Veterinarian, teacher. Born: August 9, 1909, in South Richmond, Va. Parents: William Henry, III, and Sarah Ann (Quarles) Waddell. Married: Lottie Younge, August 18, 1939. Children: One. Education: Lincoln University, B.S., 1931; University of Pennsylvania, D.V.M., 1935. Military service, 1942-1945. Taught and practiced at Tuskegee, Ala., 1935-1942, 1945-1950. Director of Tuskegee Institute Veterinary Clinic; co-founder of Tuskegee Institute School of Veterinary Medicine. Practiced in West Virginia, 1950-1963; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, North Dakota and Public Health Services on N.D. Indian Reservations, 1963-1973; lecturer at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 1973-. First black commissioned member in the Officer Reserve Veterinary Corps; first black member of American Veterinary Medicine Association: first black person to practice veterinary medicine in West Virginia. Honored by governors of West Virginia and North Dakota and by U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare.
Source: William Henry Waddell, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Author: The Black Man in Veterinary Medicine. Fargo, N.D.: s.n., 1969.
People Are the Funniest Animals. Philadelphia: Dorrance. 1978.
Universal Veterinarianism. Manitoba: Manitoba Pub., 1973.
WALDEN, JOHN CLAYTON, 1928-
Teacher. Born: September 15, 1928, in Clinton, Ill. Parents: Carter Bransletter and Trella Bernice (Bell) Walden. Married: Shirley Gail Butterfield, February 1, 1952. Children: Two. Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1952; California State University, Los Angeles, M.A., 1957; Claremont Graduate School, Ph.D., 1966. U.S. Navy, 1946-1948. Taught at Redland Public Schools, 1952-1953; Monrovia Public Schools, 1953- 1966; principal, 1956-1966. Taught at Auburn University, 1966-; head Department of Educational Administration, 1970-. Awarded Outstanding Young Man by Monrovia Jaycees, 1963. Member of National and Alabama Education Associations; Phi Delta Kappa. Section editor of Educational Administration Abstracts, 1969- 1973.
Source: Leaders in Education; Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Joint Author: Decision Making and Schools for the 70s. Washington, D.C.: National Education Association, 1970.
The Elementary School Principalship, Leadership for the 80s. New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1983.
Students' Rights and Discipline. Arlington, Va.: National Association of Elementary School Principals, 1975.
WALDRON, ANN WOOD, 1924-
Journalist. Born: December 14, 1924, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Earl Watson and Elizabeth (Roberts) Wood. Married: Martin O. Waldron, October 18, 1947. Children: Four. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1945; Princeton University, graduate study. Reporter, Atlanta Constitution, 1945-1947; feature writer/reporter, Tampa Tribune, 1957-1960; weekly columnist and correspondent, St. Petersburg Times, 1960- 1965; book editor, Houston Chronicle, 1970-1975. Public relations representative, Princeton University, 1975-. Published book reviews and articles in Publishers Weekly, Nation and Science Digest. Awarded Notable Book Citation from American Library Association; Best Book Citation from Child Study Association; Notable Book for Social Studies Citation from Children's Book Council.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 7NR.
Author: The Blueberry Collection. New York: Dutton, 1981.
Claude Monet. New York: Abrams, 1991.
Close Connections, Caroline Gordon and the Southern Renaissance. New York: Putnam, 1987.
The French Detection. New York: Dutton, 1979.
The House on Pendleton Block. New York: Hastings House, 1975.
The Integration of Mary Larking Thornhill. New York: Dutton, 1975.
The Luckie Star. New York: Dutton, 1977.
Scaredy Cat. New York: Dutton, 1978.
True or False?: Amazing Art Forgeries. New York: Hastings House, 1983.
Joint Author: Your Florida Government. Tallahassee: University of Florida Presses, 1965.
WALDROP, RUTH WIGGINS, 1911-
Librarian. Born: March 30, 1911, in May, Tex. Parents: James Ernest and Della (Campbell) Wiggins. Married: James Curtis Waldrop. Education: Livingston State University, B.S., 1939; University of Alabama, M.Ed., Ed.S; University of Denver; State University of New York, Albany. Librarian at Hewitt-Trussville High School, Shades Valley High School and Howard College. Taught Library Science at University of Alabama, 1961-1968. Instructional materials consultant, Jefferson County Board of Education, 1960-1968; school library consultant, Alabama State Dept. of Education, 1968-1969. Associate professor and head, Dept. of School Librarianship, Graduate School of Library Service, University of Alabama, 1969-1978. Executive Secretary, Alabama Library Association, 1978.
Source: Who's Who in Library Science; Biographical Director of Librarians in the United States and Canada; Who's Who in Library and Information Services.
Author: Abigail Adams. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Rush, Inc., 1988.
Alabama Authors: Books in Print. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1980.
Alabamiana for Grades K-12: An Annotated Bibliography. University, Ala.: s.n., 1978.
Bibliography of Southeastern Regional Literature for Elementary, Junior High and Senior High School Students. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Bunny Rabbits in Mother Goose Land. Birmingham, Ala.: R. W. Waldrop, 1987.
How to Select a Children's Book. Minneapolis: T.S. Denison, 1973.
Martha Washington. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: s.n., 1987.
Santa Claus, a Brief Bibliography. S.l.: s.n., 1981.
Santa Grows Up in Mother Goose Land. Birmingham, Ala.: R. Waldrop, 1986.
Simple Steps to Successful Legislation. S.l.: s.n., 1976.
WALKER, ALYCE BILLINGS, 1907-
Journalist, teacher. Born: 1907 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Edward and Jessie (Culbert) Billings. Married: Erskine Ramsey Walker in 1934. Education: Judson College, A.B., 1928. Taught in public schools of Birmingham 1929. Society editor, Birmingham Post, 1930-1943; feature writer, Birmingham News, 1944-1947; director women's dept., 1947-1960; associate editor, 1960-. Taught at Samford University, 1964-. Director, Crippled Children and Adults Society. Member: Birmingham Art Association, Governor's Advisory Committee for the White House Conference on Aging, Birmingham Civic Orchestra's Board of Directors. Named U.S. Steel Journalist of the Year.
Source: Who's Who in American Women.
Author: Hot Sands of Hate. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Chapter of the American Christian Palestine Committee, 1954.
It's Nice to Live in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham News, 1963.
Editor: Alabama: a Guide to the Deep South. New York: Hastings House, 1975.
WALKER, ANNE KENDRICK, 1880-1966
Journalist. Born: November 19, 1880, in Eufaula, Ala. Parents: John Absolam and Eliza Jane (Kendrick) Walker. Education: Private tutors; Miss Crozier's School for Young Ladies, Knoxville, Tenn. Feature writer, Birmingham Age-Herald. Later lived in New York City. Organizer of Humane Society, Birmingham. Member Nineteenth Century Art and Writers Club. Contributed articles on sociological subjects to American and foreign magazines.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: Backtracking in Barbour County.... Richmond, Va: Dietz Press, 1941.
Braxton Bragg Comer: His Family Tree From Virginia's Colonial Days. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1947.
Life and Achievements of Alfred Montgomery Shook. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Pub. 1952.
Russell County in Retrospect.... Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1950.
The Story of the Alabama Baptist Children's Home. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon, 1945.
Tuskegee and the Black Belt: a Portrait of a Race. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1944.
WALKER, ARTHUR LONZO, JR., 1926-
Teacher. Born: April 10, 1926, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Arthur Lonzo and Agnes (Bynum) Walker. Married: Gladys Evelyn Walker, August 4, 1949. Children: Two. Education: Samford University, B.A., 1949; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1952; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.D., 1956; Indiana University, 1963; University of Alabama, 1964-1965. Served in U.S. Army, 1944-1946. Taught religion at Samford University, 1956-1958; Dean of Students, 1965-1968; Vice president for Student Affairs, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1976-1978; Executive Treasurer, Southern Baptist Convention's Education Commission, Nashville, 1978-; editor, Southern Baptist Educator.
Source: Leaders in Education; Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Author: By Their Fruits: a History of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan, 1957-82. Southfield, Mich.: Baptist State Convention of Michigan, 1982.
Directory of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools. Nashville: Education Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1982.
Joint Author: Historical Studies of Alabama Baptist Churches and Associations: a Check List. Birmingham, Ala.: Howard College Library, 1958.
Editor: Education for Christian Missions: Supporting Christian Missions through Education. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1981.
Forward in Faith: from Compton Hill Mission to Hunter Street Baptist Church, 1894-1971. Birmingham, Ala.: Hunter Street Baptist Church, 1982.
Joint Editor: A Directory of Baptist Seminaries and Colleges Related to Member Conventions and Unions of the Baptist World Alliance. S.l.: s.n., 1983?
WALKER, MARGARET
See: Alexander, Margaret Abigail Walker.
WALKER, ROBERT HENRY, JR., 1916-1985
Reporter. Born: February 11, 1916, in Athens, Ala. Parents: Robert Henry and Memory Pryor (McClellan) Walker. Education: Athens Public School; Birmingham Southern College. Wrote for several Athens area newspapers. Received a historical award from governor 1978.
Source: Sara H. Walker, Athens, Ala..
Author: History of Limestone County, Alabama. Athens, Ala.: Limeston County Commission and R. H. Walker, Jr., 1973.
Legendary Limestone. S.l.: s.n., 1966.
WALKER, STELLA HARRIS, 1897-
Teacher. Born: June 24, 1897, in Pollard, Escambia County, Ala. Parents: Marion Nathaniel and Laura (Lindsey) Harris. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S. Married: Drury Leroy Walker. Taught school in several South Alabama cities and Marvel, Bibb County; taught at Jay, Fla., and Holmes Bible College. Served as president, Woman's Auxiliary for the Alabama Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Source: Born to Be a Teacher.
Author: Born to Be a Teacher: an Autobiography. Franklin, Ga.: Advocate Press, 1975?
WALKER, SUE BRANNAN, 1940-
Teacher. Born: April 6, 1940. Parents: Louis Wesley and Katherine (King) Brannan. Married: Ronald Walker. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, B.S.; Tulane University, M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. Taught English at Foley High School; Newcomb College; University of South Alabama, 1979-. Adjunct Professor of Editing and Publishing, Spring Hill College. City editor, Alabama Sun, 1980-1981; editor and publisher, Negative Capability, 1981-. Received research grant from Tulane Graduate School to study McCuller's Archives; several merit awards for poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Gave workshops, lectures and poetry readings. Served on several college and state committees. Published poems, stories and articles in magazines and anthologies.
Source: Sue Brannan Walker, Mobile, Ala.
Author: Traveling My Shadow. Mobile, Ala.: Negative Capability Press, 1982.
Louisiana Creole Poems. Mobile, Ala.: Negative Capability Press, 1982.
WALL, WILLIAM CARTER, JR. 1930-
Engineer. Born: June 30, 1930, in Huntsville, Ala. Parents: William Cater and Marion Elizabeth (Terry) Wall. Married: Shirley Lenore Matzet, June 18, 1955. Children: Six. Education: Lafayette College, B.S., 1953; University of Oklahoma, M.A., 1971, M.B.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1978. Engineer, Allis-Chalmers, Milwaukee, 1953-1955; U.S. Army, 1955-1957. Redstone Arsenal, 1957-1981; Chief of Management data systems, Ballistic Missile Defence System Command, 1968-1976; chief of program management office, HAWK Project Office, Missile Material Readiness Command, 1976-1978; deputy project manager of ground laser designation project, Missile Research and Development command, 1978-1979. President, WCW Associates, Huntsville, 1981. Taught at Florida Institute of Technology, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Southeastern Institute of Technology and Huntsville Center for the Study of Administration of NOVA University.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Author: Proposal Preparation Guide: the Systems Approach. Huntsville, Ala.: McMallec Pub., 1986.
Joint Author: Create and Deliver Dynamite Presentations. Huntsville, Ala.: McMallec Pub., 1987.
Make Sound Decisions. Huntsville, Ala.: McMallec Pub., 1987.
Plan Your Work with Plans of Actions. Huntsville, Ala.: McMallec Pub., 1987.
Prepare Power Packed Reports. Huntsville, Ala.: McMallec Pub., 1987.
WALLACE, CORNELIA ELLIS SNIVELY, 1939-
Born: January 28, 1939, in Elba, Ala. Parents: Charles and Ruby Lee (Folsom) Ellis. Married: John Snively, III. Children: Two. Married: George Corley Wallace, January 4, 1971. Education: Huntingdon College; University of Alabama; Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla.; Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City; also studied voice with Carlo Menotti. Grew up in Cullman and Montgomery, largely in home of Governor James Folsom (her mother's brother).
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: C'nelia. Philadelphia: A. H. Holman, 1976.
WALLACE, GEORGE CORLEY, 1919-
Lawyer, legislator. Born: August 25, 1919, in Clio, Ala. Parents: George C. and Mozell (Smith) Wallace. Married: Lurleen Burns, May 23, 1943. Children: Four. Married: Cornelia Ellis Snively, June 4, 1971. Married: Lisa Taylor, September, 1981. Education: University of Alabama, LL.B., 1942. Admitted to Alabama bar, 1942. U.S. Air Force, 1942-1945. Assistant Attorney General, Alabama, 1946-1947; member Alabama Legislature, 1947-1953; judge 3rd Judicial District of Alabama, 1953-1958; private practice, Clayton, 1958-1962; Governor, 1963-1967, 1971- 1979, 1983-1987. Independent Party candidate for U.S. President, 1968. Shot while campaigning for presidential nomination, 1972.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest; Who's Who in America.
Author: Hear Me Out. Anderson, S.C.: Droke House, 1968.
Stand Up for Alabama. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976.
WALLACE, JOHN HENRY, JR., 1874-
Lawyer, legislator. Born: December 12, 1874, in Center Star, Ala. Parents: John Henry and Mary Sue (Ingram) Wallace. Married: Ina Eleanor Winslette, June 1, 1911. Children: Two. Education: State Normal School, Florence, three years; studied law. Admitted to Alabama Bar, May 10 1896; practiced in Huntsville; member Alabama House of Representatives, 1898-1899, 1900-1901. Elected State Game and Fish Commissioner, 1907.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: The Senator from Alabama: a Romance Treating of the Disenfranchisement of the Negro and Including a Scathing Arraignment of the White House Social-equality Policy. Washington, D.C.: Neale Pub., 1894.
WALLACE, MILDRED WHITE, 1890-
Teacher, song writer. Born: August 25, 1890, in Columbiana, Ala. Parents: James Richmond and Willie Roberts White. Married: Wales Wellington Wallace. Children: Two. Collaborated with her sister, Clarice White Luck, writing songs and teaching music and dramatics in Shelby County high schools. Vocalist on radio programs. Editor, Shelby County Democrat.
Source: Jacksonville State University
Author: I Want to Go Back to My Mammy.
(Songs)
In a Little Trailer With You.
Things Not Gone with the Wind.
Joint Author: Alone with Thee. Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz.
(Songs)
Black Belt Lullably. Boston Music Company.
Close of the Day. Boston: Boston Music Company.
Since Your Path Crossed Mine. Cincinnati, Ohio: Willis Music Co.
Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow. New York: Sam Fox Music Co.
Trust Only in His Love. Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz.
Unpublished Songs:
Deep in My Heart.
Dream Baby of Mine.
Easter Dawn.
He Will Your Rest.
I Think of You.
Legacy.
When Day Says "Good Night".
WALLACE, PAT
See: Latner, Claudia Patrick Wallace.
WALLER, GEORGE PLATT, 1889-1962
Lawyer, diplomat. Born: September 7, 1889, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents: George Platt and Susan Theresa (Jones) Waller. Education: University of Virginia, LL.B., 1912. Principal of high school, Chilhowie, Va., 1913. Vice consul or consul for U.S. Department of State, 1913-1950, serving in Nova Scotia; Austria; Greece; Kobe, Japan; Bizerte, Tunisia; La Ceiba, Honduras; Dresden, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; Luxemburg; Chihuahua, Mexico; Florence, Italy; Washington, D.C. Awarded honorary LL.B. from Jones Law School. President, Alabama Historical Association. Director, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Published poems in Lippincott's magazine.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4; National Cyclopedia of American Biography.
Author: Commerce Industries of Greece. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916.
Compiler: Susie Jones Waller: Her Life and Verse. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1953.
WALLS, SARA LOUISE, 1917-
Editor. Born: September 10, 1917. Parents: Odie Clarke and Stella (Taylor) Walls. Education: University of Alabama, 1940. Chief clerk, Forestry Division, Gulf States Paper Co., Tuscaloosa, 1948-1954. Associate editor, News Bag Magazine, Tuscaloosa, 1954-1963; editor, 1963-. Editor, The Green Tree, Tuscaloosa, 1966-. Received award of excellence from Birmingham Association of Industrial Editors, 1966, 1968; Award of Achievement, Southern Council of Industrial Editors, 1966, 1967.
Source: Benjamin F. Porter's Reminiscences...; Who's Who of American Women.
Editor: Benjamin F. Porter's Reminiscences of Men and things in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Portal Press, 1983.
WALTER, EUGENE, 1927-
Editor, set designer, puppeteer. Born: November 30, 1927, in Mobile, Ala. Parents: Eugene and Muriel (Sabina) Walter. Education: Spring Hill College; University of Alabama, Mobile Extension Division; Museum of Modern Art, New York City; New School for Social Research, New York University; Alliance Franaise; Institute Brittanique de la Sorbonne; Institute Dante Alighieri. U.S. Army Airways Communications Systems cryptographer, 1942-1946. Associate editor, Botteghe Oscure, 1950-1959; Paris Review, 1951-1960; Folder, 1951-1954; Whetsone, 1953-1958; Intro Bulletin, 1957-1958; Transatlantic Review, 1959-. Prize winning scenic designer of more than 60 stage productions. Toured his own marionette theater to schools and prisons in Gulf Coast Region. Played character parts in films, chiefly Italian. Played recorder with Ancient Instruments Society. Founder and manager, Mobile Symphony Orchestra. Awarded Lippincott Fiction Prize in 1954 for The Untidy Pilgrim; Sewanee-Rockerfeller Fellowship in 1956 for Monkey Poems; O. Henry Citation in 1959 for I Love You Batty Sisters.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9, Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: American Cooking: Southern Style. Alexandria, Va.: Time Life Books, 1971.
