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 The magazine discusses the hidden history of Alabama that lies in old books, unpublished manuscripts, attics, family Bibles, and abandoned cemeteries.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 2 of The Alabama Historical Quarterly published quarterly in 1940 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. Most notable articles include a history of Madison County and the Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw.
Table of Contents for The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol 2
Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 1940
| Article Title | Page Number |
|---|---|
| Announcement, by Governor Frank M. Dixon | 4 |
| Central Unit, Alabama World War Memorial Building | 8 |
| Permanent Home for Department of Archives and History | 9 |
| Alabama State Emblems, by Marie Bankhead Owen | 11 |
| The Supreme Court of Alabama, Its Organization and Sketches of Its Chief Justices, by No. 5, by Chief Justice John C. Anderson | 23 |
| Books About the South, by Emily Sinclair Calcott | 28 |
| One of Lee’s Flags of Truce, by Judge Walter B. Jones | 36 |
| The Poets on Fish Creek, by Renwick C. Kennedy | 44 |
| Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw of the Confederate Army | .52 |
| Charles Teed Pollard, Industrialist, by Mildred Beale | 72 |
| Early History of Madison County, Thomas Jones Taylor | 86 |
| Poems: Hands, a Poem, Edith Tatum Village Transcendentalist, a Poem, by Mary B. Ward This House of Paradoxes, a Poem, by Bert Henderson | 7 92 93 |
| Billboard | 94 |
| Genealogical Department, by Queries | 95 |
| Book Reviews | 96 |
Volume 2, Number 2, Summer 1940
| Article Title | Page Number |
|---|---|
| Dedication Hall of Flags, by Marie Bankhead Owen | 108 |
| The Supreme Court of Alabama, Its Organization and Sketches of its Chief Justices, by No. 6, by Chief Justice Gardner | 124 |
| Alexander Beaufort Meek, Pioneer Man of Letters, by Margaret Gillis Figh | 127 |
| The Care and Custody of Alabama Historical Materials, by David L. Darden | 152 |
| The Martin Marshall Book, by Dr. Weymouth T. Jordan | 158 |
| The Genesis of the University of Alabama, by Thomas M. Owen, Jr | 169 |
| Charles Teed Pollard, Industrialist, by Mildred Beale | 189 |
| Confederate Pensioners | 208 |
| Pettus Bridge, by Marie Bankhead Owen | 217 |
| Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw of the Confederate Army | 221 |
| Later History of Madison County | 239 |
| Physicians of Alabama 1828 | 248 |
| Poems: Entering Birmingham, by Anne Southerne Tardy Remembering An English Grandfather, by Louise Crenshaw Ray Belated Heritage, by Martha Lyman Shillito | 252 252 254 |
| A Letter From Yancey to his Pastor | 256 |
| A Letter from Jefferson Davis to William L. Yancey | 258 |
| Genealogical Department | 262 |
| Book Reviews | 264 |
Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 1940
| Article Title | Page Number |
|---|---|
| State Archives Dedicated | 274 |
| Address of Dr. R.D.W. Connor | 274 |
| Alabama Black Belt, by Renwick C. Kennedy | 282 |
| Big Creek Baptist Church, by Marion Johnson | 291 |
| Fitzpatrick Bridge, by Marie Bankhead Owen | 295 |
| Original Anecdotes about Napoleon Bonaparte, by Mobile Commercial Register | 299 |
| Survivors Constitutional Convention, 1901, by Judge Walter Burgwyn Jones | 309 |
| Martin Marshall’s Book: Household Hints, by Weymouth T. Jordan | 318 |
| Recollections of William L. Yancey, by Joel Barnett | 331 |
| More Yancey-Davis Letters | 334 |
| Later History of Madison County, by Thomas Jones Taylor | 342 |
| Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw of the Confederate States Army | 365 |
| Poems The Low Country, by Mary B. Ward In Peace and Loveliness, by Anne Southerne Tardy Painted Rock at Sunrise, by Anne Southerne Tardy All Summer Long, by Kathleen Sutton Singing and Decoration, by Nan Connell Richardson Counsel With a Wounded Heart, by Louise Crenshaw Ray Golden Dross, by Lucille Key Thompson Lament For a Cardinal, by Louise Leyden Cheaha Mountain, by Louise Leyden April, by Louise Leyden | 386 387 388 388 389 390 390 391 391 392 |
| Book Reviews | 393 |
| Genealogical Department Queries | 399 |
Volume 2, Number 4, Winter 1940
| Article Title | Page Number |
|---|---|
| Alas, Poor Yorick, by Renwick C. Kennedy | 405 |
| The Cajans at Home, by Laura Frances Murphy | 416 |
| William Parish Chilton, by Chief Justice Lucien D. Gardner | 428 |
| Journal of James Tait for the Year 1813, by Edited by Peter A. Brannon | 431 |
| Canaan Baptist Church, Jefferson County, by Bess Stout Lambert | 441 |
| Martin Marshall Book: Herb Medicine, by Edited by Weymouth T. Jordan | 443 |
| Letter from Jefferson Davis to General Beauregard | 460 |
| Original Anecdotes about Napoleon Bonaparte | 463 |
| Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw, C.S.A | 465 |
| Poems: March of the Toltecs, by Bert Henderson Dirge Out of Memory, by Shirley Dillon Waite Night Gossip, by L. Jane Moses In Dreamless Sleep, by Shirley Dillon Wae Unto The Hills, by Lucile Key Thompson | 483 485 485 486 486 |
| Book Reviews | 486 |
| Genealogical Department Queries | 491 |
| Later History of Madison County, by Thomas Jones Taylor | 493 |