The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 1

The Alabama Historical Quarterly was a magazine focused on the history of Alabama from its earliest known beginnings. The magazine was edited and conducted by the Director of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History and was printed as other public documents of the time. The magazine discusses the hidden history of Alabama that lies in old books, unpublished manuscripts, attics, family Bibles, and abandoned cemeteries. It also highlights the achievements of Alabamians in various fields and the need for an adequate medium to share their stories. The Alabama Historical Quarterly aimed to be that medium and was at the service of county and local historical societies, learned societies, and isolated students. See The Alabama Historical Quarterly for more information.

Digital Book

This is volume 1 of The Alabama Historical Quarterly published quarterly in 1930 by the Alabama State Department of Archives and History. You can freely read this manuscript online, search the manuscript, or download a PDF copy for offline reading. This volume starts the early history of Madison County and Tuscaloosa and features a variety of historical sketches of historical Alabamians.

Table of Contents for The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 1

Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 1930

Article Title	Pages
Announcement, Governor Bibb Graves	5
Alabama, Yellowhammer, a Poem, Elizabeth Winter Watts	7
Alabamian’s Creed, Walter B. Jones	8
Mounds near Moundville, Illustration	10
Rich Archaeological Remains of the Moundbuilders, Marie Bankhead Owen	11
Alabama ! Yellowhammer! Historical Sketch, Elizabeth Winston Sheehan	27
The Ballad of the Yellowhammer, Elizabeth Winston Sheehan	34
Governor Wm. J. Samford, Illustration	36
William James Samford, a Sketch, M. B. O.	37
Thomas Chalmers McCorvey, a Sketch, M. B. O.	39
The Highland Scotch Element in Early Settlement of Alabama, T.C. McCorvey, LL.D	41
Game and Fisheries Conserved in Alabama, Walter J. Knabe	50
Recollections of the Plantations, John Witherspoon DuBose	63
March, April, May, Poems, Kate Slaughter McKinney	75
Mobile County Cajuns, Laura Frances Murphy	76
Admiral Raphael Semmes, a Sketch, M. B. O.	87
Alfred Iverson Branham, a Sketch, M. B. O	90
The Sinking of the Alabama, Alfred Iverson Branham	91
Thomas Jones Taylor, a Sketch, M. B. O.	99
Early History of Madison County, Thomas Jones Taylor	101
The Alabama, a Poem, Miss Zitella Cocke	112
Albert James Pickett, a Sketch, M. B. O.	113
Historic Homes, Maud Martin Butler	116
Butterflies, a Poem, Miss Zitella Cocke	120
Supreme Court of Alabama, Its Organization and Sketches of Its Chief Justices, John C. Anderson	121
History Repeated in a “Nineteenth Century Night,” Mildred Reynolds Saffold	124
How the Violets Blow, a Poem, Miss Zitella Cocke	128
Mobile ‘s Azalea Trail, Sam H. Lackland	129
The Iberville Historical Society of Mobile, Erwin Craighead	131
Noon in Barbour County, a Poem, Lawrence Lee	138
Early History of Tuscaloosa, Thomas P. Clinton	139
Genealogical Department, Mary R. Mullen	148
Editorial, (Mrs.) Marie Bankhead Owen	150

Volume 1, Number 2, Summer 1930

Banner of Our State, Poem, Anne Southerne Tardy	9
Alabama History in Monuments, Marie Bankhead Owen	10
Tawasa Plain, Poem, Anne Southerne Tardy	23
Our State Flags, Elizabeth Winston Sheehan	24
The Military Forces of Alabama, Thomas M. Owen	40
Alabama National Guard, Frank S. Land	51
Southern Emigration to Brazil, Peter A. Brannon	74
Historic Homes, Augustus Martin Butler	97
Alabama ‘s Poet Laureate	101
Recollections of the Plantation, John Witherspoon DuBose	107
The Sea is a Senorita, Poem, Martha Lyman Shilito	121
The Supreme Court of Alabama, John C. Anderson	122
“Good Old Days”, C. G. Fennell	124
McGillivray and the Creeks, Albert J. Pickett	126
Early History of Madison County, Thos. Jones Taylor	149
Early History of Tuscaloosa, Thomas P. Clinton	169
Genealogical Department, Mary R. Mullen	179
The Billboard	181

