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 The magazine discusses the hidden history of Alabama that lies in old books, unpublished manuscripts, attics, family Bibles, and abandoned cemeteries.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 |