda Moore, October 22, 1895. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1880, A.M., 1881. Clerk and bookkeeper, J.H. Fitts & Co. Bank in Tuscaloosa; bookkeeper and cashier in Berney National Bank, Birmingham; vice president and later president, First National Bank in Birmingham. President of Alabama State Bankers Association 1908; President of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce; member, Federal Reserve Board, 1914-1922 and during a part of that time was governor of the Board; managing director, War Finance Corporation, 1918-1919; governor of Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, after 1923. Honors: University of Alabama, LL.D., 1916; Harvard and Columbia in 1922.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; The Formative Period of the Federal Reserve System.
Author: The Formative Period of the Federal Reserve System. Boston: Houghton, 1925.
HARE, FRANCIS HUTCHESON, 1904-
Attorney. Born: August 13, 1904, Lower Peach Tree, Parents: Crosland C. and Sally (Morrissette) Hare. Married: Isabelle Corr, January 25, 1930. Children: Two. Education: Auburn University, 1921-1922; U.S. Naval Academy, 1922-1923; University of Alabama, LL.B., 1927. Admitted to the State Bar in Alabama, 1927; practiced law in Birmingham. After 1944, attorney with firm of Hare, Winn, Newell and Newell; associate justice on a special supreme court in Alabama, 1967. Chairman, Jefferson County Civil Service Board, 1951-1952. Medalist of Law Science Academy; fellow, American Bar Foundation and American College of Trial Lawyers.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983.
Author: My Learned Friends: Memories of a Trial Lawyer. Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Co., 1976.
HARPER, ROLAND McMILLAN, 1878-1966
Geographer. Born: August 11, 1878, in Farmington, Me. Parents: William and Bertha (Tauber) Harper. Education: University of Georgia, B.E., 1897; Columbia University, Ph.D. Married: Mary Susan Wigley on June 23, 1943. Served as Aide, National Herbarium, 1901-1902; forester, Geological Survey of Georgia, 1903-1904; geographer, Geological Survey of Alabama, various times after 1905; Geological Survey of Florida, 1908-1931; headed Florida State Census, 1925; Alabama State Commission of Forestry, 1927; research professor, University of Georgia, 1928- 1929. Discovered one plant genus and 25 plant species. Member of American Association of Geographers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, Southern Historical Association.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Economic Botany of Alabama. 2 vols. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Geological
(partial list) Survey of Alabama, 1943.
Forest of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1943.
Natural Resources of the Tennessee Valley Region in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1942.
Preliminary Report on the Weeds of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1941.
Resources of Southern Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1920.
Joint Author: History and Work of the Geological Survey and Industrial Development of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1935.
HARRELL, DAVID EDWIN, JR., 1930-
Professor. Born: February 22, 1930, in Jacksonville, Fla. Parents: David Edwin and Mildred (Lee) Harrell. Education: David Lipscomb College, B.A., 1954; Vanderbilt University, M.A., 1958; Ph. D., 1962. Married: Adelia Frances Roberts on September 7, 1954. Children: Five. Taught at East Tennessee State University, 1961-1964; University of Oklahoma, 1964-1966; University of Georgia, 1967-1970; University of Alabama in Birmingham after 1970, serving as department chairman; University Scholar, 1975-1990; Eminent Scholar, Auburn University, 1990-. Fulbright lecturer, University of Allahabad during 1976-1977; lectured in India and Bangladesh. Member of the American Historical Association, American Society of Church History, Organization of American Histians, Disciples of Christ Historical Society.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 37R.
Author: All Things are Possible: .... Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1975.
Oral Roberts: an American Life. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1985.
The Churches of Christ in the Twentieth Century; Homer Hailey's Personal Journey of Faith. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 2000
Pat Robertson; A Personal, Religious, and Political Portrait. San Francisco; Harper & Row, 1987
Quest for a Christian America: .... Nashville: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1966.
The Social Source of Division in the Disciples of Christ: .... Atlanta: Publishing Systems, 1973.
White Sects and Black Men in the Recent South. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1971.
Joint Author: The Disciples and the Church Universal. Nashville: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1967.
Editor: Varieties of Southern Evangelism. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1981.
HARRINGTON, BOB, 1927-
Evangelist. Born: September 2, 1927, Sweetwater. Parents: Robert and Ludie (Shoultz) Harrington. Married: Zonnya LaFerney (Divorced). Married: Joyce Compton. Children: Two. Education: Marion Military Institute; Auburn University; graduate of University of Alabama; study at New Orleans Baptist Seminary, 1961. Played football at both Auburn and Alabama. Served in U.S. Navy; worked in photography business in Tuscaloosa and insurance business in Mobile and Butler. In 1958, experienced a religious conversion and immediately began preaching; ordained to Baptist ministry, 1961. Joined Eddie Martin Evangelistic Team; later, conducted independent evangelistic campaigns and a television ministry. While a seminary student, established a place to preach on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Became known as "The Chaplain of Bourbon Street."
Source: The Chaplain of Bourbon Street.
Author: The Chaplain of Bourbon Street. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1969.
Bring Them In. Nashville: Brookman, 1974.
God's Super Salesman. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1970.
Moments with Bob. s.l.; Harrington, 1977.
Motivating Men for the Master. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1971.
HARRIS, GARRARD, 1875-1927
Lawyer, editor. Born: May 14, 1875, in Columbus, Ga. Parents: James Walton and Gertrude Harris. Education: University of Georgia, North Georgia Agricultural College; Millsap College, LL.B., 1902. Married: Mary Lou Sykes on November 14, 1906. Practiced law in Jackson, Miss., 1903-1911; special agent, U.S. Department of Commerce to Latin America, 1914-1917; specialist and editor, Federal Board of Vocational Education, Washington, 1918-1919: commissioner, U.S. Department of Commerce,, 1919-1920; associate editor, Birmingham News, 1920-. Worked in various positions for other Southern newspapers.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Central America as an Export Field. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1915.
Elements of Conservation. Richmond, Va.: Johnson Pub. Co., 1924.
Joe the Book Farmer. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1914.
Redemption of the Disabled. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1919.
Trail of the Pearl. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917.
The Treasure of the Land. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917.
West Indies as an Export Field. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1917.
HARRIS, JULIA MAY, 1891-
Teacher. Born: March 20, 1891, Russellville. Parents: Elijah McCulloch and Callie (Wilson) Harris. Education: George Peabody College, B.S., 1920, M.A., 1923; further study, Columbia University. Teacher, South Highlands Elementary School, Birmingham, for eight years; principal of an elementary school at Okmulgee, Okla., for four years; assistant in research in the elementary curriculum department at Columbia University for one year; demonstration teacher at Peabody Demonstration School, and teacher for forty years in the Russellville City School System.
Source: Who Was Who among North American Authors; Supervision and Teaching of Reading; files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Creative Work in the Social Studies. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1936.
Making Visits. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1935.
Visits Here and There. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1935.
Joint Author: Supervision and Teaching of Reading. Richmond, Va.: Johnson Pub. Co., 1927.
HARRIS, MARY IMOGENE
Teacher. Born: Alabama City. Education: Central State University, Edmund, Okla., B.A., 1947; M.A., Northwestern University, 1949; University of Tulsa, Ed.D., 1961; further study, University of Okalahoma. High school teacher, Burley, Idaho, 1948-1949; teacher of speech and English, Judson College, Marion, 1949-1952; speech teacher, Tulsa, Okla., public schools after 1952. Member, Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Gamma. Teacher medal, Freedom Foundation, 1969; writing awards in 1969, 1972, and 1973.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49.
Author: A Handbook of Speaking and Listening Activities for the Elementary School. Minneapolis: T. S. Dennison, 1971.
House O' Dreams. Mt. Berry, Ga.: Author, 1968.
In the Middle of the Day. Mt. Berry, Ga.: Author, 1970.
A Long Journey into Love and Understanding. Franklin Springs, Ga.: Advocate Press, 1975.
Nobody Would Believe It! Franklin Springs, Ga.: Advocate Press, 1973.
The People and the Land Christ Loved! (cover title, They Faced the Cross!) S.l.: Best Print, 1973.
Serenity. Fort Smith, Ark.: South and West, Inc., 1968.
Talks with God! Franklin Springs, Ga.: Advocate Press, 1973.
Ticklers & Tinglers. Fort Smith, Ark: South and West, Inc., 1969.
A Walk in the Spirit. S.l.: s.n., 1973.
HARRIS, MAY, 1873-
Textbook writer. Born: August 2, 1873. Parents: Joseph Archibald and India (Crenshaw) Harris. Education: At home and with private tutors. Contributor of short stories, essays, and one-act plays to Harpers Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, The Atlantic, Lippincotts, and other magazines. Resident of Robinson Springs.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 5.
Joint Author: American Ideals, a Series of Readers for Schools. New York: Scribners, 1920.
HARRIS, SEALE, 1870-1957
Physician. Born: March 13, 1870, in Cedartown, Ga. Parents: Charles Hooks and Margaret Ann (Monk) Harris. Education: University of Georgia; University of Virginia, M.D., 1894; New York Polytechnic, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Vienna. Married: Stella Rainer on April 28, 1897. Practiced medicine in Union Springs, 1894-1906; physician-in- charge, Mobile (City) Hospital; professor, University of Alabama, 1906-1913; U.S. Army, 1917-1919, serving as staff surgeon, General Gorgas Hospital and secretary, Research Committee of A.R.C. in France; director, Seale Harris Clinic, 1922-1956; editor and owner, Southern Medical Journal. Awarded Distinguished Service Medal by U.S. Medical Corps.; Research Medal by American Medical Association for identifying hyperinsulinism, 1923. Honorary LL.D., University of Alabama.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: Banting's Miracle. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1946.
Cilinical Pellegra. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1941.
Death of the National Democratic Party: the Truth About Truman .... Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1952.
James Coffee Harris and His Family. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1935.
Woman's Surgeon. New York: Woman's Surgeon, 1950.
HARRIS, TRUDIER, 1948-
University professor. Born: February 27, 1948, Mantua. Parents: Terrell and Unareed (Burton) Harris. Education: Stillman College, A.B., 1972; Ohio State University, M.A., 1972, Ph.D., 1973. Taught English at College of William and Mary, 1973-1979; University of North Carolina after 1979. Member, Modern Language Association of America, College Language Association, American Folklore Society, and Association of African and African American Folklorists.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 115.
Author: Black Women in the Fiction of James Baldwin. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1985.
Exorcising Blackness: Historical and Literary Lynching and Burning Rituals. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1985.
Fiction and Folklore: the Novels of Toni Morrison. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1991.
From Mammies to Militants: Domestics in Black American Literature. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1982.
Editor: Selected Works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Note: Editor of several Afro-American writer reference works for Gale Research, Detroit.
HARRIS, WILLIAM STUART, 1933-
Teacher. Born: October 4, 1933, Birmingham. Parents: William Guy and Frances Elizabeth (Stuart) Harris. Married: Barbara King Cooper. Children: Four. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1957, and later, two other degrees from same institution. Taught in Mountain Brook school system and Birmingham University School; chairman of History Department, Marion Military Institute; professor, Judson College. Colonial Wars Teacher Award, 1979. Member, Alabama and Mississippi Historical Societies, Alabama Genealogical Society, and National Speleological Society.
Source: Jacket information, Alabama Place Names; Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 1.
Author: Alabama Place Names. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1982.
A History of Alabama: a Secondary Course. Montgomery, Ala.: Clairmont Press, 1986?
Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1977.
A Short History of Marion, Perry County, Alabama: Its Homes and Its Buildings. Marion, Ala.: s.n., 1970.
Things That Go Bump in the Night. Marion, Ala.: W. S. Harris, 1970.
Editor: Eyes on Europe. London: Hodder and Stoughton and the European Christian Mission, 1970.
HARRISON, BELLE RICHARDSON, 1856-1940
Homemaker. Born: October 20, 1856, Camden. Parents: Warfield Creath and Catherine Cole (Jones) Richardson. Married: John Calhoun Harrison, July 12, 1881. Education: Stafford School, Tuscaloosa Female Academy.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Poems. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co., 1898.
Pomp's People. New York: Lewis Copeland, 1929.
HARRISON, BRUCE
Journalist, administrator. Born: 04/03/32, Lanett. Parents-- Emmett Bruce and JeNelle (Williams) Harrison. Married-- Patricia DeStacy, August 26, 1973. Children-- 3 (from previous marriage). Education: University of Alabama; Catholic University. While at University of Alabama, editor of Crimson-White, 1953-1954. Worked on newspapers in Talladega, Ala., and Columbus, Ga.; staff member, Rep. Kenneth Roberts, Washington, D.C., about 1957; community relations specialist, Manufacturing Chemists Association; president, E. Bruce Harrison, Co. Received National Endowment for the Humanities Award, 1967, for his play, Behind the Paper Faces.
Source: Birmingham News, May 7, 1967; letter from Bruce Harrison. Who's Who in America. Chicago, Ill; Marquis Who's Who, 1999.
Playwright: Behind the Paper Faces. (Produced at Los Alamos Playhouse, Los Alamos, N.M., 1967)
The Chuckledust Caper. Washington, D.C.: Arena Stage, 1968.
The Day the Senate Fell in Love. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University, 1967.
11,000 Pieces of Jade. New York: Dramarena, 1969.
