Alabama Heritage is pleased to announce its new graphic designer, Laura Buchanan McElroy. Get to know Laura with our Q&A.
Creating a magazine is a complicated and rewarding process, and putting together content for a history magazine, specifically, has its own challenges and gifts. We strive to bring you excellent content that tells the stories of all Alabamians, and we always try to deliver that material to you in an engaging and beautiful way.
[TUSCALOOSA, ALA., APRIL 2024] — The latest issue of Alabama Heritage magazine has a new look.
We're excited to announce our newest additions to the Alabama Heritage team. Join us in welcoming our three editorial assistants, McKenzie Knight, Madisen Krapf, and Izzy Piper. In 2008, when I began working at Alabama Heritage as a student, I was assigned an article to fact check and prepare for publication. While gathering possible images for the story, I was told that anything I chose might not be “Robin McDonald approved.” A few days into production of the summer issue, I received a phone call—my first of many over the years—from Robin. After our conversation, he hung up and phoned our editor at that time, Donna Cox Baker, and said, “I think she’ll work out well.” Even better, he approved the images I’d chosen—well, most of them. [TUSCALOOSA, ALA., JANUARY 2024] — Actress Lucille Benson left her hometown of Scottsboro to find fame and fortune, becoming one of the most well-known character actresses of her time. Best known for her roles on the The New Andy Griffith Show, Little Fauss and Big Halsy, and Mame, Benson became a household name. Summer 2023 Issue of Alabama Heritage Looks at the 1953 Polio Epidemic in Montgomery County7/12/2023
[TUSCALOOSA, ALA., JULY 2023] — In early 1953, as the Polio outbreak was quickly making its way through Montgomery County, medical officials hoped to stave off the epidemic with gamma globulin, inoculating more than 30,000 young people. In the Summer 2023 Issue of Alabama Heritage, author Keith Krawczynski looks at the medical and public response to the epidemic. [TUSCALOOSA, ALA., April 2023] — The Spring 2023 issue of Alabama Heritage magazine highlights the Renaissance of Mobile, Alabama, from the 1920s to the 1960s. For nearly forty years, the city of Mobile experienced an artistic and cultural flourishing that encompassed visual art, architecture, literature, and, of course, carnival. [TUSCALOOSA, ALA., July 2022] — The Summer 2022 issue of Alabama Heritage magazine features the Southern Vintage Fire Apparatus Association, and its collection of historic fire engines. Author and photographer Ken Boyd explores how fire engines evolved since the 19th century, while sharing tales of how people would combat fires throughout the South. |
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