Byzantine Riddle and Other Stories. London: Methuen, 1985.
Delectable Dishes from Termite Hall: Rare and Unusual Recipes. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1988.
Hints and Pinches: a Concise Compendium of Herbs, Spices, and Aromatics, with Illustrative Recipes and Asides on Relishes, Chutneys, and Other Such Concerns. Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1991.
Jennie the Watercress Girl. Rome: Willoughby Institute, 1947.
The Like of Which. Washington, D.C.: Decatur House Press, 1980.
Love You Good, See You Later. New York: Scribner, 1964.
Mobile Mardis Gras Annual, 1948. Mobile, Ala.: Haunted Book Shop, 1948.
Monkey Poems. New York: Noonday, 1954.
The Pack Rat and Other Antics, 1937-1987. Mobile, Ala.: Willoughby Institute, 1987.
The Pokeweed Alphabet: or, a Child's Garden of Vices. Mobile, Ala.: Willoughby Institute, 1981.
Singerie-Songerie (Ballet-opera). Rome: Willoughby Institute, 1958.
Two Sonnets. Mobile, Ala.: s.n., 1990.
The Untidy Pilgrim. Philadelphia: Lipppincott, 1954.
Joint Author: Shape of the River. London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1955.
WALTERS, JOHN BENNETT, JR., 1912-
Teacher. Born: May 13, 1912, in Cordelle, Ga. Education: Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1947. Taught at Vanderbilt, 1945- 1947; Emory and Henry College, 1947-1956; University of Montevallo, 1956-1980; chairman, Dept. of Social Sciences, 1956- 1980; acting dean of men, 1957-1959; dean, 1959-1980. Chairman, Board of Directors, Shelby Memorial Hospital, 1975-.
Source: Directory of American Scholars; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 105.
Author: Merchant of Terror: General Sherman and Total War. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.
WARBURG, SANDOL STODDARD
See: Stoddard, Sandol.
WARD, BOB
See: Ward, Robinson J., Jr.
WARD, DONALD G., 1911-
Teacher, editor. Born: December 9, 1911, in Scipioville, N.Y. Parents: Claude Mastin and Mae (Bishop) Ward. Married: Elizabeth Newton on June 24, 1936. Children: Four. Education: Syracuse University, A.B., 1935, Ph.D., 1941; studied law, 1943- 1945. Taught at State University of New York, Brockport, 1939- 1945. Editor, Western Publishing Co., Racine, Wisc., and New York City, 1945-1955. Managing editor, New York State Dept. of Labor, 1958-1959; freelance writer, 1955-1958. Taught history and political science at Alabama State University, 1970. Also wrote under Powers Tracy.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 17R
Author: Cowboys and Cattle Country. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1961.
Dark of the Soul. New York: Tower Publications, 1970.
Gunsmoke: 10 Short Stories Based on the CBS-TV Program. New York: Ballantine Books, 1957.
Joint Author: Archer. New York: Athletic Institute, 1972.
Sturgeon's West. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1973.
Compiler: Index to the Collected Catalogues of Dr. A. S. W. Rosebach, 1904-1951. New York: Arno Press, 1968.
Joint Compiler: Favorite Stories of Hypnotism. New York: Dodd, 1965.
Editor: Bits of Silver: Vignettes of the Old West. New York: Heritage House, 1961.
Black Magic: Thirteen Chilling Tales. New York: Mayflower, 1967.
Branded West: Western Writers of American Anthology. Boston: Houghton, 1956.
Great Short Novels of the American West. New York: Collier Books, 1962.
Hoof Trails and Wagon Tracks. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1957.
Pioneer West: 14 Stories of the Old Frontier. New York: Dell Pub., 1966.
Wild Streets. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1958.
WARD, GLADYS G., 1909-
Teacher. Born: December 19, 1909, in Dadeville, Ala. Parents: Melton and Martha (Pitchford) Jenkins. Married: Vebron Ward on June 15, 1935. Children: Three. Education: Athens College for Young Women, A.B., 1931. Taught junior high school, 1931-1935. Agent, Alabama State Revenue Dept., 1951-1975. Member: Pen Women of America, Alabama Writers Conclave and Alabama Poetry Society. Awarded 10-year service certificate, Retired Senior Volunteers Program.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service; Martha Lou Ward Emfinger, Montgomery, Ala..
Author: Little Hollow Corner. Birmingham, Ala.: Author- Poet Press, 1977.
Mood Paintings. Birmingham, Ala.: Thomas Hendrix, 1975.
The Sound of Music. McKenzie, Ala.: Ruth Hester, s.d.
Tableaux. Montgomery, Ala.: Williams Printing, s.d.
WARD, MARY BEHRENDSEN, -1985
Journalist. Born: Selma, Ala. Parents: Henry and Mary (Smitherman) Behrendsen. Married: Herbert J. Ward. Education: University of Alabama. Editor, Gammadion, 1925-1927; contributing editor, Yankee Humor, 1926-1927; associate editor, Poetry Forum, 1930-1931; feature writer, Birmingham News, 1932- 1933; member, editorial staff, Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs Magazine, 1935-1936. Member: Alabama Writers Conclave, National League of American Pen Women, Poetry Society of Alabama and Birmingham Quill Club. Poet Laureate of Alabama, 1954-1959. Contributed poems to magazines and anthologies.
Source: Who's Who of American Women.
Joint Author: Historic Homes of Alabama and Their Tradition. Birmingham, Ala: Birmingham Pub. Co., 1935.
WARD, ROBERT DAVID, 1929-
Teacher. Born: February 15, 1929, in Montevallo, Ala. Education: Auburn University B.S., 1950, M.S., 1951; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1957. Taught at Georgia Southern College, 1955-; head History Dept., 1969-1971. Member: Southern Historical Association, American Military Institute and Company of Military Historians.
Source: Directory of American Scholars.
Author: Lamar and Me. Statesboro, Ga.: Montevallo Press, 1983.
Joint Author: August Reckoning: Jack Turner and Racism in Post Civil War Alabama. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1973.
Labor Revolt in Alabama. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1965.
Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1986.
WARD, ROBERT J., JR. (Robinson)
Journalist. Born: in Birmingham, Ala. Education: University of Alabama. Managing editor, Huntsville Times. One of three United States newspaper editors invited to People's Republic of China for first formal exchange of journalists, 1980.
Source: The Light Stuff.
Author: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon. Greeenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1969.
The Light Stuff. Huntsville, Ala.: Jester Books, 1982.
Mr. Space: the Humor and Humanity of Wernher von Braun. Huntsville, Ala.: R. J. Ward, Jr., 1990.
Compiler: Wernher von Braun, Anekdotsch. Esslingen: Betchle, 1972.
WARD, WYLEY DONALD, 1934-
Engineer. Born: January 30, 1934, in Covington County, Ala. Parents: William Elias and Hattie May (Knowles) Ward. Married: Elaine Hair. Children: Four. Education: Auburn University, B.S., 1959. Textile worker in Andalusia, 1952-1953. Served in U.S. Army, 1953-1956. Analytical engineer, U.S. Space Program, 1959-; engineering supervisor, chief, analytical design branch, 1965-; made contributions to Apollo, Skylab, Spacelab, and Spacestation programs. Received one patent and outstanding achievement awards from NASA. Chairman, Madison County and vice- chairman, Alabama Republican Party organization. Presidential elector, State of Alabama, 1980 (supporting Reagan/Bush).
Source: Alabama Public Library Service; Wyley D. Ward, Huntsville, Ala.
Author: Early History of Covington County, Ala., 1821- 1871. Huntsville, Ala.: s.n., 1976.
The Folks of Pea Ridge, in Covington and Conecuh Counties, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: s.n., 1976.
Original Land Sales and Grant in Covington County, Alabama. Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co., 1991.
WARE, MARY, 1828-
Born: Madisonville, Tenn. Parents: George and ___ Harris. Married: Horace Ware in 1863. Moved from Tennessee to Alabama. Contributed poetry to periodicals.
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors.
Joint Author: Poems. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Pub. Co., 1911.
WARNER, RICHARD WRIGHT, JR. 1938-
Teacher. Born: November 10, 1938, in New Castle, Pa. Parents: Richard Wright and Emily Ruth (Curtis) Warner. Married: Lou Ann Woltner, May 28, 1966. Children: Three. Taught at Pennsburg, Pa.; Ashtabula, Ohio; Pennsylvania State University; Auburn University, 1972-1980, associate dean, 1977-1980; East Carolina University. Practiced psychology, 1972-1980. Editor, Alabama Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1975-1979.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Joint Author: Counseling: Theory and Process. 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1972.
Group Counseling: a Book of Readings. Falls Church, Va.: American Personnel and Guidance Assoc., 1980.
A Study of Four Approaches to Drug Abuse Prevention. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Research, Region III, 1971.
Joint Editor: Counselor Licensure: a Book of Readings. Falls Church, Va.: American Personnel and Guidance Association, 1980.
WARREN, HOYT MITCHELL, 1917-
Administrator. Born: April 22, 1917, in Hackneyville, Ala. Parents: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Clyde (Barnett) Warren. Married: Allie Irene Blake, December 20, 1946. Children: Two. Education: Hackneyville High School; Auburn University; Cornell University, M.S., Ph.D.; county, district, and state specialist, Cooperative Extension Service Dept., Auburn University; retired, June 30, 1974. City Counselor, Auburn, Ala..
Source: Tutwiler Collection, Birmingham Public Library
Author: The Barnett and Kindred Families. Auburn, Ala.: Warren Enterprises, 1977.
Chattahochee Trails ... Abbeville, Ala: Henry County Historical Society, 1981.
Henry: the Mother County. Abbeville, Ala.: Henry County Historical Society, 1978.
Henry's Heritage: a History of Henry County. Abbeville, Ala.: Henry County Historical Society, 1978.
The Making of Spy in the Sky ... Abbeville, Ala.: Henry County Historical Society, 1982.
A Survey of Selected Materials Pertaining to the Administrative Organization of the Cooperative Extension Service in the United States. Auburn, Ala.: Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn University, 1963.
WARREN, LELLA, 1899-1982
Born: March 22, 1899. Parents: Benjamin Smart and Lee Ella (Underwood) Warren. Married: John Spanogle, June 1921. Children: One. Married: Buel Whiting Patch, August, 1941. Education: Goucher College, 1918-1919; George Washington University, A.B., 1921; graduate studies later. Left Alabama as a child but visited frequently. Editor, Commission on Child Health and Welfare, 1930; publicity, 1931, advertising, 1932. Statistician, Farm Housing Survey, 1934.
Source: Clearing in the Thicket; Foundations Stone; Who's Who of American Women.
Author: Foundation Stone. New York: Knopf, 1940.
A Touch of Earth. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1926.
Whetstone Walls. New York: Appleton Century, 1952.
WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO, 1859-1915
Teacher. Born: 1859 near Hale's Ford, Va. Married: Fannie N. Smith in 1882. Children: One. Married: Olivia A. Davidson in 1889. Children: Two. Married: Margaret James Murray, October 12, 1893. Education: Hampton Institute, 1875. Taught in West Virginia, then at Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.; and at Hampton Institute. Head, Tuskegee Institute, 1884-1915. Awarded Honorary A.M., Harvard University, 1896; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1901.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1, National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 7.
Author: Black Belt Diamonds: Gems from the Speeches... New York: Fortune & Scott, 1969.
Character Building, Being Addresses Delivered on Sunday Evenings to the Students of Tuskegee Institute. New York: Haskel House, 1902.
Education of the Negro. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyons Co., 1904.
Frederick Douglass. Philadelphia: G. W. Jacobs & Co., 1907.
The Future of the American Negro. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1899.
The Man Farthest Down. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1912.
My Larger Education. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1911.
The Negro in Business. Boston: Hertel, Jenkins & Co., s.d.
The Negro in the South: His Economic Progress in Relation to His Moral and Religious Development. Philadelphia: G. W. Jacobs & Co., 1907.
A New Negro for a New Century: .... Chicago: American Pub. House, 1909.
Putting the Most into Life. New York: Crowell, 1906.
Selected Speeches.... Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1932.
Sowing and Reaping. Boston: L.D. Page & Co., 1900.
The Story of My Life. Napierville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols & Co., 1900.
The Story of Slavery. Chicago: Hall and McCreary, 1913.
The Story of the Negro: Rise of the Race from Slavery. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1909.
Up from Slavery: an Autobiography. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1901.
Working with the Hands: .... Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1904.
WASSERSTROM, RICHARD ALAN, 1936-
Lawyer, teacher. Born: January 9, 1936, in New York City. Parents: Alfred Howard and Gertrude (Kopp) Wasserstrom. Married: Phyllis Ann Levin in 1957. Children: Four. Education: Amherst College, B.A. 1957; University of Michigan, M.A., 1958, Ph.D., 1960; Stanford University, 1960. Taught philosophy at Stanford University, 1960-1962, and law, 1962-1963. Lawyer, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1963-1964. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Tuskegee University, 1964-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R
Author: The Judicial Decision. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1961.
Philosophy and Social Issues: Five Studies. Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 1980.
Joint Author: Syllabus on Moral and Legal Aspects of Civil Disobedience. Los Angeles, Dept. of Continuing Education of the Bar, University Extension, California University, 1966.
Editor: Morality and the Law. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1971.
Today's Moral Problems. New York: Macmillan, 1975.
WATERMAN, ANNIE LOUISE, 1878-1953
Born: August 5, 1878, in Mobile, Ala. Parents: Thaddeus and Gertrude (Williams) Harrison. Married: John Barnett Waterman, November 15, 1905. Children: One. Education: Agnes Scott Institute, Atlanta; Miss Huger's School, New York City. Established Boy's Club of Mobile, and first juvenile court in Alabama and the South. Active in Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile Council of Church Women.
Source: Mobile Public Library; Woman's Who's Who of America.
Author: Kid Bits. New York: Exposition Press. 1951.
WATERS, ANNIE COOK, 1910-
Teacher. Born: Escambia County, Ala. Married a minister. Children: Three. Education: Howard College; Troy State University. Charter member, Escambia County Historical Society.
Source: History of Escambia County, Ala.
Author: A Documentary History of Fort Crawford. East Brewton, Ala.: Escambia County Historical Quarterly, 1975.
History of Escambia County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1983.
WATKINS, LEVI, 1911-
Teacher. Born: January 15, 1911. Parents Adam and Sallie Emma (Darden) Watkins. Married: Lillian Bernice Vernado. Children: Six. Education: Tennessee State University, B.S., 1933; Northwestern University, M.S., 1940; Arkansas Baptist College, LL.D., 1958; Alabama State University, LL.D., 1974. Taught in Winchester, Tenn., 1933-1934; assistant superintendent, Hopkinsville, Ky.; assistant principal, Burt High School, Clarksville, Tenn., 1935-1940; assistant dean and supervising principal, Parson College's Douglass School, 1953-1959; Alabama State University, visiting instructor, summer session 1945-1948; admissions, veteran's officer and administrative assistant to the president, 1948-1953; business officer, 1959-1962; acting president, 1962; president, 1963. Vice president, Council of Presidents of Alabama Commission on Higher Education; president, Alabama Association of College Administrators; state director, American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest: Who's Who in Black America; Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Fighting Hard: the Alabama State Experience. Detroit: Harlo Press, 1987.
Report of the President, 1962-1981. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama State University, 1981.
WATSON, BAMA WATHAN
Teacher. Born: Georgiana, Ala. Education: University of Alabama, B.S. and M.A. Taught at Georgiana High School; Geneva and Tuscaloosa Counties; West Palm Beach, Fla.; Brookley Air Force Base Adult and Veteran's Division, Murphy High School, Mobile: University of Alabama Center, Mobile; Barton Academy, 1945-; head, English Dept. Member: Mobile and National Education Associations; Delta Kappa Gamma.
Source: History of Barton Academy
Author: The History of Barton Academy. Mobile, Ala.: Haunted Book Shop, 1971.
WATSON, CHARLES SULLIVAN, 1931-
Teacher. Born: May 1, 1931, in Anderson, S.C. Married: Juanita Goodman in 1957. Education: Duke University, A.B., 1953; Columbia University, M.A., 1958; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1966. Taught English at Georgia Institute of Technology, 1958-1961;
University of Alabama, 1966. Published articles in Louisiana History, Mississippi Quarterly and Southern Literary Journal.
Source: Director of American Scholars.
Author: Antebellum Charleston Dramatists. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1976.
WATSON, ELBERT L., 1930-
Librarian. Born: May 10, 1930, in Birmingham, Ala. Married: Ramona Jo Bennett. Children: Two. Education: Bethany Nazarene College, A.B., 1952; University of Oklahoma, M.A., 1954; George Peabody College, M.A., 1966. Minister, Church of the Nazarene, Gadsden, 1954-1962. Director, Public Library, Anniston, 1966- 1969; director, Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, 1969- 1978. Executive Director, Indiana Library Association, 1978-. Member: Alabama, Southeastern and American Library Associations; Alabama Historical Association.
Source: Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States and Canada; Alabama United States Senators.
Author: Alabama United States Senators. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1982.
Mary Harrison Lester: Memories of a Gracious Lady. Huntsville, Ala.: Watson, 1973.
Tennessee at the Battle of New Orleans. New Orleans: Battle of New Orleans, 150th Anniversary Committee of Louisiana, 1965.
Joint Author: A History of Etowah County, Alabama. Gadsden, Ala.: Etowah County Centennial Committee, 1968.
