
Alabama Department of Archives and History A piece in today's Huntsville Times describes how a partnership of the Archives and the Malone Family Foundation is providing new resources and methods for teaching Alabama history in K-12. Some wonderfully creative teachers and students are making the project a success!
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The state has had five capitals, including Huntsville. It has produced famous people such as Helen Keller and sports figures such as Auburn University basketball player Charles Barkley, "the round mound of rebound."

Alabama Department of Archives and History Kids already restless on the first day of vacation? Check out the Punched Tin Candle Decoration Activity, part of our new History at Home series! Make a great craft and learn about frontier life in Alabama. http://bit.ly/6gZVjT

Alabama Department of Archives and History Tomorrow is your last chance to participate in the special Year of Alabama History ArchiTreats series. Join us at Noon to hear Dr. Wayne Flynt discuss "My Life in Alabama History." Flynt will trace his journey to become one of Alabama's most popular and influential historians and discuss the events he lived through and studied in 20th century Alabama.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History Happy Birthday, Alabama! On December 14, 1819, Alabama became the 22nd state in the Union when President James Monroe signed a Congressional resolution approving the state constitution that had been adopted in Huntsville in July.

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Teachers and Students, Celebrate Your Town for Alabama Day!
Participate in the Celebrate Alabama Day 2009 Contest, sponsored by the Alabama Department of Archives and History and Alabama Tourism Department! Click on the link below and tell us what makes your town or downtown special. The top 10 entries will receive a f ...ree copy of the newly published Alabama Guide: Our People, Resources, and Government. All entries will be posted on ADAH website. All submissions are due by Monday, December 14th. Enter one submission, which can include a photograph, per class.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History How do you define "Modern Alabama"? Join us on Thursday, Nov. 19, at Noon for the monthly ArchiTreats: Food for Thought presentation to hear how historian Hardy Jackson answers that question.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History Help your children collect their family history during holiday gatherings! Collect family stories, photographs, recipes, a family tree, and more! Print out the Family Traditions Booklet to get started!
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This Veterans Day we can honor and remember the soldiers from Alabama who died in the Great War. The ADAH World War I Gold Star Database tells their stories through pictures and documents. Learn more about them at
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Alabama Department of Archives and History Congratulations to recipients of the 2009 Friends of the Archives Fellowships! Awards to support research @ ADAH are going to Daniel Hutchinson of Fla State Univ for his work on “Economic and Social Consequences of World War II Military Bases in Alabama,” & to Kimberly Tucker & Joseph Pearson of the Univ of Alabama for ... their project, “Searching for Scarlett: Virginia Durr, Feminism, & the Myth of the Southern Belle.”

Alabama Department of Archives and History Just a reminder - the Archives will be closed for state holidays - November 11 (Veterans Day) and 26, 27 (Thanksgiving).

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Don't forget that you can view past ArchiTreats programs online at http://www.archives.alabama.gov/whatsnew /architreats.html. The October program, The Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, is now available.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History Famous faces make history in Alabama on November 3 - Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Sequoyah, and Fred Gray. Read all about it in This Week in Alabama History.
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Fred Grayand Thomas Reed are elected to the state House of Representatives to become the first black Alabama legislators since Reconstruction. Both men won seats from the 31st House District, composed of Macon, Bullock, and Barbour counties.

Alabama Department of Archives and History During Monday's meeting, Friends board members got a sneak peek at some of the Archives' most recent acquistions, including John Coffee's 1818 map of Florence, Ala; the flag of the CSS Tuscaloosa, and a massive collection of civil rights movement photographs taken by Jim Peppler for the Southern Courier newspaper.

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The Board of Directors of the Friends of the Alabama Archives had a terrific meeting on Monday. Officers elected for 2010 include Gary Burton of Pintlala, president; Ruth Truss of Clanton, VP; Elaine Smith of Montgomery, secretary; and David Robb of Huntsville, treasurer. Now is a great time to join the Friends! To fin ...d out how, visit http://www.archives.alabama.gov/friends/ main.html
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