Biography:

University professor. Born– Belk, Fayette County, Ala., November 22, 1887. Parents– James David and Sarah Frances (Estes) Moore. Married– Ruby Mason Myrick, February 21, 1918. Children– Two. Education– B.S., 1911; M.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1912; A.M., University of Chicago, 1915; Ph.D., 1921. Employed as an instructor, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1911-1914; teaching fellow, University of Chicago, 1915-1919; Iowa State University, 1919-1923; University of Alabama, 1923-1958; professor of history; dean, Graduate School, 1925-1958; president, Southern Historical Association, 1942; executive director, Alabama Civil War Centennial Committee.

Source:

Who Was Who in Alabama, 1972, National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 53.

Publication(s):

A Brief Story of Women’s Role in the Confederacy. University, Ala.; Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1964.

Conscription and Conflict in the Confederacy. New York; Macmillan, 1924.

History of Alabama. University, Ala.; University Supply Store, 1934.

History of Alabama and Her People. Chicago; The American Historical Society, 1927.

History of the Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools 1925-1963. S.l.; Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools, 196?

A New Nation, A War, A Young Hero, and a Surrender. University, Ala.; Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965.

Prologue to the Great American Tragedy. University, Ala.; Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1964.

Reasons for the National Centennial Commemoration of the Civil War; Its Basic Objectives and Potential Values. University, Ala.; Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963.

A Survey of the Civil War Centennial Commemoration in Alabama. University, Ala.; Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965.