AnnuAl RepoRt to the MeMbeRs 2006Telling Our StoryTelling Our StoryACCOMPLISHMENTS 2006

• Continued to grow our Endowment to $625,000 to perpetuate the Society

• Published and sold copies of The Olmsted Vision-Parks for Birmingham

• Celebrated the Olmsted Vision, holding our Annual Meeting at the Botanical Gardens and circulating our exhibit to the Gardens, Regional Planning Headquarters and the Birmingham Public Library.

• Conducted Downtown Discovery Tours for area school children

• Organized a 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and presented historic markers to 60 ACMHR Mass Meeting Churches

• Hosted the annual Heritage Society party at a distinguished residence

• Organized and mounted Unseen . . .Unforgotten, an exhibit of the civil rights photographs of The Birmingham News at the Birmingham Public Library Gallery

• Completed National Register of Historic Places nominations for the Birmingham Civil Rights District (listed 10/19/06), Graymont School and the Center Street District.

• Supported, together with alumni and community groups, the preservation of Phillips High School

• Cosponsored the Alabama Preservation Conference in Birmingham.

Annual Meeting speakers, Marjorie White and BBG Director Fred Spicer shared the theory and practice of Olmstedian principles.

Left: Veteran Birmingham News photographer Bob Adams shares his remark-able photographs with his family at the exhibit of the News’ civil rights photographs at the Public Library.

Below, left: BHS President Lillie Fincher and Trustee Kaydee Breman greet guests at the exhibit.

Below, right: For historian Linda Nelson, “One look is worth a thousand words.”

It all began with 15 loads of dirt from the City of Birmingham chipper and lots of good will from Matt Landers, Sloss Furnaces Superintendent. Alabama Power Company donated power poles and Wade Sand and

Gravel crushed stone. Auburn Extension agent Sallie Lee, above left, and Lawson State student Cindy Roadhouse provided technical know-how and heirloom plantings.

Reverend Shuttlesworth, June 5, 1956, left, and 2006, above, organizing and remembering the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights at Old Sardis Baptist Church in Enon Ridge. Below, Victor Blackledge demonstrates proper installation of the historic markers designed to honor the 60 ACMHR churches that hosted mass meetings during the civil rights struggle. Below left, Atlanta residents, Mrs. A. D. King and her grandchildren, attended the June 5 mass meeting.

Hands On Birmingham volunteers disappeared brush and rocks from the site.

And voilà the Sloss Quarters Gardens grew. The goal is to garden as folks did when they were living here and growing their own food and flowers. Think Victory Garden, Grandmother’s garden.

The Heritage Society gathered with Edna Bushnell, Glenn and Bill Ireland, top and bottom right, and Harold Blach, top left, to enjoy the house “that Birmingham slag built” and provide significant financial support for Society programs.

Left: Reverend Shuttleworth and his daughter Ricky hold a press conference at Phillips to urge respectful preservation of the landmark they sought to integrate in September 1957.

Reverend Shuttesworth also made a personal plea to then Superintendent Waymon Shiver.

Birmingham Historical Society is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to contribute to the quality of life in Birmingham by preserving, learning from and celebrat-ing the city’s past while shaping its future. For more information, to join the Society (Members receive newsletters, invitations to special events and the annual publication, annual dues: $40.00) or to purchase publications, contact us at One Sloss Quarters, Birmingham, Alabama, 35222, telephone 205-251-1880, fax 205-251-3260, website: www.bhistorical.org.

Special thanks to Society Trustee Jim Strickland for making the photographs of Society events for this report, and for Society records.

Report on 2006 ContributionsMembership Support to November 30, 2006

The following individuals have generously supported the Historical Society at levels above general membership. We wish to acknowl-edge their support and express our gratitude.

HERITAGE SOCIETY Benefactors Dr. Herbert E. LongeneckerMr. & Mrs. John RobertsMr. & Mrs. James H. White III

HERITAGE SOCIETY Patrons Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Caldwell IIIThe Camp FoundationMr. & Mrs. Daniel ColemanMr. & Mrs. Joseph Johnson Jr.Mrs. Hall W. Thompson

