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Alabama Department of Archives & History

Welcome to the official YouTube channel of the Alabama Department of Archives & History. We are the state’s government-records repository, a special-collections library and research facility, and home to the Museum of Alabama. We tell the story of the people of Alabama by preserving records and artifacts of historical value and promoting a better understanding of Alabama history.

Subscribe for exciting new content. Below are several of the video series we produce:

Archives/Five: a short (five minutes or less) series about the collections at the Alabama Department of Archives & History.

Research Rundown: a monthly online tutorial series on genealogical and archival research. The program is presented the first Monday of every month from September to May.

Food for Thought: a fascinating, free, hour-long lecture on the history of Alabama presented by the Alabama Department of Archives & History.

To learn more, visit www.archives.alabama.gov or call (334) 242-4364.

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Reconstruction Showdown: The Battle for the University of Alabama, 1869-1871

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Alabama's Mosquito Warrior: William C. Gorgas

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Southern Rivers: Restoring America's Freshwater Biodiversity

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Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom

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Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

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From Civil War to Uncivil Conduct: The Many Controversies of Maj. Joseph H. Sloss

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Exemption, Substitution and Desertion: Tracing Evasion of Civil War Military Service

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Lafayette: The Nation’s Guest

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From the People: Fostering Friendship with Post-War France

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Memories of a Tuskegee Airmen Nurse

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Research Rundown: African Americans in Journalism

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Mobile & Havana: Sisters across the Gulf

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Food For Thought - Montgomery's Tourism Renaissance

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Research Rundown: Digital WPA Collections at the Alabama Archives

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Symphonic Composers of Alabama: The Works of William Dawson, Margaret Bonds, and Others

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Book Talk: Mapping Conquest: The Battle Maps of Horseshoe Bend

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Research Rundown: War of 1812 Resources at the Alabama Archives

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I Love to Save the Story: How to Preserve Your Church and Congregational Records

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Exploring the Collections of the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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Research Rundown: Local Archives Spotlight - Morgan County

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Food For Thought: Mexican Culture and Cuisine in Alabama History

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Food For Thought: Alabama, Mother Mine: Portraits from Early Alabama

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Food for Thought: Documenting the Architecture of the Everyday in Alabama

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History/Now: The Legacy of the Scottsboro Trials

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Food for Thought: Anti-Slavery Movements in the Native and Early American South

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Book Talk - Odyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author

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Food for Thought: Birmingham and Black Baseball

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Research Rundown: Using the Alabama Surname Files Collection

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Food for Thought: The Battle of Fort Blakeley: Mobile's Last Stand

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Research Rundown: Joseph Wilkinson's Diary of the Siege of Ft. Morgan

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Food for Thought: Alabama's First Ladies of Flight

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Research Rundown: How to Search the Online Catalog

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Book Talk: Sharony Green to Present at the Archives

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Food for Thought - History Lives On: Preserving Alabama's Rosenwald Schools

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Research Rundown: Freedman's Bank Records & More

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Food for Thought: The Double Life of Asa Carter

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Research Rundown: Navigating the Alabama History Hub

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Food for Thought - Spaces of Self: Diaries and Scrapbooks of Young Alabamians

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Research Rundown: Prohibition in Alabama

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Book Talk: Luke Nichter to Present at the Archives

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Food for Thought- Mobilizing the South: The 31st Infantry Division, Race, and World War II

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Research Rundown: Researching Your World War I Ancestors

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Food for Thought- Finding My Own Way: A Journey to Wholeness Against the Odds

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Research Rundown: Transcription Tips: ExploringVolunteer Transcription Projects at the ADAH

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Food for Thought: Discovering An Ancient Dugout Canoe Canal in South Alabama

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Book Talk: Lisa McNair to Present at the Archives

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Food for Thought- Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South

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Food for Thought- Black Bears: The Past and Present of Alabama's State Mammal

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Food for Thought: "Invisible No More: Alabama's LGBTQ+ History"

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Special Juneteenth Presentation: Tell My Story Too!

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Food For Thought: Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East

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Research Rundown: Newspaper as a Research Tool

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Food For Thought: "The Failure of Our Fathers: Family, Gender, & Power in Confederate Alabama"

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Alabama Radio Moments: Alabama Black Gospel Radio, Records and Collectors

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Research Rundown: Digitized Civil War and Reconstruction Governors Papers

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Book Talk: James Seay Brown to Present at the Archives

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Alabama Radio Moments: America's First All-Girl Radio Station

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Food for Thought: What Dr. King Didn't Say About "The Strange Career of Jim Crow"

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Research Rundown: Debunking Genealogy Myths

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Alabama v. King, The Trial That Launched the Civil Rights Movement by Fred Gray

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