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.
A Bicentennial Commemoration of Marquis De Lafayette
Archives/Five: Beulah V. Wright Portrait
History/Now: Preserving Alabama's Rosenwald Schools
Our Stories Live Here: The Alabama Department of Archives and History
Archives/Five: 1867 Voter Registration Books
Беседа о книге: Энн Бедсол, «Оставь свой след»
Archives/Five: Alabama Cookbooks
Archives/Five: Alabama Quilting
Alabama Radio Moment: An Interview with Shelley Stewart
Archives/Five: The Lahti L-39 Anti-tank Rifle
Archives/Five: Debunking the Alabama Christmas Myth
Copy of Research Rundown: The Emancipation of John Bell
Archives/Five: The Family Bible of William Browning Haralson
Архивы/Пять: Письмо Томаса Джея о гражданской войне
New Website Launch 2022
Archives/Five: Arthur Shores Scrapbook
Alabama Women's History Series: Lurleen Burns Wallace
Archives/Five: McIntosh Painting
A Brief Tour of the Research Room
Archives/Five: Agnes Baggett's Litterbag
Archives/Five: 1872 Alabama Senate Reconstruction Photograph
"George Galphin's Intimate Empire: A Cross-Cultural Family in the Native South” by Bryan Rindfleisch
Archives/Five: 1946 "Suds for Scrubbin"
Archives/Five: Alabama’s First State Budget
2021 Alabama Academy of Honor Induction Ceremony
Archives/Five: Juliette Perry Dixon's Inaugural Ball Gown
2021 Alabama Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Untangling the Web: Finding Your Alabama Ancestors in Cyberspace
Archives/Five - Alabama Media Group Collection
Research Rundown: Local Archives Spotlight