HARRISON, JOANN, 1929-
University professor. Born: May 24, 1929, Decatur. Parents: Thomas Kirkland and Alline (Poteet) Harrison. Education: Florence State University, A.B., 1950; George Peabody College, M.A., 1955, Ed.S., 1958. Taught Spanish, Latin, and English at Cullman, 1950-1951; Decatur, 1951-1960; University of Alabama in Huntsville after 1961. Member, Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Alabama College English Teachers Association, Alabama Education Association, and National Education Association.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: A Manual for Teachers of English. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1977.
HARRISON, KARL C., 1907-
Attorney, banker, State senator. Born: October 29, 1907, Columbiana. Education: University of Alabama, 1925-1927; graduate of American Institute of Banking, 1930; Birmingham School of Law, 1934. Admitted to the State Bar in 1934; practicied law in Columbiana after 1936. Member, Alabama State Senate, 1939-1943; Alabama House of Representatives, 1947-1955. Chairman of the board, First National Bank of Columbiana; vice president and director, People's Bank of Pell City. Member, Shelby County Bar Association.
Source: Who's Who of American Law, 1979.
Author: A Brief History of Shelby Springs. Columbiana, Ala.: s.n., 1941.
HARTLINE, DAVID L., 1946-
Businessman, public speaker. Born: May 27, 1946, Cherokee Co. Parents: Robert Lee and Maude (Townsend) Hartline. Married: Patricia R. Hartline, October 4, 1970. Children: Two. Education: Graduate of Alabama Technical College, 1978; further study at Georgia State University. Police officer and acting chief of police, Cedar Bluff; instructor, auto body and fender repair, Walker County Area Vocational Technical School, Ga.; investigator for the Secretary of State, State of Georgia; owner and operator, Sequoyah Bookstore and Distributing Co., Summerville, Ga. Served in Vietnam in the 1st Air Cavalry Division and 101st Airborne Division; received fourteen medals and awards. Touring speaker to veterans and civic groups.
Source: Patricia R. Hartline, Lyerly, Georgia.
Author: Vietnam: What a Soldier Gives. Summerville, Ga.: Espy Pub. Co., 1984.
HARZEM, PETER, 1930-
Professor. Born: January 5, 1930, in Istanbul, Turkey. Parents: Sakru and Saime Hazem. Education: University of London, B.S., 1963; University of Wales, Ph.D., 1968. Married: Anne Rausherg on September 24, 1970. Children: One. Taught at the University of Wales, 1964-1977; visiting professor University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, 1977-1978; Auburn University, 1978-. Received grants from the Science Research Council, UK, and the Medical Research Council. Co-editor of the Wiley Series "Advances in Analysis of Behavior."
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1982.
Joint Author: Conceptual Issues in Operant Psychology. New York: Wiley, 1978.
Biological Factors in Learning. New York; Wiley, 1983.
Predictability, Correlation, and Contiguity. New York; Wiley, 1981.
Reinforcement and the Organization of Behaviour. New York; Wiley, 1979.
HASKINS, JAMES, 1941-
Educator, writer for children and young adults. Born: September 19, 1941, Montgomery. Parents: Henry and Julia (Brown) Haskins. Education: Georgetown University, B.A., 1960; Alabama State University, B.S., 1962; University of New Mexico, M.A., 1963; further graduate study at New School for Social Research, 1965- 1967; Queens College of the City University of New York, 1967- 1968. Stock trader, Smith Barney Co., New York, 1965-1967; teacher, New York City Board of Education, 1966-1968; visiting lecturer, New School for Social Research, 1970-1972; teacher, Staten Island Community College; visiting professor, Indiana University-Purdue University; consultant to Education Development Center, Newton, Massachusetts.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 33.
Author: About Michael Jackson. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1985.
Adam Clayton Powell: Portrait of a Marching Black. New York: Dial Press, 1974.
Against All Opposition: Black Explorers in America. New York: Walker, 1992.
Always Moving On: the Life of Langston Hughes. New York: F. Watts, 1976.
Andrew Young, Man with a Mission. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1979.
Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron: the Home Run Kings. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1974.
Barbara Jordan. New York: Dial Press, 1977.
Bill Cosby: America's Most Famous Father. New York: Walker, 1988.
Black Manifesto for Education. New York: Morrow, 1973.
Black Dance in America. New York: Crowell, 1990.
Black Theater in America. New York: Crowell, 1982.
Break Dancing. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1985.
Bricktop. New York: Atheneum, 1983.
The Child Abuse Help Book. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1982.
The Consumer Movement. New York: F. Watts, 1975.
The Cotton Club. New York: Random House, 1977.
Count Your Way Through Africa. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1989.
Count Your Way Through Africa. Revised and updated. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1992.
Count Your Way Through Canada. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1989.
Count Your Way Through China. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1987.
Count Your Way Through Germany. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1990.
Count Your Way Through India. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1990.
Count Your Way Through Israel. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1990.
Count Your Way Through Italy. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1990.
Count Your Way Through Japan. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1987.
Count Your Way Through Korea. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1989.
Count Your Way Through Mexico. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1989.
Count Your Way Through Russia. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1987.
Count Your Way Through the Arab World. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1987.
The Creoles of Color of New Orleans. New York: Crowell, 1975.
Diana Ross: Star Supreme. New York: Viking Kestrel, 1985.
Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher. New York: Stein & Day, 1969.
Donna Summer: an Unauthorized Biography. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983.
Dr. J.: a Biography of Julius Erving. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975.
Double Dutch. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1985.
Fighting Shirley Chisholm. New York: Dial Press, 1974.
From Lew Alcindor to Kareem Abdul Jabbar. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1972.
Gambling--Who Really Wins? New York: F. Watts, 1979.
George McGinnis: Basketball Superstar. New York: Hastings House, 1978.
The Great American Crazies. New York: Condor, 1977.
The Guardian Angels. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1983.
He Will Lift up His Head. Washington D.C.: Developmental Disabilities Office, 1978?
I Am Somebody! A Biography of Jesse Jackson. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1992.
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me: the Story of Diana Ross. New York: Dial, 1980.
India Under Indira and Rajiv Gandhi. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1989.
James Van DerZee: the Picture-Takin' Man. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1979.
Jobs in Business and Office. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1974.
Jokes from Black Folks. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1973.
Katherine Dunham. New York: Coward-McCann, 1982.
Leaders of the Middle East. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1985.
Lena Horne. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983.
The Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1977.
The Long Struggle: the Story of American Labor. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976.
Mabel Mercer: a Life. New York: Atheneum, 1987.
"Magic," a Biography of Earvin Johnson. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1982.
Minding the Children: Ford Foundation Assistance to Child-Care Programs. New York: Ford Foundation, 1980.
Mr. Bojangles: the Biography of Bill Robinson. New York: William Morrow, 1988.
Nat King Cole. New York: Stein & Day, 1984.
The New Americans: Cuban Boat People. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1982.
A New Kind of Joy: the Story of the Special Olympics. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976.
Pel'e: a Biography. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976.
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback: a Biography. New York: Macmillan, 1973.
The Picture Life of Malcolm X. New York: F. Watts, 1975.
A Piece of the Power: Four Black Mayors. New York: Dial Press, 1972.
Profiles in Black Power. Garden City, N.J.: Doubleday, 1972.
Queen of the Blues: a Biography of Dinah Washington. New York: Morrow, 1987.
Ralph Bunche, a Most Reluctant Hero. New York: Hawthorne Books, 1974.
Religions. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1973.
Resistance: Profiles in Nonviolence. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970.
Revolutionaries: Agents of Change. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1971.
Richard Pryor, a Man and His Madness: a Biography. New York: Beaufort Books, 1984.
Scatman: an Authorized Biography of Scatman Crothers. New York: W. Morrow and Co., 1991.
Scott Joplin: the Search for the Man. New York: Stein & Day, 1980.
Shirley Temple Black: Actress to Ambassador. New York: Viking Kestrel, 1988.
Snow Sculpture and Ice Carving. New York: Macmillan, 1974.
Space Challenger: the Story of Guion Bluford. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1984.
Sports Great Magic Johnson. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow, 1989.
The Statue of Liberty, America's Proud Lady. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lerner, 1986.
The Story of Stevie Wonder. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1976.
Street Gangs: Yesterday and Today. New York: Hastings House, 1974.
Sugar Ray Leonard. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1982.
Teenage Alcoholism. New York: Hawthorn, 1976.
Voodoo & Hoodoo: Their Tradition and Craft as Revealed by Actual Practitioners. New York: Stein & Day, 1978.
The War and Protest. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971.
Werewolves. New York: F. Watts, 1981.
Who Are the Handicapped? Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1978.
Winnie Mandela: Life of Struggle. New York: Putman, 1988.
Witchcraft, Mysticism and Magic in the Black World. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1974.
Your Rights, Past & Present. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975.
The Geography of Hope--Black Exodus from the South after Reconstruction. Brookfield, Conn.; Twenty-First Century Books, 1999.
Jesse Jackson--Civil Rights Activist. Berkeley Heights, N.J.; Enslow Publishers, 2000.
Moaning Bones--African American Ghost Stories New York; Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1998.
One Nation under a Groove--Rap Music and Its Roots New York; Hyperion Books for Children, 2000.
Separate, but not Equal--The Dream and the Struggle
New York; Scholastic, 1998.
African American Entrepreneurs New York; J. Wiley & Sons, 1998.
African American Military Heroes New York; J. Wiley & sons, 1998.
Bayard Rustin--Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement. New York; Hyperion Books for Children, 1997.
Black, Blue, & Gray--African Americans in the Civil War New York; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Colin Powell--A Biography. New York; Scholastic, 1995.
Distinguished African American Political and Governmental Leaders Phoenix, Ariz.; Oryx Press, 1999.
Joint Author: Lena, a Personal and Professional Biography of Lena Horne. New York: Stein & Day, 1984.
The Psychology of Black Language. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1973.
Carter G. Woodson--The Man Who Put "Black" in American History. Brookfield, Conn.; Millbrook Press, 2000.
Rosa Parks--My Story New York; Dial Books, 1999.
African American Inventors. New York; Wiley, 1998.
African American Musicians New York; Harper Collins, 2000.
Editor: I Have a Dream: the Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1992.
HASSINGER, BERNICE SHIELD, 1915-
Social worker. Born: June 15, 1915, in Hampton, Va. Parents: Elmer R. and Addie (Baines) Shield. Education: College of William and Mary, B.S., 1937; University of Chicago, M.S., 1942. Married: Richard Charles Hassinger on September 6, 1947. Children: Two. Social worker in Norfolk, 1937; WPA in North Carolina, -1940; social worker Columbus Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital, 1942-1944; supervisor and acting director of social services, Medical College of Virginia, 1944-1947; vice president and director of Transall, Inc., Birmingham, 1978-. Served as volumteer social worker at University Hospital; president of the advisory board, Lee McBride White School; vice president, board of directors, Visiting Nursing Association, Birmingham.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1968.
Author: Henderson Steel: Birmingham's First Steel. Birmingham, Ala.: Jefferson County Historical Commission, 1978.
HAVILAN, AMORIE (Pseudonym)
See: Quinn, Lucinda
HAWIE, ASHAD G.
Merchant. Born: Shuweir, Lebanon. Parents: Malham and Mary (Seelaby) Hawie. Married: Jeannette from Birmingham. Children: Three. Settled in south Mississippi, establishing a mercantile business. Later moved to Mobile. Served in the "Rainbow Division," during World War I. Sent to France.
Source: The Rainbow Ends.
Author: The Rainbow Ends. New York: T. Gaus' Sons, 1942.
HAWLEY, LANGSTON T., 1909-
Professor. Born: November 17, 1909, in Houston, Tex. Parents: Willard Scott and May Elizabeth (Tacker) Hawley. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1932; University of North Carolina, M.S., 1933, Ph.D., 1946. Married: Marion House School on January 28, 1933. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1932- 1936, 1938, and 1946-1974, serving as professor and chairman, Department of Industrial Relations; Alabama Unemployment Compensation Commission, 1937; University of North Carolina, 1943-1945; labor arbitrator, 1947. Served as technical advisor to the Alabama Industrial Development Board; research coordinator for Alabama Business Research Council. Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, Industrial Relations Research Association, Southern Economics Association.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1976.
Author: Alabama's Balance of Rail and Water Traffic, 1932-1937. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Business Research, School of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama, 1939.
A Survey of Accounting Procedures and Records in the County Governments of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Business Research, University of Alabama, 19--.
Wage and Salary Administration. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Manpower and Industrial Relations Institute, Graduate School of Business, University of Alabama, 1972.
HAY, SARA HENDERSON, 1906-1987
Writer. Born: November 13, 1906, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Parents: Ralph Watson and Daisy Henderson (Baker) Hay. Education: Noble Institute and Anniston (Ala.) High School; Brenau College, 1926- 1928; Columbia University, 1928-1931. Married: Raymond Peckham Holder, 1937. Married: Nikolai Lopatnikoff, a composer, January 27, 1951. Employed by Charles Scribner and Sons' Rare Book Department, 1935-1942. Edited Stevenson's Home Book of Shakespeare Quotations, 1937. Published poems in the Anniston Star; reviewed poetry for Saturday Review of Literature.
Source: Contemporary Authors, permanent Vol. 1; Who's Who of American Women, 1961; files at Jacksonville State University.
Author: The Delicate Balance. New York: Scribner, 1951.
Fields of Honor. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, 1933.
