Biography:

Editorial cartoonist. Born– November 22, 1920, Andalusia. Parents– Gordie and Emily Elizabeth (Smith) Brooks. Married– Virginia Matson, 1943. Children– Two. Education– Studied at Birmingham Southern College, 1940-1941 and Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, 1941-1942. Served in the 3053rd Engineer Combat Battalion, WWII; took part in the D-Day landing and the Battle of the Bulge. Editorial cartoonist for the Birmingham News, 1948-1985.   Member Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (president, 1969), Birmingham Press Club, and other professional organizations. Founded the series Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year in 1972 and edited it for many years. Honors; Sigma Delta Chi Service Award and the Bronze Medallion, 1960; Vigilant Patriot Award from the DAV., 1968; thirteen Freedom Foundation awards; and the first annual Grover C. Hall Award for Excellence in Alabama Journalism from Troy State University, 1974.  UAB School of Community and Allied Health created the Charles Brooks Award for a graduating senior who has made a creative contribution to the school.  Died September 29, 2011.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1978; obituary, Birmingham News, October 2, 2011.

Illustrator:

The Real Spiro Agnew. New York; Pelican Publishing, 1970.

Editor:

Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, 1972-. New York; Pelican Publishing, 1972-.

Biography:

Clerical worker; public relations; journalist. Born–  July 23, 1897, Mobile. Parents– Stewart and Emma Connor Brooks. Education– Attended Shorter College, Randolph Macon Woman’s College, the University of Arizona, Columbia University and the New School of Social Research. Worked as a secretary in Mobile; Deputy clerk in the U.S. District Court in Mobile; worked in public relations in New York;  chief of the public relations unit for the U.S. Army District Engineers in the Panama Canal, 1941-1946; writer-editor for the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government, 1962-1964; vice chairman for the Canal Zone Regional Democratic Party, correspondent for various U.S. newspapers and news magazines; copyreader, reporter and desk editor for The Panama American, 1949-1969. Died January 1985.

Source:

Who’s Who in American Politics, 1979; ancestry.com.

Publication(s):

Panama Quadrant, poetry. New York; s.n., 1960.

Biography:

Domestic Worker. Born– Black belt of west central Alabama. Parents– Will Brooks. Her mother died when she was one year old. Married– Jesse. Children– Five.  After working on her father’s farm she eventually moved to Cleveland and went into domestic service for thirty years.

Source:

You May Plow Here.

Publication(s):

You May Plow Here; the Narrative of Sara Brooks. New York; Norton, 1986.

See Reid, Panthea

Biography:

University professor, college president. Born– October 1, 1827, Middleburg (Loudoun County), Va. Parents– Edwin Conway and Elizabeth (Channel) Broun. Married– Sallie J. Fleming, November 1, 1859. Children– Seven. Education– University of Virginia, A. M.,  1850; postgraduate course in mathematics and German at UVA, 1852.  Taught at Oakland College in Mississippi, 1852-1854; University of Georgia, 1854-1856. stablished and served as president of Bloomfield Academy in Virginia, 1857-61.  Served in the  Confederate Army as commandant of the Richmond Arsenal, 1863-65; attained rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war he taught at the University of Georgia, Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1865-75), Vanderbilt University (1875-1882), University of Texas (1883-84), and served twice as president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1882-1883 and 1884-1902. Led in focusing the curriculum on agriculture and mechanical arts; increased state support for the school. Considered one of Auburn’s most important leaders.  Awarded honorary degrees by St. Johns College, Maryland (1874) and the University of Georgia (1892). Died January 24, 1902.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1; National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 19; Dr. William Le Roy Broun.

Publication(s):

Dr. William Le Roy Broun. New York; Neale Publishing Co., 1912.

The Richmond Arsenal. Baltimore, 1869. (extracted from the New Edition Magazine, v.4, April 1867.)

Papers;

Papers of President William Leroy Broun are held in the special collections department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn University.

Biography:

University professor, state legislator, U.S. Congressman.  Born– January 15, 1943, Sumter, S.C. Parents– Archie Calvin and Ila (Frierson) Browder. Married– Sara Rebecca Moore, February 4, 1967. Children– One. Education– Presbyterian College (SC) B.A., 1965; Emory University, M.A., Ph.D., 1971. Taught political science at Jacksonville State University, 1971-87; head of Data Associates (Polling firm), 1978-87.  Elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, 1982; Alabama Secretary of State, 1987-89; U.S. House of Representatives, 1989-97. Ran unsuccessfully for U.S.Senate, 1996. Taught at Naval Postgraduate School and at Jacksonville State after leaving the House.  Retired from JSU, 2005.

Source:

Glen Browder.

Publications;

The Future of American Democracy:  A former Congressman’s Unconventional Analysis.  Lanham, MD:  University Press of America, 2002.

The South’s New Racial Politics:  Inside the Race Game of Southern History.  Montgomery:  NewSouth Books, 2009.

Joint_Publications;

Stealth Reconstruction; The untold story of racial politics in recent Southern History.  Montgomery: NewSouth, 2010.

Joint_Editor;

Civics and Law in State and Nation.  Woodville, AL:  Viewpoint Publications, 1986.

Papers:

The papers of Glen Browder are held by the library at Jacksonville State University.

Biography:

Teacher, writer. Born– July 24, 1855, Tuscaloosa. Parents– Thomas Finley and Virginia (Owen) Greene. Sister of Frances Nimmo Greene. Married– Eugene Levert Brown, July 10, 1883.  Children– two. Education– At home by her mother; Tuscaloosa Female Academy, earning the M.A. degree. Taught in the public schools for some time and at a college for girls at Sweetwater, Tenn. for at least two years. Stories published in Youth’s Companion, Harpers, and other periodicals. Died November 19, 1923.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 3.

Publication(s):

Fireside Battles. Chicago; Laird & Lee, 1900.

Biography:

University professor. Born– November 25, 1943. Married– July, 1963. Children– Two. Education– Rutgers University, B.S., 1966; Montana State University, M.S., 1967; Texas Tech University, Ph.D., 1969. Taught at Texas Tech University, 1967-1969; Rutgers University, 1969-1972; Auburn University after 1972. Principal investigator for many studies for the Alabama Office of Highway and Traffic Safety and conducted studies for the New Jersey Hospital Association, Mid Atlantic Power Company, Alabama Industrial Relations Department, and U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics; served as consultant on computerization and on safety planning for local, state, and national organizations. Between 1969 and 1984, published more than two dozen articles, papers, and reviews in periodicals; wrote more than 100 technical reports for the Alabama Highway Department.

Source:

David B. Brown, Auburn, Ala.

Publication(s):

Systems Analysis and Design for Safety. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Prentice-Hall, 1976.

