Air Date: March 7, 2024

Dr. Christine Sears and Ben Hoksbergen talk about the history of Huntsville, AL, site of the 2024 meeting of the Alabama Historical Association. They also discuss the sites attendees will visit on the pre-conference and conference tours, the banquet speaker Dr. Isabel Morales, and the meeting program offerings.

Links to things mentioned in the episode:

Alabama Historical Association: www.alabamahistory.net

AHA Spring 2024 Newsletter: https://www.alabamahistory.net/_files/ugd/3aaf16_3b018dd19cb14a379df403033346127c.pdf

University of Alabama at Huntsville: https://www.uah.edu/ Huntsville (History via EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/huntsville/

Broad River Group (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/broad-river-group/

Redstone Arsenal (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/redstone-arsenal/

Marshall Space Flight Center (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marshall-space-flight-center/

Operation Paperclip: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/project-paperclip-and-american-rocketry-after-world-war-ii

Verner von Braun (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/wernher-von-braun/

Cotton Mills / Textile Industry (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/textile-industry-in-alabama/

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority, via EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tennessee-valley-authority-in-alabama-tva/

Rural electrification (REA): https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2020/q1/economic_history

WPA (Works Progress Administration): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration

Sputnik: https://www.nasa.gov/history/sputnik/index.html

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): https://www.nasa.gov/

Huntsville Revisited Museum (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/hsvrevisitedmuseum/

Weeden House: https://www.weedenhousemuseum.com/

Episcopal Church of the Nativity: https://www.nativity-hsv.org/

Harrison Bros. Hardware: http://harrisonbrothershardware.com/

First National Bank (SAH website): https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AL-01-089-0041

Temple B’Nai Sholom: https://www.templebnaisholom.com/

Saint John AME Church (AAMU LibGuide): https://libguides.aamu.edu/c.php?g=509698&p=3590067

State Black Archives, Research Center, and Museum: https://www.aamu.edu/academics/library-learning-resources-center/state-black-archives-museum/

Alabama A&M University: https://www.aamu.edu/

Davidson Center for Space Exploration: https://www.rocketcenter.com/

Dr. R. Isabella Morales: http://www.risabelamorales.com/

Happy Dreams of Freedom: http://www.risabelamorales.com/happy-dreams-of-liberty.html

Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum: https://www.ssaamuseum.org/ Princeton & Slavery Project: https://slavery.princeton.edu/

Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/52u25fjy *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/