Episode # 58
Christa Kieffer -- 2022 Coley Research Award recipient, on Happy Chandler and George Wallace

Air Date:  January 9, 2023

Christa Kieffer, doctoral student in history at the University of Kentucky, discusses her dissertation project on A. B. "Happy" Chandler, who was the first pick as George Wallace's 1968 vice-presidential running mate.  She also talks about her proposed article that won the CJ and Evelyn Coley Research Award from the Alabama Historical Association in 2022, "'I'm Afraid He Ain't Our Kind of Folks': George Wallace, Happy Chandler, And the Making of Modern Conservatism."

Links mentioned in the episode:

CJ and Evelyn Coley Research Award (Alabama Historical Association) -- https://www.alabamahistory.net/clinton-jackson-and-evelyn-coley-re

Dan T. Carter Research Files, c.1930-2006, Emory University -- https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/carter777/

The Politics of Rage (Dan Carter's biography of George Wallace) -- https://lsupress.org/books/detail/the-politics-of-rage/

A.B. "Happy" Chandler Papers, University of Kentucky -- https://exploreuk.uky.edu/fa/findingaid/?id=xt72jm23br0c

George C. Wallace Collection, Alabama Department of Archives and History -- https://www.archives.state.al.us/research/finding-aids/v9868.pdf

Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky -- https://libraries.uky.edu/locations/special-collections-research-center/louie-b-nunn-center-oral-history 

Rather read?  Here's a link to the transcript:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1483dSSe8UYZsQelM5AGnkMBWYZUFOcgGJlnlktxCeHY/edit?usp=share_link 

*Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate.
 
The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray.

Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs.  See the website https://www.alabamahistory.net/

Episode 58 Christa Kieffer, 2022 Coley Research Awardee

Dr. Ruth Truss, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Montevallo, is the 2023-2024 president of the Alabama Historical Association.  With long-time AHA Secretary Mark Wilson, she discusses her plans for her term in office, from maintaining the diversity initiatives of her predecessors to the programs for both the AHA Fall Pilgrimage (Sylacauga) and Annual Meeting (Huntsville).

Links to things mentioned in the episode:
City of Sylacauga (EOA article)  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/sylacauga/ 
Blue Bell Parlor (Alabama Travel Website)  https://alabama.travel/places-to-go/blue-bell-creameries 
B.B. Comer Library  https://www.bbcomerlibrary.net/ 
Pursell Farms  https://pursellfarms.com 
City of Huntsville (EOA article)  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/huntsville/ 
U.S. Space and Rocket Center  https://www.rocketcenter.com/ 
R. Isabela Morales, Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom:  https://global.oup.com/academic/product/happy-dreams-of-liberty-9780197531792?cc=ca&lang=en& 
The Alabama Review  https://www.alabamahistory.net/the-alabama-review 
Alabama Heritage  https://www.alabamaheritage.com/ 
"The book I did with you [Marty],"  The Great War in the Heart of Dixie  https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817389277/the-great-war-in-the-heart-of-dixie/ 
Sarah Wiggins, The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827-1835  https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817361181/the-journal-of-sarah-haynsworth-gayle-18271835/ 

Rather read?  Here's a link to the transcript:  https://tinyurl.com/4duj5994
*Just a heads up – the transcript was generated by MS Word AI and lightly edited by Lukas Ducker and Marty Olliff.  It is likely to be less than 100% accurate.
The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray.
Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website https://www.alabamahistory.net/

Episode 064 AHA President Ruth Truss and Sect Mark Wilson discuss Truss's 2023-24 term of office

Stillman College Asst. Prof. of Music, Dr. Allison Upshaw, discusses her "creative nonfiction" project, "reframing: Narratives of African American Female Landowners in Alabama's Black Belt" that captures more about Black women who own land than what appears in records and produces their stories in a way that makes them fully human.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Stillman College:  https://stillman.edu/ 

Alabama Department of Archives and History Statement of Recommitment:  https://archives.alabama.gov/about/docs/ADAH_statement_recommitment.pdf 

Dr. Allison Upshaw personal website:  https://allisonupshawphd.com/ 

Alabama Humanities Alliance grants:  https://alabamahumanities.org/grants/ 

Alabama State Council on the Arts:  https://arts.alabama.gov/ 

[On Heir Property] J. F. Dyer, "Heir Property: Legal and Cultural Dimensions of Collective Landownership," Alabama Agriculture Experiment Station Bulletin 667, May 2007: https://aurora.auburn.edu/bitstream/handle/11200/4107/BULL0667.pdf 

"reFraming: Narratives of African American Female Landowners in Alabama's Black Belt" on Prezi Video:  https://prezi.com/v/view/Es7m9C77MxQoQ4yoLTuD/ 

"OPERAtunities":  https://allisonupshawphd.com/services/ 
"Artivism":  https://allisonupshawphd.com/artivism/ 

Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript:  https://tinyurl.com/bd2ztwbb 

*Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate.

The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray.

Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net/

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