Systems Analysis For Applications Software Design. Oakland, California; Holden-Day, 1984.

Biography;

Journalist; author; novelist.  Education; Birmingham-Southern College, 1958. Married–Hannah Harman.  Children–five.  Reporter at Birmingham News; editor, Birmingham Magazine; executive editor Florence Times-Daily; executive editor Tuscaloosa News. Taught journalism courses in the College of Communications at the University of Alabama.  Member and leader in Rotary Club.

Publications;

Gruesome: A Novel Drawn from True Crime.  Tuscaloosa:  Borgo Publishing, 2014.

On Deadline: Columns by a Southern Editor, Relevant Today.  Tuscaloosa:  Borgo Publishing, 2015.

Joint_Publications;

Tuscaloosa Sketchbook.  Macon, Ga.: Indigo Publishing, 2006.

Editor;

View from the Hilltop:  The First 125 Years of Birmingham-Southern College. Birmingham-Southern, 1981.

See:

Sterne, Emma Gelders

Biography:

Journalist, novelist. Born– May 12, 1915, Birmingham. Parents– William Samuel and Lucille (Lokey) Brown. Married– Mildred Harbour, October 24, 1935. Children–two. Married– Frances O’Reilly, 1945. Children–one. Education– Attended the University of Alabama. Military service:  46th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, WWII.  Worked as reporter and editor for newspapers in Alabama, Tennessee, Atlanta,  and Missouri; feature writer for the New York Daily News, 1939-1946; foreign correspondent for Time and Life, 1949-1957; free-lance writer, 1957-1976. Honors; Alabama Library Association, Alabama Authors Award, 1974. Died April 26, 1976.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online, bhamwiki

Publication(s):

Addie Pray. New York; Simon & Schuster, 1971. (also published in 1972 as Paper Moon)

The Freeholder. New York; Morrow, 1949.

Glimpse of a Stranger. New York; Morrow, 1968.

India. Chicago; Time-Life, 1961.

Kings Go Forth. New York; Morrow, 1956.

Stars in My Crown. New York; Morrow, 1946.

Editor:

Can Christianity Survive. Chicago; Time-Life, 1967.

The Hippies. Chicago; Time-Life, 1967.

Sex in the 60s. Chicago; Time-Life, 1967.

Biography:

Born– October 10, 1908, Laurel, Miss. Parents– Eugene and Donnie (Howse) Saul. Married– Grady Brown, October 3, 1938. Children– One. Education– Junior college in Ellisville, Miss. Worked as a laboratory technician at a Hattiesburg hospital. Won story contest sponsored by Birmingham Age-Herald; published several children’s stories and poems. Used the pseudonym “George Saul.”  Lived at Oneonta after moving from Mississippi. Died May 2, 2008.

Source:

Ruth A. Estes, Oneonta Public Library.

Publication(s):

Echoes of the Winds. Boston; Bruce Humphries, 1957.

Biography:

Columnist. Born– January 24, 1898, Opp. Parents– Joseph Jerall and Missouri Scofield Barnes. Married– Warren Hathaway Brown, June 24, 1924. Children– Seven. Education– Judson College; Troy State Teachers College. Served as hostess for the Community Club in Andalusia. Wrote weekly column for the Andalusia Star News for thirty years. Honors; Named Star Scribe of the South in a contest sponsored by the Progressive Farmer Magazine, 1954. Died July 16, 1982.

Source:

Montgomery Advertiser and Alabama Journal, November 25, 1979; and Buck Publishing Co.

Publication(s):

My Country Roads. Birmingham, Ala.; Buck Publishing Co., 1979.

Biography:

Librarian; historian; writer; bookseller. Born May 29, 1916, Birmingham. Parents– John Lewis and Virginia Lawson Pounds.  Married– John Lassiter (died in 1943).  Married– William Bestor Brown, November 1, 1947.   Education– Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, A.B., 1937; Emory University, M.L.S., 1942.  Librarian, Birmingham Public Library, 1938-41; Birmingham-Southern College Library. librarian, 1941-44, director, 1944-48. With her husband,  operated bookstore, The Book-Keepers, in Mountain Brook, 1950-75. Honors; Alabama Library Association, Alabama Authors Award, 1976; Award of Merit, Alabama Historical Commission, 1976; Vita Abundautoir Award, Randolph-Macon Women’s College.  Died May 26. 2014.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Files at Alabama Public Library Service; obituary, Birmingham News, May 27, 2014..

Publication(s):

Cochula’s Journey.  Montgomery:  Black Belt Press, 1996.

The Gold Disc of Coosa. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1978.

Grand Old Days of Birmingham Golf, 1898-1930.  Birmingham: Beechwood Books, 1984.

Mother and Me:  An Intimate Memoir of her Last Years.  Montgomery: New South Books, 2003.

Joint_Publication(s):

Alabama Heritage. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1967.

Alabama, Mounds to Missiles. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1966.

Creek Indian History; a Historical Narrative of the Genealogy, Traditions, And Downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian Tribe of Indians. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Public Library, 1989.

Toting the Lead Row: Ruby Pickens Tartt, Alabama Folklorist. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1981.

Winnataska Remembered.  Beechwood, 1992.

The World of Southern Indians. Birmingham, Ala.; Beechwood Books, 1983.

Editor:

Around the Spiral Staircase; Recipes …. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1977.

Joint_Editor

Mary Gordon Duffee’s Sketches of Alabama.  Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1970.

Mr. Gillespy of Glen Iris Park: Journals of James McAdory Gillespy, 1890-1911.  Birmingham Public Library.

Southern Indian Myths and Legends. Birmingham, Ala.; Beechwood Books, 1985.

Biography:

Writer.  Born June 18, 1917, Hamburg, Ala.  Parents– Thomas Ira and Mary Hubbard Ward.  Married– Charles Kirtley Brown, June 18, 1939.  Children– one.  Education– Judson College, B.A., 1938.  Additional study in creative writing– University of Alabama, University of North Carolina.  Publicity director at Judson College, 1938-39; affiliated with the Office of Guidance and Counseling, Marion Military Institute.  Contributed short stories to periodicals and anthologies. Received the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award/PEN American Center Award, 1987; Alabama Library Association Fiction Award, 1987 and 2002; Lillian Smith Award, 1991; the Harper Lee Award from the Alabama Writers Forum, 2002; Hillsdale Fiction Prize from the Fellowship of Southern Writers.  Died May 14, 2013.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online; obituary

Publications;

Fanning the Flame: A Memoir.  University of Alabama Press, 2009.

It Wasn’t All Dancing, and Other Stories.  University of Alabama Press, 2002.

Tongues of Flame.  New York: Dutton, 1986.