WATSON, FRED SHELTON, 1915-
Sales Manager. journalist. Born: November 16, 1915, near Enterprise, Ala. Married: Irene Arnett. Children: One. Education: Coffee High School. Sales Manager, Radio Station WIRB, Enterprise, 8 years; Allied Products Co., Dothan, 12 years. Published feature stories in various newspapers; columnist, Enterprise Ledger, 3 yrs.; U.S. Air Corps, World War II, 3 yrs.; member: Dale County and Alabama Historical Societies. Director, Wiregrass Historical Society.
Source: Coffee Grounds, Hub of Wiregrass.
Author: The Back Forty. Dothan, Ala.: Moonlighters, 1968.
Call Back The Time, S.l.: s.n., 1954.
Coffee Grounds: a History of Coffee County, Alabama, 1841-1970. Anniston, Ala.: Higginbotham, 1970.
Forgotten Trails: a History of Dale County, Alabama, 1824-1966. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1968.
From the Back Forty to Mortgage Hill. Dothan, Ala.: Hopkins Printing, 1987.
Hub of Wiregrass: a History of Houston County, Alabama, 1903-1972. Anniston, Ala.: Higginbotham, 1972.
Piney Wood Echoes: a History of Dale and Coffee Counties, Alabama. Elba, Ala.: Elba Clipper, 1949.
Winds of Sorrow. Dothan, Ala.: Hopkins Printing, 1986.
WEATHERBY, HAROLD LEROW, JR., 1934-
Teacher. Born: April 6, 1934, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents: Harold Lerow and Lurline (Pierson) Weatherby. Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1956; Yale University, M.A., 1957, Ph.D., 1962. Taught English at Vanderbilt, 1962-. Member: Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 45.
Author: Cardinal Newman in His Age: His Place in English Theology and Literature. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1973.
The Keen Delight: the Christian Poet in the Modern World. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1975.
WEATHERLY, JOHN MAX, 1921-
Teacher, businessman. Born: March 25, 1921, in Alco, La. Parents: Obie Lee and Lilla (Givens) Weatherly. Education: Stetson University, 1946-1948; Florida State University, 1949; University of Alabama, 1950-1951. Served in U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Taught English in Crestview, Fla., 1949-1950. Secretary in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, 1951-1954; New York City, 1954-1964. Taught writing at New York University, 1964-1971; Lehigh County Community College, Pa., 1971; English at Cedar Crest College, Pa., 1972. Billing clerk, Allentown Brake and Wheel Co., 1972-1973. Advertising Dept., Journal of Commerce, Phillipsburg, N.J.., 1973-. Awarded Yaddo Fellowship, 1964.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 13R
Author: Adultress. Derby, Conn.: Monarch Books, 1962.
A Crowded Loneliness. New York: Pyramid Books, 1973.
The Long Desire. Rockville Center, N.Y.: Zenith Books, 1959.
The Mantis and the Moth. Boston: Houghton, 1964.
WEATHERLY THOMAS ELIAS, 1942-
Teacher. Born: November 3, 1942, in Scottsboro, Ala. Parents: Thomas Elias and Lucy Belle (Golson) Weatherly. Married: Carolyn Samuels. Children: Two. Education: Morehouse College, 1958-1961; Alabama A & M College, 1961, suspended. U.S. Marines, 1961. Taught art at Rutgers University, 1969-1970; creative writing Bishop College, Dallas, 1970; poet in residence, Morgan State College, 1970-1971; creative writing, St. Mark's Church, 1971-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 45
Author: Climate. Philadelphia: Middle Earth Books, 1972.
Maumau American Cantos. New York: Corinth Books, 1970.
Thumbprint. New York: Telegraph Books, 1971.
Joint Editor: Natural Process: an Anthology of New Black Poetry. New York: Hill & Wang, 1971.
WEAVER, ANNIE VAUGHAN, 1905-
Born: 1905 in Selma, Ala. Lived on a plantation and drew pictures of the various animals. Established a drawing club. Some of her paintings depicted the colored world.
Source: Avondale Library.
Author: Boochy's Wings. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, Company, 1931.
Frawg. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1930.
Pappy King. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1932.
WEAVER, DAVID C. 1942-
Teacher. Born: December 27, 1942, in Dudley, England. Parents: Harold and Alice Weaver. Married: Jan. Children: Three. Education: University of Manchester, B.A., 1964; University of Florida, M.A., 1967, Ph.D.; Georgia Institute of Technology, M.A., 1980. Taught at University of Manchester, 1967-1968; University of Leicester, 1968-1969; West Georgia College, 1970- 1977; University of Alabama, 1977-. Published articles in periodicals.
Source: David C. Weaver.
Author: Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Study of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee System Corridor, Alabama: Vol. III, History, Settlement Patterns and Processes, 1500-1945. Mobile, Ala.: University of South Alabama, 1983.
Joint Author: Historic Settlement in the Upper Tombigbee Valley. University, Ala.: Center for the Study of Southern History and Culture, University of Alabama, 1981.
Historical Geography of the Upper Tombigbee Valley. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Center for the Study of Southern History and Culture, University of Alabama, 1982.
Land Use/Mineral Rights Ownership Component. University of Ala.: Dept. of Geology and Geography, University of Alabama, 1979.
The Map Abstract of Mortality Factors Affecting the Elderly: Alabama, 1979. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1979.
Tenn-Tom Country: Upper Tombigbee Valley. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1985.
WEAVER, HERBERT, 1905-
Teacher. Born, July 28, 1905, in Brewton, Ala. Parents: Levi P. and Anne (Holladay) Weaver. Married: Blanche Henry Clark, March 5, 1944. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1926; Vanderbilt University, M.A., 1935, Ph.D., 1941. Taught in Alabama secondary schools, 1926-1935; Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern College), Statesboro, 1940-1942 and 1946- 1949; history at Vanderbilt University, 1949-; chairman, History Dept., 1962. U.S. Air Force, 1942-1946. Member: Organization of American Historians, American Historical Association, Tennessee Historical Society, Kappa Phi Kappa; editorial board, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 1948-1952; Journal of Southern History, 1957-1959.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 61.
Author: Mississippi Farmers, 1850-1860. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1945.
Joint Editor: Correspondence of James K. Polk. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1969.
Contributor: History of the United States Air Force in World War II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948-1958.
WEAVER, OLIVER CORNELIUS, 1914-
Teacher. Born: September 20, 1914, in Camden, Ala. Married: 1937. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1935; Garrett Bible Institute, B.D., 1939; Northwestern University, A.M., 1941, Ph.D., 1952. Taught at Birmingham Southern College, 1936-1968; head, Dept. of Philosophy and Religion, 1946-1964; dean, 1964-1968. L. C. Branscomb Professor of Philosophy, 1968-. Ford Faculty Fellowship, 1951- 1952.
Source: Director of American Scholars.
Joint Author: Birmingham-Southern College, 1856-1956. Nashville: Parthenon Press, 1957.
WEBER, BERNARD C., 1910-
Teacher. Born: May 9, 1910, in Ashland, Or. Education: San Jose State College, A.B., 1931; University of California, A.M., 1932, Ph.D., 1936. Taught at University of Alabama, 1941-. Senior Fulbright Scholar, Royal University of Malta, 1956-1957. Awarded Outstanding Commitment to Teaching and Distinguished Professor, University of Alabama, 1980-1981. Member: American, Southern, and Alabama Catholic Historical Associations; American Society for Church History.
Source: Director of American Scholars.
Joint Author: The Historical Evolution of Modern France. Ames, Iowa: Littlefield, Adams, 1949.
Editor: The Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to Francis the Dauphin of France. Greenock, Scotland: Griana-Aig Press, 1969.
Joint Editor: Une Correspondence Familiale au Temps des Troubles de Saint-Domingue. Paris: Socit de l'Historie des Colonies Franaise, 1959.
WEEDEN, HOWARD, 1847-1905
Born: July 6, 1847, in Huntsville, Ala. Parents: William and Jane E. (Urquahart) Weeden. Lived on a plantation and experienced slave labor behavior. Her writing is characteristic of this background. First publication was an oil "Uncle Champ", a family servant, accompanied by verse "Mass O'De Sheep Fold."
Source: Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 4.
Author: Bandanna Ballads. New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899.
Old Voices. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904.
Shadows on the Wall. New York: Ayers Co., 1898.
Songs of the Old South: Verses and Drawings. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900.
Illustrator: Songs and Stories from Tennessee. Philadelphia: H. T. Coates Co., 1902.
WEEKS, GRACE EZELL, 1923-
Teacher. Born: March 3, 1923, in Clanton, Ala. Parents: Samuel Jones and Grace (Hicks) Ezell. Married: Arthur A. Weeks, March 22, 1943. Children: Three. Married: Francisco Marquez, March 26, 1974. Education: Samford University, A.B., 1942; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1945; Inter-American University, Ph.D., 1964. Taught English at Samford Unversity, 1945-1947; English and Spanish, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., 1947-1951; Spanish, Belmont College, 1953-1954; Samford University, 1955-1970. Advisor, English program, Colegio Gonzalez Pena, Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1972. Member: American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to Columbia, 1958.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 49.
Author: Manuel Maria Flores: El Artista y el Hombre. Mexico: B. Costa Amic, 1969.
WEIL, ADELE KAHN, 1873-
Born: November 4, 1873, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents: Maurice and Pauline (Mendelson) Kahn. Married: Sidney K. Weil, November 22, 1898. Children: Two. Education: Schools in Montgomery; Bartholomew's Private School, Cincinnati. Member: Sidney Lanier School Improvement Association, Sewing Circle, Bridge Club, Sesame Club.
Source: Woman's Who's Who of America.
Joint Author: Twentieth Century Cook Book. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
WEISHEIT, ELDON, 1933-
Minister. Born: January 13, 1933, in Clayton, Ill. Parents: Harry and Edna (Gamm) Weisheit. Married: Carolyn Pomerenke, August 15, 1954. Children: Three. Education: Concordia Theological Seminary, 1962. Minister, McComb, Mich., 1962-1965; Montgomery, Ala., 1965-1971. Associate editor, Lutheran Witness, 1971-1975; Roselle, Ill., 1976-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 29R.
Author: Abortion Resources for Pastoral Counseling. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1977.
Excuse Me, Sir. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1973.
God's Promise for Children: Object Lessons on Old Testament Texts, Series C. Minneapolis: Augsburg House, 1982.
God's Promise for Children: Visual Message on Old Testament Texts, Series A. Minneapolis: Augsburg House, 1980.
God's Promise for Children: Visual Message on Testament Texts, Series B. Minneapolis: Augsburg House, 1981.
The Gospel for Kids, Series A. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1977.
The Gospel for Kids, Series B. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1978.
The Gospel for Kids, Series C. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1979.
The Gospel for Little Kids: 45 Chapel Talks for Children Ages 3-6. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1980.
How the Bible Came to Us. Minneapolis: Augsburg House, 1982.
Moving. St. Louis: Corcordia Publishing House, 1974.
The Preacher's Yellow Pants. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1973.
A Sermon Is More Than Words. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1977.
Should I Have an Abortion? St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1976.
Sixty-one Gospel Talks for Children. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1969
Sixty-one Worship Talks for Children. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1971.
To the Kid in the Pew: 60 Chapel Talks. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1974.
The Zeal of His House. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1973.
WELCH, JOSEPH EDMUND, 1922-
Teacher. Born: December 4, 1922, in Selma, Ala. Parents: William Pressley and Lucile (Burt) Welch. Married: Edith Crockford, March 25, 1945. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, 1941-1943; University of North Carolina, B.A., 1944, M.A.; Springfield, M.Ed., 1947; Peabody, Ed.D., 1952. Physical director, YMCA, Vicksburg Miss.; Pensacola, Fla.; Atlanta, Ga. Taught at Emory University, 1956-1963; East Carolina University, 1963-1967; West Virginia Institute of Technology, 1967-. Member: AAHPER, American School Health Association, American College Sports Medicine Association, National College Physical Education Association for Men, Phi Delta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in the East.
Author: Contributions of Solon B. Suddeth to Professional Preparation in Physical Education. Nashville: s.n., 1969.
Edward Hitchcock, M.D.: Founder of Physical Education in the College Curriculum. Greenville, N.C.: East Carolina College, 1962.
A Physical Education Reader: History and Foundations. Parson, W. Va.: McClain Printing Co., 1974.
Physical Education as a Way of Life: the Story of Nathan Taylor Dodson. Durham, N.C.: s.n., 1972.
WELCH, PAULETTE VIRGINIA, 1945-
Library worker. Born: January 19, 1945, in Anniston, Ala. Parents: Paulie and Virginia Welch. Married. Children: One. Education: special class for spastic children, Anniston High School. Victim of cerebral palsy. Worked at Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County, November, 1969-; with arms braced on books she wrote daily radio book reviews, weekly newspaper columns, church newsletter column; published monthly library newspaper.
Source: Birmingham News, February 29, 1974; performance of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, April 1971; Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County.
Author: Walking In Life's Garden with God. Anniston, Ala., 1971.
WELD, JOHN, 1905-
Writer, producer. Born: February 24, 1905, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Harry Statham and Nellie (Farrow) Weld. Married: Katherine McElroy Paul, February 12, 1937. Education: Auburn University, 1921-1922. Reporter, New York American, Paris Times, New York World, New York Herald (Paris). Scenario writer, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures. Freelance writer, 1935- 1942. Editor, Consolidated News of Consolidated Aircraft Company, 1942-1944. Public relations director, Ford Motor Company's West Coast Region, 1944-1949; automobile dealer, 1944- 1957. Publisher, Laguna Beach (Calif.) Post, 1951-. Motion picture producer, 1960-; associate Vandenburg-Linkletter & Associates, 1976. Produced, "Freightboat around the World"; "Beirut to Baghdad"; "Ireland from a Gypsy Caravan"; "The Basque Sheepherder".
Source: Who's Who in the West; International Authors and Writers.
Author: Don't Cry for Me. New York: Scribner, 1940.
Fly Away Home. Santa Barbara: Mission Pub., 1991.
Gun Girl. New York: McBride, 1930.
Mark Pfeiffer, M.D. New York: Scribner, 1943.
The Missionary: a Novel of the Early Southwest. Stafford, Va.: Northwoods Press, 1981.
The Partners. New York: Scribner, 1941.
Sabbath Has No End. New York: Scribner, 1942.
Stunt Man. New York: McBride, 1931.
Young Man in Paris. Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1985.
WELKER, ROBERT LOUIS, 1924-
Teacher. Born: June 26, 1924, in Clarksville, Tenn. Parents: George Thomas and Emma (Wickham) Welker. Education: Austin Peay State University; University of Connecticut, B.A., 1944; Peabody College, M.A., 1948; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1952. Taught at Vanderbilt, 1955-1956, 1957-1964; University of Alabama, Huntsville, 1964-. Member: American Association of University Professors, Huntsville Literary Association, Modern Language Association.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Editor: Poem. Huntsville, Ala.: Huntsville Literary Association, 1978.
The Sense of Fiction. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice- Hall, 1966.
Joint Editor: Reality and Myth: Essays in American Literature in Memory of Richard Croom Beatty. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1964.
WELLS, GLENN L., 1908
Businessman. Born: August 12, 1908, in Dadeville, Ala. Parents: Louis E. and Blanche Dowling Wells. Married: Dorothy McGee, June 23, 1940. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, 1925-1927. Worked for Standard Oil Company, Jacksonville, Fla., 1933-1943; L. W. Wells Company, Ozark, 1943- 1961; Parker-Wells Agency, Ozark, 1961-. Awarded Silver Beaver, Boy Scouts of America. Chairman, Official Board of First Methodist Church, Ozark; President, Ozark Kiwanis Club.
Source: Glen L. Wells, Ozark, Ala.
Author: History of the First Methodist Church of Ozark, Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1972.
WELLS, GLENN LAWRENCE, JR., 1941-
Businessman. Born: 1941, in Ozark, Ala. Parents: Glenn Lawrence and Dorothy (McGee) Wells. Married: Gayle Brook in 1964. Children: Two. Married: Dean Faulkner in 1972. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., M.A.; University of Mississippi, Ph.D.; Director, Yoknapatawpha Press, Oxford.
Source: Lawrence Wells, Oxford, Miss.
Author: Let the Band Play Dixie. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1987.
Ole Miss Football. Oxford, Miss.: Sports Yearbook Co., 1980.
Rommel and the Rebel. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1986.
Editor: History of the First Methodist Church of Ozark, Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1972.
William Faulkner: the Cofield Collection. Oxford, Miss.: Yoknapatawpha Press, 1978.
Editor and Publisher:
Legends in Crimson. Oxford, Miss.: Sports Yearbook Co., 1982.
Football Powers of the South. Oxford, Miss.: Sports Yearbook Co., 1983.
WELLS, LAWRENCE
See: Wells, Glen Lawrence, Jr.,
WELLS, OPAL B., 1912-
Grocer. Born: July 30, 1912, in McKenzie, Ala. Parents: Herbert and Frances Hartley Bennett. Married: Loran H. Wells, July 2, 1928. Children: One. Managed grocery store for 30 years.
Source: Opal B. Wells, Red Level, Ala.
Author: The Light Within. Atwood, Tenn.: Elder S. T. Talley, 1974.
Some of My Remembrances. Atwood, Tenn.: Elder S. T. Talley, 1984.
WERTENBAKER, LAEL TUCKER, 1909-
Journalist. Born: March 28, 1909, in Bradford, Pa. Parents: Royal and Juliet (Luttrell) Tucker. Married: Charles Christian Wertenbaker in September 1942. Children: Two. Married: Branwell Fletcher in September 1970. Education: University of Lousiville; Keene State College, D. Litt., 1976. Grew up in Mobile. Road secretary, Theatre Guild, Inc., of New York City, 1929-1938; foreign and war correspondent, Time, Inc., 1940-1955; freelance writer, 1955-; wrote scripts for CBS-TV (Orson Wells series) and for British television (Rediffusion series).
Source: Who's Who of American Women; International Authors and Writers' Who's Who; Foremost Women in Communications.
Author: The Afternoon Women. Boston: Little, 1966.
Death of a Man. New York: Random House, 1957.
The Eye of the Lion. Boston: Little, 1964.
