Biography:

Attorney. Born– June 23, 1868, Hillville, Va.; family moved to Ashville,  AL, about 1872.  Parents– George Roberts and Harriet Hart (Heath) Cather. Married– Mary Presley of Springville (died 1903); Married– Cora Lee Webb of Centre, 1904. Children– Four. Practiced law in Centre.  Died July 25, 1935.

Source:

Elizabeth Lonnergan, St. Clair County Library, Ashville.

Publication(s):

History of St. Clair County, Alabama; a Description of the Land and Its People, Indians and Whites from 1539 to 1846. Ashville, Ala.; St. Clair County Library Board, 1965 (First printed in the Southern-Aegis, 1897).

Biography:

Publisher. Born– November 2, 1918, Birmingham. Parents– Alonzo Heath and Jennie Pearl (Johnson) Cather. Married– Virginia Ritchie, 1942. Children– Two. Married–Dorothy Farmer, 2001. Education– B.A., University of Alabama, 1941. U. S, Army pilot in World War II; rose to the rank of captain.  Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.  Joined the A. H. Cather Publishing Company as a linotype operator; rose to position of president; then chairman of the board of A. H. Cather Publishing Company in Birmingham; retired 2005.  Died May 2, 2016.

Source:

James Pat Cather, Birmingham.

Compiler_and_Editor

Gunfight at Rabaul; the True Story of an Unescorted Raid by B-25 Strafers of the 345th Bomber Group on the Japanese Stronghold of the Southwest Pacific at Rabaul, New Britain, on October 18, 1943. Birmingham, Ala.; Cather Publishing Co., 1974.

Biography:

Farmer, businessman. Born–November 18, 1876, Pleasant Hill. Parents– John Smyly and Maude Mae (Caffey) Catts. Married– Mary Belle Northington, 1920. Employed in newspaper work, farming, industry, and with N.J. Bell Estates as manager of the Bell Building in Birmingham. Died November 18, 1960.

Source:

Files at the Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

What Call It, You Say. Montgomery, Ala.; The Paragon Press, 1957.

Biography:

Psychic healer; author; photographer.  Born– March 18, 1877, near Hopkinsville, Ky. Parents– Leslie B. and Carrie Cayce. Married– Gertrude Evans. Children– Three. Education– through eighth grade at local schools in Hopkinsville; widely read on his own. Trained as an apprentice in the photography studio  of W.R.Bowles in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  Began psychic readings early in his life. Lived in Alabama 1912-1926;   worked as a reporter for the Anniston Star, for Russell Brothers photographic studios in Anniston, for Tressler photographic studio in Montgomery and at a studio which he later owned in Selma. Moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1925 and worked as a professional psychic. In 1931, founded the Association for Research and Enlightenment to keep records of his cases. Became known as the “Sleeping Prophet” because he would put himself into a trance to diagnose ailments and prescribe treatments. Several books of his writing were compiled after his death. Died January 3, 1945.

Source:

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology and Joseph Millard’s Edgar Cayce, Man of Miracles. Neville Spearman, 1961.

Publication(s):

Atlantis–Fact or Fiction. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1968.

Before the Beginning. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1963.

A Diet/Recipe Guide. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1967.

Dreams, Your Magic Mirror. New York; Dell Books, 1968.

Edgar Cayce on Prophecy. New York; Hawthorn, 1968.

Edgar Cayce on Reincarnation. New York; Hawthorn, 1967.

Edgar Cayce’s Story of Jesus. New York; Coward McCann, 1968.

Lost Atlantis. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1958.

123 Questions & Answers From the Edgar Cayce Clairvoyant Readings. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1966.

The River of Time. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1965.

A Search for God. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1950.

Story of Attitudes and Emotions; the Two-Edged Sword. New York; Coward McCann, 1972.

Symbols & the Self. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1965.

That Ye May Heal. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1950.

What I Believe. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1946.

Papers;

The papers of Edgar Cayce are owned by the Edgar Cayce Foundation and are housed in the headquarters of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Biography;

Farmer and businessman.  Born April 8, 1886, Chambers County.  Parents–James Benjamin and Cora Tatum Chambers.  Married–Ethel Bennett.  Education–graduated from Bryson Academy.  Property owner and well known local citizen. Died December 12, 1959.

Source: 

Miss Mattie Lou Cato, Lafayette Pilot Public Library, Lafayette.

Joint_Publications;

A Survey of the Older Church Cemeteries in Chambers County, Alabama, Made in 1954.  West Point,  Georgia:  Chattahoochee Valley Historical Association, 1956.

Biography:

Businessman; Probate judge. Born March 14, 1893. Parents– Joseph Sanders Chambers. Lived in Chambers and Lee Counties. Married– Attie Belle Bonner, December 18, 1912. Children– Two. Married– Mabel Crum Dillard, October 25, 1964. Education– Attended Massey Business College in Columbus, Ga.; studied law by correspondence from La Salle Correspondence School in Chicago. Worked in the cotton mills in Riverview and Langdale. Contractor, insurance agent, Public Works Administration agent, tax collector and probate judge of Chambers County. Died December 25, 1981.

Source:

Reminiscences of Judge Joseph Vernon Chambers.

Publication(s):

Reminiscences of Judge Joseph Vernon Chambers. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; s.n., 1969.

Biography:

Photographer. Born– August 13, 1862, Bloomington, Wis. Parents– John Dwight and Jane (Glover) Chambers. Married– Ella Dumas, November 11, 1887. Children– One. Education– Attended Beloit College; studied with the leading photographers in Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland. Operated a photographic studio on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery. Photographed members of Alabama State Legislature, 1888-89. Died May 25, 1954.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History, files at Birmingham Public Library, and Owen’s Story of Alabama.

Publication(s):

Altzar, the Pirate, a Tale of Reincarnation. Boston; Meador Publishing Co., 1944.

In The Weaving. Boston; Meador Pub. Co., 1942.

The Opal Matrix. Worcester, Mass.; The Salisbury Hill Press, 1937.

Joint_Compiler;

Statements of a Master. Montgomery; Chambers, 1925.

Biography:

Aviation journalist; professor of communications. Born– July 16, 1948, Dallas Tex. Parents– Lewis and Gwynne Greer Chandler. Married– Kathleen, August 10, 1970. Children– Five. Education– University of Texas, B.A., 1975; Jacksonville State University, M.P.A., 1977. Served as a medic in Vietnam; awarded the Purple Heart. News director at WHMA Radio in Anniston, 1979-1985; correspondent for the Birmingham Post Herald, 1980-1984;   instructor of communications at Jacksonville State University 1987-2017. During the time he was news director, received sixteen Associated Press Broadcast Journalism awards. Contributed to many journals including Frequent Flyer, National Review, Saturday Evening Post, American Legion Magazine, Rotarian, Time, and Voice of America. Served on the board of directors of the Alabama Associated Press Broadcasters Association. Received sixteen Associated Press Broadcast Journalism awards; Aerospace Media Lifetime Award, 2017.

Source:

Jerry Chandler, Anniston; Jacksonville State website.

Publication(s):

Fire and Rain: A tragedy in American Aviation. Austin, Tex.; Texas Monthly Press, 1986.