Papers;

Papers of Mary Ward Brown are held by the Special Collections Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn University.

Biography:

Clergyman, university professor. Born– June 5, 1928, Bessemer. Parents– Milton and Elaine (Hood) Brown. Married– Anne Marie Cochran, April 1, 1950. Children– Two. Education– Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1950; Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, B.D., 1954; Duke University, Ph.D., 1959. Ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church and served as pastor of a church in Bardstown, Ky.; taught at Duke University, 1955-1958; chaplain and assistant professor of religion at Washington & Lee University, 1958-1960; and at Southwestern at Memphis after 1960. Member National Association of Biblical Instructors; Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis; American Association of University Professors.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

The Authentic Writings of Ignatius. Durham, N.C.; Duke University Press, 1963.

Contributor:

Studies in the History and Text of the New Testament. Salt Lake City; University of Utah Press, 1967.

Biography:

Writer, translator, editor, publisher. Born– September 11, 1952, Florence. Parents– Ford M. and Gloria P. Brown. Education– University of Alabama in Birmingham; University of Houston Graduate School; Harvard Extension School.  Served as a writer-in-residence for Birmingham City middle schools and at the Living Learning Center at Indiana University. Director of Old Town Music Hall Music/Reading series on Morris Avenue in Birmingham. Founder of Thunder City Press; editor and publisher of the Thunder Mountain Review. Contributed articles to Rolling Stone, the Mid-Atlantic Review, and Washington Book Review. Translated Spanish and Latin American authors.

Source:

Poet & Writer, 1977, and Steven Ford Brown.

Publication(s):

Against the Old Propellers of the Twilight. Atlanta; Stone Gargoyle, 1977.

Apples That Are Mirrors, Mirrors That Are Apples. Huntington Beach, Calif; Burning Wind Press, 1979.

Coast To Coast Monuments; Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Man Alone Publications, 1972.

Erotic Mask; 18 Prose Poems. Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; Lunchroom Press, 1983.

Growing Flowers By Candlelight in Hotel Rooms. Birmingham, Ala.; Man Alone Publications, 1972.

Learning To Live Without You; Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Man Alone Publications, 1972.

A New Beginning; Poems. Steele, Ala.; Transcend, 1973.

Notes From the Unconscious. Fairbury, Neb.; Southeast Community College, 1981.

Songs of the Last Light; Eleven Prose Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Thunder City Press, 1979.

Song of The Last Light; Eleven Prose Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Man Alone Publications, 1972.

Song of the Last Light; Five Prose Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Thunder City Press, 1977.

Thunder City Poems, 1975-76. Birmingham, Ala.; Thunder City Press, 1976.

Editor:

Contemporary Literature in Birmingham; an Anthology. Birmingham, Ala.; Thunder City Press/Birmingham Public Library, 1983.

Heart’s Invention; On The Poetry of Vassar Millen. Houston; Ford-Brown and Co., 1988.

Invited Guest:  An Anthology of Twentieth Century Southern Poetry.  Charlottesville:  University Press of Virginia, 2001.

One More River to Cross:  The Selected Poetry of John Beecher.  Montgomery:  New South Books, 2003.

Biography;

Political scientist; university professor. Born–1964, Utah.  Parents– Thomas E. and Marilyn Jensen Brown.  Married; children–seven.  B.A., Brigham Young University, 1991; University of Virginia, M.A., 1995; Ph. D., 1998. .  Professor of political science at Auburn, 1998-. Published articles in many scholarly journals. Received the Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression, awarded by the National Communication Association, 2005; National Faculty of the Year Award from the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2006.

Source: 

Auburn University Website.

Publications;

John McKinley and the Antebellum Supreme Court:  Circuit Riding in the Old Southwest.  University of Alabama Press, 2o12.

Trumping Religion:  The New Christian Right, the Free Speech Clause, and the Courts. University of Alabama Press, 2002.

Biography:

Military officer; design engineer. Born– September 21, 1926, Banks. Parents–William Lewis and Nancy Bama Henderson Brown. Married– Bobby Jean Green. Children– Two. Education– Troy High School, 1944. University of Oklahoma, Masters degree in engineering, 1964.  Served in U.S. Army, 1944-46; linesman for United Telephone and Telegraph, Brundidge, 1947-50; Commissioned in U.S. Air Force, June, 1950; served as B-59 pilot and was shot down over North Korea, January 13, 1953; spent the next 32 months in Chinese prisons. Rose in rank to major; retired in 1968.  Chief Engineer, Metric Systems Corporation,  Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1969-80; in private practice in Guntersville after 1980. Published articles in professional journals. Member Air Commando Association; Retired Officers Association; Reserve Officers Association.  Awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Prisoner of War Medal.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

The Endless Hours. New York; Norton, 1961.

Biography:

Military officer; historian; university professor. Born– December 20, 1900, Beverly, Mass. Parents– Robert James and Margaret McAlden Brown. Married–Virginia Crosby Rourk, 1929; married Martha Stennis, June 2, 1949. Education– Phillips Andover Academy; University of Alabama, B.A., 1955, M.A., 1957, Ph.D., 1963. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1917-1953; served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean Conflict. Retired with rank of Major General, 1953. Awarded twenty-seven medals, including the Silver Star, by the Marine Corps. Associate professor of history at the University of Alabama, 1957-1968. Articles published in Army, Navy, and Marine Corps publications. Died December 13, 1968.

Source:

Mrs. Wilburt Scott Brown, Tuscaloosa.

Publication(s):

The Amphibious Campaign for West Florida and Louisiana, 1814-1815. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1969.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of General Wilburt Scott Brown is held by the U.S.Marine Corps Museum at Quantico, Virginia. The Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama holds some of his materials, including  a transcript of an oral history interview with General Brown.

Biography:

Historian and essayist. Born– April 24, 1868, Marion. Parents– William Richard and Mary Cogswell (Parish) Brown. Education– Howard College, A.B., 1886; Harvard University, A.B., 1891, A.M., 1892. Taught at Marion Military Institute, 1888-89. Assistant in the Harvard Library, 1893-1901; appointed Deputy Keeper of University Records, 1896; lecturer in American history, 1901-1902; editorial writer for Harper’s Weekly, 1908. Died October 20, 1913.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online

Publication(s):

Andrew Jackson. Boston; Houghton, 1900.

The Foe of Compromise and Other Essays. New York; Macmillan, 1903.

A Gentleman of the South. New York; Macmillan, 1903.

Golf. Boston; Houghton-Mifflin, 1902.

A History of Alabama. New York; University Publishing Co., 1900.

Life of Oliver Ellsworth. New York; Macmillan, 1905.

The Lower South in American History. New York; Macmillan, 1902.