The Footing on the Earth. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966.
The Stone and the Shell. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1959.
The Story Hour. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963.
This My Letter. New York: Knopf, 1939.
HAYES, JOSEPH CLAUDE, 1904-
University professor. Born: June 15, 1904, Ozark. Parents: Henry Joseph and Martha Emma (Dean) Hayes. Married: Claudia Jordan, January 3, 1933. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1928; New York University, A.M., 1931, Ph.D., 1938,; study at University of Heidelberg, 1938-1939. Taught at New York University, 1933-1936; University of Alabama, 1928-1936; 1936-1971. Head of German Department, University of Alabama, 1949-1962; German and Russian Department, 1962-1971. Member, American Association of Teachers of German, Modern Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Phi Delta Kappa, and Kappa Delta Pi.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: Laurence Sterne and Jean Paul. New York: s.n., 1942.
Translator: Seven Months in the Rebel States during the North American War, 1863. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1958.
HAYNES, ELIZABETH ANN ROSS, -1953
Social worker. Born: Lowndes Co. Parents: Henry and Mary Ross. Married: George Edmond Haynes, December 14, 1910. Children: One. Education: Diploma from State Normal School, Montgomery, 1898; Fisk University, A.B., 1903; study at University of Chicago in summers, 1905-1907; Columbia University, M.A., 1907. Taught in St. Louis, 1903-1904; head of Teaching Department, State Normal School, Montgomery, 1905-1908; first secretary of colored work, YWCA National Board, 1908-1910; after 1910, volunteer worker, YWCA National Board. First black representative on YWCA National Board, 1924-1934. Member, New York City Planning Commission; Interracial Committee, Federal Council of Churches; secretary of Board of Management, Adam Clayton Powell Home for the Aged, New York; Brownell Commission to Study Conditions of Negroes in New York City.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: The Black Boy of Atlanta. Boston: House of Edinboro, 1952.
Unsung Heroes. New York: DuBois and Dill, 1921.
HEARD, GEORGE ALEXANDER, 1917-
Professor, chancellor. Born: March 14, 1917, in Savannah, Ga. Parents: Richard Willis and Virginia Lord (Nesbet) Heard. Education: University of North Carolina, A.B., 1938; Columbia University, M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1951. Married: Laura Jean Keller on June 17, 1949. Children: Four. Served as editor for the Historical Records Survey of Georgia, WPA, 1938-1939; research and assistant, Indian Service in New Mexico, 1938-1941; vice- consul, Quito, Ecuador, 1941-1943; U.S. naval officer, 1943-1946; research associate Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1946-1949; professor and dean, Graduate School, University of North Carolina, 1950-1963; professor and counsellor, Vanderbilt University, 1963-1982. Served on the U.S. Advisory Commission in Governmental Relations and Kennedy's Commission on Campaign Cost, serving as Chairman. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American and Southern Political Science Associations. Contributed to periodicals, Encyclopedia Britannica, Colliers Encyclopedia, and International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 17R.
Author: The Cost of Democracy. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1960.
The Lost Years in Graduate Education. Atlanta: Southern Regional Education Board, 1963.
Money and Politics. New York: Public Affairs Committee, 1956.
A Two-Party South? Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1952.
Joint Author: Bipartisan Political Fund Raising: Two Experiments in 1964. Princeton, N.J.: Citizens' Research Foundation, 1967.
The Quality of Life in the Year 2000: .... Princeton, N.J.: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Program in International Affairs, 1977.
Southern Politics in State and Nation. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1977.
Editor: State Legislatures in American Politics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966.
HEARIN, EMILY STAPLES
See: Van Antwerp, Emily Staples
HEARN, CHARLES AUBREY, 1907-
Attorney. Born: April 6, 1907. Resident of Albertville. Education: Howard College, A.B.; Vanderbilt Law School, LL.B., M.A; Atlanta Law School, LL.D. Editorial staff, Baptist School Board; vice president, Surety Funding Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.
Source: SCRIPSIT.
Author: Alcohol and Christian Influence. Nashville: Convention Press, 1957.
Alcohol the Destroyer. Nashville: Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1953.
Alcoholism or Abstinence. Cincinnati: Standard Pub. Co., 1951.
The Way to Sobriety. Cincinnati: Standard Pub. Co., 1955.
What about Beer? Columbus, Ohio: School and College Service, 1958.
What about Drinking? Columbus, Ohio: School and College Service, 1955.
What about Smoking? A Brief Common-Sense Discussion. Columbus, Ohio: School and College Service, 1949.
HEARNE, BETSY GOULD, 1942-
Librarian, editor. Born: October 6, 1942, Wilsonville. Parents: Kenneth and Elizabeth (Barrett) Gould. Married: Michael Claffey. Children: Two. Education: Wooster College, B.A., 1964; University of Chicago, M.A., 1968; further graduate study, 1979. Children's librarian, Wayne County, Ohio, Public Library, 1964-1965, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, 1967-1968; after 1973, editor of children's books; Booklist, judge for National Book Awards, 1975; American Book Awards, 1981. Recipient of American Library Association's Agnes Sayer Klein Award for graduate study, 1979; Children's Reading Round Table award, 1982. Member, American Library Association's Newberry- Caldecott Award Committee; consultant, Notable Books Committee.
Source: Something about the Author, Vol. 38.
Author: Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Eli's Ghost. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1987
Love Lines: Poetry in Person. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1987.
Home. New York: Atheneum, 1979.
Polaroid and Other Poems of View. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1991.
South Star. New York: Atheneum, 1977.
Joint Editor: Celebrating Children's Books. New York: Lothrop, 1981.
Choosing Books for Children. New York: Delacorte, 1981.
Beauties and Beasts Phoenix, Ariz; Oryx Press, 1993.
Eliza's Dog. New York; Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1996.
Listening for Leroy. New York; Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1998.
Seven Brave Women. New York; Greenwillow Books, 1997.
Who's in the Hall? A Mystery in Four Chapters. New York; Greenwillow Books, 2000.
Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs. New York; Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2001.
Joint Publication(s): The Best in Children's Books. Chicago; University of Chicago Press, 1991.
HEATH, WILLIAM L., 1924-
Reporter. Born: 1924, in Lake Village, Ark. Grew up in Scottsboro, Ala. Education: Baylor School in Chatanooga; University of Virginia. Employed by the Chatanooga Times; Maples Company, Scottsboro, 1955. Stories published in Colliers, Cosmopolitan, Argosy, Collier, and Esquire.
Source: Library Journal, February 1, 1955; Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: The Earthquake Man. New York: Beaufort Books, 1980.
Good Old Boys. New York: McCall Pub. Co., 1971.
Ill Wind. New York: Harper, 1957.
Most Valuable Player. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanivich, 1973.
Violent Saturday. New York: Harper, 1955.
HEBERT, ROBERT FRANCIS, 1943-
Professor. Born: April 2, 1943, in Donaldsonville, La. Education: Lousiana State University, B.S., 1965; M.S., 1966; Ph.D., 1970. Taught at Louisiana State University, 1968-1969; Clemson University, 1970-1974; Auburn University, 1970-.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1976S.
Joint Author: The Entrepreneur: Mainstream Views and Radical Critiques. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975.
A History of Economic Theory and Methods. New York: McGraw- Hill, 1975.
Secret Origins of Modern Microeconomics--Dupuit and the Engineers. Chicago; University of Chicago Press, 1999.
HEBSON, ANN HELLESBUSCH, 1925-
Public relations specialist, radio and television writer and producer. Born: December 25, 1925, Montgomery. Parents: Charles Merle and Lucille (Atherton) Hellesbusch. Married: William J. Hebson, June 8, 1947. Children: Three. Education: University of Louisville, 1941-1943; Grinnell College, B.A., 1947. Social worker, Iowa State Department of Welfare, 1947- 1948; author of a column for Parkersburg News, Parkersburg, W.V., 1950-1953; writer in public relations office and news bureau, University of Miami, 1967-1969; instructor in literature and public relations director, National Business College, Roanoke, Va., 1968-1969; director of information services and radio producer, Mary Baldwin College, 1969-1970; staff writer and production assistant, Kentucky Educational Television, Lexington, 1970-1971; novelist and member of advisory council, Grinnell College. Patron, Roanoke Fine Arts Center. Member, Roanoke Symphony Society, Authors Guild, Educational Writers Association, Phi Beta Kappa. Macmillan Fiction Prize, 1961, for The Latimer Legend.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 17.
Author: A Fine and Private Place. New York: Macmillan, 1958.
The Latimer Legend. New York: Macmillan, 1961.
HEFLIN, WOODFORD AGEE, 1903-
Professor, editor. Born: December 21, 1903. Flora Vista, N.M. Parents: Reuben W. and Naomi (Henry) Heflin. Education: University of New Mexico, A.B., 1906; Standford, M.A., 1927; Oxford University, M.A., 1930; Rhodes Scholar, 1927-1930; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1941. Married: Margaret L. Moser on August 7, 1942. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1942-1946; taught at Huron College, 1930-1935; assistant editor, Dictionary of American English; staff of Air University at Montgomery, serving as research associate and chief of the Documentory Research Division, 1946-1971; lecturer at Huntingdon College, 1966-1971. Contributed to Encyclopaedia Britannica and Oxford English Dictionary.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. III; American Men and Women of Science, 1976.
Editor: Aerospace Glossary. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Research Studies Institute, Air University, 1959.
Joint Editor: The United States Air Force Directory. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Research Studies Institute, Air University, 1959.
HELM, THOMAS WILLIAM, 1919-
Radio announcer, editor, teacher. Born: May 3, 1919, in St. Augustine, Fla. Parents: Thomas William, Jr., and Grace (Spencer) Helm. Education: Birmingham Southern College. Married: Dorothy Lorian Hunter on September 30, 1943. Served as radio announcer at WRNL, Richmond (Va.); WDLP, Panama City (Fla.); WSGN, Birmingham; assistant editor, Progressive Farmer; forest ranger for Alabama State Forestry Service; creative writer for Florida State Board of Public Instruction. Served in U.S. Navy, 1938-1942, receiving a citation.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 7.
Author: Dangerous Sea Creatures. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1976.
The Everglades: Florida Wonderland. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1963.
Fishing Southern Salt Waters. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1972.
The Frank Murphy Story: His Years in Florida Prisons, His Rehabilitation, and His Conquest of Alcoholism. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1964.
Hurricane Coming! New York: Dodd, Mead, 1964.
Monsters of the Deep. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1962.
The Sea Lark. New York: A.A. Wyn, 1955.
Shark! Unpredictable Killer of the Sea. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1961.
Treasure Hunting Around the World. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1960.
Ordeal by Sea: the Tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1963.
A World of Snakes. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1965.
HELMBOLD, F. WILBUR, 1917-
Librarian, minister, reporter. Born: May 13, 1917, in Fowlersville, Pa. Parents: Andrew K. and Emma L. (Heldebrand) Helmbold. Education: Samford University, A.B., 1949; Duke University, M.A., 1954. Married: Neola E. Wood on June 10, 1942. Children: Four. Newspaper reporter for Wilkes-Barre Record (Pa.), 1934-1936; printer for Dallas Port (Pa.) and owned a printing business, 1936-1942. Served in U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Ordained as Baptist minister, 1947; served churches in Selma and Springville, Ala., Durham, N.C.: librarian at Barington College (R.I.), 1954-1957: Samford University, 1957- 1984; Curator of the Alabama Baptist History Commission, 1957-; director of Genealogy and Historical Research, 1965-.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: Brief Sketches of Some Alabama Baptist Associations Extant and Extinct. Birmingham, Ala.: Samford University, 1970.
Tracing Your Ancestry: a Step-by-Step Guide .... Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1976.
Trailways National Route Map: .... San Jose, Calif.: H. M. Gousha Co., 1977.
Joint Author: Library Resources for Genealogical Research of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: F. W. Helmbold, 1980.
Editor: "Born of the Needs of the People": the Extension Ministry of Samford University. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1967.
Selma, the Gospel at Work: Progress Among the Selma Baptist Association .... Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1983.
Joint Editor: The Christian Life Revealed in the Gospel of John. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1981.
HELMS, RANDEL, 1942-
University professor. Born: November 6, 1942, Montgomery. Parents: Loyce Virgil and Vernell Helms. Married: Penelope Palmer, August 1, 1964. Children: One. Education: University of California in Riverside, B.A., 1964; University of Washington, Ph.D., 1968. After 1968, teacher of English, University of California in Los Angeles. Member, Modern Language Association of America.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49.
Author: Gospel Fictions. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1988.
Tolkien and the Silmarils. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1981.
Tolkien's World. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1974.
Who Wrote the Gospels? Altadena, Calif.; Millennium Press, 1997.
HEMPHILL, PAUL, 1936-
Sportswriter. Born: February 18, 1936, Birmingham. Parents: Paul and Velma Rebecca (Nelson) Hemphill. Married: Susan Milliage Olive, September 23, 1961. Children: Three. Education: Auburn University, B.A., 1959; Nieman Fellowship to Harvard, 1968-1969. Alabama Air National Guard, on active duty, serving in France, 1961-1962. Sportswriter for newspapers in Birmingham and Augusta, Georgia, 1964-1969; free-lance writer after 1969. Visiting lecturer, University of Georgia, 1973. Literary Achievement award, Georgia Writers Association, 1970; Distinguished Achievement by Alumni award, Auburn University, 1985.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49; Auburn Alumnews, May 1985.