HERITAGE SOCIETY Members Mr. & Mr. Craig Allen Jr.Mr. & Mrs. R. David AllenMr. & Mrs. Paul E. AllenMr. & Mrs. Arthur P. Bagby IIIMs. Candice W. BagbyMr. & Mrs. S. Eason Balch Sr.Mr. Harold B. BlachMr. & Mrs. Clarence BlairMr. & Mrs. T. M. Boulware IIIMr. & Mrs. Richard A. BowronMr. & Mrs. William A. Bowron Jr. Ms. Alice M. BowsherMs. Kaydee Erdreich BremanMs. Margaret CampMr. & Mrs. Ehney A. Camp III Mr. & Mrs. Howard W. CaterMr. & Mrs. Allan J. ChappelleMs. Martha McMillan CobbDr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. CohnMr. & Mrs. John N. Corey Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Russell Cunningham IIIMr. & Mrs. Charles W. DanielMr. & Mrs. Corbin DayMr. Steve DeMedicisMr. & Mrs. David DriscollMr. & Mrs. James W. EmisonMr. & Mrs. Benjamin L. ErdreichMr. Arthur M. FairleyMr. Joseph M. FarleyMr. & Mrs. Samuel H. FrazierMr. & Mrs. James S. M. FrenchMr. & Mrs. Will FrenchMr. & Mrs. Harold GoingsMr. & Mrs. James E. Grisham IIIMs. Sara Fuller HamlinMr. & Mrs. M. Robbie Hazzard Jr.M. & Mrs. Wyatt R. HaskellMr. Samuel David HerringMr. David B. HezlepMr. & Mrs. James S. Holbrook Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Ireland IIMr. & Mrs. William R. IrelandMr. & Mrs. Samuel JohnsonMr. & Mrs. J. Brooke Johnston Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. W. Branden KerchofMr. John LaurielloDr. Julius Earl Linn Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Jerry O. LorantMr. Henry S. Lynn Jr.Mr. Edgar B. Marx Jr.Ms. Heather McArn & Mr. Patrick RonaMr. & Mrs. Ronald McCoyMs. Patty McDonaldMr. & Mrs. John McKleroy Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Charles McPhersonMr. & Mrs. Frank McPhillipsMr. Christopher MetcalfMr. & Mrs. T. Kurt MillerMr. & Mrs. Bob MoodyMr. & Mrs. Frederick W. MurrayMr. & Mrs. Alex M. Nading Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. PigfordMr. & Mrs. G. Gray Plosser Jr.Mr. & Mrs. William A. PogueMr. & Mrs. William A. Powell Jr.Dr. & Mrs. John W. PoynorMr. & Mrs. Wilmer S. Poynor IIIMr. & Mrs. Erskine Ramsay IIMr. & Mrs. Richard Randolph IIIMr. & Mrs. Henry B. Ray Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael RedikerMr. & Mrs. Thomas A. RitchieMr. Banks Robertson Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Mabry RogersMr. & Mrs. Eladio Ruiz de MolinaMr. & Mrs. Hugh J. RushingMr. & Mrs. William J. Rushton IVDr. & Mrs. John M. SchnorrenbergMr. & Mrs. Anthony D. SerraMr. & Mrs. George SimpsonMr. Henry E. SimpsonMr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. SlaughterMr. & Mrs. William M. SlaughterMrs. Elizabeth T. SmithMr. & Mrs. Frederic L. Smith Jr.Mr. & Mrs. William M. Spencer IIIMr. & Mrs. Richard W. SpragueMr. Douglas A. StockhamMr. & Mrs. Donald B. SweeneyMr. & Mrs. James A. TaylorMr. & Mrs. James L. TerryMr. & Mrs. James A. Todd Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott VowellMr. & Mrs. George F. Wheelock IIIMr. David Hart White Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Goodloe H. WhiteMr. & Mrs. James H. WhiteMr. & Mrs. James H. White IVDr. Marjorie Lee WhiteMr. & Mrs. Walter W. WilsonMr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Yoder

DONORS Mr. & Mrs. John P. AdamsMr. & Mrs. Paul AllenDr. & Mrs. John AmmonMr. & Mrs. Frank Bainbridge

