Van Hoose, Alf

Scrapbook and Publications, 1952-1953 and 1966

(AR 1739)

Alf Van Hoose, Jr. was a reporter and sports editor for The Birmingham News. He joined the News in 1947 and served as sports editor for 21 years until his retirement in 1990. He died in Birmingham in 1997. In 1966 Alf Van Hoose and Birmingham News photographer Tony Falleta spent about 60 days in Vietnam with the First Infantry Division, known as the “Big Red One.” This collection includes one scrapbook of newspaper articles written by Van Hoose reporting on the war and describing the daily activities of American soldiers and the Vietnamese people. Also included are five copies of Golfing Alabama, a magazine for which Van Hoose was a contributing editor.

Size: 2 boxes

Walker, Alice Billings

Papers, 1944-1982

(AR 350)

Alyce Billings Walker was born in Ensley, Alabama in 1907. She earned an A.B. at Judson College in Marion, Alabama, in 1928, and took a job teaching in the public schools of Birmingham the next year. In 1930 she left teaching to become the society editor for the Birmingham Post; in 1943 she moved to the Birmingham News where she was a feature writer then the director of the women's department. In 1960 she became an associate editor of the paper. Walker authored two books, Hot Sands of Hate (1954) and It's Nice to Live in Birmingham (1963), and edited Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South (1975). She died in Birmingham in 1996. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Walker's career with the Birmingham News. As the editor of the women's page Walker supported issues facing women in addition to covering fashion shows and society functions. Also included are her rough drafts and letters concerning the rewriting of Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South.

Size: 3 boxes

Windham, Kathryn Tucker

Research Files on Julia Tutwiler

(AR 1616)

This collection contains Windham’s research material gathered for the writing of

her one-woman play My Name is Julia.

Size: 1 box

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