The Eye: Window to the World. Washington, D.C.: U.S. News Books, 1981.
Festival. New York: Random House, 1954.
Lament for Four Virgins. New York: Random House, 1952.
Mister Junior. Paterson, N.J.: Pageant Books, 1960.
Perilous Voyage. Boston: Little, 1975,
Rhyming Word Games. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964.
To Mend the Heart. New York: Viking Press, 1980.
Unbidden Guests. Boston: Little, 1970.
Joint Author: The Hotchkiss School ... Lakeville, Conn.: Hotchkiss School, 1966.
The Magic of Light: the Craft and Career of Jean Rosenthal.... Boston: Little, 1972.
Tip and Dip. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960.
The World of Picasso (1881-1973). Time Life Books, 1967.
You and the Armed Services: an Up-to-Date Guide... New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.
WEST, HERBERT BUELL, 1916-
Advertising. Born: April 16, 1916, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Edward Hamilton and Clarine (Buell) West. Married: Maria Selden McDonald, November 29, 1946. Children: Five. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1936. Advertising writer, 1936-1950; advertising executive, Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne, New York City, 1950-1966. Director, New York Community Trust, 1967-. Member: Board of directors, New York University Medical Center; Traveler's Aid International Social Service; United Community Funds.
Source: Who's Who in America.
Author: Stay with Me Lord: a Man's Prayer. New York: Seabury, 1974.
WHEELER, CINDY, 1955-
Children's writer. Born: 1955 in Montgomery, Ala. Education: Auburn University, B.F.A., 1977. Moved to Virginia when three.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: A Good Day, A Good Night. New York: Lippincott, 1980.
Marmalade's Christmas Present. New York: Knopf, 1984.
Marmalade's Nap. New York: Knopf, 1983.
Marmalade's Picnic. New York: Knopf, 1983.
Marmalade's Snowy Day. New York: Knopf, 1982.
Marmalade's Yellow Leaf. New York: Knopf, 1982.
A New House for Little Mouse. New York: Random House, 1987.
Rose. New York: Knopf, 1985.
Sally Wants to Help. New York: Random House, 1988.
The Scaredy Cats and the Haunted House. New York: Random House, 1982.
Illustrator: Dad Told Me Not To. Milwaukee: Raintree Pubs., 1983.
One Step, Two... New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1981.
Someone Just Like Me. Milwaukee: Raintree Pubs., 1983.
That Olive! New York: Lothrop, Lee, 1986.
WHEELER, HARRY EDGAR, 1874-1958
Minister. Born: March 18, 1874, in Birmingham, Ala. Married: Annie Lee. Children: Five. Education: Lehigh University; Southeastern University; Vanderbilt University. Ordained Methodist minister, 1896; served churches in Alabama and Arkansas. Worked in Field Museum, Chicago, 1924-; Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama; Birmingham Public Library, 1953-1958; Curator, Indian Springs School Museum.
Source: Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
Author: The Birds of Arkansas: a Preliminary Report. Little Rock, Ark.: State Bureau of Mines, Manufactures and Architecture, 1924.
Timothy Abbott Conrad, with Particular Reference to His Work in Alabama One Hundred Years Ago. Ithaca, N.Y.: Paleontological Institution, 1935.
WHEELER, JESSE HARRISON, JR., 1918-
Teacher. Born: November 24, 1918, in Scottsboro, Ala. Parents: Jesse Harrison and Lucy (Enochs) Wheeler. Married: Margery Ellen Gary on October 3, 1943. Children: Three. Education: Auburn University, B.S. 1939, M.S., 1941; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1950. Taught at Boys High School, Atlanta, 1940-1941; University of Missouri, 1949-. Served in U.S. Army, 1941-1946. Ford Foundation Faculty Fellow, 1951-1952. Review Editor, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1961-1969. Member: Association of American Geographers, National Council on Geographic Education and American Geographic Society.
Source: Who's Who in America; American Men and Women of Science.
Author: Workbook and Study Guide for Regional Geography of the World. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
Joint Author: Regional Geography on the World: an Introductory Survey. New York: Holt, 1955.
WHEELER, JOSEPH, 1836-1906
Soldier. Born: September 10, 1836, in Augusta, Ga. Parents: Joseph and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler. Married: Daniella Jones. Children: Six. Education: U.S. Military Academy, 1859. Enlisted in Confederate Army, April 3, 1861; named Colonel, 19th Army Infantry; nicknamed "Fighting Joe"; brigadier general, October 1862; major general, January 1863; lieutenant general, February, 1865. Commanded in over 800 skirmishes and 200 battles. Studied law; opened offices in firm Wheeler and Courtland, 1868. Served in the U.S. Congress, 1882-1898. Volunteered during Spanish-American War: appointed major general; senior in command at San Juan; senior officer to negotiate surrender of Spanish in Cuba. Commanded brigade in Philippines, 1899-1900.
Source: National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 9; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Confederate Military History of Alabama. Atlanta: Confederate Pub. Co., 1899.
"The Philippines" in the New America and the Far East... Boston: Marshall Jones Co., 1907.
Report on the Island of Guam. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900.
A Revised System of Cavalry Tactics, for the Use of Calvary and Mounted Infantry, C.S.A. Mobile, Ala.: S.H. Goetzel Co., 1863.
Selections from the Speeches of Hon. Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama, in the House of Representatives, Fifty-first and Fifty- second Congresses, March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1893. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1893.
Selections from the Speeches of Hon. Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama, in the House of Representatives, Second Session, Forty- seventh Congress, January 15 to March 3, 1883. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883.
Speech of Hon. Joseph Wheeler of Alabama in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, February 16, 1886. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1886.
Joint Author: Cuba's Struggle against Spain with the Causes of American Intervention and a Full Account of the Spanish-American War, Including Final Peace Negotiations. New York: American Historical Press, 1899.
Memorial Record of Alabama... Madison, Wisc.: Brant & Fuller, 1893.
WHITAKER, ARTHUR PRESTON, 1895-
Teacher. Born: June 6, 1895, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Education: University of Tennessee, A.B., 1915; Harvard University, A.M., 1917, Ph.D., 1924; Rhodes Scholar to Oxford, 1917; Austin Fellow, Harvard, 1920-1921; studied at the Sorbonne, 1919. Taught at University of Tennessee; Simmons; New York University; Amherst College; Florida State College for Women; Vanderbilt; Western Reserve; Cornell; University of Pennsylvania, 1936-1943, 1945- 1965. U.S. Dept. of State, 1943-1945. Visiting professor, Johns Hopkins, National University of Bogot, University of Heidelberg, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois-Urbana. Consultant, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, 1969. Member: Hispanic Society of America, American Philosophical Society.
Source: Director of American Scholars: Who's Who of North American Authors.
Author: Las Amricas y un Mundo en Crisis. Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Press, 1946.
Argentina. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1964.
Argentine Upheaval: Peron's Fall and the New Regime. New York: Praeger, 1956.
Development of American Regionalism: the Organization of American States. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1951.
The Huancavelica Mercury Mine: a Contribution to the History of the Bourbon Renaissance in the Spanish Empire. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1941.
Latin American History Since 1825. Washington, D.C.: Service Center for Teachers of History, 1961.
The Mississippi Questions, 1795-1803: a Study in Trade, Politics and Diplomacy. New York: Appleton-Century, 1934.
Nationalism in Latin America: Past and Present. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1962.
The New Argentine Collection. Philadelphia: Friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library, 1964.
Spain and the Defense of the West. New York: Harper, 1961.
The Spanish-American Frontier 1783-1795: the Westward Movement and the Spanish Retreat in the Mississippi Valley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927.
The United States and Argentina. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948.
The United States and South America: the Northern Republics. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948.
The United States and the Independence of Latin America, 1800-1830. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1941.
The United States and the Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976.
The Western Hemisphere Idea: Its Rise and Decline. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1954.
Contributor: The Ibero-American Enlightenment. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1971.
Editor: Documents Relating to the Commercial Policy of Spain in the Floridas, with Incidental Reference to Louisiana. DeLand: The Florida State Historical Society, 1931.
Inter-American Affairs: an Annual Survey. New York: Columbia University Press, 1941.
Latin America and the Enlightenment. New York: Appleton-Century, 1942.
Mexico Today. American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1940.
WHITAKER, WALTER CLAIBORNE, 1867-1938
Teacher, minister. Born: January 28, 1867, in Lenoir, N.C. Parents: Lucius Fletcher and Rowena (Oates) Whitaker. Married: Isabel Preston Royal on March 3, 1891. Children: Four. Dorothy French, February 4, 1918. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, A.B., 1884; A.M. 1891; University of South, D.D., 1909. Taught at Barton Academy, Mobile, 1884-1888. Minister in Auburn, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Jackson, Mich.; Ashville, N.C; Knoxville, Tenn.; Norfolk, Va.; Bowling Green, Ky.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1
Author: The Church in the Southern Highlands. Hartford, Conn.: Church Missions Pub. Co., 1929.
Dives and Lazarus: Six Studies, 1898. History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Alabama, 1763-1891. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, 1898.
The Prodigal Son: Church Parables of Mercy. S.l.: Church Year Pub. Co. 1890.
Revelations of the Cross. S.l.: s.n., 1923.
Richard Hooker Wilmer, Second Bishop of Alabama: a Biography. Philadelphia: G.W. Jacobs, 1907.
A Round Robin; the Southern Highland and Highlanders. Hartford: Conn.: Church Missions Pub., 1916.
WHITE, HALLIE CANTRELL, 1893-
Businesswoman. Born: March 21, 1893. Parents: Toulous Polk and Octavia Emaline (Patterson) Cantrell. Married: Ernest White on November 15, 1920. Children: Four. Operator, White Printing Company, Huntsville, Ala., 1929-1960. Member: United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, Altrusa Club, Twickenham Study Club, Alabama Society.
Source: White-Cantrell and Allied Families.
Author: White-Cantrell and Allied Families. Huntsville, Ala.: White Printing Co., 1967.
WHITE, HENRY EUGENE, JR., 1931-
Minister, teacher. Born: July 4, 1931, in Meadville, Mich. Parents: Henry E. and Allie (Oglesby) White. Married: Betty Meador on August 23, 1953. Children: Four. Education: Mississippi College, B.A., 1952; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, D.B., 1956, Th.M., 1957; Mississippi State University, Ph.D., 1970; Cumberland Law School, J.D., 1972. Baptist minister, Kentucky, Alabama, and Mississippi, 1957-1965. Teacher at Mississippi State University, 1965; Samford University, 1966-. Member: Southern Sociological Society, Alabama Southeastern and National Councils on Family Relations, Jefferson County Mental Health Association.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Divorce: Attempting to Cope. Birmingham, Ala.: H. E. White, 1978.
Looking for Stars. Boston: Christopher Pub. House, 1963.
Making Marriage Successful. New York: Irvington Pub., 1983.
Marriage, the Family, and the Bible. Boston: Christopher Pub. House, 1961.
WHITE, MARJORIE LONGNECKER, 1944-
Born: December 16, 1944, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Parents: Herbert E. and Jane Segar Longnecker. Married: James H. White, III, on August 13, 1968. Children: Three. Education: Newcomb College, B.A., 1966; Yale University, M.Phil., 1970. Worked at University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1968-1972; Birmingham Historical Society, 1975-. Awarded Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board. Preservationist of the Year, Alabama Historical Commission, 1981; distinguished service award, Alabama Historical Society, 1982.
Source: Marjorie Longnecker White, Birmingham, Ala.
Author: The Birmingham District: an Industrial History and Guide. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1981.
Birmingham Heritage Hike. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1980.
Downtown Birmingham: Architectural and Historical Guide. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1977.
Downtown Discovery Tour. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1978.
Five Points Heritage Tour. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1983.
Joint Author: Cinderella Stories: Transformations of Historic Birmingham Buildings. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1990.
Designs on Birmingham: a Landscape History of a Southern City and its Suburbs. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1989.
Village Creek: an Architectural and Historical Resources Survey of Ensley, East Birmingham, and East Lake, three Village Creek Neighborhoods, City of Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1985.
Editor: Downtown, an Outdoor Classroom. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1978.
Old Birmingham, New Architecture. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1984.
WHITE, ROY I., 1901-
Journalist, minister. Born: November 23, 1901, in Winamac, Ind. Parents: William E. and Nancy Elizabeth (Yost) White. Married: Ruth E. Wine, June 7, 1924. Children: Two. Education: Manchester College, B.A., 1927; Bethany Biblical Seminary, B.D.; Northwestern University, M.A. Worked at Chicago Transit Authority, 1927-1960. Minister, Douglas Park Church of the Brethren, Chicago, 1936-1945; pastor, Churches of the Brethren, Bristol, Tenn., 1960-1962; Spindale, N.C, 1962-1965; Frostburg, Md., 1965-1968. Retired to Citronelle, Ala., 1968. Moderator of his church, 1964-1965, 1972-1973; president of Citronelle Kiwanians, three years; president ministerial associations, Maryland and Alabama, five years. Published nine novelettes; thirty short stories; column "Top of the Morning", ten years.
Source: Not identified
Author: Stormy Crossing. Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Press, 1963.
Venturing South. Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Press 1958.
WHITING, KENNETH R., 1913-
Teacher. Born: February 23, 1913, in Somerville, Mass. Parents: Oscar R. and Mary Ann (Morrison) Whiting. Married: Alice Mary Sexton in September 1940. Education: Boston University, B.A., 1940; UCLA, M.A., 1941; Harvard, Ph.D., 1951. Taught at Tufts University, 1948-1950; Air University, 1951-; George Washington University at Air University, 1961-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5R.
Author: Background Information on Mainland China. Maxwell Air Force Base: Documentary Research Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, 1970.
Background Information on the People's Republic of China. Air University: Documentary Research Division, Academic Publications Division 3825th Academic Services Group, 1976.
Background Information on the Soviet Union. Maxwell Air Force Base: Documentary Research Division, Research Studies Institute, Air University, 1959.
The Chinese Communist Armed Forces. Maxwell Air Force Base: Documentary Research Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, 1976.
The Development of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1917-1972. Maxwell Air Force Base: Air University, 1972.
The Development of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1917-1977. Maxwell AirForce Base: Air University, 1978.
Evolution of the Sino-Soviet Split: a Summary Account. Maxwell Air Force Base: Directorate of Documentary Research, Air University Institute for Professional Development, 1975.
Ideologies in Conflict. Maxwell Air Force Base: Air Command and Staff College, Air University, 1962.
Iron-ore Resources in the USSR. Maxwell Air Force Base: Documentary Research Division, Research Studies Institute, Air University, 1952.
Reading in Soviet Military Theory. Maxwell Air Force Base: Documentary Research Division, Research Studies Institute, Air University, 1952?
Soviet Air Power, 1917-1976. Maxwell Air Force Base: Documentary Research Division, Academic Publications Division, 3825th Academic Services Group, Air University, 1976.
Soviet Air Power, 1917-1978. Maxwell Air Force Base: Documentary Research Division, Air University Library, Air University, 1979.
Soviet Problems of Nationality and Industrial Management. Maxwell Air Force Base: Documentary Research Division, Research Studies Institute, 1956.
Soviet Reactions to Change in American Military Strategy. Maxwell Air Force Base: Air University, 1965.
The Soviet Union Today: a Concise Handbook. New York: Praeger, 1962.
Contributor: Impact of Air Power. New York: Van Nostrand, 1958.
Soviet Air and Rocket Forces. New York: Preager, 1959.
WHITMAN, WILLIAM TATE, 1909-
Teacher. Born: October 26, 1909, in Boaz, Ala. Parents: Edward Fenno and Jane Moore (Street) Whitman. Married: Luisita Dye on August 12, 1936. Children: Two. Education: Duke University, B.A., 1929, M.A., 1933, Ph.D., 1943. Taught at Citadel, Duke, Emory. Visiting professor, Davidson College. Member: American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Industrial Relations Research Association.
Source: Who's Who in America.
Joint Author: Corporate Earning Power and Market Valuation, 1935-55. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press 1959.
Investment Timing: the Formula Plan Approach. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.
Marketing Management: a Quantitative Approach. New York: Simmons-Boardman, 1964.
Joint Editor: Essays in Southern Economic Development. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, 1964.
WHITE, LAVIS COURT, 1917-
Born: May 11, 1917, in Limestone County. Married: Carlton Dennia White. Children: Five. Education: Florence State College; University of Alabama; University of Mississippi; University of London; Athens College, A.B., 1940, M.A.T., 1971. Member: American Association of University Women, Sigma Tau Delta, Alabama Archaeological Society, Huntsville Literary Association, Decatur Art Guild.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: An Altar of Words, 1968.
WICKS, CHARLES BEAUMONT, 1907-
Teacher. Born: October 21, 1907, in Port Washington, N.Y. Parents: Charles Hamilton and Eva Lucille (Crum) Wicks. Married: Florence Henderickson on July 15, 1929. Children: Three. Education: Wesleyan University, Conn., A.B., 1929; Johns Hopkins, Ph.D., 1935; University of Paris; University of Madrid; University of Mexico. Taught at Wesleyan, 1932-1934; Johns Hopkins, 1934-1935; University of Alabama, 1935-1975. Fulbright scholar to France. Member: American Association of Teachers of French, Modern Language Association, Alabama Education Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America.
Author: Charles-Guillaume Etienne, Dramatist and Publicist (1777-1845). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1940.
The Parisian Stage: Alphabetical Index of Plays and Authors. 5 vols. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1950-1979.
WICKSTROM, JEAN CAROLE, 1942-
Teacher, journalist. Born: December 9, 1942, Ishpeming, Mich. Parents: Walter W. and Katherine N. Wickstrom. Married: Curtis Liles. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1964. Taught home economics at Oxford secondary schools, four years. Food editor, Southern Living and Progressive Farmer, 1972-. Member: American Home Economics Association, Alabama Home Economic Association, Birmingham Home Economists in Business.
Source: Personalities of the South; Dinner and Super Cookbook; Alabama Public Library Service; Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Chicken Cookbook. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1976.
