Episode 72 - Christine Sears and Ben Hoksbergen on AHA 2024 Meeting

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/