Episode 71 - Pete Sparks on Guntersville Historical Society, 2023 AHA Kuykendall Award Recipient

Episode 71 – Dr. Pete Sparks on The Guntersville Historical
Society, Winner of the 2023 Kuykendall Award for Local History Dr.
Pete Sparks, president of the Guntersville Historical Society
(GHS), discusses the history of the society, its activities in the
recent past and at present, and its plans for the future, including
a succession plan for the current leadership to sustain the GHS’s
work. The Alabama Historical Association presented its 2023 James
Ray Kuykendall Award to the Guntersville Historical Society for its
long record of outstanding work in local and community history.
Here's a link to the transcript: http://tinyurl.com/55y54nuj Links
referenced in the episode: Alabama Historical Association
https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA James Kuykendall Award
https://www.alabamahistory.net/james-ray-kuykendall-award History
of Guntersville, EOA
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville/
Guntersville Historical Society Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/guntersvillehistoricalsociety/ City of
Guntersville https://guntersvilleal.org/ Guntersville Museum
https://www.guntersvillemuseum.org/ The Colonel Montgomery
Gilbreath House
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/media/col-montgomery-gilbreath-house/
The Matthew Culbert Cabin (from Sand Mountain Reporter)
https://www.sandmountainreporter.com/news/article_2578dc50-0a00-11ed-a1a8-8f14d781a344.html
Oliver Day Street Papers, 1836-1965, at ADAH
https://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1vpqcjv/01ALABAMA_ALMA216066200002743
Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry
https://www.kkp.film/blog/bae5jc9jp2605i68432ounw7ba47yc Mary Ben
Heflin (from the Hartselle Enquirer)
https://hartselleenquirer.com/2020/09/02/library-namesake-finds-truth-in-his-business/
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
https://www.nps.gov/hobe/index.htm Trail of Tears National Historic
Trail https://www.nps.gov/trte/planyourvisit/alabama.htm Here's a
link to the transcript: http://tinyurl.com/55y54nuj *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/