Author: The Good Old Boys. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
King of the Road. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989.
Long Gone: a Novel. New York: Viking Press, 1979.
Me and the Boy. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970.
The Sixkiller Chronicles. New York: Macmillan, 1985.
Too Old to Cry. New York: Viking, 1981.
The Ballad of Little River--A Tale of Race and Restless Youth in the Rural South. New York; Free Press, 2000.
The Heart of the Game--The Education of a Minor-League Ballplayer. New York; Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Leaving Birmingham--Notes of a Native Son. New York; Viking, 1993.
Wheels--A Season on NASCAR's Winston Cup Circuit. New York; Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Joint Author: Mayor: Notes on the Sixties. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971.
HENDERSON, BERT, 1903-1974
Poet. Born: November 3, 1903, Glenwood. Parents: Albert Holloway and Jeffery (Faulkner) Henderson. Married: Geraldine Downs, 1928. Married: Mary Middleton Smith, November 2, 1946. Education: Troy State Teachers College; University of Alabama. Employee of Exchange Hotel and Whitney Hotel, Montgomery. Member and president, Alabama Writers Conclave; Poet laureate of Alabama, 1959-1971. After the death of his wife in 1967, lived as a recluse, but continued to attend Alabama Writers Conclave meetings until 1971.
Source: Aliticom, 1985.
Author: Blame Noah! Verses. Chicago: Dierkes Press, 1952.
Bright Armor. Emory University, Ga.: Banner Press, 1952.
Eternal Symphony. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1962.
House of Paradoxes (poems) Emory University, Ga.: Banner Press, 1941.
HENDERSON, GEORGE WYLIE, 1904-1965
Printer. Born: 1904, Warrior's Stand. Death: 1965. Parents: Son of an A.M.E. minister. Education: Tuskegee Institute. Printer, New York Daily News. Contributor to the Daily News and to Redbook.
Source: American Authors and Books: Selected Black American Authors: Robert A. Bone's Negro Novel in America. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1958.
Author: Jule. New York: Creative Age Press, 1940.
Ollie Miss: a Novel. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1935.
HENDERSON, JOHN STEEL, 1919-
Professor. Born: March 3, 1919, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Parents: Archibald, and Barbara (Bynum) Henderson. Education: University of North Carolina, A.B., 1929; M.A., 1943; Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 1945. Married: Anne Miller on August 24, 1946. Children: Four. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1957-. Member of the American Association of University Professors, Southern Economic Association, and the Econometric Society.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5.
Author: Atopula, Guerrero, and Olmec: Horizons in Mesoamerica. New Haven, Conn.: Department of Anthropology, Yale University, 1979.
National Income: Statics and Dynamics. New York: Harper, 1961.
Production and Consumption. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1952.
Joint Author: Economics: Principles of Income, Preces and Growth. New York: Macmillan, 1966.
Editor: Archaeology in Northwestern Honduras: Interim Reports of the Proyecto Arqueologico Sula. Ithaca, N.Y.: Archaeology Program, Latin American Studies Program, Cornell University, 1984.
HENLEY, JOHN CHARLES, JR., 1880?-1949
Publisher. Place of birth unknown, date given variously as 1880 and 1900. Parents: John Charles and Annie L. (Linn) Matthews Henley. Education: Pantop Academy, Charlottesville, Va.; Princeton University. Reporter, Birmingham News; founder, Birmingham Publishing Company, 1910 serving as president until his death in 1949; founder and president, Birmingham Historical Society.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography; This is Birmingham.
Author: This is Birmingham: the Story of the Founding and Growth of an American City. Birmingham, Ala.: Southern University Press, 1960.
HENLEY, WALLACE BOYNTON, 1941-
Minister. Born: December 5, 1941, Birmingham. Parents: Wallace Boynton and Wilfred (Vassar) Henley. Married: Mary Irene Lambert, September 4, 1961. Children: Two. Education: Samford University, B.A.; graduate study at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1964-1965. Ordained to the Baptist ministry, 1962; youth minister in Birmingham and Fort Worth, Texas; pastor in Nuremburg, West Germany; public relations director, Mobile College; religious editor for Birmingham News; host of panel "Know Your News," Alabama Educational Television, 1968-1970; assistant director of Cabinet Commission on Education, 1970-1971; staff assistant to president of the United States, 1971-1973; pastor of a church in Mobile, 1973-1977; after 1978, pastor of a church in Birmingham.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1973; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 14NR.
Author: City Under The Sands. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 1986.
Enter at Your Own Risk. Old Tappan, N.Y.: Revell, 1974.
Europe at the Crossroads. Westchester, Ill.: Good News, 1978.
Form or Frenzy?: The Balance of Power in Spiritual Dynamics. Houston, Tex.: Encourager Media, 1990.
Rebirth in Washington. Westchester, Ill.: Good News, 1977.
The Roman Solution. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale, 1984.
The White House Mystique. Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell, 1976.
Confronting the New World Disorder--The Emerging Church for the 21st Century. Houston, Tex.; Encourager Media, 1995.
Escape from America. Hannibal, Mo.; Lithocolor Press, Inc., 1993.
HENRY, WAIGHTS GIBBS, 1879-1960
Minister, professor. Born: January 13, 1879, at Palm in Pickens Co. Parents: Robert Fillmore and Rebecca Catherine (Morris) Henry. Married: Mary Elizabeth Davis, June 18, 1903. Children: Five. Education: Southern University, A.B., 1900; Vanderbilt University, B.D., 1902; University of Alabama, A.M., 1912; Boston University, Ph.D., 1915; further graduate work at University of Chicago, Millsaps College, and Harvard University. Ordained to Methodist ministry, 1903; pastorates in Trinity, Pratt City, Tuscaloosa, Brookhaven, Huntsville, and Birmingham; professor of religious education, Emory University, 1924-1929; professor of Bible, Athens College, after 1951. Member of many councils and conferences of the Methodist Church.
Source: Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 3.
Author: Needful Knowledge for Worthful Living. Birmingham, Ala.: W.G. Henry, 1930.
The Organization of Personality. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1922.
HENRY, WAIGHTS GIBBS, JR., 1910-
Minister, educator. Born: February 13, 1910, Tuscaloosa. Parents: Waights Gibbs and Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Henry. Married: Minnie Lark Brown, February 16, 1935. Children: Three. Education: Emory University, 1927-1928; Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1930; Yale University, B.D., 1934. Assistant pastor, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1932-1936; joined North Georgia Conference of Methodist Church, 1936; ordained to Methodist ministry, 1938; pastor, Hoschton, Clayton, and Atlanta, Ga., 1937-1944. Executive secretary to Board of Education, North Georgia Conference, 1945-1948; president, LaGrange College, after 1948. Preacher of the Methodist series of the "Protestant Hour," 1960; columnist for Columbus, Ga. Ledger-Enquirer after 1950; chairman of the board of Protestant Radio and T.V. Center, 1970- 1971. Member of several commissions and organizations. Honors: Birmingham Southern College, D.D., 1947.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: Begin Where You Are, and Other Sermons. Atlanta: Joint Radio Committee, The Methodist Church, 1960.
A Brief History of LaGrange College. LaGrange, Ga.: Institutional Relations Office of LaGrange College, 1981.
Fuller E. Callaway, Jr.: a Three Dimension Man, and Callaway Foundation, Inc. New York: Newcomen Society of North America, 1979.
Tributary to a Golden Stream: the Story of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of West Point-LaGrange, Georgia. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1982.
HENSON, CURTIS TALMON, JR., 1931-
University professor. Born: September 18, 1931, Bigbee. Education: Auburn University, B.S., 1952, M.A., 1958; Tulane University, Ph.D., 1965. Taught at Grand Canyon College, 1962- 1963; University of Houston, 1963-1966; Auburn University after 1966. Member, Organization of American Historians, Naval History Foundation.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Commissioners and Commodores: the East India Squadron and American Diplomacy in China. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1982.
HERBERT, HILARY ABNER, 1834-1919
Lawyer, congressman, federal cabinet officer. Born: March 12, 1834, in Laurensville, S.C. Parents: Thomas E. and Dorothy Teaugue (Young) Herbert. Moved to Alabama in 1846. Education: University of Alabama, 1853-1854; University of Virginia, 1854- 1856. Admitted to the bar, 1857. Married: Ella B. Smith on April 23, 1867. Practiced law in Greenville (Ala.), 1857-1872; Montgomery, 1872-1876. Served in U.S. House of Representatives, 1877-1892; Secretary of the Navy under Grover Cleveland, 1893- 1897; practiced law in Washington, 1897-1919. Honorary LL.D. degrees from Tulane University and the University of Alabama.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. I; National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 7.
Author: The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences. New York: Scribner, 1912.
History of the Arlington Confederate Monument. Washington, D.C.: B.S. Adams, Printer, 1914.
Editor: Why the Solid South?: or, Reconstruction and its Results. Baltimore: R. H. Woodward & Co., 1890.
HERPORT, SUSAN HALL, 1946-
Born: May 4, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Parents: Fred R. and Helen (Frech) Hall. Education: St. Francis College (In.), B.A., 1968; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Warren Wilson College (N.C.), M.F.A., 1985. Married. Children: Two. Received the Elizabeth Chamberlain Grant in Poetry, 1986. Published poems in Sequoya Review, The Poetry Miscellany, and Tar River Poetry.
Source: Files at Jacksonville State University.
Joint Author: The Trees are Mended. Thomaston, Me.: Northwood Press, 1986.
HIBBEN, SHEILA, ca. 1890-1964
Food writer. Born: Cecile Craig, about 1890, in Montgomery. Name remained Cecile, but preferred to be called Sheila. Education: Study in France. Married: Paxton Hibben, 1916. Children: One. Home in Greece and Russia until Hibben's death. Afterward, resident of New York; for twenty years, writer of the column "About the House," for the New Yorker. Also contributor of articles to Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
Source: New Yorker, March 7, 1964; New York Times, February 21, 1964.
Author: The AGA Cook Book. New York: AGA (American Gas Accumulator Co.), 1934.
American Regional Cookery. Boston: Little, Brown, 1946.
A Kitchen Manual. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1941.
The National Cookbook. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932.
Joint Author: Good Food for Bad Stomachs. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1951.
HIGDON, BETTINA BLANCHE PEARSON, 1920-
Teacher, librarian. Born: March 9, 1920, Bessemer. Parents: Arthur Richmond and Mildred Celeste (Bradley) Pearson. Married: Raymond Earl Higdon, June 13, 1948. Education: Alabama College, B.A., 1941, M.A., 1960; postgraduate work at Auburn University and University of Alabama. Teacher in Cullman County, 1941-1974, except for four years; teacher in Jefferson County, 1947-1948; district manager, Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1956-1957 and 1960-1962; director, Cullman County Pubilc Library from 1974 until her retirement.
Source: Duns(t)on-Walker-Ponder.
Author: Duns(t)on-Walker-Ponder. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Co., 1981.
Foster: a First Family of Alabama. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Co., 1980.
Seek and Ye Shall Find: Pearson, Parson, Parsons, Peerson, Peirson, Person(s), Pierson. Vol. I. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath Co., 1979.
HIGGINBOTHAM, MIRIAM, 1927-
University dean of women. Born: Ashland. Parents: J.S. Cockrell. Married: J.B. Jackson, Jr. Children: Three. Married: Ralph D. Higginbotham, 1974. Education: Samford University, B.A.; Jacksonville State University, M.A. Served as dean of women, Jacksonville State University, after 1974. Member, Alabama Baptist State Board; Board of Trustees, Samford University; vice president, Baptist State Convention, 1972.
Source: Parker Memorial Baptist Church.
Joint Author: Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1887-1987. Anniston, Ala.: Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1987.
HIGGINBOTHAM, PRIEUR JAY, JR., 1937-
Teacher, librarian. Born: July 16, 1937, in Pascagoula, Miss. Parents: Prieur Jay and Vivian (Perez) Higginbotham. Education: University of Mississippi, B.A., 1960; Hunter College of the City University of New York. Served as assistant clerk, Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1955-1961; taught in Mobile Public Schools, 1962-1973; head Local History Department, Mobile public Library, 1973-. Awarded the General L. Kemper Williams Prize, Louisiana Historical Society; Alabama Library Associations's Nonfiction Award, 1979; Gilbert Chinard Prize from the Institute Francais de Washington and the Society for French Historical Studies, 1978.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 93.
Author: Autumn in Petrishchevo. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1987.
Brother Holyfield: a Novel. New York: Thomas-Hull, 1972.
Family Biographies: Brief Portraits of Some Ancestors and Members of the Higginbotham Family of Pascagoula. Mobile, Ala.: Colonial Books, 1967.
Fast Train Russia. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1983.
Fort Maurepas: the Birth of Louisiana. Mobile, Ala.: Colonial Books, 1968.
Mauvila. Mobile, Ala.: G. B. Acton, 1990.
Mobile, City by the Bay. Mobile, Ala.: Azalea City Printers, 1968.
The Mobile Indians. 2nd edition. Mobile, Ala.: Sir Rey's, 1966.
Old Mobile: Fort Louis de la Louisiane, 1702-1711. Mobile, Ala.: Museum of the City of Mobile, 1977.
Pascagoula Indians. Mobile, Ala.: Colonial Books, 1967.
Pascagoula: Singing River City. Mobile, Ala.: Gill Press, 1967.