The New Politics & Other Papers. Boston; Houghton, 1914.

Official Guide to Harvard University. Cambridge; Harvard University, 1899.

Stephen Arnold Douglas. Boston; Houghton, 1902.

Virginia; a History of the People. New York; s.n., 1903.

Prophetic Voices about America.  Boston, 1908.

Papers;

The papers of William Garrott Brown are held by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University.

See:

Broun, William Le Roy

See:

De Leon, Thomas Cooper

Biography;

Scholar of popular culture; University professor; editor. Born– January 15, 1922, Millport. Parents– Garfield and Anne Browne. Married–(1) Olwyn Carmen Orde (died 1964); (2) Alice Pat Matthews, August 1, 1965. Children–Three. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1943; Columbia University, M.A., 1947; University of California at Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1956. Military service:  U.S. Army, 1943-46. Instructor of English at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1947-50; University of Maryland, 1956-60; Purdue University, 1960-67; professor of popular culture, Bowling Green State University, 1967-1992. Founder of the Center for Popular Culture and the Popular Writers Hall of Fame and Museum; editor of Journal of Popular Culture, Journal of American Culture,  and Journal of Regional Cultures. Contributed to many professional journals and anthologies. Founder/member Popular Culture Association, American Culture Association, and other professional associations.  Named a Distinguished University Professor at Bowling Green University, 1977, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus on his retirement in 1992. Died October 22, 2009.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

Against Academia: The History of the Popular Culture Association. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1989.

The Alabama Folk Lyric; a Study in Origins and Media Disseminations. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1979.

Folk Beliefs and Practices from Alabama.  University of California Press, 1958.

Heroes and Humanities:  Detective Fiction and Culture.  Bowling Green University, 1986.

Lincoln Lore. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1975.

The Many Tongues of Literacy.  Bowling Green University, 1992.

Melville’s Drive to Humanism. Lafayette, Ind.; Purdue University Press, 1971.

A Night with the Hants and Other Alabama Folk Experiences. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1976.

Objects of Special Devotion; Fetishism in Popular Culture. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1981.

Popular Abstracts.  Bowling Green University. 1978.

Rituals and Ceremonies in Popular Culture.  Bowling Green University, 1981.

The Spirit of Australia; the Crime Fiction of Arthur W. Upfield. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988.

Editor:

The Burke-Paine Controversy. New York; Harcourt, 1963.

The Celtic Cross. Layfayette, Ind.; Purdue University Studies, 1964.

Challenges In American Culture. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1970.

Contemporary Heroes and Heroines. Detroit; Gale Research, 1990.

Continuities in Popular Culture.  Bowling Green, 1993.

Crises on Campus. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1970.

Critical Approaches to American Literature. New York; Crowell, 1965.

Dominant Symbols in Popular Culture.  Bowling Green University, 1987.

Forbidden Fruits:  Taboos and Tabooism in Culture.  Bowling Green University, 1978.

Frontiers of American Culture. Purdue University Studies. 1968.

Heroes of Popular Culture.  Bowling Green 1972.

Icons of Popular Culture.  Bowling Green, 1970 (2nd ed., 1972).

The Indian Doctor: Frontier Pharmacology.  Indiana Historical Society, 1964.

Mark Twain’s Quarrel with Heaven, “Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven” and Other Sketches. New Haven, Conn.; College and University Press, 1969.

New Voices in American Studies. Lafayette, Ind.; Purdue University Studies, 1966.

Popular Culture & Curricula. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1969.

Popular Culture and the Expanding Consciousness.  Wiley, 1973.

The Popular Culture Explosion.  William C. Brown, 1972.

Themes and Directions in American Literature.  Purdue University Studies, 1969.

Teach In. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1971.

Contributor:

The Defective Detective In Pulps. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1983.

Joint_Publication(s):

Digging Into Popular Culture …. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1991.

Dimensions of Detective Fiction. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1976.

Joint_Editor:

The Cultures of Celebrations.  Bowling Green, 1994.

Detective as Historian:  History and art in historical crime fiction.  Bowling Green,  2000.

The Global Village: Dead or Alive?  Bowling Green, 1999.

The God Pumpers; Religion in The Electronic Age. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987.

The Gothic World of Anne Rice.  Bowling Green, 1996.

The Gothic World of Steve King; Landscape of Nightmares. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987.

Guide to United States Popular Culture.  Bowling Green State University, 2001.

Laws of Our Fathers; Popular Culture and The U.S. Constitution. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1986.

More Tales of The Defective Detective in Pulps. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1985.

Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detective; From The Dime Novel. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1990.

Ordinary reactions to extraordinary events.  Bowling Green, 2001.

Pioneers in Popular Culture Studies.  Bowling Green, 1999.

Preview:  Two thousand and one + : Popular culture studies in the future.  Bowling Green 1999.

Rejuvenating the Humanities.  Bowling Green, 1992.

Symbiosis; Popular Culture and Other Fields. Bowling Green, Ohio; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988.

Papers:

Papers of Ray B. Browne are held by the Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green University, Ohio.

Biography:

Historian; University professor; academic administrator. Born– November 12, 1942, Birmingham. Parents– Blaine, Jr. and Annette (Holmes) Brownell. Married– Mardi Taylor, August 21, 1964. Children– Two. Education– Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1965; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1969. Assistant professor, Purdue University, 1969-1974; worked at University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1974-1990; served as professor and department head; Dean of the Graduate School (1978-84); Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences (1984-90). University of North Texas, Provost, 1990-1998; President of Ball State University, 2000-2004. Senior University advisor, University of South Florida, 2006-08. Member of the Birmingham Planning Commission and the Jefferson County Planning & Zoning Commission. Member American Historical Association; Southern Historical Association; American Studies Association. Honors; Awarded senior fellowship from the Institute of Southern History at Johns Hopkins University, 1971.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Bosses and Reformers. Boston; Houghton, 1973.

The Urban Ethos in the South. Baton Rouge, La.; Louisiana State University Press, 1973.

The Urban South in the Twentieth Century. St. Charles, Mo.; Forum Press, 1974.

Using Microcomputers; a Guidebook. Newbury Park, California; Sage Publications, 1985.

Joint_Publication(s):

Urban America; from Downtown to No Town. Boston; Houghton Mifflin, 1979.

The Urban Nation, 1920-1980. New York; Hill & Wang, 1981.

Joint_editor_and_contributor;

The City in Southern History. Port Washington, N.Y.; Kennikat, 1977.