Party Snacks Cookbook. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1974.
Salads Cookbook. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1975.
Compiler: Casseroles Cookbook. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1974.
The Dinner and Supper Cookbook. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1977.
Our Best Recipes, Vol. 3. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1978.
WIER, ALLEN, 1946-
Teacher. Born: September 9, 1946, in San Antonio, Tex. Parents: Ralph A. and George Ann (Marrs) Wier. Married: Dara Dixon, April 2, 1969. Education: Baylor University, B.A., 1968. Louisiana State University, M.A., 1970; Bowling Green State University, M.F.A., 1974. Yard clerk, Kansas City Southern Railroad, 1966-1967; laborer, All-Texas Ranch Supply, Waco, Tex., 1967-1968. Teacher at Longwood College, Va., 1970-1972; Carnegie Mellon University, 1974-1975; Hollins College, 1975-1980; University of Alabama, 1980. Published articles in anthologies and periodicals.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 77.
Author: Blanco. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.
Departing as Air. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983.
A Place for Outlaws. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
Things About To Disappear: Stories. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.
Voicelust... Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1985.
WIER, DARA, 1949-
Teacher. Born: December 30, 1949, in New Orleans, La. Parents: Arthur Joseph and Grace (Barrios) Dixon. Married: Allen Wier, April 2, 1969. Education: Louisiana State University; Longwood College; Bowling Green State University, M.F.A., 1974. Taught at University of Pittsburgh; Hollins College; University of Alabama. Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1980. Member: Authors Guild of the Authors League of America, Associated Writing Program. President, Associated Writing Program.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 77; Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: All You Have in Common. Pittsburgh: Carnegie- Mellon University Press, 1984.
Blood, Hook, & Eye. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1977.
The Book of Knowledge. Pittsburgh: Carneigie Mellon University Press, 1988.
The 8-Step Grapevine. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1980.
WIGGINS, SARAH VAN VOORHIS WOOLFOLK
Teacher. Born: Montgomery, Ala. Married: Peyton N. Wiggins in 1976. Children: One. Education: Huntingdon College, B.A., 1956; Louisiana State University, M.A., 1958, Ph.D., 1965. Taught at South Seminary Junior College 1959-1961; University of Alabama, 1961-. Editor Alabama Review, 1976-. Member: Alabama State Capitol Preservation Commission, American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians.
Source: Director of American Scholars; Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
Author: The Scalawag in American Politics, 1865-1881. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1977.
Compiler: From Civil War to Civil Rights, Alabama, 1860- 1960. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1986.
WILDMAN, JOHN HAZARD, 1911-
Teacher. Born: January 22, 1911, in Mobile, Ala. Parents: Alexander James and Rachel Greene (Whitaker) Wildman. Education: Brown University, B. Ph., 1933, M.A., 1934, Ph.D., 1937. Taught at Brown University, 1937-1950; Louisiana State University, 1940- 1942, 1945-1980. U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Author: Anthony Trollope's England. Providence, R.I.: Brown University, 1940.
Fever, A Novel. New York: Exposition Press, 1953.
Forgotten Land, Another Look: Poems. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1966.
Peter Marvell. Boston: Bruce Humantities, 1952.
Rebirth and the Road to Vigor: the Renewal of Old Louisville... Louisville: Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency, 1966.
Sing No Sad Songs: a Novel. New York: Exposition Press, 1955.
Son on the Night: Poems. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1962.
WILES, DAVID KIMBALL, 1942-
Teacher. Born: February 23, 1942, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Parents: Kimball and Hilda (Long) Wiles. Married: Marilyn McCall, December 31, 1964. Children: Two. Education: Florida State University, B.S., 1964; University of Florida, M.Ed., 1967, Ed.D., 1969. Taught at University of Florida; Ontario Institute for the Study of Education; Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Member: American Education Research Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Phi Delta Kappa, and editorial board, Educational Forum.
Source: Leaders in Education, 5th ed., Who's Who in the Midwest.
Author: Changing Perspectives in Educational Research. Worthington, Ohio: C. A. Jones Pub. Co., 1972.
Energy, Winter, and Schools: Crisis and Decision Theory. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1979.
Political Interpretations of Educational Administration. New York: Arno Press, 1977.
Practical Politics for School Administrators. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1981.
WILKERSON, WALTER THOMAS (THOM), 1938-
Born: October 10, 1938, in Boaz, Ala. Married: Betty Sue Varney. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama; University of South Florida, B.A. Worked as butcher, mail clerk, newspaper reporter and editor, bank teller and officer. Press relations manager, Barnett Banks of Florida. Editorial staff, Gadsden Times, Birmingham Post-Herald, Ocala (Florida) Star Banner. Editor, Barnett Action, corporate magazine for Barnett Banks.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service; To the Port Beyond; SCRIPSIT.
Author: Boaz. Tampa, Fla.: American Studies Press, 1982.
Song of the Ocarina: a Book of Verse. New York: Vantage Press, 1965.
To the Port Beyond. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1965.
WILKES, WILLIAM PUGH, 1880-
Minister. Born: March 14, 1880, in Josie Beat, Pike County, Ala. Education: Howard College; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.D. Ordained, July 15, 1906, First Baptist Church, Troy. Pastor, Brownwood, Tex.; served churches in Mobile, Cullman, Decatur, Opelika, Centreville and Blountville. Member: State Baptist Executive Board, Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, trustee, Howard and Judson Colleges.
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Alabama Baptists; Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
Author: An Alabama Boy, 1880-1902. Troy, Ala.: s.n., 1954?
Chasing an Education. Troy, Ala.: s.n., 1955.
Compiler: Biographical Dictionary of Alabama Baptists, 1920-1947. Opelika, Ala.: Post Pub. Co., s.d.
WILKINS, BENJAMIN HARRISON, SR., 1856-1941
Businessman. Born: April 4, 1856, in St. Mary's Parish, La. Parents: Richard Augustus and Margaret Adams (Minge) Wilkins. Lived in Virginia, 1860-1870; moved to Selma, Ala. Education: private tutors and Richmond schools. Married: Mattie Kent. Children: One. Married: Janie B. Weeden in 1898. Children: One. Married: Mary D. McDavid Foster of Florence. Employed as bank messenger and as jobber. Commissioned a captain in Alabama National Guard; served twenty years. Operated overalls manufacturing plant, Nashville, 1892; established the Tennessee Overalls Company, Tullahoma, 1905.
Source: Encyclopedia of American Biography, New Series, Vol. 15.
Author: War Boy: a True Story of the Civil War and Reconstruction Days. Tullahoma, Tenn.: Wilson Brothers, 1938.
WILLBERN, YORK, 1915-
Professor. Born: December 29, 1915, in Runge, Tex. Parents: David York and Berta (Young) Willbern. Education: Southwestern Texas State College, A.B., 1934; University of Texas, A.M., 1938; Ph.D., 1943. Married: Johnne Bryant, December 25, 1937. Children: Two. Taught high school in Texas, 1939-1942; North Texas State College, 1942-1943; University of Alabama, 1946-1957; Indiana University, 1957-; editor-in-chief, Public Adminstration Review, 1956-1958. Visiting professor at Duke, Columbia, Syracuse, University of Texas, Lewis and Clark, Portland State, and Victoria University in New Zealand. Chaired the administrative committee of the Southern Regional Training Program for Public Administration, 1949-1957; director, urban observation project, National League of Cities, 1968-1974; chaired, Indiana Housing Board, 1975-1977.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982-1983.
Author: Cities and Riverfront Lands. University, Ala.: Bureau of Public Administration, 1947.
Unigov: Local Government Reorganization in Indianapolis. S.l.: s.l., 197-.
The Withering Away of the City. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1964.
Joint Author: Growth and Change at Indiana University: Report of the University Study Committee. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Study Committee, 1966.
Compiler: Technical Assistance to Alabama Governments: a Directory, 1949. University, Ala.: s.n., 1949.
Contributor: Public Administration and Policy Formation: Studies in Oil, Gas, Banking, River Development and Corporate Investigations. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas, 1956.
Metropolitan Issues--Social, Governmental, Fiscal: Background Papers for the Third Annual Faculty Seminar on Metropolitan Research, August 20-30, 1961. Syracuse, N.Y.: Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1962.
WILLIAMS, ANNIE LAURIE, 1861-1932
Teacher. Born: December 13, 1861, in Montgomery, Ala. Education: private schools. First elementary worker, Baptist Sunday School Board. Author of first book on Southern Baptist training course featuring an elementary department. Adapted room, equipment, and lessons to needs of children. Superintendent, primary department, Southside Baptist Church, Birmingham; Field worker, Sunday School Board, 1909-1932.
Source: Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists.
Author: Plans and Programs. Nashville: Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1918.
Message of the Season. Nashville: Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Contention, s.d.
Lesson Building for Sunday School Teachers. Nashville: Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, s.d.
WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN BURFORD, 1923-
Teacher. Born: April 28, 1923, in New York City. Married: Marilyn. Children: Four. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1948, M.A., 1950; Vanderbilt, Ph.D., 1971. Grew up in Mobile, Ala. Taught at University of Alabama, Mobile, 1950; Vanderbilt, 1950-1952; Martin College, 1952-1953; University of Alabama, Montgomery, 1957-1971; Auburn University, Montgomery, 1971-. Member: Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English.
Source: Directory of American Scholars.
Author: A Literary History of Alabama: the Nineteenth Century. Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1979.
Joint Arthur: Governors of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Journal & Advertiser, 1984.
The Role of the Senate in Alabama History. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1978.
Editor: Sketches of Mobile. Selma, Ala.: B.A. Reynolds, 1971.
WILLIAMS, BESS BRADFORD, 1887-1966?
Journalist. Born: 1887 in Huntingdon, Tenn. Married: Edd O. Bradford, 1906?. Children: One. Education: in East Tennessee. Wrote column "Coffee Break" for Albertville Herald and Sand Mountain Reporter.
Source: Mrs. Spurgeon Fricks, Albertville Public Library.
Author: Coffee Break. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
WILLIAMS, BILLY LEE, 1938-
Baseball player. Born: June 15, 1938, in Whistler, Mobile County, Ala. Parents: Frank and Jessie Mary Williams. Married: Shirley Williams, February 25, 1960. Children: Four. Education: Mobile County Training School. Played baseball, minor leagues, 1956-1960; Chicago Cubs, 1961-1974; Oakland Athletics, 1974-. National League's Rookie of the Year, 1961; National League's Player of the Year, 1970; Major League's Player of the Year, 1972. Played in six All-Star games. Established National League record, most consecutive games played, 1117.
Source: Who's Who among Black Americans; Billy, the Classic Hitter.
Joint Author: Billy, the Classic Hitter. New YorK: Rand- McNally, 1974.
Iron Man. Chicago: Children's Press, 1970.
WILLIAMS, CHARLES BRAY, 1869-1952
Minister, teacher. Born: June 15, 1869, in Shiloh, N.C. Parents: Simeon Walston and Mary (Bray) Williams. Married: Alice Julia Owen, January 2, 1899. Children: Three. Married: Lucile Adams Bruner, December 26, 1925. Married: Edith Stallings, August 26, 1934. Children: One. Education: Wake Forest College, A.B., 1891; Crozier Seminary, B.D., 1901; University of Chicago, A.M., 1908, Ph.D., 1909. Baptist pastor in Chester, Pa.; Texarkana, and Rockdale, Tex.; Shiloh, N.C. Taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Mercer University. Managing Editor, Southwestern Journal of Theology, 1917-1919. President, Howard College, 1919-1921.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: Baylor Bible School Lectures: Delivered at the Mid-Winter School, January, 1907. Waco Tex.: Baylor University Press, 1907.
Citizens of Two Worlds, and Other Sermons. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1919.
A Commentary on the Pauline Epistles. Chicago: Moody Press, 1953.
The Evolution of New Testament Christology. Boston: R. G. Badger, 1928.
The Function of Teaching in Christianity. Nashville: Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1912.
A History of the Baptists in North Carolina. Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton, 1901.
Introduction to Christian Ethics. Kansas City, Mo.: Western Baptist Pub. Co., 1925.
An Introduction to New Testament Literature. Kansas City, Mo.: Western Baptist Pub. Co., 1929.
New Testament History and Literature. Kansas City, Mo.: Western Baptist Pub. Co., 1917.
The New Testament in the Language of the People. Boston: B. Humphries, Inc., 1937.
The Participle in the Book of Acts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1909.
WILLIAMS, CLANTON WARE, 1904-1975
Teacher. Born: June 13, 1904, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents: Clanton Ware and Tallulah Hart (McGehee). Married: Claudine Payne, July 25, 1936. Children: Two. Education: Davidson, A.B., 1927; University of Alabama, A.M., 1928, LLD. and L.H.D., 1974; Vanderbilt, Ph.D., 1938; Alabama Polytechnic Institute; University of Chicago. Taught at Barnes School, Montgomery; Ashville, N.C; University of Alabama, 1929-1955; University of Houston, vice-president for academic affairs, 1955; president, 1956-1961. Consultant, 1960-1963, U S. Air Force; Dept. of Health, Education, & Welfare; NASA. Chief educational advisor, Agency for International Development in India, 1963-1967; coordinator of instruction, International Education in Pakistan, 1967-1969. Executive Director, Alabama Commission on Higher Education, 1970-1973.
Source: Who's Who in America.
Author: The Early History of Montgomery and Incidentally of the State of Alabama. University, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1979.
The Gist of English History. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Weatherford Printing Co., 1933.
Ideologies in Conflict. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air Command and Staff School, Air University, 1951.
The Topical History of Britain. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Weatherford Printing Co., 1936. (Revision of The Gist of English History).
Uncle Sam: a Short History of the United States of America, with Some Interpretations. London: W. Heinemann, Ltd., 1944.
WILLIAMS, DANIEL T., 1935-
Librarian. Born: September 20, 1935, in Miami, Fla. Education: West Virginia State College, B. S., 1956; University of Illinois, M.S., 1957. Librarian, Tuskegee Institute, 1957-. Member: American, Catholic and Alabama Library Associations.
Source: Who's Who in Library Science.
Author: The Freedom Rides: a Bibliography, 1961. Tuskegee, Ala.: Hollis Burke Frissell Library, Tuskegee Institute, 1962.
The University of Mississippi & James H. Meredith: a Bibliography. Tuskegee, Ala.: H. B. Frissell Library, Tuskegee Institute., 1963?
Joint Compiler: The Black Muslims in the United States: a Selected Bibliography. Tuskegee, Ala.: H. B. Frissell Library, Tuskegee Institute, 1964.
Eight Negro Bibliographies. New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1970.
WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS FREDERICK, 1927-
Teacher. Born: July 23, 1927, in Laurium, Mich. Education: Northern Michigan University, B.A., 1950; University of Michigan, M.A., 1953; University of Texas, Ph.D., 1970; AYI Fellow, University of Texas, 1957-1958. Taught at high schools in Michigan, 1950-1953; Northern Michigan University, 1963-1965; National Teachers College, Uganda, 1965-1967; Auburn University, 1970-. Member: American Association of Community Colleges, National Society for the Study of Education, Phi Delta Kappa.
Source: Leaders in Education; Personalized Faculty Development.
Joint Author: Personalized Faculty Development: Rationale, Application and Evaluation. Bear Creek, Ala.: CESCO, 1979.
WILLIAMS, MRS. E. O.
See: Williams, Bess Bradford
WILLIAMS, GEORGE KENDRICK, 1930-
Lawyer. Born: February 16, 1930, in Greenville, Ala. Parents: John Robbins and Myra Lou (Ware) Williams. Married: Doris Karen Toftoy, 1954. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1954, J.D., 1956. Admitted to bar, 1956; practiced before U.S. Supreme Court, 1975. Partner, Camp, Williams and Spurrier and Rice, 1975-. Member: Board of Appeals, Alabama Industrial Relations Dept.; special assistant attorney general, twice; special counselor, Alabama Real Estate Commission; Democratic Executive Committee, Huntsville.
Source: Who's Who in American Law.
Author: Alabama Supplement to Modern Real Estate Practices. Chicago: Real Estate Ed. Co., 1978.
Joint Author: Alabama Study Guide for Real Estate Fundamentals. Chicago: Real Estate Education Co., 1986.
WILLIAMS, HANK, JR., 1949-
Singer. Born: May 26, 1949, in Shreveport, La. Parents: Hank and Audrey Williams. Married: Gwen Yeargain. Children: One. Married: Beck White. Toured with Audrey Williams' Caravan of Stars; appeared in musical shows and film "My Cheating Heart"; recorded songs.
Source: Who's Who in America.
Joint Author: Living Proof: an Autobiography. New York: Putnam, 1979.
WILLIAMS, HERBERT LEE, 1918-
Teacher. Born June 1, 1918, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: William Percy and Lucy (Cowan) Williams. Married: Mary Elizabeth Roberts in 1948. Children: Three. Education: Murray State College, B.A., 1940; University of Mississippi, M.A., 1941, Ph.D., 1955. Taught at Boston University, 1949-1951; University of Mississippi, 1951-1954; Michigan State University, 1954-1956; Memphis State University, 1956-. Established Dept. of Journalism, Memphis State University, 1956. Researcher for Harry S. Truman's Truman's Memoirs, May-December, 1954.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R; Who's Who in America.
Author: The Newspaperman's President: Harry S. Truman. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1984.
No Room for Doubt. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1976.
Joint Author: Newspaper Organization and Management. Ames: Iowa State College Press, 1955.
Contributor: Modern Journalism. New York: Pitman Pub. Co., 1962.
WILLIAMS, HORACE G. (MRS.)
See: Williams, Margaret J.
WILLIAMS, IRENE, 1901-
Born: 1901 in Gadsden, Ala. Parents: Joseph Eugene and Minne Stella (Moore) Williams. Education: Alabama College, A.B.; Peabody College, M.A.; attended Columbia, Duke, Harvard, George Washington Universities.
Source: Alabama Department of Archives & History.