Translator and Editor:
The Journal of Sauvole: Historical Journal of the Establishment of the French in Louisiana. Mobile, Ala.: Colonial Books, 1969.
Joint Editor and Translator:
The Voyage to Dauphin Island in 1720: the Journal of Bertet de la Clue. Mobile, Ala.: Museum of the City of Mobile, 1974.
HIGGINBOTHAM, RALPH D., 1916-
Publisher. Born: July 13, 1916, Flat Rock. Parents: Emory Lawrence and Josie E. (Atkins) Higginbotham. Married: Dorothy Burnham, February 20, 1937. Children: Three. Married: Miriam Cockrell Jackson, 1974. Education: Graduate of Anniston Business College, 1934. Employee of Anniston Star, 1928-1944; Strong Printing Co., 1944-1945; owner-operator, Higginbotham- Sawyer Printing Co.; member of corporation that purchased Jacksonville News, 1963. Member, Alabama Advisory Committee for Vocational Education, Anniston City Board of Trustees, Board of Trustees of Judson College, Southeastern Educational Research Laboratory. Anniston Star's Man of the Year, 1970. Honorary degrees, Gadsden State Junior College, Judson College; Alabama Educational Leadership Hall of Fame, Troy State University. Deacon and chairman of board of deacons at Parker Memorial Baptist Church.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 2; Parker Memorial Baptist Church.
Joint Author: Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1887-1987. Anniston, Ala.: Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1987.
HIGGINS, ADDIE LEE, 1899-
Teacher. Born: March 14, 1899, Stroud, Chambers Co. Parents: J.T. and Sarah F. (Danielly) Lee. Married: Britt Higgins, June 3, 1936. Children: One. Education: George Peabody College, B.S.; Columbia University, M.A. Teacher for six years, Western Kentucky Teachers College training school; six years, George Peabody College Demonstration School; afterward, teacher at LaFayette, Ala., until retirement, 1963.
Source: Addie Lee Higgins, LaFayette.
Author: The Book with a Handle. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1965.
The Lost Candle Mold. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1965.
HIGHSAW, ROBERT BAKER, 1917-
Professor. Born: December 20, 1917, in Memphis, Tenn. Parents: James Leonard and Mary (Baker) Highsaw. Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1939; Harvard University, A.M., 1942; Ph.D., 1945. Married: Mary Church Wagner on March 3, 1942. Children: Three. Taught at Vanderbilt University, 1942-1944; Louisiana State University, 1944-1945; associate professor and director of Bureau of Public Administration and Chairman of the Department of Research in Business and Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1945-1955; professor, director of the Bureau of Public Administration, and head of the Department of Political Science, University of Alabama, 1956-.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: Administering Mississippi's Wealth. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1949.
A Handbook of Elective Offices in Mississippi. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1947.
Mississippi's Wealth. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1947.
Money for the Cities of Mississippi. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1947.
Municipal Government in the South. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1952.
Natural Resources in an Informed Public. University, Miss.: Southern Public Adminstration, 1954.
Joint Author: Aids for Governing .... University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1948.
Clarksdale, a Fiscal Picture. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1947.
Conflict and Change in Local Government. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1966.
Dixie City Acts: .... Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1962.
Essays on Public Administration. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1962.
Forms of Municipal Government in Mississippi. 3rd. ed. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1947.
The Government and Administration of Mississippi. New York: Crowell, 1954.
The Growth of State Administration in Mississippi. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1949.
A Guidebook for the County Sheriff. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1948.
A Guidebook for the County Superintendent of Education. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1951.
Highlights of State Finance. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1948.
Units of Government in Mississippi. University, Miss.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Mississippi, 1949.
Editor: The Deep South in Transformation. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1964.
Edward Douglas White: Defender of the Conservative Faith. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1981.
Joint Editor: Communication in Public Administration. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1965.
HILL, ELIZABETH CRAIG, 1915-
Teacher. Born: December 6, 1915, Selma. Married: Robert M. Hill, 1974. Education: Graduate of Florence State Teachers College, 1938; graduate work in English literature, University of California at Berkeley; Teachers College, Columbia University, M.A., 1964. Participant, Breadloaf Writers Conference, 1946; teacher, Port Chester, N.Y., high school, 1961-1966; faculty member, State University of New York at Cobleskill, 1966-1967; University of North Alabama, 1967-1980.
Source: Robert M. Hill, Florence.
Joint Author: In the Wake of War. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1982.
HILL, HARLON, 1932-
Professional football player. Born: May 4, 1932, Lauderdale Co. Education: Florence State College. Played football with Chicago Bears, 1954-1961; Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions, 1962. NFL Rookie of the Year, 1954; Jim Thorpe Trophy, 1955; Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, 1976. After retirement, earned M.A.; became assistant coach and alumni director, University of North Alabama.
Source: Who's Who in Football, 1974; Victory after the Game.
Author: Victory after the Game: the Harlon Hill Story. Florence, Ala.: Popular Books, 1977.
HILL, HENRIETTA FONTAINE McCORMICK, 1904-
Homemaker. Born: December 6, 1904, Eufaula. Parents: William Love and Henrietta (Copeland) McCormick. Married: Joseph Lister Hill, February 20, 1928. Children: Two. Education: St. Mary's, Raleigh, N.C., 1922-1923. Member of the board, Women's Medical College of Philadelphia; member, Alabama Historical Association; chairman, Alabama Room at National D.A.R. Centennial Hall. Composer of a work entitled "Yellow Leaves with Sunshine."
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1970.
Author: Family Skeleton. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1958.
HILL, HOWARD, 1899 or 1900-1975
Champion archer. Born: Ca. 1900, near Wilsonville. Winner of 196 consecutive field archery tournaments, including seven national titles. Stand-in bowman for Errol Flynn in several films and featured archer in film shorts, including "Sal of Singapore," 1929, "The Last Wilderness," 1935, "The Adventures of Robin Hood," 1934, "Follow the Arrow," 1931, "San Antonio," 1945, and "Cruise of Zaca," 1952. Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, 1971.
Source: New York Times, February 6, 1975; Who Was Who in the Screen, 1983.
Author: Archery Adventures: Hunting the Hard Way. Chicago: Wilcox and Follett Co., 1953.
Wild Adventure. Harrisburg, Penn.: Stackpole, Co., 1954.
HILL, ISAAC WILLIAM, 1861-
Educator. Born: July 25, 1861, Auburn. Parents: Isaac and Harriet Elizabeth (Holt) Hill. Married: Laura Jones, June 18, 1890. Education: Emory College, A.B., 1880, A.M., 1883. Teacher, Whitesville, Ga., 1881-1883; Easonville, Ala., 1883- 1885, 1887-1891; Male and Female Academy, Sparta, Ga., 1885-1887; Springville, Ala., 1891-1893; Spring Lake College, 1893-1896. Superintendent of city schools, Gadsden, 1896-1903; Alabama state superintendent of education, 1903-1907; after 1907, superintendent of public schools, Opelika. Honors: University of Alabama, LL.D., 1906.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Boys' Agricultural Club Work in the Southern States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1918.
Joint Author: How We Are Governed in Alabama and the Nation. Richmond, Va.: Bell Book and Stationery Co., 1908.
HILL, ISAAC WILLIAM, 1908-1993
Journalist. Born: August 8, 1908, Opelika. Death: 1993 Parents: Isaac W. and Laura (Jones) Hill. Married: Catherine H. Dawson, June 25, 1932. Children: Two. Education: Washington and Lee University, A.B. Reporter and editor, Mobile Press, 1929-1930; Washington Evening Star, deskman, 1930-1937, city editor, 1937- 1949, news editor, 1949-1954, assistant managing editor, 1954- 1962, managing editor, 1962-1968, associate editor, 1968-1973; after 1974, Washington correspondent for Editor and Publisher. Chairman, Newspaper Comics Council, 1960-1961; lecturer, Columbia University, 1955-1973; director, Maryland Media, Inc., 1970-1973.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 65.
Joint Compiler and Editor:
Mirror of War: the Washington Star Reports the Civil War. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1961.
HILL, ROBERT M., 1904-
Attorney, judge. Born: August 23, 1904, Birmingham. Married: Rachael Fitzgerald. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama School of Law, 1929. Practicing attorney, 1929-1935; with the Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories in Italy, 1943-1945; judge of the Court of the Eleventh Alabama Judicial Circuit, 1946-1977; member, Advisory Council of Judges of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1952-1971; faculty member, National College of State Trial Judges, summers of 1965, 1966, and 1967.
Source: Robert M. Hill, Florence.
Joint Author: In the Wake of War. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1982.
HINDS, GLADYS
Teacher. Born: Albertville. Parents: Thomas J. Hinds. Education: Lulie Compton Seminary and Howard College. Owner and operator of Hinds School of Music, Drama and Dancing, Birmingham; employee, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, where she and her sister, Alberta Hinds Tate, wrote their book.
Source: SCRIPSIT.
Joint Author: Howdy, Soldier!: (Letters from the Gal back Home). New York: M. S. Mill Co., 1944.
HINDS, LEON TRICE
Artist, illustrator. Born: October 30, 1934, in Arab, Ala. Parents: Leon H. and Flora Ann (Smith) Hinds. Education: Birmingham Southern College and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Worked as artist, illustrator, Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal. Member of the Huntsville Historical Foundation and the Huntsville Art Association.
Source: SCRIPSIT
Author: The Life of Grace Hinds Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston. S.l.: s.n., 1971. (in prepublication stage at time of compilation of SCRIPSIT)
History of Arab. (being worked on at time of compilation of SCRIPSIT)
HITCHCOCK, BERT, 1941-
University professor. Born: 1941, Demopolis. Parents: Walter B. and Mary (Combs) Hitchcock. Education: Auburn University, B.A.; University of Oregon, M.A.; Duke University, Ph.D.; Rotary Foundation fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia. Head, Department of English, Auburn University. Member of the board, National Council of Teachers of English; Executive Committee, Alabama Council of Teachers of English; several commissions and conferences. Contributor to Mississippi Quarterly, Southern Humanities Review, Walt Whitman Review, and other periodicals.
Source: Richard Malcolm Johnston.
Author: Richard Malcolm Johnston. Boston: Twayne, 1978.
Joint Editor: American Short Stories. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1990.
De Remnant Truth: the Tales of Jake Mitchell and Robert Wilton Burton. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1991.
HITT, ANNIE LAND, 1910-
Genealogist. Born: November 17, 1910, Pickens Co. Parents: James L. and Sarah Emma (Carson) Land. Married: Marcus C. Hitt, May 11, 1929. Children: One. Education: Liberty High School, Pickens Co.
Source: Annie Land Hitt, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Author: The Hitts of Sumter County. S.l.: The Author; printed by Round Table Letter Shop, 1966.
Contributor: Benjamin Hitt and Nancy Hitt, Their Antecedents and Descendants. Orange, Tex.: s.n., 1980.
HOBBS, HERSCHEL HAROLD, 1907-
Minister. Born: October 24, 1907, Coosa Co. Parents: Elbert Oscar and Octavia (Whatley) Hobbs. Married: Frances Jackson. Children: One. Education: Howard College, B.A., 1932; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Th., 1935, Ph.D., 1938. Ordained a Baptist minister, Birmingham, 1929. Pastor of churches in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile, Ala., and in Alexandria, La., between 1929 and 1949. After 1949, pastor, First Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Okla. President, Southern Baptist Pastors Conference, Southern Theological Seminary, and Oklahoma City Special Baptist Memorial Hospital Committee. Permanent preacher for "The International Baptist Hour." Honors: Howard College, D.D., 1941; William Jewell College, Litt.D., 1962.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 7R.
Author: Basic Bible Sermons on John. Nashville: Broadway Press, 1990.
Christ in You. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1963.
Cowards or Conquerors. Valley Forge, Penn.: Judson Press, 1951.
The Crucial Words from Calvary. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1958.
The Epistles to the Corinthians, a Study Manual. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1960.
Fundamentals of Our Faith. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1960.
The Gospel of Giving. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1955.
The Gospel of Matthew. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1961.
Messages on the Resurrection. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1960.
Moses' Mighty Men. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1958.
My Favority Illustrations. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990.
New Testament Evangelism. Nashville: Convention Press, 1960.
Preaching Values from the Papyri. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1964.
Space Age Religion: Sermons. Fort Worth, Tex.: Southern Baptists Radio and Television Commission, 1963.
Studies in Hebrews. Nashville: Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1954.
The Ten Commandments: Sermons on "The Baptist Hour." Fort Worth, Tex.: Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1961?
The Victory of Faith: "Ten Best Baptist Hour Sermons of 1958-59." Fort Worth, Tex.: Radio-Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1959.
Welcome Speeches, and Emergency Addresses for All Occasions. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1960.
What Baptists Believe. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1963.
Who is This? Nashville: Broadman Press, 1952.
You Are Chosen: the Priesthood of All Believers. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.
The Baptist Faith and Message. Nashville, Tenn.; Convention Press, 1971.
An Exposition of the Four Gospels. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Baker Book House, 1996.
Getting Acquainted with the Bible. Nashville, Tenn.; Convention Press, 1991.
My Faith and Message--An Autobiography. Nashville, Tenn.; Broadman & Holman, 1993.
JOINT PUBLICATION(S): The Fibers of Our Faith Franklin, Tenn.; Providence House Publishers, 1995.