Biography:

Park custodian. Born– January 24, 1881, Montgomery. Parents–Willis S. and Annie Hatchett Chandler.  Married–Elizabeth Newton Gale, January 2, 1902; married Helen, 1922.  Education–attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute for one year, 1900-1901; attended Washington and Lee College, 1901-02. Traveled in Europe and America. Worked in various commercial jobs mainly in Dallas, Texas, 1922-41. Returned to Alabama in 1941.  Custodian at Fort Morgan from the time of World War II until 1957.  Secretary of the Fort Morgan Historical Commission. In his positions as custodian and secretary, he was largely responsible for the development of the park at Fort Morgan. Worked to popularize the fort and its history; wrote various stories about it, many of them embellished with fiction. Buried at the entrance to Fort Morgan. Died August 23, 1967.

Source:

Files at the Alabama Public Library Service; article “Hatchett Chandler and the Quest for Native Tradition at Fort Morgan,” Alabama Review, XL (July 1987), 163-197.

Publication(s):

Fort Morgan and Thoughts Under Seven Flags. S.l.; s.n., s.d.

Little Gems of Fort Morgan. S.l.; s.n., 1953.

The Origin and Nature of a Tropical Hurricane. S.l.; s.n., 1922.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Hatchett Chandler is held by the W.S.Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– November 17,1883, Huntsville.  Parents– Reuben Chapman Jr. and Rosalie Sheffey Chapman.  Granddaughter of Governor Reuben Chapman. Education– Mount de Chantal in Wheeling, West Virginia; Howard College; the University of Chicago; and Columbia University, M.A. in History, 1932.  Taught history for fifty years, in Huntsville public schools and then at Graymont and Woodlawn in Birmingham. Died June 9, 1967.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Publication(s):

Changing Huntsville, 1890-1899. Birmingham Ala.; s.n., 1972.

Biography:

University professor of statistics.  Born– May 24, 1894, Lima, Ohio. Parents– Lewis E. and Ella Mae (Faze) Chapman. Married– Lena Blanche McPherson, September 18, 1919. Education– University of Michigan, A.B.; University of Minnesota, graduate study; Columbia University, Ph.D. Taught accounting at the University of Minnesota, 1919 to 1921. Professor of statistics, University of Alabama, 1921-1959; also served as director of the Bureau of Business Research, University of Alabama, 1930-1951. Died January 10, 1977.

Source:

Library of Alabama Lives.

Publication(s):

Estimate of Probable Yield of a Sales Tax in Alabama, Under Provisions of Proposed Revenue Bill by Mr. Harrison. University, Ala.; Bureau of Business Research, University of Alabama, 1936.

An Introduction to Business; Commerce One, Folder One. University, Ala.; School of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama, 1940.

Iron and Steel Companies in Years of Prosperity and Depression. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Weatherford Printing Co., s.d. (Originally published as thesis at Columbia University, 1935).

The Iron and Steel Industries of the South. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1953.

Population of Alabama: An analysis.  Bureau of Business Research, 1931.

Social and Economic Statistics of Alabama.  Bureau of Business Research, 1930.

Biography:

Writer. Born– March 4, 1873, Selma. Parents– Thomas Holmes and Mary Elizabeth (Glass) Hopkins. Married– Dr. John Thomas Chapman, October 8, 1891. Children–two. Education– Shorter College, Rome, Ga., 1887; and Lake Chautauqua, 1904.  Member Daughters of the American Revolution and National League of American Pen Women (served as its historian). Died May 21, 1930.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online; obituary, The Anniston Star

Publication(s):

Fusing Force. Chicago; McClurg, 1911.

Love’s Way in Dixie. New York; Neale Publishing Co., 1905.

The Moulting Sea-Gull.  Montgomery:  Paragon Press, 1909.

Sketch of Dr. La Fayette Guild, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon of the Army of Northern Virginia. S.l.; s.n., 1909.

Biography:

Business executive; teacher. Born– June 12, 1918, Game, Kentucky. Parents– Theodore Robert and Alma Voris (Jordan) Chapman. Married– Thelma Isabelle Light, June 14, 1941. Children– Three. Education– Eastern Michigan University, B.A., 1940; Wayne State University, M.Ed., 1949. Taught school; served as office manager with Chemstrand Corporation in Decatur, 1952-1955; worked with  the Monsanto Company in St. Louis, Mo. Member of Pi Kappa Delta and Phi Delta Kappa. Died March 26, 2014.

Source:

Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, 1977.

Publication(s):

Tell It To the Chaplain. New York; Exposition Press, 1952.

Biography:

Methodist clergyman. Born– January 8, 1882, Flatwoods, Tenn. Parents– William B. and Mary (Gillham) Chappell. Married– Cecil Hart, April 15, 1908. Children– Two. Education– Duke University, 1902-1903; Harvard, 1904-1905. Principal of E. W. Grove High School, Paris, TN, 1906-08. Ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1908; served as pastor of churches in Texas, Oklahoma, Washington, D.C., and Tennessee, 1908-1932, in Birmingham, 1932-1936, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1936-1941, Jackson, Miss., 1941-1945, and Charlotte, N.C., 1945-1949. Honors– Duke University honorary D.D., 1920; Centenary College of Louisiana, honorary D.D., 1920; Birmingham Southern College, D.Litt., 1936. Died August 1972.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

And the Prophets. New York; Abingdon, 1945.

Anointed to Preach. New York; Abingdon, 1951.

Chappell’s Special Day Sermons. New York; Abingdon, 1936.

Christ and the New Woman. New York; Abingdon, 1928.

The Cross Before Calvary. New York; Abingdon, 1960.

Evangelistic Sermons of Clovis G. Chappell. New York; Abingdon, 1973.

Faces About the Cross. New York; Abingdon, 1941.

Familiar Failures. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Baker Book House, 1927.

Feminine Faces. New York; Abingdon, 1942.

Home Folks. New York; Abingdon, 1926.

If I Were Young. New York; Abingdon, 1962.

In Parables. New York; Abingdon, 1953.

A Jarring Question; Will a Man Rob God? Chicago; General Board of Lay Activity, the Methodist Church, 1950.

Living With Royalty. New York; Abingdon, 1962.

Living Zestfully. New York; Abingdon, 1944.

Meet These Men. New York; Abingdon, 1956.

The Modern Dance; Three Sermons. Nashville; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1923.

More Sermons on Biblical Characters. Dorman, 1923.

Questions Jesus Asked. New York; Abingdon, 1948.

The Road to Certainty. Nashville; Cokesbury, 1940.

The Sermons on the Mount. Nashville; Cokesbury, 1930.

Sermons from Job. Nashville; s.n., 1957.

Sermons from Revelations. New York; Abingdon, 1943.

Sermons from the Miracles. New York; Abingdon, 1937.

Sermons from the Parables. New York; Abingdon, 1933.

Sermons from the Psalms. New York; Abingdon, 1931.

Sermons on Biblical Characters. New York; Harper, 1950.

Sermons on New Testament Characters. New York; Harper, 1924.

Sermons on Old Testament Characters. New York; Harper, 1925.

Sermons on Simon Peter. New York; Abingdon, 1959.

Sermons on the Lord’s Prayer and Other Prayers of Jesus. New York; Abingdon, 1934.

The Seven Words. New York; Abingdon, 1952.

Surprises in the Bible. New York; Abingdon, 1967.

Ten Rules for Living. New York; Abingdon, 1938.

Values That Last. Nashville; Cokesbury, 1939.

The Village Tragedy and Other Sermons. Baltimore; Williams & Wilkins, 1921.

When The Church Was Young. New York; Abingdon, 1950.