Biography:

Sportswriter. Born–Brewton, Al. Parents– Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Browning. Married– Stacy Browning.  Children–two. Education– Attended Snead State Junior College; University of Alabama, 1973. Sports writer for The Boll Weevil; worked for Standard-Coosa-Thatcher in Chattanooga; sports writer and sports editor for the Tuscaloosa News, 1977-83; sportswriter and editor for the Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel; free-lance writer for the Columbus (Miss.) Dispatch.  Five first place awards for writing from the Alabama Sportswriters Association, 1974-1975; winner of the Herby Kirby Award, the ASWA’s highest award, 1977 and 1979; Bill Shelton Award, 2002. Died April 25, 2002.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History and SCRIPSIT; obituary, Tuscaloosa News, April 26, 2002

Publication(s):

Basic Thoughts in Coaching Baseball. Memphis, Tenn.; Memphis Park Commission, 1974.

Bowl, Bama, Bowl. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1977.

Chomp ‘Em Gators.  Birmingham: Five Points South Press, n.d.

Crimson Coronation.  Birmingham; Five Points South Publishers, 1999.

Kick ‘Em Big Blue:  Memorable Games and Names in Auburn University Football History.  Five Points South, 2001.

On The Run. Nashville; Rutledge Hill Press, 1989.

Snowmen.  Five Points South, 2000.

Third Saturday In October; Tennessee vs. Alabama. Nashville; Rutledge Hill Press, 1987.

Joint_Publications;

Track ‘Em Tigers:  A Full Year of Auburn University Football Trivia.  Five Points South, 2000.

Editor;

Fantastic:  Pleasant and Not-so-pleasant Memories from a University of Alabama Football Supporter.  Five Points South Press, 1998.

I  Remember Paul “Bear” Bryant; Personal Memories of College Football’s Most Legendary Coach.  Cumberland House, 2001.

See

Reed, Wendy M.

Biography:

Professor, college president. Born– April 8, 1856, Troup County, Ga. Parents– Hilery and Catherine (Pruitt) Bruce. Married– Lillie O. Hart. Children– Four. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, A.B.; Baylor University, A.M.; Mercer University, Ph.D.; Trinity University, LL.D. Teacher in Texas schools and colleges; North Texas State Teachers College, president, 1906-1923. Chairman, Texas State Board of Examiners, 1916-1910; President Texas State Teachers Association, 1905.  Awarded status of president emeritus, North Texas State Teachers College, 1923. Honorary LL.D., Trinity University. Died December 30, 1943.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online

Publication(s):

Circles of the Triangle. Denton, Tex.; North Texas State Teachers College, 1932.

Principles & Processes of Education. Dallas; C. A. Bryant Co., 1916.

Some Noteworthy Properties of the Triangle and its Circles. Boston; D.C. Heath, 1903.

Random Verses of W. H. Bruce. Denton, Tex.; North Texas State Teachers College, 1942.

Joint_Publication(s):

Arithmetic, a Higher Book. Boston; D.C. Heath, 1906.

Arithmentic, a Lower Book. Boston; D.C. Heath, 1906.

The Elements of Plane Geometry. Dallas; Southern Pub. Co., 1910.

The Emergent Man. S.l.; s.n., 1940.

Biography:

Historian; University professor. Born– September 24, 1908, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Parents– Harry and Hattie (Altland) Brunhouse. Married– Mildred Adams, 1940. Education– Dickinson College, A.B., 1930; University of Pennsylvania, A.M., 1936, Ph.D., 1940. Taught history at Dickinson College, 1930-35, University of Pennsylvania, 1935-37; Elizabethtown (NJ) College, 1940-42; Drew University, 1942-68; University of South Alabama, 1968-78.   Member of the American Historical Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died January 21, 1996.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Counter-Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790. Los Angeles, Calif.; Octagon Books, 1971.

Frans Blom, Maya Explorer. Alberquerque, N.M.; University of New Mexico Press, 1976.

History of the Carlisle Indian School; a Phase of Government Indian Policy, 1879-1918. Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania, s.d.

In Search of the Maya; the First Archaeologists. University of New Mexico Press, 1973.

Pursuit of the Mayas. Alberquerque, N.M.; University of New Mexico Press, 1975.

Sylvanius G. Morley & the World of the Ancient Mayas. Norman, Okla.; University of Oklahoma Press, 1971.

Editor:

David Ramsey, 1749-1815; Selections from His Writings. Philadelphia, Pa.; American Philosophical Society, 1965.

Joint_Editor:

Writings on Pennsylvania History. Harrisburg, Pa.; Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1946.

Biography:

Educator; genealogist. Born–August 12, 1931, Elba. Parents– Fox and Mary (Bailey) Brunson. Married– Nancy Elizabeth Cowart, June 4, 1960. Children– Two. Education– Troy State University, B.S.; Florida State University, master’s degree; qualified for the AA certificate through Auburn University. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Principal of Elba High School for three years, then principal of Hillcrest Elementary School in Enterprise after 1961. Served as probate judge of Coffe County.  Organized the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society. Died June 3, 2007.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service; obituary, The Southeast Sun, June 8, 2007.

Publication(s):

A Backward Look; a History of the Brunson Reunion. S.l.; s.n., 1969.

A History of Blanchard and Allied Families. Enterprise, Ala.; s.n., 1970.

A History of the Brunson Family. Enterprise, Ala.; s.n., 1963.

Pea River Logic; Hand Me Downs From Grandpa’s Trunk. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Portal Press, 1986.

Pea River Reflections; Intimate Glimpses of Area Life During Two Centuries. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Portals Press, 1975.

Joint_Publication(s):

A History of Our Cowart Family. Enterprise, Ala.; s.n., 1967.

Biography:

College professor, dean. Born– September 1, 1909, Mobile. Parents– Charles Augustus and May Leila (Davidson) Brunson. Education– Judson College, A.B., 1935; Teachers College Columbia University, M.A., 1945, Ed.D., 1957. Employed by Judson College; served as director of publicity, 1935-1938, director of admissions and instructor of English, 1938-1942; dean of students, 1942-1946. After 1946, employed by the University of Florida, Coral Gables, as associate dean of women and associate professor of orientation and professor of education, then Dean of Women. Member Association of Collegiate Honor Societies; Southern College Personnel Association; National Association of Deans of Women and other professional associations. Honors; Judson College outstanding alumnae award, 1960; Theta Sigma Phi Community Headliner award for Dade County, Fla., 1963. Died April 20, 1970.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online

Publication(s):

Guidance; an Integrating Process in Higher Education. New York; Teachers College Press, 1959.

