Biography:

Historian; college professor; museum curator. Born– February 6, 1940, Manchester. Parents– Ben G. and Alta (Weaver) Dodd. Married– Sandra Whitten, June 18, 1961. Children– Two. Married–Amy Bartlett, 1985. Children–one.  Education– University of North Alabama, B.S., 1961; Auburn University, M. A., 1966; University of Georgia, Ph.D., 1969. Taught at Troy State University, 1968-1969; Auburn University at Montgomery, 1969-1995. Curator of the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, 1996- Member of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association.  The Don Dodd Award created in his honor is given annually to an undergraduate student who writes the best essay on Southern History.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publications;

Alabama Now and Then: A Contemporary Look.  Montgomery:  Advertizer Company, 1994.

Compiler;

History of Alabama Transportation; a Bibliography. Montecello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

History of Alabama’s Cities; a Bibliography. Monticello,Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

History of Alabama’s Road System; a Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

The History of Black Politics in Alabama; a Preliminary Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

The History of Industrialization in Alabama; a Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

Historical Statistics of the South, 1790-1970. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1973.

Historical Statistics of the States. University of Alabama Press, 1973.

Historical Statistics of the United States, 1790-1970. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1973.

History of Alabama Urbanization; a Selective Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.; Vance Bibliographies, 1981.

State and Local Government Administration. New York; M. Dekker, 1985.

Joint_Publication(s):

Alabama: Its History and Geography. Selma: Clairmont Press, 2000.

Civil War in Winston County, Alabama, The “Free State.” Jasper:  Northwest Alabama Publishing Company, 1979.

Deep South Aviation.  Charleston: Arcadia, 1999.

The Free State of Winston.  Arcadia, 2003.

Historical Atlas of Alabama.  University of Alabama Press, 1974.

Wings of Denial:  The Alabama Air National Guard’s Covert Role at the Bay of Pigs.  Montgomery:  New South, 2001.