Biography:

Historian; university professor. Born– September 10, 1911, Birmingham. Parents– Charles Arthur and Clemmie (Fason) Chappell. Married– Winn Ownbey, August 30, 1939. Children– Two. Education– Birmingham-Southern College, A.B., 1935; Vanderbilt University, A.M., 1936, Ph.D. 1941. Taught at Vanderbilt University, Winthrop College, Newberry College; head of the Department of History and Political Science at Huntingdon College after 1945; served as visiting professor of history during summer sessions at the University of Alabama. Contributed articles to historical journals and encyclopedias. Honors– Outstanding Educator of America Award, 1972. Died Feb. 6, 2002.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1978; Library of Alabama Lives; obituary, Huntsville Times, February 9, 2002.

Joint_Publication(s):

Know Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Paul R. Malone, 1955.

Local Historical Societies in Alabama. 1960.

Some Patterns of Land Speculation in the Old Southwest.  1949.

Biography:

Folklorist, author, editor. Born– February 15, 1904, Huntsville. Parents– Robert Collier and Emma Florence Chase. Education– Antioch College, B.S., 1929. Lecturer on folklore and storyteller of Appalachian folktales. Honors– Southern California Council on Literature award, 1970; honored by the Governor of Virginia, 1972, by the Los Angeles Renaissance Pleasure Faire, 1973,  by the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of Mensa in 1975. Died February 2, 1988.

Source:

Who’s Who in America online and Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Jack and the Three Sillies. Boston; Houghton, 1950.

Wicked John and the Devil. Boston; Houghton, 1951.

Compiler:

Hullabaloo, and Other Singing Folk Games. Boston; Houghton, 1949. (also published as Singing Games and Playparty Games. New York; Dover, 1967).

Editor:

American Folk Tales and Songs. New York; New American Library, 1956; reprinted Dover, 1971.

Billy Boy (folk song). San Carlos, Calif.; Golden Gate Junior Books, 1966.

Grandfather Tales. Boston; Houghton, 1943.

The Jack Tales. Boston; Houghton, 1943.

Old Songs and Singing Games. Chapel Hill, N.C.; University of North Carolina Press, 1938.

Editor_Author of Introduction;

Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage.  Houghton, 1960.

Papers;

Papers of Richard Chase are held by the University of Minnesota Children’s Literature Research Collection; the East Tennessee State University Library; and the Western North Carolina Library Network.

Biography:

University professor; economics consultant. Born– September 26, 1925, Pickens, S.C. Parents– Elijah D. and Ida (Hendricks) Chastain. Married– Marian B. Faulker, August 25, 1956. Children– Two. Education– Clemson University, B.S., 1947; Cornell University, M.S., 1948; Purdue University, Ph.D., 1956. U.S. Army, Captain, WWII.  Taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1949-1956; research assistant at Purdue University, 1954-1956; professor and  director of graduate studies in the School of Business at Auburn University , 1956-89. Editor of the Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, 1962-1965. Member American Agricultural Economics Association, American Economics Association, Southern Economics Association, Alabama Academy of Science. Died March 24, 1989.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online.

Joint_Publication(s):

Adaptation of corporate organization to family farms.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963.

Father-son farming: Resource accumulation and efficiency aspects of intergenerational family farm business arrangements.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963.

Farm Business Management. Auburn, Ala.; s.n., 1966.

Opportunities for profit on your farm.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1959.

Problem recognition in agriculture, managerial adjustment opportunities.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1959.

Production-consumption interrelationships of Alabama farm family businesses.  Auburn Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963.

Biography:

Escort; author. Raised in Alabama. Parents– Heyward and Marlyn Taylor. Married at seventeen and separated from her husband at nineteen. Graduated from Oakton High School, Fairfax, Va.; attended Northern Virginia Community College. Worked as a chauffeur, cocktail waitress, and escort. Part owner of Gold Mine Saloon in Panama City. In 1979, lived in the Murray Hills area of New York City.

Source:

Newsweek and Time, both dated October 23, 1978, and from Defector’s Mistress.

Publication(s):

Defector’s Mistress; the Judy Chavez Story. New York; Dell, 1979.

Biography:

University professor; literary scholar . Born– November 1, 1944, Birmingham. Parents– Alan Breck and Billie (Gunter) Cheney. Education– Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1966; Florida State University, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1971. Taught English and American literature at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1968-2000.  Member American Culture Association, Modern Language Association, and other professional organizations.  Nominated for Pulitzer Prize for Life and Letters of Jesse Hill Ford.  Awarded emeritus status on her retirement from Virginia Tech in 2000.  Died December 17, 2001.

Source:

Who’s Who of American Women, 1979-1980;  Contemporary Authors online; obituary.

Publication(s):

“The Changing Status of Women” (screenplay). Blacksburg, Va.; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1974.

Lorraine Hansberry. Boston; Twayne, 1982.

Millay in Greenwich Village. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1975.

Editor;

‘The Burg’ and Other Poems.  Lewiston, NY:  Mellen Press, 1998.

Dead Snakes, Cats, and the IRS: Poetry of Rock and Rebellion.  Lewiston, NY: Mellen,  1995.

The Life and Letters of Jesse Hill Ford, Southern Writer.  Mellen, 1996.

Ophelia’s Legs and Other Poems.  Blacksburg, VA:  Pochantas Press,1997.

Biography:

Author of children’s books; Episcopal priest. Born– December 20, 1916, Birmingham. Parents– Franklin C. and Irene (Denny) Cheney. Married– Benjamin Waring Partridge, Jr., September 2, 1939. Children– Four. Education– Florida State College for Women, 1934-1936; University of Georgia, A.B., 1938; Antioch College, M.Ed., 1971.  Author of over twenty books for children.  Ordained as an Episcopal priest, 1999; set up rural parishes in several states, including Florida and Vermont.  Oldest woman to be ordained to the Episcopal priesthood.  Died February 21, 1999.

Source:

Who’s Who of American Women, 1961-1962, Contemporary Authors online and Something About the Author online

Publication(s):

Alaska. New York; Dodd, 1980.

The Case of the Iceland Dogs. New York; Dodd, 1977.

Christmas Tree Hessian. New York; Holt, 1958.

Crown of the World. New York; Dodd, 1979.

Doll of Lilac Valley. New York; Knopf, 1959.

Fortune Hill. New York; Holt, 1956.

Girl at Jungle’s Edge. New York; Knopf, 1962.

Incredible Deborah. New York; Scribner, 1967.

Key of Gold. New York; Holt, 1955.

Mystery of the Disappearing Cars. New York; Knopf, 1964.

Peg-legged Pirate of Sulu. New York; Knopf, 1960.

Plantation Doll. New York; Holt, 1955.

Profiles From the Past; an Uncommon History of Vermont. Taftsville, Vt.; Countryman Press, 1976.

The Rocking Chair Buck. New York; Holt, 1956.

Rumpus on Commodore Hill. New York; Holt, 1957.

Skeleton Cave. New York; Holt, 1954.

Tales From a Taiwan Kitchen. New York; Dodd, 1976.

Treasures of Lin Li-ti. New York; Hawthorn, 1969.

Vermont, the State with a Storybook Past. Brattleboro, Vt.; S. Greene Press, 1976.

Joint_Publication(s):

China Sea Roundup. New York; Knopf, 1960.

Rendezvous in Singapore. New York; Knopf, 1961.

Underseas!. New York; Coward, 1961.