Author: These Are Mine: One Williams Family Lineage. Washington, D.C., 1964.
WILLIAMS, LEE ERSKINE, II, 1946-
Teacher. Born April 2, 1946, in Jackson. Parents: Lee E. and Ruth Mae (Harris) Williams. Married: Rosetta Cassandra, December 22, 1973. Children: One. Education: Knoxville College, B.A., 1968; East Tennessee State University, M.A., 1970; Mississippi State University, Ph.D., 1975. Taught at Mississippi State University, 1975; Middle Tennessee State University, 1969- 1972, University of Alabama, Huntsville, 1972. Published papers, articles and reviews in anthologies, proceedings, newspapers and periodicals.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 41R; Lee Erskine Williams, II, Huntsville, Ala.
Joint Author: Anatomy of Four Race Riots: Racial Conflict in Knoxville, Elaine (Arkansas), Tulsa, and Chicago, 1919-1921. Hattiesburg: University and College Press of Mississippi, 1972.
WILLIAMS, MARGARET JR., 1902-
Writer. Born: February 6, 1902, in Elkton, Tenn. Parents: George W. and Mary (Hanna) Johnson. Married: Horace G. Williams, June 29, 1923. Education: Judson College, A.B., 1922; University of Texas, A.M., 1924. Wrote Christian training literature for Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, twenty years.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service; Mrs. Horace G. Williams, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Author: Almost Sixty Years Together. Birmingham, Ala.: Delene W. Williams, 1986.
Fighters for Freedom. Nashville: Convention Press, 1958.
WILLIAMS, PATRICK J. (Pseudonym)
See: Butterworth, William Edmund, III
WILLIAMS, RALPH CHESTER, 1888-
Physician. Born: July 24, 1888, in Russell County, Ala. Parents: Arthur R. and Susan (Tatum) Williams. Married: Annie Worrill Perry, February 26, 1913. Children: One. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1907; University of Alabama School of Medicine, Mobile, M.D., 1910. Practiced in Madison and Russell Counties until 1916. U.S. Public Health Service, Colorado, mine rescue work; served in Chicago, New Orleans and Tampico, Mexico, for treatment of bubonic plague victims; Phoenix; Washington, D.C., 1917-. On staff, Surgeon General of the United States, as editor Weekly Public Health Report. Chief Medical Officer, Farm Security Administration; Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Chief, Georgia Division of Hospital and Medical Facilities Construction Program (Hill-Burton Hospital Program).
Source: The Fiftieth Anniversary of Ralph Chester Williams and Annie Worrill Perry, February 26, 1913-February 16, 1963; Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
Compiler: The United States Public Health Service, 1798- 1950. Washington, D.C.: Commissioned Officers Association of the United States Public Health Service, 1951.
Contributor: Nursing Home Management. New York: F. W. Dodge, 1959.
WILLIAMS, VERGIL LEWIS, 1935-
Law enforcement officer. Born: September 29, 1935, in Crosbyton, Tex. Parents: Albert Lewis and Neola (Bell) Williams. Married: Vergnel Campbell Smith, June 6, 1957. Children: One. Married: Velma Arlene Minor, December 23, 1974. Children: One. Education: West Texas State University, B.S., 1966; Southern Illinois University, 1966-1968; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1971. Farmer, 1953-1960; policeman, 1960-1970. Taught criminal justice at University of Alabama, 1971. Member: International Association of Chiefs of Police, American Society of Criminology, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, U.S. Parachute Association
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: Convicts, Codes and Contraband: the Prison Life of Men and Women. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Pub., 1974.
Dictionary of American Penology: an Introductory Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979.
Joint Author: Introduction to Criminal Justice. Albany, N.Y.: Delmar, 1982.
Contributor: Victimology: a New Focus, Vol, 2, Society's Reaction to Victimization. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1974.
WILLIAMSON, EDWARD CHARLES, 1916-
Historian. Born: April 26, 1916, in Phildelphia, Pa. Married: Ruthie. Children: Two. Education: University of Florida, A.B., 1939; A.M., 1946; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1954. Served in U.S. Army, 1941-1945 and 1950-1952. Historian, U.S. Air Force, 1954-1957. Taught at University of Florida, 1948- 1954; assistant editor, Florida Historical Quarterly, 1948-1954; Auburn University, 1957-; Association editor, Textile History Review, 1960-1964.
Source: Directory of American Scholars.
Author: American Political Writers, 1801-1973. Boston: Twayne, 1981.
Florida Politics in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893. Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1975.
WILLIAMSON, EUGENE LACOSTE, JR., 1930-
Teacher. Born: April 13, 1930, in Gurley, Ala. Married: Mary Stowe. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1951; University of Michigan, M.A., 1955, Ph.D., 1960. Taught at University of Kentucky, 1957-1959; University of Alabama, 1959; professor and director of graduate studies, Dept. of English. Member: Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English.
Source: Contemporary Authors, vol. 9R; Directory of American Scholars.
Author: The Liberalism of Thomas Arnold. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1964.
WILLIS, MARY FARLEY, 1901-
Secretary, teacher. Born: March 25, 1901, in Clanton, Ala. Parents: John Boyd and Mary Ann Rebecca (Popwell) Farley. Married: Harlum E. Willis, December 5, 1934. Children: One. Education: Chilton County High School; Southern Junior College, Ooltewah, Tenn. Secretary-bookkeeper, Alabama Conference, Seventh Day Adventists, Clanton, 1923-1928; secretary, Southern Publishing Associaiton, Nashville, 1928-1931. Taught elementary grades, 1960-1966. Published Bible and childrens' stories in magazines and newspapers.
Source: Mary Farley Willis, Clanton, Ala.
Author: As It Was On Pa's Farm. Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Pub. Association, 1980.
People of That Book. Hagerstown, Md.: Review and Herald Pub. Association, 1981.
WILLMAN, LEON D., 1923-
Teacher. Born: January 6, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio. Parents: Carl F. and Marguerite (Purdy) Willman. Married: Dorothy Overton, June 26, 1949. Children: Two. Education: Mount Union College, B.S.; University of Alabama, M.S., Ed.D; Ohio State University, doctoral work-geology. Worked for Texas Co. and Skiles Drilling Co., summers, 1947-1949. Taught at Tuscaloosa County High School, 1951-1953; Tuscaloosa High School, 1953-1955; Jacksonville State University, 1958-; dean of students 1958-1964, professor, College of Education, 1959-1982, adjunct professor, 1982-. Member: Phi Delta Kappa.
Source: Leon D. Willman, Jacksonville, Ala.
Author: Gem and Mineral Localities of Southeastern United States. 2 vols. Anniston, Ala., 1963-1970.
WILSON, AUGUSTA JANE EVANS, 1835-1909
Born: May 8, 1835, in Columbus, Ga. Parents: Mathew Ryan and Sarah Skirine (Howard) Evans. Married: L.M. Wilson in 1868. Education: Tutorship by mother; private schools. Lived in Russell County, Ala., 1839; Texas, 1845; Mobile, 1849. Broke engagement to James Spaulding, publisher of New York World, because of her sympathies with Confederacy. During war, volunteer nurse. Wrote Marcia to raise morale of Confederate soldiers; banned among one Northern general's troops. Most popular novelist in country during and after war.
Source: Encyclopedia of Southern History; Hubbell's South in American Literature; Fidler's Augusta Evans Wilson; Papashvily's All the Happy Endings; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: At the Mercy of Tiberius. New York: G. W. Dillingham, 1887.
Beulah. New York: Carleton, 1869.
Devota. New York: G. W. Dillingham, 1907.
Inez, a Tale of the Alamo. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855.
Infelice. New York: G. W. Dillingham, 1889.
Macaria: or, Altars of Sacrifice. Richmond: West, and Johnson, 1864.
St. Elmo. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1866.
A Speckled Bird. New York: A. L. Burt, 1902.
Vashti: or, "Until Death Do Us Part." New York: Carleton, 1869.
WILSON, EDWARD OSBORNE, 1929-
Entomologist. Born: June 10, 1929, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Edward Osborne and Inez (Freeman) Wilson. Married: Irene Kelley, October 30, 1955. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1945; M.S., 1950; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1955. Taught at Harvard, 1956-; member, Society of Fellows, 1953-1956. Developed first quantitative theory of species equilibrium; studies entomology and biology of ants. Awarded, national Medal for Science, 1976; Distinguished Service Award, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1976; Leidy Medal, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1979; Pulitzer Prize, nonfiction, 1979. Member: National Academy of Science, America Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Source: Who's Who in America.
Author: The Ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Honolulu: Entomology Dept., Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1967.
Behavior of Daceton Armigerum (Latreille), with a Classification of Self-grooming Movements in Ants. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 1962.
Biophilla. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984.
The Insect Societies. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1971.
Life: Cells, Organisms, Populations. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 1977.
A Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Lasius. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 1955.
On Human Nature. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978.
Sociobiology: the Synthesis. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1975.
Studies on the Ant Fauna of Melenesia. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 1958.
Joint Author: The Ants. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990.
Biodiversity. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1988.
Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects. Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1978.
Genes, Mind and Culture: the Coevolutionary Process. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1981.
The Insects: Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1977.
Life on Earth. Stamford, Conn.: Sinauer Associates, 1971.
Promethean Fire: Reflections on the Origin of the Mind. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983.
A Report on the Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis Saevissina var, Richteri Forel in Alabama, 1949.
The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1967.
Compiler: Animal Behavior: Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1975.
Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology: Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1974.
WILSON, ELKIN CALHOUN, 1900-
Teacher. Born: November 13, 1900, in Valdosta, Ga. Married: 1937. Education: Emory University, Ph.B., 1922; Harvard, A.M., 1927, Ph.D., 1934. Taught English at Northwestern University, 1927-1931; University of Mississippi, 1934-1936; Cornell University, 1937-1944; Queens College, N.Y., 1945-1946; New York University, 1946-1967. Research fellow, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1936-1937. Retired, 1967, to Birmingham, Ala..
Source: Directory of American Scholars.
Author: England's Eliza. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1939.
Prince Henry and English Literature. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1946.
Santayana and Keats. Birmingham, Ala.: E. C. Wilson, 1980.
Shakespeare, Santayana and the Comic. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1973.
Editor: The Lamentation of Troy for the Death of Hector. Chicago: Institute of Elizabethan Studies, 1959.
WILSON, EUGENE MURPHY, 1931-
Teacher. Born: August 27, 1931, in Augusta, Ga. Parents: Clinton and Virginia (Murphy) Wilson. Married: Kathy, 1955. Children: Three. Education: Auburn University, one year; University of Alabama, B.S., 1960; Louisiana State University, M.S., 1962, Ph.D., 1969. Military service, six years. Taught at University of Alabama, 1963-1969; University of South Alabama, 1969-; Mississippi State University; Louisiana State University. Published in periodicals and anthologies.
Source: Eugene M. Wilson, Mobile, Ala..
Author: Alabama Folk Houses. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Historical Commission, 1975.
An Analysis of Rural Buildings in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District, Alabama and Mississippi. Mobile, Ala.: National Park Service and U.S. Corps of Engineers, 1982.
Cultural Resources Reconnaisance Study of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee System, Corridor, Alabama, Vol. 5, Cultural Resource Management Summary. Mobile, Ala.: Dept. of Geology and Geography, University of South Alabama, 1983.
A Guide to Rural Houses of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Historical Commission, 1975.
A Sketch of the Upper Tombigbee Valley. Mobile, Ala.: National Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1983.
Joint Author: Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Study of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee System, Corridor, Alabama., Vol. 4. Special Topics. Mobile, Ala.: Dept of Geology & Geography, University of South Alabama, 1983.
Historical Geography of the Upper Tombigbee Valley. University, Ala.: The Center of the Study of Southern History and Culture, 1982.
Mobile Weather and Marine Almanac. Mobile, Ala.: 1978, 1979, 1981.
WILSON, LONA MAE LUCKY, 1905-
Teacher. Born: January 10, 1905, in Red Water, Tex. Parents: Robert Wallace and Virginia (Holliday) Lucky. Married: Aubrey Gresham Wilson, July 29, 1939. Children: One. Education: Livingston State University, B.S., 1932; George Peabody College, M.A., 1939; University of Alabama, A.A. certificate, 1963. Taught at Moundville, 1934-1964; Mobile, 1964-1967; Chickasaw, 1967-. Director, annual Easter pageant, Moundville, 1950-1964. Member: Alabama Personnel and Guidance Association, National League of American Pen Women, National Education Association, Alabama Education Association, Kappa Kappa Iota.
Source: Who's Who of American Women.
Author: Behind the Mounds. Northport, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1963.
Easter Dawns on Mound Park. Northport, Ala.: Colonial Press, 1963.
WILSON, MABEL PONDER, 1907-
Teacher. Born: May 14, 1907, in Decatur, Ala. Parents: Thomas Reese and Mary Ann (Breedlove) Ponder. Married: Otha Bernon Wilson, September 18, 1936. Children: One. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1928. Taught in Birmingham schools, 1928-1967. Member: National Education Association, Alabama Education Association, DAR, U.S. Daughter of 1812, Daughters of American Colonists, Alabama Genealogical Society, Alabama Historical Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta Epsilon.
Source: Who's Who of American Women.
Compiler: Some Early Alabama Churches (Established before 1870). Birmingham, Ala.: Alabama Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1973.
WILSON, MAMIE LOUIS THOMPSON, 1934-
Educator. Born: July 12, 1934, in Jacksonville, Fla. Married: 1958. Children: Two. Education: Spelman College, A.B., 1951; Boston University, M.A., 1953; Indiana University, Ph.D., 1958; Butler University; University of Chicago. Director, Special Services, Grambling College, 1957-1960; Dean, Division of Humanities, Miles College, 1960-1962; Chief psychologist, Indiana State Board of Corrections, 1964-1969. Taught Graduate school, Indiana University; Purdue University, Indianapolis.
Source: Leaders in Education.
Author: A Comparative Study of the Speech Responses and Social Ages of Two Selected Groups of Educable Mental Retardates. Grambling: Grambling College of Louisiana, 1960?
Meet the Consonants. Dallas: Royal Pub. Co, 1961.
A Teachers' Guide for Teaching Educable Mental Retardates How to Read. New York: Exposition Press, 1974.
WILSON, THOMAS HENRY, 1943-
Teacher. Born: February 23, 1943, in Camden, Ark. Parents: Henry Hudson and Frances L. Wilson. Married: Doris Ann Westerman, September 7, 1965. Children: Two. Education: Ouachita Baptist University, B.S.; University of Arkansas, M.S.; University of Illinois, Ph.D. U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, 1971. Taught biology at Judson College, 1972-; academic counselor, adult degree program. Awarded Holly Teaching Award (outstanding teacher at Judson), 1983. Member: Alabama Academy of Science. Published articles in periodicals; weekly column in newspaper, 1973-.
Source: Thomas Henry Wilson, Marion, Ala.
Author: Monograph of the Subfamily Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Ann Arbor, Mich.: Entomological Institute of America, 1975.
WILSON, ZEBULON VANCE, 1950-
Teacher. Born: August 8, 1950, in Asheville, N.C. Grew up in Lanett, Ala. Married: Linda Dager. Children: Two. Education: Yale University, B.A., 1972; Trinity College of University of Dublin, diploma in Anglo-Irish literature, 1973; University of Virginia, M.A., 1974. Harvard University Honorary scholarship, 1968; Florida nominee, Rhodes Scholarship, 1972; honorary mention, Pushcart Prize, 1982. Taught English and was principal, Lovett School, 1974-1979; southeast director of Independent Educational Services, 1980-1983; writer-in-residence and chair, English Dept., Asheville School, 1983-. Member: Authors Guild, Poets and Writers, Modern Language Association, National Association of Independent Schools' Writers, Modern Language Association, National Association of Independent Schools' Academic Services Committee, National Council of Teachers of English. Published in The Carolina Quarterly, Missouri Review, Independent School.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service; Z. Vance Wilson, Asheville, N.C.
Author: The Quick and the Dead, a novel. New York: Arbor House, 1986.
They Took Their Stand. Atlanta: Aiken Press, 1983.
WINDHAM, AMASA BENJAMIN, 1905-1956
Journalist. Born: June 7, 1905, in Gordo, Ala. Parents John J. and Nannie Estelle (Ezell) Windham. Married: Kathryn Tucker, February 10, 1946. Children: Three. Education: Howard College, A.B., 1934; Columbia University. Artist, feature writer and copy editor, Birmingham Age-Herald, 1928-1941. Served in U.S. Navy, 1941-1946. Southern editor, Electrical Merchandising, McGraw-Hill, 1946-1956. Active in Birmingham Little Theatre; in charge of federal theatre project, 1930's. Recognized philatelist, expert genealogist, story teller.
Source: Kathryn Windham, Selma, Ala.
Author: Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections. Selma, Ala.: s.n., s.d.
The Windham Family of England, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. Sandy Springs, Ga.: s.n., 1982.
Playwright: Gummy (One Act). 1930.
Lions in Alderson (Three Acts). 1935.
You Can't Beat Fate (One Act). 1928.
Joint Playwright: College Interlude (10 Scenes). Tampa, Fla.: Tampa Federal Theatre, 1937.
Hollywood (17 Revue Sketches). Tampa, Fla.: Tampa Federal Theatre, 1937.
Mister Petruchio (Three Acts). 1936.
Now Is the Time for All Good Men (14 Scenes). 1931.
One Night in April (One Act). 1937.
Safe is Democracy (One Act). 1939.
WINDHAM, KATHRYN TUCKER, 1918-
Born: June 2, 1918, in Selma, Ala. Parents: James Wilson and Helen (Tabb) Tucker. Married: Amasa Benjamin Windham, February 19, 1946. Children: Three. Education: Huntingdon College, B.A., 1939; honorary Litt.D., 1979. Police reporter, Alabama Journal, 1940-1942; worked at Treasury Dept., Birmingham 1942- 1944; Birmingham News, 1944-1946; Selma Times-Journal, 1960-1973; community service planner, Area Agency on Aging, Camden, Ala., 1973-. Member: Selma City Board, 1960-1973, Alabama State Historical Committee, National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Story Telling, Democratic Party, Methodist Church; awarded prize for best nonfiction book by Alabama Library Association, 1975.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 69; Something about the Author, Vol. 14.