The Illustrated Life of Jesus. Nashville, Tenn.; Holman Bible Publishers, 2000.
HOBBS, SAMUEL FRANCIS, 1887-1952
Attorney, judge, congressman. Born: October 5, 1887. Parents: Samuel Freeman and Frances (John) Hobbs. Married: Sarah Ellen Greene, January 8, 1913. Children: Three. Education: Marion Military Institute, A.A., 1905; student, Vanderbilt University, 1905-1906; University of Alabama, LL.B., 1908. Practicing attorney in Selma, 1908-1921; judge, 4th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1921-1926, afterward returning to practice of law. Member, 74th through 81st U.S. Congresses (1935-1951), representing fourth Alabama District. Chairman, Muscle Shoals Commission, 1931, chairman of Alabama's National Recovery Admission Committee, 1913. Member, Dallas Co., Ala., and American Bar Associations, American Judicature Society. Honors: University of Alabama, LL.D., 1949.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: Muscle Shoals: a Plan for Use. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1931.
HOBSON, FRED COLBY, JR., 1943-
Professor, editor. Born: April 23, 1943, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Parents: Fred Colby and Miriam (Tuttle) Hobson. Education: University of North Carolina, B.A., 1965; Duke University, M.A., 1967; Ph.D., 1972. Married: Linda Whitney on June 17, 1967. Children: One. Served as editor or editorial writer for Associated Press, Charlotte; Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, 1966-1970. Taught at Virginia Western College, 1971-1972; University of Alabama, 1972-. Shared the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism as editorial writer for Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, 1970; Alabama Library Association's Nonfiction Award, 1984. Member of the Modern Language Association, English Institute.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 53.
Author: Serpent in Eden: H. L. Mencken and the South. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1974.
Southern Mythmaking: the Savage and the Ideal. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1978.
Southern Writer in the Postmodern World. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1991,
Tell About the South: the Southern Rage to Explain. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1983.
Editor: South-watching: Selected Essays, by Gerald White Johnson. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1983.
Joint Editor: Literature at the Barricades: the American Writer in the 1930s. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
HOBSON, RICHMOND PEARSON, 1870-1937
Naval officer, congressman. Born: August 17, 1870, Greensboro. Parents: James Marcellus and Sarah Croom (Pearson) Hobson. Married: Grizelda Houston Hull, May 25, 1905. Children: Three. Education: Southern University, 1881-1885; graduate of U.S. Naval Academy, 1889; Washington and Jefferson College, M.S., 1889; further study at Ecole National Superieur des Mines; graduate of Ecole d'Application du Genie Maritime, Paris, 1903. Served in U.S. Navy, 1889-1903. During Spanish-American War, participated in expedition against San Juan, Puerto Rico, and with a crew of seven volunteers, sank the ship Merrimac in Santiago Harbor; was captured and spent June-July 1898 as a prisoner in a Spanish fortress. Presidential elector from Alabama, 1904; member, U.S. Congress from 6th Alabama District, 60th through 63rd Congresses, 1907-1915. First to introduce in Congress the prohibition amendment to the Constitution, organizer of the International Narcotics Education Association and the World Conference on Narcotics Education. For the sinking of the Merrimac, awarded Congressional Medal of Honor. Made rear admiral by act of Congress, 1934.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Alcohol and the Human Race for Truth. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1919.
Buck Jones at Annapolis. New York: D. Appleton, 1907.
In Line of Duty. New York: D. Appleton, 1910.
The Sinking of the "Merrimac." New York: Century Co., 1899.
HOBSON, RICHMOND PEARSON, JR., 1907-1966
Realtor, cattleman. Born: 1907? in Washington, D.C. Parents: Richmond Pearson and Grizelda Houston (Hull) Hobson. Married: Gloria McIntosh of Vancouver, British Columbia. Children: One. Employed as a realtor in New York; ranch hand in Wyoming; owner with partner of Frontier Cattle Company, 1936.
Source: New York Times, August 10, 1966.
Author: Grass Beyond the Mountains: .... Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1951.
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1961.
The Rancher Takes a Wife. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1961.
HOFF, NELSON PUYN, 1894-
Businessman, publisher. Born: June 19, 1894, in Buffalo, N.Y. Parents: Francis Leslie and Katherine (Hoff) Hoff. Education: Nicols Preparatory School, 1913. Married: Mary Katherine White on August 13, 1921. Children: One. Became vice president and sales manager, National Lime Cement and Byproducts Corporation; president and general manager, Blue Book Publishing Company, Birmingham. Served in U.S. Army, World War I.
Source: Alabama Blue Book and Social Register.
Editor: Alabama Blue Book and Social Register. Birmingham, Ala.: Blue Book Pub. Co., 1929.
HOFF, TIMOTHY, 1941-
Lawyer, teacher. Born: February 27, 1941, in Freeport, Ill. Parents: Howard V. Hoff. Education: Tulane University, A.B., 1963; J.D., 1966; Harvard University, LL.M. Served as an attorney with Florida law firm, 1966-1969. Taught at University of Alabama Law School, 1970. Member: American Bar Association, American Association of University Professors.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982.
Author: Alabama Limitations of Actions and Notice Provisions. Norcross, Ga.: The Harrison Company Publishers, 1984.
Chief Reporter:
Proposed Act With Commentary: Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Alabama Law Institute, University of Alabama Law Center, 1978.
HOLCOMBE, RANDALL GREGORY, 1950-
Professor. Born: June 4, 1950, in Bridgeport, Conn. Parents: L. M. and R. E. (Ledbetter) Holcombe. Education: University of Florida, B.S., 1972; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1976. Employed by Center for Naval Analysis, 1973-1975; taught at Texas A & M University, 1975-1977; Auburn University, 1977-. Earhart Foundation Fellow, 1979, 1980, and 1983. Worked on staff of Senator William Brock of Tennessee, 1974.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. III.
Author: An Economic Analysis of Democracy. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985.
The Economic Impact of an Interruption in United States Petroleum Imports, 1975-2000. Springfield, Va.: National Technical Information Service, 1974.
Public Finance and the Political Process. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983.
HOLLADAY, SYLVIA AGNES, 1936-
Teacher. Born: January 14, 1936, Lanett. Parents: Edward David and Florence (Hunnicutt) Holladay. Education: Stetson University, 1954-1956; Auburn University, B.S., 1958, M.A., 1961; further graduate study at University of West Florida, University of South Florida, and University of Mississippi. Teacher of English, Auburn University, 1960-1961; Land O'Lakes, Florida, High School; St. Petersburg (Florida) Junior College after 1962. Editor, newsletters of Southeastern Conference on English in the Two-Year College, 1968-1970; Florida College English Association, 1971-1974; National Junior College Committee, 1974. Member, Modern Language Association of America, National Council of Teachers of English, College English Association, and other organizations.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: Opinions in Rhetoric: Writing and Reading. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1981.
Contributor: Developing Style: an Extension of Personality. Boston: Holbrook, 1972.
HOLLEY, HOWARD LAMAR, 1914-
Professor of medicine. Born: July 14, 1914, Marion. Parents: Warren Alton and Lula (Fretwell) Holley. Married: Martha Holcomb, 1946. Children: Five. Education: University of South Carolina, B.S., 1935; Medical College of South Carolina, M.D., 1941. Medical intern, U.S. Marine Hospital, Norfolk, Va., 1941- 1942; with U.S. Public Health Service, 1942-1945; resident, University Hospital, Birmingham, 1945-1947; taught in the University of Alabama Department of Medicine after 1946; director, Tumor Clinic, 1953-1966; director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, 1955-1970; professor of medicine in rheumatology after 1970. Author of more than 300 journal articles, abstracts, and editorials, and of several chapters in books.
Source: Howard L. Holley, Birmingham.
Author: The History of Medicine in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1982.
A Continual Remembrance: Letters from Sir William Osler to His Friend Ned Milburn, 1865-1919. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1968.
Joint Author: Antibiotics and Antibiotic Therapy: a Clinical Manual. New York: Macmillan Co., 1954.
Potassium Metabolism in Health and Disease. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1955.
HOLLINGSWORTH, JAMES SELWYN, 1939-
Professor. Born: December, 1939, in Blooming Grove, Tex. Education: Texas A & M University, B.S., 1962; M.A., 1964; University of Florida, Ph.D., 1970. Served as visiting professor, University of Valle, in Columbia, 1966-1968; research associate for Latin American studies, University of Florida., 1968-1969; University of Alabama, 1969-. Received faculty research grant from University of Alabama for study in Columbia, 1970-1972; grant director for Alabama Developmentally Disabled Bureau, 1972-1973. Member of the American Sociological Association, Rural Sociological Society, Latin American Studies Association.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1976S.
Joint Author: Mental Restardation, Cerebral Palsy, and Epilepsy in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
HOLLIS, DANIEL WEBSTER, III, 1942-
University professor. Born: November 2, 1942, Talladega. Parents: Daniel W. and Eleanor Keith (Parker) Hollis. Married: Lynda Akin, September 4, 1966. Children: Two. Education: University of Georgia, B.A., 1964; Auburn University, M.A., 1968; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1972. Taught at Auburn University, 1965-1966; W.L. Yancey State Junior College, 1966-1967; Vanderbilt University, 1968-1970; worked for Birmingham Public Library, 1970-1971; taught at Jacksonville State University after 1971. Freshman honors student, University of Georgia. Member, Phi Alpha Theta, national history honorary. Contributor to several periodicals.
Source: Daniel Webster Hollis, III.
Author: An Alabama Newspaper Tradition: Grover C. Hall and the Hall Family. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1983.
A History of the First Baptist Church. Jacksonville, Ala.: The Church, 1986.
Joint Author: Civilizations: a Study and Review Program to 1715. St. Louis: River City Publishers, 1982.
Contributor: Biographical Dictionary of British Radicals in the Seventeenth Century. Sussex, England: Harvester Press, 1982- 1983.
Biographical Dictionary of Modern British Radicals. Sussex, England: Harvester Press, 1979.
HOLLOWAY, LUCY ARIEL WILLIAMS, 1905-
College professor. Born: March 3, 1905, Mobile. Parents: Dr. and Mrs. H. Roger Williams. Education: Emerson Institute, Mobile; graduate of Talladega College, 1922; Fisk University, B.Mus., 1926; further study, Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Director of music, North Carolina College for Negroes. Contributor to periodicals and anthologies.
Source: Countee Cullen's Caroling Dusk. Harper, 1927; James Weldon Johnson's Book of American Negro Poetry. Harcourt, 1931.
Author: Shape Them into Dreams: Poems. New York: Exposition Press, 1955.
HOLMES, JACK DAVID LAZARUS, 1930-
Professor, writer. Born: July 4, 1980, in Monmouth Country, N.J. Parents: John Daniel and Waltrude (Hendrickson) Lazarus. Education: Florida State University, B.A., 1952; University of Florida, M.A., 1953; National University of Mexico, 1954; University of Texas, Ph.D., 1959; University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1963-1964. Married: Anne Elizabeth Anthony, 1952. Children: Three. Married: Martha Autin Reid, 1966. Married: Gayle Carlson Pannell, 1967. Children: One. Married: Stephanie Pasnecker, 1971. Taught at Memphis State University, 1956-1958; McNeese State University, 1960-1961; University of Maryland, Oversea's Devision, Constantina, Spain, 1962; University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1963-. Served in U.S. Army, 1951; staff writer, Memphis Press Scimitar, 1957-1958; researcher, U.S. Parks Service, Seville, Spain, 1962. Consultant for U.S. Parks Service, Historic Pensacola Preservation Board, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Awarded grants by American Philosophical Society, Association for the Study of State and Local History, Fulbright.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 41.
Author: Documents Ineditos Par la Historia de la Louisiana. Madrid: J. Porr'ua Turanza, 1963.
Finding List: Selected Documents from Archivo General de Indias. S.l.: s.n., 1973.
Gaysos: the Life of a Spanish Governor in the Mississippi Valley. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1965.
A Guide to Spanish Louisiana. New Orleans: A. F. Laborde, 1970.
A History of the University of Alabama Hospitals. Birmingham, Ala.: University Hospital Auxiliary, University of Alabama, 1974.
Honor and Fidelity: the Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana Militia Companies. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1965.
Jos'e de Evia y sus Reconicimientos del Golfo de M'exico, 1783- 1796. Madrid: Ediones J. Porr'ua Turanzas, 1968.
New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix Them. New Orleans: Hope Publications, 1973.
Selected and Annotated Bibliography of the Planned Suburban Shopping Center. Austin, Tex.: Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, 1957.
The Wax Tree: Louisiana's Forgotton Product. Jefferson, La.: Hope Publications, 1968?
The 1779 "Marcha de G'alvez": Louisiana's Giant Step Forward in the American Revolution. Baton Rouge, La.?: Baton Rouge Becentennial Corporation, 1974?
Joint Author: New Orleans, Facts and Legends. New Orleans, La.: Hope Publications, 198-
Editor: Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 and 1797. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University, 1969.