Biography:

Clergyman, teacher. Born– March 21, 1863, Kingstree, S.C. Parents– John P. and Mary Malissa Savage Bryan. Married–Leonora Clayton Howze, 1891.  Children– seven.  Education– University of North Carolina, B.A., 1885; Princeton Theological Seminary, B. D.,  1889. Taught at Gastonia Female Institute, 1884-1885. Supply minister in Birmingham, summer of 1888. Ordained, August 4, 1889.  Pastor, Third Presbyterian Church, 1889-1941. Known as “Brother Bryan” for his service to the poor and homeless. Advocated for prohibition and civil rights. City of Birmingham placed a statue of Brother Bryan by George Bridges in Five Points South. Bryan Mission, Bryan Park,  and Bryan Presbyterian Church in Birmingham were named in his honor.  Elected to the Alabama Men’s Hall of Fame, 2001.  Died January 28, 1941.

Source:

Hunter B. Blakeley’s Religion in Shoes.; bhamwiki

Publication(s):

A Collection of My Sermons. Birmingham, Ala.; Author, 1927.

Biography:

Football coach. Born–September 11, 1913,  Kingsland, Ark. Parents– Wilson Monroe and Ida (Kilgore) Bryant. Married– Mary Harmon Black, August 3, 1934. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1939.  U. S. Navy, WWII. Served as assistant football coach at the University of Alabama, 1936-1940; assistant football coach at Vanderbilt University 1940-1941; head football coach at the University of Maryland (1945-46), the University of Kentucky (1946-53), and Texas A & M (1954-57); head football coach, University of Alabama, 1958-1983. On his retirement in 1983, held the record as head coach with the most wins (323) in college football.  Won six national championships and 13 conference championships at Alabama.  Honors; Won numerous coaching and citizenship awards, including twelve Southeastern Coach of the Year Awards and three National Coach of the Year awards. The University of Alabama named an athletic hall and stadium in his honor. Statues of Coach Bryant have been placed at the gate to Legion Field in Birmingham and at the entrance to Bryant-Denny Stadium on the UA campus. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan, 1983. Depicted on a U. S. postage stamp, 1996.  Died January 26, 1983.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1982; biography.com.

Publication(s):

Bear Bryant on Winning Football.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ:  Prentice-Hall, 1983.

Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama’s Coach Bear Bryant.  New York:  Bantam, 1975.

Building a Championship Football Team. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1960.

Papers;

Papers and other memorabilia  of Coach Bear Bryant are held by the Bear Bryant Museum and the Hoole Special Collections Library, both at the University of Alabama.

Biography:

Teacher, college administrator. Born– December 25, 1905, Leake County, Miss. Parents– James and Dixie (Sanders) Bryant. Married– Betsy A. Mitchell. Children– Two. Education– Alabama State University, B.S., M.Ed.; University of Northern Colorado, Ed.D. Taught in elementary and secondary schools in Alabama and served as a principal for almost twenty years; for seven years, dean of the College of Elementary Education at Alabama State University and for three years chairman of the ASU Department of Mathematics. Retired after serving ten years as the dean of the School of Education at Alabama A & M University at Normal. Died December 7, 1996.

Source:

Book jacket to Ole Nell, Momma and Me and personal interview with Clara Roberson Bryant, Huntsville.

Publication(s):

Black Leadership Fenced in by Racism. Philadelphia; Dorrance, 1974.

Ole Nell, Momma and Me. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1978.

Why I Do Not Like Bussing. New York; Vantage Press, 1973.

Biography:

Engineer; NASA administrator. Born– December 15, 1925, Ferguson, Miss. Parents– George H. Bucher and Lenora Bucher. Married– Delores C. Belew. Children– Three. Education– Washington University, B.S.; University of Alabama, M.S; Oklahoma State University, Ph.D. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; research contract administrator with the St. Louis Ordnance District of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency; moved to Guntersville in 1956; associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville as Deputy Associate Director for Science; served as an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.  Died June 20, 2008.

Source:

SCRIPSIT

Joint_Editor:

Physics of the Moon; Selected Topics Concerning Lunar Exploration. Washington, D.C.; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1965.

Biography:

Publisher; music teacher. Born– August 31, 1931, Andalusia. Parents– Warren H. and Minnie Lou (Barnes) Brown. Married– William Pettus Buck, March 20, 1954. Children– Two. Education– Florida State University, degree in music education, 1953. Established Buck Publishing Company, 1979, to publish Southern authors. Associate member of the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ.

Source:

Buck Publishing Co., Birmingham.

Publication(s):

Keeping Cool in Life’s Fires. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode Pub. Co., 1983.

Editor:

My Country Roads. Birmingham, Ala.; Buck Pub. Co., 1979.

Biography:

Dentist. Born– January 27, 1928, Birmingham. Parents– Gray Carol and Gladys (Pettus) Buck. Married– Janie Brown, March 20, 1954. Children– Two. Education– Graduated from Birmingham Southern College and from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. Served his residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery, 1953-1956; private practice in Birmingham; chief of oral surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Published several articles on oral surgery in dental journals. President of the Birmingham District Dental Society.

Source:

Buck Publishing Co., Birmingham.

Publication(s):

The Buck Family, Virginia.  Buck Publishing Co., 1986.

Taming the Buck. Birmingham, Ala.; Buck Publishing Co., 1979.

Editor;

Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven: The Diary of Lucy Rebecca Buck. Birmingham, Ala.; Cornerstone Press, 1972.

Biography;

Singer; songwriter; businessman; author.  Born– Pascagoula, MS, December 25, 1946.  Grew up in Mobile.  Parents– James Delaney and Lorraine Peets Buffett.  Married–Margie Washichek, 1969; Jane Slagsvol, August 27, 1977.  Children-two. Education–McGill Institute, Mobile; Auburn University; University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 1969.  Writer for Billboard, Nashville, 1971-73.  Moved to Key West in 1973; worked as First Mate on a yacht while he began his career as a singer performing locally; became successful as a recording artist and touring performer. Has released over 30 albums,many platinum or gold. Author of several books; one of only a few authors to place both fiction and nonfiction books on the New York Times best seller list. Founded two restaurant chains, Margaritaville Café and Cheeseburger from Paradise.  Member Greenpeace Foundation, Cousteau Society, Save the Manatee Commission. Awarded the honorary Doctorate of Music  by the University of Miami in 2015.

Sources;

Contemporary authors online; wikipedia

Publications;

Daybreak on the Equator.  Random House, 1997.

Parrot Head Handbook.  Universal City CA:  MCI, 1992.

A Pirate Looks at Fifty.  New York:  Random House, 1988.

A Salty Piece of Land.  NY: Little, Brown, 2004.

Swine Not? NY:Little, Brown, 2008.

Tales from Magaritaville.  San Diego:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.

Where is Joe Merchant? New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.

Joint_Publications:

Jolly Mon.  San Diego:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.

Trouble Dolls. San Diego:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.

