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

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.

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

Rather read? 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/