Biography:

Physician; professor of medicine. Born– June 9, 1916, Philadelphia, Pa. Parents– Herman and Celia (Homes) Cheraskin. Married– Caroline Elwood, September 23, 1944. Children– One. Education– St. Joseph’s College; Georgetown University; University of Alabama, A.B., 1939, M.A. 1941, D.M.D. 1952; University of Cincinnati, M.D., 1943. Began private practice of medicine in Moundville, Ala., 1947. After 1948 associated with the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham as instructor of anatomy, 1948-1950, assistant professor of physiology, 1950-1952, and as professor of oral medicine after 1953. Has contributed more than 350 articles to dental, medical, nutritional, and educational journals. Honors– Received the Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Sao Paulo in 1961 and an achievement award from the Angiology Research Foundation in 1968. Died August 3, 2001.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Bio-Nutronics; Lower Your Cholesterol in 30 days. New York; Perigee Books, 1986.

Diagnostic Stomatology. New York; McGraw, 1961.

Health and Happiness; Simpler, Safe and Sour Siptems and Solutions. Wichita, Kan.; Bio-Communications, 1989.

The Vitamin C Controversy; Questions and Solutions. Wichita, Kan.; Bio-Communications, 1988.

Joint_Publication(s):

Diet and Disease. Emmaus, Pa.; Rodale Books, 1968.

Diet and the Periodontal Patient. Springfield, Ill.; C.C. Thomas, 1970.

Dynamic Anatomy and Physiology. New York; McGraw, 1958.

Dynamics of Oral Diagnosis. Chicago; Year Book Pub., 1956.

New Hope for Incurable Disease. New York; Exposition Press, 1971.

The Physiological Foundation of Dental Practice. St. Louis; Mosby, 1951.

The Physiology of Man. New York; Reinhold, 1954.

Predictive Medicine. Mountain View, Calif.; Pacific Press Pub. Association, 1973.

Psychodietetics. New York; Stein & Day, 1974.

Contributor:

Clinical Pedodontics. Philadelphia; Saunders, 1957.

Complete Denture Prosthodontics. New York; McGraw, 1962.

Biography:

Agricultural scientist; university professor. Born–August 29, 1879,  Hawkins, Tenn. Parents–Robert and Mary Chestnutt.  Married– Emma Brown. Children– Two. Education– University of Tennessee, 1900; Peabody College, M.S. Taught at Concord and Farragut, Tenn. Agriculture teacher at Alabama College in Montevallo for thirteen years; appointed Assistant State Supervisor of Vocational Agriculture, 1918; professor and head of the Agricultural Education Department at Auburn University, 1919-1950. Retired in 1950 and went to Panama for one year as a specialist in agricultural education under the auspices of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Died December 6, 1955.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Publication(s):

The Rural South, Background–Problems–Outlook. Montgomery, Ala.; Dixie Book Co., 1939.

Teaching Field Crops and Horticulture. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Pub. Co., 1922.

Joint_Publication(s):

Poultry Production in the South. Danville, Ill.; Interstate, 1943.

Biography:

University professor, author, newspaper editor. Born– April 19, 1899, Birmingham. Parents– Hayden Prior and Pattie Undine (Goldwire) Childers. Married– Maurine White. Education– Oberlin College, B.A., 1920; Oxford University, B.A., 1923; M.A., 1927. Military service: Naval Aviation, WWI; U.S.Air Force Intelligence, WWII; retired with rank of colonel. Professor of literature at Birmingham Southern College, 1925-1942; associate editor, Atlanta Journal, 1951-1957; lecturer, U.S. Department of State in the Far and Middle East, 1958-1959;  president of Tupper and Love, Inc., book publishers, after 1959. Honors– Rhodes Scholarship, 1921; Oglethorpe University, Litt.D., 1954; Birmingham Southern College, Litt.D., 1955. World traveller and distinguished collector of rare books.  Died July 17, 1965.

Source:

Marquis Who’s Who online;  Alabama Librarian, vol. 3.

Papers;

Papers of James Saxon Childers are held at the Birmingham Public Library and in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Publication(s):

The Bookshop Mystery. New York; D. Appleton, 1930.

Enemy Outpost. New York; D. Appleton, 1942.

Erskine Ramsay, His Life and Achievements. S.l.; Cartwright and Ewing, 1942.

From Siam to Suez. New York; D. Appleton, 1923.

God Save the Duke. New York; D. Appleton, 1933.

Hilltop in the Rain. New York; D. Appleton, 1928.

Histories or Tales of Past Times Told by Mother Goose, with Morals. S.l.; Nonesuch, 1925.

In the Deep South. 1936.

Laurel and Straw. New York; D. Appleton, 1941.

The Lives and Works of the Uneducated Poets. Oxford University Press, 1925.

Mumbo Jumbo, Esquire. New York; D. Appleton, 1941.

The Nation on the Flying Trapeze; the United States as the People of the East See Us. New York; D. McKay, 1960.

A Novel About a White Man and a Black Man in the Deep South. New York; Farrar, 1936.

Robert McAlpine, a Biography. New York; Oxford University Press, 1925.

Sailing South American Skies. New York; Farrar, 1936.

Through Oriental Gates. New York; D. Appleton, 1930.

War Eagles, the Story of the Eagle Squadron. New York; D. Appleton, 1943.

A Way Home; the Baptists Tell Their Story. Atlanta; Tupper and Love, 1963.

Joint_Publications;

Tomorrow We Reap.  New York: Dial, 1949.

Editor:

Listen to Leaders in Business. Atlanta; Tupper and Love, 1963.

Listen to Leaders in Law. Atlanta; Tupper and Love, 1963.

Listen to Leaders in Medicine. Atlanta; Tupper and Love, 1963.

Listen to Leaders in Science. Atlanta; Tupper and Love, 1965.

Biography:

Journalist; writer.. Born– September 21, 1957, Monroeville. Parents– Roy and Mary Helen (Gillion) Childress. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1978. Worked for the Birmingham News, 1977-80; feature editor for Southern Living, 1980-84; regional editor for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 1984-85. Book of the Year Selection for Crazy in Alabama; Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Alabama, ; Writer of the Year, Alabama Library Association, 1994.

Source:

Anniston Star, November 25, 1984 and Mark Childress, Atlanta, Ga.

Publication(s):

Crazy in Alabama. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.

Georgia Bottoms. New York:  Little, Brown, 2011.

Henry Bobbity Is Missing and It’s All Billy Bobbity’s Fault! Birmingham:  Crane Hill Publishers, 1996.

Joshua and Bigtooth. Boston; Little, Brown, 1992.

Joshua and the Big Bad Blue Crabs. Boston:  Little, Brown, 1996.

One Mississippi.  New York: Little, Brown, 2006.

Tender. New York; Harmony Books, 1989.

V for Victor. New York; Knopf, 1988.

World Made of Fire. New York:  Knopf, 1984.

Contributor:

Home to Jericho. Birmingham, Ala.; Oxmoor House, 1987.

Biography:

Clergyman; evangelist; hymnodist. Born– April 27, 1856, Tuskegee. Parents– William Parish (Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court) and Elvira Frances (Morgan) Chilton. Married– Mabel Cecilia Pierce, December 3, 1878. Children– Nine. Education– left school at the age of fifteen after the death of his father. After studying for the ministry he was licensed to preach in July 1877 in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Court Street Church in Montgomery. Left the Methodist Church in 1901 because of a dispute over the use of musical instruments in the church; continued his ministry as a freelance evangelist.  Played many musical instruments and composed hymns and poems.  Died July 28, 1914.