Volume 1, Number 3, Fall 1930

Editorial	188
Alabama ‘s Goldenrod, a Poem, Frances R. Durham	189
Goldenrod, a Poem, Minna Irving	190
The Goldenrod-Alabama’s Floral Emblem, Historical Sketch, by Elizabeth Winston Sheehan	191
The Aster and the Goldenrod, a Poem, Elizabeth W. Sheehan	198
Alabama History in Bridges, Marie Bankhead Owen	200
Ode to the Bridge, a Poem, Mabry Arnold Batson	218
Coal Barging in Alabama During War Times, by 1861-65, Dr. W.H. Blake	220
The State Forestry Department, Charles H. Schaeffer	224
Historic Homes No. 3, “Belvoir,” Mildred Reynolds Saffold	233
How the Tennessee Valley Became English, Oliver D. Street	240
The Poet’s Corner, Mildred Goodrich	251
First Boat Trip Over Muscle Shoals in 1828, by George W. Swartz	253
Johnson Jones Hooper, Annie May Hollingsworth	257
Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw	261
A Century of Gold Mining in Alabama, George I. Adams	271
Southern Emigration to Brazil, Peter A. Brannon	280
The Old Ginhouse Hill, a Poem, Annette Howard	306
Early History of Madison County, Thomas Jones Taylor	308
Proposing a “Historical Trail” Through Mobile & Baldwin Counties , by O.M. Phelps	318
Twenty-Five Years of Bird Sanctuary, Almira B. Butler	324
Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Fearless Man of Action, by Charles Lee Lewis, A Review by May Harris	328
Genealogical Department, Mary R. Mullen	330
The Billboard	333

Volume 1, Number 4, Winter 1930

Editorial	340
To the Great Seal of Alabama, Poem, Samuel Minturn Peck	341
The Great Seal of the State of Alabama, Thomas M. Owen	342
The Great Seal of the State of Alabama, Poem, Elizabeth Winter Watts	350
Alabama State Department of Archives and History, Tyler Goodwyn	352
Alabama ‘s First Licensed Lawyers	367
The Final Struggle for Democratic Control in North Alabama, J.P. Dyer	370
Alabama History in Bridges, No. 2, Thomas M. Owen, Jr	381
Colonel Charles Teed Pollard, Sketch, M.B.O.	389
Charles Teed Pollard, Industrialist	394
The Indians of the Alabama Coastal Plain, Robert C. Macy	406
Dr. and Mrs. Macy, Sketch, M.B.O.	413
Historic Homes, No. 4, The Pollard House, Elizabeth Winston Sheehan	415
Zitella Cocke, Poet, Sketch, M.B.O.	422
The Mocking-Bird, Poem, Zitella Cocke	424
Fishing and Wishing, Poem, Zitella Cocke	426
Miss Peggy’s Bonnet, Poem, Zitella Cocke	427
“Old Clay Bank Church,” Emmie Martin Hunt	430
Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw, of the Confederate States Army	438
The Supreme Court of Alabama, Its Organization and Sketches of its Chief Justices, No. 4, John C. Anderson	453
The Cypress Swamp, Poem, John Proctor Mills	456
The Birmingham Public Library, Lila May Chapman	458
Southern Emigration to Brazil, Peter A. Brannon	467
Early History of Madison County, Thomas Jones Taylor	489
Louisiana Purchase and Mobile, Harry Pillans	506
Then as Now Tax Assessments Was a Problem	513
Genealogical Department	515
Billboard	518

Index to Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 1, 1930

Index Title	Pages
Index, Vol. 1, No. 1	522
Index, Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 3 and 4	528

Source

Alabama State Dept. of Archives and History, The Alabama historical quarterly, vol 1, 1930, Alabama State Dept. of Archives and History, 1930.