Author: Alabama, One Big Front Porch. Huntsville, Ala: Strode, 1975.
Count Those Buzzards! Stamp Those Grey Mules!: Superstitions Remembered from a Southern Childhood. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979.
Exploring Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1970.
The Ghost in the Sloss Furnaces. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Society, 1978.
Jeffrey Introduces 13 More Southern Ghosts. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1971.
Jeffrey's Latest 13: More Southern Ghosts. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1982.
My Name is Julia. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Public Library Press, 1991.
Odd-egg Editor. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990.
A Sampling of Selma Stories. Selma: Selma Printing Service, 1991.
A Serigamy of Stories. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1988.
Southern Cooking to Remember. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1978.
13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1973.
Thirteen Georgia Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1973.
13 Mississippi Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1974.
Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1977.
Treasured Alabama Recipes. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1964.
Treasured Georgia Recipes. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1973.
Treasured Tennessee Recipes. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1972.
WINDHAM, MARGARET FRANCES, 1922-
Born: March 24, 1922, in Springville, Ala. Parents: Judge M. Ward and ______(Riley) Forman. Married: L. Ralph Windham, November 22, 1945. Children: Two. Education: Stephens College; University of Alabama, B.S., 1943. Worked in school system, nine years; Bank of Springville, eight years.
Source: Margaret Windham, Springville, Ala.
Compiler: History of Springville, Alabama: 1969, the Sesquicentennial Anniversary, S.l.: s.n., 1969.
WINGARD, JOSEPH CECIL, 1944-
Teacher. Born: July 9, 1944, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents: William Cecil and Katie Malie Wingard. Education: Samford University, 1966. Taught English and journalism, Andalusia High School.
Source: Ode to the Winged Victory and Other Poems.
Author: Ode to the Winged Victory and Other Poems. Andalusia, Ala.: Covington Printing Co., 1970.
WINN, JOSHUA NICHOLAS, III, 1905-
Teacher. Born: August 29, 1905, in Winchester, Ky. Parents: Joshua Nicholas, II, and Rachel Hodgkin Winn. Grew up on Lock Six Reservation, Muscle Shoals. Married: Calista Jackson, December 30, 1934. Children: Two. Education: Southwestern College, Memphis, 1924-1926; Dartmouth, A.B., 1928; Columbia, M.A., 1941. Taught in Lauderdale County, Ala., three years; Tennessee Military Institute, Sweetwater, Tenn., 1930-1950; University of North Alabama, 1950-1976; Alabama Christian College, Florence, Ala., 1981-.
Source: Alabama Public Library Service; J. N. Winn, III, Florence, Ala..
Author: Muscle Shoals Canal: Life with the Canalers. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1979.
Editor: Gathering Up Our Sheaves With Joy: a History of Trinity Episcopal Church, 1928-1976, Florence, Alabama. Nashville: Williams Printing Co, 1985?
WINNINGER, DAVID DeLEAL, 1941-
Lawyer. Born: August 21, 1941, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: DeLeal Benton and Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Winninger. Married: Myrna Ann Strong, August 19, 1960. Children: Three. Education: Samford University, B.S., 1962; Cumberland Law School, LL.B., 1964. Admitted to Alabama Bar, 1964; U.S. District Court, 1964; U.S. Supreme Court, 1970. Member: Finn, Tarter, and Winninger, 1966-1975. Special judge, Civil Court, Jefferson County, 1969- 1974. President, Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation, Birmingham; Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce Foundation for Retarded Children.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest; Who's Who in American Law.
Author: Trial Handbook for Alabama Lawyers. Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Cooperative Pub., Co., 1982.
WINSTON, ALVIN (Pseudonym)
See: Wood, Clement Richardson.
WINTER, ADALEE DUCKETT, 1926-
Born: May 20, 1926. Parents: John Thomas and Constance Roddey (Rappe) Duckett. Married: William E. Winter, December 24, 1944. Children: Four. Education: University of South Carolina, 1941- 1944. Owned Needlework shop, Tuscaloosa, 1975-1981; awarded Needlepoint Guild Book of the Year Award, 1975.
Source: Adalee Winter, Tuscaloosa, Ala..
Author: Needlecraft Kingdom. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1976.
Needlecraft Patterns for Needlepoint, Cross-stitch Embroidery, Knitting Piecing and Quilting, Beadwork, Mosaic. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1973.
Needlecraft Treasury. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1979.
Religious Designs for Needlework. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1977.
Wildflower Design for Needlework: Charts, Histories, and Watercolors of 29 Wildflowers. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1979.
WOLFF, JONATHAN ANSELL (TOBIAS), 1945-
Teacher. Born: June 19, 1945, in Birmingham, Ala. Education: Stanford University, M.A., 1976. Awarded, National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 1978; O'Henry prize, 1980, 1981; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1982. Taught writing at Syracuse University. Published in Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Vogue.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 114.
Author: Back in the World. Boston: Houghton, 1985.
The Barracks Thief. New York: Eco Press, 1984.
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs. New York: Eco Press, 1981.
Ugly Rumours. London: Allen & Unwin, 1977.
Editor: Matter of Life and Death: New American Stories. New York: Wampeter Press, 1983.
Written under name of Jonathan Ansell Wolff:
Hunters in the Snow: a Collection of Short Stories. London: J. Cape, 1981.
The Liar. Vineburg, Calif.: Engdahl Typography, 1989.
The Stories of Tobias Wolff. London: J. Cape, 1988.
This Boy's Life: a Memoir. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989.
WOLFF, TOBIAS
See: Wolff, Jonathan Ansell.
WOOD, CLEMENT RICHARDSON, 1888-1950
Lawyer. Born: September 1, 1888, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Married: Mildred Mary Cummer in 1914. Children: Two. Married: Gloria Goddard in 1936. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1909; Yale, LL.B., 1911. Practiced law in Birmingham, 1911-; city attorney, 1912; chief magistrate, Central Recorders Court, 1913 (succeeding Hugo Black); removed for "lack of judicial temperament"--jailed Lt. Governor. Waited on tables; worked for Rockefeller Vice Commission; secretary to Upton Sinclair. Taught in private schools, New York and New Jersey, two years; Washington Square Writing Center, New York University. Full time writer, 1941; some under pseudonym Alan Dubois.
Source: Twentieth Century Authors, 1st suppl; New York Times, October 27, 1950.
Author: American History at a Glance. New York: Reader Mail, Inc., 1941.
Amy Lowell. New York: Harold Vinal, 1936.
The Art and Technique of Writing Poetry. New York: Greenberg: 1940.
The Art of Kissing. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1926.
Auction Bridge for Beginners. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius. Co, 1934.
Bernar MacFadden: a Study in Success. New York: Lewis Copeland, 1929.
A Book of Comic Dialect Poems. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1926.
Botany for Beginners. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.
Byron and the Women He Loved. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1924.
Carelessness: Public Enemy No. 1. New York: Hillman- Curl, Inc., 1937.
Cherry. New York: Phoenix, 1935.
Clement Wood and His Lives: How a Good Boy of Methodism Turned Pagan. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius, 1929.
A Complete History of the United States. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1936.
Corpse in the Guest Room. New York: Arcadia House, Inc., 1945.
The Craft of Poetry. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1929.
Cross Word Puzzle Book, No. 1-. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1935-.
Cross Word Puzzle Book for Children, No. 1-. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius., 1925-.
Death in Ankara: a Story of Modern Espionage. New York: Mystery House, 1944.
Death on the Pampas. New York: Mystery House, 1944.
Deep River. New York: W. Goodwin, 1934.
Desire (and Other Stories). New York: Woodford Press, 1950.
Doctors, Dynamiters and Gunmen. Muscatine, Iowa: TNT Press, 1936.
Double Jeopardy. New York: Arcadia House, 1947.
Dreams and How to Understand Them. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Inc., 1931.
Dreams and Their Meaning and Practical Applications. New York: Greenberg, 1931.
The Eagle Flies, Sonnets. Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1925.
The Eagle Returns. Cleveland: s.n., 1947?
The Eagle Sonnets. New York: Horizon, 1942.
The Earth Turns South. New York: Dutton, 1919.
Eril, a Masque. Delanson, N.Y.: The Bozenkill Press, 1942.
Emerson: the Man and His Works. Girard, Kan.: Haldemen-Julius Co., 1924.
Flesh, and Other Stories. New York: Woodford Press, 1929.
Flesh Is Willing. New York: Phoenix, 1935.
Folly. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1925.
Glad of Earth. New York: L. J. Gomme, 1917.
The Glory Road: an Autobiography. New York: Poets Press, 1936.
Great Women of Antiquity. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius, 1924.
The Greenwich Village Blues. New York: H. Harrison, 1926.
Herbert Clark Hoover, An American Tragedy. New York: M. Swain, 1932.
Hints of Writing Poetry. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius, 1924.
History of Rome. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1923.
How to Love. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.
Hunter of Heaven: the American Soul As Revealed By Its Poetry. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1929.
If There Is a Hell-- . Belanson, N.Y.: Bozenkill Press, 1934?
An Introduction to Philosophy (The Science of Language). Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.
Jehovah. New York: Dutton, 1920.
Julius Caesar: Who He Was and What He Accomplished. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.
King Henry, the Rake (Henry VIII and His Women). Boston: The Stratford Co., 1929.
Ladies Need Loving. New York: Phoenix, 1935.
Laughter. Lime Rock, Conn.: Bernhard Wall, 1922.
Lays for the Laity. S.l.: s.n., 1937.
Let's Play "the Game": the Book of Charades. New York: Greenbert, 1939.
The Life of a Man: a Biography of John R. Brinkley. Kansas City, Kan.: Goshorn Pub., 1934.
The Making of the Old Testament. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.
McFadden the Conqueror. S.l.: s.n., 1930.
The Man Who Killed Kitchener: the Life of Fritz Joubert Duquesne, 1879-. New York: Raro Inc., 1932.
Manhood: the Facts of Life Presented to Men. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius, 1924.
Modern Sexual Morality. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.
More Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1940.
More Power to your Words. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1940.
Mother Goose: an Anthology. Girard, Kan: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1924.
Mountain. New York: Dutton, 1920.
Negro Songs, an Anthology. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1924.
Nigger, a Novel. New York: Dutton, 1922.
Other Men's Wives. New York: Balzac Press, 1949.
The Outline of Man's Knowledge: the Story of History, Science, Literature, Art, Religion, Philosophy. New York: L. Copeland, 1927.
Pleasure before Marriage. New York: Phoenix, 1935.
Poetry of the Southern States. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1924.
Poet's and Songwriters' Guide: Complete Book of Scansion for Writers of Poetry, Verse, Song Lyrics, and Prose. New York: Valient House, 1948.
Poet's Handbook. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1946.
Poets of America. New York: Dutton, 1925.
A Popular History of the World. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1935.
The Real Mary Baker Eddy. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1925.
Sensualist: a Novel of the Life and Times of Oscar Wilde. New York: J. Swift, 1942.
Sex in Psychoanalysis. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.
Sexual Relations in Southern States. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1929.
Shadow from the Bogue. New York: Dutton, 1928.
Shelley and the Women He Loved. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1924.
A Short History of the Jews. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1924.
Six Indiscrete Lovers. S.l.: s.n., 1930.
Sociology for Beginners. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.
The Sociology of Lester Ward. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman- Julius Co., 1924.
The Stone Age. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1923.
Strange Fires. New York: Woodford Press, 1951.
Tabloid Murders. New York: Macaulay Co., 1931.
Throttle: a Fact Story About Norman Baker. Muscatine, Iowa: Baker Sales Co., 1934.
The Tide Comes In. New York: Dutton, 1923.
Tom Sawyer Grows Up. New York: World Syndicate Pub. Co., 1939.
Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1925.
Warren Gamaliel Harding: an American Comedy. New York: W. Faro Inc., 1932.
What It Takes: a Study in Success. New York: Liberty Pub. Corp., 1934.
The White Peacock. New York: H. Vidal, 1928.
The Woman Who Was Pope: a Biography of Pope Joan, 853-855 A.D. New York: W. Faro Inc., 1931.
Woods' Unabridged Rhyming Dictionary. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1943.
Your Dreams and What They Mean. Cleveland: World Pub., Co., 1941.
Lyricist: If the Seas Dry. Berkeley, Calif.: s.n., 1931.
Joint Author: The Complete Book of Games. New York: Halcyon House, 1938.
Don't' Tread on Me: a Study of Aggressive Legal Tactics for Labor. New York: Vanguard, 1928.
For Walt Whitman. Toronto: H. S. Sander, 1923.
Four Seek Love. New York: Woodford Press, 1949.
Games for Two: or, How to Keep the Reno Wolf away from Your Door. New York: Hillman-Curl, 1937.
Let's Have a Good Time Tonight: an Omnibus of Party Games. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1938.
The 1941 Quiz Book. New York: Arcadia House, 1941.
The Regents Questions and Answers in Literature. New York: Regents Publishers, 1923.
A Slang Dictionary. S.l.: s.n., 1926.
Editor: The Complete Rhyming Dictionary and Poets Craft Book. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Co., 1936.
A History of the World. Cleveland: World Syndicate Pub. Co., 1937.
Summarized: History of Civilization in England, by H. T. Buckle. New York: Vanguard Press, 1926.
Substance of History of European Morals, by W. E. H. Lecky. New York: Vanguard Press, 1926.
The Substance of the Sociology of Lester F. Ward. New York: Vanguard, 1930.
Written under pseudonym of Alan Dubois:
America's Sweetheart. New York: W. Godwin, 1933.
Artist's Model. New York: Woodford Press, 1951.
Loose Shoulder Straps. New York: W. Faro, 1932.
Semi-detached Wife. New York: Phoenix, 1935.
WOOD, MATTIE PEGUES, 1897-1975
Teacher. Born: October 14, 1897, in Tupelo, Miss. Parents: Alexander H. and Elizabeth (Lumpkin) Pegues. Married: George Mark Wood, 1923. Children: Two. Education: Mississippi State College for Women, 1916; Columbia University, two years; Harvard University, one summer. Taught English in Greenville, 1918-1919; Margaret Booth School, Montgomery, Ala., 1943-1945.
Source: Sally Wood Millsap, Montgomery, Ala.
Author: The Life of St. John's Parish: a History of St. John's Episcopal Church from 1934-1955. Montgomery, Ala., 1955.
WOOD, WAYNE, 1954-
Teacher. Born: November 13, 1954, in Birmingham Ala. Parents: Clinton Mason and Dorothy Ann (Pullen) Wood. Education: Albertville High School; Gadsden State Junior College, one year; Mobile College, B.A., 1978. Taught at Westminster Christian School, Gadsden, 1978-1979; Simmons Junior High School, Hoover, 1979-. Awarded, Outstanding Young Men of America, 1985. Member: Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Published in state newspapers.
Source: Wayne Wood, Birmingham, Ala.
Author: The Marble Valley Boys. Hoover Ala., 1986.
WOODALL, SALLY LEE
Teacher. Parents: William Marvin and ____ Woodall. Married: Bob Murray (Mahoney?). Education: Birmingham Southern College; Columbia University, graduate study; New York University, Feagin School of Drama. Worked on New York stage; wrote radio and advertising scripts. Published in New Republic; U.S. Camera. Taught speech and drama at Princeton University; University of Hawaii. Wrote, directed, acted: "As the Grass," 1966, in Mobile; wrote play "Helen in Transit."
Source: Birmingham News, April 13, 1943; December 7, 1944, December 15, 1944; July 12, 1959; Birmingham Pubic Library.
Author: The Animal ABC... New York: U.S. Camera Pub. Co., 1946.
The Happy Island: Bermuda. New York: Maloney, 1946.
Puffy Goes to Sea. New York: U.S. Camera Pub. Co., 1945.
Joint Author: Photographs of Mexico. New York: U.S. Camera Pub. Co., 1945.
WOODRUFF, GWENDOLYN ROBERSON, 1915-
Teacher. Born 1915 in Selma, Ala. Parents: Ed Lee and Dolly (Mason) Roberson. Married: Richard Shaul Woodruff in 1939. Children: Two. Education: Athens Teachers College; studied piano with Edwin Hughes, New York City; Dorsey Whittington Conservatory of Music, Birmingham, three years. Performing pianist; produced slide presentations.
Source: Gwen Woodruff, Birmingham, Ala..
Author: Dorset Forever. Birmingham, Ala.: Woodruff Publishing Co., 1981.
Return to Wessex. Birmingham, Ala.: Woodruff Publishing Co. 1983.
WOODRUFF, HELEN SMITH, 1888-1924
Born: June 7, 1888, in Selma, Ala. Parents: Oscar Emmet and Emma Irene (West) Smith. Married: Lewis B. Woodruff, June 18, 1904. Education: tutors; Gardner School New York City; Temple School, New York City; Noble Academy, Anniston, Ala. Gave royalties from books to charity. Royalties from Mr. Doctor Man to Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Ala..
Source: American Literary Yearbook; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1 ; Woman's Who's Who of America.
Author: Mis' Beauty. New York: Alice Harman Co., 1911.
Really Truly Nature Studies. New York: Doran, 1913.
The Little House. New York: Doran, 1914.
Really Truly Fairy Stories. New York, 1915.
Mr. Doctor Man. New York: Doran, 1915.
The Imprisoned Freeman. New York: G. Scully, 1918.
What David Did. New York: Boni, 1921.
Plays: Hurrah for the Girls. S.l.: s.n., 1918.
Kitty, Kitty, Kitty. S.l.: s.n., 1919.
By Love's Speedometer. S.l.: s.n., 1919.
Librettist: Cash and Kisses.