Source:

Owen’s Story of Alabama.

Publication(s):

The Chilton Music for Standard Hymns. New York; s.n., 1923.

Is This Justice? Montgomery, Ala.; privately printed, 1910.

Memorial Address on John T. Morgan. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1913.

Song of the Southland; and Other Poems. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1911.

Pamphlets:

Born of God.

Eternal Punishmen.

False Prophet.

How to Pray.

Plain Truth.

Joint_Publication(s):

(Pamphlet) The Place of Prayer in Redemption.

Biography:

Baptist clergyman.  Born– September 5, 1931, Franklin, Tenn. Parents– Charles Wilbur and Bertha Angeline Chitwood. Married– Jane Knight, April 3, 1954. Children– Two. Education– Belmont College, B.A., 1957; Middle Tennessee State University, M.A., 1961; Luther Rice Seminary, B.D., 1967, Th.D., 1971. Elementary school principal, Franklin County, Tenn.; served in the U.S. Air Force, 1950-1954; ordained a Southern Baptist Minister, 1954; served as pastor of churches in Estill Springs, Gallatin, Flintville, and Nashville (Tenn.), Harvey, (Ill.), and Huntsville (Ala.). Died May 31, 2008.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

A Faith That Works; an Inspirational Study of James. Nashville; Broadman, 1969.

Meet the Real Jesus. Nashville; Broadman, 1976.

What the Church Needs Now; a Plan for Renewal. Old Tappan, N.J.; Revell, 1973.

Biography:

Writer; school librarian. Born– June 20, 1918, Boaz. Parents– Robert Edward and Minnie (Wills) Downs. Married– James William Chitwood, August 20, 1937. Education– Public schools in Alabama.  Died September 1, 1999.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

After the Storm. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Zondervan, 1964.

Laughter in the House. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Zondervan, 1961.

This Passing Night. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Zondervan, 1955.

Biography:

Professor; college administrator. Born April 27, 1856. Parents–Daniel Asbury and Margaret Rebecca Moore Christenberry.  Married– Annie Hanna, 1893. Children–three.  Education– Southern University, Ph.B., 1887, A.M., 1888. Principal, Greenville Collegiate Institute, 1888-1889; president, Greensboro Female College, 1889-1892; professor of English language and literature, Southern University, after 1892.  Died May 28, 1911.

Source:

Semi-Centennial History of the Southern University, 1856-1906 and Greensboro Watchman, December 15, 1960.

Publication(s):

Masonic Code of Alabama. S.l.; s.n., 1893.

The Semi-Centennial History of the Southern University, 1856-1906. Greensboro, Ala.; D. P. Christenberry, 1908.

Biography:

Photographer, painter, sculptor; teacher of art. Born– November 5, 1936, Tuscaloosa. Parents– William A. and Ruby Willard (Smith) Christenberry. Married–Sandra Deane, 1967.  Children– three. Education– University of Alabama, B.F.A.,1958,  M.A., 1959.  Taught at the University of Alabama, 1959-61; at Memphis State University, 1962-68; at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., 1968-2009 .Considered  one of the most important artists of the rural South. Honors– Lyndhurst Foundation prize, 1982; Honorary DFA, Kansas City Art Institute, 1983; Jimmy Ernst Award in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2010; honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, University of Alabama, 1998. Awarded the status of professor emeritus on his retirement at the Corcoran School, 2009.  Died November 28, 2016.

Source:

William Christenberry, Color Photographs; Marquis Who’s Who Online; obituary.

Publication(s):

Southern Photographs. Millerton, N.Y.; Aperture, 1983.

Washington Art; William Christenberry. Potsdam, N.Y.; Art Gallery, State University College, 1971?

William Christenberry, Color Photographs; December 21, 1978-February 11, 1979, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.; The Gallery, 1979.

Working from Memory. Steidl, 2008.

Biography;

Teacher.  Born–May 12, 1926, Belle Mina, Alabama. Parents–Samuel Ward and Althea Tate Washington Roberts.  Married–Dick Christian, January 28, 1967.  Education– Florence State Teachers College,  B.S.; George Peabody College, M.A.; further study at the University of Alabama (earned AA Teaching Certificate).  Taught at Riverside Elementary School in Decatur and Verner Elementary School in Tuscaloosa (1953-1968).  Member American Association of University Women. Died December 24, 2001.

Sources;

Threads of Many Colors; obituary

Publications;

Threads of Many Colors. Tuscaloosa,  1993.

Biography:

Attorney, professor of law; university administrator. Born– October 8, 1917, Duncan, S.C. Parents– William Arthur and Ruby (Thomas) Christopher. Married– Evelyn Montez Hawkins, October 25, 1950. Children–one. Married– Goldie Wood Gambrell, 1985,  Education– Washington and Lee University, A.B., 1939; University of Alabama, LL.B., 1948; New York University, LL.M., 1950; University of Alabama, J.S.D., 1957. Cross Keys School in Union, S.C., principal, 1939-1941; Lorton School, Va., principal, 1941-1942; Emory University Law School, member of the faculty, 1950-1961, associate dean, 1954-1961; University of North Carolina Law School, professor, 1961-1965; University of New Mexico School of Law, professor and dean, 1965-1971; University of Alabama School of Law, professor and dean, 1971-1988.  Honorary LL. D., University of Alabama, 1987.  Died March 22, 2002.

Source:

Who’s Who in America online and Directory of American Scholars, 1978.

Publication(s):

Cases and Materials on Food and Drug Law. Chicago; Commerce Clearing House, 1966.

Constitutional Questions in Food and Drug Law. Chicago; Commerce Clearing House, 1960.

Georgia Procedure and Practice. Atlanta; Harrison, 1957.

Poems From a Carolina Farm. Prairie City, Ill.; Decker, 1948.

San-Tuc:  Selected Poems. and Memories.

What Happened to Horseshoe Robinson?  A Study of John P. Kennedy’s 1835 Novel.  Christopher,  1995.

Joint_Publication(s):

Special Federal Food and Drug Laws. Chicago; Commerce Clearing House, 1954.

Biography:

Political scientist, university professor. Born– May 15, 1938, Kwangju, Chonnam, Korea. Married. Children– Three. Education– Yonsei University, Korea, B.A., 1961; Wisconsin State University, B.S., 1962; University of Kansas, M.A., 1964; University of Nebraska, Ph.D., 1969. Faculty research grant at the University of Alabama, 1971-1972. Research assistant at the University of Kansas, 1963-1964 and at the University of Nebraska, 1967-1969. Assistant professor at California State University at Humboldt, 1969-1970; taught in the political science department at the University of Alabama after 1970.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science, 1973.

Publication(s):

Pyongyang Between Peking and Moscow; North Korea’s Involvement in the Sino-Soviet Dispute, 1958-1975. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1978.

Biography:

Episcopal clergyman. Born–August 3, 1901, Mobile. Parents– Felix A. and Annie (Sibley) Cirlot. Education– Graduate of Spring Hill College. Died March 30, 1956.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Publication(s):

Apostolic Succession and Anglicanism; a Defense of Anglican Orders and Catholicity. Lexington, Ky.; Author, 1946.

Apostolic Succession at the Bar of Modern Scholarship. West Park, N.Y.; Holy Cross Press, 1946.

Apostolic Succession; Is It True? An Historical and Theological Inquiry. El Paso, Tex.; Author, 1945.