Biography:

Army officer. Born– January 15, 1861, Youngsboro. Parents– Daniel and Susan (Mizell) Bullard. Married– Rose Douglas Brabson (died 1921). Four children. Married– Ella Rieff Wall, 1927.   Education– Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, B.S.; United States Military Academy, graduated 1885; Pennsylvania Military College, D.M.S. Commissioned First Lieutenant, 1892; served on the Mexican Border, in the Spanish-American War and in the Philippines.  Commissioned Major General, 1917.  Commanded the First Infantry Division, World War I.  Commanded the II Corps Area, headquartered at Governors Island, NY, 1919-25. Retired from the United States Army in 1925 at the rank of lieutenant general. Author of a number of articles in magazines, newspapers and military journals. Member and president, American Security League. Received the DSM, 1918. LL.D degree from Columbia University and from Alabama Polytechnic Institute; elected to Alabama Hall of Fame, 1968. Decorated by the Governments of France, Belgium, and Italy. Died September 11, 1947.

Source:

Marquis Who’s who online; American National Biography online.

Publication(s):

Fighting Generals. Ann Arbor, Mich.; J. W. Edwards, 1944.

Personalities and Reminiscences of the War. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1925.

Joint_Publication(s):

American Soldiers Also Fought. New York; Longmans, Green, 1936.

Papers;

The papers of General Robert L. Bullard are held by the Library of Congress.

Biography:

Writer, tutor, interpreter. Born 1878– Fair Hill Plantation at Boligee, Greene County. Spent her childhood in Mobile and in Washington, D.C. Parents– James Madison and Anna Mary (Garrow) Bullock. Married– George Bullock-Willis, October 3, 1905.  Education– Private tutors; studied in Paris; George Washington University, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and post graduate study; American University, post-graduate study. She and her husband were owners of cotton plantations in Alabama and Mississippi.   Taught French in the Washington area and at times served as interpreter for officers and wives of the French military mission to the United States. An accomplished horsewoman and frequent traveler. Wrote under the pseudonym of Panthea Pendleton. Died April 20, 1965.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service; ancestry.com

Publication(s):

Jangle Jingles of Fairies and Flowers; Children’s Poems. New York; Pageant Press, 1957.

Magnolias and Gray Moss; Jingles by a Rhymester. New York; Pageant Press, 1961.

Pat, by Panthea Pendleton. New York; Pageant Press, 1958.

Pawns of Fate.  New York; Vantage Press, 1960.

The Young Virginian and Other Stories. New York; Pageant Press, 1964.

Biography:

Artist, writer. Born–August 27,  1903, Stillwater, N.Y. Parents–George H. and Emma Bunce.   Married-  Florence Navada McBryde, August 19, 1931. Education– Columbia University; New York School of Design.  Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, WWII.  Supervising draftsman and artist on the TVA-WPA archaeological survey of the Chickamauga Basin and a participant in the National Writers Program that produced the publications  Alabama, A Guide to the Deep South and Tennessee, A Guide to the Volunteer State. Died May 29, 2001.

Source:

Authors of Books for Young People, 1964.

Publication(s):

Chula, Son of the Mound Builders, New York; Dutton, 1942.

Dragon Prows Westward. New York; Harcourt, 1946.

Freight Train. New York; Putnam, 1954.

Here Comes the School Train. New York; Dutton, 1953.

Horned Snake Medicine; a Story of the Mound Builders. New York; Dutton, 1945.

The Iron Horse Goes to War. Washington, D.C.; School and College Service, Association of American Railroads, 1960.

Son of the Iroquois. Philadephia; MacRae Smith, 1936.

Trails, a Book of Animal Stories. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1935.

Treasure Was Their Quest. New York; Harcourt, 1947.

War Belts of Pontiac. New York; Dutton, 1943.

Biography: Geologist. Born– May 20, 1875, Independence, Kan. Parents– George W. and Alice (Boyd) Burchard. Married– Frances Elizabeth Baker, June 18, 1910. Education– Northwestern University, B.S., M.S.; University of Alabama, Sc.D., 1935. Mining geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and with various state geological surveys, including Alabama; senior geologist for the Geological Survey of Alabama, 1945-1961.

Source: Marquis who’s who online

Publication(s):

Bauxite in Northeastern Mississippi. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1925.

The Brown Iron Ores of the Western Highland Rim, Tennessee, 1934. Nashville; s.n., 1934.

The Brown Iron Ores of West-Middle Tennessee. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1927. The Cement Industry in Alabama. University, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1940.

Iron-bearing Deposits in Bossier, Caddo, and Webster Parishes, Louisiana. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1915.

Iron Ore in Cass, Marion, Morris, and Cherokee Counties, Texas. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1915.

Iron Ore in the Red Mountain Formation in Greasy Cove, Alabama.  U. S. Geological Survey, 1933.

Iron Ore Outcrops of the Red Mountain Formation in Northeast Alabama. University, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1947.

Iron Ores, Fuels, and Fluxes of the Birmingham District, Alabama. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1910.

Lancaster-Mineral Point Folio, Wisconsin-Iowa-Illinois. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1907.

Manganiferious & Ferruginous Chert in Perry & Lewis Counties, Tennessee. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1943.

Marble Resources of Southeastern Alaska.  U.S. Geological Survey, 1920. Our Mineral Supplies, 1919. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1919.

Portland Cement Materials & Industry in the United States. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1913.

The Red Iron Ores of East Tennessee, Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia. Nashville; Brandon Printing Co., 1913.

Russellville Brown Iron Ore District, Franklin County, Alabama. University, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1960.

The Stone Industry in 1911. Washington, D.C.; U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1912.

Structural Materials. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1910.

Biography:

Journalist; advertising executive. Born– August 19, 1901, Opelika. Parents– August and Margaret (Meadors) Burghard. Married– Lois Baker. Children– Two. Education– Attended Mercer University, 1921-1925; Northwestern University, 1937-1939; Emory University, 1941; University of North Carolina, 1942-1943. Began his career with the Ft. Lauderdale News; worked with the Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce; president of August Burghard Advertising, Inc.; senior vice president of Campbell-Dickey Advertising, Inc.; director of the Everglades Bank and the Lauderdale Memorial Gardens. Honors; Silver Medal from the Advertising Federation of American and Printers’ Ink, 1959. Died August 3, 1987.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Alligator Alley, Florida’s Most Controversial Highway. S.l.; Lanman, 1969.

America’s First Family, the Savages of Virginia. Philadelphia; Dorrance, 1974.

The Days of Our Years; are Three Score and Ten –. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; First Presbyterian Church, 1982.

The Fabulous Fin. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; s.n., 1979.

From $2,512.00 to a Billion Plus. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Wake Brooke House, 1977.