Mr. & Mrs. Jim BennettMs. Irene S. BlalockMr. & Mrs. Dan G. BradleyMr. Burford BraswellMrs. Tom Tartt Brown Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Jim ByramMr. & Mrs. William F. CainMs. Frances CaldwellMr. Michael CalvertMs. Sumter CarmichaelDr. & Mrs. John G. CocorisMr. & Mrs. Willliam E. ColemanMr. Donald ComerMr. & Mrs. Thomas CosbyMr. John P. CowdenMr. John Jordan CowinMs. Nancy CoxMr. Russell Cunningham IVMrs. Jacqueline H. DavidMr. J. Mason DavisMr. & Mrs. William F. DensonMr. & Mrs. Royce M. EarnestMr. & Mrs. Michael L. EdwardsDr. & Mrs. Frederick J. ElsasMr. Jeremy ErdreichMrs. Albert FairleyMrs. Lillie M. H. FincherMs. Maye Head FreiMrs. Clifford FulfordMr. John GemillMr. & Mrs. James W. GewinMr. Chris GiattinaMr. & Mrs. Clarke H. GillespyMr. & Mrs. Houston GillespyMrs. Sam Perry GivenMr. & Mrs. Hubert GoingsMr. & Mrs. T. Michael GoodrichDr. Lawrence W. GreerMr. & Mrs. James E. GriffithMr. & Mrs. David HufhamMr. & Mrs. Charles Johanson IIIMr. & Mrs. James M. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Louis Paul KassoufMr. & Mrs. Wayne W. Killion Jr.Rev. & Mrs. Harold B. KnoxMr. & Mrs. Jerome LanningMr. & Mrs. S. Henry LongMr. & Mrs. Nimrod W. E. LongMr. & Mrs. Linn LowerMs. Cynthia L. MartinMr. & Mrs. Walter McCoyMr. & Mrs. George McMillanMr. & Mrs. Philip McWaneMs. Nina MiglionicoMr. Michael E. MoranMr. & Mrs. Robert E. MorrisMr. & Mrs. Brad MortonDr. & Mrs. Grady H. NunnMr. & Mrs. Markham D. OswaldMr. & Mrs. G. Ruffner PageMr. & Mrs. Alton B. ParkerMr. & Mrs. J. Wray PearceMr. & Mrs. William D. PrewittMr. & Mrs. James W. Rainer

Mr. Lawrence RosenMs. Carolyn SatterfieldMr. & Mrs. David SchedlerMr. & Mrs. Walter Schoel Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Charles ScribnerMs. Jane B. SelfeMr. & Mrs. William E. Shanks Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James W. ShepherdMr. & Mrs. Adam SigmanMs. Barbara SirmansMs. Louise G. SmithMs. Marilyn S. SmithDr. Shirley SteeleMr & Mrs. John SteinerMr. & Mrs. David StewartMr. & Mrs. Herbert StockhamMrs. David S. TurnerMr. & Mrs. Temple TutwilerDr. & Mrs. Bayard TynesMr. & Mrs. Richard R. VevleMs. Virginia VolkerMr. & Mrs. James C. Walker Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Kennon D. WalthallMrs. Alabama WilliamsMs. Odessa WoolfolkMr. & Mrs. Thomas Worley

CORPORATE DONORSPartner Alabama Power Foundation, Inc.Sustainers Alabama Gas Corporation Marx Brothers, Inc. Protective Life Foundation The Thompson FoundationBenefactors Balch & Bingham, LLP Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Jemison Investment Company, Inc., O’Neal Steel Co. Patrons BE&K, Inc. Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors, Inc. Royal Cup, Inc.

SPECIAL PROJECT DONORS

BIRMINGHAM CIVIL RIGHTS NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Nominations The City of Birmingham

THE OLMSTED VISION-PARKS FOR BIRMINGHAM PRINTING AND EXHIBITION Alabama Power Foundation, Inc.The Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamCAWACO Resource & Development CouncilThe City of BirminghamVulcan Materials Company Foundation

PARTNERS Alice M. BowsherCharles CaldwellThe Hill-Allison Charitable Lead Trust

BENEFACTORS Steve DemedecisJoseph H. Johnson Jr.,

CONTRIBUTORS Michelle AndrewsIrene S. BlaylockDavid M. BrewerElna BrendelKaydee Erdreich BremanMr. & Mrs. Ehney Camp IIIJohnny L. CourthersMrs. Russell CunninghamAlan R. DimmickEnglish Village Garden Club

Mary V. FarrarMr.& Mrs. Lanny GrayChristine HoltzBill IngramGeorge JenkinsMr & Mrs. Chuck LoweMrs. Alfred S. LucasRosalyn MarksteinJ. Holland PowellBeverly E. RauschElberta G. Reid

Carol SlaughterMayfield Ezekial Slaughter FundPatricia SpragueMr. & Mrs. Robert E. TaylorWilliam M. SpencerMartha J. WeberMarjorie L. White

In honor of Lillie Fincher Carol Slaughter

Contributors to the Endowment