The Early Eucharist. London; Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1939.

Biography:

Methodist clergyman and denominational official. Born– September 9, 1886, Randolph County, Ark. Parents– Henry Akin and Ellen A. (Kirkpatrick) Clark. Married– Mary Alva Yarbrough, August 15, 1923. Education– Temple University, B.D., S.T.D., 1925; Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1926; George Peabody College for Teachers, M.A., 1927. Ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1911; pastor of churches in Missouri, 1908-1917; Held various positions in editorial and mission work of Methodist Church; editor of the World Outlook, 1927-1952. Member Methodist Historical Association; World Methodist Council, International Methodist Historical Society. Honors– Recipient of gold medals from the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Brazil and the Methodist Church of Northern Europe; World Outlook Medal, Oslo, Norway; Florida Southern College, honorary LL.D., 1927; Southwestern University, Litt.D., 1940. Died August 30, 1966.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online and Marquis Who’s Who online

Publication(s):

An Album of Methodist History. New York; Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1952.

Arthur James Moore; World Evangelist. New York; Editorial Dept., Joint Section of Education and Cultivation, Board of Missions of the Methodist Church, 1960.

Captain W. W. Martin, Friend of Man. S.l.; s.n, 19-?

The Chiangs of China. New York; Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1943.

The Church and the World Parish. Nashville; Board of Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1929.

The Church Efficiency Movement. S.l.; Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1915.

Francis Asbury, Prophet of the Long Road. Lake Junaluska, N.C.; United Methodist Church, Commission of Archives and History, 1976.

Healing Ourselves, the First Task of the Church in America. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1924.

The Last Journey of Francis Asbury. Greensboro, N.C.; North Carolina Christian Advocate, 197?

The Latin Immigrant in the South. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1924.

Methodism in Western North Carolina. S.l.; Western North Carolina Conference, Methodist Church, 1966.

The Methodist Evangel. Nashville; Association of Methodist Historical Societies, 1966.

The New Evangelism. S.l.; Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1915.

The Psychology of Religious Awakening. New York; Macmillan, 1929.

The Rebirth of Protestantism in Europe. S.l.; General Sunday School Board, Department of Missionary Education, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1925.

The Small Sect in America. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1937.

Social Studies of the War. New York; Doran, 1919.

The Task Ahead; the Missionary Crisis of the Church. S.l.; Board of Missions, Centenary Commission, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1925.

Thy Kingdom Come, an Historical Study of Stewardship and Missions. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1925.

The Warm Heart of Wesley. New York; Association of Methodist Historical Societies, 1950.

What’s the Matter in China? S.l.; Board of Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1927.

Joint_Publication(s):

Latin America, U.S.A. New York; Joint Division of Education and Cultivation, Board of Missions and Church Extension, the Methodist Church, 1942.

The World Methodist Movement. Nashville; The Upper Room, 1956.

Editor:

Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury. New York; Abingdon Press, 1958.

The Journal of the Reverend Jacob Lanius. S.l.; s.n., 1963.

The Missionary Imperative. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1929.

What Happened at Aldersgate. Methodist Publishing House, 1938.

Who’s Who in Methodism. Chicago; A. N. Marquis, 1952.

Joint_Editor:

The Book of Daily Devotion. Nashville; Cokesbury Press, 1932.

Compiler:

Talking Points on Christian Education. S.l.; Christian Education Commission, M.E. Church, South, 1920?

Biography:

Railroad and mining engineer. Born–  March 3, 1859, Providence, R.I. Parents– Charles and Ann Elizabeth Huntingdon Clark. Married– Rosalie Heustis. Children– Two. Education– Yale University. Worked for the New York and Lackawanna Railroad and for several other railroads before he came to Alabama to engineer the location of the Selma and Cahaba Valley Railroad in 1887; chief engineer of the East and West Railroad of Alabama; in 1890 moved to Birmingham and became engineer for Birmingham Realty company; served as general manager of Birmingham Traction Company, Birmingham Belt Railroad, and Frisco Systems; served as Jefferson County Engineer, 1915-1916; assistant geologist for the State of Alabama, 1921-1925. Died November 30, 1941.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Publication(s):

Mica Deposits of Alabama. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1921.

Rock Asphalts of Alabama and Their Use in Paving. University, Ala.; Alabama Geological Survey, 1925.

Biography:

College Administrator. Born– June 6, 1884, Hamilton. Parents– Henry Turner and Missouri Ann (Carpenter) Clark. Married– Lillie Pearce, 1911. Children– One. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1907; Vanderbilt University, M.A., 1910; Harvard University, A.M., 1911; New York University, Ph.D., 1926; graduate work at Columbia, Michigan State and University of Chicago. Principal of schools in Union Springs, Nanafalia and Marion County; superintendent of schools in Linden; dean of Mercer University, 1929-41; president of Tennessee College for Women, 1942-46; head of the department of citizenship at Lincoln Memorial University, 1946-53; visiting professor at Austin Peay State College, 1953-1954. Served as vice president, then president of the Academic Deans Conference of the Southern Colleges and Universities; served as secretary, vice president and president of the Alabama History Teachers’ Association. Member of American Association of University Professors, Georgia Education Association, Georgia Society for Archaeology, and Kappa Delta Pi. Died January 21, 1983.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography and Marquis Who’s Who Online.

Publication(s):

Populism in Alabama. Auburn, Ala.; Auburn Publishing Co., 1927.

Contributor:

Dictionary of American History. New York; Scribner, 1940.

Sherwood, Adiel. Gazeteer of the State of Georgia. [Biographical sketch by John B. Clark, President Spright Dowell, Mercer University.] Athens, Ga.; University of Georgia Press, 1939.

Biography:

Editor; journalist, author. Born– February 22, 1851, Camden. (Raised in Charlemont, Mass.) Parents– Edwin and Priscilla (Maxwell) Upson. Married– Edward Perkins Clark, January 1, 1874. Children– three. Education– Wheaton Female Seminary, Norton, Mass., 1869; Westfield Normal School, 1872. Taught in Cleveland, Ohio; edited the Springfield Republican and the New York Evening Post.  Contributed articles to various periodicals including Atlantic Monthly, Christian Herald,  Godey’s Lady’s Book, Harper’s Magazine.  Lectured on cultural, political, and literary subjects.  Spoke in support of women’s suffrage.  Trustee of Wheaton College.  Died February 17, 1935.

Source:

Owen’s Story of Alabama and Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors; Finding Aid to the Kate Upson Clark Papers, Five Colleges Archives and Manuscript Collections website.

Publication(s):

Art and Citizenship. New York; Eaton & Mains, 1907.

Bringing Up Boys. New York; Crowell, 1899.

The Dole Twins; or, Child Life in New England in 1807. Boston; Page, 1907.

Donald’s Good Hen; the Nearly True Story of a Real Hen. Salem, Mass.; S.E. Cassino & Son, 1905.

How Dexter Paid His Way. New York; Crowell, 1901.

Move Upward. New York; Crowell, 1902.

Prologue; Poems. Norton, Mass.; s.n. (handwritten manuscript), 1900.

Susan Hayes Ward; an Appreciation. New York; s.n. (manuscript), 1916.

Up the Witch Brook Road. New York; J. F. Taylor & Co., 1902.

White Butterflies. New York; J. F. Taylor & Co., 1900.

Papers;

The papers of Catherine Upson Clarke are held by the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College.

