The Summer 2019 issue of Alabama Heritage magazine details Joseph Volker, first present of UAB, who helped turn a small Birmingham medical center into the medical school and university campus that became the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Volker is best remembered as a man who wanted to improve the lives of the people around him and in the Birmingham community that became his adopted home. As he would say in a quote that has become a mantra for UAB’s current 50th anniversary celebration, “We would do Birmingham a great disservice if we dreamed too little dreams.”
Other features include:
Regular departments found in the Summer 2019 issue of Alabama Heritage include Portraits & Landscapes, Behind the Image, From the Archives, Adventures in Genealogy, Reading the Southern Past, and much more.
About Alabama Heritage
Alabama Heritage, celebrating more than 30 years of fine publishing, is co-published by the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The quarterly magazine covers a variety of subjects related to Alabama history and culture, and has garnered numerous local, regional, and national awards over the years. Copies are available for purchase at the University of Alabama Supply Store, at Barnes & Nobles and Books-a-Millions throughout the state, and online at www.alabamaheritage.com. Readers can also follow the magazine on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube.
- Monica Tapper reveals the legacy of Mobile’s Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, which was built in the mid-1850s. Not only does the home have a distinctive architectural history, but also the carries the story of five families who lived there.
- Daniel Pratt and the working mill village is highlighted in a feature by Sara Caroline Taricco. When Daniel Pratt relocated from New Hampshire to Alabama, he started a series of events that would reshape his new home’s landscape and economy.
- The forgotten story of Alabama Vietnam war hero Robert Lee Hilley is detailed in a feature by Randy and Roxanne Mills. Hilley’s letters home from Vietnam reflect this Alabamian’s final days—and his acts of courage.
Regular departments found in the Summer 2019 issue of Alabama Heritage include Portraits & Landscapes, Behind the Image, From the Archives, Adventures in Genealogy, Reading the Southern Past, and much more.
About Alabama Heritage
Alabama Heritage, celebrating more than 30 years of fine publishing, is co-published by the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The quarterly magazine covers a variety of subjects related to Alabama history and culture, and has garnered numerous local, regional, and national awards over the years. Copies are available for purchase at the University of Alabama Supply Store, at Barnes & Nobles and Books-a-Millions throughout the state, and online at www.alabamaheritage.com. Readers can also follow the magazine on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube.
