SELLERS, JAMES BENSON, 1889-1964

Biography:

Historian; school administrator; college professor. Born–February 17, 1889,  Camden, Ala. Married– Carrie Autrey about 1921. Children– One. Education– University of Alabama, B.S. and M.S.; University of Chicago, M.A.; University of North Carolina, Ph.D. Public school superintendent; professor at Athens College and University of Alabama. Member Phi Alpha Theta, American Association of University Professors, and Kappa Delta Pi. Died December 30, 1964.

Source:

William Stanley Hoole Special Collection, University of Alabama.

Publication(s):

Ebenezer Hearn, Founder of the First Methodist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Nottingham–SWS, 1961.

The First Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1818-1968. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Weatherford Printing Co., 1968.

History of the University of Alabama, Vol. I.. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1953.

The Prohibition Movement in Alabama, 1702-1943. Chapel Hill, N.C.; University of North Carolina Press, 1943.

Slavery in Alabama. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1950.