Half a Century in Florida. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Manatee Books, 1982.

History, Lauderdale Yacht Club. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Lauderdale Yacht Club, 1978.

Mrs. Frank Stranahan, Pioneer. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Historical Society of Fort Lauderdale, 1968.

My Early Days in Florida from 1905. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Wake Brooke Book Co., 1975.

Nova University; the First Ten Years. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Nova University Press, 1975.

The Story of Frederick C. Peters. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Tropical Press, 1972.

Watchie-Esta/Hutie. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Historical Society of Fort Lauderdale, 1960.

Joint_Publication(s):

Checkered Sunshine; the Story of Fort Lauderdale, 1793-1955. Gainesville, Fla.; University of Florida Press, 1966.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– October 5, 1916, Hartselle. Parents– Chester Irvin and Lucia Davenport (Barcliff) Lee. Married– Carl Theodore Burkart. Children– Four. Education– Alabama College at Montevallo, degree in public school music, 1938. Taught in Hanceville for three years. Active in the Lutheran Woman’s Missionary League. Died February 9, 2007.

Source:

Mammy Barcliff’s Scrapbook; Obituary, Cullman Times, February 10, 2007.

Editor:

Lucia Lee’s Clippings, 2 vols. Cullman, Ala.; Gregath, 1983.

Mammy Barcliff’s Scrapbook. Cullman, Ala.; Gregath, 1982.

Biography:

University professor of dairy science, editor. Born– January 1893, Wheeling, W.Va. Parents– Thomas Carrol and Anna (Little) Burke. Married– Marguerite Oltcalt, February 1, 1921. Education– University of Wisconsin, B.S., 1916; Ohio State University, M.S., 1920, additional study, 1927-1929. Dairy inspector in Huntington, W.Va., 1916-1917; taught at Ohio State University, 1919-1920, Oklahoma A & M University, 1920-1929, and Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1929-1946. Member of the American Dairy Science Association, Alabama Dairy Products Association, and the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers. Technical editor for the Milk Dealer and for the Ice Cream Review. Died August 16, 1950.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online

Publication(s):

Practical Dairy Tests; a Manual for Students and Those Interested in the Practical Testing of Dairy Products. Milwaukee, Wisc.; Olsen Publishing Co., 1929.

Practical Dairy Tests and Fundamentals of Dairying. Milwaukee, Wisc.; Olsen Publishing Co., 1935.

Practical Ice Cream Making and Practical Mix Tables. Milwaukee, Wisc.; Olsen Publishing Co., 1933.

Practical Manufacture of Cultured Milks and Kindred Products. Milwaukee, Wisc.; Olsen Publishing Co., 1938.

Biography:

Literary scholar; University professor. Born– May 4, 1942, Buffalo, N.Y. Education– Boston College, A.B., 1967; Northwestern University, M.A., 1968; University of California in Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1974. Taught English at the University of California in San Diego, 1973-1974, and at the University of Alabama after 1974. Director of undergraduate studies in English. Essays published in several periodicals and anthologies.  Editor of The Iris Murdoch Newsletter, 1991-94.

Source:

Jacket to The Unknown Samuel Johnson; Directory of American Scholars, 1982.

Publications;

From Home and Abroad:  American and British Writers in Philadelphia, 1800-1910. Lanham, Md.:  University Press of America, 1995.

Joint_Editor:

Signs and Symbols in Chaucer’s Poetry. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1981.

The Unknown Samuel Johnson. Madison; University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.

Biography:

University professor. Born– Demopolis, July 8, 1879. Parents– Malcolm and Annie Burke. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1899; Harvard University, A.B., 1901; University of Munich, Ph.D., 1908. Taught Greek at the University of Alabama, 1901-1905, 1908-1917. 1st Lt., Corps of Interprs, WWI. Served in the U.S. Consular Service in Hamburg, Germany. Died March 20, 1963.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service; ancestry.com

Publication(s):

De Apollinaries Sidonii Codice Nondum Tractate Remensi…. Munich, Germany; Dastner & Callwey, 1911.

Versiculi. New York; s.n., 1915.

Biography:

Architect, university professor. Born– January 23, 1894, Leipzig, Germany. Parents– Ernest and Emma (Heilmann) Burkhardt. Married– Varian Carpenter. Children– Three. Education– Washington State University, B.S.; Columbia University, M.S. Taught in the architecture department at Auburn University and served as the acting head of the department, 1929-1964.  Served as district officer for Alabama of the Historic American Buildings Survey, 1933-1937 and 1970-1972; restoration consultant for the Alabama Division of Parks and Historic Sites, 1970-1972. Honors; Medalist in the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, first medal, XV Paris Prize, 1922; Distinguished Service Award from the Alabama Historical Commission, 1975. Died March 13, 1977.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1976.

Publication(s):

Alabama Ante-bellum Architecture; a Scrapbook View from the 1930s. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Historical Commission, 1976.

Biography;

Historian; professor of history; college administrator.  Professor of History at the University of Mobile; Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences; Dean, Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs.  Member Alabama Historical Association.

Publications;

Henry Hotze, Confederate Propagandist:  Selected Writings on Revolution, Recognition, and Race.  University of Alabama Press, 2008.

The Pen Makes a Good Sword:  John Forsyth of the Mobile Register.  University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Biography:

Historian, educator, editor. Born– September 30, 1927, Bethel, N.C. Parents– Ollen and Eva E. (Highsmith) Burnette. Married– Elizabeth Tull, August 15, 1951. Children– Five. Married Jeanne A. MacRitchie, June 10, 2000.  Education– University of Richmond, B.A.; University of Virginia, M.A., 1948, Ph.D., 1952. U. S. Navy, 1945-47. Taught at Petersburg, Virginia, High School, 1948-1949, and Virginia Military Institute, 1951-1953; field editor for Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953-1957; book editor for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1957-1963; research professor of history, Birmingham-Southern College, 1963-1972; dean of faculty and research professor of history, Stratford College, 1972-1974; executive director of the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, 1975-80; Assistant to the Superintendent, Virginia Military Academy, 1981-86. Member Organization of American Historians; AAUP; Southern Historical Association; Alabama Coalition for Better Education. LLD, Southern Adventist College.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Marquis Who’s Who online.

Publication(s):

Beneath the Footnote. Madison, Wisc.; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1970.

Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County, Alabama.  2001.

Life in America. New York; Harper, 1964.

A Syllabus of American History. Madison, Wisc.; University of Wisconsin, 1960.

Editor:

Readings on the Development of the American Constitution.  2005.

A Soviet View of the American Past.  Peter Smith, 1960.

Wisconsin Witness to Frederick Jackson Turner. Madison, Wisc.; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1961.

Updated 2012-11-06.