On Sunday, Mom and I traveled to Birmingham for “Double Take!” at the historic Alabama Theatre. Recently, the theatre’s organ console needed repair work, so a temporary replacement was installed. When the original console came back, the theatre was left with two organ consoles that could work simultaneously. Sunday’s concert featured two organists (Nathan AvakianContinue reading “Trip Photos: The Alabama Theatre”
Author Archives: Andrew J. Bramlett
Reading in 2025
At the end of last year, I published a year-in-review of my reading on my website. It was a useful way to reflect on the previous year and identify which books were most important to me. In 2025, I read approximately 100 books, so narrowing them down was difficult. My reading broadly fell into threeContinue reading “Reading in 2025”
Review: Ken Burns’ American Revolution
This spectacularly inspiring story of our founding, as dark and complex as it is, has — I think, I hope — the ability to add something to the conversation right now that is unifying.” [1] Ken Burns Ken Burns is an American legend. Few documentarians have attracted such attention and acclaim, with his series TheContinue reading “Review: Ken Burns’ American Revolution”
New Article: The Cobb County Stadium
Today, my newest article was posted by the online journal Atlanta Studies. It looks at Cobb County’s attempts in the 1950s and ‘60s to build a professional baseball stadium in roughly the same area where Truist Park would open in 2017. Using this story, I explore civic boosterism, white flight, and the rise of Atlanta’sContinue reading “New Article: The Cobb County Stadium”
Trip Photos: Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Earlier today, we visited Rome, Georgia, and the city’s historic Myrtle Hill Cemetery. The cemetery was opened in 1857 on land previously owned by Alfred Shorter. It was briefly a fort during the Civil War and was expanded throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The cemetery is owned and operated by the City ofContinue reading “Trip Photos: Myrtle Hill Cemetery”
Trip Photos: Albemarle, NC
This weekend I am in Albemarle, NC, where my grandparents live and where my Dad grew up. Dad is giving a presentation to the Stanly County Historical Society about Kingville, the historic African American area of Albemarle. While here this weekend, I wanted to photograph parts of downtown. Some of my favorite photos can beContinue reading “Trip Photos: Albemarle, NC”
New Article: William Randolph Hearst and the Atlanta Georgian
Today, my newest article in the Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research was published. Titled “The Seduction of Journalism in Atlanta: William Randolph Hearst and the Atlanta Georgian,” the article looks at the media mogul’s ownership of the forgotten daily Atlanta newspaper. While Hearst officially bought the paper in 1912, I argue he was involved asContinue reading “New Article: William Randolph Hearst and the Atlanta Georgian”
Presidential Homes of Virginia
Last week, I returned to Charlottesville for a class at the Rare Book School on the University of Virginia’s campus. While in the area, I visited James Madison’s Montpelier, the site of James Monroe’s Highland, and the ruins of Barboursville, a house designed by Thomas Jefferson. On my trip to Rare Book School last year,Continue reading “Presidential Homes of Virginia”
Savannah: Vintage and Modern Images
Last week, I went to Savannah as part of the Cities as Text program of KSU’s Journey Honors College. We stayed at a hotel on Bay Street and walked on foot across the entire historic district. During the trip, I visited all 24 of the city’s historic squares, including two destroyed in the 1930s. WhileContinue reading “Savannah: Vintage and Modern Images”
Symposium for History Undergraduate Research
This weekend, I participated in the Symposium for History Undergraduate Research held at Mississippi State University. Two other KSU students presented at the conference, and the keynote speaker was KSU’s Dr. Silke Zoller. This conference was a great way to meet history students from across the United States, and even Canada, and there were countlessContinue reading “Symposium for History Undergraduate Research”
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