See:

Jackson, Jacquelyn Mary Johnson

Biography:

Historian. Born– January 1, 1915, Union Springs. Parents– John and Willella (Mays) Clarke. Married– Eugenia Evans, December 24, 1961. Children– Three. Married– Sybille Williams, 1997. Education– New York University, 1948-1952; New School for Social Research, 1956-1958. U.S. Army Air Force, WWII.Feature writer for the Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, and for the Ghana Evening News, Accra, Ghana, 1957-1958; associate editor of Freedomways, a magazine, after 1962. Professor of African and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, 1970-85.Consultant on black history and heritage to several publishers and a television network; lectured on these subjects for special programs at several universities, including Hunter College, Columbia University, Cornell University, and New York University. Contributed articles to Negro History Bulletin, Chicago Defender, Journal of Negro Education, Phylon, Presence Africaine, and other periodicals. Honors– Carter G. Woodson Award for excellence in teaching, 1958 and 1971; honorary degrees, University of Denver, 1970; University of the District of Columbia, 1992; Clarke-Atlanta University, 1993. Awarded emeritus status on his retirement at Hunter College in 1985. Died July 16, 1998.

Source: Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

African People in World History.  Black Classic Press, 1993.

Africans at the Crossroads: Notes for an African World Revolution.  Africa World Press, 1991.

Black Americans, Immigrants Against Their Will. Atlanta; Atlanta University, 1974.

Black-White Alliances, 1970. S.l.; s.n., 197?

Christopher Columbus and the African Holocaust.  A & b Books, 1992.

Critical Lessons in Slavery and the Slavetrade.  Richmond:  Native Sun Publishers, 1996.

Dimensions of the Struggle Against Apartheid. New York; African Heritage Studies Association, 1979.

The Influence of African Cultural Continuity on the Slave Revolts in South America and in the Caribbean Islands. Atlanta; Atlanta University, 1974.

My Life in Search of Africa.  Chicago:  Third World Press, 1999.

Rebellion in Rhyme. Prairie City, Ill.; Decker Press, 1948.

Who Betrayed the African World Revolution? and other speeches.  Chicago:  Third World Press, 1995.

Joint_Publication;

New Dimensions in African History:  The London Lectures of Dr. Josef be-Jochannan and Dr. John Hendrik Clarke.  Africa World, 1996.

Editor:

American Negro Short Stories. New York; Hill & Wang, 1966.

Black American Short Stories, revised edition. Hill and Wang, 1993.

Black Families in the American Economy.  Education-Community Counselors Association, 1975.

Dimensions of the Struggle against Apartheid.  African Heritage Studies Association, 1979.

Harlem, a Community in Transition. New York; Citadel, 1965.

Harlem, U.S.A. Berlin; Seven Seas Books, 1964; revised ed., 1970.

Harlem:  Voices from the Soul of Black America.  New American Library, 1970.

Malcolm X, The Man and his Times. New York; Macmillan, 1969, rpt., 1990.

Pan-Africanism and the Liberation of Southern Africa. New York; African Heritage Studies Association, 1978.

William Styron’s Nat Turner. Boston; Beacon Press, 1968; rpt., 1987.

World’s Great Men of Color.  Macmillan, 1972.

Joint_Editor:

Black Titan:  W.E.B. DuBois. Boston; Beacon Press, 1970.

Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa. New York; Random House, 1974.

Slave Trade and Slavery. New York; Holt, 1970.

What’s it All About? New York; Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969.

Papers;

Papers of John Henrik Clarke are held by the New York Public Library

Biography:

Socialite; political hostess. Born– January 16, 1825, Nash County, N.C. Parents– Dr. Peyton Randolph and Ann (Arrington) Tunstall. Married– Clement Claiborne Clay, February 1, 1843. Married–Judge David Clopton, November 29, 1887. Education– Attended a private school in Tuscaloosa and graduated from the Nashville Female Academy in 1840. Clement Clay was elected to the U.S. Senate, 1853, and Mrs. Clay became a well-known figure in Washington, D.C. society. After the secession of Alabama, the Clays left Washington in January 1861. Clement Clay served in the Confederate Senate, 1861-63, and was appointed commissioner to Canada in 1864.  He was imprisoned for a year in  Fortress Monroe, Virginia, at the end of the war (1865-66) and was released through the efforts of his wife.  In the 1890’s Virginia Clay-Clopton became a pioneer advocate of woman suffrage in Alabama. Served as president of the Alabama Equal Rights Association from 1896 until 1900.  Active in the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Died January 23, 1915.

Source:

Notable American Women, Vol. 1 and Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.

Publication(s):

A Belle of the Fifties; Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905.

Biography:

Historian; University professor. Born– October 5, 1942, Summit, N.J. Grew up in Lima, Peru. Education– Duke University, B.A., 1964; Tulane University, M.A., 1969, Ph.D., 1972. Taught history and served as director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Alabama, 1972-2013. Chair, Department of History, 2000-2008.Member of the Conference of Latin American Historians and of the Latin American Studies Association. Contributed articles to periodicals, including the Hispanic American History Review and Journal of Latin American Studies. Wrote a weekly column on political affairs for the Tuscaloosa News. Awarded the status of professor emeritus on retirement in 2013.  Inducted into the Royal Order of Charles V, 2015.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1982.

Publication(s):

The Andean World. Arlington Heights, Ill.; Forum Press, 1984.

Bartolome’ de las Casas: A Biography.  Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Bartolome’ de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas.  Malden, MA, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Benjamin Capps and the South Plains: A Literary Relationship.  Denton:  University of Texas Press, 1990.

The Bolivarian Nations of Latin America. Arlington Heights, Ill.; Forum Press, 1984.

Caulkers and Carpenters in a New World; the Shipyards of Colonial Guayaquil. Athens, Ohio; Ohio University, Center for International Studies, 1980.

Estados Unidos el Peru, 1800-1995.  Lima:  Centro Peruano de Estudios internacionales, 1998.

Grace; W. R. Grace & Company, The Formative Years, 1850-1930. Ottawa, Ill.; Jameson Books, 1985.

Los Astilleros de Guayaquil Colonial. Guayaquil, Ecuador; Archive Historics Dee Guayas, 1978.

Los EE.UU. y el Peru, 1800-1995. Lima, CPEI, 1998.

Melting Pot Mayor:  William Russell Grace and the Election of 1880.  n.p., 1980.

Peru and the United States:  The Condor and the Eagle.  Athens;  UGA Press, 1999.

Joint Publications;

History of Modern Latin America..  Fort Worth, Texas; Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Editor;

Hispanic Experience in North America: Sources for Study in the United States.  Columbus, Ohio:  Ohio State University Press, 1992.

Contributor:

Dependency Unbends; Case Studies in Inter-American Relations. Carrollton, Ga.; West Georgia College, 1978.

Joint_Editor:

Alabama and the Borderlands, from Prehistory to Statehood. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1985.

The De Soto Chronicles: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to Northern America in 1539-43.  2 vols.  University of Alabama Press, 1993.

Biography:

Physician. Born–October 16, 1884, Newburg, Franklin County. Parents– Dr. William Wadkins Cleere and Eliza F. Cleere.  Married– Velma Moore (died 1922). Children–two. Married–Virginia Rawlings Temple, April 6, 1929..  Education– Vanderbilt Medical School, M.D. Served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I. Practiced medicine in Franklin County for more than forty years. Died November 1969.

Source:

Hello, Hello, Hello, Doc.