HOLT, THAD, 1898-
Administrator. Born: September 23, 1898, Sumterville. Parents: LeRoy and Elizabeth Cunningham (Burwell) Holt. Married: Sarah Ames Oliver, February 4, 1928. Children: Two. Education: Colorado College, A.B., 1920. Worked in advertising, 1920; associated with Famous Features Syndicate, New York, 1921; advertising and sales manager, Wofford Oil Company, 1921-1927; director, Alabama Industrial Development Board, 1927-1931; with Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C., during 1931, and successively administrator of Alabama Relief Administration, Federal Relief Administration, Civil Works Administration, Works Projects Administration, and National Youth Administration in Montgomery, 1933-1936; assistant administrator of Works Projects Administration, 1936-1937; with Swann Chemical Company, 1937; president of the television corporation operating WAPI, WAFM, and WAFM-TV, 1937-1953. Also chairman of Metaplate and Coating, Inc., consultant to several companies and television systems, and director of various corporations.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives; Who's Who in America, 1974.
Author: Like It Was: Short Vignettes of Alabama History. S.l.: s.n., 1980.
Old Gainesville, 1832-1875: You Are There, July 4th, 1876. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1955.
Editor: Miss Waring's Journal, 1863-1865. Chicago: Wyvern Press of S.F.E., 1964.
HOLTZCLAW, WILLIAM HENRY, 1870-1943
Educator. Born: June, 1870, near Roanoke, to parents who were former slaves. Married: Mary Ella Patterson. Education: Study at Tuskegee Institute, 1890-1898, while employed as farm worker, office boy, and buggy driver for Booker T. Washington. Publisher of a newspaper for Afro-Americans in Alabama; founder, with another Tuskegee graduate, of a school at Snow Hill, Ala.; founder, in 1903, of the school that became Utica Normal and Industrial Institute, Utica, Miss.; director of that school for forty years, until his death.
Source: Growing up Black, edited by David Jay; Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967.
Author: Black Man's Burden. New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1915.
A Negro's Life Story. Utica, Miss.: Utica Institute Electric Printing, 1908.
HONOUR, FRANCES MARCHMAN, 1911-
Librarian. Born: October 9, 1911, in The Rock, Ga. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1951-1954; Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, B.A., 1955; University of Southern California, M.S.L.S., 1959; Auburn University, M.A., 1962. Reference, gifts and exchange librarian, Auburn University, 1955-. Received an award for excellence in history writing, Journal of Library History.
Source: Biographical Directory of Libraries in the United States and Canada, 1970.
Author: The Political and Intellectual Climate of Britain in 1776: .... Auburn, Ala.: s.n., 1976.
Publications in the Beasley Collection: a Tentative Bibliography. Auburn, Ala.: Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Auburn University, 1980.
The State of the Industrial Revolution in 1776. New York: Vantage Press, 1977.
HOOLE, WILLIAM STANLEY, 1903-
Librarian. Born: May 16, 1903, Darlington, S.C. Parents: William Brunson and Mary Eva (Powers) Hoole. Married: Martha Anne Sanders, August 2, 1931. Children: Two. Married: Addie Shirley Coleman, May 30, 1970. Education: Wofford College, A.B., 1924, A.M., 1931; Duke University, Ph.D., 1934; North Texas State University, B.S. in L.S., 1943; further study at Columbia University, University of South Carolina and University of Chicago. Teacher, Spartanburg, S.C., High School, 1924-1925; Darlington High School, 1927-1931; teaching fellow, Duke University, 1931-1934; teacher, Birmingham Southern College, 1934-1935; librarian, Birmingham Southern College, 1935-1937; librarian, Baylor University, 1937-1939; director of libraries, North Texas State University, 1939-1944; at University of Alabama, dean of libraries, 1944-1971; professor of librarianship, 1971-1973; dean emeritus of university libraries and professor emeritus of library service after 1973. Library consultant, research consultant to U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Special Education, consultant to U.S. Office of Education, and president, National Committee on Libraries. Honors: Author's Award, Alabama Library Association, 1958; Wofford College, Litt.D., 1954; University of Alabama, LL.D., 1975.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: According to Hoole: the Collected Essays and Tales of a Scholar-Librarian and Literary Maverick. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1973.
Address Delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the Unveiling of the Darlington County Confederate Monument, Darlington, South Carolina, May 10, 1980. S.l.: s.n., 1980.
Alabama Bibliography: a Short-title Catalogue of the Publications of Peter Alexander Brannon, Former Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1984.
Alabama Tories: the First Alabama Cavalry, U.S.A., 1862-1865. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1960
Alabama's Boy Generals of the Confederacy. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1984.
Alabama's Golden Literary Era: a Survey and Selected Bibliography. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1983.
Alias Simon Suggs: the Life and Times of Johnson Jones Hooper. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1952.
And Still We Conquer: the Diary of a Nazi Unteroffizier in the German Africa Corps Who Was Captured by the United States Army, May 9, 1943, and Imprisoned at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1968.
The Ante-bellum Charleston Theatre. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1946.
The Birmingham Horrors. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1980.
A Check-list and Finding-list of Charleston Periodicals, 1732- 1684. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1936.
Cherokee Indians in Georgia. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1980.
The Classified List of Reference Books and Periodicals for College Libraries. 3rd ed. Atlanta: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1955.
Confederate Foreign Agent: the European Diary. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1976.
The Diplomacy of the Confederate Cabinet of Richmond and Its Agents Abroad: Being Memorandum Notes Taken in Paris during the Rebellion of the Southern States from 1861 to 1865. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1963.
Early History of Northwest Alabama and Incidentally of Northwest Georgia. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1979.
Foreign Newspapers in Southeastern Libraries. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1963.
Four Years in the Confederate Navy: the Career of Captain John Low on the C.S.S. Fingal, Florida, Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Ajax. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia, 1964.
It's Raining Violets: the Life and Poetry of Robert Loveman. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals Press, 1981.
The James Boys Rode South: a Thrilling and Authentic New Episode in the Fabulous Lives of the Most Daring Desperadoes of Modern Times, Frank and Jesse James and their Comrades in Crime. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: s.n., 1955.
John Witherspoon DuBose: a Neglected Southern Historian. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1983.
Let the People Read! Spartanburg, S.C.: Band & White, Printers, 1946.
A Library for Lauderdale: Recommendations for the Establishment of a City-County Public Library for Meridian City and Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Meridian, Miss.: s.n., 1948?
Louise Clarke Pyrnelle: a Biography with Selections from Her Writings. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1982.
Margaret Ellen O'Brien (1879-1898): a Neglected Alabama Author- Journalist. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1981.
Martha Young: Alabama's Foremost Folklorist. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1982.
Ode to a Druid Oak: a Tale of Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals Press, 1979.
Peedee Epiphany. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portals Press, 1981.
The Saga of Rube Burrow, King of American Train Robbers, and His Band of Outlaws. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1981.
Sam Slick in Texas. San Antonio, Tex.: The Naylor Co., 1945.
Vizetelly Covers the Confederacy. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1957.
Joint Author: The Battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 14-15, 1864. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1983.
Confederate Norfolk: the Letters of a Virginia Lady to the Mobile Register, 1861-1862. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1984.
The Yankee Invasion of West Alabama, March-April, 1865. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1985.
Editor: The Early History of Montgomery and Incidentally of the State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1979.
Florida Territory in 1844, the Diary of Master Edward C. Anderson, United States Navy. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1977.
Historical Sketches of Barton's (later Stovall's) Georgia Brigade: Army of Tennessee, C.S.A. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1984.
A History of Athens and, Incidentally, of Limestone County, Alabama, 1820-1876. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1978.
A History of Madison County and, Incidentally, of North Alabama, 1732-1840. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1976.
History of Shockley's Alabama Escort Company. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1983.
History of the Fourteenth Regiment, Alabama Volunteers. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1982.
History of the Seventh Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Including Capt. Charles P. Storr's Troop of University of Alabama Cadet Volunteers. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1984.
A History of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1816-1949. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1977.
The Log of the C.S.S. Alabama and C.S.S. Tuscaloosa, 1862-1863. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1972.
Pee Dee Light Artillery of Maxcy Gregg's (later Samuel McGowan's Brigade, First South Carolina Volunteers (Infantry) C.S.A.: a Historical Sketch and Roster. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1983.
A Rebel Spy in Yankeeland: the Thrilling Adventures of Major W.P Gorman Who Was the Emissary of the Confederacy to the Copperheads of the North, 1861-1865. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1981.
Reconstruction in West Alabama: the Memoirs of John J. Hunnicutt. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1959.
Editor and Translator:
A Visit to the Confederate States of America in 1863: Memoir Addressed to His Majesty Napoleon III. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1962.
HORN, ALFIE CASEY, 1912-
Accountant. Born: February 12, 1912, Louisville. Parents: Alto and Sarah Augusta (Helms) Horn. Married: Irene Myrtle Toergerson, July 16, 1949. Children: One. Education: Berry College, 1934-1935; University of Alabama, B.S., 1939. Farm worker, 1939-1940; employee of Alabama State Employment Service, 1940; accountant for army post exchanges in Alexandria, La., 1941-1942; Army Air Corps Weather Service, 1942-1945, serving in Alabama, Illinois, Hawaii, and Guam; field agent and estate tax examiner, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, 1946-1965. After 1969, employed in public accounting and tax service.
Source: A.C. Horn, Dothan.
Author: Contract Bridge. Dothan, Ala.: A. C. Horn, 1977.
HORNADY, JOHN RANDOLPH, JR., 1872-1948
Journalist. Born: May 15, 1872, in Ringgold, Ga. Parents: John Randolph and Janie Lawton (Mulkey) Hornady. Married: Maude Morella Simmons, November 28, 1896. Children: Three. Education: Educated by his mother until her death when he was ten years old. Worked for the Birmingham News, 1895-1921, as reporter, city editor, managing editor, and associate editor (1908-1915); served as city commissioner, Birmingham 1915-1921; worked one year for the Cincinnati Enquirer; served as editor, Rome, Ga., News Tribune after 1930; chairman, Coosa-Alabama River Improvement Association. Author of a series of twelve articles on short ballot principles and commission government. Published articles in McClure's, Metropolitan, and Leslie's.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography; Who's Who in America, 1948-1949.
Author: Atlanta, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. S.l.: American Cities Book Co., 1922.
The Book of Birmingham. New York: Dodd, 1921.
Soldiers of Progress and Industry. New York: Dodd, 1930.
HORNE, HOWARD (Pseudonym)
See: Payne, Pierra Stephen Robert
HOUGHTON, MITCHELL BENNETT, 1844-?
Soldier, businessman. Born: September 14, 1844, Heard County, Ga. Parents: William Henry and Eliza Ann (Bennett) Houghton. Education: Dover Academy, Columbus, Ga. Served as private, Glenville Guards of Barbour County, which became Company H, Fifteenth Alabama Regiment of the Confederate State Army; fought in the battles of Second Manassas, Gettysburg, Chicamauga, Shenandoah Valley, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, and others; wounded several times. After the war, engaged in mercantile trade in Union Springs and was one of the organizers of the Bullock County Bank and the Senate Bank of Montgomery; served as officer of both banks, then engaged in planting and real estate interests; organized the Commercial and Industrial Association of Montgomery; President, Board of Revenue of Montgomery, four years; Chairman, Democratic Executive Committee of Bullock County.
Source: Dictionary of Alabama Biography, p. 847.
Author: From the Beginning Until Now: Essays. Montgomery, Ala.: Author, 1914?
With William Robert Houghton: Two Boys in the Civil War and After. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1912.
HOUGHTON, WILLIAM ROBERT, 1842-1906
Soldier, attorney. Born: May 22, 1842, in Heard County, Ga. Parents: William Henry and Eliza Ann (Bennett) Houghton. Married: Anna M. Streatly, December 21, 1875. Children: One. Education: From age fifteen, alternately taught school and attended an academy until 1860. Served in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865. Studied law, 1865-1866; admitted to the bar in Dale County, 1866; practiced law at Hayneville, 1866-1887, then moved to Birmingham.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
With Mitchell Bennett Houghton: Two Boys in the Civil War and After. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1912.
Editor: Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determine in the Supreme Court of Alabama, [1820-1838]. Atlanta: Constitution Job Office, 1891.
HOUSTON, ROBERT, 1940-
Linguist, writer, teacher. Born: 1940, Bessemer. Education: Birmingham-Southern; University of Iowa Writers Workshop, M.A., Ph.D. Served in the U.S. Air Force as a Russian linguist; taught at Breadloaf School of English and Breadloaf Writers Conferences, George Mason University, University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico; Universidad Catalica in Lima, Peru, and at the University of Arizona. Published non-fiction articles in the New York Times, Mother Jones and Southern Exposure. Fulbright Lecturer in Peru.
Source: Contemporary Literature in Birmingham.
Author: Ararat. New York: Avon, 1982.
Bisbee '17. New York: Pantheon Books, 1979.
Blood Tango. New York: Avon, 1984.
Cholo. New York: Avon, 1981.
A Drive With Ossie. Syracuse, N.Y.: Salt Mound Press, 1970.
The Fourth Codex. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
The Line. New York: Ballantine, 1986.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. New York: Ballantine, 1986.
The Nation Thief. New York: Pantheon Books, 1984.
The 16th of September Game. New York: Ballantine, 1985.
Joint Editor: Leon Felipe: the Last Troubadour. Tucson, Ariz.: Bluemon Press, 1979.
HOWARD, Antonio
Born: Huntsville. Parents:
Source:
Author: The Seed: Message One. : Fagan Creek Publishing, .