WOODRUFF, LORENZO FERGUSON, 1884-1929
Journalist. Born: May 27, 1884, in Montgomery, Ala. Education: University of Alabama. Wrote for Montgomery Advertiser, 1907; Birmingham News; Birmingham Age Herald; New Orleans State; Mobile Register; Chicago Examiner; Chicago Inter-Ocean; St. Louis Post- Dispatch; Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta Georgian; Atlanta Journal, editorial staff, -1929. Wrote column "A Boy in Old Montgomery", Montgomery Advertiser. U.S. Army, World War I; gassed, died from resulting injuries.
Source: Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
Author: A History of Southern Football, 1890-1928. Atlanta: Walter W. Brown, 1928.
Joint Editor: Men of Georgia: a Ready and Accurate Reference Book for Newspapers and Librarians. Atlanta: PL Press Reference Association, 1927.
WOODRUFF, NAN ELIZABETH, 1949-
Born: 1949 in Anniston, Ala. Parents: Wallace G., Jr., and _____ Woodruff. Education: Jacksonville State University, B.A., 1971; University of Arkansas, M.A., 1973; University of Tennessee, Ph.D., 1977. Grew up in Alexandria, Ala.; staff researcher, University of Maryland; assistant editor, Booker T. Washington Papers project, 1977-1978. Taught at College of Charleston, 1979-. Member: Southern and American Historical Associations, Organization of American Historians.
Source: Directory of American Scholars; Anniston Star, September 15, 1985.
Author: As Rare as Rain: Federal Relief in the Great Southern Drought of 1930-31. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985.
Assistant Editor: Booker T. Washington Papers. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1980-1981.
WOOSTER, L.C.
Lived in New Orleans; East Pascagoula, Miss. Became "fallen woman"; worked in Montgomery, Mobile, Birmingham. Loved John Wilkes Booth. Theater work, Richmond, Little Rock, New Orleans. Volunteer nurse in cholera outbreak, 1873, Birmingham; late charitable work, Birmingham, Ala..
Source: Autobiography of a Magdalen.
Author: Autobiography of a Magdalen. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Pub. Co., 1911.
WORK, MONROE NATHAN, 1866-1945
Born: August 15, 1866, in Iredell County, N.C. Parents: Alexander and Eliza (Hobbs) Work. Married: Florence Evelyn Hendrickson. Education: Chicago Theological Seminary, Ph.B., 1902; University of Chicago, A.M., 1903. Worked at Georgia State Industrial College, 1903-1908; Division of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute, 1908-. Founded and edited Negro Year Book, 1912-. Member: American Sociological Congress, International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, Southern Sociological Congress, National Council of the National Economic League, Republican Party. Awarded D. Litt., Howard University, 1943. First Black author to publish in American Journal of Sociology, 1901.
Source: Who's Who of the Colored Race; Who was Who in America, Vol. 2.
Author: A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1928.
Negro Year Book: an Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1912-. Tuskegee, Ala.: Tuskegee Institute, 1912-.
WORRELL, ESTELLE ANSLEY
Teacher. Born: Bessemer, Ala. Parents: Sterling Price Sr., and ____ Ansley. Grew up in Mount Pleasant and Nashville, Tenn. Married: Norman Worrell. Children: Four. Education: George Peabody College, B.S. Taught art in Atlanta; Barstow School, Kansas City, Mo. Costume designer, Children's Theater, Nashville, Tenn.
Source: Authors of Books for Young People; book jackets.
Author: American Costume, 1840-1920. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1979.
Americana in Miniature. New York: Van Nostrand- Reinhold, 1973.
Be a Puppeteer: the Lively Puppet Book. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969.
Children's Costume in America, 1907-10. New York: Scribner, 1980.
Classic Teddy Bear Designs: Heirlooms to Make & Dress. Cumberland, Md.: Hobby House Press, 1986.
The Doll Book. New York: Van Nostrand, 1966.
The Dollhouse Book. New York: Van Nostrand-Reinhold, 1964.
Dolls, Puppetdolls, and Teddy Bears. New York: Van Nostrand-Reinhold, 1977.
Early American Costume. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1975.
Make Your Own Miniature Rooms. Riverdale, Md.: Hobby House Press, 1978.
WORTHAM, JOHN DAVID, 1941-
Teacher. Born: December 22, 1941, in Beaumont, Tex. Parents: C. L. and Lucile (McCaghn) Wortham. Married: 1968. Children: One. Education: Lamar State College of Technology, B.A., 1963; University of Houston, M.A., 1964; University of Texas, Ph.D. 1967. Taught in Houston schools, 1964-1965; Georgia Southern College, 1967-1969; University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1969-.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 37R; Directory of American Scholars.
Author: The Genesis of British Egyptology, 1549-1906. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971.
WORTSMAN, EUGENE, 1921-
Public relations. Born: January 21, 1921, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Joseph M. and Lillian (Ash) Wortsman. Married: Catherine Ann Parise, November 25, 1960. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, 1939-1942. Reporter, Birmingham Post Herald, 1946-1956; Washington correspondent, Post Herald, Rocky Mountain News, 1964-1966; director, Washington office, Daniel J. Edelman and Associates, 1966-1967; federal grants consultant, 1967-1970; vice-president of Kal & Merrick, Inc., 1968-1970; federal programs consultant, 1970; editor and publisher, White House Newsletter, 1969-.
Source: Who's Who in the East: Who's Who in Public Relations.
Joint Author: Phenix City. Birmingham, Ala.: Vulcan Press, 1955.
Editor: The New Frontier Joke Book. New York: MacFadden Books, 1963.
WRIGHT, AMOS JASPER, III, 1952-
Librarian. Born: March 3, 1952, in Gadsden, Ala. Parents: Amos Jasper and Carolyn (Shores) Wright. Married: Dorothy, 1980. Children: One. Education: Auburn University, B.A., 1973; University of Alabama, M.L.S., 1982. Paraprofessional librarian, Auburn University, 1973-1981; cataloger, Tuscaloosa Public Library, 1982-1983; clinical librarian, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1983-. Member: Poetry Society of America, Authors Guild, Alabama and Medical Library Associations.
Source: A. J. Wright, Birmingham, Ala..
Author: Carnegie Comes to Union Springs... Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Dr. Jazz Press, 1982.
Criminal Activity in the Deep South, 1790-1930: an Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Frozen Fruit (Poem). Grafton, Wisc.: Dubois Zone Press, 1978.
Natal Health Education and Values Clarification... Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Dr. Jazz Press, 1982.
Outlaw Activity in the Nineteenth Century South. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Dr. Jazz Press, 1982.
Right Now I Feel Like Robert Johnson. Fulton, Mo.: Timberline Press, 1981.
Joint Author: Proposal for Implementation of Office of Educational Radio Services. Auburn, Ala.: s.n., 1977?
WRIGHT, CHARLES HOWARD, 1918-
Physician. Born: September 20, 1918, in Dothan, Ala. Parents: Willie P. and Laura (Florence) Wright. Married: Louise L. Lovett, February 11, 1950. Children: Two. Education: Alabama State College, B. S., 1939; Meharry Medical College, M.D., 1943. Practiced medicine, Harlem Hospital, New York City, 1943-1945 and 1950-1953; Cleveland City Hospital, 1945; Detroit, 1946-1950, 1953-. Founder and chairman, Afro-American Museum, Detroit; president, African Medical Education Fund; trustee, University of Detroit. Writer and producer, "Were You There"--musical drama and television special; executive producer, "This Bank is Open to You---film; director, "You Can Be a Doctor"--film; producer, "Venereal Disease"--television special; writer and narrator, radio documentaries on Paul Robeson and Rosa Parks.
Source: Who's Who in the Midwest.
Author: Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion. Detroit, Mich.: Balamp Pub., 1975.
WRIGHT, HUGH ELLIOT, JR., 1937-
Minister. Born: November 20, 1937, in Athens, Ala. Parents: Hugh Elliot and Martha Angeline (Shannon) Wright. Married: Juanita Ruth Bass, December 30, 1963. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1959; Vanderbilt, M.Div. 1962; Harvard, D. Ministry, 1967. Methodist minister, Baxter, Tenn., 1963-1964; Nashville, Tenn., 1965-1966; field secretary, Tennessee Heart Association, 1964-1965; assistant editor, Motive Magazine, 1965- 1967; editor, Religious News Service, 1967-1975; research fellow, Auburn Theological Seminary, New York City, 1976; editor, American Enterprise Institute, 1979-1980; coordinator, Project on Church, State, and Taxation, National Council of Christian Churches, 1980-. Consultant, Hartford Seminary Foundation; United Methodist Board of Global Ministries; United Methodist Communications. Member: Authors League and Guild, Religious Newswriters Association, United Presbyterian Men, Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America.
Author: Go Free. New York: Friendship Press, 1973.
Holy Company; Christian Heroes and Heroines. New York: Macmillan, 1980.
Joint Author: The Big Little School: Sunday Child of American Protestantism. New York: Harper & Row, 1971.
Can These Bones Live. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1969.
A Tale of Two Congregations: Commitment and Social Structure in a Charismatic and Mainline Congregation. Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1979.
Editor: At the Edge of Hope: Christian Laity in Paradox. New York: Seabury Press, 1978.
Black Manifesto: Religion, Racism, and Reparation. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1969.
WRIGHT, JOHN PEAVEY, 1898-1983
Born: October 23, 1898, in Wright's Mill, Lee County, Ala. Married: Darry. Children: Three. Education: Ph.D., 1932. Lived in Auburn.
Source: Glimpses into the Past; Auburn University Library.
Author: Glimpses into the Past from My Grandfather's Trunk. Alexander City, Ala.: Outlook Pub. Co., 1969.
Indexed: U.S. Census: 7th Census. Macon County, Ala..
WRIGHT, MILDRED SULSER, 1922-
Born: January 29, 1922, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Willie Raymond and Addie Lee (Wilson) Sulser. Married: Selma Hudson Wright, Jr., July 13, 1944. Children: One. Education: Woodlawn High School, Birmingham 1939. Worked for Lee McGriff, Inc.; Davis & Major, Inc., Birmingham, 1940-1946; Stansbury Pharmacy; Fedders Pharmacy, Dundalk, Md., 1955-1967; certified genealogical records searcher, 1972-. Member: Jefferson County (Tex.) Historical Commission, Southeast Texas, Natchez Trace (Ala.), West Wilson-Mt. Juliet (Tenn.) genealogical and historical societies. Vice-president, Southeast Texas Camellia Society, Southeast Texas Genealogical and Historical Societies.
Source: St. Clair County: Alabama Genealogical Notes; Mildred Sulser Wright, Beaumont, Tex.
Author: Chambers County, Texas, Cemeteries. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1975.
George Washington Cantrell and His Wife Martha Elizabeth Lea Carver of Tennessee... Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1984.
Hardin County, Texas, Cemeteries. Beaumont, Tex., 1979.
Jasper County, Texas, Cemeteries. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1976.
Jefferson County, Texas, Cemeteries. Decornah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1979.
Josiah W. Wilson and Lydia Melinda Wilson and Slasham Valley, St. Clair County, Alabama, Kinfolk. Decorah Iowa: Amundsen, 1979.
Liberty County, Texas, Cemeteries. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1975.
Newton County, Texas, Cemeteries. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1975.
St. Clair County, Alabama, Genealogical Notes. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1974.
Samuel Sulser, Pioneer of Gadsden, Alabama, and Allied Families. Beaumont, Tex.: M.S. Wright, 1986.
Tyrell Historical Library, Beaumont, Texas: a Catalog of the Genealogical Collection, February 14, 1978. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1980.
United States Spanish-American War Fortifications, Sabine Pass, Texas. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1982.
William Harper Wright: His Ancestry and Descendants and Allied Lines of Stone River, Tennessee. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen, 1980.
WRIGHT, STEVE
Football player. Education: Dupont Manual High School, Louisville, Ky.; University of Alabama. Chosen in fifth round of National Football League draft by Green Bay Packers. Played in National Football League for Packers, Giants, Redskins, Bears, Cardinals and Eagles; in World Football League, Chicago Fires.
Source: I'd Rather Be Wright; Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: I'd Rather Be Wright. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1974.
WUEHRMAN, ARTHUR, H., 1914-
Teacher. Born: January 20, 1914, in Bayonne, N.J. Education: Tufts University, D.M.D., 1937; A.M. 1960. Taught at School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, 1936-1961; University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1961-.
Source: American Men and Women of Science.
Author: Radiation Protection and Dentistry. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1960.
Joint Author: Dental Radiology. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1965.
Dental Radiology Teacher's Manual. Rockville, Md.: Bureau of Radiological Health, 1974.
WYATT, RUFE R., 1857-
Physician. Born: May 8, 1857. Parents: Riley and ___ (Gholson) Wyatt. Education: Bryan's College; Medical College, Louisville, Ky. Practiced in Carrollton, Ala.
Source: The Autobiography of a Little Man.
Author: The Autobiography of a Little Man. Macon, Mich.: Beacon Office, 1939?
WYATT, THOMAS EUGENE, 1896-
Physician. Born: May 8, 1896, in Chilton County. Parents: James R. and Phairriba (Robinson) Wyatt. Married: Alma Foshee. Children: Two. Printer's devil, Union Banner, in Clanton, at 14; purchased half interest, 1917; purchased other half, 1936. Member: American Legion, Republican Party.
Source: Owen's Story of Alabama, Vol. 5.
Author: Chilton County and Her People: a Brief History. Clanton, Ala.: The Union Banner, 1940.
WYETH, JOHN ALLEN, 1845-1922
Physician. Born: May 26, 1845, in Missionary Station, Marshall, Ala. Parents: Louis Weiss and Euphemia (Allen) Wyeth. Married: Florence Nightingale Sims, April 10, 1886. Children: Three. Married: Marguerite Chalifoux, November 15, 1918. Education: LaGrange Military Academy, Ala., 1861; University of Louisville, M.D., 1869; further studies with James M. Jackson, Guntersville; at Belleview Medical College, New York City; London; Paris; Berlin; Vienna. Private in Civil War; in sixteen engagements; prisoner and confined for fifteen months. Awarded honorary degrees from Uiversity of Alabama, University of Maryland. Visiting and consulting surgeon, New York, 1878-1897; founded New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital (first postgraduate medical school in United States), 1881; senior professor of surgery and president, 1893-1922. President, American Medical Association, 1901. Pioneered several surgical and medical treatment techniques; developed "Wyeth's Method"--bloodless amputation and shoulder and hip joints.
Source: National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 41.
Author: The American Party and the Great Republic. S.l.: s.n., 1915.
Essays in Surgical Anatomy and Surgery. New York: W. Wood, 1879.
General Robert E. Lee: Commemorative Address Before the New York Southern Society on the Anniversary of the Great Commander's Birth, January 19, 1906. New York: Press of Unz and Co., 1906.
A Handbook of Medical and Surgical Reference. New York: W. Wood & Co., 1873.
History of LaGrange Military Academy and the Cadet Corps, 1857-62, LaGrange College, 1830-57. New York: Brewer Press, 1907.
Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899.
Nathaniel J. Wyeth and the Struggle for Oregon. S.l.: s.n., 1892.
Surgery. New York: Marion Sims Wyeth, 1908.
A Textbook on Surgery: General, Operative, and Mechanical. New York: D. Appleton, 1887.
With Sabre and Scalpel: the Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon, John Allen Wyeth. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914.
WYLIE, LAURA ISABELLE
Born: Bayou Doque d'Inde, Mobile County, Ala. Parents: Thomas Polk and Augusta A. (Ellis) Moore. Married: Hart Wylie, June 4, 1877. Published descriptive and biographical sketches in periodicals.
Source: Geographical Dictionary of Southern Authors; Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
Author: The Arcades. Atlanta: A.B. Caldwell, 1916.
Ashes of Love. S.l.: s.n., 1890.
Legend of Cherokee Rose and Other Poems. Atlanta: J. P. Harrison & Co, 1887.
Editor: Memoirs of Judge Richard H. Clark. Atlanta: Franklin Printing and Pub. Co., 1898.
WYLIE, LOLLIE BELLE MOORE
See: Wylie, Laura Isabelle.
WYNN, DANIEL WEBSTER, 1919-
Teacher. Born: March 19, 1919, in Wewoka, Okla. Parents: Phay Willie and Mary (Carter) Wynn. Married: Lillian Robinson. Children: Two. Education: Langston University, A.B., 1941; Harvard, B.D. 1944, A.M. 1945; Boston University, Ph.D., 1950. Colorado College; Hebrew University, Israel; University of Oklahoma. Awarded honorary D.D., Eden Theological Seminary, 1959. Taught at Kentucky State College, 1945-1946; Bishop College, 1946-1953; Langston University, 1945-1955; Tuskegee Institute, 1953-1954 and 1955-1956. Associate Director, Dept. of Educational Institutions, Division of Higher Education; Board of Education for the United Methodists Church, 1965-1973; director, Office of College Support, Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 1973-. Consultant, Alabama A & M University, 1955. Editor, Newsletter, National Association of College and University Chaplains and Directors of Religious Life, 1960-1964.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, Contemporary Authors, Vol. 25R. Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Author: The Chaplain Speaks. New York: Humphries, 1956.
A Compendium on the Division of Higher Education of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church. S.l.: s.n., 197?.
Division of Higher Education, Board of Higher Education and Ministry, United Methodist Church. S.l.: s.n., 197?.
The Black Protest Movement. New York: Philosophical Library, 1974.
Moral Behavior and the Christian Ideal: an Explanation of Christian Ethics for the Layman in Our Times. New York: American Press, 1961.
The NAACP versus Negro Revolutionary Protest: a Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Each Movement. New York: Exposition Press, 1955.
The Protestant Church-related College: Handbook for Presidents and Trustees. New York: Philosophical Library, 1975.
Should College Students Demonstrate? S.l.: Intercollegian, 1965.
Timeless Issues. New York: Philosophical Library, 1967.
Editor: Developing a Sense of Community. Tuskegee, Ala.: Tuskegee Institute Press, 1957.
Major Issues in Human Relations. Tuskegee, Ala.: Tuskegee Institute Press, 1957.