Publication(s):

Hello, Hello, Hello, Doc; Amusing Recollection and Anecdotes of a Country Physician. New York; Exposition Press, 1958.

Biography:

Methodist clergyman. Born– February 17, 1913, Athens. Parents– Robert Mason and Cora (Holland) Clem. Married– Nelle Echols, August 5, 1936. Children– Three. Education– Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1937, where he was a member of the unbeaten, untied football team known as “the Southern Squad of 1934”; Emory University, B.D. Served pastorates in churches in Mountain Brook, Fayette, Talladega, Birmingham, and Huntsville; served as district superintendent of the Anniston District of the Methodist Church, 1959-1963. Active in the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church and a delegate to many local and regional conferences and to the World Methodist Conference in London in 1966 and in Dublin in  1976.  Member of the Board of Trustees of Carraway Hospital, Goodwill Industries, and Lake Junaluska Assembly Center, NC; lifetime trustee of Birmingham-Southern College.    Honors– Birmingham Southern, honorary D.D., 1955.  Died March 16, 1999.

Source:

Obituary, Birmingham News, March 18, 1999; Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. 2; and Library of Alabama Lives.

Publication(s):

Filing Your Sermon Ideas. New York; Abingdon Press, 1964.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– July 1, 1903, Millport. Parents– Andrew Alexander and Eudora Amanda Woolbright Alexander. Married– Luna Greene Clemmons, 1940. Education– Livingston State College; University of Alabama, B.Ed., 1947, and M.A., 1952. Taught at Gordo in Pickens County for several years.  Died July 10, 1986.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Publication(s):

Pictures of Silver. Birmingham, Ala.; Banner Press, 1965.

Biography:

Clergyman, school administrator. Born– October 30, 1929, Chattanooga, Tenn. Parents– Ernest Allen and Mary Ellen (Fridell) Clevenger. Married– Glenda Willoughby, December 17, 1950. Children– Two. Education– David Lipscomb College, B.A., 1951; McKensie College, graduate study, 1953; Harding Graduate School of Bible and Religion, M.A., 1967; Alabama Christian College of Biblical Studies, B.Th., 1975. Became a minister of the Church of Christ, 1959; served pastorates in Russellville, 1957-1963, and Birmingham after 1963; professor of Bible at Alabama Christian School of Religion in Montgomery, 1968-1973; president of the Alabama Christian College of Biblical Studies in Birmingham after 1975; owner and manager of Parchment Press after 1963. Wrote a weekly column for the Ledger and Times (Murray, Ky.), 1954-1959, and under the pseudonym, Ben Rovin, for the Franklin County Times, 1958-1963. Member Southern Association of Marriage Counselors; American Schools of Oriental Research; Sons of the American Revolution. Honors– Berean Christian College and Seminary, honorary S.L.D., 1972. Died April 22, 2014.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

The Bible. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1968.

Bible Characters. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1970.

Bible Doctrine. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1967.

Bible Evidence. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1968.

Bible Geography. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1968.

The Church Ushers Guide. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1967. (Also published as The Art of Greeting and Seating, 1970).

Comprehensive Topical and Textual Lesson Commentary Index…. Russellville, Ala.; E. Clevenger, 1963.

A Condensed Harmony of the Gospels. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1964.

The History of God’s People. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1963.

History of the Bible Church. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1971.

Jesus of the Bible. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1965.

Leadership Training Course. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1964.

Men’s Leadership Training course. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1975.

Pocket Bible Ready Reference. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1965.

Psychology of Jesus. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1975.

Wisdom Books of the Bible. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1966.

Editor:

Bible Surveys. Birmingham, Ala.; Parchment Press, 1969.

See:

Miller, Dixie Lee

Biography:

Writer. Born– July 14, 1935, Birmingham. Parents– Charles Terry and Mildred (Vann) Cline. Married– Linda Street, October 23, 1959. Children– four. Married– Judith Richards, June 30, 1979.  Education– Florida State University, 1957. Has held a variety of positions in radio and television in the Southeastern United States. Owner of Colonial Educational Exhibits in Dothan, 1964-1969; executive director of Land Alive Foundation in Mobile, 1970-1972.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

The Attorney Conspiracy. New York; Arbor House, 1983.

Cross Current. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1981.

Damon. New York; Putnam, 1975.

Death Knell. New York; Putnam, 1979.

Mindreader. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1981.

Missing Persons. New York; Arbor House, 1981.

Prey. New York; New American Library, 1985.

Quarry. New York; New American Library, 1987.

Reaper. New York; D. I. Five, 1989.

Biography:

Writer. Born– February 11, 1941, New York City, N.Y. Parents– Eleanor Fellers. Married– C. Terry Cline, October 23, 1959. Children– Four. Education– Public Schools of Thomasville, Georgia. President and owner of Land Alive of America, Thomasville, Ga. Editor of Land Alive, 1969-1970. Co-author of “Switchwitch; a Children’s Musical Drama,” first produced at the Mobile Theatre Guild on February 20, 1974.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Miracle Season. New York; Berkeley Publishers, 1976.

Weakfoot. New York; Lothrop, 1975.

Contributor;

Too many voices:  A healing relationship, the recovery of self.  Coral Springs, FA: Llumina Publishing, 2005.

Biography:

Historian; high school history teacher. Born–January 9, 1898. Parents– Thomas Patrick and Julia Ann Watkins Clinton.  Married– Bernice Blackshere, May 29, 1938. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1920, M.A., 1942; further study at  Peabody College and the University of North Carolina. Taught at Tuscaloosa High School, 1920-1963, serving as athletic director for twenty five years. Served as president of the Tuscaloosa Historical Society and the Tuscaloosa Teachers Credit Union, and was a member of Alabama Education Association, National Education Association, and Alabama Historical Association. Honors– Recipient of the distinguished service award of the Alabama Council for Social Studies. Died July 30, 1977.

Source:

Tuscaloosa News, July 31, 1977; Who’s Who in Alabama; ancestry.com

Publication(s):

Dedication; Tuscaloosa County Courthouse, 1964. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Weatherford Printing Co., 1964.

Historic Tuscaloosa; a Self-conducted Tour. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Tuscaloosa Retired Teachers Association, 1966.

Matt Clinton’s Scrapbook. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Portals Press, 1979.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Its Early Days, 1816-1865. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Zonta Club, 1958.

Compiler_and_editor;

The Federal Invasion of Tuscaloosa, 1865.  Northport; American Southern, 1965.

Biography:

Farmer; historian. Born– September 1, 1859, Tuscaloosa. Parents– Patrick and Catherine (Boyle) Clinton. Married– Julia Watkins, January 7, 1892. Children– Three. Wrote historical sketches for the Alabama Historical Society and for Tuscaloosa newspapers for fifty years.  Died March 4, 1935.

Source:

Obituary, Tuscaloosa News, March 5, 1935; Moore’s History of Alabama, Vol. 3; files at Alabama Department of Archives and History; and the introduction to The Federal Invasion of Tuscaloosa, 1865.

Publication(s):

“The Closing Days of the War of Secession in Tuscaloosa” in the Federal Invasion of Tuscaloosa, 1895. Northport, Ala.; American Southern, 1965.

The Military Operations of Gen. John T. Croxton in West Alabama, 1965. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Historical Society, 1904.

A Century of Catholicity in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; s.n., s.d.

Papers;

The Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama holds a collection of the letters of Thomas Patrick Clinton.