HOWARD, ELIZABETH SIMMONS, 1926-
Teacher. Born: September 12, 1926, Gadsden. Parents: John Moses and Ethel (Gilchrist) Simmons. Married: Max James Howard, March 19, 1948. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1948. Employed by the Research Dept. at the University of Alabama, 1948-1950; teacher, Fort Payne public schools, 1949-1962; trustee and editor of Landmarks of Dekalb County, associate editor, Landmarks News, 1972-. Received merit and distinguished service awards of the Alabama Historical Commission.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1980.
Author: The Vagabond Dreamer. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1976.
Editor: The Dekalb Legend. Fort Payne, Ala.: Landmarks of Dekalb County, 1972.
Landmarks: a Pictorial History of Dekalb County, Alabama. Fort Payne, Ala.: Landmarks of Dekalb County, 1971.
HOWARD, GENE L., 1940-
Businessman. Born: September 29, 1940, Rome, Ga. Parents: Gilbert and Mable (Burkhalter) Howard. Married: Sue Crow, October 1961. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1977; graduate school of the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1965-.
Source: Gene L. Howard, Wellington, Ala.
Author: Death at Cross Plains. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1984.
HOWARD, MILFORD W., 1862-1937
Attorney, congressman. Born: December 12, 1862, Rome, Ga. Admitted to the bar, 1881, and practiced law in Fort Payne; prosecuting attorney, Dekalb County, four years; city attorney, Fort Payne, two terms; chairman, Dekalb County Democratic Executive Committee; elected as a populist to the U.S. Congress from Alabama's 7th District and served 1895-1897.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: The American Plutocracy. New York: Holland Pub. Co., 1895.
The Bishop of the Ozarks. Los Angeles: Times Mirror Press, 1920.
Fascism, a Challenge to Democracy. New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1928.
If Christ Came to Congress. New York: Howard Pub. Co., 1896.
Peggyware. Los Angeles: J. F. Rowny Press, 1921.
HOWARD, MILO BARRETT, JR., 1933-
Historian, archivist, teacher. Born: October 21, 1933, Montgomery. Parents: Milo Barrett and Mary Joseph (Key) Howard. Education: Auburn University, A.B., 1955, M.A. 1960. Served in the U.S. Army 1955-1957; employed by the Alabama State Department of Archives and History 1958-, and was appointed director, 1967-; taught at the University of Alabama, 1964-1968 and at Auburn University, 1968. Board of directors, Governor's Mansion Advisory Board, Alabama Women's Hall of Fame, Alabama Military Hall of Fame, and others; historiographer of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, 1969-1975. Honors: honorary D.H.L., Livingston University, 1978; Alabama Academy of Honor, 1975;
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982; Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Joint Compiler: The Minutes, Journals and Acts of the General Assembly of British West Florida. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
Joint Translator: Memoire Justificatif of the Chevalier Montant de Monberaut. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1965.
HOWELL, ARTHUR HOLMES, 1872-1940
Biologist. Born: May 3, 1872, Lake Grove, N.Y. Parents: Elbert Richard and Anne Judson (Holmes) Howell. Married: Grace Bowen Johnson, June 20, 1900. Children: Three. Education: Public schools in Brooklyn, New York. Biologist, U.S. Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture, 1895-1939; in charge of explorations in Texas and New Mexico, 1903; Texas & Louisiana, 1905-1907; Georgia & Tennessee, 1908; Alabama, 1910-1916; Florida, 1918-1939; Georgia, 1927-1933; North Carolina, 1928- 1930. Fellow of the American Ornithological Union.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Biological Survey of Alabama. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1921.
Birds of Alabama. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924.
Birds of Arkansas. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911.
Birds That Eat the Cotton Boll Weevil. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1906.
Destruction of the Cotton Boll Weevil by Birds in Winter. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908.
Florida Bird Life. New York: Coward-McCann, 1932.
The Relation of Birds to the Cotton Boll Weevil. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907.
HOWELL, JOSEPH BENTON, 1949-
Psychologist. Born: September 7, 1949, Birmingham. Parents: Joseph Benton and Louise (Butterworth) Howell. Married: Lark Dill, August 16, 1975. Children: One. Education: Samford University, B.A., 1971; Yale University, M.A., 1974; University of Virginia, Ph.D., 1979. Psychologist and associate director of Anniston Family Practice Residency Program, 1979-.
Source: Joseph B. Howell, Anniston.
Joint Author: Physician Stress: a Handbook for Coping. Baltimore: University Park Press, 1984.
HUBBARD, PRESTON JOHN, 1918-
Historian, teacher. Born: October 5, 1918, Winfield. Parents: James A. and Rachel (Smith) Hubbard. Married: Ruth Ann Perry, August 31, 1947. Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1948, Ph.D., 1955; Peabody College, M.A., 1949. Served in the U.S. Army, 1941-1946, captured on Bataan by the Japanese and was a prisoner of war for three and one half years. Teacher, Tennessee high schools, 1949-1951, Austin Peay State University, 1955; chairman of the history department, 1979-. Member: Tennessee, Southern, and American Historical Associations, and the Organization of American Historians.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1982; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5R.
Author: Origins of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1961.
HUDDLESTON, GEORGE, 1869-1960
Attorney, congressman. Born: November 11, 1869, Wilson County, Tenn. Parents: Joseph Franklin and Nancy (Sherrill) Huddleston. Married: Bertha Baxley, November 29, 1917. Children: Five. Education: Cumberland University, L.L.B., 1891. Practiced law in Birmingham, 1891-1913; served as private in Co. K, 1st Alabama Regiment during the Spanish American War; alderman in Birmingham, 1910-1912?; U.S. Congressman, 1915-1937, and supported the home building bill that was the predecessor of the Federal Home Loan Act; sponsored a public works bill embodying the principles of the Public Works Act of 1933, sponsored a bill for the relief of destitute citizens. Member: Democratic Party; Odd Fellows; Methodist Church; first commander of the Alabama Veterans of the Spanish American War, 1899-1900. Authored poems appearing in several newspapers and periodicals.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography, National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 50,; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: Huddleston Family Tables. Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1933.
Random Verses. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1952.
Joint Author: Index to the Official Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1901, State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Legal Research and Service, School of Law, University of Alabama, University of Alabama Press, 1948.
HUDSON, ADAMS FRAZER, 1958-
Businessman. Born: June 7, 1958, Montgomery. Parents: Richard F. and Katherine (Frazer) Hudson. Married: Marcia Melton, May 11, 1985. Education: University of Alabama, B.F.A., 1983; graduate study at Santa Reparata Art School in Florence, Italy, 1983. Owner, Pegasus Motor Co., 1984-1987, Jack Ingram Motors 1987-; editor, Performance Market Monthly Newsletter, contributor to Sports Illustrated.
Source: Adams Hudson, Montgomery.
Author: How to Buy or Sell a Car by Long Distance. Osceola, Wis.: Motorbooks International, 1987.
HUEY, MATTIE MARIE McADORY, 1879-1938
Parents: Chambers and Maria Melton (Jordan) McAdory. Married: Eugene LeRoy Huey. Children: One. Bessemer Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Charter member and president for two terms; Alabama Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, member and president two terms; first woman member, Bessemer Board of Education; member, Bessemer Carnegie Library Board; member, Domestic Relations Board of Jefferson County.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. 5.
Author and Compiler:
History of the Alabama Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Opelika, Ala.: Post Pub. Co., 1937.
HUEY, THOMAS EDWARD, 1883-
Civil engineer. Born: April 21, 1883, Birmingham. Parents: John Marvin and Annie Elizabeth (McWilliams) Huey. Married: Julia Jones, June 20, 1906. Children: One. Education: Howard College, B.S., 1904. Employed as civil engineer for eight years: city engineer, East Lake, 1907-1908; assistant city engineer, Birmingham, 1909-1910; resident engineer, Seaboard Air Line Railroad, two years; fire insurance business thereafter. Elected to the legislator from Jefferson County, 1918.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Ruhama, the Story of a Church, 1819-1940. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1946.
HUGHES, EDEN, (Pseudonym)
See: Butterworth, William Edmund, III
HUIE, WILLIAM BRADFORD, 1910-1986
Journalist, writer. Born: November 13, 1910, Hartselle. Parents: John Bradford and Margaret Lois (Brindley) Huie. Married: Ruth Puckett, October 27, 1934. Married: Martha Hunt Robertson, July 16, 1977. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1930. Employed by the Birmingham Post, 1932-1936; served in the U.S. Navy, 1943-1945; worked for American Mercury as associate editor, 1941-1943, editor and publisher, 1945-1951; was lecturer and freelance writer, 1951-1986.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1978; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R.
Author: The Americanization of Emily. New York: Dutton, 1959.
The Case Against the Admirals. New York: Dutton, 1946.
Can Do! the Story of the Seabees. New York: Dutton, 1944.
Did the F.B.I. Kill Martin Luther King? Nashville: T. Nelson, 1977.
The Execution of Private Slovik. New York: Delacorte, 1954.
The Fight for Air Power. New York: L. B. Fischer, 1942.
From Omaha to Okinawa. New York: Dutton, 1945.
He Slew the Dreamer. New York: Delacorte Press, 1969.
The Hero of Iwo Jima. New York: New American Library, 1960.
The Hiroshima Pilot. New York: Putnam, 1964.
Hotel Mamie Stover. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1963.
In the Hours of Night. New York: Delacorte, 1975.
It's Me O Lord! Nashville: T. Nelson, 1979.
The Klansman. New York: Delacorte, 1967.
Mud on the Stars. New York: L. B. Fischer, 1942.
A New Life to Live. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1977.
The Revolt of Mamie Stover. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1951.
Ruby McCollum, Woman in the Suwannee Jail. New York: Dutton, 1956.
Three Lives for Mississippi. New York: WCC Books, 1965.
Wolf Whistle. New York: New American Library, 1959.
HUMPHRIES, JOHN JEFFERSON, 1955-
Linguist, poet, teacher. Born: August 24, 1955, Tuscaloosa. Parents: William Washington and Sara Aduston (Meriwether) Humphries. Married: Ann Wahl Reiger, August 4, 1984. Education: Duke University, A.B., 1977, M.A., 1978; Yale University, M.Phil., 1980, Ph.D., 1981; received fellowship from Yale University, 1977-1981. Taught French at Yale, 1982, French and Italian at Louisiana State Univ., 1982-. Member: Modern Language Association; South Atlantic Modern Language Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Contributed to Southern Review, Book Forum, Oxford Literary Review, and others. Honors: Academy of American Poets Prize from Duke University, 1977.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 114.
Author: Losing the Text: Readings in Literary Desire. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1986.
Metamorphosis of the Raven. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
The Otherwise Within: Gnostic Readings in Marcel Proust, Flannery O'Connor and Francois Villon. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1983.
The Puritain and the Cynic: Moralists and Theorists in French and American Letters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.
The Red and the Black: Mimetic Desire and the Myth of Celebrity. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.
Southern Literature and Literary Theory. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1990.
Contributor: France and the South Since Poe. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
Editor: Conversations with Reynolds Price. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.
HUNNICUTT, JOHN L., 1850-1932
Born: September 24, 1850, Pickens County. Parents: Ransom Flournoy and Sarah Elizabeth (Hargrove) Hunnicutt. Married: Alice A. Strong, 1882. Children: Five. Education: Southern University, 1870. Served in the Confederate Army. Organized the Ku Klux Klan in Pickens and Hale counties. Employed by International Harvester and other companies in Northport and Tuscaloosa.
Source: Reconstruction in West Alabama.
Author: Reconstruction in West Alabama: the Memoirs of John L. Hunnicutt. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1959.
HUNT, ALMA FAY, 1909-
Teacher. Born: October 5, 1909, Roanoke, Va. Parents: William Otis and Myrtle (Wertz) Hunt. Education: Virginia State Teachers College, B.S., 1941; Columbia University, A.M., 1947. Taught in county schools of Roanoke, Va., 1929-1931, principal, 1931-1932; city schools of Roanoke, principal, 1932-1944; William Jewell College, dean of women, 1944-1948; Woman's Missionary Union, Southern Baptist Convention, Birmingham, 1948-. Member: Baptist World Alliance; Southern Baptist Foundation; Kappa Delta Pi. Honors: William Jewell College, Honorary D.H.L., 1958.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Woman's Missionary Union: History of the Woman's Missionary Union. Birmingham, Ala.: Woman's Missionary Union Auxiliary to Southern Baptist Convention, 1964?
HUNT, MARY FASSETT, 1919-
Teacher, writer. Born: September 7, 1919, Denver, Colo. Parents: Clarence A. and Alice H. (Gillman) Fassett. Married: Douglas Hunt; Earl G. Jensen. Education: University of Chicago, Ph.D.; Birmingham Southern College, M.A.; Stanford University, M.A. Taught English and Journalism at Alabama College, 1952-1953 and at Stanford 1954-1955. Resided in Europe, 1955-1957. Published stories in Yale Review, Story, McCall's, and Today's Woman.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1958.
Author: Family Affair. New York: Harper, 1948.
Joanna Lord. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs, Merrill, 1954.
HURTEL, CAROLINE GAILLARD, 1875-
Music teacher. Born: September 25, 1875, Mobile, Ala. Parents: Alphonse and Sarah (Gaillard) Hurtel. Education: Barton Academy High School; Faelton School of Music, Boston. Taught piano in Mobile. Member of the Alabama Historical Association.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: The River Plantation of Thomas and Marianne Gaillard, 1832-1850. Mobile, Ala.: Rankin Press, 1959.