Dr. Chris Haveman, native of Bellingham, WA, now teaching at UWA, discusses his book Rivers of Sand: Creek Indian Emigration, Relocation, and Ethnic Cleansing in the American South, published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2016. Chris won the 2017 AHA James F. Sulzby Award for best book on Alabama history published in the previous two years.

Links:

Rivers of Sand - https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803273924/rivers-of-sand/

Author, historian, and local history entrepreneur Dale Cox talks about how the Creek War of 1814 elided into the First Seminole War, making southeast Alabama a difficult frontier even after the Treaty of Fort Jackson. He also discusses his public programming website (http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com) and online television project (http://www.twoegg.tv).

Center co-director and University of South Alabama professor Susan McCready talks about the mission and programs of the Center for the Study of War and Memory, particularly its organization and its public outreach programs.

AHA president (2017-18) David Alsobrook, discusses his book, Southside: Eufaula's Cotton Mill Village and its People, 1890-1945, published in 2017 by Mercer University Press.

Links:

Southside: https://www.mupress.org/Southside-Eufaulas-Cotton-Mill-Village-and-its-People-18901945-P932.aspx

Full Episode: Frances Robb, a leading expert in the history of photography, discusses her 2016 book _Shot in Alabama: A History of Photography, 1839-1941, and a List of Photographers_, as well as her long history with photographic history in the state. (mentions Episode 004, Andrew Nelson, Shackleford Photographs Curator, 2013).

Links:

Shot in Alabama - https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817388782/shot-in-alabama/

Dr. Steven McNair, owner of McNair Historic Preservation, Inc., talks about working as a preservation consultant and navigating the interaction among private owners, and local, state, and federal governments to preserve Alabama's built environments.

Rebecca Todd Minder, Digital Media Editor for _Alabama Heritage_, discusses the magazine's thirty years in business, its history, its structure, its work with the Alabama Bicentennial, and its future.

John Sledge discusses his book, _The Mobile River_ (USouthCarolina Press, updated edition 2024), winner of the 2016 AHA Coley Award for best book on local history in the previous two years.

Links:

The Mobile River (2024 updated edition) - https://uscpress.com/The-Mobile-River-updated-edition

Sue Bass Wilson of the Covington (County) Historical Society discusses the society's programs that won the AHA's 2016 Kuykendall Award for Local History Societies.

Winner of the inaugural Alabama Historical Association Digital History Award for Large Projects in 2016. EOA editors Laura Hill, Claire Wilson, and Christopher Maloney discuss the past, present, and future of this informational resource.