Alabama Association of Historians
Annual Meeting
The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 28– March 1, 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

“The Story behind THE HELP”
Kathryn Stockett , bestselling author of THE HELP
3 pm
Moody Music Concert Hall

Saturday, March 1, 2014

The following events will be held at AIME Building (Alabama Institute for Manufacturing Excellence) Rooms 110 and 111:

8:00-8:45am		Executive Board meeting
9:00-9:30		Registration/Coffee and Danish -- Lobby
9:30-10:15		Sarah Wiggins,  “The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle”
10:30-11:45		Panel 1
	Stephen Schwab, University of Alabama, “Sabotage at Black Tom Island: A Wake-Up Call for America”
	David Justice, Univ of North Alabama, “Communication Breakdown: The Eisenhower Administration, Anthony Eden, and the Suez Crisis”

	Panel  2
	Skip Campbell, Independent Scholar,  “Andrew Jackson Beard: A Tale of Triumph and Tragedy in Alabama” 
	Frances Robb, Independent Scholar, “Late 19th Century Photography and 	Racial Stereotypes”

12-1:15  		Lunch
	Hotel Capstone
	Keynote: “Why Teach History?”
	Professor Lawrence Kohl, University of Alabama

The following events will be held at AIME Building (Alabama Institute for Manufacturing Excellence) Rooms 110 and 111:

1:45 – 3pm		Panel 1  
	“Oral History in the Shoals: The African American Experience”

	Carolyn Barske, University of North Alabama
	Kristen Tippett Briggs, University of North Alabama	
	Wesley Garmon, University of North Alabama
	Hannah Goode Garmon, University of North Alabama

	Panel 2
	James S. Day, Montevallo,  “Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama’s Cahaba Coal Field”
	John J. Gurner, Fort Morgan Historic Site, “Building a Legacy: Simon Bernard and the Creation of the Third System Fortification”